Day 10: Fun New Recipes and Emily's poor ear

I miss having a wide variety of recipes to try. That's one of my hobbies. I can make a great salad, but want more variety. I found new recipes for phase one of South Beach! Can't wait to shop and cook tomorrow. The site I found had variety and clever. There were round ups of phase one recipes from all over the web. I only have to follow this particular diet two more weeks, so at least I'll get to have some fun with it now. After the surgery, I'll get to cook just about anything again. I won't be able to eat hardly any, but that's part of what is fun about cooking--watching others enjoy it. So, come fall, all six of you readers are invited for dinner anytime.

Emily hurt her ear again!! This afternoon, I was hanging out at Todd and Melissa's pool. Emily was back in the back end of their big ol' backyard. I think there have been some cats or bunnies in the back bushes.

I'm in the pool and hear this little squeal. I pop up to see her running to the pool with a bloody ear. She comes over and














there is a big rose thorn in her ear. She let me remove it. That thing gashed her ear and guess what? It was the bad one that had the two sting spots on the inside! It's been beat up this week. Once the thorn was out, homegirl was right back to the hunting. Didn't bother her at all. There are the pics after I took poolside with my phone just after I removed the thorn out.

When we got home, there was so much blood dried on her ear that her ear highlights were stuck down in it. I had to soak it in a wet cloth.