So Long, DC

In the past couple of months, I have been on a quest to locate local farmer markets

in order to identify locally grown produce and grass fed meats

One thing I have learned is that it's very difficult to eat locally

I also realized that if I'm really serious about taking this path

then I needed to make one major change

Eliminating Diet Coke (aka artificial sweetners)

I probably drank anywhere from 4-6 a day at least

This is how I got my caffeine

I love coffee, but my stomach doesn't

I love all tea

so this is my new drink of choice

I have officially been off Diet Cokes since last Monday!

One full week...

I think I've been a DC drinker for over 15 years

so this is pretty monumentus!

Freezer Burn

Ok...

A couple of days ago, when we still had snow melting all around us

I was sitting in the living room which is open to my kitchen separated by an island.

When...

I hear a loud crash outside my kitchen (or so I think)

I think it's a big piece of ice sliding off my roof

although ice isn't really sliding off anyone's roof.

I look outside.. don't really see anything so I just move on with my day.

Later, I go to get ice out of the freezer and this is what I see...

No, this isn't an ad for Tyson Chicken..

that, my friends, is a diet coke explosion  -  all over my freezer

Poor diet coke can. I completely forgot that I had put a warm diet coke in the freezer to chill.

Man, nothing like having to clean up diet coke slush out of your freezer...