Grillmiester!

For our country's birthday, we've treated ourselves to a new gas grill! And to go with it, a state of the art bug zapper that should free us of all pesky bitey things that fly.

Mike and I have actually turned over a new leaf, meat wise, over the last couple of months. We're abstaining from "mainstream" meat, and the meat we do eat fewer portions of is organic/natural type meat. We've seen one too many films/documentaries about what goes on in the food processing system. If it were the fifties, we'd eat any kind of meat, but now that they're pumped full of hormones and antibiotics, we're passing it up. So no more fast food, frozen meat, and most of the meat in the grocery store (but not all!).

It's not that big of a change, and it is more expensive, but it tastes better and it's better for us, too. So, we're buying organic milk (which doesn't expire near as fast, what does that tell about the other stuff?), organic eggs (from chickens that were free range and fed a veggie diet, as opposed to other chickens), and even our ground sirlion for burgers tomorrow is organic.

And it tastes noticeably better. I mean, why all the chemicals? People didn't starve fifty years ago because the cow down the street wasn't making enough milk.

I feel better with this diet, and feeling better makes me paint all the better!