#whole30 WholeLent, Day 28.

[angledge]

Sleep: pretty good. I forgot to drag Shadeaux's Cozy Cave into the bedroom before going to sleep, & once I realized, I was too stubborn/lazy to get up & move it. She was very sad to not be sleeping in the den/bedroom with the rest of her pack, & kept coming in to check on us. Around 5 AM, I relented & let her into the bed. She curled up against me, sighed deeply, & we all slept like spoons until about 7 AM.

Breakfast: prosciutto muffin, slice of sweet potato quiche, half an avocado, blackberries, half a grapefruit, black Constant Comment tea.

I pulled a batch of barnyard bone broth out of the slow cooker - it's pretty good. I used the garlic spice mix from Wildtree.

Lunch: monkey salad. Yeah, not a balanced meal.

Dinner: I found this recipe for Sweet Potato Waffle BLTs a while ago & thought it looked like sex on a plate. So I made it last night - & was greatly disappointed. Not only was it an immense pain in the ass to make, but the waffles were greasy, had no body (duh, no gluten), & didn't even really taste like sweet potato. The batter was so greasy & runny, I ended up making pancakes instead of waffles. So the expectations I had from the food blog photos were definitely not met:


Food blog fantasy....


....my kitchen reality.

While I was disappointed in how my sandwiches turned out, they weren't awful. They were an acceptable dinner in any case. But it took two runs of the dishwasher & an hour of cleaning to re-set the kitchen, so I don't imagine I'll be making Waffle BLATs again any time soon.

Comments

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Can you tell me more about your getting-ready-to-sleep regimen, and what brand/type of magnesium spray you use? Thanks!

[angledge.livejournal.com]

This is my new go-to-sleep regime: brush teeth, take shower, moisturize (body & face - very important in arid Colorado), & apply three sprays of White Egret Topical Magnesium Spray for Sensitive Skin (http://www.wecandles.com/ourmagnesiumoils.html). Then I go to bed & listen to either white noise (I use an iPhone app called Rain, Rain) or my Audible app, set to a book I've already read a million times. I set the timer on either the Rain, Rain app or the Audible app for 30-45 minutes, but I think I'm usually out WAY before then.

This routine has helped me to fall asleep faster & (I think) stay asleep better. But I also fixed my Shadeaux night problem recently (by getting her the Cozy Cave) so I'm not entirely sure which change produced these good results.