With our fun neighbors, dolled up in Dana's hair accessories, and Levi with underwear on head.  I don't know why all our pictures are blurry.  I'm sure some setting on our camera is off.  Been going on for months.  Help anyone?

I know, I keep writing about health.  It's funny because I am learning such interesting things all the time, and I think, "I should blog about it..."  But then, I realized if anyone really cares, there are PLENTY of blogs w/ nutrition information on them, so I certainly don't need to spend the time to share what I'm learning. And if I spend all the time blogging, that's less time learning.  But it is interesting.

I did want to share one thing.  Sugar Blues, by William Dufty, he says mosquitoes are attracted to sugary blood.  "[J]ust as spilled sugar in our kitchens attracts ants and insects, so does sugar in our bloodstreams attract mosquitoes, microbes and parasites.  One of the great joys of being sugarfree is to be able to lie on the beach or loll in the mountains without being bothered by mosquitoes or other creatures.  Once off sugar for a year or so, try it and see if it isn't true for you, too.  If you take along a guest who's still addicted to sugar, lie side by side.  See who the mosquitoes go for and who is left alone."

In 8th grade, I went off sugar for a year.  I had no sweets, no jam, no syrup, no sugary cereal, no natural sugars except fruit.  I did have bread and things, but no intentionally sweet things and treats.  It was pretty strict. All year long all I got was a piece of my birthday cake and a piece of my dad's because my bet was with him.  A lot of really interesting things happened at that time.  It took about 3 months to be totally cured from my desire for sweets; when I tried chocolate again, it was nasty; and I have never been able to stand soda ever since then, something I'm sure my body is thanking me for.

Another thing, and this is true, is I really did notice that I never got bit by a mosquito or spider.  I had never heard this idea of William Dufty, but I did start to notice that I never got bit.  Probably for a year at least following this sugar bet, I never got bit - not once.  I remember saying to people, "I wonder if it's because I don't/didn't eat sugar."  But my idea was shot down every time I suggested it.  Well, I get bit now.  I'm willing to place my dollars on this actually being true.