Well, I am not sure if the Bistro is still open, as I've been asleep whilst you've been posting. However, I'll still put in an order: I am thinking good old fashioned roast pork with crackling and roasted apples,crispy roasted potatoes and cauliflower cheese. However, I've always traditionally had fish. So perhaps some crispy skinned wild caught salmon with crispy potatoes and crunchy green salad with a sweet chilli dressing?
Having said that, I forgot to buy fish for Friday's dinner, so we had homemade sushi which had salmon in it, but also some had chicken,and I admit to eating it (besides I'm a terribly lapsed catholic and haven't been in a church for years).
As for the python - don't be alarmed- they are pretty harmless creatures. If it was a dugite or a tiger snake I wouldn't be stepping into the garden at all. Thankfully, we don't see many and I've never had a tiger snake near the house, but did have a rather large dugite which DH had to kill. I can see how alarming it would be for someone who hasn't grown up in this environment, but from a very young age we learn what is and isn't venomous, what to do if we see one and how to deal with it, and also how to deal with snakebite. I've never been bitten, and I only know one person in RL who has been and he's fine.
So, yeah, we've got our fair share of nasties down here, but as a trade off we have a great big country with wide open spaces, the most spectacular start show at night, very little crowding and I live a five minute stroll from a pristine, white sand, turquoise water, beach. My house is on a hill surrounded by big beautiful trees and bush - hence the snake, but add to that the amazing birdlife,lizards, visiting kangaroos, possums and other little marsupials and it is a great place to live and a wonderful place to grow children.
Greenlizard, sorry to hear that it feels like AF is on her way. Perhaps will get to be preggie buddies next month?? Wouldn't that be lovely. I really need to get pregnant because I stumbled upon a gorgeous American website for maternity wear,called "Hatch", which,though too pricey for me, has some gorgeous items which I could copy and sew. Of course I could copy and sew non-preggo clothes, but I like the excuse of "needing" the new clothes. I love having a bump to dress up - it's just really nice to have a fat belly that is "allowed" IYKWIM. So, I probably don't want a baby at all, just want to be pregnant for the clothing...
Calibee, I was thinking about you and the DHEA last night. I think there is a possibility that the DHEA could have mucked up your cycle, because it is used to raise testosterone, and I am guessing too much of that would affect your other hormones, particularly estrogen which is what we need to ovulate. Then that got me thinking: your clinic should have done blood tests to see what your level of DHEA was to start with, and then monitored it to see how it was. My Doctor measured mine,and it was on the low side, so she suggested homeopathic DHEA because she believes regular DHEA is too strong for women. However, I didn't think the homeopathy would do anything, so I took the DHEA. It didn't affect my ovulation, but I never took the full dose. Anyway, it's clear you've stopped taking it, so hopefully everything will be sorted out soon. I just thought that your clinic should be doing more for you.
As for the vitex, Deige, do you think I should take it again? I guess it might be worth a try. For the last few days I have taken no supplements at all. I feel sick of the whole thing really. I can't begin to imagine how much I have spent on supplements, opks, epts,clearblue monitor sticks etc over the last four years in this quest to have my PLB. Perhaps if I'd done nothing at all, wasn't ttc, by now I would have had a happy accident? Who knows??
On a happier note, I am off to the farmer's market for supplies this morning. I am going to make a roast pork for Easter lunch, I like to do something special on the day. I am hoping I'll have all my kids together, though my eldest son seems to be uncontactable,except through facebook, so who knows if he'll make it home?
Have a lovely Saturday. BTW forgot to say, there was no sign of the python when I was in the veggie patch. However I have a feral pumpkin patch with meters and meters covered in pumpkin vine, so she could be under there. Don't worry, I'm steering clear of that particular jungle for the time being...loads of lovely Japanese Pumpkins though. They are very sweet and delicious roasted - also make an amazing soup.