fc DD now only feeds herself except when scrounging off my muesli in the mornings. She likes spaghetti, rice, pizza doughballs, sweet potatoes, roasted chicken, used to like porridge for breakfast but seems to have gone off it now, which is a pity as porridge could be enhanced with apple and cinnamon, or pear, or nectarine etc. Also partial to steamed veg (peppers, brocolli, cauliflower, spinach etc), fresh fruit (whole rather than bite size pieces, and for some reason must be in season - pears are the current favourite) and doesn't like things which are too much flavour (e.g. goulash, pasta from restaurants - to our despair!). Though luckily she likes things from dim sum lunches at Chinese restaurants, and Chinese food in general so that's at least a restaurant we can visit. Recently she's been insisting on eating with a fork or spoon especially if she sees us eat with utensils, otherwise satisfied with hands. Will tolerate eggs only if they are runny, loves plain toast, generally anything non-fat :S so the only fat she gets is in her milk. Wondering if we're giving her too much milk - she takes 200-300 mls a day, then supplements with whatever breastmilk she helps herself to at night. Solid food intake reduces whenever she's ill.
IC love the idea of trojan chips! 
you look fab btw in that black outfit.
socHope your DD gets better soon. Someone advised me once to try applying a wet towel to the forehead - evaporation cools, not tried it yet.
PA sigh looking at your pics takes me back to when I was in California doing just that. Though that was many years ago, and I also got seasick. Must've explained why we had so many fish Good luck re DH's job hunting.
Whole family down with sore throat, cough, colds this week. Getting better, luckily DH only has a weak version. DD and me has it the worst, with poor DD having a blocked nose which wakes her up at night trying to breathe. Sneezes results in loooong snot strings - keeping tissues under my sleeves aat all times!