Iced Rooiboos Tea

So I’ll admit I’m a bit more sore today than yesterday. Got a bit of bike bum going down. Needless to say I have been seeking out comfier chairs today. Still looking forward to my class on Tuesday morning. We had a nice good Friday service with the other churches at Horse Lake Church. They have a beautiful new building. I got to play my Djembe with Rick and Pat. It was pretty fun. Except at one point in the service one of the pastors came up to share for a couple of minutes and the worship team stayed on stage. Rick and pat moved way back from where they were standing, but there wasn’t anywhere for me to go, so I sat in my chair. Feeling all awkward and kind of on display. Some one even asked Morgan if I was speaking today. Thats how in the open I was. Then this girl kept looking at me. She is a friend of a friend and I’d met her before, but every time I’d look in her direction she was looking at me. I started to get nervous. Um teeth check, fly check, wearing clothes check. I’m starting to think I must be a heretic by something I’m wearing or doing. Because all the other churches are there I’m wondering if something I’m doing would be considered inappropriate for them or something. I mean I even dressed nicer than normal and put in earrings so my gaged ears weren’t noticeable. AND I did my hair because maybe some churches would have issues with my bandanna. So WHATS UP???Finally the pastor comes up to speak and I get to go sit back down. He shares about the phrase Jesus says “It is finished” and what that meant. He even said that same phrase was found on documented tax papers from the same time period with the same phrase Jesus spoke. That way it still meant “Paid in full”. cool huh? The rest of the service goes just nicely until we go back up on stage to play a last song. And there she is again. Looking at me. AHH. Whats wrong with me. So as we are packing up and getting ready to leave I’m carrying my Djembe and we pass this girl. She looks over at me and points her finger. “Great bongo playing!!”. I smile and say thanks and crawl back into my embarrassed mind that is making fun of me for my perception. Makes me wonder how wrong I’ve been every time I try and figure out what people are thinking when they give weird looks or scowl. Chalk that up to another weird story for me.

So now I’ve officially been a Vegetarian for 1 week. I think I am some what similar to a baby in that regard. I keep saying dumb things like “Is shrimp meat?”. Morgan is being really supportive of my change in diet and I’m really grateful for that. It would be really hard if he wasn’t. I borrowed some cook books from Georgia. I kinda need to relearn my cooking habits. I’m still going to cook meat for Emily and Morgan, but I’ll just have to find a way to not make two meals for dinner every night. Last night worked out good. It was pork strips with veggies on rice. So I just cooked the veggies first and took some out and then fried the pork for Morgan. The funny thing is that so far everything I’ve made for Morgan thats meatless, he’s really liked. He says I’m making this pretty painless for him. I’ve been changing other little things about how I eat too. I’ve been cutting back on salt, trying to use a realistic amount of cheese and I think I’m going to have to stop drinking aspartame. I already know I’m allergic to it, but its one of those things Io end up drinking anyways. I prefer the taste of diet Pepsi. I haven’t had any pop for a few days either, and it’s felt really good. It helps that I’m eating so much healthier that I don’t choose pop I choose water. I think I’m even enjoying salads again. I’ve been trying to be more creative with them.

In honor of the first day of spring I made a jug of Iced Rooiboos tea! YAY for summer and Iced tea. I made some licorice tea and it’s in the fridge too, so we’ll see how that tastes and I’ll get back to you. Here’s my recipe for iced rooiboos just so you have no excuses not to try it.

ICED ROOIBOOS TEA
Fill a juice jug with boiling water and add 2 Rooiboos tea bags. I use loose leaf tea in a tea sock, but my second favorite is Madagascar Vanilla Red.I think it’s celestial seasonings. Let it steep for a few minutes until its a pretty reddish colour. Then take out the tea. Let the jug cool for a while before putting it in the fridge. I can’t remember why, but its a good idea. Then when it’s cold pour it into a tall glass with a couple ice cubes.(remember to make ice.I always forget) Then squeeze a few drops of lemon into your tea and 1 drop of Stevia sweetener. You can use 2 drops, but I find it too sweet then. Then I make it all fancy and add a lemon slice to the side of the cup.:) So there you go. easy peezey. Zero calorie tasty treat. Thirst quenching too.