My name is Sarahfae and I'm a Veggie-holic

(Just a simple Salsa Salad)

I'm not going to deny it - I've been doing a good job of creating a lovely bit of chaos for myself...and in lieu on the chaos (it's really just busy life stuff and me being an anal planner) I've let myself eat things that my body has had some pretty gnarly adverse reactions too.
What does this mean?

The more I eat raw the better I feel. But I haven't exactly been able to stay in the "hardcore raw food zone" with all of this chaotic craziness as of late...
I hate to make excuses for my behavior and poor choices - so I won't. I guess this means that I'm human. And sometimes I don't want to eat kale, even though I KNOW damn well my body will be much happier than if I ate a baked potato.
My gluten sensitivity has gotten SO much worse - this should be a sign that raw food is good for me right? Silly Sarahfae. I let myself eat wheat products very recently, and the effect that it's had on my body and health have been pretty scary...instantly making me sick, tired, grumpy - you name it.
I feel like I've hit another speed bump on my journey to a committed rawfood lifestyle. This whole way of eating is so much like a relationship. One minute I'm madly in love with the food, and the next minute I just want to throw it out the window and binge on cooked starch (baaaaaad for my belly!). I'm really learning a lot about a new part of myself the deeper I delve into this lifestyle. I want to stay here - I have every intention of staying here...but it is difficult. Hindsight is 20/20 though - and eating this way has gotten so much easier for me over time. Raw food is not something (I feel) anyone can jump into head first, never looking back. Because cooked food is like a drug. Maybe that's why I'm so hell bent on creating raw versions of cooked comfort foods. It's not always easy to satisfy those cooked cravings...but as my taste buds (and digestive tract) change, it does get easier.
So while what I'm aiming for may seem like an extreme lifestyle to some, I am bound an determined to do this, to stay in love with raw food and let it be good to be in the ways I know my body needs. Raw food is really taking care of me in ways that cooked food never has and (I truly feel) never will.
While I would never stand on a pulpit and preach at others to eat the way I do (that's just not my style - never will be) I do want to encourage my friends, family, and anyone out there who reads my lj or blog --- by posting easy to make and approachable raw food recipes (with pretty pictures).

It's really been an amazing support system to have an avenue where I get feedback about the food I love, and to also vent about the difficult stuff too. From the bottom of my heart - thank you.
I'm really grateful to be here. Even if those naughty little french fries pull me down sometimes.

Home. 
And Married!

I've got way too much to write now that things have settled (not really though) down a bit. 

I've decided to make some changes to this journal, one of which will be to open it back up for public eyes again. Why you ask (or maybe you don't)? 
I have quite a few friends that I love and don't get to see on a regular basis that have expressed their want to read my fabulously exciting posts, and - I've come to the point in my life where I no longer feel a care or worry in regards to sharing with the world exaclty who I am, where I am, along with all of my uncensored thoughts. 
Also, I like the thought of making new friends, and when you have a private journal no one really wants to meet you in the land of bloggers.

My *husband* is napping on the couch beside me - and I'm about to wake him up for dinnertime...
Life is good, and it's even better now that we're home...even though home won't be exactly where we are right now for much longer. We're going into meet with a mortgage broker on Thursday. Our hope is to be out of this place by the end of October - so pleasepleaseplease, send us all of the positive energy you can muster up.