Addictions

I love my sister-in-laws. This story begins with Ariel. I particularly love to hear Ariel's theories and ideas. She shared one of them with Micah, and planted an idea for him. It was, if you have a genetic propensity to alcoholism and don't indulge it, it will manifest itself in a passion/dependence for sugar. I've some family history of alcoholism, but Micah has more. But, no we don't drink alcoholic beverages. And yes, sugar is in abundance in our home. Probably in America, sugar is in abundance in most homes, but for those of you who know Micah very well, know that the more refined the sugar is the more he likes it. Bring on the Nerds, Jelly Beans, Tafy, Candy Corn, and Mike n' Ikes. When Micah heard Ariel's purposal, he didn't like the idea of having an "addiction". He suggested that for a month we don't spend any money on sweets and have a sugar-fast for one week. I was excitied about the idea since I wasn't alone in my desire to be more healthy conscious. I'm proud to announce, we had a successful week. And a week later, to the hour, was when we celebrated with peanut butter cookies! We continue our attempts of bringing/cooking less sweets into our house, and this second week has been a little more difficult. We've been finding ways around it. Such as.....
Chocolate pancakes! And sweet breads like pumpkin and almond poppyseed! So call us hopeless or inventive, but it makes us feel better.