What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

I have a thing for grapes. Once I start eating them, I will eat them till I’m literally SICK…I simply cannot stop. Red, purple, green, white – it matters not, as long as there are no seeds to complicate the indulging process. As if this affliction were not serious enough, monicoo  recently turned me onto another innovative way to eat grapes – frozen. If you like popcicles as much as I do, this is one somewhat healthier way of indulging that craving. And that is precisely what frozen grapes taste like…grape popcicle orbs. The bad thing about them is that for some reason, they seem less filling than fresh grapes, which means you can eat twice as many of them before realizing you’ve eaten twice as many as is necessary to make yourself SICK.

Then there are the sour gummies. My ex was the beast that introduced me to gummy bears. I soon graduated from gummy bears to gummy worms. Some years later, someone I had at one time, believed to be a FRIEND, introduced me to the hard core stuff…SOUR gummies. I can devour an entire bag with little effort, not even realizing it until the sugar shock begins to set in.

Or how about Pringles potato chips? Who the hell invented those cursed things anyway?! Regular chips, even my favorite Ruffles, are just too salty and greasy to overindulge in, unless of course, you have some scrumptious dip around (which is precisely why I never buy Ruffles and dip at the same time). But there’s something about Pringles, ESPECIALLY the low fat kind. I don’t think there’s a chemical on earth that can compare to the momentary, instantaneous, addicting flavor that drives you mercilessly to devour an entire can in just about 3 or 4 deep breaths.

Monicoo   is such a pusher. As if the frozen grapes and Pringles weren't bad enough, she's started to bring pretzel trail mixes covered with white chocolate to work. And of all things...ROOTBEER too! I must keep a steady supply of frozen grapes on hand, to assist me in resisting the temptation to indulge in those dreadful refined sugars.

These are just a few of the things you should NEVER bring into your home. Except perhaps the grapes. Frozen strawberries RAWK too, though not quite like a frozen grape. I’ve got 3 bananas in the freezer now…haven’t gotten the nerve to try them yet. I’m on a quest to discover how many fruits I can successfully freeze and enjoy in an icy, semi-thawed state. In fact, I think those 3 large bags of grapes I bought this afternoon should be frozen by now…