Sat 26 Apr 2008
As I write I’m munching on a fig (if you can munch on one. It seems more apt to say “crunching.”) Yesterday and today I haven’t eaten anything but fruits and vegetables. So far, um, I wouldn’t continue indefinitely! I’m hungry all of the time and I’m really looking forward to 9pm when I break this “fast.” Even eating dried fruits I still don’t feel full or satisfied. Why did I do this? Well, I guess the scale IS creeping up a little, and I just wanted to have the challenge. How hard could it be to give up meat and nuts and other niceties for a few days? If you want to know exactly how hard it is, try it ;D
In anticipation of tomorrow, I made some truffle filling. Mmmm! I couldn’t even dip my finger in and taste it, however, and I gave away the spoons and such to someone else to lick. Tomorrow I’ll make little chocolate (+ cream + butter) balls, chill them, and either roll them in cocoa powder and sugar or dip them in melted chocolate. They sound delectable, and if they’re anything like other truffles I’ve tasted I will eat more than one 
The Jehovah’s Witnesses came by today. I wish they’d come every day. It wouldn’t take any effort to witness! You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home, and it was nice enough weather today to sit on the porch and talk with them a few minutes. I tried to witness to these people (a young girl and her mother) and both claimed to be good people and wouldn’t change their minds when I reminded them that in God’s eyes, according to the Bible, if you’ve broken ANY of His laws, you’re no longer a good person. I also said that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, and if she persisted in thinking herself a good person, God would resist her. She said something like ‘Well, that’s one way to interpret it.” and shortly after, left. I have tried giving tracks to these people before and they’ve adamantly refused. Is there a rule in the Jehovah’s Witnesses that prohibits accepting literature? I’m guessing so.
Posted by Bonnie under Uncategorized
April 26th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
It sounds like you are torturing yourself making those goodies in anticipation of ending your fast.
I don’t believe that Jehovah’s Witnesses are very open to other people’s ideas on faith.
There seems to be something wrong with your eye in that picture you made after using up excess makeup. LOL
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Ha-ha!
Bonnie, I don’t think that the scale will drastically drop with those fasts if you make up for them with such lovely sounding truffles!!!! You could try my method…lose weight reading about them but not being able to eat them! 
Or maybe making them, but sending them to me so that you won’t be tempted! 
It always makes me feel so sad when witnessing does not end in a new sister/brother in Christ.
But it sounds like these particular people are very dedicated to their beliefs…at least right now. Maybe some day they will look back and remember the interesting visit they had with you, and turn around. You never know!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:57 am
We want truffle pictures!
Hey and thanks for giving me the spoon. 
That was good stuff. You have some good will power there not to even taste any. Well, you’ve tasted now..but anyway. Thank you for making them!
April 30th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
lol, i guess this answers part of my “random question” on the blog post above. CAROL eats the spoon goodies in your house!!
what do figs taste like?
May 1st, 2008 at 5:54 am
Heh..I’m only nice enough to give it away when I’m not allowed to eat it myself
Figs taste like. Hmm. Good question! They’re a tiny bit tart but they have an overlying dark sweetness to them. The tart is very subdued, maybe it’s my imgination. They have delicious tiny seeds that pop and crackle as you bite them. Yum yum yum! Do you like them?
May 1st, 2008 at 9:46 am
i don’t think i’ve ever eaten them before, which is why i wondered what they tasted like!
May 1st, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ahh…well if you get a chance to try them, I encourage you to