Some Thoughts on Chocolate...

It is no secret that I love chocolate

 in fact there are times when I do believe I may have existed on it alone

 but times change and I now aim for a more balanced diet

 which means that at times I now supplement chocolate with other food groups

such as vegetables

 and real vegetables... not pretend veg like corn chips or tomato sauce

  hey if there is veg in the title I am calling it veg

though if I am totally honest I love vegetables and always have

 for many years I was a vegetarian

 but that doesn't mean that at any time I would have picked veg over chocolate

now however, things have changed... seriously... stop snorting

I am trying to come clean here with you all and your scepticism is a touch off putting

What happened was that while I was being treated for breast cancer

I found that chocolate tasted pretty awful... which was scary in and of itself

plus the only food group that never made the nausea worse

that never once upset my treatment induced glass stomach was vegetables

despite finishing treatment a year ago

 I have found myself unable to shake the veg habit

so in the last few days I decided to test myself and draw up some Easter chocolates

and yes I chose ones that I don't particularly like

and some of them are off limits because they have gluten

but in the past that would have been no impediment

chocolate reigned supreme no matter what

but here is the proof that you can actually grow and change

because I painted the bloody things without sampling one

weirdly the white chocolate one did get consumed though I have no clue by whom

as both Sinus and Phantom swear it was each other

and quite frankly I don't care to know who it was as I would have to think less of them for eating the stuff... I will say it here and now... white chocolate... not chocolate in my book

but all other little snack bars were intact and remain so even now... just not interested

and even more shocking is that I have had green vegetable juices twice this week

I carrot believe that I have done that

and while I am on the subject I am in need of vegetable puns so lettuce get working on that

ok maybe I am taking it a bit far now

but veg is my new best friend

So instead of beeting you up with more vegetable puns

I will reassure you it is not my only friend and I still love and adore chocolate

I just get it in a different form these days

and it is with this stuff ...Crio Bru brewed cocoa

awesome stuff and I have also done some illustrations for them which has been great fun

 because the packaging is almost as delicious as the flavour

which is choc full of antioxidants and things

so wins all round... happy painting all... xx

Tuesday's blog post...

I actually blogged on Tuesday as well this week

and am going to attempt to get back into the twice weekly swing of blogging

and plan to use Tuesday blog posts for a bit more about how I do things,

what I use and some tips and tricks... maybe even some videos

so ask away if there is something you have always wanted to know

not saying I will get to it any time soon, but you never know... xx