Ambien...I don't like you anymore!

<b>Goodbye Ambien</b> <br />As my 3-year old grand-niece said with her hands on her hips, after her mother made her angry, "I've decided I don't like you anymore!".<br /><br />Three nights in a row, after taking Ambien, I've basically sleep-walked and ate food I didn't plan to eat or remember eating. The first two nights it wasn't too bad, a few extra pieces of fruit that I didn't remember eating, but last night: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYewCQONrm4UD_jJmHIib8wzFoldLoQKBfBAAEGsk9jkp-N_RoLJkxVirH6xC5QEa51cs2LjoFY3esSRhJANjmOZz-Fvd4_-NBwrR-JEhlXwaMGnrdjKYhFa0d0Gyr9fRsqLB_Z1IplMCG/s1600/chips2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYewCQONrm4UD_jJmHIib8wzFoldLoQKBfBAAEGsk9jkp-N_RoLJkxVirH6xC5QEa51cs2LjoFY3esSRhJANjmOZz-Fvd4_-NBwrR-JEhlXwaMGnrdjKYhFa0d0Gyr9fRsqLB_Z1IplMCG/s320/chips2.jpg" width="320px" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was a full 8-cup container of chips (my husband's food, not mine). Worse than eating the chips is the conversation I had with my husband as I was eating them which I totally don't remember. Something about I had been good for six weeks and I deserved a treat. Approximately 600 calories!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye-bye Ambien. Hello sleepless in Seattle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Best huumus in the world and I made it!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to <a href="http://ohshegkows.com/">ohshegkows.com</a> recipe, <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/2010/12/04/the-hummus-that-changed-everything/">The Hummus That Changed Everything</a>.</div><br />There's no oil in the recipe, but I drizzled olive oil over it, as Angela suggested. The first time I used a whole teaspoon, which was too much. The next time I only used 1/2 teaspoon which was perfect. Scrumptious!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrmgwrEQ8PKy3aePQ-_2SZowadii7qN-jGPmlZA5_I2Pb9Zc-P3DjSNGnQkrbyD9dCn1-hLfAbYl3SWipzEH2IcjFSy0jEtnT_hSPqinuMgoVmgadtRTBYcRG4TNr78Oetv4ic_6BlJOE/s1600/hummus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="240px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrmgwrEQ8PKy3aePQ-_2SZowadii7qN-jGPmlZA5_I2Pb9Zc-P3DjSNGnQkrbyD9dCn1-hLfAbYl3SWipzEH2IcjFSy0jEtnT_hSPqinuMgoVmgadtRTBYcRG4TNr78Oetv4ic_6BlJOE/s320/hummus.jpg" width="320px" /></b></a></div><br /><b>Dash Point Park hike yesterday</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The stairs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAox5Ar8WTnHtrFYlBJZHBgcdtxURV70rkFpoyTyqX_LCSxXPGEPhNDROcFIwogsFVEFsa9ONTkk0KK4Qff5A60qJggEaP8CVdVPzWE_fNXPHYv3D9bW_DWCdF_HDBgMbUfcyh_tqf_dG/s1600/stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAox5Ar8WTnHtrFYlBJZHBgcdtxURV70rkFpoyTyqX_LCSxXPGEPhNDROcFIwogsFVEFsa9ONTkk0KK4Qff5A60qJggEaP8CVdVPzWE_fNXPHYv3D9bW_DWCdF_HDBgMbUfcyh_tqf_dG/s320/stairs.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Puget Sound, worth the short hike.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK40X3G9m4S3Nidb5U2Pat5fZsErIpvcrBGdkSn9dokrnt-YD3J6mqE1qh4GfT1SJBnXBD-jUagyy5pXTFykvtCLN6ShdH8PSfY17wApkZ73NDRpUmAmnh5GDNjDjkArHVM23gX76EeuF/s1600/view2+dp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK40X3G9m4S3Nidb5U2Pat5fZsErIpvcrBGdkSn9dokrnt-YD3J6mqE1qh4GfT1SJBnXBD-jUagyy5pXTFykvtCLN6ShdH8PSfY17wApkZ73NDRpUmAmnh5GDNjDjkArHVM23gX76EeuF/s320/view2+dp.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K5QHddhOSdA2Yx11t-TRzIlVd3ALiG5Pd2LZdOvu4LbxvQicT-YLohxRDI1UALzuckaLhOnPZ5MlZbYQzfdnADNhBjSUS0WAx5nEuhfox8ryWcGjW5MRJ7n9pUhOpG3NxaljMPrrJcwl/s1600/view3+dp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K5QHddhOSdA2Yx11t-TRzIlVd3ALiG5Pd2LZdOvu4LbxvQicT-YLohxRDI1UALzuckaLhOnPZ5MlZbYQzfdnADNhBjSUS0WAx5nEuhfox8ryWcGjW5MRJ7n9pUhOpG3NxaljMPrrJcwl/s320/view3+dp.jpg" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><b>Today's hike, my usual trail by my house</b><br />It was 85 degrees and I think I overdid it. It was worth it though because I found a great blackberry patch (and no people!).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Mt. Rainier</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksjZ0HF4unqqlGV8yjRElViVy03vVlLC-GuamIw2Mb-lGwxE9bTlXUYu8frATCrpkMdOnvfY02zatxmhABb3RJOnjNOCRUk2XFsN0h_yt_H0DQYWf0GzMdy0S_w87frUPsipps_OheEGA/s1600/rainier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksjZ0HF4unqqlGV8yjRElViVy03vVlLC-GuamIw2Mb-lGwxE9bTlXUYu8frATCrpkMdOnvfY02zatxmhABb3RJOnjNOCRUk2XFsN0h_yt_H0DQYWf0GzMdy0S_w87frUPsipps_OheEGA/s400/rainier.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great weather, but dead, brown grass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Z9F8A0XaFGK22SYgXLfPRWWswx9OOryfHvFfUT8xnJbddLz7UdxKLdj7kOOR3GdP5a6YFNm7QVyqCVVvFESJzo-SsD-xoiGN4CRYjoXj6O5ZhjuEu-fT17Sq-1kUQ_ZVjomB063i_IW/s1600/bn+grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Z9F8A0XaFGK22SYgXLfPRWWswx9OOryfHvFfUT8xnJbddLz7UdxKLdj7kOOR3GdP5a6YFNm7QVyqCVVvFESJzo-SsD-xoiGN4CRYjoXj6O5ZhjuEu-fT17Sq-1kUQ_ZVjomB063i_IW/s400/bn+grass.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect blackberries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pV1sdwmVG3KCdsPVs_eY8VItKHTKriAScyJgh5zttFJUnD3rnZVnot0Ees_GEAaV-vXSJkmqBUOTBd9vpYqeZxYnt_zmEGBLPHDR028LGKAZ0o0t_Tox7tipFzJoMbr1u9cCjuAyZfPV/s1600/cast+and+bkberries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pV1sdwmVG3KCdsPVs_eY8VItKHTKriAScyJgh5zttFJUnD3rnZVnot0Ees_GEAaV-vXSJkmqBUOTBd9vpYqeZxYnt_zmEGBLPHDR028LGKAZ0o0t_Tox7tipFzJoMbr1u9cCjuAyZfPV/s320/cast+and+bkberries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhmE4DfDnRhGnzDV4BL0TAvVjYaoDQl3ERyJaksGO9KeQAecSBdxg6Lg9rWRcBTaUc2T5RS2ULeVrW6r9Laorn6rbZp8qJMxcCdzTBh6nlAPIuT9muJOkC9ADCV8AsqgV4FNL_3QLHPap/s1600/2+bk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhmE4DfDnRhGnzDV4BL0TAvVjYaoDQl3ERyJaksGO9KeQAecSBdxg6Lg9rWRcBTaUc2T5RS2ULeVrW6r9Laorn6rbZp8qJMxcCdzTBh6nlAPIuT9muJOkC9ADCV8AsqgV4FNL_3QLHPap/s320/2+bk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My cat's Halloween costume That I bought her yesterday. And if looks could kill...I'd be dead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Things I do to entertain myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj_ArgO3HV0EdrlTtdAFsu8LSr4Yw9UhrIYmxPrPGPog8bDIooazj-Uprur-gJVa83EZaAcnDlfmRiHM0If1LgxpiAWqrPGMEnL8-_BTDTEI1pFJsE1CvGroLJrSVzwbZVU0xIWqb-r8T/s1600/missy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj_ArgO3HV0EdrlTtdAFsu8LSr4Yw9UhrIYmxPrPGPog8bDIooazj-Uprur-gJVa83EZaAcnDlfmRiHM0If1LgxpiAWqrPGMEnL8-_BTDTEI1pFJsE1CvGroLJrSVzwbZVU0xIWqb-r8T/s320/missy.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hair. Some of the hideous ash toner has washed out. My bangs are growing out, but still too short. Looking at this picture I can see why I got the senior (62+) discount at the movies last week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm only 56. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPlSfJqMVAog59ZDVbZeTx76cx3QnI3H8wW_LUhfij4tfI29QcEkt-rkOuxbyVXCoGRtjBi6lyUZJHxBBmw2a9E81_Vznzq1YRjt-cNsoc14YHCv6bYypRFQBJPaEPg5UyLa9BqW0EsZQ/s1600/183.4_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPlSfJqMVAog59ZDVbZeTx76cx3QnI3H8wW_LUhfij4tfI29QcEkt-rkOuxbyVXCoGRtjBi6lyUZJHxBBmw2a9E81_Vznzq1YRjt-cNsoc14YHCv6bYypRFQBJPaEPg5UyLa9BqW0EsZQ/s320/183.4_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b></b>

Ambien...I don't like you anymore!

Goodbye Ambien As my 3-year old grand-niece said with her hands on her hips, after her mother made her angry, "I've decided I don...

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