Project Blue

I came across a photography-based "Project Blue" while reading another blog. The point is to take a picture of something blue and share it. If I were a little more ambitious with photography, I might run out and try and take a picture of something new, in order to challenge myself, but the immediate thought in my mind was the picture of a peacock I snapped on our strawberry picking day. I am still struck by how very blue he is! So please forgive me if you've already seen this, but I wanted to post it in its own topic for the purpose of sharing with Project Blue.

Also, to give this post a bit more substance, I wanted to share something with you. I decided last night that I was going to swear off sweet treats for a whole week. I've found myself just practically unable to resist the temptation to eat a huge handful of candies instead of just one, or just walk away from the bag of chocolate chips, or eat only a small serving of ice cream.

1) It's absolutely no good for my body to eat so much sugar.
2) I feel pretty disgusted with my lack of self-control, especially when I know darn well that I want to lose some weight.

So I thought I'd give myself a real challenge, and not have *any* sugary treats for a whole week. That goes for regular candy, ice cream, chocolate, and even cinnamon & sugar toast. I'll allow myself to have other types of snacks, like crackers, or toast with jam, but it's the sugary stuff that I have a really hard (impossible?) time resisting.

The only problem is, I realized most of the way through today that my birthday is this week. Should I postpone the celebratory cake for 2 days, or make an exception and then have far too much cake on hand for the amount of people in our house? (And of course, Jesse's birthday is only 6 days after mine. And Father's Day 3 days after that....) Any suggestions? I didn't have any sweets last night, and felt pretty proud of myself. But a birthday just isn't a birthday without cake, or at least something like cake. It's a quandary, I need help!