I apologize for my absence. I've posted replies to others' blogs, but I haven't posted anything new on mine in quite some time. That's about to change. I've been going through a bit of a transformation of late. My wife and I have both been concerned about health and a few weeks ago she suggested that we try a few vegetarian meals every now and then. This was a total shock to me because, although I may love vegetables, she's always been a meat and potatoes woman. Well, for the most part, we've been vegetarians during the week and eat "real food" on the weekends. I actually expected for this to be a rather painful transition. It has not been. We've been making all sorts of dishes using no meat and this has been a VERY tasty experiment for us. There are some fake burger patties (Boca) that taste great. They also make a "Chik'n" patty that is as good as or better than, Tyson's chicken patties. Now, we're not the typical "vegetarians" since we're not doing this because of our love for animals. Personally, I believe that if God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. But due to the fact that neither of us is growing any younger, we figured this would be a healthy change. If any of you are interested in any of these recipes, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to send them to you, or post them on here. Don't get me wrong, I still love a good steak (or real burger) but, due to cholesterol and my family history, I figured this would help some of the damage that I've already done over the years. So far over the past three weeks or so we've both lost weight. I have lost about six pounds without doing anything else to assist the diet. I also stopped smoking on August 22nd and at this point, I should still be gaining weight. That hasn't happened either. I just thought I would let some of you know that there are healthy…and tasty…alternatives to the processed, fat, greasy foods we've all come to love.