Chocolate vs. Margerine and Green Juice

Oh, my...a week ago yesterday since I last posted. Sorry! I try to keep it to at least once a week or more! What can I say? Busy sounds lame, but its the truth! : )
So, Little Miss "I hardly eat anything orally" has decided that chocolate is the over ruling exception and she is now officially an addict. A few days ago she was begging for chocolate for breakfast and I gave my good little mommy speech about how "chocolate is desert, not breakfast". That morning about the only thing she ate orally was a dab of straight margarine that she picked off of the top of her bread. ...Hee, hee, I'm a little undecided here...did I win or did I lose!? :o)
Potty training. This topic is so depressing that I'm not even sure I should bring it up. But I am in a real dilemma. We travel in a week. We will be guests in other peoples homes for 5 weeks. And none of them have cement floors like I do, nor a couch that is already so peed on that it just doesn't matter. I have tried everything, I've tried getting really mad (not hard to do when frustrated), I've tried the "calm mommy" approach, correction, rewards, consequences, pressure, no pressure, reminders, no reminders, praise, indifference, lectures...seriously, I don't think theres anything that I haven't given a fair trial. We are tallying about four wet accidents a day and roughly 4 messy accidents a month. And going on about 10 months since we kissed diapers goodbye because SHE SHOWED ME SHE WAS READY! BIG SIGH....That, is not potty trained. So, what to do? If I use disposable pull ups for just one day she visibly drastically digresses. I can't imagine using them (or paying for them) for five weeks. I also can't imagine cleaning urine or worse of off someone else's beautiful carpet. WHAT am I going to do!?

I'm trying to think of something happy and inspiring I can write about to end this little blog entry and all that comes to mind are Little D's temper tantrums which are anything but happy and inspiring! LOL

Oh wait, I got one! The other night for supper I was feeling inspired to make juice. This was my concoction:
6 oranges--hand squeezed
3 guayabas--with the seeds removed
a handfull of beautiful fresh parsley leaves
a serving sized spoon of sugar (if you are avoiding sugar you could use honey)
about a cup or cup and a half of water.

Whirl everything except the orange juice in the blender until completely liquefied. pour in pitcher, add orange juice and icecubes and serve. my oranges added a LOT of pulp. You kind of had to chew, which doesn't bother me, but some people might not like since its supposed to be a "drink". It turns out a beautiful, or "gunky" green color--it all depends on your perspective! : ) And I am curious. I am trying to remember if this is something I could have had and enjoyed before I lived in Mexico for several years......I'm not sure......so I'm curious if this actually appeals to anyone else or if it just sounds gross. Anyhow even the little boy "who will touch no vegetables" enjoyed half a glass! : )