All-Day-Sickness

I've got it (of course). Lost 18 lbs w/ E, 10 lbs w/ B, 8 lbs so far. Lovely. Gross. Arg.

Sweet Ben makes smoothies for me every night. Finally found one that soothes the savage intestines:

Soothie Smoothie
(Ginger Lime Apple)

1 sweet apple (mmm Fuji)
1 lime (cut peel off along one axis - leave some)
3/4" chunk ginger
1.5 c ice
1 c milk
1/3 c sugar

Put ingredients in blender in whatever form your blender can handle, zap 'em up, enjoy!

Mmmmm!

Both twins are still there. No vanishers! Yah! What are we going to do!?!?!? People watched us juggling Benjo in church last week and laughed at the thought. (Hopefully they'll stop laughing and start helping come March. ; ) And yes, once again.... this was a deliberate decision... or so we thought. Heavenly Father just had to thicken the plot with two!

Any suggestions on a great 8 passenger vehicle with excellent fuel efficiency*, reliability, and whatever else is desirable in a ride? Of course, the Sienna comes to mind, but I keep thinking there has to be some angle on this decision that I haven't thought of (BTW: Suburban's out - too gasy and I'd be too big a hazard behind that wheel).

I'll post photos again someday when we have a full-functioning computer... maybe November? = {

PS In lieu of the book I know I must write but fear I never will, I've started an additional blog. It is something I feel strongly about but is definately a large work in progress. It'll be accessible under "projects" in the sidebar.

*I do realize that at this point "8 passenger" and "fuel efficient" are mutually exclusive, but I have to dream!