 2006
-- August's journal
1st August -- Happy birthday James! Wow. Can't believe my nephew
is 16! What a big grown up man he is, too. He's like over 6 foot!
Speaking of birthdays... It's Evie's second birthday on Saturday. We're
having a chocolate tea party for her -- just the family and a couple of
others. Not such a grand affair as last year. Fab, though.
Location, Location, Location
You know, I never watch this sort of telly, but tonight I thought I'd
take my computer into the lounge and just have some telly one. Kirsty
and Phil are on, and they're *surprise* looking for a house in Brighton.
Of course I just had to watch it. Blimey, people say Brighton prices are
expensive, but they don't seem much different to Cambridge prices. Unless
it's like a three year old programme! Am still working big time on manifesting
my ideal home to move to! I honestly thought I'd move to the seaside in
about 3 years when I retire (that's my grand plan!), but I really can't
wait that long, it feels like my life's on hold at the mo, though I'm
loving the inbetween time. I just want to move asap so Evie can have a
life with people more like her.
The seven year itch
I just realised the other day why I'm finishing my journal at the end
of the year. It's all to do with the seven year itch, and the cycle of
life goes in seven years, and you totally alter all your cells in seven
years. It appears my transformation will be 100% complete at the end of
this year, and I can so feel it. I feel more complete and happy than ever,
and I don't even get upset about being single any more. I'm feeling well
sorted! Other sevens: in the past seven years I've lived in seven houses,
had seven men in my life, had my business for seven years, had my car
for seven years. There's probably more. Magic seven is magic seven, always,
eh.
An abundance of food
I've recently been looking in my fridge going "There's nothing in
there", though it was full. I realised it was time to Clean The Fridge.
Today was the day, no procrastination, no escaping. 2 full bins later,
I'd rescued some "ripe" food and made the best ever sage, apricot
and onion sausages, seed cutlets, fruit leather, garlic and lime broccoli
and chocolate ice cream. I'm not sure how I do it, but now the kitchen
looks like a bombsite and the cleaners aren't due until Friday. Can't
leave it til then! Anyway, need to clean out my other fridge tomorrow.
Goodness knows what I'll find in there. Eugh. And need to get Vera cleaned,
as the man off of Lexus is coming to value her. Will probably say 2p or
something.
 My
fourth raw chocolate bar
2nd August -- Ah, I think I'm in love with this one. A white raw
chocolate bar called
Intacta! How totally exciting and yummy. You can preorder at
the moment, we're expecting them to ship in 2-3 weeks, but if speedy Jennie's
on the case you may just receive them before you place your order!
Happy birthday!
Oh, my beautiful little puppy was two on Saturday. I bought her a nice
bike which she's now joined at the stabiliser with, and some wooden fruit
and veg that chop up and get back together again with the aid of Velcro
(probably ©).
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Evie's 2nd birthday cake,
all raw
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Shazzie and Evie
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Shazzie and Evie cutting Evie's 2nd brithday cake
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Evie's raw food chocolate tea party
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Evie's grandmas
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Evie having her tea party with her beloved cousin Charlie
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What's mummy bought me?
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A lovely pink and purple bike!
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Matt got her some bike accessories, a big Pooh bear and some other stuff.
Mum bought her a tent and rucksack and suitcase for the festie this week,
and everyone else bought loads of lovely stuff too. She's a v lucky and
loved girl.
So Skippy with his fab
digi SLR was the official photographer. He's just come back off of Stevie's
stag doo in LV (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so I'm not allowed
to mention what Skippy leaked). V happy that Stevie is now married, living
in CA mansion and looking forward to a great life with a lady that can
give him what he needs. Cheers to them both.
Anyway... Skippy photos us and we have a good laff. I shout at Matt (obligatory
take it out on father event at stressful birthday party), and thrown him
a girl punch. We've made up now.
Parents are here, Evie's other family are here, with Auntie Jane blossoming
with her baba in her tum.
Jessie comes with Fin, Fi comes with Daisy (proving that Evie hasn't
ever had to share a thing of hers in the past as toddler scraps ensue,
esp when the etch-a-sketch that Matt bought comes out. How hard is it
to share drawing? V hard according to Evie). And Daisy's little baby bro
Joseph. Fab. Sis comes, sis's boys come -- 3 of them -- 1 hubby who's
de-aged about 20 yrs since he had his kidney stone removed, and 2 kids.
James stayed at home, probably using his muth's house for something ill-gotten.
Well, he's 16 now. Apparently he can.
We all eat raw chocolates and other sweet things. I forget to bring out
the choccie ice cream so Evie and me can troff that later.
We cut the cake -- purple corn extract, maca, lucuma, suma, blueberries,
cashews, cacao butter, apricot, hempseeds, agave nectar, himalayan salt,
lemon peel, coconut water, orange juice, love by me.
We open the pressies, Evie's bike caused more sharing issues with Daisy.
Jen got Evie a talking baby, she sits perfectly in the back saddle of
the bike. Evie's such a broody chicken.
Innit
Annette came over today. Was great to see her. We nattered, she drank
the leftover lemonade, and we nattered. Then she collected the rest of
her stuff from when she lived here and pootled off into the daylight.
Will hopefully see her in a few weeks, though which will be fabuloso...!
Festie
We're off this week to the raw food festie! Looking forward to yoga,
laffs with mates, Evie enjoying the air and kids and workshops. Must get
some massages in, some relaxing and some deep deep girly natters. Me and
Jess and Kate have grown so much closer lately, it's lovely. Goddess energy
abounds!
Have a perfect week. Oh, and Happy Birthday David,
my lovely lovely mate!
Back home
15th August -- Wow, me and Evie had the best time ever at the
raw food festie! All the kiddies just played and played. Watching them
reminded me of watching swallows in the sky, they formed patterns when
they moved from the logs to the trees and then to the tents, the stragglers
being the small ones like Evie, the leaders being the big ones like Reuben.
It was so great, and they all looked after each other. I got a two hour
reflexology sesh, and a two hour Thai massage, out on a hill with the
sun on me. Yeah, it didn't rain!!! Though it was a bit windy, there was
plenty of sunshine. Our tent held up, our bed was comfy, and the food
was amazing. The Burger Queen, Sue, shone with her gorgeous raw food burgers.
All the food crew did an outstanding job. I ate far too much. Evie ate
non-stop, scrounging off everyone. Kate's magic chocolates kept us happier
than ever, too. It was all lovely and I'm looking forward to next year's
already. Rob did a great job all round, even down to getting enough loo
roll to last the whole event!
So now we're back, and I've not yet unpacked the car. Must do that before
it all goes mouldy in there. Much love, beautiful people...
Strumpet, she's so naughty!
16th August -- Goodness, the ever expanding raw chocolate range
is almost complete, with the release of Strumpet,
my naughtiest chocolate bar ever. After the purity of Intacta,
I had to do something to redress the balance!
We're getting sooo much great feedback from our customers about our raw
vegan chocolates -- and we're not surprised. It's the loveliest thing,
making people healthy through eating chocolate that's laced with superfoods
and love. Who'd have guessed what life had in store for us raw foodists?
Anyway, enjoy my Strumpet,
and don't try to tame her!
Gojis everywhere!
We knew it'd happen, coz we have our ears to the goji-strewn ground...
Goji berries are now available in Tescos! I was jumping up and down with
glee today when I spotted them. I called over the manager "Oooh,
we've been promoting these for years. I feel like my work is done!"
He's like "You're supposed to put them on your muesli or something,
aren't you?" And I'm like "You can do anything with them!"
Probably not actually anything, but I was excited at said time. So I bought
some to taste, and they're nowhere near as nice as ours! I've had a fair
few gojis in my time, and in a blind taste test I could work out which
ones are ours, coz they're sooo good. These ones tasted, in all fairness
and in my goji-educated opinion, about 2 years old (which isn't unusual),
being hard and really dry. They were also quite bitter. I hope the suppliers
get a better stock soon, as I wouldn't like gojis to get a bad name in
the UK, not just as they're taking off. Our
gojis are so nice by comparison: sweeter, and much juicier, as
we get the new harvests every time coz we buy so many tonnes of them at
any one time. But, if you need a goji fix, and you can't wait to get some
off of us, you can now just nip to the church of Tescos! Fab news all
round.
Christmas party
19th August -- Yes, I know it's just August, but these things
take planning. We've got the best ever Xmas party lined up for you. It'll
probably be in or around London, and we're teaming up with some amazing
souls to bring you a night you'll always remember. More details to follow,
but for now, please keep the evening of Saturday 16th December
free!
Summer of love
Thanks to all who entered my summer of love comp, I had some beautifully
expressive responses! I wish you could have all won, and it was really
tough choosing five that really stood out. I loved the way you all wrote
about the emotional, spiritual and physical progress and your appreciation
of life. You're stunning, guys and gals! But there can only be 5 winners
(who get a raw Shazzie's Naked Chocolate bar each)
You are a Shazzie's Naked Chocolate winner!!!!
Amanda Lucas, Oxford, UK
Sharrhan Williamson, MA, USA
Lisa Allen, OH, USA
Lauren Donohue, OR, USA
Michelle Cecilia Ystad, Norway
And here's why...
1) I've just moved in with my partner. After spending my 20s not really
growing up after being a student and still living in a student mind set,
I'm finally feeling like my life is beginning.
2) I'm making a move to be even more raw. After reading such inspiration
words from Shazzie and the other raw "gurus" on the internet
and beyond I've figured that there's no point putting it off because I'm
just denying myself. So from 50% raw, the only way is up....
3) I'm loving picking up a paint brush and just expressing myself. Who
cares if my paintings aren't "good" by other peoples standards,
they come from within and if you're telling me my painting isn't any good,
then you're telling me that I'm no good and quite frankly you can keep
those opinions to yourself!!! I'm doing it because I want to!
Here's to the best summer ever.
Amanda Lucas, UK
1. I had the most wonderful, expansive experience of LOVE (yes, all caps!)
in early July when I did a 14 day water fast while camping by the ocean
on one of the beautiful Harbor Islands not far from Boston, MA. The healing,
transformative effects of the fast flooded my body, mind and soul with
so much love, clarity, joy and such a profound sense of my life's purpose
that I felt like a newborn being. I am so grateful and happy to be alive!
2. I have just completed the recording of the most wonderful CD of my
original healing meditation music, giving clear expression to my passion
for bringing love, joy and peace to the planet, one person at a time,
through the power of beautiful improvisational world music that incorporates
my flutes, my voice, and the vehicle of electronic delay 'looping' in
which I accompany myself in a subtle yet intricate tapestry of layers
upon layers of blissful sound. Love paved the way and brought all the
details together in a magical way so that it was all accomplished quickly
and effortlessly.
3. I have learned this summer to send love to others -- this is now my
mission in life, to be an embodiment of love in all that I do as a musician,
artist and spiritual activist -- and I am experiencing more and more each
day that every being I meet responds to this Love and returns it to me.
No one is outside the reach of the current of Love's beautiful vibration,
and I am filled with joy and gratitude as I release judgment and open
more and more to Love's unconditionality, because the Love we give freely
comes back to us multiplied, in waves of kindness and wonderful synchronicity.
Sharrhan Williamson, USA
am having a summer of healing! The ultimate source of healing is love...
So i am loving myself to health!
1] I am starting to be a raw goddess.
I haven't been raw for more than a couple of days in the past. But now
i'm starting a holistic approach to my health and well-being that includes
being raw. Today i have blessed all the raw cantaloupe that i've eaten!
I haven't even been thinking about food at all unless i sit down to eat
it. It's my first day being raw, and i feel...ahhh. Nicer than I have
in a while.
2] I will be fasting.
I love to fast. Fasting, is a game to me. I love the feeling of just being
me, no food! It takes me to amazing new heights of spontaneous creativity
[like the time I fasted for just 1 day, couldn't sleep & had so much
energy and mental awarness, I had to get up & write 14 poems! But
not all at once.
3] I am moving and changing and starting my life.
I am thinking about what I am doing [and gonna] do with my life, where
I'm gonna live, [right now, I'm thinking Las Vegas!] and what I can do
to help the world and stuff. Like being raw, and pure, and honest and
I even started an online journal, because I hate to write manually, too
much work.
Even though i will start working soon, and spending some money on your
chocolate powder and book, right now I'm totally ...skint, I think they
say. So I will buy the cocoa bars when I can, but I can't right now, and
I'm really really hungry. and raw. and this is my first day. Make it choclaty
and Shazzielicious...
Thank you!
*Bless, Evie, Shazzie, Valerie.
Lisa Allen, USA
1) This is my summer of love because I am changing my life!
I am eating raw foods, and exploring a new world of one of my favorite
art forms -- food creation. I am also developing my own business based
on my art (the two dimensional kind, not the food kind) so I can continue
to use my creativity and not struggle to pay bills while working a dull
job for the rest of my life.
2) This is my summer of love because of my garden. My garden used to
be a boring old lawn like the rest of my neighbors'. When we moved in,
I tore out the grass to put in garden beds. I eat fresh salads from my
yard everyday, including wild "weeds" which find refuge in my
yard (the rest of my neighbors use pesticides and lawnmowers). Going out
to hand select each leaf gives me immense joy, as does watering and monitoring
each new growth. My goal is to one day grow almost everything I eat in
my own yard, and be an example to my neighbors of what city living could
be like.
3) This is my summer of love because my future self will look back, happy
that I found out who I was, got rid of the things that were making me
unhappy, and committed to being a whole, honest person. I am doing this
through eating whole, raw foods, changing my thought patterns, communicating
what I truly mean, and sharing my thoughts with others.
I wanted to say thank you to Shazzie and Evie for sharing your lives
with the world and being inspiring, honest people. I found your journal
a few months ago while doing some research for the company I work(ed)
for (we make raw sauerkraut and raw sauerkraut crackers). Your journal
inspired me to take the plunge into what I've been curious about for years
- eating raw - and also opened my eyes to the fact that raw foods could
truly change your whole being. I have been wishing for a pill that would
bring about change; it's not a pill, it's a whole diet of wonderful, alive
foods! I am ready to change!
I hope to buy your three books soon, as a way to give back to you and
your company. Thank you!
Lauren Donohue, USA
1. My boyfriend. After going through a rough patch, our relationship
is at a new level. I feel so much love towards and from him. It is making
me more grounded and loving. I walk around with a smile on my face and
every time I think of him I experience a great feeling of love.
2. Raw foods. I won David Wolfe's "Sunfood
diet success system" in a bet recently, and that book along
with the abundance of summer veggies and fruits has allowed me to work
through many issues in my life while having vast amounts of energy while
loosing weight.
3. Shazzie. I accidentally came across Shazzie's blog in November of
last year, and I was inspired to start adding more raw food to her diet.
I purchased her books, and her recipes are allowing me to enjoy being
raw like I didn't think I ever would. I check her website every day as
her positive energy and her love for life always inspires me and makes
me feel immense gratitude and an increase in love and energy. I cannot
express how grateful I am to you for your blog and your books. You deserve
every good thing that comes to you.
Michelle Cecilia Ystad, Norway
See, they're all so great, aren't they? And there were so many, that
I thought it only fair to run another competition...
Here are your best bits!
With the end of Big Brother 7, the winner being the truly deserving Pete,
we saw the best bits of each remaining contestant. I got to thinking...
what are my life's best bits? How could I write them down, work out what
really has made an impact on me and my loved ones and the world? Could
I restrict it to three things? Would they be different, depending on the
mood I'm in. Of course, Evie would have to be in there! So, today, here
are my best bits. Though they may be totally different tomorrow!
Evie -- My precious daughter gave me a completely different outlook
on life. She's made me continue to search for a wonderful way to live,
she makes me smile so much, and she's always there to snuggle me.
My business -- Coming from humble beginnings, my business is now
internationally recognised in the health world as being innovative, dependable,
friendly, efficient, flexible, honest, vegan and ethical. We work hard
with our suppliers to make sure everyone gets a fair wage. We work constantly
with people we wholesale to, to get the best deals for them, to help them
flourish. We work tirelessly to ensure our retail customers are treated
like royalty. And we plough money back into community projects, expanding
our product range and employing more staff to grow the business.
My inner peace -- If you've followed my journal regularly, you'll
have read me say "I'm so happy" "I'm so sad" "I'm
so happy" "I'm so sad" "I'm so happy" "I'm
so sad" etc. Life has its ups and downs, but of recent weeks I've
worked so hard on myself to close the emotional gaps I had, that I can
honestly say I feel massively happy and content now. This doesn't mean
I have everything I *want* in my life, but I truly, for the first time
ever, understand that I have everything I *need*. I feel emotionally transformed.
So those are my best bits. What are yours? If you had to define
the three most outstanding parts of your life, visible and noticable or
not to others, what would they be and why? If you want to send them
to us, your prize will be a signed copy of Detox
Your World.
Please...
- State your three best bits clearly
- Include your postal address and full name
- Include the name of who you would like the book signing to
- Put in your email subject header "Here are your best bits"
- Send your email by 30th of September 2006.
By entering this competition, you automatically allow
us to publish your comments. If you want to remain anonymous, please say
so in your email. Winners will be notified by email after the closing
date. There will be 5 lucky winners, I hope you're one of them! This competition
is open worldwide!
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I think this was me about aged 32/33. Don't ask. It was a New
Year's Eve at Lady Chrissie and Lord Bov's mansion.
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Oh, I don't know! Do I???
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This was when I was first pregnant with Evie and my boobs got
big. That's also Lady Chrissie of Bovingland.
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Me and Chrissie's boots. I don't know why Skippy would take a
picture of this. We're girls.
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I think that's Chef's hand. I don't know any more than that.
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Ah, dinner at La Margerita. Their menu was just like my handbag.
A handbag?
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Me and my puppy when she was shiny and new.
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So who is he? Who is he? This is he. My lovely fluffy SINGLE gay
best friend. Aw!
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Who is he? Who is he? Who is he????
20th August -- So a few of you are going "Who's Skippy?"
Well, I thought you knew. Skippy is my GBF (my Gay Best Friend). Unlike
the stereotypical Gay Best Friend, Skippy is very bad at choosing clothes
for me, but he does look after Evie while I choose clothes for me. We
spend mucho tiempo together. I LOVE HIM!!!!! I'm telling him to move to
Brighton with me so he can get a manthang. Anyway. He's dolescum at the
mo, so he's been putting a load of pics on Flickr. As people do when they
have time on their hands. And he told me on Friday, during our seven hour
lunch, that he'd done this, so I had to Ego Surf (check search for own
name). This is what I came up with from over the years. Maybe I shouldn't
have...
And for years I had to keep his identity a secret as he wasn't out to
people close to him. But now, he's totally out so I can mention him for
proper.
Big salad days
As Evie gets bigger, so does her appetite. She now has a salad for one
of her breakfasts. She has three breakfasts:
- In bed upon waking: booboo, coconut water, nuts
- Downstairs: salad or non-sweet fruit such as tomato or pepper
or cucumber
- In the bath: fruit or messy food
Then we get dressed and go out, where she eats some dried fruit and has
her booboo before going to daytime nightnights at around midday. Oooh.
Eat out house home.
So I've got to grips with making bulk food for Evie's appetite. I make
a big salad that lasts two days in the fridge for both of us. We make
it on the floor, so Evie eats what she wants as I cut/shred/grate. We
make a two day juice, while Evie sits on the work surface while I juice,
and she eats the pulp. Before washing the juicer, I make burgers and we
form them as Evie eats the mixture. We make one batch of chocolate a week,
because my mum won't let me get my hands on my Naked Chocolate Bars, they
last over a week in the fridge. We make nut mylks that last for 3 days
in the fridge with a splash of ionic silver.And all we make fresh each
day above that are smoothies as and when we want them and nori rolls.
Easy, this raw food thing, when you're organised. Never actually thought
about being organised before!
Evie's Kitchen -- get involved
My fourth book is coming on a treat. I've written 20,000 disorganised
words so far ;-) I know this is going to be the most stunning book I've
written to date, and I'm really excited about it as I find out more and
more about raising a raw child in the modern world. It's going to make
many people's lives a whole lot easier, for sure, and I really can't wait
to get it out there.
So, if you want to be involved, here's what you can do!!! If you have
raised your child all-raw or high-raw, and you would like to tell your
story, here's your chance. Apart from me and Evie, there'll be 5 other
raw child stories in the book. I'm looking for about 1500-2000 words,
and you can include any amount of detail you want. If you had health challenges
with cooked food, if you had deficiency issues, if you learned the easy
way or the hard way, if you are happy about what you did, if you regret
your decision, your hopes for the future, your feelings towards raw foodism
and the modern world now, your own personal diet, veganism, vegetarianism
or raw meat? What did you feed your child? What did your family think?
Did you have support of conflict? What about the authorities? What about
vaccinations, homeschooling, socialisation? What's your story?
Please send your story for us to consider including in Evie's Kitchen
within the next three weeks, and include some good quality photos in colour
to: Angel
(subject header: Evie's Kitchen). We'll send you all the relevant release
forms to fill if we pick your story, and we'll also send you some goodies
as well as a signed copy of the book!
If you don't have a story, but do have some young children's raw recipes
you'd love to see published, alongside your name, please email them to:
Angel
(subject header: Evie's Kitchen). We'll send a copy of the book to each
person who's recipes appear in the book as soon as it's published.
Brighton (again)
28th August -- So I'm in love with that town, like no other, like
never before. This is true, mature, uninfatuated love. Am so moving there.
Went there on Friday, after two nights of no sleep coz Evie didn't sleep.
Was tired but up for it. Went to see Josh Wink off of A Higher State of
Consciousness record in late nineties play and he was totally fab and
I danced so much, coz I've only been out dancing twice since Evie was
born. Well, since about three years actually, coz I was with child for
ages before she came out, just like an elephant.
AND then I had the best weekend, and it was just great and greater and
massively wonderful. A paddle in the sea, a dinner party with a raw chef,
big girly natters with Kate and Jess and Evie playing with the kids all
happy. Wow. Was wonderful.
Today, my Auntie Shirley and Uncle Ray are coming over coz they've just
flown back from Las Vegas and Hull's a long haul from Gatwick, so I'm
a stopover. From Las Vegas to Las Vegans... She just rang "Have you
got any milk, I'm dying for a proper cuppotea" coz Americans don't
make tea like us. Eugh... Shazzie two fridges strikes again. I have a
rellie fridge for such events. I allow a bit of dairy, but obviously no
dead animals in there.
Am going to ply them with superfoods chocolate later. What a treat! That'll
cure the jet lag.
Ahhh. got new dig SLR the other day and new laptop (new marketing warrioress
will get old one). Am feeling full of technical stuff. So manly, must
pick some flowers to balance that out.
My god, my life is AMAZING! I just realised. I love it all, and I want
more!!!!!
Have a wonderful bank holiday, whatever you're doing. Love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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