Make mine a 3 Musketeers

So today with lunch, as a treat, I had a 3 Musketeers Candy Bar. It claims it has "45% less fat, big on chocolate, not on fat!"

Am I just fooling myself? Does it really matter that I choose this candy bar over the others? Are all candy bars equally bad? I suppose some day I will actually need to sit down and compare food labels on these.

We are heading into Halloween candy season. Just last week coworkers had Reece's Peanut Butter cups sitting out, which I always associate with Halloween regardless of the time of year. These I can't resist. Because my husband, Edwin, is allergic to nuts and especially bothered by peanuts, we don't have anything with nuts in our house. So, it seems a bigger treat for me to have something with peanut butter in it. Or almonds. Or pecans. You get the idea.

Since Edwin is allergic, I tried to avoid eating any nuts or peanuts while pregnant or breastfeeding Anna. And of course, now that she's eating table foods we avoid giving her any foods with nuts or peanuts in them.

I know some people get annoyed by all the warnings which have to be on our food products these days, not just for nuts but also for eggs, wheat products/gluten, but if you're one of those people who are affected by those ingredients it could literally be life and death. It amazes me when people blow off these concerns.

Anyway, changing the subject ...

I think I want to pick up a statue of Venus tonight after work. To me, she is a reminder to have grace, patience, and love in dealing with my loved ones and frustrations in life. But I suppose others could see this as idol worship. What would you think if you went into someone's home and saw a statue of Venus? Maybe you wouldn't recognize who she is? Maybe you would recognize her, and what she represents? Or, maybe you would wonder how such a "good" Catholic girl went astray? I have yet to hang my Venus framed print, but I do have a place in mind for this statue.

Here she is, with the Wikipedia description:

The "Aphrodite of Milos" otherwise known as the Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous of the art of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans), the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (80 inches) high, but without its arms or its original plinth. From an inscription on its now-lost plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; it was earlier mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Wenuszmf.jpg/120px-Wenuszmf.jpg

Hope this worked! This is how my statue looks, though I've noticed there are reproductions of Botticelli's Venus available as well.