living in interesting times

There's purportedly a Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times".  Indeed I am.

My workplace has undergone a merger.  I think I knocked them over backwards when I announced in December that I was not interested in promoting family law but seek to develop a practice in a completely opposite direction, a direction unforeseeable by the others until I announced it.  For a multitude of reasons, family law didn't seem the right path to follow.  The consequence is that I have a lot of work to do in marketing in a new area which could span multiple provinces.  If it pans out, I see significantly more business travel for me.  And longer non-billable hours that often will occur outside of office hours.  And yet for the majority of my work-place peers, there's been no significant change at all.

And as one who seems to stir the pot wherever she goes, I've also been attempting change at home as well which has caused a mini-revolt over dietary matters.  You see, I've been using different flours in meal preparation.  I've discovered that K & N will complain and turn up their noses to foods with spelt flour (or other non-white flours) when it is visible to them, even when I substitute 1/2 or less of the alternative flour in proportion to the white flour in the recipe.  They are obviously eating with their eyes.

There wasn't an ounce of complaint when I made pumpkin muffins with spelt flour:

I guess I just have to hide it better.  On a positive note, K & N have given the thumbs up to 2 quinoa recipes ~ a chocolate cake & Moroccan chicken.  It's taken some time, but they are getting used to quinoa.