[greenbunny]

I just moved to Austin early July. The Whole Foods headquarters are here and they actually have a live food deli!!!! There is also a farmer's market right near us and several other good healthfood stores. I feel like I've died and gone to heaven.

Wow, fema food.- Can't even imagine. That must have been awful! We moved here from Florida and the 2004 hurricanes sure reaked havoc with us too. I went from 100% live to eating microwaved tv dinners - healthfood ones - but all the same. Evacuating 3 times in a row to far away because of my handicapped Mom. Oh, it was awful! We started the process of moving then and just got here now. I kept on thinking - oh - I'll be moved soon and I can go back to eating right - but it took over a year to actually move. I am so relieved to be able to go back to civilized eating - at least what I called civilized. The hurricanes and getting out of Florida set me so far back it makes me want to cry - but I'm finally in a place where there is hope. We have to re-do our kitchen here and our stuff is still in storage but we are on the down side of the mountain and I at least can get some real food. Don't have my vitamix of dehydrator or even a full set of dishes or bowls and a student refrigerator - but it's still so easy compared to what I came from. I'm able to eat mostly live. I feel like life is coming back to me.

It really sounds to me like you are doing great from what you described. Sounds like you did better through the hurricanes than I did. If you could do so well through that then you should really be patting yourself on the back!

greenbunny