FACT: This is a bit about me and my life, my kitchen, my no longer vegetarian food and my love for furry animals.
The weekend found us back in my hometown for all of its delicious eats that were desperately missed. They are actually always desperately missed and we have a hard time trying new spots because we want to make sure we visit our favorite spots, and with us being there for less than 48 hours, we don't have much time.
Read MoreSo today is the last day of the cleanse and I feel fantastic. More so because I know I can eat all kinds of goodies starting tomorrow. I would say today has been the easiest day. I have barely felt hungry. I had my third juice of the day at 2:30pm, which while still in the window of 1:00-3:00pm, but I could have waited another hour. I would say the reason for it being so easy is that I think everything I am consuming is delicious. if you don't like half of these items you are going to be constantly wishing for your own food. I have no aversions to any of the flavors which I think is key in doing this cleanse in stride and not feeling miserable.
Read MoreThird day in and I was expecting to feel desperate to eat something more substantial, but you know what? I'm good. I mean I am hungry, but nothing my last juice won't cure. I know I have lost some weight, but my face somehow managed to get drier. Its clear of blemishes and under the skin bumps, but it is incredibly dry. Maybe I just need to lower the heat in this house. Or maybe move to Florida.
Read MoreI was too heart broken and hungry to write about Jerry Lee yesterday. Jerry Lee was absolutely wonderful. His barking was more funny than annoying as he is an old man and when he did bark it was with so much effort but very little effect.
Read MoreWhat is the key to making it through an afternoon/evening void of solid food? Take a nap! I successfully passed by the two hour gap between a delicious carrot/ginger soup and our last juice of the day by taking a power nap. Not sure what I need this power for as I plan to go to bed by 9:00pm, but maybe I needed it to finish this post.
Read MoreA few days after returning from our trip to South America, Andrew and I headed over to Green Goddess, a local food market, where we stumbled upon a flyer about their juice cleanse offering. This was after a rough vacation of failing pretty miserably in sticking to our usual diet of fresh veggies and grains and our stomachs had been paying for it. So, after talking about it a bit we decided that this sounded up our ally. I actually started salivating thinking about the juices I would be having (beets, ginger, carrots!!).
Read MoreYesterday when I came home I had a ridiculous grin on my face excited to meet him. I walked into our mudroom and no one came running. I was slightly deflated as I thought the dog would be as excited to meet me as I was him, so as I unwound my scarf from around my head, BAM Jerry Lee is staring at me through the glass door, which scared the crap out of me. He wagged his tail a bunch and told me he was excited for his date and looked forward to the many adventures we would have (no of course he did not say this, but maybe he thought it? A girl can dream).
Read MoreSo, this weekend I will be doing something I have been waiting most of my life for... I AM DOG SITTING!! As of the last two weeks anyone that asked what was new in my life, I told them about this very important event (most looked at me like I was crazy).
Read MoreI am finally going to start this thing (disclaimer I also said that in 2011). It’s taken me a long while to get to this point but I finally feel I am at a point in my life where I have a little more to talk about then I did just a few years ago. I mean when you think about it, 2011 is 4 years ago and think about what you were like in 9th grade, vs. your first day in college, vs. your first September with no school on your calendar. I’d say you were just a little bit different and experienced a thing or two.
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