23 March 2010
By Amber
In Going Raw
Day 8~ Smoothie, leftover tacos from before the hubby left…gotta clear out the fridge. Dinner was raw spaghetti. It was good I reviewed a few recipes for sauce and decided to go basic 2 tomatoes, garlic and green onions all blended up in my food processor. Shredded zucchini as ‘pasta.’
Day 9~ Smoothie, healthy frozen dinner, handful of raw nuts for a snack and Zucchini spaghetti and apples with aged cheddar for supper.
Day 10~ Smoothie (with fresh lemon juice a few carrot sticks) Green wraps for lunch with spouts, raw tuna salad, cucumber and carrot sticks on the side, Raw nuts for a snack and a grilled chicken sandwich for dinner.
Day 11~ Smoothie, Green Wraps and Leann Chin for dinner
(a friend asked me out and I miss having dinner with people.)
Day 12~ Banana for breakfast, and some pistachios, Lunch was lettuce wraps, and dinner was Mexican out with the family (
cuz’s birthday)
Day 13~ Banana for breakfast, salad for lunch and apples and cheese for supper. (Day 1 of 4 totally raw.)
Day 14~ Orange and pistachios for breakfast, salad for lunch and banana, nuts and chicken noodle soup for dinner (tummy was bugging me.)
Observations~
My skin is still fairly clear it is definitely better than normal. I feel more awake during the day but still have a need for a nap when I get home. This might have something to do with not getting enough sleep overnight and the work load at home and work. I have noticed the first negative thing all though I don’t have any proof it is from the raw diet it has been the only major change lately. I’m having a gas build up problem….embarrassing, it hurts. I found if I eat less more often then that helps a lot. I”m going to try that today and see what happens. As long as we are on gross and embarrassing topics I’ve also noticed that my body is processing food more efficiently and that is a big plus. Our bodies weren’t created to digest all of these crazy chemicals and processed foods.
21 March 2010
By Amber
In Life
I’m starting to realize how happy blogging makes me. Friday morning I started a little down, but by the end of going through my feed reader I was smiling and excited for the day. My blog community inspires, challenged. provokes thoughts, encourages, and keeps me in contact with old friends and new. I like that I can share my thoughts, ideas, hints and progress to anyone who cares.
I love discovering new blogs and then sharing them with all of you so that you can love them too. I’ve found friends that I haven’t spoken to in years and friends I’d forgotten completely about.
My friend Sara’s blog was the major inspiration for me going green(er) and my crazy healthy eating (not always but it has improved dramatically.) She is the one who started me on green smoothies and the reason I’m going raw for 3 weeks. Through her blog I’ve connect to so many others to help me along this journey. I’m discovering myself and who I want to be.
My life up until now has always been controlled by some outside force (good and bad) Being young, parents, school, cancer….but now nothing just God, me, hubby and Cooper. I’ve learned so much until now I’ve loved and I’ve lost but I’ve never truly figured out me. But I am now, and I like it. I’ve always been a little different and that hasn’t changed, it is just defined now.
I’m working on putting it into words (not my greatest strength which is funny for a blogger) and will share it as soon as I do.
19 March 2010
By Amber
In Cooper (the dog), Giveaways, Going Raw
So you know all of those fun giveaways I post about? Well I won one!
How much fun is that I can’t wait to pick out what I’m going to get from http://www.zazzle.com/, I won a $50.00 gift certificate and I just don’t know how I’m going to decide. They have pre-designed and customizable everything, t-shirts, dog shirts, bags, shoes, mugs everything check them out. They even offer organic items. I have so many ideas in my head I just don’t know what to do…
Oh and I have an amazing give away for all of you photo editing types out there. Check out this overlay giveaway from vol.25
Check out these examples of the use for overlays soo much fun!
Ok on to the raw update, I have good news I’m going to be adding another week to my challenge. hubby’s business trip got extended to 3 weeks so, so is my challenge plus starting today I want to add another part. In the next 10 days I want to have at least 4 of them be completely raw not just 2 meals a day. I’m excited to try some new recipes!!
This also lets me take my time and not rush to finish the bathroom which is good because I was wearing myself out. I also am going to show my hubby via video phone and then post some pics for you next week so you don’t’ have to wait so long.
Cooper is getting so big so to end this week here are come pictures of the man in my life at the moment. Oh and someone asked he is a 42 lb 6 month old goldendoodle.
19 March 2010
By Amber
In Things I love
Here is a screenshot of my google reader, love it!
So here is how it breaks down. This not only pulls together blogs with RSS feeds and the blogs I ‘follow’ I can also just add the home page web address of any blog I like and it will include them In my list.
I think I follow about 40 blogs right now, I’m currently going through my list and weeding out the ones I don’t really care about.
Some of the great things you can do with the reader is tag posts and star them as well. I have tags for sewing projects, crafts, inspiration, photography and Photo shop Elements. I love that I can tag a post and then find it easy later when I want to refer to that craft or hint that I liked.
It is also a great way to read posts on blogs that play music while I’m at work. Plus it just has everything all in one place. This is nice at work too since I can’t bookmark anything on my computer here.
Well I better go now, I don’t read blogs on the weekend and according to my reader I have 72 blog posts to catch up on.
18 March 2010
By Amber
In Thoughts on Thursdays
” Love from afar”
My hubby has been out of town for almost 2 weeks now and has one week to go. We dated long distance (4 hours away) and got used to the phone and e-mail thing. However that doesn’t make it any easier.
Business trips are a reality of the day so how do we keep in touch with each other and that makes keeping up good communication and a solid relationship tough. Heck its hard when you are both in the same house. Hubby and I are making good use of the technology around us, cell phones, pictures sent via e-mail, skype, blogs, e-mail and the like. Pictures are huge especially if you have children (or a fast growing silly acting puppy like we do.) They are a good way to keep them in the loop. Hubby is also doing a great job of letting me know he is out there by commenting on my blog (thus letting me know he is reading it) it honestly make me feel special to know that he is out there and paying attention.
Also don’t forget to keep them in the loop, there are always everyday decisions that you can make on your own but don’t make the big decisions without them just because they aren’t there. Make sure you still discuss things so that you are on the same page.
Lastly don’t forget the use of ‘snail’ mail. What feels better than getting a care package or note in the mail from you loved one. Just ask their hotel how you can send it to them.
Amber
PS check out this artical on “What really makes a marriage happy”
