Crazy 'bout chicks

I know. I’m a horrible blogger. I keep up with it for a month and then forget about it. Problem is that I get stressed out and feel as though I no longer have time for it. Oh, well. It’s really just for me anyway.

Well, lately I’ve become a better blog reader and have a lot that I love to follow. One in particular is The Art of Doing Stuff. It’s written by this amazing Canadian woman (well, I assume she’s Canadian because she lives in Canada) named Karen who just does all these brilliant projects on her own. It’s what I would aspire to do if I didn’t have to work a full-time job and take care of a toddler. Maybe I’ll get to work on my own art of doing stuff in 5-10 years when we’ve had our fill of kids and they’re all in school and Hubs is making Bank (with a capital “B”) so that I can stay at home and eat bon-bons build a deck or rip up floor to lay down fresh tile all day.

Anyway, before I got off track, I was telling you about my latest obsession, The Art of Doing Stuff. So this week, Karen took a vacation from blogging, and to keep her readers interested for those of us come back daily, she set up a “Coop Cam” in her (self-built) chicken coop in her back yard. Though the feed is incredibly slow (as in, one second the chickens will be there, and all of a sudden they’ll disappear), it’s still incredibly addictive. And now, for your own obsession viewing pleasure: Karen’s Coop Cam (if you’re asked to put in a password, type guest—all lowercase).

Day 1

Okay, so in the inaugural post of 2013, this blog that I read, Modern Parents Messy Kids, suggested the 30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge as a lovely idea for a New Year's resolution, and I signed up. Working at healthcare organization, the coworkers around me are for the most part incredibly healthy and exercise regularly. I've been hearing a lot about green smoothies lately from them, from my daughter's organic lifestyle homesteading school, and even from friends. I thought I would give it a whirl. This is Day 1 for me, though I think it's technically supposed to be Day 2 of the challenge. (I guess they took January 1 off the challenge because who wants to drink a smoothie when you're hungover, right?)

Last night, in preparation, I went to the Farmer's Market and bought two bags of organic spinach leaves, eight bananas, and then bought a huge bag of mixed frozen fruit at the grocery store. The Beginner's Luck recipe actually calls for frozen mango, which I couldn't find, and pineapple, which I hate, so I substituted the frozen mixed fruit (which contains mango, peaches strawberries, pineapple, and grapes) for both the pineapple and mango. The recipe makes enough for two smoothies, so I poured half in a cup with a lid and straw, and poured the rest into a water bottle, which I put in the fridge at the office. I must say that the smoothie is quite tasty! We shall see if it gives me more energy as claimed. Right now I've just finished my smoothie and am having a cup of Green Tea Kombucha, and I am sorely missing my coffee.

Oh, well. Here's to healthy living!

Update: After having my smoothie at 8am, I was hungry by about 9:45am. I drank some water, which helped, had my lunch smoothie around 1pm, and it was a larger portion than the one I had for breakfast. It's now nearly 4:30pm, and I'm doing okay... Going to get more water though!