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You might have noticed my absence lately or better explained as 'inconsistency.' I know I've been laying low for awhile but just saying hey, I'm still around . You may spot me here or there at blogs, facebook, twitter (it's very quick!) and of course email - just probably not consistently. Sorry I'm so flaky right now but life/work/life has been very busy and hectic so to dedicate much time to blogging and reading of blogs is unfortunately being sacrificed (including entering giveaways-maybe I'll just have to do the mandatory and keep my fingers crossed I can win with one entry). ;( But hopefully, you know me well enough that I always catch up and will be by to visit. I love reading all my buddies' blogs so be rest assured I'll be by soon. Just might take awhile to catch up is all. Don't go overboard on blogging okay? ha ha! Just kidding. I myself have lots of things I'd like to blog about but since I typically ramble and can get long-wi...

Sorry for the delay - I was having some computer issues this morning that prevented me from posting about the winner until now. Thank you all for participating (wish I could give you all something!). It was a fun giveaway. I mean a hundred dollar online gift certificate to CSN Stores! So many wonderful things one can buy and I'm jealous! Jealous of the winner of this prize! But I'm happy to congratulate the winner too. ;) So onto the winner's name/entry shall we?      221. Deanna G.      Tweeted about the giveaway Congrats Deanna! Please respond to my email within 48 hours before another winner is chosen. Have a good day everyone!

Before I announce the grand prize winner of the Best Organic Wheatgrass powder, please read on... For those of you who have hosted giveaways on your blogs and such, you know that sometimes you wish you could give EVERYONE the prize or at least a little something, anything for participating. I know I do. Well, in this case, I can! What do I mean? Well... Everyone who entered in the Best Organic Wheatgrass giveaway can sign up at their website for a week's worth of wheatgrass powder! How cool is that?! Now, you can taste for yourself how delicious this wheatgrass powder is. We love it in our house. Now, to announce the winner of the giveaway. The winner will receive a box of 66 individual packets of wheatgrass powder and a box of 15 individual packets of wheatgrass with honey - a $60 value. Winner is: #89: Angelique Miller CONGRATULATIONS! I will send you an email to the address provided, which you'll have 48 hours to respond before another winner is randomly sel...

While driving around my neighborhood after running a few errands I noticed along one road some potential new growth. Growth in the meaning of a new house or two soon to be built. What made me sad were all the beautiful trees freshly cut down and piled on top of each pushed to the side. So sad. I understand growth and expansion; I mean I hope to one day own my own home but it’s bittersweet to see these tall beautiful trees just mowed down for a house or two that will have little land space. Sigh… I wasn’t sad for long though as I saw a tweet the next day from Moms Wear Your Tees about a plant-a-tree-in-state-parks program by Odwalla  (she also about it here too). Synchronicity? Anyway, it’s free, just pick a state and post through fb or your email address and you’re done. If you’re not in the US, I don’t see why you couldn’t plant a tree as well so I say click on WASHINGTON to plant a tree for us! Yeah, some will say we have plenty of trees here but nah, lots of trees are good. ...

Happy Sunday! Hope the weekend was fabulous for you. The weather here is a total drag. It’s June and we’re still fighting rain. :( At least ½ the weekend (yesterday) was good weather wise. We were able to get out into the fresh clean air and enjoy some much needed and welcome sun beams. Thanks to The Daily Raw Café and Chia Seeds Direct  for my two-pound bag of chia seeds. I’m so glad I won these because we were out. They sure are sticky little buggers huh? Especially with a one year old. Caleb/YS2 loves ‘em. They’re usually added to smoothies and whatnot. google images I made Aimee’s latest chia pudding recipe – twice in one day, in fact. YS2 was particularly a fan – can you say snarf ?! Well, at least there’s no doubt where he’ll be getting his calcium ! He even loved the banana nut milk by itself. The only thing I changed was instead of almond butter I used peanut butter, just because I didn’t have any and didn’t feel like making some at the time. However, almond butt...

Did I stutter? Yeah, I said give-a-way. So what, right? So what?! What I’m saying is it’s giveaway time AGAIN ! I just had some Valencia oranges so please bear with my silliness. CSN Stores – you know the one that offers everything and anything from kitchen goodies to rugs to bean bag chairs (love those!) to track lighting ? Well, they have over 200 stores that you’re bound to find everything you could possibly need/want. The nice folks over at CSN Stores have generously offered a $100 gift certificate to one very lucky winner ! Again, no stuttering here. That’s One Hundred Dollars (USD). Pretty cool wouldn’t you say? Imagine what you could buy! Now, here are the rules : *Must be a US or Canadian resident – sorry international folks, if shipping didn't cost so darn much... ;( *Must provide a valid email address so I can easily contact you if you win (winner will have 48 hrs to respond). *Entries count as one unless otherwise stated. If entry counts as more than one, le...

…And a giveaway for you too. But FIRST, let’s talk about what it is and of course my thoughts on the product itself. Wheatgrass . google images How many of you drink wheatgrass? Freshly juiced or powdered? I’m jealous of those who can stomach fresh wheatgrass shots on a regular basis. I wish I could but that’s too hard core for me! However, I love the benefits of wheatgrass. I know I’m missing out when not drinking it regularly. Recently, I was provided with wheatgrass powder (plain and honey-sweetened) from BestOrganicWheatgrass.com . I’m always a little hesitant to try something “green” and uber-healthy so I hesitated to try it for the first couple of days. Sam tried it first and loved it! Which got me brave enough to try it myself. I first tried the honey one and mmm! It’s really good. Helps that it was sweetened but it had a nice flavor with no bad aftertaste. Next I tried the plain one (not at the same time as the honey one of course – ack!). And again, very pleasant flavor wit...

Howdy folks! It’s been awhile hasn’t it? Well, I’m still here. You haven’t gotten rid of me yet. Ha! Over Memorial Day weekend I was going to blog about how busy I’d been with the week and weekend before but I got too busy to do even that. I’d spent some time in the kitchen (the weekend before), which kept me occupied. No desserts. :( Instead I made some kale chips (EVOO, garlic and salt – I didn’t have any cashews to make cheesy ones), salsa-flax crackers and spring rolls with peanut sauce (yummy!!! Not all raw [spring rolls that is] but close enough for me – I’ve made these many times before but haven’t really blogged about it other than mentioning it a time or two). I just noticed none of those foods go together, not that I was trying for that. I just felt like making those things. I even took pics but they all suck so I’m hesitant to post about it. I dunno, what do you think? Post in spite of lousy pics (i.e. blurry, cellphone quality)? I did manage to enter some aweso...