He has been hiding in the bathroom-the coolest room in the house. Poor bubby. There was some relief when we brought this home for him:
How sweet is that-the diner down the street from us does puppy sundaes! The crazy part is that they do them for free-I felt kind of bad because we obviously don't eat ice cream so we didn't buy anything,so I made sure to leave a big tip.
As you can see from the pic, I already opened the bag-OOOPS. So here it is: Alf's Red Wheat Cereal. It is unfortunately exclusive to Walmart but if you are forced to go in there like lots of us are from time to time, it is worth picking up. I paid 99 cents for it which contains eleven 1 cup servings. I usually only eat 1/2 cup at a time in a yogurt parfait, so I get 22 servings-quite the deal! It is not vitamin fortified, but it is 100% all natural,good tasting and contains a little fiber and protein too. It has a good nutty crunch and would be great topped with some fruit or maple syrup in your breakfast bowl. Seriously, in an age where even "healthy" cereals have tons of sugars and cost $4-$5 a box, this stuff is a godsend. I honestly don't think it is a great idea to overload out bodies on added vitamins anyway-if you take a multi and eat a balanced diet,you don't need to eat them all over again in your cereal. It just doesn't make sense. It is usually located on the bottom shelf by the Malt-O Meal bagged cereals,so it could be easy to miss.
Holy smokes on this sucker! The Black Prince tomatoes are outta control-no tomatoes yet but a few blossoms. The vine on this guy is crazy-much better than when I tried growing tomatoes in a pot last year.
Jalapenos-this plant is the star of the garden so far! We already tried one-not too spicy but delicious. I was always nervous to try and grow peppers-I thought they needed a super hot climate but it seems to be doing okay.
The zucchini just started blossoming. I am really excited because zucchini is my favorite veggie-these are doing great in the bag. The cucumbers I planted in the same way are pretty lame-o-I don't know if anything will come of those-BOO!
In an unexpected turn of events-we found these grow all over our property! Blackberries,raspberries and even some wild strawberries. Some of the blackberries were ripe and they are sweet and GOOD! I can't wait to harvest them all-there are a ton!
Who's that puppy helping his mom check on the abundant harvest?
Starbucks Vias are little packets of instant coffee that you just add water to. I was SUPER excited about these because everyone knows I am a coffee freak :). I know instant coffee gets a bad rap-I mean that stuff hasn't had any new advances since Folger's Crystals in the seventies right? I figured that Starbucks would pull through and make some amazing product that actually tastes like the real thing. Unfortunately I was wrong! I tried the Italian Roast flavor and it was a muddy murky and bitter mess. Super sad too-I really thought I was going to be able to get my Starbucks fix any time I pleased. Boo. Well it might be okay if you are camping and need to get caffeinated quickly-but I think you would be better bringing tea bags and going that route. It didn't dissolve all the way either-there were little coffee dust specks all over my mug.
Usually during my workout I would drink a liter of plain water and a liter of Powerade Zero. I LOVE the Powerade but it was getting a little expensive having one everyday! Plus I needed some type of fitness drink-I usually work out at least 90 minutes so I feel like it gives me some boost. Well I have just finished my first box of this-10 in all-and I really love it. I tastes wonderful-is somewhat more naturally sweetened-and it is much cheaper to buy a box of this for about $2 than a $1 Powerade everyday. It dissolved completely and wasn't sticky or sugary tasting at all. I recommend it-it is exactly what it claims to be. I plan on trying more flavors!
Look what I FINALLY broke down and bought today! The pink one was just about dead. Every time I worked out there were bits every where. I got my use out of it though-I have used it almost every day since September so I can't complain! The purple one is actually the same mat,just different color. They are the plain jane Danskin ones-I am curious if the more expensive ones are worth it-are they?
MMMMMMMMM!!!!!! We took our weekly trip to Peter's Cornucopia to stock up on our natural food supplies today. We usually buy our tofu,bulk items(millet,quinoa,cashews) and usually a few new "fun" items to try. Now,I am a DEVOTED fan of Smucker's natural PB-it is extremely roasty tasting for lack of a better word and Ryan is DIE HARD natural Teddy's PB. I just so happened to be out and figured I would just get some at Peter's. I decided to go with the kind you grind yourself-it is only $2.99 /lb. for the PB and $6.99/lb. for the AB. I know I will probably be crucified for this,but I actually prefer peanut butter-I generally don't like the bitter taste in almond butter. Same with these-both are really good-and I like the AB a little more than the jarred-probably because it didn't cost me a bundle! The taste is just pure nut flavor and the texture is slightly grainy which is what I prefer. Creamy PB kinda freaks me out now-lol. I tried that Better 'N Peanut Butter before and the texture almost made me die-weird and gummy-blech. The next thing on my list to try is the PB2 that you just reconstitute with water-it is so expensive with shipping though! I am trying to get Peter's to carry it so I can just scoop it off the shelf and not have to pay shipping.
And yes,I fell for the Topsy-Turvy trend-Black Prince tomatoes-I can't wait!
I plan on doing some container lettuces,herbs and I might try to grow a pumpkin.I also want to include a pic of our rhododendron bush-it is so gorgeously in bloom right now:
In my quest to use it up,make do or do without I came up with this little trick today. I have always used St Ives. Apricot Scrub for as long as I can remember and I love it. Sadly I ran out of my stash and while it is not expensive, I do not want to buy anymore right now. Before if something like this happened I would have driven to the store and bought some,wasting gas and time. However,my vain old self will not let my skin become all rough and scaggy looking,so I still need to exfoliate in some manner. Enter: Sugar In The Raw packet I had in my cupboard. I mixed it with a little bit of my gel facial wash and scrubbed it up. It worked perfectly because it dissolved a little bit and wasn't too harsh on my delicate red-headed skin. I think it would work really nice with cornmeal as well.
