Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2014

Ups & Downs



UP - Watched some Sex & the City episodes on E! ... I forgot how much I loved this show.  I always loved Mikhail Baryshnikov on there.  Hated they made him like a jerk in the last few episodes.  I'm still Team Aiden... but get the whole Mr. Big thing.

Oh, this still kills me....
DOWN - Stupid commercials on E! made me stay up to 1:10am to watch the end... that I've seen a thousand times... WHY must they have commercials every 2.5 minutes... not even joking!

E! ... this is for you

UP - I got one of the Evolution Fresh juices from Starbucks.  It tastes just like the juice I make myself in my juicer.  I liked it had wheat grass in it too.

DOWN - the price of those Evolution Fresh juices?  OUCH!  $5.25 a bottle?  .... I guess when I pay almost $4 - $5 for a coffee drink, its not bad to pay for health... That $4-$5 is usually a Venti or Trenta though.  Not a small bottle.


DOWN - found a cute top at TJ Maxx ... thought it looked like it would drape on me - which I wanted it to do.  Got home & tried it on & it was skin tight.  OUCH!  Reality check in my face.

UP - O'Charley's now has a new black bean burger... with avacado!!!!  Thank you O'Charley's for finally getting on board with a vegetarian option!


UP - O'Charley's apple cider vinaigrette is the BEST salad dressing in the world!!!!

UP - Got our XBox Kinect hooked up.  I got in some extra sweat kicking with the Dance Party games.  I'm going to love having this.

DOWN - I had the Xbox Nike Kinect & started in the set up round where it tests your abilities.  Holy Cow... you know its bad when it doesn't even count your jumps as jumps.  #leadballoon

She STILL has a better jump then me


UP - We took a FULL truck load of stuff down to Goodwill.  Glad to get rid of some things filling up my house.

DOWN - I actually teared up when we took our couch we've had since we dated.  I thought of all the memories.  Our last dog used to sleep on that couch.  I realized when I cried as we pulled away from it, I may have a Hoarding problem when I think couches have emotions & was sad we left it behind.


DOWN - I didn't get to see Maleficent... dang it...

UP - Ricky stuck with me & got a veggie bowl for dinner on Saturday... & he loved it!  Love when he enjoys a vegetarian dinner WITH me.

UP - Did the T25 Upper Body in the Beta round... I love working upper body... so much better then lower body.

DOWN - Washing my hair & having to lift my arms right after a upper body workout is kinda humbling.  My arms were shaking like a wimpy baby....


UP - my youth lesson went well.  I feel like a success when kids even come up to me afterwards & say, "That was a good message"... YES!

UP - got 2 of our dogs groomed.  With 4 dogs, it gets pricey when we have dogs groomed.  So we break it up in shifts.  Doesn't feel so bad that way.  It was our Harvey Dent's first groom... he apparently did OK, but the groomer said, "You know that Aussies are smarter then people sometimes, right?" ... so no telling what he did to the groomer.  Smart boy.

UP - It was Super Hero weekend on Encore ... got to watch Ironman 3 & The Amazing Spiderman & Batman with the original Batman, Michael Keaton.  I still think he is the best.

DOWN - I seriously just wanted to cry setting my alarm on Sunday night getting ready for work.... some days, you just don't feel like dealing with work... right?  Bills gotta be paid somehow though... so set that alarm for 5:30am...



Here's to another week!
How was your weekend?

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Its a Soap Box kinda day....

Its no secret how much I love documentaries...

I've talked about it here before.

Beauty & the Beast, Steven Curtis Chapman, Hugh Jackman... & documentaries.

These are a few of my favorite things....



I'm not sure how I came across the documentary "Vegucated" but somehow it crossed my path.  All it took were the words, Vegan & Challenge & I wanted to check it out.


I ended up actually finding it on YouTube to watch for free & clicked the arrow & GO...

Only I wasn't expecting what I saw ... & was reminded of...

I guess because I just came out of seeing the other documentary called SuperCharge me! which is a documentary of a lady going raw for 30 days & how it effected her body & what a raw diet can do.



Nope... not all kale & green & showgirl dreams in this one...

It was a reminder on what happens to animals as people continue to gobble them up.

I'm not posting this to point fingers & scream at anyone for being a meat eater... it's just that its so disturbing to me the truth & facts... & I honestly believe people just don't know.



Sometimes I'd rather not know the things I know...

There is one young girl who had the hardest time with the challenge because she loved meat... but then she saw what happens in all these factories - to chickens, cows, pigs, even fish - & she said, "How is this even allowed?" ...

exactly

& now, she's happily giving up meat.  She said, "How can I know this now & go back to supporting this cruel industry?"

exactly

Here she is when she saved a chicken from a 'organic chicken farm'
that still had horrible conditions

Again - no judgment anywhere...


I just sat watching this, with fingers crossing my eyes so I didn't have to really see everything that I already knew... & I cried...

Yes, I cry over animals... especially cruelty to animals.


We all jump on board when we see dogs or cats treated in cruel ways....

I just wish there were more of a passion for all animals...

Where's my PETA membership card at? :)

Stepping off my soap box...