Day 8!

Hello everyone! Hope this finds you happy and safe tonight. I am both as well. :-) Today was full of surprises! I woke up in an excellent mood ready to make my breakfast... well my juicer had other plans. As I went to reassemble it from the dishwasher, the blade would not twist back on to the screw so I examined it. I found that the screw part was fully plastic and had snapped in to 2 pieces. I was so glad that we had chosen to buy the protection plan that came with it! So I quickly changed, packed up the juicer, and headed to Wal-mart to exchange it. I realized on the way there I was going to seriously tempt myself... walking into Wal-mart on an empty stomach and starving! Luckily, the service counter was quick and courteous! I was in and out in less than 15 minutes! I was back home in no time ready to make breakfast (which had now become lunch).

5 Carrots

1/4 Guava

1/2 Lemon

1/8 Watermelon

2 Apples

1 Orange

Handful of Spinach

I decided to give an idea a try that I had heard about on www.jointhereboot.com. I blended the juice mixture with ice to make it in to a smoothie of sorts and also added ~1tsp of organic cinnamon. It tasted fabulous!!! The cinnamon completely overtook any "grass" taste I might have gotten from the spinach! After the first few sips, I realized that it wasn't really food itself that I missed and craved, it was the flavor of the spices that I wanted. I also realized that my drink reminded me of Quaker Oats Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal!!! I was extremely pleased and relieved. I had made enough for this glass and then a to-go bottle as well. So I placed the to-go bottle in the fridge for my walk with Buddha later this afternoon. 

I piddled around the house cleaning, dancing, playing with my puppies... I even spent some time looking at bathing suits. :-) I think I have decided that I will let my readers choose from the bikinis I post at the end of my 60 days. Please be gentle! ;-) Anyways, I finally decided that it was time to walk around 2:50 pm. Buddha and I walked down to the park, then around Palmer Lake and back home. The whole trip took over an hour and it was such a beautiful day that I really didn't mind or notice that I was sweating like crazy. It was nice to get Buddha used to socializing and what I expected of him when he was. The walk was a little bit easier... I just need to reign in some of that excited puppy energy (almost wish I could juice that LOL). He was doing very well by the time we got back on our street. When we got home I noticed that it felt sweltering inside the upstairs of my house. I thought it may have been because I just finished exercising and that I needed to cool down and it would feel fine. After 30 minutes passed I was still having sweat accumulate on my brow so I walked over to the thermostat.... it read 76!!! The sun coming in from the side and front windows upstairs had generated so much heat that it raised the temperature 8 degrees from what I had it set on! So opened some windows and let the wonderful breeze flow through my house as I caught up on some reading. 

I had barely drank on my walk, so I still had nearly a whole bottle left. I still had 1/2 of it left around 5 pm so I thought I would just re-smoothie it and have that for dinner since I so enjoyed it. Well... second surprise.... My blender decided to explode while running... :-) I had juice ALL OVER my kitchen.!!!! The bottom of the pitcher part came undone in the middle of blending which sent the bottomless pitcher flying across the counter! I quickly grabbed the pitcher upside down to hold the remaining contents inside and proceeded to pour that into a glass. I had just enough left for a decent sized dinner. I then proceeded to clean up the kitchen, which at this point smelt of carrots and cinnamon. Didn't take long for me to have it all set to rights again. I am just hoping and praying that all over my other electrical kitchen devices continue to work! :-)

So I have aptly named today Surprise Sunday and have decided to spend the rest of my night writing to you and then watching one if not two movies. :-) Too bad popcorn isn't a fruit or veggie.... I wonder if I can juice corn into tasting like it.... thoughts for another time. :-) Thanks for stopping in and reading!!! I'm going to keep an eye on this cough that seems to be coming from deeper in my chest. Stay healthy and happy!!! Goodnight all!