Home, Crafts, Juice...Love!

Cottage living, crafting home, being a mom, 4th grade teacher..DIY cards and hanging out with Max, the best dog ever! (These are some of my favorite things!) Starting Joe Cross' Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead Juice Challenge: Dec 29, 2014.Current weight:...

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I love reusing Argo tea bottles for juicing. They are just the right side and clean up so well. Beets up!

. Day 2

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Day 2 of juicing. I know it tastes good, but my head hurts! 182lbs. This is the summer of health and fitness. 135 here I come (at 2 lbs a week). I will be starting and exercise program and healthily eating. So..so out of shape and heavy. This is not good for me...so let's do it.

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Made with Pixlr - http://pixlr.com/mobile Heading into 2015!!! So many possibilities,..

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Instead of tea, let's have juice!

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Love this!

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Pretty as a postcard. #london

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Beautiful....

[archaeologicalnews]

Fifteen Anglo-Saxon skeletons unearthed in Oxfordshire last year have been re-interred in a church memorial garden.

A requiem mass was held on Saturday before a wicker coffin containing all the remains was buried at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bicester.

The Auxiliary Bishop...

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Brittsan House by Tolaris- Homes, Orlando MJS Inc. Custom Home Designs.

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The chairs

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New Year’s Design Resolution #1:

Think about what my spaces need, then organize them. Custom shelving is a great way to turn a smaller laundry room into a functional powerhouse. Don’t quite have this much space at home? That’s why we love customization. Add a few drying bars, shelves for detergent and cleaner and baskets to store odds and ends.

It’s a new year. Get organized.

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I need to do this to my wash room

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Yoga girl http://yoga-girls.blogspot.com/

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This is the way to wake up each day!

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Where’s max on Flickr.

Mom: Max, you want to play hide and seek? I’ll start counting…1, 2, 3, 4…Here I come!

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on Flickr.

Day 3:  Started out with….Austrailia Gold…from 101 Juice Recipes!  It ‘may’ help with thyroid and immunity.  I also saw on Tumblr that pineapple and ginger juice would help fight this lingering cold I have..ugh  "The Dragon's Lair" Post...

I am 181lbs and on my way down. I have already walked this morning and am ready to show and do some work on my classroom. (My butt and hamstrings are killing me! lol)

With 2015 arriving soon, I’ve set some good New Years resolutions.  My hubby and I set a budget..I hope to finish my classroom plans through March so I have a better family life..and I am ready to lost the ‘baby’ fat (he’s almost a teenager)…and start excerising.  

I think the biggest thing though…is just taking that time to reflect and meditate.  I am starting back with yoga…and prayer.  I really want to stay centered on the blessings in my life..and stay positive.  

At the same time, I need that accountability.  Life gets to busy and hectic, I end up just moving through it and forgetting to do sooo many things (like save money, craft).  Ths is going to be a great year.

To a fit and fabulous 2015!!!

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Too funny!

[hailtothekale]

While everyone is suffering from flu and cold symptoms for the last 2 to 3 weeks, here is one of my saving graces. What normally would require continuous rounds of antibiotics and steroids (up to 60 days), I was able to handle naturally at home without ever seeing the doctor. Nipped it in less than 48 hours! If you’re sick, come see me first!

#paythefarmernotthedoctor #juice 
#reboot 
#raw 
#vegan 
#juicing
#joecross
#fsnd #fsnd2  #smoochiebooch 
#hailtothekale

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Going to give it a go!

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on Flickr.

I started walking today and will do so everyday till next Monday, then we will walk at least 3X. My motto is Fit for 15! 2015 is the year I will get back to being healthy!

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on Flickr.

Juicing GTK (good to know): I found the jam jar lids rusted and the juice stuck like crazy to plastic. The best on the go juice container I have found is recycling class juice containers! (Who would have thought!)

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1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise. 2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable. 3. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else. 4. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything. 5. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice. 6. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small. 7. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full. 8. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle. 9. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck. 10. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog. 11. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through. 13. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything. 14. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends. 15. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.

A self care list. I’ve been working on this. I promise it’s worth it. (via splitterherzen)

This is interesting…..

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