Obsessing on Juicing

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:56:47 +0000

I’ve been juicing since I was in College, I think. My dad bought this very reliable and durable juicer from a home tv shopping network and we’ve been using it ever since. Before juicing, we have the trusty blender. Our usual fruits shakes are mango, avocado and melon when we were young. Then we tried apple and carrot juice in the mall when me and my family went out to go malling and we discovered that it really tasted great so the juicing in our family was born. Anyway, fast forward 2011 when I shared juicing with some online friends and they tried it, some now shared more recipes than what I knew. Today, I am enjoying not just apple-carrot juice but I tried, apple-carrot-celery, apple-carrot-broccoli-celery-lemon, orange-apple-celery and I have yet to try more. A friend of mine shared the documentary, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and gave me the idea to detox every month, I will try it starting this month. At every end of the month, I will try to detox for 2 days. Will start, dinner of Friday night with just drinking green juice and then eat light dinner come Sunday night. Will let you know how it goes. For the mean time, here is the link of the trailer of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead that inspired me more about eating healthy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9SGWcZwk7c

Room Makeover

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:29:42 +0000

We live with my parents, we can’t afford our own house. Yeah! I know. Anyway, while we are living with them, I am planning to renovate the room because it is getting quite crowded for the hubby, our son and me. What do I have in mind? Good thing, I don’t have a huge problem like my friend who is looking for basement flooring that she wants for their huge basement. She lives in California and luckily they have a big house there and the basement is a wreck and she wants it renovated. My only problem is closet space without sacrificing too much space in our tiny bedroom, but definitely, I want this space for my son…

I wish we have IKEA here in our country, then it would be very easy for me to do this little nook for the little one. I will be browsing home stores here and maybe I can get a few items similar to this one, the table is not needed, he still has a sturdy table that we can use.

Fell in Love with Red

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:41:55 +0000

I always want a home with a red wall or anything that will have a tint of red. I am thinking maybe a wall in my office space or maybe the wall where our headboard will be placed in the master’s bedroom but when I saw this photo (and pinned it of course in Pinterest), I knew I wanted a bathroom so similar to this…

The bathroom is not that huge which is very nice thinking that I don’t want a really huge dream house but this space is just enough for my husband and I and I love how sparkly and RED it looks.

Supplies for the Home

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:28:38 +0000

This afternoon, the hubby and I went to the hardware store to buy a few items for my in laws’ place and while we are on it, his boss asked him to get a few polaris pool supplies that they need in their rest house in Laguna. I was a bit surprised that he had to ask my husband in buying some personal items, I have to ask my husband why he accepted the favor since it is not work related. Oh well. Anyway, we got a few paints and a few metal items for the house of my in laws since they are fixing a few things for their house and my husband wants to help. Nice that we accomplished something aside from work today.

Give Love on Valentine’s

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:25:16 +0000

Valentine’s Day is not just for couples because Valentine’s is all about love, you have to give love to each member of your family and it is very nice to give gifts to grandparents and since all my grandparents are long gone, I will definitely give gifts to my parents, who are already grandparents to my son. I know what to give my Dad and I only have to think of what to give my mom and I think I will give her the one that my friend suggested that she saw online which are berries for grandma’s birthday that she happens to give her grandma last December and she told me that they are so good. I think they are eye candies…

Dreaming of Infinity Pool at Home

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:13:39 +0000

If given a chance to have enough budget for a dream house, I always wanted a lap pool and now that infinity pools are so popular, I want one that is an infinity pool but can also be used to do some laps. I love swimming and I always think that it is a great exercise and I’m sure that if we have a pool at home, it will be put in good use. I bet pool covers will just be used every night because I will use the pool all the time. Look at these nice lap/infinity pools I love…

Planning Your Meal

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:32:18 +0000

In a household, we need to plan all the meals for at least a week and as you grow older, you tend to plan healthier meals. I advise mothers out there to be more conscious of the calorie intake you and your family take in your bodies because it is very much important. There are so many nice recipes that we can cook for our family that can be delicious and healthy at the same time.

Here is a sample of a well planned meal from EatingWell.com

BREAKFAST
1 Cup Skim Milk
1 Orange, medium
1 Cup Cheerios Cereal

MORNING SNACK
1 Cup Cantaloupe Melon

LUNCH
Vietnamese-Style Beef & Noodle Broth
1 Whole-Wheat Pita Bread, small
1 Cup Skim Milk
1 Fudgsicle, no sugar added

AFTERNOON SNACK
2 Tablespoons Prepared Hummus
3 Ounces Celery Sticks

DINNER
1/2 Cup Cooked Brown Rice
Green & Yellow Beans with Wild Mushrooms
Roasted Cod with Warm Tomato-Olive-Caper Tapenade
1/2 Banana, small

You can get some of the recipes on the site and see more of those well planned meals there too.