Happy New Year ! 2011

Happy New Year To Everyone !  Here it is the last  hour of the last day of 2010 . Hard to believe that this year has gone by as quickly .  I just got use to writing down 2010 !!!

I don't know about you , but I can't wait to get the new year started .  I am so excited about new my trainer  . I feel soooooooo much better already ! I can't wait to lose all this weight !

I can't wait to share what I learned this past year with others .

 I can't wait to start planting next springs garden . Already with all the rain we have had I have a great start . I received a great new camera from Santa this year, and can't wait to learn how t use it .

I can't wait to continue to focus on helping  myself and go deeper in prayer getting closer to heaven and earth, to know how I can live the best I can and help make this a better place for all.

I can't wait to get out of bed .... I can't wait til to get some of my promised projects done . I can't wait to start new ones. I can't wait to meet new friends.

I can't wait til spring and summer . I can't wait to eat this years new honey .
I can't wait to be alive !

I can't wait to sneak a lazy morning and stay curled up under the blankets just a little longer .
I can't wait to bath in the sunshine .
I can't wait to take my next deep breath !!!

Motto for 2011       " Do Your Best ! "

Happiness and Success.
Peace Be With You .

Infinite Love and Gratitude !

Check out Susan Powers advice from Rawmazing.com

www.rawmazing.comCooking cleanliness is also important. You really want to wash your produce well. Take good care of it and buy organic when you can. Make sure you are familiar with the top 12 fruits and veggies that are the most pesticide ridden. It is worth consideration getting organic when buying the following:

1. Celery (the worst)
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Kale
10. Cherries
11. Potatoes
12. Imported Grapes

31 Days to Healthier Holidays

Gathering with close friends and family members during the holidays creates lasting joy and memories. But with so many parties, celebrations and errands to run, it can be hard to keep up with your healthy lifestyle! Here are 31 daily tips that will help you make healthy choices throughout the holiday season.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calendar_2007-12.pdf
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=479

All the food turned out perfect !

I hope everyone  had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones.
 I'm spending time with family, so I'll be keeping this post short. In addition 
to being thankful for my family and health, I'm thankful for all the support  
to those who have helped make this site a useful resource for us foodies. 

We spent Thanksgiving dinner with long time friends , our godchildren and their families last night...

all the food turned out perfect (which of course means I ate way too much).

As we were sitting at the table, I was hit by how grateful
we should be for what we have.

Anyone who is reading this  likely has a computer
or has access to one at a library or a friend's house.

You have access to clean water, or technology that can
clean it for you.

You, if you want something, can find the resources to get
it and it can get there in a matter of days.

You have access to amazing health information and products
with a mouse click.

It's amazing what we have and we have to be thankful for

it.

Even with all this new technology , there is still one thing everyone

has trouble getting for themselves... and that's.... time .

Time to relax

Time to breathe

Time to enjoy

Time to love 

Time to play

Time to be grateful

Time to live now !

So , think about it, consciously in this new coming year, take time for you ,

our families , and friends. 

Happy Holidays !

My First Alive Thanksgiving!

    Can you eat 5 servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables everyday? Your body will say thank you !
With the holidays nearing, the time has come for thinking about clever, memorable, and eco-friendly menus to serve friends and family. Fatty, high calorie filled traditional recipes will be replaced with ingenious solutions to be able to serve better healthier dishes .
    We have been mostly vegetarian for about a month or so and loving it ! I would say that I am about 80% raw with the remaining being  made up with  my addictions to cheese, especially goat cheese  on my salads or stuffed inside dates,  "Crunch master " multi-seed crackers ,  eggs  and potatoes still on the weekends. I am very blessed to eat  some the best food in the world . With concerns of posions being prayed on our fruits and veggie , I started a home garden  which I am proud to say I won a Martha Stewart Award for last spring.Unfortunately it has been neglected  after a busy summer at work ... but the local farmers markets make up for that ! I really want to go totally raw some day . I'm  not sure why they call it raw , if you are allowed to heat some things up to 118 degrees ? Shouldn't they say , almost raw ??
Now that it is getting colder and rainy , I'm sure I will still be making my wonderful soups and veggie stews.
    We have been invited to friends for Thanksgiving . When we told them that we went vegetarian, the joke was, were we going to bring tofu turkey ? Actually I will be taking  a layered sweet potato cheesecake !  Totally vegan too ... and oh so good ! I can't wait til everyone trys it out ! I made a small sample one for us to try and its  so YUMMY!!