Saturday, August 29, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

indoor gardens

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I just love how clever some people can be. I heard about this a while back, but never really checked it out! It's amazing! Fresh Salad YEAR ROUND!!!

I also think this is really clever as well!!

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berry banana breakfast w/ a book







Berry Banana Breakfast
This morning i made a yummy breakfast of Oat Bran Hot Cereal, org. blackberries, org. bananas, blueberries, a little bit of rice milk and a bit of agave nectar..... it was delightful!!! Very filling as well!!! Washed it down with a tall glass of water, and began enjoying my book!

This truly is a lovely morning!!!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Reading Rut




I recently got an account on www.goodreads.com. It's a website where you and your friends post about books you've read, are currently reading, or would like to read. I love seeing what friends have on their lists, and I like to see how they liked a book or not. I value their opinions and suggestions on a good book. It's interesting to see how alike our tastes are, and also how different.

I enjoy a good book, but have been having problems getting into one. So, I have read the first chapter of many books, only to discover..... I'M NOT INTERESTED!!! I just assume if i don't like the first chapter, i won't like the book.......

FINALLY! A breakthrough! I just started to read To Kill A Mockingbird....... a "high school read" that was never assigned to me. I am loving it. I am only a few chapters in, but i know already that this is the book I am actually going to read. I really didn't know anything about the story prior to starting. The back of the book only has one sentence pertaining to the contents. The rest, about the author. Often, I find myself loving both books and movies, that I have no information on. That way i don't have an idea in my head how the story will go, and if i think i am going to like it or not.


Friday, August 21, 2009

Women in Art



Here is a video that i found very interesting. I love to watch it! It's Women in Art over the last 500 years.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Tapped



Here is a documentary I really want to see. I have been in a documentary mood... maybe i will have a documentary marathon!

This film is about the bottled water industry. It is amazing how something so vital to our lives can ruin lives. If i see it, i will post about it.

Friday, August 7, 2009

flower power

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This is so cool! In boston, toyota has set up solar powered laptop charging stations. It also provides wifi... all in an effort to advertise the new prius. I think it is cool, and would totally spend hours sitting on the flower station, wishing i could buy a prius.!:)


I have been wanting to watch An Inconvenient Truth lately. It is a so blunt about what is happening to the earth... it is scary to watch, but full of so much information. When i watch all the bar graphs line up almost exactly the same it amazes me. I wish i could see bar graphs of violence, immorality, and hunger. They too would have the exact same pattern, I'm sure.

Also, Al Gore is surprisingly, slightly funny!!!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Dread the Shred


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oooohhh!!! last night i did Jillian Michaels 30 day shred for the first time. Ouch Ouch Ouch!!! I can not believe it.... i was literally on the edge of tears.... it was sooo intense. My favorite part was the crunches, because everything else was squats, and by the 10 minute mark i was in pain! At least the crunches i was lying down!!

I want to do it today, but i can not walk down steps, or sit down. Guess i didn't stretch enough!!!

Jillian Michaels is so fierce... every time i stopped to take a little rest she said "push through" or "if you want to see results you can't stop." It was funny how she said this right around the same times i wanted to quit..... i felt like she would have yelled at me if i did! hahaa

Monday, August 3, 2009

Spectacular Spektor





Last night I got the new Regina Spektor cd. I am only half way through it, but this is my favorite song!!!!
I love when she says "lets buy a silver bullet trailer and have a baby boy."
I just love all the lyrics!!
I think that is interesting that this song is on her new cd, but the video is 6 years old....
. it's a wonder when these artists write their songs, and why they wait to put in a particular album.