Green is my favorite color

I have been drinking green smoothies for a long while now. If you are interested look here or here for starters or not, but you should, just saying. I don't remember when I started, but a while ago. I usually make a green smoothie at lunch time. I eat a few smallish other things to get some protein in, but I honestly have developed a taste for them. I like my green smoothies. I also make a yummy citrus smoothie in the morning with all kinds of different citrus fruit, honey, and yogurt. We drink that instead of OJ now. I just got a good deal on a Blendtec and I'm very excited about it. I had been using a regular blender which was fine, but this is nice. It made my smoothie really...well smooth today at lunch.

Anyway, I want to tell you about something else I have been doing/drinking. Back in April I went to this class at Relief Society. I went because I was teaching a class. I taught everybody about all my homemade lotions, potions and cleaning supplies. I learned some stuff about sprouted wheat that night. Like how to do it and how easy it was. It's super healthy for you to eat it, and easy. But as I was doing research on sprouted wheat later that night and the next day(I even found and made some sprouted wheat bread recipes) I started learning about wheatgrass too. I was really amazed. The benefits are really amazing. The funny thing is how easy it is to grow. First you have to sprout it, then once it's sprouted you let it grow. I have bought some little trays, but I also grow it in an 8x11 Pyrex dish. All you do is cover it for a few days, and let it start to grow, then take the cover off and let it keep growing.

But a few weeks ago, I went into the eye doctor because I was having trouble seeing. Never a good thing. So, I went it and had my eyes tested. My eyes had improved!! and I was over being over corrected with that prescription. That has never happened to me, if anything my eyes have gotten worse and worse over the years. I was really excited and thinking this was truly a miracle until Hayley told me the same thing happened to her a few years ago, and she isn't drinking the wheatgrass juice. But I will pretend that didn't happen to her, and continue to think the improved eyesight is due to the drinking of the wheatgrass juice. Scott even drinks it when he is home. I have all kinds of cleaning up to do on that boy.

The other thing I noticed, is...less gray hair. I used to sit and pick out gray hairs EVERYDAY. I started to tell myself I had better stop or else I was going to get patches of bald. But I haven't been picking lately, and I haven't been noticing as many gray hairs. Seriously. I had a patch in the front of my head that was pretty gray. Yes, it was very small, but it is gone. I don't know, it's not a miracle cure all, but I am noticing some interesting changes.

I don't know, I'm not super obsessed about it or anything, I just find it to be very interesting. The whole idea that food can almost be viewed as a medicine or a purifier. You know? I do eat 7-10+ fruits and vegetables a day. I try and eat super healthy and nutrient rich foods. I do eat plenty of treats though too. So, I'm not perfect. I just made chocolate chip cookies the other day, so...take that for what it's worth. I just love to eat good, real, whole foods. I do view my body as a machine, and I'm trying to fuel my machine with the best possible fuel available. I have been spending a lot more on groceries though. Eating healthy can be expensive. But that's a whole other blog post, that I could go on and on and on and on about.

You'll need to

read the previous post to understand what I'm about to say. I was trying to not be so long winded buy my entire shower I was thinking about what I didn't say that I wanted to say. So, here it is...

I was embarrassed about my toes until I felt that lady checking me out. (You might be thinking enough about the toes, but it's symbolic for my I think so bear with me.) Then, I got kind of bossy. I told her I was a runner and I had lost my nails training for Hood to Coast. That made me feel proud, no more embarrassment. She told me I could get a fake nail put on there to make it look better. That made me feel kind of pissy. I looked at her with her fake blond hair, her fake nails and her fake boobs, and said yeah I could, but the podiatrist said I could get a fungus under there and I don't want a fungus. That shut her up quick. She didn't want to chat about a fungus. I put my foot up on the bar proudly from then on out. I don't care what she thinks. Why should I. I am who I am nail-less toe and all. I kicked her skinny little butt in that class. She kept needing the teacher to come over and correct her posture. Not me, I got compliments on my form. Carrie remembered my name was Heather.

I would not recommend...

putting eggs into a pan, going to take a quick shower, leaving the eggs on, and then taking 2 of the kids to the dentist while the EGGS ARE STILL COOKING! Yesterday was early release (can I say that is one thing I will be happy to get rid of) and the kids had dentist appointments at 2. They get home at 1:40 and it's at least a 20 minute ride. At 1:20 I still hadn't showered so I needed to move it. I thought I'd put some eggs in to hard boil, my kids do enjoy a hard boiled egg, before I left so they could have a nice snack when we got home. Well, I forgot all about the eggs. Hunter gets home at 2:45. EXCEPT, Hunter was supposed to go to a track end of season party. Yesterday, Hunter said he just had a feeling he should come home, he just didn't feel like going to the track party that day. SO not like him either, he does enjoy a good party with junk food. He came home to the smoke alarm going off, and a smoke filled house. No fire, just smoke. He took the eggs off, they were done by then, and opened all of the windows. What if he would have gone? I'm just so thankful that boy was listening! Scary to think of what could have happened. My windows have been opened airing the house out. The smell is just about gone.

So, in a very long winded way, I just wanted to say how blessed I felt that everything was okay. Because really, I don't see how a fire didn't catch. And come on...Hunter not wanting to go to the track party...it's like too good to be true. I'm so watched over. On the way home, when Hunter was finally able to get ahold of me, I was upset. Shakey almost. I couldn't believe I had done that. By the time I got home, I pulled into the garage and was about ready to charge into the house when I looked down, and there was Hope's little purple head band. Just sitting under my feet on the little car carpet. I have looked for that head band. Looked and looked and looked, even in my car. I had given up on ever finding it about a month and a half ago. But it was just like somebody said, see bad things happen but things will be okay. I felt like it was Heavenly Father's little way of giving me a little pat on the back. After Scott lost his job, I blogged about a game I had played and really liked and wanted to buy. But Scott was out of work, and we weren't buying expensive games. A few days later, I was having a particularly bad day, and on that very day I got a package. One of my dear friends sent me that game. I immediately started to cry. The ugly cry. I called my Mom first, to tell her. I was crying so hard she didn't even understand me. Then I called my friend to thank her. Heavenly Father used her to answer my prayer, and to let me know everything would be okay. We are blessed so many times in so many little ways, that I'm afraid I don't even notice sometimes.

Moving on to less important matters...I went to the podiatrist a few days ago. Well, the good news is I didn't have a fungus. I do feel so much better about that. But I did loose my left toenail and some of the right. I've have a bandaid on the left for months, because I was afraid it would rip off. You could see damage (from all the hill running from before) on my nail (it was a line). The left was a lot worse and had pulled away all the way down to the bottom. Great, just in time for sandals.

I went to this brand new studio in Camas/Vancouver called Barre3. I loved the class, it was pilates meets voga meets ballet. LOVED IT! The teacher had the most amazing body. Of course they just open in time for me to move, but I walk into the class hoping to leave my socks on...only to be told it's a bare foot class. GRRRRRR. Oh well, I took my socks off and said oh well. The class was completely full and I had somebody right next to me. We had our feel all up in front of us on the bar and stuff. I felt the lady checking out me toes. I leaned over and told her I was a runner and lost my nails. I felt like telling her to stop staring!! haha At least it wasn't a contagious fungus. But it is ugly :( When something is embarrassing/obvious, I'd rather just get it out there so she could stop wondering. Nice. I did really like the cork floors, maybe someday I'd put those in someplace.

My windows are all open and I'm cold. Yes, cold because it's cold and damp here today, my windows are open and I'm still in workout clothes. Why can't I live in a place with a "normal" climate haha!!

Random thoughts

1) It's been raining a lot here. Winters aren't bad here, it's spring that gets old. In the first part of the the spring I was all smiles thinking that all was perfect here. BUT, I must admit, the rain is getting old. I have talked to several people that have lived here for many years, and everyone is saying this was the rainiest May ever. I'm trying to look on the bright side of things, like Austin will be sunny...

2) Scott just called me and told me I HAD to watch a show. It's the Biggest Looser Family Show. He just called a second time, to make sure I knew I had to watch it. He said I was "just like Jillian". I'm not sure he meant that as a compliment. I know who she is, but I have never watched the show. I think I will watch the show just to see how he sees me. ha.

3) There are 4 cookbooks that I really want to buy right now. I am waiting, taking a deep breath, and letting a few weeks pass by to see if I still want all 4. I'm waiting I'm seeing. Only 3 out of 4 are at the library. I checked that one out, and think I'd like to own it. Although, my library doesn't charge overdue fines, maybe I'll just keep it for a good long while. Looked at 2 more at the bookstore, and think I'd like them a lot. But probably don't NEED them. Haven't gotten my hands on the fourth yet, so definitely won't buy that one... yet. Maybe the Round Rock library will have them. Or, maybe I will treat myself. Haven't decided. Just thought you should know.

4) Hannah's dance recital is the week after school gets out here, and I still need to buy tickets, and she needs a Goldilocks wig.


5) School gets out June 17th here. The packers come on June 28th. The kids get ripped on about a month of vacation. Bummer for them.

6) Hope has stopped taking a nap again (a week now with no nap). She stopped all summer last year, but when the kids went back to school she started napping again. School isn't out, but she isn't sleeping.

7) I have mice in my garage. In true Heather fashion, I bought six traps. I wanted to buy double that, but talked myself down. I put peanut butter in them all, and set them. Most if not all peanut butter is gone, but none of the traps snapped. (Yes I set them right!) There is poop on my food storage, and one of my bags of oatmeal had a hole. I'm feeling really grossed out. My neighbor caught (really killed) SIX IN HER HOUSE. At least I'm not her. I would not be able to sleep. She put her cast iron skillet in the stove...and the next morning there was poop in the skillet. Mice are a problem here, in the spring, they don't like our May showers either. Just to clarify, I don't have mice in the house, ONLY the garage.

8) I have a toe nail fungus. There, I said it. Me...the girl that wears flip flops in a public shower. Why me? It all started when I was training for Hood to Coast. The trauma to my nail left me weak! Remember the mice? I'm feeling very creepy crawly these days. All in time for my big move to Texas, where I could wear sandals most months out of the year. Lucky me :)

9) Lastly, Hope was frustrated with me and just called me a "Monkey Lady" hahahahaha.