tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41033164635160161022024-02-20T04:50:39.990-06:00Healthy, Happy ShannonTexas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-83208070416933652092016-06-01T09:10:00.001-05:002016-06-01T09:10:38.868-05:00Alpha Stamps Guest Designer!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, a while back, I made this teacup for an Alice in Wonderland swap with some friends (I posted about that <a href="http://healthyhappyshannon.blogspot.com/2016/03/alice-tea-and-crafting.html" target="_blank">here</a>):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">So, my friends really liked it and asked if I'd teach a class on how to do it (which is happening this Saturday, 6/4/2016, if local folks want to </span><a href="http://artgirlsclass.blogspot.com/2016/05/alice-in-wonderland-art-assemble-piece.html" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">sign up</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">). I thought that sounded like fun, so I contacted </span><a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Alpha Stamps</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">, where I got </span><a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p17268/Wonderland_Set_Download/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">the images I used</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">, to find out what I needed to do to be able to use those images in class, and included a picture of the teacup. Apparently, they liked it, and asked me if I'd like to be a guest designer for the month of May, when they'd be featuring Alice in Wonderland items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never done anything like this before, so I was a little nervous (okay, maybe a lot nervous) about whether I could come up with anything that would do justice to all the goodies they sent me to work with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope that they like what I came up with. I did two projects, each using the altoid tins they sent. I started with this one, which I'm calling Alice's Memories, because I was thinking of her toward the end of her life, maybe as a great grandmother, remembering her adventures fondly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the inside, I painted the <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20180/Mini_Alice_in_Wonderland_Chipboard_Silhouettes/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">chipboard figures</a> and <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20179/Tiny_Chipboard_Alice_Props/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">chipboard props</a> black, then added white, gold, and glitter highlights. The background in the lid of the tin is from a scrap of some photorealistic scrapbook paper I had. I used two of the <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20212/Altoids_Tin_Insert_Frames_-_Alice/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">chipboard frames from this set</a> (the mushrooms in the back, the Cheshire cat in front of that) painted black and glittered, separated by pop dots so they'd stand out more. I glued crumpled tissue paper inside the base, glued some moss over that, and then decided where to place the figures and glued them in place. On a few of the figures, I cut a toothpick in half and glued to the back and stuck that down into the moss/tissue paper to help give more stability. Finally, I dabbed some watered down glue around the moss and sprinkled glitter over the whole thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For my second project, I knew I wanted to do an assemblage doll piece. I've been looking at all kinds of different dolls and figures on Pinterest lately, and I just really, really wanted to try one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">I was picturing it as a wall hanging at first, although I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do for legs, but I was talking to a friend, tossing around ideas, and started thinking about putting her on a candlestick or something so she could sit on a shelf. I wasn't quite sure exactly what I was going to do, but then I was walking through Tuesday Morning, and they had these adorable little dessert bowl type dishes -- a small bowl on a pedestal, not very tall, and I thought it would make a perfect base, resembling a skirt or dress. So I picked up one of those, and then found some Tattered Angels Plain Jane's Stained Glass paint over on the craft aisle (still at Tuesday Morning):<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I painted the inside of the bowl with two coats (the picture there shows it after one coat) and then used some <a href="http://decoart.com/metallics/metallic-lustre" target="_blank">Metallic Lustre</a> on the outside to bring out the raised design and to make the edge look gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the head, I used one of the images from one of the collage sheets Alpha Stamps sent me and created a soldered square, then glued a bit of embellishment (I think it was part of an earring maybe?) in one corner. I used a bead for the neck. The wire heart was originally going to be for hanging her on a wall, until I changed direction, but it helps provide stability for the head and neck, so I just decorated it with some of the little plastic flower beads they sent me and added the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" graphic from one of the collage sheets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the tin, I painted it, then decorated the outside with some 7 Gypsies rub ons. I used some images from the collage sheets on the inside of the tin, along with one of <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20211/Altoids_Tin_Insert_Frames_-_Scalloped/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">these chipboard frames</a> that I painted black and then edged with the gold Metallic Lustre. I used the <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20158/Rectangular_Resin_Heart_Tarts/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">resin heart tarts</a> and <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p20191/Miniature_Chocolate_Cake/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">miniature chocolate cake</a> to decorate the deeper (normally bottom) side of the tin. The lid side has a scrap of Graphic 45 paper for the background, and then the picture, the quote, and the top hat are cut from different collage sheets, and I used this <a href="http://www.alphastamps.com/p17894/Bronze_Stopwatch_Clock_Charm_-_Roman_Numerals/product_info.html?osCsid=64d9808e6540881918d17efb639d425e" target="_blank">bronze stop watch</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, those are the two projects I came up with. I actually have an idea for using some of the other collage sheet images they sent me, I just haven't had time to work on it yet. I really appreciate Alpha Stamps for letting me do this -- I had a lot of fun with it, despite being a bit nervous about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sandra's example was shades of pink, but I went a different direction, color-wise. I'm not really a pink kind of girl, so I wanted to do something a little different. It always amazes me in classes how everyone's project ends up being completely different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, as usual, I completely forgot to take pictures of everyone else's stuff. They were all great, though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We went to a new place out in Colleyville, <a href="http://www.thewildnest.com/" target="_blank">The Wild Nest</a>. If you're in the neighborhood there, stop by and check it out -- I could have easily just wandered around looking at all the stuff on the walls for an hour or more. I'm not very good at remembering to take pictures, but a few things that caught my eye include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there was so much more. I was so busy looking at all the stuff, I just forgot to get pictures of it. It was all colorful and artsy and fun and made me want to redecorate my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, the class was taught by the fabulous Jenn McGlon of </span><a href="http://www.noodleandlou.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Noodle & Lou</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, who talked about finding inspiration for your art journal from old photos and books and showed us how to do a collage page, and we learned a bit about lettering from Cindy Mayfield of </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/yappingcat/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yapping Cat Studios</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, who does really cool hand lettering. I didn't get pictures of anyone else's stuff, but a few were posted on Instagram under </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artgirlsjournal/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#artgirlsjournal. </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love being able to take classes like this and hang out with really cool people and just play with art supplies and learn new things. It's always inspiring just to be around everyone and see what everyone does. Anyone around the Dallas area looking for this kind of class or group should go like the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/creativityclasses/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Art Girls Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to get notifications of upcoming classes in the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night I stayed up too late reading </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mary-Russell-suspense-featuring/dp/0804177902/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461211206&sr=1-1&keywords=the+murder+of+mary+russell" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Murder of Mary Russell</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by Laurie R. King, the latest in her series of Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes stories. It's been a long time since I've read a book that really pulled me in and I couldn't stop reading. I'm working on Outlander, but it just hasn't been like that for me. It's not even that I'm not enjoying it, but it's not un-put-down-able, although that may be as much about me as the book -- I've had trouble focusing on much of anything lately, and just not been in the mood to read, which is really weird for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, The Murder of Mary Russell. I can't say a lot about it because spoilers, just in case someone reads this who hasn't read it yet, but I did enjoy it. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending, but I'm trying to stay open minded and wait to see where it goes in the next one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other than that, not a lot going on here. The weather's been stormy, but at least we don't have flooding, and so far no tornadoes. My food choices have been less than stellar and I need to get back on track with that. I keep saying I'll do that, and then I get lazy and don't want to cook. That's really no excuse, I know I feel better when I eat better, it's just hard to get there when I'm this far off track.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's really all I have to talk about right now, I guess. I'll be back Saturday(ish), probably posting about the art journaling class I'll be taking on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plan going forward: a post on Saturday, about crafting stuff. A post on Wednesday-ish about other stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, today is a post about crafting stuff. I've made a bunch of paper flowers out of coffee filters dyed with watered down acrylic paint, just because I felt like it, and turned some of them into this colorful garland for my fireplace (I should have spaced those middle two flowers differently):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These were really simple -- I started out cutting the edges of the coffee filters into scallops to be more petal like, but then did a bunch of them without doing that, and from a distance, it doesn't make a huge difference either way. I do wish I'd darkened the edges with paint or ink for some contrast. I just stapled probably 10 filters together, then bunched up each filter individually into the middle, and then sort of fluffed them out. The garland is made up of pairs of those glued back to back with bakers twine in the middle of them. Super easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I've been adding things to the <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/shannonmartinson*" target="_blank">Zazzle store I started</a>. Zazzle is a print on demand (POD) site -- there are quite a few out there, Society6 and Cafe Press are two others you may have heard of. I uploaded some art to Zazzle and to Society6 just to see how they work, and I've already sold some things from Zazzle. It's not going to make me rich, but if it brings in a little extra money, that would be nice. It's harder than it used to be for me to get overtime at my real job, so I'd be really happy if I can find some ways to have some extra spending money, especially if I can earn it doing things I like to do and would probably do anyway, and that's basically what this is -- the types of stuff I'm uploading is stuff I would have done anyway, now I just go a bit further with it, scanning it into the computer, cleaning it up in Photoshop some, and then uploading it to Zazzle and putting it on different products. Some of the items available are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I'm going to revive the blog. I know the two of you who read it are thrilled, right? I'm hoping committing to posting will help me commit to actually do stuff -- make stuff, read stuff, eat healthier stuff -- you know, actually maybe be somewhat productive, which I feel like I just haven't been lately. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I'm aiming for posting twice a week. Anything more than that is just a bonus. I want one post to be crafting related, and the other will be -- I don't know, something else. What I'm reading, or eating, or thinking about, or if I really can't come up with anything else, a pic of the cats (kidding, mostly -- my cats tend not to do anything interesting to take pictures of).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I'll start with what I did this past weekend. A friend of mine, Mitzi, hosted an Alice in Wonderland tea for a bunch of us. She really outdid herself on the decor and the food, the attention to detail was amazing. Here's just a couple of examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to the great food, and lots of talking and laughing (and maybe some covert matchmaking for some people's adult children -- shh, don't tell), some of us did a swap of altered teacups with an Alice theme. They were all amazing! This is the one I made:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this is the one that I got to bring home, made by my friend Susan:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This isn't the teacup, this is what the teacup was in. She really went all out on this!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the actual teacup:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here are the others:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have really talented, amazing friends! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for next year's tea -- it's going to be pretty hard to top this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-56584512576997202482015-02-08T09:10:00.000-06:002015-02-08T09:10:38.491-06:00It's been about a year since I posted anything here. I haven't really been sure what I wanted to do with my little corner of the internet here. I don't really want it to be all food all the time, but I haven't been sure what else to do with it. I do want to focus on things that make me healthy and happy, but food isn't the only part of that. I feel like this turned into Shannon's Food Log more than anything else, which isn't really what I intended it to be.<br />
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What I'd like this to be is more of Shannon's Life and Food and Crafts and Random Thoughts (and maybe some pictures of my cats). When I thought about starting this blog and what I would call it, I considered several other names before I settled on Healthy, Happy Shannon. I chose this one because it sums up what I aspire to be. All the Whole30 stuff over the last year and a half or so has been part of that, but now I think it's time to focus more on other aspects of it.<br />
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Now that I've said all that, though, I am starting another Whole30 on Monday. I don't really meal plan very well, but I have decided on some recipes I'm going to make for next week, and I've bought ingredients and started cooking some of the things that will freeze well for later in the week. My daily meals will be over on <a href="http://instagram.com/healthyhappyshannon/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, but I thought I'd list what all I'm making for the week here.<br />
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Everything I have planned is from Well Fed and Well Fed 2. Some of them are available online, I'll link to those. For protein, I'm going with <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/07/13/paleo-rogan-josh/" target="_blank">Rogan Josh</a> (with beef instead of lamb -- already made this, and it's tasty, I put it on top of some mashed cauliflower), <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2012/02/14/vday-gift-for-you-meat-spinach-muffins/" target="_blank">Meat & Spinach Muffins</a> (I've already made these and been having them for breakfast the last few mornings. I'll probably change the seasonings up next time I make them, but they're ok, and an easy grab-and-go breakfast), <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/05/08/paleo-pad-thai/" target="_blank">Pad Thai</a>, and <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2014/11/10/oven-fried-salmon-cakes/" target="_blank">Oven Fried Salmon Cakes</a> (these freeze well, and I already had the cans of salmon in the pantry, so I'll make them and eat a few this week and freeze some for those days when I burn supper or didn't plan ahead and need to grab something quickly). For veggies, <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2012/11/05/silky-gingered-zucchini-soup/" target="_blank">Silky Gingered Zucchini Soup</a>, Crisp Sweet Collards (trying something new -- I've never really had collard greens as an adult, and have been told I didn't like them as a child, so I'm really hoping they're good), <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/05/27/belly-dance-beet-salad/" target="_blank">Belly Dance Beet Salad</a> (but with roasted garlic instead of raw, since I made it with raw once and found that it was a bit overpowering in some bites), <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/01/13/cumin-roasted-carrot-coins/" target="_blank">Cumin Roasted Carrots</a>, <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2012/11/07/mashed-cauliflower/" target="_blank">Mashed Cauliflower</a>, and <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/05/03/moroccan-orange-salad/" target="_blank">El Minzah Orange Salad</a>. <br />
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Anyway, that's what's going on here. I'll try to post regularly, though not daily, and not all food-related. And just for grins, here's a picture of one of my kitties, Cashew, supervising while I work:<br />
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<br />Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-58662613098326947532014-02-08T01:08:00.002-06:002014-02-08T01:08:33.802-06:00February 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't post anything yesterday. I don't have any particular reason, I just didn't feel like it. I ate food -- broth and eggs for breakfast, roast chicken and sweet potato for lunch, and soup with hamburger meat for supper. Or maybe I mixed up lunch and supper there. I didn't exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was better, I did my 15 minutes of exercise. I actually got my kitchen cleaned and dishes done and put a pork roast in the crockpot to cook overnight. I guess yesterday was just an off day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here's today's food:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could've sworn I took a picture of supper, but I guess not. It was roasted chicken and brussel sprouts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boring day. Worked, came home, did my 15 minutes of exercise, watched a little tv, and now it's time for bed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- chicken leg quarter, roasted brussel sprouts (I burnt them, but they mostly tasted okay. I just peeled off the burnt part). Also, a tangerine. And a Girl Scout Cookie -- a Tagalong. Not even a Thin Mint. So not worth it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Supper -- more chicken leg, two tangerines, a sweet potato and some mayo, and a strawberry/ginger kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-38601038073689965012014-02-04T23:17:00.000-06:002014-02-04T23:17:00.537-06:00February 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boring day today, went to work, came home, did my 15 minutes of exercise (really, it was setting the timer for 15 minutes, and straightening stuff up and hauling stuff from the room it was in, to the room it was supposed to be in, not really formal exercise, but it needed to be done, so I'm counting it). I did also put some chicken in the crockpot to cook, so hopefully that'll turn out good and I'll have something more exciting for lunch than I did today.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Breakfast -- scrambled eggs with spinach and sausage and sweet potato. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- cauliflower/acorn squash soup, with egg casserole crumbled in it, and cashews. Also, a banana.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Supper -- Salad (swiss chard, kale, and spinach mix, with broccoli slaw) topped with baked chicken breast, ranch dressing made from mayo, coconut milk, and <a href="http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeyssunnyparis.html" target="_blank">Penzey's Sunny Paris</a> seasoning mix, and a strawberry-orange kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-20813883900548223202014-02-03T23:44:00.000-06:002014-02-03T23:44:32.872-06:00February 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My doctor's appointment went well. My doctor was impressed that I've lost weight in the last six months and asked what I was doing. I loaned her a copy of It Starts With Food, because I'd really like to know her thoughts on it, so I'm hoping she's really going to read it. My blood tests all came back improved from last time, although there's still room for improvement. I'll go back to her in six months or so, and hopefully they'll be even better then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My breakfast today is not Whole30 compliant, but I made the choice to have non compliant food, and then got right back on track with lunch, mostly because I felt like the easiest way to have a hot, filling breakfast after my doctor's appointment was to go to a restaurant, rather than trying to take food with me and find a microwave to heat it up and eat in the car. Anyway, here's what I ate today:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- Classic Pork Meatballs from Well Fed 2, spinach topped with a mix of zingy ginger dressing with a little mayo (there wasn't much dressing left, this helped it go a little farther), baked sweet potato with macadamia nut oil and cinnamon, and strawberry/chocolate kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-84777191146210668782014-02-02T23:58:00.000-06:002014-02-02T23:58:51.982-06:00February 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was good. I feel much better than yesterday. I got in 20 minutes of exercise, walking. I cooked some. I straightened up the house some, although I'm not sure anyone else would be able to tell that I did anything. I've been hungry all day, like an hour after I ate, I was hungry. I'm not sure what's up with that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then 2-3 hours after supper, I had more roast cabbage. And three more meatballs, with some mayo/mustard mixed for dipping. And then a banana with coconut cream. I was really, really hungry today. And I feel like I eat a ton of food, so I'm not sure how I manage to be hungry. Maybe it was the shortage of veggies at breakfast? I do usually have more than I did today. Anyway, I have a doctor's appointment in the morning, complete with blood work, for which I need to be fasting, so I'm definitely done eating for the night. Hopefully I won't be too hungry in the morning. </span></div>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-35189300720530608302014-02-01T23:34:00.000-06:002014-02-01T23:34:50.026-06:00February 1, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another day, more of the same. My sister challenged me to exercise at least 15 minutes every day this month, so I did get 15 minutes of walking in. I should've done more, but I started having some digestive issues, I'm not sure why, but it's left me not feeling so great. I don't know what I did differently today that made it bad, when I was fine yesterday. You'd think since I'm eating lots of veggies and meat and not a lot of anything else, my tummy would be happy, but I guess not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here's what I ate today (except supper. Forgot to get a picture of supper):</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- two hot dogs, mashed cauliflower, strawberries and coconut cream, and lemon/ginger kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Supper was egg drop soup made with homemade broth and two eggs, and plain kombucha. No veggies, I know that's bad, but I wasn't sure what veggies to eat that wouldn't make the digestive stuff worse. I really just wanted the broth and only threw in the eggs just to get a little extra protein. Really hope I feel better tomorrow.</span></div>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-68262054242563780982014-02-01T00:17:00.000-06:002014-02-01T00:17:54.864-06:00Whole30 #2 Day 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess I need to come up with better titles now that technically the Whole30 is over, huh? Oh, well, I'll worry about that tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First up, I weighed this morning, and I lost 5.1 lbs over the last month. This makes me happy. Total, since last June, I've lost 45.7 lbs. I'm going to do pictures for the month too, but haven't yet -- I'll do it tomorrow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now to the food:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- baked sweet potato topped with ground beef and spinach and avocado, and strawberry/pineapple kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-80843934747823002002014-01-31T00:37:00.001-06:002014-01-31T00:37:32.173-06:00Whole30 #2 Day 30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel like since this is the last day of my Whole30, I should have something profound, or at least interesting, to write, but I've got nothing. Tomorrow, the only difference is going to be that I'll weigh myself and see how the weight loss aspect of this went, although I truly think that's only a tiny, tiny part of what eating this way can do, and I'm a lot more concerned about things like feeling better, having clearer skin (not that my skin was too horrible before, but over Christmas I had some breakouts that have now cleared up), having more energy -- things that are harder to measure, but are more important than a number on a scale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do go to the doctor next week, I hope to see some improvement in my cholesterol and blood sugar, but I don't really know how soon after making a change like this changes in those numbers show up, so I don't really know what to expect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here's what I ate today:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- salmon patties, coleslaw and strawberry/pineapple/coconut kombucha (I was out of tartar sauce, and mayonnaise to make tartar sauce, and eggs to make mayonnaise. Sad day. But the salmon patties were good anyway.)</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-55922749132480130632014-01-30T00:15:00.000-06:002014-01-30T00:15:36.041-06:00Whole30 #2, Day 29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whole30 #2 is almost over, which has led me to think about what I do on day 31. I think I'm just going to keep going for a while, although I have some things coming up in the next month that I may not be able to be 100% Whole30 for. I feel like, since I eat at home (or food I've prepared at home) most of the time, if I stay completely Whole30 compliant at home, then relaxing the rules a little when I do go out should be okay. Of course, then I have to figure out exactly what "relaxing the rules a little" means -- does it mean ordering anything I want, or does it mean ordering basically the type of food I would eat at home, but not worrying about possible added butter or sugar or soy or other things that I would avoid at home? Or is it a case-by-case thing, where occasionally I decide that a burger or enchiladas or even dessert may be worth it, but not every time? I do know that what I don't want to do is start allowing a little of something here, and a little there, and then a little more, and the next thing I know, I'm back to having Starbucks once or twice a week and candy and french fries multiple times a week. I know that doesn't work for me. I haven't done all of this to go back to that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess I'll figure all of that out as I go. For now, here's what I ate today:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- sirloin steak (the last one I had in my freezer -- no more steak for a while), baked sweet potato, spinach topped with zingy ginger dressing, and pineapple/blueberry/coconut kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-67455882341036933622014-01-29T00:59:00.000-06:002014-01-29T00:59:43.473-06:00Whole30 #2, Day 28<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was good. Got up, went to work, came home. Nothing exciting. I am getting a little tired of this cold weather, though. I'm ready for spring. </span></div>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-89563422583690770632014-01-27T23:52:00.000-06:002014-01-27T23:52:14.460-06:00Whole30 #2, Day 27<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I cooked, and then cleaned the kitchen, and then cooked some more, so now I need to clean the kitchen again. I feel like this is a never-ending cycle. If I ever win the lottery, I'm hiring someone to come clean the kitchen every 12 hours, just to keep up with the dishes/mess from cooking.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Breakfast -- breakfast casserole (two shredded sweet potatoes, 12 eggs, a whole bunch of spinach, and some baked chicken, mixed together and baked in a 10x13 baking dish), spinach topped with Zingy Ginger Dressing from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Fed-Paleo-Recipes-People/dp/0989487504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390886768&sr=8-1&keywords=well+fed+2" target="_blank">Well Fed 2</a>, and iced coffee with coconut cream, canned pumpkin, and cinnamon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- Sirloin steak (topped with Magic Dust, a seasoning recipe from Well Fed 2 (sensing a theme here yet? You can see a <a href="http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/tmp/wellfed2_sampler.pdf" target="_blank">free sample pdf of Well Fed 2</a> here, if you're curious), baked sweet potato, and Wildbrine's beet and red cabbage sauerkraut. Also, ginger/cinnamon/vanilla kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago, I ordered myself a couple of cookbooks -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Fed-Paleo-Recipes-People/dp/0989487504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390886768&sr=8-1&keywords=well+fed+2" target="_blank">Well Fed 2</a> by <a href="http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/" target="_blank">Melissa Joulwan</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nom-Paleo-Food-Humans/dp/1449450334/ref=pd_sim_b_2" target="_blank">Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans</a> by <a href="http://www.nomnompaleo.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Tam</a>. This week's food planning was basically just looking through WF2 and trying to decide which recipes to make, which was actually really hard because all of them looked really good. So far, I've liked them all, even though I didn't let the coleslaw sit for at least an hour as recommended. It was still good, and I'm sure it'll be even better as leftovers tomorrow. In a week or two, I'll do the same with the Nom Nom Paleo book, but since not every recipe in it is Whole30 compliant, I thought I'd wait, so if I want to try one that isn't, I can. Did that last sentence make sense? I hope so. Anyway, it's almost midnight, I think I'm going to go to sleep now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent today shopping and cooking, with short breaks to cuddle with my cat, Peanut, who insists on getting in my lap immediately whenever I sit down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did cook a lot, although, as usual, nothing seemed to be done at the time I wanted to eat, so today's meals look pretty boring:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow's plan -- finish cooking for the week, because there were a couple of things I didn't get done. And then I'll do the dishes, again. Oh, and work.</span></div>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-28493378587097005592014-01-26T00:47:00.001-06:002014-01-26T00:47:46.183-06:00Whole30 #2 Days 24 and 25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Worked late last night, and then today spent most of the day with my parents celebrating my dad's birthday. I didn't take pictures of all of my food. I didn't exercise. I stayed on track food-wise as well as I could, although I was short on veggies today and missed breakfast.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Breakfast -- sweet potato topped with fried eggs (I broke the yolk of one of them. I have the hardest time getting fried eggs right, I don't know why I don't just stick to scrambled, they're so much easier.)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday at supper, I had a baked sweet potato with cinnamon and coconut oil and a couple of Aidell's chicken & apple sausage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, I slept too late to have breakfast. Dad picked the restaurant he wanted to go to for his birthday and chose Tachitos, a Mexican food restaurant that we've been going to for years, and where I'd normally order enchiladas or cheese tacos, which are totally not Whole30. I opted for fajitas, didn't eat the tortillas or beans, so basically I had chicken with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes, and some avocado. For supper, we went to another restaurant, 342 Grill, where I had a ribeye steak, I specified no butter finish, grilled zucchini and squash, and a salad with just some lime to squeeze over it instead of dressing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, tomorrow I'll go grocery shopping and cook for the week, I've planned out a menu, sort of, to the extent that I plan anything. Now I've got to go finish cleaning up the kitchen so I'll be ready to cook tomorrow.</span></div>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-26319657423802693482014-01-24T00:27:00.001-06:002014-01-24T00:27:13.773-06:00Whole30 #2 Day 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have no idea what's wrong with me, but I've been craving sweets today. Cravings really haven't been bad lately, but today I've wanted ice cream, and a candy bar, and a white chocolate mocha from Starbucks. Anything sweet, basically. Very annoying. I didn't have anything off plan, though, so that's good.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Breakfast -- baked sweet potato, leftover chicken/mushroom/zucchini bake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- taco salad (spinach, lettuce mix, broccoli slaw, guacamole, taco meat) and a pineapple-blueberry kombucha.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's late, and I'm tired, so just a quick look at what I ate today:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Breakfast -- I realize this looks like something green and a bit fuzzy, but really, it was much better than it looks -- three eggs, some spinach, and a sweet potato, all blended together, then cooked in a little ghee.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Supper -- Eaten at work -- chicken baked with cauliflower, zucchini, and a can of fire roasted chopped tomatoes with Italian seasoning, topped with mayo and a cabbage/beet sauerkraut. Also, an apple with some sunbutter. It was an odd combination, but not too bad. That's what happens when I don't plan very well, I throw together whatever's available to take to work with me. Also, sunbutter is just not that impressive, I'd much rather have almond butter. But at least I won't be eating it straight out of the jar, so that's something.</span></td></tr>
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Texas Art Friend-zyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06293504461698333458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103316463516016102.post-19396867138573280902014-01-21T21:37:00.000-06:002014-01-21T21:37:43.006-06:00Whole30 #2, Days 17-21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the weekend, I went to visit my sister and her family. She's also doing a Whole30, so I had no problems sticking to the plan. I did have one meal (not at her house) where I made the best choices I could, but suspect there was dairy in something that I ate -- it was scrambled eggs, and they tasted buttery. Other than that, I had some really good meals. She made fauxtmeal, something I never make for myself, but which always looks yummy in her pictures, so I told her I wanted to try it. I didn't get the exact recipe from her, but from what she said, I think it was like <a href="http://www.maryvsfood.com/2013/02/paleo-oatmeal-fauxtmeal.html" target="_blank">this banana and egg based one</a> maybe. It was really good. We went out to eat one night at <a href="http://www.texasroadhouse.com/" target="_blank">Texas Roadhouse</a> -- I had a New York Strip steak, baked sweet potato, and salad, no butter on anything, no cheese on the salad, just lemon for salad dressing. I didn't take pictures of any of it, I just enjoyed my time visiting, not dragging the phone to the table with me.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunch -- Salad (spinach, lettuce mix, broccoli slaw, tomatoes) topped with guacamole and leftover sirloin steak from last night, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HolyKombucha" target="_blank">Holykombucha blood orange flavor</a>. I found the kombucha at a local health food store, and even though I started making my own last month, when I realized this was a local company based out of Fort Worth, and they had flavors I'd never seen in other brands, I decided I needed to try one. It was really good.</span></td></tr>
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