25 random things revisited

25. I sometimes think the worst of things. The glass is half empty sort of thing. I’m working on this, accepting the things I can’t change…yadda, yadda, yadda..

24. I finished my experimental phase by the time I was 14. Smoking, drugs, etc. etc.

23. I loved being pregnant with every child we have and almost hated the day they would actually come out. I really loved it when they were born don’t get me wrong but there’s nothing like feeling life in you, growing and moving. I’m not into being eternally pregnant though.

22. I still throw up in my mouth a little when I have to pick up dog poop.

21. I love that my hubby is fuzzy.

20. I enjoy all things pampered chef and if I had my way my kitchen would be full of p.c.

19. Baking is one of my favorite things to do. There is nothing better than making your own bread by hand.

18. I use my hubbies razor, when I do shave. Chic razors suck.

17. REcently rediscovered the joys of bath and body works lotions. I smell pretty, oh so pretty…

16. I can’t stand a dirty kitchen. It must be clean before going to bed unless there is no dish soap, than what’s a girl to do?

15. I’m spoiled now that we have a dish washing machine. I used to wash them all by hand!

14. I have a slight fear of the ocean. You will not see me swim where I can’t walk or run if need be.

13. I learned how to snow board 5 years ago and really enjoy it.

12. Not interested in skiing though, I like to surf the mountain.

11. Just found 3-4 grey hairs in the last few months. Hope this means I’m getting wiser.

10. I want to live on a farm, for awhile.

9. I worked at a plant nursery for awhile. Nothing big, just watered plants. It was very peaceful.

8. I am a Certified Massage Therapist and enjoy the perks there of.

7. I try to be a greenie but need to find a more efficient way to save the earth. Jesse can’t stand it when I stack card board boxes ,egg cartons and plastic everywhere. He’s like just throw it away!

6. I have a passion for attachment, playful parenting, and try to practice unconditionality in all of my relationships.

5. God amazes me all the time through the unselfish acts of others.

4. Along with the gray hairs on my head I have found sporadic black hairs on my chin. eeww..

3. I had the chicken pox when I was 14 and still bare the scars from them, 16 years later.

2. I heart buffalo burgers. Yummy.

1. I have a pimple popping addiction. Its gotten better over the years.

Twilight

Late comer to Twi-crack series but on board as of last month.  I put in 6 hours of read time in last night/early morning on New Moon and can’t wait to get onto the next in the series, Eclipse.  Found a new site thanks to a fellow TWI-Head , here it is laurensbite.blogspot.com  and watched a bazilion trailers for New Moon.  Oh yeah, I will be at the theatres fo sho when the movie comes out.   Stephanie Meyer has made reading an official addiction and now I need a support group.  The kids are worried.

Surprising, I really enjoy dark chocolate!

Its gotta be as close as 85-100% dark, unadulturated chocolate as anyone can possibly make it!  For all you skeptics here’s some research on how chocolate is good for your health!

A Dark Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Here’s news that’s hard not to like. Eating a small, 1.6-ounce bar of dark chocolate every day is good for you. Very good for you, find Mary Engler, PhD, RN, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues.

Now here is a medical experiment you would love to volunteer for. Engler’s team divided 21 healthy adults into two groups. One group got a Dove Dark Chocolate bar every day for two weeks. Like other dark chocolate bars with high-cocoa content, this one is loaded with something called epicatechin. Epicatechin is a particularly active member of a group of compounds called plant flavoniods. Flavoniods keep cholesterol from gathering in blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots, and slow down the immune responses that lead to clogged arteries.

The rest of the article is found here:

http://www.webmd.com/news/20040601/dark-chocolate-day-keeps-doctor-away

Some of my fave are:

 We make a dark chocolate, egg less cake at least once a month, for the family and that thing is gone within a week!  The kids love the whole process because daddy lets them lick the bowl, spoons, and mixing apparatus.

 

 

We don’t have a Trader Joe’s here but tasted this delicious bar via a very giving friend who recently traveled to Seattle.  I am so appreciative, thank you my unselfish friend.

 

 

Slightly costly but really very yummy and little nibs of chocolate inside add some unexpected texture to what could be a hum drum bar.

Pretty much any chocolate from Endangered Species.  I had half a bar tonight right before dinner, I know naughty and I wasn’t really all that hungry come dinner time!

 

So what’s your favorite mini treat?