Show and Tell

Since I didn’t really get to post much about Christmas I thought I would fill you all in on two of my lovely gifts as they might spike the blogger community’s interest. The first is a Mr. Juiceman Jr.

I had wanted to borrow Isaac’s mom’s juicer to try it out and this gave Isaac the impression I wanted one, so I got myself a juicer and I plan on “energizing my life,” just as the box states. This morning we made grapefruit juice and orange juice that were out of this world. Here’s a pic of the OJ.

Nothing at all like grocery store juice – I would describe it as a juice latte, frothy and delicious. I know people complain about cleaning juicers but I think it’s pretty easy. With the juiceman jr. there aren’t that many parts and nothing seemed too crazy. Oh and, Isaac cleaned it this time.

After juicing it up this am I decided I wanted some oats for bfast. I made 1/2 cup of steel cut oats with water. Then splashed them with some vanilla hemp milk and added a dollop of pecan pumpkin butter from Maggie at Say Yes to Salad. Love her and this delightful butter.

The other Christmas present was something I had been wanting for quite some time. A HRM. Isaac got me the SUUNTO T1c and I LOVE it. It makes my workout more effective and fun. I love doing experiments to see what cardio machines gets my heart rate going. and of course what burns the most calories. So far, my tests have concluded that the stair mill gets me the most bang for my buck (time wise) but this was no surprise considering its the machine that makes me sweat the most. Here’s a picture of it – I’m obviously not using at the moment – I was all wrapped up in my robe.

Lastly, I didn’t have a white Christmas but for any of you that did and are still covered in a white dusting – if you plan on eating any snow please eat carefully and heed this message.

This was from a light display in someone’s yard.

Tagged as: heart rate monitor, juicer, Oatmeal, pecan pumpkin butter, SNOW