When it comes to hydrating, I drink water like a crazy person. I always have a glass of water next to me at home, and my refillable water bottle on hand when I'm out. I constantly feel thirsty and if I don't have water around, I realize it quickly. On nights when I drink alcohol, my water consumption gets a little ridiculous. What can I say, I suppose I'm like a camel! (via) I mostly drink just plain old water, but sometimes I like some flavor to my H20. I'll either squeeze some lemon and add stevia sweetener or make green tea. Once in awhile I drink Crystal Light Pure, which is sweetened with sugar and truvia natural sweetener, but isn't exactly an amazing health food. I definitely try to keep it natural and stay away from artificial sweeteners the vast majority of the time. I don't ... [Read More]
Archives for June 2013
Pistachio Pesto [Brown Rice] Noodle Salad
Hi there! Sunday night has come so quickly! My weekend was filled with things like running errands, hiking, cleaning and Apple tech support. My Mac was acting crazy the past couple of weeks, and since I rely on it for so much - including my full-time job, blogging, freelance writing work, plus all of the typical social media and Internet browsing nonsense - I was having a bit of a heart attack that my computer would conk out and I'd lose all of my files. I was debating whether or not to get another Mac or go with a cheaper option, but in the end, off to the Apple store I went to get a new MacBook. I'm an Apple brat now and I suppose there's no turning back. ;-) There was something very anticlimactic about getting a new computer that looked exactly like my old computer, but hopefully this ... [Read More]
Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days
My New Volunteer Job When I moved from San Diego to the Bay Area, I immediately missed volunteering at an animal shelter. Even though I can only devote a couple of hours each week to being there, volunteering made me feel like I was making a difference in my own little way in protecting the welfare of animals. That's why a few weeks after I moved here, I started looking into animal organizations I could volunteer at. One day I popped into the little, old building of an animal shelter that serves my area to fill out an application, and for the past couple of weeks, I've been a new volunteer there. In coming from working at the San Diego Humane Society, I knew that in a way, the bar had been set too high for me. I've worked at other shelters before there and was well aware that ... [Read More]
