Greetings!
Up and at ‘em at 5:50am this morning despite not falling asleep until midnight last night! I had to drag my (cold) butt out of bed this morning.
You know you are getting up early when your cat squints at you with one eye and then puts his head back down to go to sleep!
I’ve had a lot on my mind this week as we are preparing my business year end tax information. It is a lot of responsibility! If there is one thing I miss about my old job is that I didn’t have to worry about any of the business side of things. A pay check arrived in my bank every two weeks and that was that.
I totally underestimated the amount of work owning your own business would be. I also am quite hard on myself, so even though the business has been doing well so far, I always think I should be doing more and more and more. I really need to work on being easier on myself and take things one week at a time.
I tried counting down from 300 last night and it didn’t work. I got bored, lol. I know the point is to get bored, but I have never been one to fall asleep while doing boring tasks. My mind wanders! I think tonight I am going to try the ‘Brain Dump’ as one reader called it- writing down all my thoughts onto paper before bed.
Not For The Faint Of Heart II
Ingredients:
- 1 field cucumber, peeled
- 1/3 of beet, not peeled but ends trimmed
- handful baby organic carrots
- small piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 1/2 lime, not peeled
Strange but true fact: I hate beets. I really do. But I discovered that I love them in fresh juice! I am craving them now! Weird, eh?
I have heard that pears go well with this combo, but I didn’t have one on hand so all veggie juice is what I got.
My juicer seems to be having a difficult time juicing beets (they don’t juice all the way). Does anyone have any tips for juicing beets?
My hands are currently stained red.
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I loved reading about when and why you get up in the morning! :D If there is one thing that unites us all, is that we all have to drag our bums out of bed at some point, don’t we?
Congrats to Supersu!
She said: “I wake up between 4:00 and 5:00 am EVERY DAY! no alarm clock required….probably because I go to bed by 10:00 pm every nite..:)
i work in healthcare with shift starts that fluctuate from 6:30-9:30, (sometimes day to day!), so just figure that getting up early is the best way to beat the sleep-in paranoids!
love love love your blog. su 
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Wow, so inspired by your early mornings Su! Congrats! Please email me angela [at] ohsheglows.com with your address.
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I really hate beets, too. I wondered if I would like them in juice because I WANT to like it – it looks so pretty! I will give it a try!
I hate beets too, but I wonder if I would like the juice!!
Yeah, the hubby can work out for a week, and he is chiseled, and I work out for 8 weeks with barely more definition. Go figure!!
I joked that Eric had a six pack after 5 days! lol. Not fair at all.
Love beet juice too! They are a pain to juice because that stain everything. I usually chop/slice them into strips to help the juicer out, instead of huge chucks. Sometimes that helps. Also, totally agree with you in the part of owning your own business is a lot more work especially with all the behind the scenes details, my accountant already sending me tax papers, not fun ;) Good luck with everything.
My bf told me that he doesn’t need to do the WMM challenge, because he’s already awesome at doing planks because he does yoga and I don’t and that his six pack is just hiding under his real belly because it’s winter . . . a very creative excuse I’d say . . .
PS – would love to know who you go with for your blog redesign . . . I’ve been procrastinating and need to do the same
Love how the juice looks although unsure of the taste. I don’t have a juicer but usually love all “strange” flavors of juice. ;)
Thanks for helping me get the word out about Dress Down, Angela!
Also, try fennel in your juice… it makes it taste like licorice, which I usually don’t care for, but it tastes like a candy juice! :)
haha my cat gives me the weirdest looks for getting out of bed in the mornings, she’s like “why can’t you just lay here all day like me?”
Good luck with all of your tax and business duties, I have no doubt you will have it all under control!
Love the quote at the end of this post :)
I’m not a big red beet fan, but I love golden beets! I almost picked up some red beets at the store last night to juice…but they’re leaves looked way too wilted. Next time!
Try not to stress out with all the business stuff – this is your first time doing it! And you’re doing fabulously!!
Okay, I’m totally getting a juicer now!
ha, you just motivated me to “encourage” my husband to do a whittle my middle type thing with me. i’ll let you know how it goes
I love beets! But I have never had beet juice …
I am shocked that people can get up so early … even going to bed at 9:00 I couldn’t get up at 4 or even 5:30. I would be physically sick!! I wish I was able to get up earlier!
i wish i could afford a good juicer…i’m not sure if i’d fall in love with the faint of heart drinks, but i would love to try!
I have to cut the beets in half and in quarters if they are really big. I also juice them on high. Hope that helps!
Awww…sorry the number counting down didn’t work! I’d actually like to try that brain dump thing myself…sounds like it could be therapeutic!
Your juice is lovely this morning!
Here is the best recipe EVER for green juice:)
A whole cucumber
2 celery silks
1 lime
handful of fresh mint – then add to taste
1 cup water (or to taste:)
piece of ginger
Juice it and glow. It utterly amazing:)
As I’ve not got a juicer I use my blender. Then I strain the juice and use the pulp to bake bread:) I freeze it if I’m not sure if I’m making it soon or not:)
When I say strain- I mean squeeze it untill there is NO juice left in that bad boy! I have a handy bad to do it, but you can do it through a towel, a drainer or even a CLEAN nylon sock:)
For those who are not quite there yet as its sometimes a bit strong- add a banana or mango og fruit and it will make it wee sweeter:)
Ps the recepie is from a woman here in Iceland called Solveg Eiriksdottir- she calls herself Raw Solla:) http://www.rawsolla.com/
That juice looks delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a beet — hmm..perhaps something I should get around to. The do lend such a pretty color to anything (including your hands haha).
The counting backwards from 300 in intervals of three doesn’t work for me either. I vote for the brain dump! Good luck getting everything situated with the business- you work incredibly hard!
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