ATTEMPT TO A HEALTHIER LIVING

                          The first two and a half months of 2014 went by relatively fast and quiet, of course we had some regular events and a not exactly boring life, lets recollect:
                          There was Donna's birthday January 20,  a super bowl party January 26, and February 11 my best friend Tony Lucero came to visit us for a few days, then we had our anniversary March 6, also we attended every one of  Luke's baseball game on Saturdays in March and  enjoyed Jacobs concerts.
                           Beside all this we had the best winter I can remember here in St Louis. Plenty of snow! We also enjoyed watching the Australian Open and the Olympics from Sotchi.
                            Of course we had lots of great, rich gourmet food with butter, cream, breads and sweets and the cocktails, beer, and wine where a little bit in excess. That is where the thought of healthier living came in. On his visit, Tony convinced us in trying to drink some fruit and vegetable juice daily. The result  a little bit later.

I love fresh snow

Wishing for a lot more to come and getting ready to clear the drive way

This was the forth time I had to shuffle in the past weeks

My favorite Job and only activity this Winter

Just a beautiful sunrise, viewed from our living room window in the middle of February

Super bowl Party

Jacob, Luke and Grandma are more interested in there electronic 

than in the boring and disappointing game

Brian's expression tell's it all

the Broncos got destroyed  by the Sea Hawks and Luke 

collected his winnings

Olympic opening ceremony

entrance of the USA team

and of course the Swiss

Since Donna was not feeling good on her birthday

 we had  her party 3 weeks later

We all had a fabulous time and Eric and Karla 

joined in on the celebration.

We had plenty Bacardi and some good wine

Due to some big storms we also lost our tree in the front of the house

It also happen to be the tallest tree in the neighborhood.

I made a blackberry chocolate cake for our anniversary

Of course we had lots of visit's from Eliana

and nitro

He stayed with us for a week when Daniel, Gina and Eliana 

vacationed in Cancun.

One of many of Luke's basket ball games

Luke is waiting for the ball

                            As I said in the beginning, here comes our new healthier living attempt. On Tony's visit, February 12, he give me some private training in juicing!! First we went to the store and bought a state of the art juice machine and then he came up with some recipes.

                            After a shopping trip to the grocery store he demonstrated me how to use the machine and how to produce some great juice. I am grateful for that training session and by now I am already an expert with my own recipes.

My new Juice machine

This is the preparation of 2 breakfast drinks an 2 lunch drinks

A Machine, easy and simple to work and clean

All the solid stuff discards in to the bag and you can use it for your compost!

The final product.    Delicious!

                       We are doing this now for a little bit more than a months and I  feel good about it. I am less tiered and the best part, I lost over 10 lb  without exercising.