Just a lil update on us :-)

Hi all
I am posting this from my phone so I apologize for any errors in advance. Unfortunately I don’t have any magical topics to blog about instead ill just give you an update on what’s happening in the land of Stacey and James.
James has been working really really hard and I know he had the number one spot in his office recently, hooray. I am very proud. This lead to him being offered a promotion in Fresno, ca. We were so grateful they had thought of James to co manage the office up there, but we had to turn it down after lots of prayer and writing down lists of pros and cons. Work wise it would be a great opportunity, but Fresno is not the place for us right now. But we are so thankful that James is doing so well. He loves his job, we love San Diego, life is good.
Now I am trying to figure out what to do with myself. I have thought of different jobs etc…. But every morning I find myself really unmotivated to do anything, I get really homesick and wish I could pop over the road and see Lucy or my mum and dad, and sometimes the thought of not being able to do that makes me really sad. Yes, I have proposed to James that we move back home 🙂 and maybe one day when James is super successful and we are loaded that can be a possibility 😉 but right now we are just normal people, without our millions. Bummer. 😉
The weather in San Diego just got nice again after a week of grey overcast skies. But the sun was shining today and it was lovely.
Sorry I don’t have anything that’s too interesting.
Will write again soon 🙂
Please excuse any errors in this too…..
Love to all xoxox

Vitamixing It Up

Well hello everyone, Sorry it’s been a while since my last post, been a bit hectic over here this past week. So, James and I after watching Fat, sick and nearly dead, and doing allot of research of what we were putting into our bodies, food and drink wise, decided we wanted to invest in a vitamix or a blendtech. For those of you that don’t know what these are, they are two of the best blender/juicers that are available in states. Trying to decide which one to get, well, that was a journey in itself that was extremely overwhelming, that I ended up buying the most expensive one just because, it had to be the best right?

So here are the two

This one is the Vitamix 6300 (the one that James and I now own)

 This is a Blend tech, I have no idea about the model, as I didn’t look too much into buying one.

Both of these blenders, from my understanding is that they allow you to juice products without losing any valuable nutrients or fiber, unlike other juicers.

From personal friends who have these blenders the pros and cons were…

Blend Tech cons

•  Makes allot more noise
• Doesn’t get all of the lumps and bumps out
• Not as user Friendly

Blend Tech Pros

• Cheaper
• Blends soups aswel as smoothies
• Professional blender

Vitamix Pros

• Comes with a tamper, to push produce around to get rid of the lumps and bumps
• Settings are user friendly
• Timed settings
• Professional
• Bigger
• Seven year warranty

Vitamix cons

• Pricey

And that was about it 😀 Was it worth it? Absolutley. We make a smoothie every day, we can also make sorbet and soups from scratch in the vitamix without doing anything else, just drop the ingredients in, push hot soup and 3 minutes later, you have a hot soup thats ready to eat.

One of my favourite smoothies that James has been making for me is:

1 cup spinach

1cup green grapes

couple chunks of pineapple

ice

and thats it. I like to add protein powder, but not allot or it changes the flavor too much. I also like to add chia seeds, just to get some antioxidants in my little body.

I have found that since eating healthier I feel so much better. We try to not eat any packaged foods (well, that was until I found a shop that sells british food, and now I have been stuffing my face with wotsits 😉 ) But aside from the odd pack of wotsits, I have been using fresh fruits and veggies grown at a local farmers market. One of my favourites is Cabbage soup, Cabbage is great because it lasts a long time in the fridge, from what i read it can last up to 5 weeks.

My recipe is delicious I think so anyway, james hates it 😦

2 cups chopped cabbage (red and green)

1 small carrot

4.5 cups of water

4tbs chicken boulion

4 garlic cloves chopped or minced

(Homegrown lettuce or kale if you want a little something extra) – throw in at the very end for the last 3 mins or so

All I do is boil the water and boulion, throw everything in let it simmer for 15 minutes and taa daa, you have a healthy yummy cabbage soup, that is full of phytonutrients and fiber. So if you need to poop eat cabbage soup 😉

Lots of love 😀