Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New Year
This past year has been challenging though it also contributed to aspects of my personal growth. This december, I finished college (I attended Lake Forest College for the past two years). I was given a book over this past summer "The Happiness Project" and about two days ago, started reading "Happier at Home" also by Gretchen Rubin. Her books inspired me to make resolutions for 2014. Her advice to be successful is first to write them down and as a mean to held myself accountable to track them down on a resolution chart, while she also highly encourages anyone to keep our resolutions everyday as much easier to get into the habit then.
My resolutions and goals for 2014:
*Read more (though I read almost everyday)
*Try each month a new activity (meditation, join a book club, snowboarding, work on my resume)
* Take better care of myself: do cardio for 30 min (3x/week), nails, hydrate skin, drink more water daily, consume less sugar, forgive myself, laugh more, eliminate clutter habits and triggers to my frustration including not giving the power to others to alter my mood (happiness leeches), learn to say no and take time for the things that matter to me.
*Post once a week on my blog (even if just a picture or a recipe)
*Try each month one new recipe
*Start a scrabble party
*Be more spontaneous and decrease my impulse to be in control
My resolutions and goals for 2014:
*Read more (though I read almost everyday)
*Try each month a new activity (meditation, join a book club, snowboarding, work on my resume)
* Take better care of myself: do cardio for 30 min (3x/week), nails, hydrate skin, drink more water daily, consume less sugar, forgive myself, laugh more, eliminate clutter habits and triggers to my frustration including not giving the power to others to alter my mood (happiness leeches), learn to say no and take time for the things that matter to me.
*Post once a week on my blog (even if just a picture or a recipe)
*Try each month one new recipe
*Start a scrabble party
*Be more spontaneous and decrease my impulse to be in control
Friday, March 15, 2013
Precious moments
Every morning, I wake up to my dogs giving me cuddles and kisses. In these first moments of my days, I feel so lucky to be so loved by them. I feel as if time freezes and what really matters is them and what we are sharing. I look forward to these precious moments.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
My favorite time
Every sunday, I start my day with my dogs. The morning we relax and enjoy time together. We go for a walk, then lounge around and do puzzles. As I am writing this post, both of them are next to me, one on each side. These mornings are precious times for me as they are peaceful and filled with love.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Best for Our Dogs
Loving my dogs, I only want the best for them. Hence, I searched for high quality food (which my vet confirmed to be): Fromm, Acana and Orijen. I would like to suggest to any of you that care and only want the best for our dogs to consider:
*Acana: I feed mines: "Duck and Bartlett Pear" and "Grasslands" (Grain Free).
*Orijen: I feed mines "6 Fish" (Grain Free)
*Fromm: I feed mines Fromm Four-Star: "Pork and Applesauce", "Duck and Sweet Potato" and "Salmon A La Veg". Also Fromm Four-Star Grain Free: "Game Bird Recipe", "Salmon Tunalini" and "Surf and Turf"
I try to match the food to the need of my dogs. In winter, I seek a leaner food as they get less exercise than in the summer. (Orijen 6 Fish- no carbohydrate). The rest of the year, I simply alternate, once a bag is empty, I move to a different one. My dogs do not have any problem with switching. I may use a bit of pumpkin when first changing, during the transition period.
On the matter of treats, I remind us that a slimmer dog is a healthy dog. However, I like at times to reward and give a special treat to mines. My dogs and I like: Northern dog treats, Mother Nature and Wet Noses but always in moderation.
*Northern Biscuit: they enjoy "Wheat Free- Canadian Bacon with Blueberries" and "Grain Free Glazed Duck with Blueberries".
*Wet Noses: they enjoy "Bananas and Peanut Butter", "Pumpkin", "Sweet Potato", "Agave and Pear".
Note: these contain molasses, thus I recommend keeping in mind that calories can add fast.
*Mother Nature: they enjoy "Carrot Cakes recipe"
To maintain good dental hygiene, I tend to give them deer antlers, cow hooves and dura chew nylabones.
On a special occasion, I may give them a smoked pig ear (not from China) and may boil them a small femur bone of which I remove the marrow (which is rich and can upset their stomach), I may also on rare occasion if I make bacon, save them a couple trips, which I cut into pieces.
If I was to recommend any wet food, I would suggest Merrick Grain Free "Grammy's Pot Pie" and Evangers Organic "Turkery with Potato and Carrots Dinner" which is organic certified, kosher, hormone and antibiotic as well as grain free. I give mine maybe a tablespoon each mixed with their dry food as a special treat once in a great while. I may be more inclined to give them some wet food, around the holidays or special occasion such as birthdays or when they exercised a lot and burned a lot more calories than usual. I also was advised by my vet that when our dogs are sick, they often get more dehydrated and as can food are higher in water content than dry food, good can food can be helpful.
*Acana: I feed mines: "Duck and Bartlett Pear" and "Grasslands" (Grain Free).
*Orijen: I feed mines "6 Fish" (Grain Free)
*Fromm: I feed mines Fromm Four-Star: "Pork and Applesauce", "Duck and Sweet Potato" and "Salmon A La Veg". Also Fromm Four-Star Grain Free: "Game Bird Recipe", "Salmon Tunalini" and "Surf and Turf"
I try to match the food to the need of my dogs. In winter, I seek a leaner food as they get less exercise than in the summer. (Orijen 6 Fish- no carbohydrate). The rest of the year, I simply alternate, once a bag is empty, I move to a different one. My dogs do not have any problem with switching. I may use a bit of pumpkin when first changing, during the transition period.
On the matter of treats, I remind us that a slimmer dog is a healthy dog. However, I like at times to reward and give a special treat to mines. My dogs and I like: Northern dog treats, Mother Nature and Wet Noses but always in moderation.
*Northern Biscuit: they enjoy "Wheat Free- Canadian Bacon with Blueberries" and "Grain Free Glazed Duck with Blueberries".
*Wet Noses: they enjoy "Bananas and Peanut Butter", "Pumpkin", "Sweet Potato", "Agave and Pear".
Note: these contain molasses, thus I recommend keeping in mind that calories can add fast.
*Mother Nature: they enjoy "Carrot Cakes recipe"
To maintain good dental hygiene, I tend to give them deer antlers, cow hooves and dura chew nylabones.
On a special occasion, I may give them a smoked pig ear (not from China) and may boil them a small femur bone of which I remove the marrow (which is rich and can upset their stomach), I may also on rare occasion if I make bacon, save them a couple trips, which I cut into pieces.
If I was to recommend any wet food, I would suggest Merrick Grain Free "Grammy's Pot Pie" and Evangers Organic "Turkery with Potato and Carrots Dinner" which is organic certified, kosher, hormone and antibiotic as well as grain free. I give mine maybe a tablespoon each mixed with their dry food as a special treat once in a great while. I may be more inclined to give them some wet food, around the holidays or special occasion such as birthdays or when they exercised a lot and burned a lot more calories than usual. I also was advised by my vet that when our dogs are sick, they often get more dehydrated and as can food are higher in water content than dry food, good can food can be helpful.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Books as more
Today, I stumbled upon an article: "My 6,128 Favorite Books" by Joe Queenan in the review section of The Wall Street Journal. I thought I'd share some of his comments, which I find to be true.
"A case can be made that people who read a preposterous number of books are not playing with a full deck. I prefer to think of us as dissatisfied customers. If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find "reality" a bit of a disappointment."
"Women in our own era read "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre" and even "The Bridges of Madison County"- a dimwit, hayseed reworking of "Madame Bovary"- because they imagine how much happier they would be if their husbands did not spend quite so much time with their drunken, illiterate golf buddies down at Myrtle Beach."
"People who need to possess the physical copy of a book, not merely an electronic version, believe that the objects themselves are sacred. Some people may find this attitude baffling, arguing that books are merely objects that take up space. This is true, but so are Prague and your kids and the Sistine Chapel. Think it through, bozos."
"A case can be made that people who read a preposterous number of books are not playing with a full deck. I prefer to think of us as dissatisfied customers. If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find "reality" a bit of a disappointment."
"Women in our own era read "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre" and even "The Bridges of Madison County"- a dimwit, hayseed reworking of "Madame Bovary"- because they imagine how much happier they would be if their husbands did not spend quite so much time with their drunken, illiterate golf buddies down at Myrtle Beach."
"People who need to possess the physical copy of a book, not merely an electronic version, believe that the objects themselves are sacred. Some people may find this attitude baffling, arguing that books are merely objects that take up space. This is true, but so are Prague and your kids and the Sistine Chapel. Think it through, bozos."
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