I just got back from a fantastic vacation in Dallas. 10 days away really was refreshing. And I love how being gone makes me love the mountains and my home so much more. I had a great time with my family, great time with friends, great time at Bliss Cafe... yes, I spent a lot of time there. I think I tried almost everything on the menu. Almost.
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Added by Amanda White on June 23, 2009 at 12:56pm —
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Bliss Café in Dallas.
My first Raw Restaurant Experience was stellar. Here's my mom and me showing off the Bliss sign while my dad acts as the photographer.
If you’re ever in the Dallas metroplex – hitting up Bliss Café is a definite raw foodist must. Non-raw foodists are welcome too. At…
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Added by Amanda White on June 13, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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I think every day should be a three day weekend day.
Maybe I'll start a petition.
Please:
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Added by Amanda White on May 26, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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My green smoothie today has dandelion greens, ginger, a pear, one scoop of green Superfood, cilantro, some water to thin it up a bit, and celery.
Speaking of dandelions. When I was a kid, I used to take the seeded buds, make a wish then blow the white, wispy seeds all over the yard - or where ever I was. I'm sure all the weeders of the world were thrilled by that. However, I know all those wishes came true and I played an important role in the pollinization of dandelions. As the song on the soun…
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Added by Amanda White on May 12, 2009 at 11:35am —
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I just looked down at my shirt to see if I'd spilled my morning tea on it. Yeah, my middle name is Grace. I hadn't. But the glance did show me a smallish stain from the other day (I often wear the same shirt more than once in a week...so shoot me). Maybe I should have separate clothes piles. One for "clothes with raw food spills" and another one for "clothes okay to wear another day before washing." Just a thought.
Tomorrow is my One Year Raw Anniversary! Hooray Me! What a difference a year make…
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Added by Amanda White on May 8, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Today is day three of no pain. Try it. I recommend it.
I have a smidgen of stiffness in my wrists but that's about it. Maybe this happened because I restarted doing the daily Five Tibetan Rites yogic practice. Maybe it's because I'm eating more greens and less fruit. Maybe it's because my body finally decided I was serious about healing. Or maybe my chakras and the stars just synced (is that a word?) up and that's that.
This morning drizzly raindrops fell in mists. Wispy, wraithlike clouds of ra…
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Added by Amanda White on April 28, 2009 at 5:16pm —
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s posted this website on one of her Tweets.http://1000awesomethings.com/ I'm having a lot of fun reading through it. How simple is it to look at the fun things in life instead of the bad? It's just a matter of shifting perspective. Some of the entries took me right back to the great joy of being a kid. You know, the times when it was okay to go to the park without adult supervision? My siblings and I (and maybe a neighbor kid or two) would spend the entire day outside only coming indoors to scav…
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Added by Amanda White on April 24, 2009 at 5:53pm —
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I'm eating up all the greens that were left over in my fridge. Somehow I misjudged last week and either didn't eat what I thought I would or bought too much. This emptying of fresh food is in lieu of doing a four or five day cleanse. I haven't decided yet. Probably, I'll just play it by ear. I want to refresh my body and my mind while I am trying to reevaluate my diet. Up to now it's been predominately fruits with a nice smattering of greens and some nuts and seeds. The information I've been get…
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Added by Amanda White on April 20, 2009 at 5:12pm —
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Snow in April. Not that unusual for Colorado. However, it really does seem that Winter and Spring got mixed up or decided to swap months. So long as the roads aren't slick I don't mind. Not to say that I wouldn't rather be home on couch... but heck, that goes without saying.
Last year when it snowed my brother made an army of snowmen in the driveway. Ala Calvin and Hobbes.
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Added by Amanda White on April 17, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Like the Crazy Sexy Cancer Lady (http://www.crazysexycancer.com/) who embraces her experience with cancer I also am embracing my experience with Rheumatoid Arthritis. To tell the truth, I'm glad I have RA. If I hadn't been diagnosed with RA I might never have found the raw lifestyle or learned as much about health and nutrition as I have in the past year - or have discovered the friends who have made this journey fun.
Pain drives us to change. I don't know why it has to be painful but that seems…
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Added by Amanda White on April 15, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Love, love, love. I love my new floor. Now I think I will save up my nickles and dimes so I can put that same wood laminate in the living room too. I originally thought I'd replace it with more carpet - carpet has a warmth to it that helps out during winter - but I got to thinking about how dirty carpet fibers can get. And didn't God make socks to keep our feet warm in winter? The carpet I have now has been there 28 years. I will not even imagine what is down in those seams and threads. I'd prob…
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Added by Amanda White on April 13, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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Well, my old floor passed away. Hooray! The downstairs wood laminate is in and the laundry room vinyl is in! The floor installer will return on Monday to finish the upstairs bathroom. Because house work always takes longer than the prescribed amount of time. It's like car repairs and American Football time. You have to tack on a bunch more minutes or hours. How long do those guys need to huddle up and discuss that play, really?
Now I want wood flooring for the rest of the house.
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Added by Amanda White on April 11, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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I had my six month check up with my rheumatologist today.
Although I've been able to keep my pain bearable or low with my raw lifestyle (I'll celebrate one year Raw on May 9th) - I haven't been able to completely eliminate the stiffness, swelling and pain especially in my wrists.
The doctor is strongly urging me to start taking Methotrexate.
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Added by Amanda White on April 8, 2009 at 2:49pm —
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I've never liked the word
smorsgasbord but I'm feeling contrary today so I decided to title my blog using the word.
I made and consumed a Sunrise Smoothie yesterday. It had mango, carrot, ginger, banana and I added some hemp protein powder... I don't remember what else the recipe called for. It was tasty. Ah, here it is: http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/Recipes/SunriseSmoothie.htm
I'm so ready for the fruit abundance of spring. Peaches. I'm craving peaches. Peaches, peaches, peaches. And reaso…
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Added by Amanda White on April 6, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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I love my home.
Also I love mini-blizzards that give me impromptu three day weekends. A blessing from God - a special gift for me. That's what it felt like. "Thank you," I say. "It was perfect." I sorted through my bookshelves and weeded out the books I know I will never read or will never read again. On Saturday when I was out doing a slew of errands I took some of those books to the local used bookstores and got $9.00 cash money. Cash is like gold. Er, yeah. Um. Now that my brother isn't in th…
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Added by Amanda White on March 31, 2009 at 11:30am —
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After a year and a half of living with me my brother is moving out. I've got mixed feelings about the change. I think change always makes me somewhat disgruntled - whether it's good or bad - but once my mind has had a moment to chew it over then I can make a decision about if I really like it or not.
I think this move out will have the potential to help my brother learn and practice more financial wisdom. It's the next step in his journey of being stable. What a rigid sounding word. Or an oat an…
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Added by Amanda White on March 23, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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I'm going to a raw potluck tonight. Gonna make my sweet potato dish and see if others like it like I do. A man will be there to talk about creating gardens in Colorado. It'd be really great to be able to go into my backyard and pick my dinner. Or breakfast. Or lunch. Or second breakfast. Right up out of the ground. And here I just broke punctuation rules - don't "they" say, "you gotta know the rules to break them?" Sometimes writing is really just going by the sound and cadence of the words.
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Added by Amanda White on March 20, 2009 at 12:31pm —
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I've been eating carrots in their raw unadulterated state. Well, I've washed them but that's about it. I wish I could just pull them out of the ground. I'll have a garden one day. Just wait and see that I don't. Everytime I bite into a crunchy carrot I think, "What's up, Doc?"
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Added by Amanda White on March 18, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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My friend is a massage therapist. She's the best massage therapist in the world. Because of her skill she's usually booked out months ahead of time. I've had a crick in my neck for a couple of weeks. Of course, I tried to work it out on my own with exercises to no avail. It got bad enough where I was having some pain radiating up into the base of my skull. That sounds more drastic than it was. Or maybe not...
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Added by Amanda White on March 17, 2009 at 5:23pm —
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I've been sleeping too lightly lately. Waking up around 3:30 in the morning then having a hard time getting back to sleep. This morning I realized I awoke because some little yippy dog was trying to prove its ferocity. I thought as I plugged my ears, "Why? Can't that wait at least until the sun comes up?"
Who lets their dog out at 3:30 ante meridian?
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Added by Amanda White on March 16, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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