Green Smoothies

I've been on a bit of a healthy foods kick of late. I'm not sure what really triggered it, but about a month ago I started making green smoothies for breakfast every morning. Vegetables have never really been my thing, but I would force myself to eat some for all those health reasons. So these smoothies are a great way to incorporate fresh fruits and vegetables into my diet. My husband bought me a fresh pineapple so I could come up with some kind of concoction. My first batch was not so great because I added way to much ginger. Subsequent ones were much better.

Ingredients:

2 mandarins

4 romaine leaves

chunks of pineapple

sliver of ginger

1 banana

almond butter

almond milk

chia seeds

dash of agave

By the way, pineapples are a pain to cut. If you have any smoothie recipes, I'd love to read them.

New Eye Makeup

A few months ago, I got rid of all my eye makeup and brushes due to a nasty stye that I got. So last night, I got this little shipment of goods, which made me giddy.

What are some of the little things that make you happy?

Weekend Getaway to Tennessee

This past weekend, Gene and I went up to spend the weekend at his dad's place with a few friends. His dad has a really nice house that sits on a few acres of land. His dad is also an amateur landscaper, so the grounds are immaculate. Below are a few shots of the land and the buds that are starting to bloom. There's also a fire pit, and we were able to get a really great, warm fire started.

And I just had to share a picture of how we started the day. Homemade shrimp and grits and some bubbly. Oh, and I spent the whole day in my PJs. So luxurious!

Hope you guys had a great weekend, and I'd love to hear what you did.

View through the window

View through the window, a photo by juneshin on Flickr.

View through the window

Blossom

Blossom, a photo by juneshin on Flickr.

Blossom - playing with my camera phone.

Personal Projects

I decided this year that I would have a project to work on every month. It started with the January Photo A Day challenge that I found through a blog that linked to Fat Mum Slim. Basically, for each day of the month, she posted a topic/subject that you interpret however you like, and photograph it. There are no rules, and you could either share on your favorite social media site(s) or just keep it to yourself using whatever device you chose. I mainly used my iPad and Droid camera and shared them in Instagram. Here's a sample of some of my pics.

It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone else's pics too. I took a break after January, but I'm pretty sure I'll take it up again one of these months. Oh, and I'd love it if you would if you would follow my Instagram. Just look for juneshin.

If you want to join in on the fun starting next month, the March challenge has been posted:

Blogging Again!

After over a year of not blogging and many months of thinking about blogging again, I've decided to come back to it. I'm not making any promises to myself on how often I'll be writing or having making sure that I post about certain topics on a given day. I was trying to do what I thought needed to be done, and what I read needed to be done, and it just wasn't working for me. So, it'll be totally organic, and I am looking forward to see what I come up with. I hope you'll join me.