I couldn't have asked for better Christmas gifts than the ones given to me by my sister and my boyfriend. from Danielle:
From left to right and top to bottom- Rock Sugar, Bar Soap, Mustard Bath, Teavana Tea. The soap, sugar, and teas smell like a dream, and I cannot wait to use that mustard bath. and Kirby: L to R & T to B- Skin Tea,
I'm not good at keeping promises to myself. Last year, my new year's resolution was to work out every other day. That might've lasted for a week, and by the end of it my idea of working out was wearing ankle weights to check the mailbox. This year's resolutions are a little less rigid; I'm taking it easy since this'll be my last year on earth (jokes). Five goals for 2012: Drink more tea (herbal, green, white, black...you name it!) Eliminate beef and pork from my diet completely. I already eat them very infrequently, so this should be easy peasy. Read...
Okay, guys. I'm probably about to sound really lame, but please try your best to avoid any harsh judgement. I recently joined an online tea community called Steepster where people can share what tea they're drinking and how they feel about the tea as a whole. You can even stock a virtual cupboard with the teas that you actually have at home! I'm pretty intrigued by the whole thing, because I'm approaching this experience as a welcomed opportunity to learn about new, awesome teas....
Here lately, Lake Charles has been a chilly, rainy, ridiculous mess. Cold weather without snow really brings me down, so here's how I've been coping: Having several cups of warm tea throughout the day, like the delicious Earl Grey that I purchased yesterday. Relaxing in bathtubs filled with hot water and either homemade bath soak or essence soak. Wearing Kirby's warm and comfy beagle sweatshirt. Fortunately, it's also pretty cute. How do you deal with cold...
We were running low on tea, so I bought two new boxes today when I went shopping with Danielle. One thing that I love about Marshall's is that they always have awesome-looking teas for reasonable prices. I just drank two cups of the tea in the pink box, and it tasted like a cherry jolly rancher. I'm assuming that it has something to do with the Cherry Flavor that's listed in the ingredients (which I honestly didn't notice until a few minutes ago...I guess I was mesmerized by the pretty packaging...
Kirby gave me one of my Christmas presents early, and (with the help of my immediate family) I tried it out the night before last. It's a clear glass tea pot with loose tea infuser and 12 flowering teas! The twelve teas are all green tea with jasmine (which is my absolute favorite, by the way), but they all have a different flower that blooms when you pour hot water over it! That guy always knows just what to get me.
After reading that white tea has anti-aging properties, I felt immediately compelled to buy some. I've been drinking Celestial Seasonings Perfectly Pear White Tea over ice for the past few days, using either local honey or stevia as a sweetener. I think that it's lovely, and Danielle says it tastes like...
photo credit: » Zitona « I just read an article about foods that may slow the aging process, and I found it to be both interesting and helpful. I tend to become so focused on health and beauty products that I forget how big a role the food we eat actually plays in our overall quality of life. I plan to buy kiwis, dark chocolate, and white tea tomorrow when I go grocery...
That's what I'm calling this new Traditional Medicinals female toner tea that I recently bought. The box tells me that it's supposed to "support female systems by combining herbs to support healthy menstruation, purify blood, and strengthen and tone the uterus." I have no real way of knowing if this stuff actually works (even though the box tells me that the ingredients speak for themselves), but I like the taste so I'm drinking it whether or not it actually helps my girly parts. Herbal ingredients include raspberry leaf, licorice root, strawberry leaf, nettle leaf, angelica root, blessed thistle herb, cramp...
I'm a big fan of hot teas. While grocery shopping, I tend to find myself on the tea aisle picking out two or three new flavors (which is ridiculous, considering the overwhelming amount of tea that I already have at home). Last night, I discovered something delcious; I cannot keep it to myself. I mixed and and some honey. The result was something wonderful. It tasted a little like a liquid fruit...
