Happy Birthday

My birthday is Sunday, May 10th and a lot of neat things have been happening. My family, all of the members, got together and gave me a Vita Mix machine. I have been trying to eat to help regain my health and thought going to a raw foods diet might be part of my answer. I have been eating a green smoothie using my blender but it left chunks of green leafy vegetables in it. The Vita Mix made the smoothie without leaving the chunks -- it was also a lot faster and easier to blend. The smoothie even tastes better. The Vita Mix was delivered to the house Friday night and Phillip told his Dad he bet Mom would make a green smoothie first -- He was right. There is a green smoothie pictured made from Pear and Kale.





The picture above also shows the Vita Mix, and a blueberry muffin (still warm) given to me by the Evensen's (Scott and Camille brought it over - lighted a candle -- sang Happy Birthday -- & visited a few minutes with the old lady.) What a surprise and joy. Thank you Evensen's.

The surprises of the day kept adding up. After Church, Sister Ilene King gave me the heart above from her husband and herself. We are so lucky to have such good friends. Too bad my picture taking skills are so low. The statement on the heart says "Friendship is a flower that blooms in the heart,"

Still not the best picture, it is my dinner, raw chinese rice. The rice is cauliflower put through the Vita Mix with vegetables also going through the blender. Mine has carrot, celery, garlic, raw ginger, and I sliced some green onion (like the looks better). I mixed in some sesame seeds, sesame oil, and green peas. I added just a little liquid aminos for the oriental taste. This has become one of my all time favorites though I am still very new at figuring out how to eat and am sure I will discover new foods to excite me. Happy Eating!!