Into Autumn

Hello and happy Friday! Here's hoping for a happy and fun weekend for everyone! Next week is a big week for my family so I may not be around as much. But assuming all goes well we'll come through with a very happy and healthy Dad!

We Don't Believe in Music

Saturday night I had the pleasure of seeing my big brother perform in front a a pretty solid crowd. It's always such a treat to see him in his element, enjoying himself. Remember in 4th grade when you got to pick an instrument to play? Well my brother picked alto sax and has never once put it down. I wish I could see you more, and Oliver sure does too! We miss you already.

Come Together

There comes a time to lay down our differences and come together. I'm hopeful and proud. Today is a day for celebration, work, and commitment. I hope that all of us can find a way to work together, stop identifying our differences and instead identify our similarities. We deserve that. Happy Wednesday everyone.

Juiced

Mr. Oliver has been on a little kick of asking for juice all of the time. I'm not a big fan of it myself so I find it hard to do. So many juices are so full of sugar and just of absolutely no use. But I have found some that are tasty, no sugar added, organic stuff. All of those requirements can equal out to be pretty pricey. So after talking to a friend about the beloved Vitamix, I decided to try to make some of my own! It was fast, easy, and guzzled down. So I feel like a success, at least for now. Here's what I did.

Carrot Orange Juice Juice

2 peeled oranges, halved

5 carrots, halved

2 C Water

Ice

Put all of the ingredients into the mixer and quickly turn up to 10, then switch to high. The tip that I heard was to let the mixer run on high for at least 90 seconds to ensure smoothly blended juice. No one wants to chew their juice. I had to add a little more water in the end because this mixture was tasty, but really frothy. Oliver seemed to really like it. I know this is not a "juicer" juice, but I'm pretty pleased with it. I think that it might be good with a little bit of ginger tossed in too! It's a good way to start off your day feeling healthy and strong! Hope you like it.

Dia De Los Muertos Cleveland

For years we've wanted to attend the Day of the Dead celebration in Cleveland. It's in the Gordon Square Arts District on the near West Side. After a quick and chilly trip to the farmer's market we decided to take a ride on over. I'm so glad that we did!

The altars were beautiful, personal, and I felt honored to see them. Oliver loved the amazing imagery and wasn't nervous at all around all the skeletons, in fact it's one of his new favorite words. I was sorry that we weren't able to stay for the parade. It was hours off from when we could make it so it wasn't in the cards for us this year. But next year we'll plan better for sure. Have you ever gone?

 

We had a really nice weekend despite me being kind of sick and almost completely losing my voice. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery! Happy Monday!