Trish's World

Mike’s Aunt Debbie is in town from Pennsylvania, so we had a family brunch on Sunday, which was nice. It’s always fun to see all the family and hang with the kids. I remembered my camera and got some great photos.

I think everyone had fun! Nehemiah is wearing a hard hat because Mike & I got the boys a Handy Manny work bench for Christmas, and they all love it – somehow Missy found them kid’s hard hats – so cute! While I was there, I found a book about making juice on Missy’s bookshelf. I have been looking around at juicers for a couple of weeks because I am interested in trying out making my own juice. They are expensive, though, so that had sort of put me off of buying a new one. I figured I’d look around thrift stores and garage sales and find a used one. Anyway, I asked Missy about the book and it turns out she has 2 juicers and rarely uses the older one. She loaned it to me and told me I could keep it for a while. I was super excited.

Yesterday, I busted out the juicer and decided to give it a go. George wanted to try the juice too, so I did 3 carrots and 3 granny smith apples, then I mixed it all together, added ice and took a tentative sip. It was DELISH. I mean really really good. I was surprised by how good. Later in the evening, I decided to do an all veggie juice. I did a couple of carrots, a roma tomato and some spinach. Again, surprisingly delicious. My plan is to have a veggie juice once a day. I need to get some celery and some cucumbers. Anyway, making juice is really easy, really fun, and SO GOOD. I need to figure out a creative way to use the fruit and veggie pulp though, I hate throwing it away. I added some fruit pulp to a smoothie I made, and I also read that you can use it for muffins, soups and tons of other stuff. I need to do a little more research.

1. Gr8fulblonde Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 8:29 PM

   What happened to the worms? They would surely appreciate the pulps

2. Trish Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 9:02 PM

   George abandoned the worms and left them for dead months ago. Not so good on the follow-through,

3. Gr8fulblonde Says:
   March 9th, 2010 at 9:38 PM

   *sigh* Hope he set them free atleast…poor worms!