In the midst of the hussel and bussel

Just was I was getting ready to log off the computer today and hit the books I stopped and caught up on a few of the blogs that I read. I stopped and as I was reading through Julie's post on Peanut Butter Fingers about an email she received about a little 8 year old boy fighting lukemia and his Christmas wish was to recieve 1,000,000 Christmas cards in the mail this year warmed my heart!
So needless to say I was wrong and not ALL of my cards have been sent out just yet--8 year old Max in PA will be getting a card from Texas!
If you want to join in and help Max's Christmas wish come true too here's the address to send off your cards!

Max c/o Hailey Remish
417 Jones Street
Belle Vernon, PA 15012

Happy Holidays!

Interesting....

I subscribe to a daily email called Healthy Bitch Daily...today's email was quite interesting about how to improve what you eat and help to decrease your stress levels! I figured it was well worth sharing!! Below is a snip it of the article visit the website for the full article!

Foods that Reduce Stress & Anxiety

Root veggies: yams, radishes, parsnips, beets, carrots and potatoes.
Dark, leafy greens: chard, kale, spinach, arugula and watercress.
Protein: black beans, black sesame seeds, tofu, mung beans and millet.
Berries: blackberries

I do a pretty good job of the berries at least! I always have blackberries for a snack with lunch as for the root veggies we do a much better job of this in the fall, so I guess I'll be stepping it up this year! Blackbeans, spinach and kale are also items that Rene and I use pretty frequently so I guess we are doing pretty well on that but now that I know it helps with reducing stress maybe they will appear in dinners more often!

Water, Hot vs. Cold

I've heard a lot of debate over the year looking at cold water vs. hot/warm water. And it became discussion in the office earlier this week as to which is "better". I don't mind drinking warm water (unless it's summer in Texas and 100+ degrees) so I started to look a little further into the subject of which really is "better" for you, or does it make a difference at all? One site that I found Healthy Drinking Water Blog mentioned a lot of benefits of drinking hot water: Purification

Some believe that drinking hot water is much like going to a sauna. It purifies the body. How?

* As you are drinking hot water, your body temperature rises slightly.

* To maintain its average 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, your body begins to perspire. Perspiration is its method of cooling itself.

* Perspiration induced by drinking hot water flushes toxins from your body, helping to purify your bloodstream.

They suggested that in order to get the "purifying" effects to drink hot water once or twice a week.

Nasal Cavity Clearance

*The warm water actually makes you feel less congested! I found this to be true as I was drinking lots and lots of tea a few weeks ago when I was sick! Who knew?!

Now for the Cold Water--there isn't a whole lot that backs up the "idea" that cold water burns more calories...but there is the notion that the body has to burn around 7 calories to bring the body temperature back up to 98.6.

I think that the purification benefits sound better to me than the couple of calories, what are your thoughts on the hot vs. cold debate?

Caviar Taste

Allow me to introduce one of my newest blogs that I follow. The blogger is a college friend and sorority sister that now lives in NYC (recently became a Mrs) and loves fashion and shopping....but also loves a good deal!

INTRODUCING...

Caviar Taste

Be sure to follow her to keep up with the latest and greatest deals that she finds!