The God Diet - If God Made It, You Can Eat It! lol! : ) THE Friendliest, Happiest Diet, Evah'! #TheGodDiet #PotatoChips!

The God Diet 

 If God Made It, You Can Eat It! lol! : ) THE Friendliest, Happiest Diet, Evah'! 

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Apple Crumble Diet 

Okay, so I've thought of this for years and years, but sometimes I'm really struck by how incredible our Universe is, how amazingly intricate and phenomenal our world is, the sheer beauty and symmetry of nature....

Take these apples (please! haha! Jus' reminds me of that old 'Take my wife....please! lol!)

Anyway, when I slice the apples in half - or, in thirds, today, even easier! lol! But when I slice an apple in half, I am blown away by the design - a Grand Design,if you will... it's gorgeous, and I am soo blown away by seeds, and seed dispersal... (make me think of a man who really gets around - bah'hahahaha! Or seeds on a tree - whatevs... we're all just seeds, sprouted out! I looove that!

You, Me and an Apple Seed!

You, Me, and an Apple Tree!

We All Come From a Seed - You, Me, an Apple and a Tree!

Anyway, I've been singing that all morning - lol! Life in my head - haha!

I just took the Apple Crumble out the oven - smells amazing in here - yum! If I could just get everyone to give this little Apple Crumble a try, think how much happier and healthier our whole world would be! 

So here's what makes me call it The God Diet - I really believe that if it grows naturally, it's good for you. It was designed for you to eat - and be healthy, soooo, why not work with what comes naturally, whenever and wherever you can, right? 

Oatmeal is one of my favorite things - add it where you can, see if that will make you feel good - if you have any reaction, skip that, try something else, but generally speaking, Oatmeal and Grains are very good for you - there are really only a handful of people who can't manage grains, that seems like more of a media thing, right now - but if it works for you, Oatmeal is very Heart Healthy, great for 'cleaning out your system' - err... you know what I mean! lol! But Oatmeal will act like a little broom, sweeping out your system, cleaning it all up - is amazing! Thanks, God! I love it!

Yum, Thanks, God, for all the great veggies! This is my favorite #MacaroniSalad 

You get soo excited, when you get a bite with a little macaroni, and a whole lot o' da Veggies!

Yum, Macaroni Salad!

Well,  have a ton o' delicious and easy to make recipes on my blog - and on my site, but I can't seem to access my website - so frustrating - it's live and online, over 1.7 million visits, but there's something that is blocking me from getting onto my site from this computer, for me to work on it, so, my blog is my focus, right now.... sooo.... hm, have to figure that out, fo' sho'!

Anyhoooo, you can scroll through all the pics on my Blog, find whatever delicious recipe you're looking for... you'll love them all, I love anything that's delicious and pretty easy and fast to make, AND, super-healthy! : )

Bottom line, try to minimize artificial ingredients, where you can (not to be nutty about it, some artificial ingredients are deeelicious! haha!), and try to add lots of yummy fruits and veggies, wherever you can - Yum! Thanks, God! Good Job!! : )

Yum, look what I just thought of having - was soo good! 

Cucumbers and Taco Meat - Simple and Delicious!

So here's how I happened to think of this new flavor combo - years ago, at a Queen's Alumni Party in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, they had these most delicious little hors d'oeuvres (hor-derves, if you will - I have another li'l joke, but it just goes downhill fro here, sooo.... hopefully, you're already making that joke, in yer own head - haha!) (Did you know the literal French meaning of hors d'oeuvres is 'outside the work' - or, and this is all me, now - not the main course - or maybe it is?? haha! Whatevs, just say, Something Delicious, a lovely little bite of something good! 

Anyway, they had a slice of Cucumber, a few drops of Hot Sauce, and a lovely fresh Shrimp - yum! 

Taco Meat - yum!

It was soo good, so, tonight I happened to think of a new way I can freeze the extra Taco Meat, that I make all at once, I get the giant package of Ground Meat (mince, if you're British - lol!), cook it all in the big pot, with a ton of Taco Seasoning - 8 tablespoons, maybe? I dunno, I pour it in... spicy is yummy! lol! 

So I was standing in the kitchen, my son had already added some Taco Meat to the left over Lasagna - which was delicious - I did that,last night - yum! 

 Yum! Taco Spaghetti! Try it, you'll love it!

So my son had already eaten, and normally I would just make a batch of Taco Spaghetti, or regular Tacos, but we were all out of cheddar cheese, lettuce, salsa, tomatoes (I'm still waiting for them to grow, sooo, they'll be ready in just a few short months, and I'll have to eat something else between now and then - haha!)

Anyway, I'm standing in the kitchen, trying to think of something to have with the Taco Meat, and thought of this - and it was sooo good - yum! Light, delicious, did I already say light? haha! So good! 

I just heated up the Taco Meat, put that in the center of the plate, then sliced the cucumber to put around the meat - all very lovely, then used the cucumber slices like little nacho chips - which would also have been delicious, just not as super-healthy! lol! Cucumber - it's Nacho usual chip - haha! I know, I'm sorry! haha! But it is good! Deelish! 

Now I think I'm gonna add everything to little cucumber slices! lol! And perfect for a KETO or Paleo Diet, in case you're trying that out... : )

Well, here's something funny - this is the biggest plate of the Real Baked Potato Chips that I could get - the second they were ready, they were gone - dat make'a me happy! 

And they all cooked at different times - I flipped them a bunch of times, to make them really crisp - yum!

So, they're just very thinly sliced potatoes - this was three potatoes - left over from our Thanksgiving Dinner - we don't eat potatoes very often, so, usually they grow their own legs, then I plant them out on the balcony - you can just pop potatoes in any soil, you'll have beautiful vines in no time, plus, new potatoes! Yay! 

I'm gonna look up all the Health Benefits of Potatoes, since, really, it's all the frying and additives that you would want to avoid, for potato chips, not the actual potato - with a li'l Olive Oil and Salt : )

Here you go! But, you already knew there were lots of Health Benefits of Potatoes, right? That's what makes them soo delicious! 

"... food ranking system qualified potatoes as a very good source of vitamin B6 and a good source of potassium, copper, vitamin C, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, dietary fiber, and pantothenic acid. Potatoes also contain a variety of phytonutrients that have antioxidant activity."

 My son heated up some already cooked and frozen Taco Meat, and he added a li'l Salsa to that - this is the amount of meat I had... 

 And how much for the boy - lol! And hardly any chips left, by the time I got over to his place - hahaha! That's a VERY good sign of something delicious! lol! 

 See how some of them cook faster than the others? Just take them off the cookie sheet as they're ready... and flip them before you pop them back in - yum!

 I just lightly covered the 'chips' with a little Oil - I used Olive Oil, but you could use any oil, or no oil - up to you, baby! 

See how they're translucent? I tried to let them sit for a second, make them even crispier, but they were sooo delicious, as soon as I took each batch out the oven, they were gone - lol! Yum! 

I gave them a little bit of Salt on them when they came out the oven, too - soooo good! : )

Grapes are from God, right? lol! ; )

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Should You Lose Weight Over the Holidays? #DietSchmiet (And other good ideas! lol!)

Hmmm, I say, no, give yourself a wee break with the whole weight loss thing. Still do your usual healthy things, but when it comes to Holiday Parties, or fun food at Christmas and all through the holidays, it's not really going to make any big difference in your actual weight if you just relax and enjoy yourself.. you've gotta really overdo it, every day, consistently, to gain weight in a short period, so, really, I think that's more of a media-hype thing than reality.

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Dis me - man, do me always gotta stand like that? Hahaha! Whatevs - most people come up with a way they like to pose for pictures, and that's what sticks - lol! And I'm at Butchart Gardens, just outside of Victoria, BC, Canada - so gorgeous, we love it out there : )

I've been reading a LOT of diet and weight loss books, lately - mostly because I went in for a blood test, which I studied really hard for (lol!), and even fasted for over 12 hours so I would do really well on the test, went in, took the blood test, got a really nice nurse (so thankful for great nurses!), but then I got a call on a Saturday from the doctor's office, to say I had to come in, the doctor wanted to talk to me. Wow, a call from the doctor's office on a Saturday? Scary stuff, right? So  immediately went out and got all these diet and weight loss books, making the big assumption it must be my blood sugar (since I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes when I was pregnant with my son, Aidan, although, truth be told, I never really believed that, but I did follow the diabetic diet right through my pregnancy, then just stuck with it after that - you know, the usual, switch up pop - soda - for water - which was waay harder than you might think - at first, I really didn't like water, had to add lemon, lime, oranges, cucumber...all sorts of things to make the water have a flavor, right? But now I just like regular water, and adding the extras in is just for fun, no longer a necessity! lol!).

So, the take-away is that I thought, immediately, okay, I need to lose weight, if that's gonna help my blood sugar, lower my blood pressure, that whole thing... so I read a Jorge Cruise book, was very interesting, but I am not a big fan of anything that says you can 'lose 9 pounds in one week' - yikes, nooo, that's not healthy!  No do that to your pretty body! Be gentle and kind to your body, and your mind. I really like Jorge Cruise, though, he's a very good man, a nice guy, and super-handsome, and  I did come away with some good information, about 'free food' - food Jorge Cruise has listed as, basically, free of sugar calories - so, cheese, nuts and seeds, meat (this is what I remember - I have also included Vanilla Fudge, since I really, really love Vanilla Fudge, soooo, it prolly okay, right?? hahahaha! Whatevs!  It does make me all proud o' my food choices when I have cheese or seeds, which I love, anyway. It's definitely worth a read, but any 'diet' that is really involved will be virtually impossible to follow, at least for any significant amount of time, and you're not gonna want to do that during the holidays - that's a time for fun (also, Monday thru Sunday, 24/7, all year long! hahaha!)

 Still me, but with some lovely Fall Colours! Same Dress, Same Pose, Same Place - lol! I am a creature of habit, I likes what I likes, apparently, all da time! hahaha! 

Then I read this book by a couple o' guys from Santa Barbara, technically doctors, 'Why Women Need Fat', or something like that - will look it up for you, if you want to read it, too : )  At first, for the first half of the book, I really enjoyed it, a very good look at why women gain weight with each baby, need the weight for the next baby (I know, questionable...), and the whole focus of the book was around Susan, who I started calling, Poor Ol' Susan, since they constantly referred to 'Susan' as a middle-aged chubby girl, who was having a really difficult time losing the weight around the middle... and then they lost me in the middle of the book, when they took a turn toward the creepy, and discussed a 'study' where this 19 year old guy was proven to NOT be attracted to Middle-aged Susan - uuuh, Susan says, Good?? hahahahaha!  Yuck! But that makes me laugh! Pretty sure adult women are not trying to look great for all the 19 year old guys out there! hahahaha! Oh, man. Men. So funny!  They have an interesting perspective on women... but I did like their whole premise that women have a 'set point' where their weight seems to naturally fluctuate - I believe that, that seems reasonable and accurate...but you can change your 'set point', if you want to, and it doesn't matter what or who your motivation is for wanting to reshape your body, or get your body back to your 'old' shape (lol!), whatever motivates you is a good thing! lol! Get in there, do what you wanna do : )

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Soo, really, the very best way to 'reshape' your body is with weights, either at the gym or at home. The truth is that most aerobic exercise is for your insides to be nice and healthy, and lifting weights, with lovely, fancy exercise machines, which I love, love, love, or hand weights at home, coupled with, say, a small stepper - should run you around $49.95 (ugh, I priced this stepper out a while ago, and was shocked to see the price had gone up to $129. - that's too much for a stepper, wait for it to go on sale - lol!), jus' so you know the price range, and hand weights should run you from $1 - $25, depending on the size of the hand weights - start small, work your way up, slowly, or just stick with the low weights - 1 - 5 pounds is plenty for women, when you're working on your arms...more for your legs and torso, so not too expensive, at all.

Interestingly enough, none of the 'diet' books I read included a good section on what exercises really work for women...oh, and as a quick aside, I cannot find a good gym in Victoria with decent equipment for women...what is that about? I did stop by Goodlife Fitness, but what jerks they are ('jerks' is a much nicer word than I would use in my car! hahaha!). If you go by a gym to see if it's right for you, don't let anyone push you around. If they're pushy when you first walk in, what a nightmare - they're there to sell you more product, will cost you a fortune, is very annoying, and I think they prey on women - not good. Very bad. So it's worth looking around for a gym where you see people smiling, friendly, not bitchy (ugh, that's annoying, ain't it?? lol!), and the staff are nice and normal. Those great gyms are out there, and they should have really good equipment for you to get your body into fantastic shape in no time.

And who doesn't want a little wine - we'll all age gracefully! lol! ; )
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Oh, almost forgot to tell you - I went in to see my lovely doctor, who is really nice and super-smart, and she said, nothing to worry about, I'm super-healthy! Yahoo! I'm still gonna drop 10 pounds - feel like that's a good idea, for me. I want to be really careful with my Blood Pressure, and losing 10 pounds can make a big difference in lowering your blood pressure and lowering your cholesterol, so I've been adding a 1/4 cup oatmeal onto my granola every morning - I love it, and I feel like all that oatmeal is working it's magic while I go about mah' day! hahaha! I put a lot o' stock in the health benefits of oatmeal! hahaha! Happy Holidays - go enjoy yourself! : )

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Ailsa's Food Blog... What do I think I ate, today, and What did I REALLY eat, today?? hahaha! #FoodBlog

Ugh, it's 3:00am, and I'm back up - had been in bed, cannot sleep, far too much on my mind, tonight - like, should I finally sell my condo, is the market strong enough for me to put it on the market, right now, or is it better for me to hold onto it for a while, yet?  Anyway, that's mostly what I was thinking about, unable to get to sleep... I even tried the Genie thing - you know, from Beyond the Secret, a nice little book, all very kind, and whatnot... I'll link it back to my page on that, if you like (!), but basically, it's when you say to yourself, hopefully in a quiet moment, but you can do this anywhere, if it helps you to focus on positive things, and helps you to straighten out your priorities (or in my case, helps to put me to sleep! hahahaha!)... anyway, you say to yourself, a Genie has come to you, and he wants to help you.

The Genie wants to grant you 5 wishes.  Quick, what are your 5 wishes?  So you have to quickly come up with 5 things you really, truly, want to happen to you, for you, with you... and you will find all the really big important things that really matter to you will naturally float to the top, and you list your wishes.  It's amazing.  You should definitely try this, if you haven't, already.... and it's different from praying, because you would never (prolly!! hahaha!) say specific amounts of money you would want to God - that doesn't seem right, you've gotta pray for lovely things to God, but for the Genie, you can be really specific, like, "I wish I could sell my condo for $420,000."  There. That's my top wish.  My wishes seem to be mostly financial, these days, but I try to put a wish in there for Love, too... and sometimes after I've forgotten to add 'I wish for a really healthy, happy, relationship with a really good man", I'll add it in as an addendum... pretty sure that's cool with the Universe! lol!

Cool if I wish for dis Electric Scooter?? haha! Me wants! : )





Anyway, I'm clearly up too late, and slightly ramble-y.... makin' words up as I go... lol!  So the thing I was thinking about before I got up to write, was, what, exactly, did I eat, today (well, yesterday, now...), since I measured mah'self with my very pretty tape measure my very pretty daughter, Cara, who will be 25 on the weekend (!) gave to me for my birthday in March, when I turned 50... anyway, I not happy wit' da numbers that came up on mah' tape measure, so I'm pretty sure my tape measure has been tampered with - probably by elves - they're very crafty, those wee elves - and I believe they might have added 3 inches to my measuring tape, somewhere between 1 inch and 30 inches.....is the only possible explanation for too high a number to come up on me measurements!  Booo!!

So I was thinking, maybe we could all do this - put in the comment box - however that works, since I pushed some button on my blog, and it changed how the comments work - aaargh!  We could see what we are really eating, not what we believe we are eating! hahaha!  I know, there's a VAST difference between what I believe, really believe I've eaten, all healthy, 'n all, and what I've actually eaten.. maybe that'll make those sneaky wee elves fix my tape measure, put it back to normal! hahaha!

So, I'm lying in bed, trying to recount exactly what I had eaten yesterday, when it occurs to me that I did have that Chocolate Croissant DONUT (yep, I couldn't believe it, either, and when my lovely son told me he had left 'a chocolate croissant donut' in the box for me, of course I had to go and check it out, see if that was really a new food group (!) hahaha!  ... anyway, so then I knew it was there, and immediately said, oh, no, baby, those are all for you... and Aidan, my wonderful son, says to me, oh no, you have it, so now it's open territory for me, right??  And it's not like I don't know the rule of just eating your special treats in the morning, or at least during the day when your body has a chance to wear it off, you're still gonna move a bit, give yourself a fighting chance to get rid of said chocolate croissant donut...

Of course, and you prolly saw this coming, I was up watching The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's,  The Colbert Report, it's 12:24AM, laughing, laughing, thinking, I'll just have one more cup of tea, and what's right there by my tea kettle, but the donut box... and I looked inside, and there it was, looking sooo delicious, that stooooopi chocolate croissant donut... and I thought, I'll just have one bite, just a little taste.  Sounds a little like an addict, no? haha!  So I had quite a few little 'tastes', until finally it was all done... dammmit!  And it was only slightly delicious... and now I've broken two of my 'rules (really, I'm not much of a rules girl! hahahaha!), but usually, I think one of the keys to weight loss, and maintaining a healthy weight, is to just eat food you really love.  Mothers are notorious (or is it jus' me?? lol!) for not wanting to waste the food their kids don't eat... so you think, well, I don't want to waste it... or, in my case, I fancy it up with a little accent, "Ach, ah'm no wantin' tae waste it!" haha!  No, that's a late night joke, jus' for me! haha!  Makes me laugh, which is better than earlier, when I was just busy fretting over whether to sell my condo, or not... aaargh!

Okay, so let's say we all list what we've really eaten, today, or yesterday, or whatever day you can remember, and see why that measuring tape isn't quite measuring up to where we want it to be... I want it to be at 31 1/2"... not sure if that's still a possibility for me, but I'm 5'6 1/2", so that seems like a nice slim waist, and that's what I like to have - then I don't have to go buy even more new dresses (although, truth be told, I will definitely go and buy a lot more new dresses... but I want to be able to fit into all of my lovely outfits... I think I have hundreds of dresses - is a teensy bit crazy, but I really, really love almost each and every one of them... and maybe I'd like to wear them, again...if I can juuuust get a teensy bit slimmer! hahaha!

Oh, and here's a wee trick - see how I live a delusional life, where I say I just want to get a teensy bit slimmer?  A little bit smaller?? haha!  It's easier, and better for your brain, and eventually your body, to set little goals, although, one of my favorite friends, Erik, sooo funny, always says, Ugh, I've GOT to lose these 40 pounds by Saturday... iz hilarious!  He is, of course, slim and trim, so all the funnier... breaks me up, every time! Never fails to make me laugh, and I'm even laughin', right now, all by mah'self, in mah' living room! lol!

So here goes:

What did I eat, yesterday?

Breakfast: Bowl of Granola, Archer Farms, Pecan Sticky Bun Flavor. (Yum!) 1% milk. (Also, yum!)

Skipped lunch, too busy... did I have another bowl of Granola before I went to pick up Aidan?  Canny remember.. see the pwoblem??  Feel like I must have... or was today the cheese stick day?  Well, it was prolly one or the other! lol!

Terrible news in the afternoon - stopped making dinner (was in the middle of making Mushroom Pasta, which Aidan loves), my lovely daughter, Cara, and her wonderful Fiance, Ryan, came over with Chicken Wings for me - yum!  I love the Thai Chicken, is so good - so I had 5 of those, and 3 of the regular flavour...

Oh, and felt like I hadn't had enough to eat, today, so maybe it would help me sleep if I had a little midnight snack - another bowl of Granola, but this time, Archer Farms, Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Biscotti (double yum), with 1% milk (okay, yum! lol!)...

So you can see I don't skimp on the type of granola I like, but I feel guilty about eating it, every time, but only a little, because I dietitian once told me that granola was the WORST thing you could ever eat - yeah, I don't think so.... I think liver is about the worst thing I could ever eat! hahahaha!  I love granola, so it fits very nicely into my category of 'eat what you really love'... makes sense to me, and it's not like that's all I ate, today - I had those Thai Chicken Wings, too...

I see I didn't have any bananas or grapes, and the cherry tomatoes were a terrible price, the other day...hmmmm.

Okay, that's it.  I better go to bed before I have to add something else to my list... but, really, you'd think I'd be a stick, I hardly eat a thing (in my mind!! hahaha!).  I hope my metabolism isn't changing... dang it!  Is this what happens at 50??  Nooo, say it ain't so... I have a Big Plan to stay youthful and vibrant for many, many more years - and to fit into my old clothes - all me favorite dresses!! God, was I really that little??  And I didn't even notice it?  Well, I'm noticing it, now, so I'll try to keep track... maybe start a new blog, just for this... what do you think?  Will we do this, together?  Let's do it - let's take back the measuring tape, make it smaller! hahaha! Hugs!!  Ailsa xox!



I have a whole Scottish Diet that I developed and used to help me lose over 35 pounds... is in the same vein as the whole Oatmeal idea, since oatmeal is sooo useful in losing weight quickly... is da best food, ever!! https://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2010/10/scottish-diet-it-really-works.html


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#CherryTomatoes to help you lose weight : ) #Diet #LoveYourselfSlim #Hydroponics #HangingBaskets

One of my favorite little 'secrets' to help me stay on track, have something crunchy and tasty - I love these little Cherry Tomatoes - and they're easy to grow in containers, too, if that appeals to you : ) Yum!  delicious! See my little trick of holding the Cherry tomatoes up against the picture of Yosemite for a better picture?? lol!

Oh, and I happen to loove a couple of slices of Havarti Cheese with a little handful of Cherry Tomatoes - yum! Quite often (okay, all the time - lol!) I don't want to stop what I'm doing (working on the computer, or making Trees, or whatever I'm up to, that day - hahahaha!) to make something fancy, sooo, that's one of my 'Go-To' snacks... yum! 

And, lately, all I ever seem to want is an Apple, a nice crunchy Apple, and two of those Quaker Apple Fruit Crumble Chewy Granola Bars - it's like an instant Apple Crumble, with lots o' Apple! lol! Yum! 

Cucumber Slices in Italian Salad Dressing, or whatever Salad Dressing you happen to like... : )

A nice big salad with Sunflower Seeds, French Dressing, and Grated Cheese - yum!  Now I want that for dinner! 

I used to looove Corn Chips crushed into my salads... with Balsamic Dressing... soo good!  And always with the Sunflower Seeds : ) 

My favorite Apple Crumble little 'diet' meal (if you already know me,or are jus' gettin' to know me, you'll know I canny stand the word 'diet' - ugh!  I use it in the real meaning of the word, diet - what you eat on a regular basis... as long as 'diet' doesn't mean deprivation, because that's what it tends to mean, these days, and I'm all about not depriving yo'self - Treat Yo'self, is more of my thing! hahaha!  Find food you really enjoy, and you'll be fine : ) 

Easy Apple Crumble - half a bowl of apple sauce, cover lightly with oatmeal, sprinkle with cinnamon, microwave for 1 minute, Voila!  A nice, warm, tasty, treat!  I have the original Apple Crumble, which, frankly, is deeelicious, and I needed to do as a 'first step' to my weight loss 'journey', after my second child, my wonderful son, Aidan, had not only arrived, but had already turned 2! lol! That 'baby weight' - it's hard to lose!  Now he's 13, and I was able to lose over 35 pounds using the 'Apple Crumble Diet'.. I'll link that for you to the complete recipe and my special Scottish Diet page : ) 

Lose weight, and have fun doing it - if you feel yourself becoming frustrated or you're unhappy with it, switch it up a bit, get yourself back on track, and make it about choosing food you really enjoy, healthy choices... and have your treats, because if you don't, you'll just keep thinking about your fancy treat you want sooo much, now - better to have a wee treat, move on, right? lol!  Maybe make yourself a little deal that if you have your special treat, make a conscious effort to have an extra healthy thing, just to balance yourself out - and that's really what it's all about - a nice, healthy, balance in your life : )  You be all svelt and delicious!! lol!


I have a whole Scottish Diet that I developed and used to help me lose over 35 pounds... is in the same vein as the whole Oatmeal idea, since oatmeal is sooo useful in losing weight quickly... is da best food, ever!! http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2010/10/scottish-diet-it-really-works.html

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  You'll get a real kick out of how a peat pellet works, too, since it doesn't look like a whole lot of soil in the pellet form, but you'll have fun pouring the water on the peat pellet, and watching it grow into 'real soil'!  Is fun! 

The little Peat Pellet at the bottom of the pot : )

Ooh, I am growing my own Cherry Tomatoes - so exciting, can't WAIT! I used to grow Cherry Tomatoes with my wonderful and hilarious students in our School Garden (shout out to all School Districts who support a Garden in Every School!)...

One year, we had a particularly good crop of Cherry Tomatoes, and I was tryin' to FIND people to give them away - easily, we brought 40 pounds of Cherry Tomatoes out of our School Garden, that year - we used to go out into the School Garden, collect all the fruits and veggies, we would eat and cook with them as a class, then bring the extra up to the Front Office, so people could just help themselves - was so much fun! I loved my students soo much! I hope they're all doing soo well, now! I'm sure they all are! Shoutout to all my great Students! : ) You know I love you! You're the Best!! : )

Now I'm growing the Cherry Tomatoes (and Tumblin' Tom Tomatoes - looove the name - how hilarious is that?? The person naming the plants - laughin', laughin' - prolly all alone, and laughin' and laugh' - I love that image! haha!)

You don't need any space - I have this Hanging Basket out on the balcony, but you could have a hanging basket in your house, or in any classroom - I really, really think it's fantastic for children to watch plants grow, and then harvest the fruits and veggies - they're far more likely to grow up and eat more fresh produce, so, healthier kids, healthier adults, healthier society... I think you can see where I'm goin' with THAT... lol! 

Yay! Look at all that beautiful New Growth! I'm so excited! I just loove watching plants grow - what a miracle! Thanks, Universe! Thanks, God! Good Work! Nice Job! A+++++! lol! : )

I bought the little Tomato Plant for $2.00, at our local Grocery Store, but you can pick up the hanging baskets at the Dollar sore, now - did you know that? Am I the last to find out? haha! But I was thrilled, because the hanging baskets with the fancy liner used to be very expensive, so, I'm all for better pricing, so everyone can have one, right? Right! Sure! Grow a Garden, Baby! : )

Hydroponics: Now you can grow Fresh Vegetables and Fruit, year-round - lasts for years, no more waiting for the prices to be 'normal' or 'reasonable' at the Grocery Stores, for your fave Vine fruits and veggies : ) 

10% OFF ENTIRE GROWERSHOUSE SITE! Wouldn't it be soo great to have Fresh Tomatoes, Fresh Cherry Tomatoes (my personal favourite! Yum!), Fresh Strawberries... Really, all your favourite Fruits and Veggies that grown on vines or in pots... 

I first found out about Hydroponics in University (nooo, it's not what you might be thinking - hahahaha!  It really WAS for the Tomatoes - hahaha!).

Anyway, if you're interested in Hydroponics, want to save money on your fresh fruits and veggies (they're a craazy price in Canada), and you want to Grow Your Own, Hydroponics might be something to look into...really Extend Your Growing Season : )