Next Generation!

Today has been great. I am on day three of my healthy juicing fast and several people have warned me about day three being the roughest day of the fast and if I can get past day 3—it's a piece of cake or better yet—that I'll feel great and it will be easy to finish the 10 day raw vegetables and fruits juice fast.

Day 2 was easy for me and last night Carol had sent me an email requesting that I watch this must-see,  fabulous documentary about getting healthier and juicing. So last night, I sat down in my chair which is now Roy's official chair and watched Hungry For Change, with Roy on the floor sleeping, next to "his chair" with Little Debbie and Alice, curled up, in my lap.

It was the most amazing, informative and inspiring documentary I've watched since watching Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Belle and Beau didn't get to watch it with us, because they were back, in Tony's office/ man cave, watching another documentary with Tone.

 When I woke up this morning I was feeling great and full of energy. So I slipped on my pink hoodie sweat shirt, because it was 64 degrees outside and then went outside and started doing my share of our morning chores.

After I fed "my dogs" the wind picked up and the temperature dropped, so I walked back to The Cabin and put on a heavy jacket and my gloves. Then I went back outside to clean "my dogs" pens. When I was nearly done cleaning up the dog pens, the temperature was fluctuating between 49 and 51 degrees and the wind was picking up and that's when Tony arrived back, at the rescue ranch. And later, after he did his chores, he told me, "It was 61 degrees outside when I left here this morning. Now, I wish that I had stayed home and done my chores early like you did..." as we drank our Mean Green juice.

This afternoon, we met our Lunch-A- Month dear friends, at Brew Dawgs Grill & Ale, in Kerrville, on 173, next door to Papa Johns and it was a lot of fun and it was filled with laughter. Even though I only drank ice water for lunch, it was not a problem for me, as everyone ate their delicious-looking meals and raved about how good their food was.

When we got back home, Carlton was flashing, on top of the breakfast bar, so I pushed his button, to listen to the six new messages. Three were rescue ranch related. And one was from Kinky, requesting an updated weather report. The other two were from Carol, requesting that I call her as soon as possible, because she had some exciting news to tell me about discovering a fabulous place that has a juice bar, in Kerrville, where we can go to for a juice lunch. "Call me, Nancy! I can't wait to tell you all about it!" Click.

Before I returned Kinky's and Carol's phone calls, Tony watched Hungry For Change, in the big room, while I made myself a delicious fruit juice for my lunch and then threw away almost everything that was inside our refrigerator and then I cleaned it, so I could replace it with fresh veggies and fruits. And the reason that Tone watched the documentary was because I had begged him to do it, all of our way home. And to say the least, "Tony loved watching the informative and inspiring documentary, too."

After I called Kink, I called Carol back. She raved non-stop about Next Generation Produce, located at 905 Sidney Baker, in Kerrville. "Nancy, the young couple are the nicest and friendliest people, and they knew the names of their returning customers and the place was packed. I checked it out on FaceBook when I got home and it has nearly 900 Likes! It is open 7 days a week from 10 - 6 PM. We've got to go there. It's a local farmer's market and their juices are incredibly delicious and you're going to love it..." Then we talked about juicing recipes, because Carol is juicing with me and it is Day 2 for her.

When our fun conversation ended I checked my e-mail. Our good friend Les, that we had seen earlier today, at lunch, had sent me an awesome dog video to watch, where this young woman performs with her incredibly talented Blue Healer, during a 2014 Philadelphia Eagles halftime show. It is a an amazing video and it was so much fun to watch. Click here, if you want to enjoy it, too. And that is about it for Day 3 (tonight).

Y'all have a great evening!

Ruth Buzzi Rules! or Ten Days And Counting! or Almost Ready To Go!

This past Thursday, Tony and I went over to Kinky's lodge, around 5:00, so Tony could take a short video of Kinky and me saluting our dear friend Ruth Buzzi, for an upcoming Tribute to Ruth Buzzi, that was held for her, this past weekend.

Ours was to be a secret video, at the time and Ruthie knew nothing about her sweet husband Kent, Kinky, Tony and me doing it, along with many of her famous celebrity friends, such as Willie Nelson, that were all sending in their video tributes, too. We did this video in just one take and it is short, but because I am technology challenged or just plain stupid, it took me several hours of frustration trying to figure out how to reduce its gigantic 335 megabyte size, so I could get it to Kent, so he could pass it on to sweet Tara and then she could pass it on to the video editor. You can check our video out, on YouTube by clicking: We Love Ruth Buzzi, Too!

Saturday evening, I watched two fabulous documentaries, back-to-back, on Netflix. The first one was Burt's Buzz and it was about the life of Burt Shavitz, the co-founder of Burt's Bees' products. Then I watched Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead by Joe Cross and it inspired me so much, it has and is going to change Tony's and my lifestyle food choices.

So Sunday morning, right after we did our morning chores outside, we went to Belk's, in Kerrville, so I could buy us a juicer and buy some organic vegetables, at the big H-E-B, on Main Street, because I could not wait to start juicing, once again.

Many years ago, Tony and I juiced everyday for at least two years, until we purchased Jaws, our fabulous Vitamix machine. I held on to our juicer for a couple of years and I stored it in our bedroom closet aka The Wine Cellar aka Hazel's Hangout and our clothes. And a few years back, I finally feng-shued it and gave it to the Salvation Army with no regrets until I watched Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Here's what we bought!

And this is where it now lives. On the second shelf, above my red, hand-painted "May The Dog of Your Choice Bless You" sign, near the refrigerator.

Today has been a great day. This morning, before we went outside to do our chores, I asked Tony to please watch Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, with me, because I knew this informative documentary would inspire him, too. 

Before we watched this great documentary, Tony and I made the Joe Cross' "Mean Green" detox juice recipe, that Joe drinks, in the film and it was surprisingly delicious. Then we sipped our super healthy juice while we watched Joe and Phil shed hundreds of pounds, by only juicing vegetables and fruits. And after we watched it, Tony was as inspired as me.

This afternoon Tony and I went to Randy's & Lisa's Save Inn restaurant, because we were going to eat lunch with Kinky and Donna Hatch. All of us love Donna. She is one of the most upbeat people we know and because she is always ready for a laugh. So needless to say, "We laughed throughout our delicious meal.

At one point in our fun conversation, I told Kinky and Donna about us watching Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Donna seemed really interested and wanted to know more, so I said, "Donna, I am seriously thinking about doing Joe's ten day juice fast and starting it the day after Thanksgiving. In fact, that's why I'm eating this chicken-fried steak today." 

"Let's do it together!" Donna said. "It will be more fun and we can help each other not fall off of the wagon."

"It says the first three days are the hardest," I warned.

"I know we can do it!" Then we talked about our upcoming "ten days and counting" juicing experiment. And that is about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!