Happy 101 Blog Award!

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:29:28 +0000

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Joanna for nominating me for this award. It was such a wonderful surprise to receive this! Joanna has an amazing blog called, “Promoting the Raw Food Diet, While Debunking the Myths.” She is just finishing her 7 day raw challenge. I am participating in this challenge. She has provided all the recipes, the tips on what to do and when, plus a shopping list. I really encourage you to check it out and try it. One week, it’s only 7 days and the food is amazing. You will not starve or go with out. She has a wide range of dishes from patés to noodles with sauce, soups and salads. There are desserts like chocolate mousse and chocolate too. Try some raw dishes and have some fun!

Now, here are the award rules, copied and pasted from Joanna’s blog:

First: Copy the award image in your post.

Then, list 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today, and tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day.
For those 10 bloggers who get the award, you must link back to my blog!….the last part..only if you want too!

Where to start?!!!

10 things that make me happy:

1) Running with my dogs always makes me happy. I like to run with my canine pals early in the morning, when most people are still asleep or awake but not out-and-about. All I can hear are birds in the spring and summer or like right now there is no sound except the crunching of the snow from my shoes and the patting noise of my dogs paws. It is so tranquil and calming. This is my time to just be.

2) Playing with my horse. I love playing with my horse. If you want to learn anything about yourself, spend an hour with a horse. Just the smell of him, the softness of his hair and the kindness in his eye make all my troubles melt away. My horse is a left brain extrovert, which in natural horseman speak means he loves to play and gets bored easily. So I have to use my brain and think of fun games to play. I just can’t be a direct line predator which is what humans are. I have learned to think like a prey animal and to me that is a great thing!

3) Spending time with my husband. Even though we have been married almost 22 years, we still love spending time together. It needn’t be special time we set aside, it is simple pleasures like sitting at the table discussing current events or discussing weird topics, watching a movie together on the couch or taking time out and having coffee or lunch together.

4) Spending some quality time with my TDs. They are growing up so fast. I like to spend special time with them. Going skating, walking the dogs, hanging out and learning new card games or playing board games. It’s all fun and gives us time to talk.

5) I enjoy making others happy. If that means making a cake (I know what a sacrifice), cleaning a stall, walking a dog, helping others out when they need a helping hand (animal and human)- it’s all worth it!

6) As weird as this sounds, I enjoy challenge. I love learning new things, mentally and physically. We can get stuck in a rut and it is always good to shake it up every so often.

7) I enjoy being owner and co-founder of Sirova which provides quality, organic, raw food for your life! Working with Joanna and Matthew has been very exciting and stimulating.

Feeling connected to the earth – grounded makes me happy. Having calmness and feeling centered. I think that’s why I enjoy running, playing with my horse and physical exertion.

9) I enjoy a clean house. On the weekend we all chip in and clean the house. We divvy up the chores and I love when we’re all done and the house is neat and tidy for a moment or two. I have 3 dogs, 3 cats and 2 guinea pigs, plus 2 TDs and the TG. The house doesn’t stay pristine for long!

10) Books. I love to read books. Cookbooks, raw food books, books about food, mystery books, novels, fiction, non-fiction it’s all good. There is always something I can learn from a book.

So, this is a short list of what makes me happy. If asked in a year or two, I imagine this would still hold true.

Here are the 10 bloggers I have nominated for the Happy 101 Blog Award:

Making Love in the Kitchen

Bitter Sweet

Chicago Marathon Val

Eat Healthy! Be Happy!

Raw Loulou

Miss V’s Vegan Cookbook

Enjoy the journey and the food you create!

Have fun with your animal friends!

Sirova Raw Food Store. Raw Fuel for Your Life!

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:32:48 +0000

Hey Everyone! Guess what I have been doing. Okay don’t, but here it is:

I started this new adventure with a lovely person I met through my CSA shares “Farm to Folk” – JOANNA and her wonderful husband MATHEW. By the way you can read all about her at Promoting the Raw Food Diet While Debunking the Myths! She was interested in starting this venture as she is very serious about Attachment Parenting, and felt strongly that starting her own business would allow her to spend as much time as possible with her family. My motivation came from my desire to share my knowledge and love of food and fitness. In order to be happy and healthy it all comes back to what you eat. Starting off with quality, organic ingredients is a great start to maximum health.

Sirova has superfoods, natural sweeteners, organic and raw nuts and seeds, raw snacks, (like GoRaw FlaxSnax-Spicy, GoRaw Chocolate Super Cookies and GoRaw Live Chocolate Granola ), sea vegetables like dulse and kelp and much, much more at competitive prices. And of course, we sell nut milk bags, so you can make delicious and nutritious nut milks and nut cheeses. We aim to provide only organic and gluten free products.

Giving back to the community is important to us. As soon as possible (the more you order the faster we can achieve this goal) – we will give a percentage of our profits to communities we feel could use a little help. For example, we hope to be able to plant fruit trees around our town, and then expand to other towns/cities and states. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone could enjoy fresh fruit straight from the tree or if we have enough trees, have community volunteers pick fruit that can be used by shelters with in the community.

Check out our website. We have a collection of delicious raw recipes. And the collection is growing everyday. Have a recipe to share? We have a Raw Life Forum, which has Rawcipes you can view and we would for you to share your own favorite recipes. We also, have a forum to discuss fitness and raw food and an area for you to share your SUCCESSES!

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR CLICK ON OVER!

Let us know if you have ideas or suggestions for the store!

Kori Runs Dogs » Sirova

Happy 101 Blog Award!

10 things that make me happy:

Here are the 10 bloggers I have nominated for the Happy 101 Blog Award:

Enjoy the journey and the food you create!

Have fun with your animal friends!

Sirova Raw Food Store. Raw Fuel for Your Life!

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Enjoy the journey and the food you create!

Have fun with your animal friends!