Finally, I am
starting my own blog. It’s been a long time coming I feel. I’ve been a blog
reader for some time now. I spend a lot of time perusing the blogosphere. I’ve
got a list of favorites that I visit on a regular basis. I’ve been inspired by
many friends and strangers alike. I’ve been told before that I should have my
own blog. One day at practice, when I was talking about yet another thing I
read about on someone’s blog, Coach Harvey asked “JD, when are you gonna start
your own blog?” The truth is, I’ve been contemplating it for it a while. If I’m
going to have a blog, I thought, what would I blog about? Running? Food? God? I
felt like I needed to choose a main focus, and I had lots of ideas! But I would
be so overwhelmed by the number of them that I would just end up not choosing
anything. Today when I was running, though, the notion of my own blog was
rolling around in my mind again. And that’s when I realized: Who says my blog
has to have a theme? It’s MY blog and I can make the rules. After all, that’s
how I make my smoothies. If you have ever been in the kitchen when I’m making a
smoothie, you will have noticed that there are very few things that I wouldn’t
consider putting in the blender. I like to say that they have everything
INCLUDING the kitchen sink in them (anything that’s vegan, that is). My life is
a lot like one of my smoothies. There is school, running, my passion for food, family, friends, and strangers, and a big God who has the secret recipe. I
often find myself throwing in the ingredients one at a time, but then He
presses the button on the blender, sometimes before I even got the lid screwed
on. Mostly they turn out pretty good, sometimes not as good as I was
hoping, and sometimes their sweetness has me licking the blender clean with my
spatula.
So finally, I am
starting my own blog. And it’s about anything I want it to be about,
including the kitchen sink.
I begin most
days with a smoothie. Here is today’s recipe:
½ of a banana
a handful of
strawberries
2 handfuls
of baby carrots
2 handfuls
kale
a scoop of
Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer (natural flavor)
a scoop of
Vega Energizing Smoothie (vanilla almondilla)
a spoonful
of maca powder
a spoonful
of ground flaxseed
a spoonful
of coconut oil
a spoonful
of cinnamon
½ cup of
coconut water
¼ cup of Mighty Mango Naked Juice
The
following is a list of just a few of the blogs I have read. I thank these
people for inspiration. Check them out! Amanda http://notrunning4awin.blogspot.com/,
Laura http://today-is-extraordinary.tumblr.com/,
Kate http://katherine-borowicz.blogspot.com/,
Matt http://www.nomeatathlete.com/,
Angela http://ohsheglows.com/, Gena http://www.choosingraw.com/, Kath http://www.katheats.com/
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