My Day - A Summary

For curious minds: 

• Breakfast was a Black Bean Omelette
• Lunch was a Black Bean Omelette
• Dinner was Sun-Dried Tomato Artichoke Chicken (on a plate of Shirataki Tofu fettuccine and mixed with lots of veggies.)
• I had a relaxing day.
• It was cold outside.
• I neither gained nor lost any weight.
• I rented Paranormal Activity 3 from Amazon to watch.
• I played with a phone app "PhotoFunia" and made that Random Pic.
• I spent some time reading The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy by Victoria Moran. 

Created with 9Diary

My 9Diary

I just downloaded this app for my Droid yesterday: 9Diary. 
It's a fairly simple app that allows you to label each square and then add items to the square.  You can add text, pictures, emoticons or drawings.
I have a problem when it comes to being consistent with writing in my journal, so I am hoping this might help motivate me to do so.  


To describe the image below (I won't have time to do this every day, but when I can, I will.)

• Breakfast was a bowl of grapefruit and cherries, Ezekiel bread with coconut oil and eggs.
• Lunch was crispy tofu and a stir-fry of asparagus, red onion and peppers.
• Dinner was Totally Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups (modified from a recipe by Hungry-Girl.com)
• I was feeling motivated (after reading a bunch of health books over the weekend.)
• The weather was rainy.
• I neither gained or lost any weight today.
• We watched old episodes of The Office on TV.
• I played around with the doodle feature of this app.
• I read The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss.

Review: The Hurricane

The Hurricane by Hugh Howey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I only just discovered Hugh Howey last week and tore my way through his "Wool" series. (I have been on a YA dystopian genre kick lately.) Next on the list was The Plagiarist and then The Hurricane.
The Hurricane is definitely not in the same genre as the others, but I really loved this one. His descriptions of the storm were incredibly real and the surreal feeling that came in the aftermath of the storm was spot-on. I was excited to discover that Mr. Howey can write for a number of different genres and is able make each and every one of them a 'page-turner.'
This one is going on my Favorites list.

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My First Digital Scrapbook Page

Showing off my niece with a little help from Serif’s Digital Scrapbook Artist. 
Sooo…it’s not terribly creative, but I had fun playing with the colors and embellishments.  I definitely needed to get the first one out of the way.  I’m looking forward to getting a little more daring with colors and designs over the next few months.

Scrapbooking Sites

So, here are some of the scrapbook challenge sites I found.  I'm hoping to get a few ideas from them over the next few days. 

How Much Is Too Much?

Although it looks like the site is now closed, there are still over 100 scrapbook challenges that can be accessed via the archives. I think my first digital scrapbook project will come from this site.

DaisyTrail.com Challenges

The digital software I use for scrapbooking came from DaisyTrail (Digital Scrapbook Artist.)  I went back to the site the other day and discovered a forum dedicated to scrapbook challenges.