I check my gmail, following links, replying to friends, starring ones I want to get back to.
Then head to Facebook, where I check in on what everyone's been doing, see what new pictures are up, comment on friend's status updates, maybe take a stupid "What kind of drink are you?" type quiz.
Then usually it's over to Yelp, to see if there are any new reviews I want to read, new events posted I may want to attend, or new Talk threads I'm interested in.
On to BBC News and Google News for a quick summary of what's going on in the world. Sometimes I'll check my Myspace, Modified Style's Myspace, Craigslist for cute puppies (I want a puppy, damn it.) and twitter for updates from my favorite people.
Then it's right here to Epicurious Veg*n--I like to stay updated on what my favorite blogs are doing. You can see all of them to the right, but my favorites are Healthy Tipping Point, VeggieGirl, VeganYumYum, and now this one recently started called This is why you're thin!. It's directly inspired by This is why you're fat! -a blog that's been gaining popularity by displaying pictures sent in of foods like a corn dog casserole or a bacon wrapped twinkie.
This is why you're thin! has reader-contributed pictures relating to wellness-hiking, raw green smoothes, fresh vegetables, kids peeling vegetables, yoga... anything that's GOOD for you can be included here.
I've been checking out the pictures for inspiration, and today came across a picture submitted by a woman named Sheri. It's a groovy green smoothie with organic spinach, celery, filtered water, flax meal, Brazil nuts, hempseeds, raspberries, bananas, spirulina, goji berries, and a tasty topping of raw cacao nibs.Um, wow!
She wrote that she feeds this to her FIVE raw vegan kids for breakfast most mornings.
HOLD THE PHONE.
Five raw vegan kids? Can you imagine? Holy smokes. I had to check it out. Her blog is here. I encourage you to check it out. It's so amazing--I love that there's people like this out there. She and her husband, a professor, homeschool all 5 kids and feed them a raw diet. She uses her stove for fruit and veggie storage!
What an inspiration.
This is one of the reasons I like my little morning ritual: I learn new things, find new sources of inspiration, and even discover some new recipes!
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