Tea, It's a good thing

So, as many of you already know I have been very sick the past month and the whole time I was sick all I drank was green tea.
Now after drinking it all day everyday I discovered a love for tea that I never had before. Then, I remembered that I had read on the "My Nifty Life" blog about Adiago loose tea.
So, I ventured on over to their website and decided to place an order for myself and my mother whom I had recommended start drinking White tea because she had Cancer a few years ago. I explained that white tea has an enormous amount of antioxidants as compared to green tea which is still wonderful to drink and a bit less expensive but with her surgery coming up on Thursday I thought why not get a jump on it and start now with the White tea.
I purchased the starter kit with the Green Tea sampler and also purchased the White tea sampler which includes Snowbud, Silver needle, White Symphony and White peach which I'm drinking as I type this and I have to say there is a huge difference between loose tea and tea bags! I hereby swear to never drink tea from a tea bag again! and as for coffee well that's a bad word in our house now.
Now, if I could just get my kids to drink it.
Thanks Bobbie for recommending Adiago Tea. You have forever changed my life.

Handle with Grace.

Something happened today that made me realize how just one moment can change your life forever.
I realized through this one action how much God has given me in the wonderful women I call mom.
I was angered when someone said something very hurtful to my mother. How could someone so close to you say such hurtful things? Her reaction, her feelings just welled up in her eyes and I couldn't help but feel angry and want to just erase what was said and take away her pain.
She with all her wisdom handled it with much more grace than I know than I ever could've.
I began to reflect and remember that God has given her a second chance at life and with it she is truly a changed person and that I should learn from her and love and cherish every minute I have with her even when she can't remember that I already told her something 3 times or she insists that she's right( well most of the time she is) because it doesn't matter. What matters is that I have been given a second chance at a beautiful relationship with her and I want her to know that it doesn't matter what anybody else says about her. She is perfect in God's eyes and in mine.
I love you mom.

You know you're old when............

You know you're getting old when you can't stand the neighbors because they've got a garage band and you're mad that you're not able to take a Sunday nap!
I remember going to see Sublime play at backyard parties and warehouse parties in high school and loving every minute of it. I'm not sure if it was the music, freezing my butt off while trying to look cute or just being defiant because I wasn't suppose to be there according to my parents.
Now, I enjoy music in a whole different way ie; not outside in freezing cold weather and not when I'm in my own house trying to rest with the kids.
I feel old because in the old days I woulda gone across the street and hung out with "The cool band guys"instead of getting pissed off that they've been practicing day and night for two days!
Oh well, that's why we don't stay 18 forever.
Thank God!