Day 30

Wow! It's the last day! It really feels like yesterday that we started this whole challenge. It flew by really fast and I am sad to see it go. I am definitely going to continue to work on myself every day, even though the challenge part is over. If there is one thing I've learned from this experience, it's that this is how hard we should be working every day, with or without the promise of gifts at the end! Thank you so much everyone, for your constant love and support. Each day has shown me a different struggle and a new blessing. Having to blog how I feel every day about whats going on with my body has forced me to take a serious interest in my well-being and keep me on track. I am going to start a new blog, that I will not update to facebook every day, but that will keep my thoughts and feelings in check so I make sure I am doing what's right for me, every day.

Here is my LAST Healthy Eating (for the challenge! Not for life!):

Meal Description: Breakfast- Instant organic strawberry oatmeal and 4 kumquats

Restaurant or Market- Sunflower Market and Smiths

Rating- ***, the oatmeal was "meh" but the kumquats are delicious! This is the first time I've had them and my corgi likes them too! She's really cute though, like a baby eating a lemon, her face gets all scrunched up when she eats them.

Here is my LAST Good Deed (for the challenge, again, I'm gonna keep it up!):

I volunteered for the Revolutions International Theatre Festival again last night, sweeping change at the Reptilian Lounge. Volunteering for Tricklock Company has been incredibly fulfilling. I am very happy that I was able to contribute my energy and time to helping make the festival run smoothly. I hope everyone gets a chance to go to one of the plays during the festival (I'm pretty sure this is the last week!).

Daily Practice Session:

This morning I decided that I was going to go through some music books I have and find songs in there Ive never heard of, listen to them on youtube and decide whether or not I would want to learn them when I get better! My two music books that I went through are: The Singers Musical Theatre Anthology; Mezzo-Soprano/Belter; Volumes 4 & 5. Here goes:

I am making a little "template" to fill out for each song I haven't heard before. Also- I don't know why the picture is upside down haha!

Song Title:

First Impressions:

Can I Sing This?:

Do I Want to Learn This?:

Why?:

Song Title:Our Kind of Love from the Beautiful Game

First Impressions: Pretty, ballad.

Can I Sing This?: Yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really

Why?: It's a little boring. It's pretty, but I'm not sure it would be that strong in my book.

Song Title: I'm Going Back from Bells Are Ringing

First Impressions: Fun, jazzy uptempo

Can I Sing This?: Yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: Yeah

Why?: I think it would be fun- very belty, lots of acting potential

Song Title: Hard Candy Christmas from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

First Impressions: Pretty, ballad.

Can I Sing This?: Yeah

Do I Want to Learn This?: Kind of- not entirely sure yet.

Why?: It's a pretty ballad, with nice low-notes.

Song Title: I'm Still Here from Follies

First Impressions: cute

Can I Sing This?: Vocally, sure

Do I Want to Learn This?: No

Why?: I'm not old enough for the part so it's not appropriate

Song Title: Man That Got Away from A Star is Born (film)

First Impressions: cool, jazzy ballad

Can I Sing This?: Yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really

Why?: Judy Garland is fabulous, but I can't see myself singing this

Song Title: Shopping Around from Wish You Were Here

First Impressions: sweet jazzy uptempo

Can I Sing This?: probably

Do I Want to Learn This?: Meh.

Why?: It's not a bad song, but I'm not jumping up and down with joy. Pretty unfazed.

Song Title: One Hundred Easy Ways from Wonderful Town

First Impressions: Funny!

Can I Sing This?: Yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: Yes!

Why?: Cute, lots of low notes and very funny.

Song Title: Meadowlark from The Baker's Wife

First Impressions: Interesting

Can I Sing This?: most likely

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really

Why?: It's okay... I'm probably not old enough

Song Title: The Colors of My Life from Barnum

First Impressions: boring ballad

Can I Sing This?: yeah, i could

Do I Want to Learn This?: nope

Why?: i think it's boring.

Song Title: Children of Eden from Children of Eden

First Impressions: Really beautiful ballad

Can I Sing This?: Yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: Yeah

Why?: I don't know if I'm old enough, but it's really freaking beautiful.

Song Title:What You Don't Know About Women from City of Angels

First Impressions: Cute, funny... but a little boring

Can I Sing This?: Yeah I could

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really

Why?: It's not exciting to me

Song Title: Thinking of Him from Curtains

First Impressions: It's pretty, a ballad...

Can I Sing This?: most of it

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really

Why?: Again, I'm not excited about it

Song Title: It's a Business from Curtains

First Impressions: Very funny!

Can I Sing This?: Yeah

Do I Want to Learn This?: haha, yeah

Why?: I don't know if I'm old enough, but this is a very funny "character" part.

Song Title: Here I am from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

First Impressions: Very fun uptempo

Can I Sing This?: Yeah

Do I Want to Learn This?: I think I just might

Why?: It's fun and seems like it would fit really well in my voice

Song Title: The Cake I Had from Grey Gardens

First Impressions: Lots of acting, definitely for an older woman.

Can I Sing This?: Vocally, yes

Do I Want to Learn This?: No

Why?: I'm definitely not old enough to sing this

Song Title: Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

First Impressions: Very pretty, but I'm not digging it for me

Can I Sing This?: Yeah

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not really into it

Why?: I really don't know... It's just not my thing I guess

Song Title: Woman from The Pirate Queen

First Impressions: Pretty ballad

Can I Sing This?: I probably could.

Do I Want to Learn This?: I don't think I want to

Why?: It's pretty, but I don't really "get it"

Song Title: Take That Look Off Your Face from Song and Dance

First Impressions: Uh...

Can I Sing This?: I might...

Do I Want to Learn This?: Nope

Why?: Vocally, it's not my style.

Song Title: Hit Me With a Hot Note from Sophisticated Ladies

First Impressions: Really cool

Can I Sing This?: Some of the high notes in the beginning are a little intimidating, I think I could one day.

Do I Want to Learn This?: When I get there, definitely

Why?: It's really fun, jazzy, sexy in a modest way... love it.

Song Title: If My Friends Could See Me Now from Sweet Charity

First Impressions: Cute

Can I Sing This?: I could

Do I Want to Learn This?: Not particularly

Why?: It's really cute but I think Tracy in Hairspray is about as cutesy as I want to go

Song Title: Life Is from Zorba

First Impressions: pretty

Can I Sing This?: I could

Do I Want to Learn This?: not particularly, but i'd give it a shot

Why?: it's pretty and i think i'd sound good at it, but i don't know how i feel about it.

Day 29

Today I went up to Santa Fe with Kurt and Buckels to see the Jason Robert Brown masterclass. It was an interesting experience. It made me appreciate Kurt a lot more, he really is preparing us for a harsh reality. On the other hand, all of the performers did a wonderful job, but I could tell they were nervous. JRB was funny at times, but I didn't like that he kept dissing on other composers. Word to the wise- if you audition for JRB do not sing a Scott Alan song, he apparently doesn't like him very much. He also doesn't like Stephen Schwartz.

But enough about that. I had my last healthy meal, saw the masterclass, and got home in time to read two chapters of my "Making It in New York City" book. All in all- a decent day.

Daily Practice Session

Today I read Chapters 2 & 3 of An Actors Guide- Making It in New York City by Glenn Alterman. Chapter two was all about the neighborhoods of Manhattan, their histories and theatres in those areas. Chapter three was about finding an apartment. It had useful information about prices, what areas to look in and what you will need to rent an apartment. I was a little nervous after reading this chapter because in order to get an apartment in NYC you have to have a job and a New York bank account already. I'm really glad I read this book before finalizing my moving plans. I need to find a job out there BEFORE I can move! I know that seems like a no brainer to most people, but I was really planning on taking it a tiny bit slower than that.

I do need to reassess my decision. I want to move to New York and try to "make it" as an actor, but I need more training first... and I need a better plan. I might have to hold off on my moving plans for at least a couple months and perhaps move early in 2012. I do have to deal with all of this soon and would rather be prepared than not.

Before I talk about my last healthy meal I just want to ramble for a moment about how incredibly nervous I am for Hairspray auditions. Of course, I still don't know if I will be able to sing by then. But I am already really stressed out over it. First off- the week of auditions is also the week of the Camp Conference that the leadership staff from Camp Shaver goes to every year. Usually we go to one in January but Fred (my boss) and I took winter classes so we decided to go to a different one. The one that we chose is best for everyone because it's during spring break. The first day of the conference is March 15th, but I would need to travel on March 14th, which is the day of Hairspray callbacks. I, of course, do not know if I'm even going to get called back, but I don't want to be out of town that day in case I DO. My boss is not happy that I will miss a whole day of the conference for this. I probably shouldn't wait until after I audition to buy my plane ticket though. The other thing is that I am just getting really nervous, every day I get closer and closer and can't practice. I feel like everyone else has more confidence than me and I'm really scared that I'm going to miss out on the best role that I can imagine for myself at this point in my life. And of course, none of this would be that big of a deal if I even knew whether or not I will able to sing by then.

Now that I've rambled on about that. Here is my 25th healthy meal:

Healthy Eating:

Meal Description- Lunch- smoked mozzarella pasta salad stuff, pecan nut-thin crackers and hummus.

Restaurant or Market- Whole Foods

Rating- *** good, yummy, but nothing special. The best part was sharing it with Buckels!

For Erin- My Spot Check Buddy!

Hello Erin! I just reviewed your blog and as you should know, you are doing GREAT! You have gone above and beyond, got all your requirements done and now just have to do your daily practice stuff until Sunday!

Unless I counted wrong (and I might have, so I'm glad I have a buddy to check on me!) I should have one more meal and one more good deed still left to do. Because of my health problems this month with my voice, I was only able to have one voice lesson so that leaves me with holes in my vocal coaching/private lessons section, as well as my new song learned and recorded. I was working on "Still Hurting" from the Last Five Years, and I'm sad I never got to sing it for anyone :(

Anyway- you're great! See you Sunday!

Day 28

Daily Practice Session:

Tonight I finished watching Broadway: The American Musical, this 6th and final episode focused on 1980-the present (it ends with Wicked). I was touched by much of this episode. I am so glad that I was able to watch this entire mini-series. I feel like I have such a deeper understanding and respect for musical theatre, and how far we've come. The first episodes talked about blackface as a form of popular entertainment, and this last episode showed the Lion King, with strong, black characters, being played by strong, talented black performers. It touched on "La Cage" and how it was one of the first mainstream "gay" musicals, and how it's original cast and production team founded Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS, an organization that is still up and running today. It talked about RENT and Jonathan Larson's tragic story. All of these things I know already, and still touches me and makes me cry! I think everyone who loves musical theatre, needs to watch this miniseries, especially because it's on instant netflix! I'm glad that I watched it, but now I have to think of other things to do for the next two days!!!

Loved yoga this morning, but my legs are killing me! I'm excited to try Blissful Spirits "90-Day Challenge". When I picked up the information I told them I just couldn't get enough challenges in my life.

ooooh- other awesome thing about this part of the mini-series was when they were talking about Cats, someone asked Andrew Lloyd Webber what Cats was about "is their something I just don't get?" they asked, and after a "long and painful pause" Andrew said, "well... it's about Cats".

I thought that was pretty funny. Even A-Webs doesn't get it.

Day 27

Yoga this morning was fabulous! Not only did Gilbert come with me, but we had a great little chat with Rebecca afterward. It's wonderful that we found a studio with instructors who really care about us and understand us! I really want to thank Kristen Buckels for introducing all of us to Blissful Spirits! Also, I hope you (Buckels) want to do their 90 Day Challenge with me! We can blog about it! :)

Daily Practice Session

Today I cracked open a book I bought at the Drama Bookstore in NYC called "An Actors Guide to Making It in New York City" by Glenn Alterman. I bought the book in New York and thought it would be a fun, practical and kind of cheesy read but when I scanned through it on the plane ride home it was actually rather intimidating so I put it aside. After a rather inspiring conversation with Mr.Robinson this afternoon, I felt that now is as good a time as any to scare the bejesus out of me about my impending move.

I know that I have a lot more to work on before I move to NYC, and once I move there I will have to keep working on all of those things (dance, voice, acting). Even once I'm "ready" I will have to keep working on them. That's one of the reasons I love being a performer, there is always more to learn and you can always get better and better.

Anyway, so I read this book (just the introduction and Chapter One) and even though it's a little outdated (published in 2004) I think there is still quite a bit of useful information in here. It's got info on all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, good places to live, good places to take classes, how to get an agent, whether or not I should get an agent... pretty much all of the questions I have ever had is answered in this book. There is even a budget page explaining the general expenses we should anticipate before moving.

I want to keep reading the book (and I'm going to) but I had to stop so I could blog and make sure I got it up on time!

Healthy Eating

Meal Description- The "Healthier Alternative" Egg white Omelette from Wecks, with green chile, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and dry wheat toast.

Restaurant or Market- Wecks

Rating- **.5 just okay. I mean it was good and filled me up and nothing was wrong with it... it was just a little bland.

Day 26

Today my voice felt great, better than it has in a couple of week! I vocalized a tiny bit just to see and sure enough I could actually sing! I only did for like 2 minutes and then stopped because I know I'm not supposed to, but it was a nice little reminder that not all hope is lost.

Also- I had two healthy meals today and forgot to take pictures! Uuuugh. Oh well, I will just have to eat more healthy meals tomorrow!

Daily Practice Session

Today I got the OBC Recordings of American Idiot and Aida. I listened to all of American Idiot, it's really great. When my roommates came home they were really digging the music and were surprised when I said " I think I like Green Day even more when Broadway people are singing it!" I haven't listened to all of Aida yet, but I think I am going to do that tomorrow as part of my non-singing practice.

I wanted to listen to American Idiot because all my friends have been talking about it non stop for the past couple weeks. I always thought I wouldn't need to hear the broadway version because I have the Green Day discography, but it is super cool. I thought the dudes on the recording sounded a little tougher/more rock than the girls though, which bummed me out. I wish the girls had a little more rock going on.

Day 25 food proof!

SEE! I TOLD YOU I ate that this morning! Proof!

Day 25

Went to yoga this morning, and I'm glad I did! Felt great most of the day, although I could have used a nap around 4!

Daily Practice Session:

Today, I went through my music notebook and took out all the music that I never use. Then I re-alphabetized the remainder and added a list of new songs I want to learn when I get better:

1. Aquarius from Hair

2. Sober by Pink

3. Confidence in Me from the Sound of Music

4. See I'm Smiling from The Last 5 Years

5. You Don't Know from Next to Normal

6. Superboy and the Invisible Girl from Next to Normal

just to name a few.

That took me a little over an hour.

Healthy Eating

Meal Description- Breakfast, "White Lightening Omelette", egg whites, chicken, green chile, salsa, guacamole, cheese, little potato bites, a whole wheat english muffin and peppermint tea with honey.

Restaurant or Market- LePeep!

Rating- **** Really yummy, although questionable on calories.

Picture- Gilbert took a picture because I accidentally left the house without my bloggie this morning! So, I will post the picture when I get it.

Healthy Eating

Meal Description- Lunch, Salad with weird name that I don't remember but it had tuna, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, spring mix lettuce, and other yummy stuff in it. And red lentil soup that was pretty freaking awesome.

Restaurant or Market- The Grove

Rating- **** Super fantastic yummy soup. loved it. put winning soup to shame. the salad confused me, but it tasted good.

Charitable Deeds

On Saturday I did two more charitable deeds. In the morning I volunteered for the YMCA at the Health Fair. I handed out a lot of camp merchandise to potential new camper families and did a whole lot of talking about how great camp is and all our wonderful discounts. I do work for camp over the summer, but during the off-season I am a volunteer and I work my butt off! Cool deal that one of my big volunteer thingies for camp happened during the challenge!

Me! Loving Y Camp!

My boss-friend! Loving Y Camp!

Random adorable child wearing a free Camp shirt we gave him that morning!

Later that night I volunteered for the Revolutions International Theatre festival again. This time at the Reptilian Lounge as a change sweeper. It doesn't sound like hard work but it is! Change doesn't submit that easily to sweeping- and there's a whole lot of pressure to get it all swept up and swept well so the performers get all the money they deserve!

Day 24

Daily Practice Session

Today I watched part 5 of the documentary miniseries I've been watching over the past couple days. This part was 1957-1979 and it covered a lot of the musicals that I've at least heard about, which was cool. Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Chicago, Company, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Hair, Chorus Line, just to name a few. It was neat hearing all the different stories about how these shows were so radical at the time they were produced. I was surprised to find out that Chicago in its initial run didn't do very well and now it is one of the most well-known musicals of all time! As was West Side Story, which I was more surprised about. It opened the same season as The Music Man, which did much better, probably because it's subject matter was a little more "optimistic".

My favorite little bit that I learned about tonight was about Hair (of course). Hair has been my favorite musical ever since one of my high school friends made me watch it. I remember very clearly the night I first saw it. My friend and her mom were appalled that I had never seen Hair, Tommy, A Chorus Line or Jesus Christ Superstar. So we rented all of them and watched them in the same night. Hair was the last one we watched and I was mesmerized, especially because it was during a time in my life where I was feeling particularly political (with the Iraq war and everything, my dad being shipped off all the time, I was very emotional about it). The next year I had to do a project on the 60's for my history class and I made everyone in my group watch it and I talked a lot about it in my project. Even though there isn't really a good part for me (which is generally what a lot of us base our favorites around! You know it's true!) it is still my favorite musical, and I never get tired of singing a long. I wish I could have seen it in it's initial run, the footage in the documentary was breathtaking and I bet it was just a beautiful experience.

Now that I've said all that, I love musical theatre. I love it down to my core. A friend of mine's girlfriend is an Opera lover and in the early stages of their relationship I spent a lot of time trying to defend musical theatre even though I didn't know very much about it and this girl is literally an Opera encyclopedia! I've discovered, if nothing else, through this process that my love of musical theatre is something I can't describe or defend, it's just in me. When I hear the music, or see a show my heart lifts and in that moment I can't be sad, even if I can't sing a long.

It's getting late so I will have to post my two good deeds from the weekend in tomorrow's blog (The Health Fair and the Reptilian Lounge). Goodnight!

Day 23

Today I went to see the rest of the challengers perform together. It was really great to see everyone and hear how much each of them have improved over the course of this month. They really are all becoming so much stronger, and their performances were really powerful. It was very touching. It did however make me feel even worse for not being healthy enough to complete all of my requirements. Because my friends have all been working so hard and the proof is in their performances. I am so lucky to have such talented and fantastic friends who support me no matter what. I hope that when I'm better I have the willpower to do this all over again even without the promise of prizes- haha! Because I want to see what it can do for me, especially now that I've seen what it has done for my friends.

I'm not exactly sure on how I'm supposed to make up for my missing requirements. Kurt had some ideas but I didn't exactly understand them. Now I'm worried that I waited too long to clear that up, and with only a week left, I'm... I'm just nervous. And feeling a little like I don't deserve it! I'm not trying to be hard on myself, but really, when I saw how hard all my friends have been working it just doesn't seem fair, even though its not my fault. Regardless, I'm not giving up until Kurt tells me to. So here is my stuff for the day:

Daily Practice Session:

Again, not enough time today for me to watch my documentary series! Just something else for me to look forward to tomorrow! Instead, today I did another read over of my Hairspray book, and looked for videos of other people singing Hairspray songs, not just professionals. There are a lot of really bad videos out there, but I found a couple decent ones. I think I've decided that if the audition calls for a song from the show, I will sing "Good Morning Baltimore", even though I think most people going for Tracy are going to do that. I am going to do it anyway, because I think it shows me off the most... but I could do the opening part to "You Can't Stop the Beat" too. I dunno, it's a while away, and like I said I still don't know if I'll be able to sing by then, but I'm trying to remain optimistic.

I also haven't made a decision about my hair yet. I already went darker blonde, and I think if I do go brunette, it wont be dark brunette in case I don't get the part then it will be easy to go back to blonde right away! Also, if I don't get the part I'm chopping all of my hair off. And I mean all of it.

Side Note: Today at Whole Foods a woman recognized me from yoga! How cool is that?!

Day 22- p.s.

I forgot to put this in my last blog! This is the dialogue from a little sketch about Rogers and Hammerstein from the documentary.

A man goes to the ticket vendor to buy a ticket to see a Rogers and Hammerstein show. The woman says it will be $6.60. He asks why it would be so much for one ticket. The vendor explains that the evening shows are $6.60, and the afternoon prices are $4.40. Then:

Man: Well... what are the morning prices? I mean, I don't care how early.

Woman: They don't have any morning performances.

Man: You mean Rogers and Hammerstein don't make any money in the morning?

Woman: No.

Man: Not in the morning, huh? Then why did they write that song about how beautiful it is?

Woman: Well, that's when they take it to the bank!

hahaha... okay I thought it was really funny!

Day 22

Today I volunteered for YMCA Camp Shaver for the Health Fair at Expo New Mexico. As some of you may know, Camp Shaver has been my summer home pretty much since I was 10 years old. Even though I only get paid for my work in the summer, I volunteer year round to promote camp, amongst other things. I believe it is so important for kids to have a summer camp experience and it was wonderful to meet all these new potential campers today! I am a little pressed for time this evening since I am volunteering for the Revolutions International Theatre Festival again tonight, so I will post about the Health Fair and the Festival tomorrow.

Daily Practice Session

Today I got to watch part 3 of Broadway: the American Musical! This episode talked mostly about the union of Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers. I didn't realize until today, that these are the people who made me want to be in musicals! The first musical I ever saw was their version of Cinderella (which was made for TV so they didn't talk about it in the documentary). And later, I saw Oklahoma! with my girl scout troupe. I realized that most of my mom's favorite musicals too! Almost all of the musicals that my mom and I watched together when I was a kid were composed by this pair. The episode also talked about Guys and Dolls, which I was lucky enough to play Adelaide in in high school! I have always wished that my voice was more suited to "legit" musicals, because they are so dear to my heart. Perhaps when I get my voice back I can work on figuring out if I can do both!

9 Days Left- Another Overview!

Here's where I'm at as of 1/21/11:

Private Voice Lessons- 1/4

Vocal Coaching Sessions- 0/2

Healthy Meals- 20/25

Dance/Yoga Classes- 10/10

Charitable Deeds- 2/5

See a Performance- 1/1

Learn a New Song- 0/1

Perform a Song- 1/1

I'm doing pretty well for someone who hasn't been able to sing for a little over half the month! I still need 3 Voice lessons (or some form of substitution) and 2 vocal coaching sessions (or some form of substitution), to learn a new song/record it (or some form a substitution) , eat 5 more healthy meals and do 3 more charitable deeds!

I wish I could be doing all the vocal stuff, since this IS a voice challenge after all. I see all of my wonderful friends seeing incredible benefits from working so hard and I feel like other than learning to be more humble, I haven't seen as much good as my friends have.

I have decided that when I get better I am going to do the challenge over again, for myself. I wont post the blog to facebook, but I will keep the blog to keep myself on track.

Day 21

This morning I went to Hot Yoga at 6:30 with my wonderful yoga buddies, and grabbed a quick good-for-me breakfast at Winning. Then I went home and worked up the courage to finally call Dr.Frost, the ENT in Alamogordo. And I am happy to announce the great news- I got an appointment for February 10th! Things are looking up!

I had plans to do more practice head shots with roomie/challenge support group member, Diana. She even got all dolled up and we drove downtown to try out some different settings and when we got to my favorite fence in Albuquerque, I noticed that I had left my memory card at home! So we drove around and scouted out some potential places to shoot on Monday instead.

It's too bad I already finished my "see a live performance" requirement, because I went with Cierra and her boyfriend to see the 505 Mens Barbershop Chorus concert tonight and was completely blown away! It really inspired me to want to join a choir again once I'm healthy. I forgot how much I miss being part of a choir! I was especially impressed by the dynamics and blending... little things that I forget about while working on solo work.

Daily Practice Session

Today I was too busy to watch my documentary! I'm getting sad! So Today I did more Hairspray work. I read through the dialogue in my little book and then looked up different Tracy performances on youtube. I know that I'm not supposed to, but I think I like the Tracy from the movie the best, I think her voice is the nicest. I am trying to figure out how it is that I can BE Tracy, and not ACT cheesey... does that make sense? Bring truth to a cartoony character. It's especially hard because I'm still not certain I will be healthy come audition time.

Healthy Eating

Meal Description – Breakfast- Scrambled eggs, dry wheat toast, peppermint tea w/ honey

Restaurant or Market – Winning Coffee Co.

Rating – **. Boring, and the eggs were a little too "wet" for my taste

Healthy Eating

Meal Description – Dinner- Sonoma Chicken Salad Wrap, Spicy Vegan Pumpkin Soup and a Solixer "Relax" to drink

Restaurant or Market – Whole Foods

Rating – ****, my favorite meal all month. Filled me up, feels good for me... and yummy yummy yummy.