The Empty Cabinets of my Mind

Never Too Much Chocolate

I was absolutely astounded when I recently learned that one of my good friends does not eat dark chocolate.   A long time ago I went without chocolate for two years just to see if I could do it.  Then I started eating chocolate again, but I have to say that nowadays overly sweetened milk chocolate just does not taste good to me.  I have to have the dark stuff. 

It is best if it is the kind that melts on contact, too.  Yuck on waxy tasting chocolate.  OK, so I am fussy. 

Grocery Outlet Stores got a shipment of dark chocolate Easter Bunnies in the cutest metal tins, and I was SO tempted to try one.  Do I care if Easter is over?  Bunnies a SO good.  But they were $2 and the Boticelli Signature bars were only $1 for the same ounces.  So I bought two of those instead.  Yes, it melted just right.

Since I only ate 1/4 of a bar, I put extra cocoa powder in the Natraburst Shake I am having right now.  If you are interested in a good tasting Super Food and a way to make some extra money, please check out my page about 124online, the creators of Natraburst:

A List of all the Good Nutrients in Natraburst

HINT:  If you crush ice with the powder, your Natraburst shake will taste really good, with the texture of an ice cream shake.

 

 

 

Logo Design is Hard Work

I know, as my late husband and partner used to sell logo designs to help supplement our income back in the lean days (can you pronounce "Starving Student?")  I used to help him.  It was fun, but grueling.  The neatest thing was seeing people get good results because of the graphics we produced.

A good logo really helps a business stand out.  Of course, it cannot replace good products and great service, but it gives you a foot in the door, so to speak.

Finding a good logo design company got easier when the internet expanded as now people can get a pretty good idea of what kind of work different artists can offer without having to run all over the place and waste time looking at physical portfolios. If the logo company can make an attractive web page for themselves, you know they can make you a logo that will stand out. Of course the nice thing about shopping online is that it is so easy to compare the different vendor pages. One thing to look for when shopping for a design company is their guarantee.  Related to that issue is how many changes the company is willing to make if you are not happy with their design. 

Ordering a professional logo online is easy and convenience these days and not only can you get help with your design, but many of the logo design companies also include letterhead and business cards in their online pricing. 

Update on Natraburst

Natraburst is a meal replacement powder that contains a yard-long list of wholesome nutrients that I really want to put in my body every day.  Initially I was sort of turned off by the idea that it is only sold through multilevel marketing, but since my brother was already a distributor and he used the product and liked it, I tried it and like it too, so I became a distributor as well, just a couple months ago. 

Surprisingly, I have already gotten a commission check in the mail, so this is turning out way better than I expected.

If you would like to take a look at this super food, here is my page:

Meal Replacement

Of course, I'd love to have you on my waiting list. 

Google is a Verb

Next after "Let's Do Lunch" comes "Google is a Verb" and aren't these sayings cute?  Granted, I have some reservations about everything-Google, but sometimes the products are just too useful to shun.  You could say that I am addicted to my Android phone. 

Oh, for those who haven't heard, I upgraded from my Samsung Moment to the Epic, a move which surprised even me. But now because the phone is even better, I am on it more and on my laptop less.  That is so much less, in fact, that I have to look up the term ppc search engine marketing now to see what it means. You would have thought that was a no-brainer, huh?

Of course it is all about maximizing your online presence (a good thing to do if you are monetizing a blog or selling something) but hey, I'm retired and trying to minimize just about everything else. 

The Epic is truly awesome, though, and I keep adding stuff from the Android Market, mostly free stuff.  I loaned the Moment to a friend who had to accessorize it with the Swipe-It program.  No, that is not software to help you steal, but rather it is an incredibly useful way of entering text data without having to "thumb" that little keyboard. 

All Sugar is not the Same

I was reading another article by Jonathon Wright, the MD who goes all over the world looking for natural medicines, one of which is my favorite kind of sugar, Xylitol.

After tasting Xylitol, I am uninterested in other kinds of white sugar.  If all it did was taste better, that would be enough for me, but according to Dr. Wright, Xylitol, which he calls Sugar X, keeps us healthy as well as being delicious. 

I quite using products made from white flour many years ago, but thinking back I can still remember how hard it was to make the switch.  Not so with this "better" sugar.  It just tastes SO good.

In other news, I found a little store in Arizona that sells home made blackstrap molasses and I got them to ship me a few jugs after quickly using up the 3 lbs that I bought while traveling on vacation.  I like to drink a glass of molasses milk from time to time, especially when I am away from any my favorite organic dairies. 

Now to get back into production of fenugreek microgreens, which are delicious sauteed with eggs and potatoes and which are said to help control blood sugar. 

Wow My Landscape

I have said before how neat in-post disclosure advertisements are because I only monetize my blog with cool things and it is fun to write about neat stuff that I really like.   Today's ad is about landscape issues.

Living in California part of each year, is a treat because this state has really nice landscaping just about everywhere we go.  So it is a constant challenge for me to try to keep my properties looking nice.  If you click the link in the above paragraph it takes you to a site called WowMyLandscape, which is a platform through which just about anyone can upload a photo of a chosen landscape and then sit back and watch magical things happen to it, conceptually that is.