Have a Spinach-Blueberry-Green Tea-Smoothie for Brunch!

posted by Melissa Baumgart
Talk about swinging the pendulum.  How do I go from squirting mayonnaise tubes onto tater tots to creating spinach smoothies with green tea like I am some new age health nut?  Next thing you know I'll be meditating with Jamie, or worse, having hours transcendental sex with him like Sting and his wife!  JK.  (Sorry, Jamie)

But first, a scratch-off update:

I spent $7.00.  I won $5.00.  Statistically speaking, this scratch-off effort is not working out in my favor.

This is my brunch, and it is working out in my favor.
Three handfuls of spinach, one pint of blueberries, one banana and a cup of green tea with ginger.  Blend in a blender until smooth and drink.   

I suppose a Vita-Mix would be better, but my Osterizer blender got it drink-able enough for me. 

Finished product.  Drink it up!

Oh, and I have not heard back from Publisher's Clearing House, nor any of the other sweepstakes I have entered.  Could you imagine if they showed up at my door like they show on TV!  And I answer it with a green mustache from my brunch smoothie!  That would be awesome.

Crap, I just realized I forgot to stretch this morning.  Here I go...
Cheers!  -Melissa

Winner x 2

posted by Melissa Baumgart

I found an old scratch-off ticket in my back pocket this morning.  Yes, after, I found my purse right where I had left it.  (Perhaps I am lucky afterall)  The ticket turned out to be a $4.00 winner!  So, I hoofed it over to the local "Everything Store" up the street to cash in for my prize.

Then what?  Buy more tickets, of course.  This month is awesome, I have an excuse to play the lottery!

Turns out the two scratch-offs I bought were both winners as well.  One for $1.00 and one for $5.00.  I hope I am as lucky with the $1.00 left that I spent on the PowerBall.  And don't tell, but I got an extra lottery ticket, a Hit 5 ticket.  Both drawings are tonight, and you'll hear either way.

Here's to hoping I win more to pay for the textbooks I have to buy.  What the hell happened since I was in my undergrad?  Did books really cost $150.00 - $250.00 each back in the 1990's?  I don't think so.  But then again, I went to the #1 party school back then (although I have found no such reference on the world wide web), so maybe I just don't remember.

-Melissa