Healthy Drink Ramble!

I was thinking about finally buying a Keurig (I've been debating this since I started working at Sears 3 years ago). I'm not a coffee (gave up that habit about age 6 #trufax) nor hot beverage drinker, but I do enjoy a frozen mocha-y drink whenever I'm feeling adventurous. Though I discovered that I really like the Chai Latte K-cups we have at work (breakroom incentive!). And I'd probably consume the mocha drinks on a regular basis if I had a Keurig. Then you have the option of the My K-cup to brew your own blends of whatever.

Yesterday Dr. Oz was talking about how white tea has a large amount of antioxidants in it so I want to start drinking white tea. Which then lead my thought process to using my potential future Keurig to brew tea, especially white tea. But upon further research I found at that white tea should steep at a lower temperature... So then I dug deeper into my psyche and realized that I mainly want a Keurig because it's cool, different, gimmicky, quick, and easy but again, I'm not normally a hot beverage consumer. Jump to "O hai, I wonder if there's a way I can just buy the K-cups I'm interested in and diy brew them myself??" Apparently there are ways...many ways depending on what type of beverage you want.

Well, since we have Teavana at the mall I work at and an independently owned tea store at the old mall I used to work at...why not just get some little infuser things or reusable tea bags and fancy blends of loose leaf tea? That sounds like fun! I could either get an electric kettle or *gasp* actually boil some water on the stove (I'd rather not go the microwave route even if it's super quick and easy).

I've been itching the get a Keurig recently since our store is in liquidation but really I'm not going to save that much on the machine. By the time the prices become "good," we'll already be sold out (happened during the last store closing). If by chance we have any for a "too good to pass up" deal, then sure, I'll buy one. But until then, I think I'll save a good bulk of money and use that for my future white tea addiction.

On this topic, I think I'm going to try to get into a habit of blending smoothies. Frozen spinach, berries, and orange juice sounds like a plan to me. Actually, anything to help improve my health is going to become more of a priority.

I'd been having pain all around my left shoulder blade for over a week. Then Monday I woke up and it was worse. From Monday through Wednesday I had problems when turning my head or moving my arm. I'd just lock up from the pain. Wednesday night I looked in the mirror and then took pics since my shoulder blade didn't feel right. The left one was poking out (at an odd angle) and about 3 inches higher than my right one. Yeah, this freaked me out. I went our chiropractor Thursday since I was off from work. My wreck may have had something to do with it but it's mainly stress. ...work stress. Apparently I've been having muscle spasms for a long time and not realizing it (I usually don't give much thought to pain unless it's reeeeally bad). And the muscle has tensed up and harden. It won't be much longer until that major stress trigger is out of my life. Until then, I've got to try to "relax" about work... Ha! It's difficult when you have to carry the weight for slacking employees.

And this is why I'm all giddy about beverages, especially ones with healthy potential. In my mind, they'll make everything better.

Which could be said about booze too, since it's a beverage. Yeah, I could use a strong fruity drink after work everyday...but that would be bad. Very bad! But oh so goooood!