Black Friday shoppers are diluted....with coffee

What are these crazy people thinking?  Getting up at 2am to be at the store in line by 4am or never even going to sleep in the first place and just staying up all night into Black Friday.  I mean seriously, what are these people?  High?

Personally, I'd rather pay the extra 20, 40, 100 dollars more to not have to deal with a herd of cattle in their pajamas and slippers pushing and shoving me around over a fucking barbie doll or HD Tv.  I'd rather sit home in my pajamas or hell, in the nude, if I want and order everything I want to get online.  That's why we have online shopping, people!!  Helloooooo?

I wonder how many of these Black Friday idiots will be getting pulled over on the streets caught DWC'ing it.  aka:  driving while caffeinated?  I mean can you imagine the state of mind these people are in?  Picture it, shaky hands, talking out of control faster than you can understand them and their eyes bulging out of their skulls?  Wooooow if you want part of that than by all means go for it!  The only way you'd get me up out of bed that early to any sale at all is if they were giving away Ryan Reynolds center court at the mall to the first person in line.  Now THAT I'd be involved in and prooooooobably would show up nude for.

Happy Black Friday psycho's!!!

If you're not "happy" does that mean you're "unhappy"?

Sometimes I get into these weird theories in my head (call me bored sometimes) and begin to ponder odd shit, like this one. If you're not "happy" does that mean you're "unhappy"? After much thought I decided that no absolutely not. I mean is the opposite of happy really unhappy?  You'd be close minded to think that yes it is.  In reality, if you think about it, if you're not "happy" you could be one of many things:  complacent, going with the flow, riding it out, not putting thought into anything at all and be on auto pilot etc.  Do one of these describe you?

It may describe an array of people especially those that are in relationships with somebody. Just because you're not happy in your relationship does it mean you're unhappy?  I'm gonna say no.  Again you may just be complacent in the relationship and just do what you do everyday and realize it is what it is and go on with your life.  If you peel the onion (so to speak) even further, you will see that we are responsible for our own happiness in the first place.  However, so many people rely on their spouses to "make them happy" when really it's not their responsibility at all!  If you're unhappy, or complacent or just going with the flow, you are the ONLY one to change that situation nobody else can.  I believe when one realizes this they will become a better person and perhaps have a more eventful life or at least have one that's a tad bit more interesting than it was before they started taking responsibility for their own shit.  I mean why in the hell would you want to place that much trust in anybody anyways?  If you are relying on someone else to make you happy that takes a ton of trust and faith in another human being don't you think?  What if they don't come through?  What if they fail?  The answer is they will always fail and you will always have the same life with that person .........period.  It always amazes me how people are willing to put that much faith and trust in human beings and not acknowledge God or if they do, not trust him to help you out.  Regardless of your faith, whether you're just a "spiritual" person and rely on your strength from the universe or some potted plant on your window sill, the fact remains the same.  We are all responsible for ourselves in this life, whether it be with our happiness or not.  If you like living in a world that offers nothing but complacency or going with the flow, than good for you but do realize that it doesn't mean you're "unhappy" your just "being" and really what's wrong with that?  Probably not a damn thing.

Whole Foods Parking Lot Rap........This IS Awesome!!!

After hearing about that employee that quit Whole Foods and wrote a 2,300 word resignation letter I couldn't help but be prompted to post this on my blog, this guy is genius and for sure 6 things can cost 80 bucks at ANY health food store.

R.I.P Amy Winehouse 7/23/11

Here's Amy in 2006 performing Love is a Losing Game.

Katherine Heigl without makeup

My husband finds Katherine Heigl simply "Hot". I can't wait to show him this!

Sail, by Awolnation

I just found this new song and love it, it's dark, edgy and sexy!  Check it out:

How To Rid Yourself of Acne Naturally

I stumbled across this video from Dr. Mercola and found it valuable for those who suffer from acne.  I have read many articles and researched the causes of acne over the years and this, by far is the best information you can get all in one place without having to read hundreds of articles, etc.

Watch here.

Here's to great healthy glowing skin!

Juicing recipes for carb types

My mother inlaw gave me a juicer like 4 years ago and I never used it until recently, actually it's because I forgot I even had it and with my organizational skills in the kitchen I was lucky to find it again!  I've been hooked on Dr. Mercola lately and recently took his free nutritional type test.  It's pretty cool and it was there I found I was a carb type.  There are others too, protein type and mixed type (both protein and carb).  I love my veggies and don't really eat meat that much and totally stay away from red meat in general.  Anyhow, juicing is important for we carb types, unfortunately I'm sad that spinach is not on my list of veggies I should be eating :( however I really dig kale and it has taken spinach's place.

Here's the deal, prior to eating any of your meals you should drink at least 6 oz of veggie juice.  So I looked on my chart at all the veggies I could eat as well as some fruit and had a blast in the kitchen making some yummy juice recipes of my own.  Here are some that I juiced up for you!

Use all organic veggies if you can.

1 handful of cilantro
3 handfuls of kale
4 baby carrots
1/2 of a lemon keeping some of the white part on it.
1 kiwi
1/2 cucumber

throw all the above in your juicer and drink down a 6 oz cup of deliciousness

1 handful of cilantro
3 sliced pieces of fennel
1/2 cucumber with skin
1/2 of lime
3 handfuls of kale
2 baby carrots
8 cubes of cantaloupe

1 handful of cilantro
1/2 cucumber with skin
3 handfuls of kale
5 baby carrots
1/4 of an apple with skin
1/2 lemon leaving some of the white from the rind

Remember whenever using cabbage, bok choy, romaine or kale use lemon or lime to counter act the bitter taste it works wonders!!

Well I'll be adding more soon I'm sure as I experiment more.  There's an abundance of things to toss in there like ginger, mint leaves, pineapple, grapes etc.  Just remember to keep your fruit additions to a minimum as they contain high levels of fructose (natural of course, but still sugar).  I only add a few to make it more palatable.

For more information on learning how to become more healthy and energetic watch this (if you have any problems finding where to take the test watch this) and take Dr. Mercola's free test and then you can download for free his recipe book for each nutritional type as well as a 27 page info pack with more info about nutritional types and your specific nutritional type chart.  Since I have been eating for my right nutritional type I have had no bloating, gas and feel great.  The more nutritionally dense foods you eat you will find the less you even eat.  I stay full forever on this and feel light and energized! This is all free, you just subscribe to his newsletter, which you will want to anyways because they are amazing and jam packed with all kinds of interesting info, he also updates you on daily nutritional/health news.

Please Help out A Soldier About to Lose His Home

Won't you take a moment and go here to sign a petition to help a soldier from Oregon from losing his home.  He will be coming home for a short leave in a few weeks. so let's help him have a home to come to.  Also while visiting change.org sign the petition for Caylee's Law, making it a federal crime if you do not report your child missing within a certain time frame.  God Bless all of you for helping these two causes!  It just takes your signature and two minutes of your time!

Why McDonald's Chicken Nuggets are Dangerous!

I've been a health nut for the last 7 years but even before that I always knew there was something up with Mickey D's nuggets, first off, they don't even look like real chicken or at best "parts" of chicken.  I just received an article via email from Dr. Mercola's website (which is verrry informative, I highly suggest you subscribe, it's free) and it made all my nightmares about the chicken nugget come true!

Read the article here   After reading it please please don't eat this crap nor feed it to your children!!!!  Actually you should not of been feeding it to them to begin with, however I hope this article opens your eyes a bit.  Oh, and by the way, keep reading further down the page and find out about what's in their buns too!

Super Antioxidant Soup

Smoothies are great for a nice antioxidant breakfast but what about for lunch or dinner?  How about a super antioxidant soup?  This soup can be eaten as a main course or appetizer, it's filling, delicious, loaded with antioxidants, fiber and cleanses the blood.  What?  Delicious AND good for you?  Whoa dude I sound like an audience on one of those annoying infomercials eh?

Let me break down why the ingredients are soopa doopa awesome:

Green Tea:  Need I say more?  We all know how extremely good this tea is for you when it comes to antioxidants.  You may substitute the green tea for white tea if you wish, which is even better for you just make sure it's decaf.

Kale:  Is considered to be the most nutritious vegetable in the world with extremely powerful antioxidant properties.  Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and rich in clacium., it's also an anti-inflammatory.  Inflammation in the body is the main cause for all diseases, remember that!

Ginger:  Ginger not only aids in digestion, but it is a useful natural blood cleanser as well.  It can improve your circulation and it causes your body to sweat (delicious), eliminating toxins in the process.


Cannellini Beans:  Beans are always good for protein and fiber and are also very filling.  Fiber is very important in expelling excess estrogens in the body, great for women with fibroids, breast cancer or endometriosis.  Specifically cannellini beans help reduce cholestrol, help with headaches are low in fat AND give you energy!


So now that you know what's up with my ingredients, this is what Mama Mia (that's what I call myself in the kitchen, hey, leave me alone little things amuse me) has thrown together to make you healthy!

2 Bunches of Kale (washed) organic if you can
16 oz of Brewed green tea (naturally decaffeinated, follow instructions on the box how to make)
1/2" piece of ginger root sliced in super thin pieces (use a mandolin for best results)
32 oz. of Organic chicken stock (Swanson's brand comes in a 32oz. box container)
1 can of Cannellini  beans drained and rinsed.
Garlic powder, Sea salt and pepper to taste.

After you rinse the kale remove the leaves from the "center vein" and chop them into small pieces.
Place the leaves into a large pot.
Pour the green tea in and then the chicken stock.
Toss in the beans
Add the ginger and the seasonings, bring to a boil and then turn down burner between low and medium (closer to low) for 20 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!  Yum!!  This soup will have a slightly spicy taste to it do to the ginger and is great if you have a cold or are feeling under the weather.

Best of all this is soooo super cheap to make.  Just 98 cents per bunch of kale!!  I know, I know genius right?

Could Your Acne Be Just a Hormone Imbalance?

If you find yourself breaking out just before and during your menstrual cycle then it's definitely hormonal related.  Most women are estrogen dominant and if you're one of the ones that suffer from endometriosis then you definitely have an over flow of estrogen flowing through your body.  This can cause adverse effects on the body from uterine to breast cancer, acne, bad PMS, fibroids, dry eyes, foggy thinking and much more.  Using an all natural progesterone cream can help enormously.  It's not just for menopausal women like most think.  Progesterone levels get lower and lower with age mostly starting after 35, however some can even have low progesterone in their 20's.

Using a progesterone cream can be applied on the chest, under arms, stomach or inner thighs and also vaginally. Some researches have said that it's better to apply it vaginally.  Once your hormones are balanced you'll feel better and look better and your acne flare ups will be nonexistent. You can also use the cream straight on the face where your problem break out area is.  There are many on the market, however you'll want to get one that does not contain dioxane (cancer causing) or parabens.  Synergeine progesterone cream seems to be a popular brand at my health food store but I'm sure there are others that are comparable.  Some also include herbs in their creams.

What an exciting find to finally rid yourself of those annoying hormonal breakouts.  Of course incorporating a healthy diet free of xenoestrogens and phytoestrogens will help immensely with your acne problems and PMS.  Xenoestrogens are found in certain fuels, plastics, pesticides and drugs such as:  All artificial scents, perfume,  air fresheners, styrofoam cups/containers, commercially raised meats, canned foods and yikes even cosmetics!!!  Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring estrogenic compounds found in foods, herbs and spices.  Some phytoestrogens would be soy, soybeans, soy milk, tofu, miso etc.  Kind of makes you wonder why the industry/docs push soy products and supplements on women with female issues it's the worst! Stay away from anything soy if you have female issues or even if you don't, because it can cause problems, especially anything cancerous you may have going on. I highly recommend you research out other foods that mess with your estrogen, like lima beans, black eyed peas, wheat, apples, eggs, milk, basically dairy in general.  Ever wonder why when you consume milk or cheese you get wicked breakouts especially around that time of month?  Because you've got additional hormones the farmers jack up the cows with floating around in your body along with your own heightened hormone levels which equals to pizza face!  Eat brussel sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, asparagus, mustard greens, pinto beans etc.  fiber helps to get that extra estrogen out of your system.  Also strengthening your liver will help because it filters out all the toxins in your body as well as the used hormones.  Think about a liver detox and taking Milk Thistle.

The dosage of progesterone cream should be followed by the directions and taking chaste tree (vitex) along with it wouldn't be a bad idea too.  Here's to clear skin and of course less bitchy bouts of PMS!

Dani-isms For Today

1.  Walmart really has become the one stop shop, you can get a haircut, manicure, rent a car, buy a house, take out a loan, plan a vacation, try on the latest fashion, go grocery shopping, buy furniture, electronics and get a papsmear (seriously my Walmart has a clinic) all under the same roof!  The only thing that's missing is renting a room for the night........hmmm maybe I'm onto something here.

2. Is it really necessary for celebrities that go on these late night talk shows to inevitably take a sip of whatever's in that huge ass coffee mug sitting on the table next to them?  Is it coffee?  Is it water?  Perhaps vodka? Well maybe if you're a guest on Chelsea Lately but really is it a prerequisite to be a guest on the show, I mean do they sign a contract saying thou must partake in the sipping of the giant coffee mug???

3.  Why do my children only seem to act out in public, do they want to see mommy go to jail?

4.  Why is it that nobody wants to talk to me in my house until I get on the phone and then everybody wants a piece of the mommy?  Where's my superman shirt?  Babe, where's my lighter?  Momma have you seen my race car?

5.  Why am I the only one that has ever gotten pissed on, pooped on, puked on and drooled on by my children?  Am I just a magnet for disgusting liquids such as these?  Where is your father?

6.  How come my mother inlaw always returns my one year old with poop in his pants and a pound of pee?

7.  Why am I the only one in the house that seems to know how to change the toilet paper roll?

8.  Why is it that I've lived in the same house for the last three years and still always miss my turn into my subdivision?

9.  Whoever invented the Ped Egg needs to be shot...........twice.

10. Why is it that no matter what, I always end up picking the shopping cart with the messed up wheels ?

Spaghetti Tacos Recipe

Ok so I must admit I watch iCarly on Nickelodeon, hey who doesn't when you have small children at home?  What? You don't?  Well who asked you eh?!

Well there was an episode on there where Carly's brother had made spaghetti tacos and they looked good so I said what the hell and mixed up my own.

Just make your basic spaghetti recipe and stuff it into taco shells, however the health nut that I am I of course try to make it as healthy as possible.

Here's what you'll need (all organic if you can)

Low fat Ground beef
Organic Brown rice spaghetti
Spaghetti sauce
Fresh garlic
Diced onions
Italian seasonings such as oregano, basil, garlic powder, onion powder.
Taco Shells (I find that the organic one's contain disgusting oh so bad for you canola oil so actually I use the Taco Bell brand found at Walmart, surprisingly the healthiest of the worst lol)  Side note: Corn and corn based products aren't the best for you either because they contain mycotoxins.

Follow directions on your pasta package and fry up your ground beef and add a bit of olive oil, toss in onions, garlic and seasonings cook over medium and when meat is cooked simmer it, while you warm up your sauce in a separate pan.  In the meantime warm your taco shells in the oven on 300 for about 2-3 minutes.

Stuff each shell with the spaghetti then spoon your meat mixture over top of noodles and then spoon your spaghetti sauce over top.  Viola!  Spaghetti tacos deeeelicious!

For a slightly different spin add cut up banana peppers and sprinkle those on top OR instead of using spaghetti sauce use taco sauce or a salsa, green or red.  If you choose to use shredded cheese feel free, I personally don't do dairy (it's disgusting and unhealthy for you)  you could choose a brown rice based shredded cheese for a healthier alternative.

Sorry about the pic below it was saved as right side up but when I inserted it into this blog it went sideways WTF?  Oh well you can just cock your head to the right and make out what it is!  Ha.............Enjoy your spaghetti tacos!

My New Makeup Studio in Flowood!

I'm bringing a bit of Jerseylicious' Glam Factory to the Jackson area with my new makeup studio.  I'm offering makeup services for Brides, Prom, Special Events, Makeup Lessons, Makeovers, Model Portfolios, Print and Film.

I'm really excited about being able to offer my services on a local level, although I am still offering to travel to your location.  You can find Dani Page Makeup Studio on Facebook or visit my website for more information and to see some of my work.

How to Clean Your Stainless Steel Appliances!

Holy crap!  I've had my stainless steel refrigerator for like three months now and have hated it the whole time because it always looked streaked and no matter what I used to try to remove the streaks, finger prints, water stains nothing would help!  The dudes that delivered it said hey just use Pledge furniture polish, ok.......Umm not!  That made it worse!

So I heard that using baby oil on it would have it looking clean and shiny.  So I just tried some yesterday and viola, a beautiful, shiny refrigerator.  I seriously was never going to purchase stainless again but now that I have my $2 bottle of baby oil to clean it up I'll definitely buy another stainless steel appliance.

Yup, yup, you can thank me later.

Directions:

Apply baby oil with a clean, dry paper towel in the direction of the grain and then take another clean, dry paper towel to wipe the excess oil off.

Jersey Shore's Sammi and Ronnie Call it Quits.......Finally!

We probably could have seen this coming, hell, even Ray Charles would of seen this one coming.  What with all the drama and fighting over crap that half the time didn't matter.  Ronnie cheating in Miami should have been an issue for Sammi at the exact moment she read about it in J-Wow's and Snooki's letter, not a whole season later! 

Granted, Ronnie was a douche bag for cheating on Sammi and treating her like shit in Miami, but Sammi was probably a bigger douche bag for disregarding the "letter" and sticking with him.  Then she made a complete ass out of herself in last nights special Monday episode by confronting him about well, nothing.  Talk about "psycho".  Accusing someone for no reason of something that you have no idea about (odd, I know but that's what she did) is absurd and quite mind boggling. When Ronnie asked what did I do she responded with "I don't know you tell me".  WTF?  As Ronnie put it he was being "mind fucked" by her accusations of nothing.  The girl is touched and really needs to evaluate.  So after Ronnie tells her he's done she runs to Snooki and apologizes for everything regarding the letter etc.  Then tries to befriend Deena and of course leaves J-Wow out of the apology scenario.  The only reason Sammi even did this is because she doesn't have Ronnie anymore so she needs somebody, so why not tuck her tail between her legs and go running to the girls she hated for the last several months for some moral support?

Either way I'm just glad they're over with, it was a real drag for everyone including the cast to watch these two lay around and wallow in each other's self pity, especially Sammi's self pity.  The Situation himself admitted he thought it was definitely Sammi that was bringing that relationship down.

Maybe they can now move on to someone new to put up with their shit. Hooo-rah!

Outta Shape and Sore From an F'ing Video Game!

OMG, what the hell?  I eat very healthy and am not remotely heavy but at the same time completely out of shape.  Either that or 40 is just too old to play video games.  My husband just came home with Kinect for the X-Box 360 and we played the sports video game.  We bowled, played volley ball and ran.  I felt nothing while playing but this morning woke up with a sore stomach, legs and hip joints.  What the hell am I 80?  You should get a doctors note prior to being able to play that shit or there should be an explicit warning at the beginning of each sports game that goes something like this:

If you are 40 or older and completely out of shape, expect heavy panting, sweating between your boobs and inner thighs (for dudes you can expect heavy ball sweat), sore joints that you haven't used since high school, dizziness, sore arms from those flabby bat wings flying around that you refuse to tone up even though you bought that shake weight thing that is now a permanent fixture atop your dryer in the laundry room, sore thighs (although that could be from the wild sex you had last night) and sore stomach muscles because you refuse to do sit ups.

Please do not eat prior to engaging in game play as you may become nauseous and accidentally vomit on your husband who is standing next to you trying to kick your ass at volleyball and for the love of God and Baby Jesus pleeeeease don't think you can jump around during game play without a bra, it's just not a good look for you and will just add to the baggage and saggage you've already got going on.  Thank you, over and out.

Jersey Shore Season 3 Premiere Review

Ho hum........it's sad to say that these "characters" have rode their wave and now it's, well, over for them.  The season premiere was so predictable especially when it came to Deena, Snooki's best gal pal, can you say whore?  Well could we really expect anything more than that from Snooki's friends?  So when Deena got naked less than 7 hours into the first day in front of the Situation it came as no surprise.  Although the cowboy hat was.

Then there was the ever boring and drama filled couple Sammi and Ronnie.  I'm not even sure why that girl bothers to pack anything more than pajamas the bitch is always laying in bed with the covers up over her chin........like all day long.  Only to get up a few times to piss someone off and then it's back to bed wha wha-ing to Ronnie.  It appeared they both laid up in the bed for the entire first episode.  Although Ronnie did make it downstairs long enough to confront Deena about talking about him in regards to Sammi..........big man Ronnie screaming at a girl, you're so cool..........whadda dick.

The highlight of course was when Sammi and Snooki started screaming back and forth at each other over the whole Deena thing, which started out from Sammi laughing at Deena when she was trying to wake up the situation to cuddle with him.  Somehow the "C" word got thrown out at Sammi by Deena for laughing at her.  Then J-Wow, who I think is the most real chick in the whole house and personally my favorite, got involved and  started exchanging punches with Sammi, man I could of gotten some popcorn and sat ring side for that one Go J-Wow!  Kick her ass!  That bitch fight was the best part of the whole show.............literally.  I'm hoping that the season picks up with it's second episode.  Although even if it remains shitty, predictable and a bit scripted we all know that we will continue to watch just to say we did.

I don't expect a season 4 of Jersey Shore at least not with this group.  What with the Situation busy on all of his business ventures, Pauly starring in his own show (this won't last I'm sure past the first few episodes), J-Wow with her wrestling career and Snooki with her, well, drinking and whoring who has the time really?  If anything, expect a whole new cast next season of juice heads and whores from Jersey.  This may just turn into a Real World type of show or it may just drift out to it's own shore never to be brought back but only through re-runs and dvd's.