Honey and Lemon

So I did a couple of tests with lemon juice and honey this last week.

I had seen on Pinterest, that vortex, a pin about freezing lemon juice.  We had a couple of lemons sitting unused, with no purpose, in the fruit bowl.  I decided to juice them, zest some ginger, and add honey.  I first juiced the lemons and poured the juice, to about half full, in to an ice cube tray.  I peeled and then zested my ginger; adding a small amount to each cube division. I then added a squeeze of honey to each and topped the cubes off with some more lemon juice.  The tray then went into the deep freeze. 

I wanted to try this so it would be easier for me to drink green tea with all these additions, without having to get the grated ginger, lemon juice, and honey.  Yes, I know, it isn't that hard, but still, I'm lazy.  These are quick and easy to pop into tea on the go.  It also helps cool the tea down so I can drink it right away.  Otherwise, I typically wait, what seems to be FOR-EV-ER, for my tea to cool.  By that time, I've forgotten about it, until I come back and find it stone cold.

There were some issues.  So silly me, I had an spidey-sense tingle before I added the honey, that honey was something that didn't freeze.  I should have googled it first.  Honey does not freeze as it is more sugar than water, and not enough water is present to actually freeze.  So the honey just separated to the bottom of the tray.  It didn't bother me too much; I simply scooped the honey from the bottom and added it to my tea. It did make it so I had to leave the cubes in the tray, instead of popping them out and storing them in a different container. 

This is something that I like enough to try again.  I will for sure pass on trying to freeze the honey next time, and just have to keep that trusty honey bear near-by for tea time.

I also tried a lemon juice, honey, and egg-white facial.  I mixed the ingredients up and used my facial brush to apply the mixture on my skin.  (This was another Pinterest find that I gave a try).  It said to place tissue strips on your face after the first coating, and then apply a coat on top of the tissue.  Then let sit for 15-20 minutes.  The whole time I was applying, I was creeping myself out with thoughts of getting salmonella in my EYE or mouth.  Ugh!  I left it on for 20 minutes.  Then peeled the paper towel strips off my face.  The paper towel wasn't completely dry and I hadn't coated it so heavily it would take hours to dry.  I still had plenty of mix leftover with one egg-white, a tsp of lemon juice, and a tsp of honey. I can't say that I saw much difference in my skin at all.  I don't think I'll do this facial again, but I have heard egg-white is great for the skin (shrinking pores and tightening skin) and something you should do WEEKLY.  I don't know if I could handle it.  Maybe if I whip it up into a meringue first. :) Maybe other facials have you whip it up first and, therefore, have less of a chance of it dripping down your face and into your eyes. 

 

Don't I look thrilled! Lol

Paint the Town at Paint Bar

Hard at Work

I went with my sister last Friday to Paint Bar in Madison.  We got a Groupon to a "Freestyle" painting session.  The freestyle session are pick your canvas and paint whatever you want; unlike the classes where you get taught a specific painting.  Our Groupon also came with a pizza to split (we got the margarita pizza and it was delicious beyond words). 


Our yummy pizza

We ended up staying two hours working on our paintings.  I choose a sunset picture from my first trip to Puerto Rico as inspiration and my sister just free-styled a beautiful fall scene (she's an artist)!  We even made their facebook page! I had a ton of fun and was extremely surprised by how well I did.  I mean, my sister I knew was going to crush it; the last painting I did was in the 7th grade and it looked like crap.  I was honestly nervous when they put the canvas in front of me and handing me some paint and brushes. 


Finished Painting

 This is an event that I'd highly recommend to anyone.  It's just a fun, relaxing evening.  My sister and I got to work, enjoyed some tea and pizza, and walked away with gorgeous art work by us!  I really liked the free-style.  They have a wall of inspiration that has directions for how to complete each work, but it was fun picking something I wanted and painting it.  I picked one of my favorite pictures from Puerto Rico and it's magical sunsets. 

The Inspiration

My sister is probably getting very annoyed with me, because every day I look at my painting and go: "Dang, that painting is BEAUTIFUL!"  Lol.  I think the classes would be fun too and a different way to enjoy painting in a group setting.  We so often lose touch with our creative side; and too often creative people can become reclusive :) Good activity to bring the both together.



Fall Path by EW

Her painting reminds me of Europe.  I love fall and all the colors.  She did a fantastic job just painting from her mind.  I had a picture in front of me the whole time to reference.  I'm proud of us! 

I talked to the two ladies helping us.  I am thinking of doing Yoga and Event days like: yoga and painting, yoga and a mani/pedi spa day, yoga and glass blowing, yoga and hiking, yoga and rock wall climbing, etc.  They seemed really excited about it and gave me their bosses name; they said they loved the idea and they thought their boss would too!