Happy St. Patty's Day--Bring On the Bagpipes!

Just like the clock, the calendar keeps ticking with li'l regard to what's going on around.

March 17th means only one thing...
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

If you're looking for something to do, here's a way to get a li'l green on and brighten your 🍀 Day--even from far away. Check out Midnight Mackenzie tonight at 5:30 pm EST to put a li'l jig in your step and get the flavor of the day with her bagpipe music. 

I've known her since she was a wee li'l leprechaun, and her live streaming tonight on Facebook may be just what you need to get your mind off all the news and feel a li'l luck o'the Irish instead!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day and ...

For each petal on the shamrock 

This brings a wish your way-- 

Good health, good luck, and happiness 

For today and every day.

Photos from https://www.twotwentyone.net/st-patricks-day-keep-calm-prints/ and https://www.midnightmackenzie.com

Happy St. Patrick's Day Season!

St. Patrick's Day Season has spoken to me through the years in a variety of ways. 

Sometimes it's "go green" (in an eco-sort of way). 

Sometimes it's taken the flavor of green tea (just had my 2nd anniversary DietCoke-free, on the green tea bandwagon). 

Sometimes it has come in a more edtech sort of way--as in going green with green screens!! 

No matter how you celebrate it this year, may you have the luck o'the Irish and green be your favorite color!!

Image created at Canva.

Green Your Routine... With Green Tea

I am not, nor have I ever been,
a warm beverage drinker.

I tried to get into lattes during Starbuck's early days. Nope, couldn't do it. Coffee just wasn't for me.

Tea? Nada. Not even in the cutest of mugs or tea cups.

Hot chocolate? No way. Not even when freezing at a Girl Scout Yule Log event, eons ago.

Give me a Diet Coke every time. That's my caffeine-infusion of choice.

But this week I've made a change. Maybe it was in my perpetual quest to savor in health information from podcasts such as The Model Health Show, maybe it's because it's the "season of green" with St. Patrick's Day around the corner, or maybe it's that knowledge that a few of my routines these days need a health intervention poke and a prod. Whatever the inspiration, I grabbed a box of green tea the other day at the drug store... and I've been drinking it ever since.  It's been my morning starter, my midday pick me up, and it's helped boost my water intake.

The biggest awe factor the other day was when I was at school, lunchtime arrived, and it hit me I hadn't even had a Diet Coke yet that day! My family was equally in shock and awe when I shared the news.

I will say too, my energy level has been amazing. It's not even the caffeine. According to the Caffeine Informer website (a total portal on the caffeine numbers in just about every drink ever invented), green tea comes in significantly lower than coffee, and about half that of my daily does of Diet Coke. Maybe it comes back to the water... and probably also to the fact that it's not a soda can full of chemicals!

Perhaps you, like me, have been living under the clover leaves of cluelessness and are wondering what's up with green tea & all it's health benefits. These two infographics sum it up well.  Likewise, if you need more, this articles shares 21 health benefits & reasons to start your day with green tea. Cheers & happy sipping during this season of green!
Happy St. Patrick's Day ahead!

Images from: http://www.teatimemagazine.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/02/StPatricksDayTablescapeHorizontal.jpg, http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/2012/03/tea-cup-tuesday-irish.html, https://www.curejoy.com/content/green-tea-benefits/cjhb_web_view=android&utm_source=cjAndroidApp&utm_ medium=androidBrowser&utm_term=Ayurveda&utm_content=HealthBytes&utm_campaign=Curejoy, http://www.skinnydivadiet.com/2015/07/11-reasons-to-drink-green-tea.html; Happy St. Patrick's Day image made using Ripl.