Dear Coffee... I miss you.

I am seriously missing my coffee today. I woke up feeling pretty good and felt hopeful, but by about lunch time again, I was seriously dragging and fighting another killer headache. I had a meeting for my mom's group at my church this morning and it was quite hard not to give in and join the coffee craze. I resisted, but came home just as grumpy and tired as yesterday. 

According to a quick Google search on the side effects of caffeine withdrawal, the worst of it (the headache) is typically experienced during the first three days. The rest of the symptoms (fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, impaired concentration and work difficulty, depression and/or anxiety, irritability, and increased muscle tension) should resolve within a week. Hopefully my addiction wasn't as bad as some and I'll feel  better tomorrow?! A girl can hope...

However, one highlight in an otherwise dreary day, was that I came home from church to find this:

My juicer and a few other goodies arrived while I was gone! Yay! The first thing I took out of the shipping box was my juicer. Look, even the box is pretty! :D

On second thought, I decided not to get it out and play with it until my husband got home from work. This is a joint effort and as silly as it might be, I wanted him to be here the first time we got it out of the box and fired it up. So instead I just took pictures of the pretty box. haha

The other exciting thing that came was my seed sprouter for growing alfalfa sprouts (but the seeds don't come until tomorrow). 

Look how excited I am ^

And lastly, some seed starter pots we ordered for growing our herbs. And like the alfalfa seeds, the herbs don't come until tomorrow. 

So after I grumpily made it through the remainder of the day with the kids (sans coffee), dropped a b-day gift off to our nephew,  and picked our kitty up at the vet after getting spayed, dear husband was home and it was finally time to MAKE JUICE! :) 

We decided to start with something easy and something I know I like: Apple, Carrot, and Celery juice. This recipe made about 20-25 ounces of juice.

•  4 small apples
• 3 medium sized carrots (peeled)
• 4 celery sticks.  

I was so excited about the whole thing that I forgot to take pictures until the juice was done, but here's a shot of our finished product:

Bottoms up!

I honestly didn't expect our kids to like it at all since it's so far from the sugar-ridden, store-bought juice that they're used to, however I was pleasantly surprised. My oldest drank all of his and said he liked it (though he declined seconds) And my youngest drank his, and then asked for seconds AND thirds! Holy cow! This little guy is my junk food junkie, so I was ecstatic that he would drink it and liked it so much. Praise God! 

My baby enjoying his first taste of homemade, organic super juice!

So despite a crummy day with another headache, the juice fun ended the night on a bit of a high. And I'm not sure the reason, but my headache is actually gone at the moment. Maybe it's the super juice already working it's magic!?! ;D Maybe after a few more glasses I won't feel like I haven't slept in weeks. That would really be fantastic. 

Next up: Some interesting tips I've read on juicing, including some helpful "do's and don'ts." Stay tuned, folks!