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Hello everyone. How was your Thursday?? I hope it was better than mine! I got a ticket today and I am not too happy about it. I guess it was my fault. I was speeding and just didn't know it. I swear that what happens when you move a lot like I do. I mean, shit. its hard to remember all the speed limits. I think sometimes they space those signs far apart so they can catch you in the act! But nothing that we can't handle.

I also got the the grocery store and super happy that things are stocked back up around here. I really need to clean out the frig because I am pretty sure we got some science experiments going on in there. When I got home I worked really fast to put everything away so I could sit down and do the Married Life Post. I wanted to get it up today. I was afraid I wouldn't. If you didn't read it yet you can click

RIGHT HERE to get to it. This weeks topic was brought to us from " Stalker Girl." So by all means, this is a post not to be missed if you are in a relationship. I want to hear your feedback too. Send those emails. As I have said many times, I love hearing from you. I love when my phone dings and I see that it's a reader with a thought or comment about something I have put on here. I do NOT share you email addresses or names. I just don't like that idea. When I had comments on here, I think a lot of people were hesitant to just write what they felt with their names attached. Yes, I know who you are or at least who your email states but most of the time, I still don't know you. After that mean stalker girl I just like to have comments sent to my email. I know this is not custom to bloggers but its the way this blog is operating. I don't see it changing either. Since I have done email only, I have received a ton more comments that I ever did just having them on the blog! So please keep them coming! And thank you.

I haven't been feeling so good today. I have had a runny nose, I have been sneezing a lot and my chest hurts. I think I have my first cold of the year. Oddly, my throat isn't hurting yet. Better knock on this wood coffee table before I wake up tomorrow not able to talk! My back is hurting too and I think that is the cold. I don't have back pain too often but tonight it's ever present. Its cold here tonight. I think its in the low 30's. That's probably why I am not feeling good or maybe its from the shopping cart at Walmart. I forgot to wipe it off today and maybe I got some nasty germs. I don't know but I want to feel better. So I guess I better take some cold medicine.

Another thing I am going to be trying tonight is..

 

tea. My mom is swearing by this stuff. She says she drinks a cup, lays down and it knocks her out. I mean, could it really be that easy? I just got this today and I will be having some in just a bit. I will have to add sugar. And the smell is pretty strong and I am not so crazy about it but I am going to get one cup in me if not 2. I am trying tonight sleeping pill free. Yea. don't know how this is going to turn out. I might have to take some after  tossing and turning for hours but I am giving this a shot. Mom has never took a sleep med in her life, I don't think. So I bet this might work for her better than me! I will be doing a review next week sometime on what I think of this.

Speaking of mom.. look at the pictures she sent me!!

She made the chicken from the WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER POST!!!!

And here is the finished dinner..

She stood her chicken up over the veggies and that works great too! She even added a kick of beer to make it a little more tasty! Love that!!

I also love when I get pictures like this!! If you try a recipe send more in!! I love it!!

Ok.. some blog notes for you guys!!

I got a comment/question asking why I stay on the blog all the time. That the little roatating globe always has my city on it.

Here's the answer..

I am on the blog a lot, I am putting up post, looking for post, proof reading.. generally staying busy. But my city is not Shelby anymore. It does show Shelby but to be very honest, I don't live in Shelby anymore. I am kinda glad the globe still shows Shelby but also... its not always me. There are other people in Shelby who read the blog. Husby reads it often at the dealership, along with some others from the dealership and I have a few friends around here that read it too. So don't just assume its always me!

Thanks for reading and thanks for asking though!

You will also notice right ↓ below the globe ↓ that there is a new list of recent post. I changed it up a bit to add more post and a little snippet of the post. So take advantage of that. A lot of my readers come from facebook and I always link up my post to there but some don't and when I do a post with a lot of pictures sometimes that takes up the entire post. I know a lot of people don't always use the little tab at the bottom - OLDER POST - so this new feature is for you guys!

I will also be kinda editing some of the side bar information. I realize now there is a lot of stuff on the side and maybe I should take a few things down. If I do take something off that you like and something you use, please let me know and I will get it back up!

Tomorrow, I have no big plans during the day. I hope to get some things around the house done and I hope to get the frig cleaned out. Tomorrow night we are suppose to be going to this ice skating event but I am not too sure about it. If I am not feeling good, I am for sure not going. Scott is unsure if he can get off work, and its about an hour away. So not sure but we will figure it all out tomorrow.

Well, time to fix that tea and climb in the bed.

Have a great Friday!!

xoxo

K Jaggers

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Maeda-en GREEN TEA REVIEW!!

Tonight I am going to be talking about this tea that I received in the mail from one of my good friends. Before I get into this tea review, I want to talk for a moment about her and our unique friendship. One day, I received an email her stating she was a reader on the blog and just wanted to tell me how much she liked it. From that email, many months ago, we have made a friendship like none other. We both feel we can talk to each other about anything and we do! She is a stay at home wife as I am. It's just her and her husband and cat that lives in the house. She lives on one side of the United States and I live on the other side. She is Japanese American and one of the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I wish I could put up her wedding pictures because she is just stunning. If you hear me talking about Danielle, you know now who I am talking about!

One day, we got on the topics of tea. I was explaining that I really couldn't find a green tea that I was happy with. So a few weeks later, she sent me a package with all kinds of teas. If you didn't see the post about it you can click [ HERE ] to see all the tea's she included.. And yes, there will be reviews on all of them!

But tonight I am going to talk about this one.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

The initial steaming step imparts a difference in the flavor between Chinese and Japanese green tea, with Japanese green tea having a more vegetal, almost grassy flavor (some taste seaweed-like flavors). Infusions from sencha and other green teas that are steamed (like most common Japanese green teas) are also greener in color and slightly more bitter than Chinese-style green teas.

Sencha is very popular in Japan, and is drunk hot in the cooler months and usually chilled in the summer months.

INGREDIENTS:

100% natural green tea leaves

BREWING DIRECTIONS:

Steep 1 bag in 8oz warm water for 2-3 minutes or until desired strength is achieved.

This bag contained 100 individual wrapped tea bags

As you can see it's 100% Natural Green Tea Leaves

Ok.. I went on brewed me up a cup

For me, the leaves seem to be so small that they come out the bag a little but to me its not a big deal at all. I drink loose teas all the time and what's fun is trying to read the tea leaves! { Maybe I will do a post on that sometime soon! }

As you can see, this is a tea that is a translucent jade green, which is a quality much loved by the Japanese. I didn't know this on my own. I did a lot of research on this tea after it came in. I remember Danielle telling me this is the only green tea that her grandmother likes.

For me this tea is mildy sweet, with an almost nutty, butter flavor. There is a little bitterness and it does have the " grassy" green tea taste as most do but this by far is one of the best green tea's I have EVER had. The after taste is faint but sweet and for me, I have to add sugar or honey to it. If I remember right, Danielle said she prefers honey in hers. I have tried both honey and sugar and its really a matter of preference. I like sugar better but I am trying to do the honey more because its better for you.

I had not tried any teas from this company and I am so happy she sent it!!  I give this tea thumbs up and even husby likes it. You can make it hot or cold. I prefer hot but he prefers cold! Opposites attract huh!?

Anyway, Thank you so much Danielle for opening my eyes up to a GREAT GREEN TEA!!!

More tea reviews coming in the near future but if you want to read up about this tea or order some click the link below!

MEADA-EN.COM

If you have tried this tea, and want to tell me about it or others for that matter, feel free to shoot me an email to

kishajaggers@aol.com

K Jaggers

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A Special Gift..

The day my old laptop fried out... I recieved this very kind gift from a friend.. I have been wanting to get this post done for a couple of days..

First.. a little history..

One day I got an email from a reader of this blog. It was one of the kindness emails I have ever got.. Since then we have been talking and devolped a very close relationship. We email a few times a week and for some reason our lives just found each other. We have very similiar lives. She is also a stay at home wife so we have a lot in common.

I was telling her how much I love tea.. but could never find a green tea that I liked. She is Japanese American and I figured she would know a little more about green tea than I do!

So she sent me this package??

I wasn't expecting it this soon and I was curious what this package was when I got it out of the mail box!

First.. she picked a card that she knew I would love!! The note inside was really sweet..

Look at all this tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

This is the tea that she along with her grandmother likes.Its tea from Japan.. She says its really strong for green tea. This bag is huge.. 100 teabags! Bet I end up liking green tea now! 

She also included these green tea bags for ice green tea. Scott will like this a lot!

She also sent me some blooming teas!

These are my favorite. I was going to send her some of mine like these but shes a step ahead of me!

I will do a post on the blooming teas when I can. I have been meaning to do one for a while but just haven't gotten to it yet.

Then she sent me some tea from her own pantry at home to try..

Strawberry Tea

Strawberry Pomegranate Red Tea..

Brown Rice Green tea with Matcha.. Cant wait to try this one!

And also some tea to help with that time of month..She says it doesn't taste the best but it does help to make you feel better.

And she also included some..

Perfume Samples!! Love that!!

Thank you so much for sending me these!

 I feel really blessed to have such a kind new friend!

Have a great night.

K Jaggers

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