Looking forward to 2010
By Alexandra on Dec 28 Filed In Activities, Vacation Add a Comment
What have you been up to this year? Really think about it. What have you been doing?
If working is the first thing that comes to mind, you’re not alone. Work consumes most of our lives. But is that all you’ve been up to?
As 2009 comes to a close and you reflect on what went right and wrong, think hard about what you did for yourself this year. Did you make a new friend? Did you learn to cook? Have you run further than you ever thought you could? Overcome a fear? Take dance lessons? Did you volunteer in your community? If nothing comes to mind, you have some work to do in the New Year.
As life zooms past, we often forget to take time out to look at the big picture. We move way too fast. It’s important we do what we can to balance and simplify our lives and make sure we have something in our life we’re working on besides our career. Start now and commit to making 2010 different and more abou YOU. Make sure the next time someone asks you what you’ve been up to you have something you’re very proud of to share.
A Very Vege Holiday
By Alexandra on Dec 24 Filed In Food & Beverage, Organic Add a Comment
Cheers to happy holidays
My family thinks I’m a little crazy. I’m the only vegetarian and have been this way since I was 12. They thought it was odd that a seventh grader would make such a bold life decision and stick with it… for 17 years now. When the holidays roll around everyone is confused about what I will and won’t eat. I will not eat their homemade sausage (watching this process should be enough to make anyone vegan) and I will not eat the traditional Swedish Smörgåsbord that includes a fish dinner (ugh!) nor will I eat the gravy after picking the giblets out. Gross!
So it’s my job to help them see I’m not closing the door on holiday food. I’m opening a bunch of new doors – delicious, healthy doors. Click on the links below to explore a full list of vegetarian and vegan holiday recipes and you too will understand why it’s not so hard to skip the meat. If you decide to try one of these let us know how it turns out and I’ll do the same. Happy holidays!
http://www.vegcooking.com/f_holiday_cooking.asp
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/holiday/
The Cutest Granny Panties You’ve Ever Seen
By Charla on Jun 19 Filed In Celebrities 9 Comments
Oh, Kendra! We’ve got something special headed your way. When we heard the E! star from the hit show Kendra was getting hitched and having a bridal shower with all of her gal pals, we couldn’t resist sending a little something from Austin, Texas for the party. Our only question was, “What does Sweet Leaf Tea get Kendra Wilkinson for her bridal shower?”
After much deliberation, napkin drawings, and random doodles (better left to the imagination), we turned to Granny for inspiration. And as usual, she delivered with a dose of wisdom and a splash of good etiquette. According to custom, the only thing truly appropriate for this type of girlie soiree is a panty—but not just any ol’ panty. These would, without a doubt, have to be Granny Panties.
And, I can guarantee that you’ve never seen granny panties cuter than these Granny-fied American Apparel knickers. (Thanks Tripp T-Shirts!) There is a cute little Granny on the front and a touch of “Homemade Goodness” on the back. All the girls in the office wanted a pair to call their own, but there just wasn’t enough to go around. After all, these granny panties were destined for the soon-to-be Mrs. Baskett. Congratulations Kendra from all your friends in Austin, Texas!
Tune into Kendra on E! and keep a look out for these Sweet Leaf Tea Granny Panties. Maybe we’ll get to see her reaction!
So, what do y’all think? Will Kendra love them?
Sweet Leaf Tea Granny Panties for Kendra Wilkinson's Bridal Shower.
Love is a many spendored thing!
By April on Feb 12 Filed In Uncategorized 26 Comments
Today is February 12th, my 7th wedding anniversary and during this time of year, it’s hard not to think of love since the 12th is so close to Valentines Day.
I use this time to reflect over the last year’s trials and tribulations that come with sharing your life with another person. I wouldn’t change anything that has happened, not the good or the bad. Why? Because I’ve learned so much about myself. Sharing your life with another person often forces us to act beyond our comfort zones. Why is this? To help make the OTHER person more comfortable. We do this because we love them and they help to make us better people. It’s all worth while in the end. To love and be loved is an awesome feeling.
Recently, I received a very frantic email from one of our Fan’s asking me to help him find a particular Grannyism on a yellow bottle cap. I know you’re asking, “April, what does any of this have to do with LOVE?” Oh, I’m getting there, the story gets sweeter and sweeter, much like our organic cane sugar sweetened teas!
I wrote our Fan back and let him know that we’d search through our boxes of lids to find the particular Grannyism in question but that I wasn’t sure how successful we’d be. I asked him to write me back and tell me why he needed this particular cap so badly and this is what he wrote back and said.
Per Paul Nguyen: Well the story is I was helping a girl with her Calculus homework.
She had gotten a free Sweet Leaf coupon thing and we went to go get one.
We tried the Cherry Limeade, which is not too bad actually.
She didn’t know I kept the bottle cap.
We started meeting up more and more, and talking.
One day she was having a difficult day and I gave her the cap “keep your chin up”.
Like a week later she brought me cookies at work and she had given it back to me.
There’s a picture enclosed. 
Imagine that having someone fall for you over a bottle cap.
Basically it’s a precious memory and I was really sad when I lost it.
What had happened was I attached to my backpack so I’d have it with me all the time and it fell off somewhere. =[
After reading this note, I forwarded it around the office, and every woman that works here got out of their chairs and began sifting through boxes of lids looking for the one special bottle cap. After less than 5 minutes, Macy hollers "I found it!" and there it was. The yellow lid that said, "keep your chin up". I sent a note back to Paul letting him know all was right in the world again and he was ecstatic. I requested permission to make his story a blog entry, got some cool t-shirts together and some other goodies and sent them off to Paul. After Christmas break, Paul wrote me back with pictures of he and his girl, Audrey Yang modeling their shirts and their love for one another. Who doesn't love happy endings, no matter what time of year?
Happy Valentines Day to all of you from us. Go share some of yourself with someone else; not just February 14th, but every day.
