Ok so really I just needed a place to put some recipes and I figured here is a great spot cause I can also share them with everyone.... HOW FUN!!!
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_fruit_leather/
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/apple-chips-recipe/index.html
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Guinness-Goodness-234304
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/stovetop-granola/detail.aspx
That's what I have for now though I am sure I will have more later!!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
cooking....
It's hard to go out to eat with my middle baby, ok she is 3 and will be 4 next month so not really a baby but she is still my baby. Not because she is a bad kid or throws a fit but because she is gluten free. We are going to be traveling soon though, so the best idea that I can come up with is to make as many gluten free snacks as I can to take along with us (not to mention with will save us a ton of money!). For today, I am going to try to make fruit roll-ups, though apparently it's really called fruit leather. I am going to research other snacks that I can make for her and see what's out there. Anyone have any ideas they want to share??
Friday, June 24, 2011
It's just one of those days....
It honestly is just one of those days where I am not sure why my heart is so down. It's not like anything has happened to make me this way so I am not sure what happened other then it's just happens to be my day. SO here is what I am going to end up doing, instead of letting this sour heart get to me I am going to open my bible up and read, pray and stay that way till A) the kids tell me I can't anymore or B) I am not longer in a sour mood!!
Here it goes!
Here it goes!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
"we can't take credit for our talents now can we?"
It's an amazing quote I think, though it's not really done yet "We can't take credit for our talents, now can we. It's how we use them that counts"
Good point but I want to take credit for the food that I have made so well and the amazing kids that I raised and lets not forget how well I put my life back together. OK OK FINE!! It's true, I am not that great of a cook but I do my best when it's for my kids or my husband. My kids are amazing inspite of everything I do for them and to them, MAN I swear if I screw up that job anymore I really will have to start saving for their therapy. The only reason my life needed putting back together is because I screwed it up to begin with!
It's amazing when you break things down how much we don't have. I was given the gift of making food, God blessed me beyond belief in that area. I can create foods I never thought I could, it's not something I did to earn it! My gift of AMAZING kids is beyond me, what could I have done right in this life to have deserved that. To be honest I can think of a million things I do wrong on a daily basis that would earn me the right to have God say "to bad sweetie" but he doesn't. He see's something in me worthy of giving me these 3 (almost 4 wait till November) amazing creatures who I love more then life itself. The last one.... yeah well I screwed my life up pretty badly! I did things I shouldn't, I was horrid, I did things I still can't believe sometimes I survived the things I did. God was gracious enough to love me through that, He and only He got me through.
So yeah, I have some talents (though i am not sure any of them are that amazing, I'm no Micheal Angelo) but I didn't give them to me. I didn't go through an isle of talents like an isle of clothes and pick them out, I was given them by someone who thought I was amazing enough to be given these things. Its hard to wrap my head around the idea sometimes, "Really if you even knew 20% of who I really was you wouldn't give these things to ME of all people"
For whatever reason that needed to get out of me, so now it's out and I want to add.... I love you, whoever you are that is reading this, but God loves you a million times more!!
Good point but I want to take credit for the food that I have made so well and the amazing kids that I raised and lets not forget how well I put my life back together. OK OK FINE!! It's true, I am not that great of a cook but I do my best when it's for my kids or my husband. My kids are amazing inspite of everything I do for them and to them, MAN I swear if I screw up that job anymore I really will have to start saving for their therapy. The only reason my life needed putting back together is because I screwed it up to begin with!
It's amazing when you break things down how much we don't have. I was given the gift of making food, God blessed me beyond belief in that area. I can create foods I never thought I could, it's not something I did to earn it! My gift of AMAZING kids is beyond me, what could I have done right in this life to have deserved that. To be honest I can think of a million things I do wrong on a daily basis that would earn me the right to have God say "to bad sweetie" but he doesn't. He see's something in me worthy of giving me these 3 (almost 4 wait till November) amazing creatures who I love more then life itself. The last one.... yeah well I screwed my life up pretty badly! I did things I shouldn't, I was horrid, I did things I still can't believe sometimes I survived the things I did. God was gracious enough to love me through that, He and only He got me through.
So yeah, I have some talents (though i am not sure any of them are that amazing, I'm no Micheal Angelo) but I didn't give them to me. I didn't go through an isle of talents like an isle of clothes and pick them out, I was given them by someone who thought I was amazing enough to be given these things. Its hard to wrap my head around the idea sometimes, "Really if you even knew 20% of who I really was you wouldn't give these things to ME of all people"
For whatever reason that needed to get out of me, so now it's out and I want to add.... I love you, whoever you are that is reading this, but God loves you a million times more!!
UGH, yesterday...
ok so yesterday I didn't do as well as I had hoped but today is a new day and the ice cream got left out all night long anyways so now I really can't eat it lol I am making some gluten free applesauce oat breakfast bars as we speak so I am staring the morning off good at least! I have a cook book called the fat resistant diet, which is what my dr suggested to me when I had to take all processed/sugar and everything else out of my diet so I will start using that again in hopes it will help me.
TODAY I WILL DO IT!!
TODAY I WILL DO IT!!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sugar....
Today I am going to attempt a sugar free day (though I had a sandwhich from Subway set aside for lunch today so it's not going to be 100% sucessful). It forces me to cook more which I love and don't mind. It's something easier to start during the summer, with all the fresh fruits and things around it's amazing the things you can eat!!! Don't get me wrong, I am pregnant and need foods and things that when you buy them from the grocery store have sugars but I can learn to make them so they have very little. Plus not buying them from the store means that I don't get any preservatives, which is always healthier! So ladies if you have an recipes to share or any ideas I would love them! I will keep track of things on here, hopefully anyways. Though it's not about losing weight for me though, more so about getting healthier for my babies and getting them healthier too.
I will let ya know how well I do!!
I will let ya know how well I do!!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
father's day
So this morning was supposed to be my husband having father's day breakfast with his dad, he was in town since Weds and they had planned this weeks ago. Yesterday he found out that he wouldn't be able to do that since his dad's plans had changed and they were going to leave around 6:30 am instead of later. It was kinda hurt, he had worked hard to get someone else to cover that sift and was pretty upset over it (I would be too!) Though it's not his dad's fault, they were traveling with other people and he couldn't really hold everyone up on heading home it wouldn't be fair.
It's hard when things like this happen though, it's no one's fault but feelings are still hurt and your not sure what to do or where to turn. If it was me I would have flat out told my parents what had happened and that I was hurt, it would have been over and we would be all better. My husband though isn't sure what to do, but that's also because of the odd relationship he has had with his dad since he was little. I sit here and watch my husband fumble around with his emotions and it hurts me!! I know they are still figuring out how to be around eachother, and they aren't around each other enough to really know what to do with each other, but I can't help and I want to.
I am lost as to what I can do or say, kinda like watching my kids figure out friendships and all of those fun things, so I just sit there and watch. When he is ready, or more so when I think he is, I will give him a big hug and ask if he is ok. Right now isn't the time though, maybe tomorrow or the next day.
On the upside the kids and I made my husband some cupcakes topped with frosting and fondant. We wrote on it "Happy 1st Daddy's Day" and he loved. They made him cards and painted him pictures AND his Dad did bring him an AMAZING gift. He got a motorcycle that his dad completely refinished for him. You should have seen both of their faces light up when my husband saw it for the first time.... like kids on Christmas Day. All the kids have taken turns sitting on it and are excited to go for a ride!
Happy Fathers Day to my Papa Bear, Pops and especially my husband!! I love all 3 of you!!
It's hard when things like this happen though, it's no one's fault but feelings are still hurt and your not sure what to do or where to turn. If it was me I would have flat out told my parents what had happened and that I was hurt, it would have been over and we would be all better. My husband though isn't sure what to do, but that's also because of the odd relationship he has had with his dad since he was little. I sit here and watch my husband fumble around with his emotions and it hurts me!! I know they are still figuring out how to be around eachother, and they aren't around each other enough to really know what to do with each other, but I can't help and I want to.
I am lost as to what I can do or say, kinda like watching my kids figure out friendships and all of those fun things, so I just sit there and watch. When he is ready, or more so when I think he is, I will give him a big hug and ask if he is ok. Right now isn't the time though, maybe tomorrow or the next day.
On the upside the kids and I made my husband some cupcakes topped with frosting and fondant. We wrote on it "Happy 1st Daddy's Day" and he loved. They made him cards and painted him pictures AND his Dad did bring him an AMAZING gift. He got a motorcycle that his dad completely refinished for him. You should have seen both of their faces light up when my husband saw it for the first time.... like kids on Christmas Day. All the kids have taken turns sitting on it and are excited to go for a ride!
Happy Fathers Day to my Papa Bear, Pops and especially my husband!! I love all 3 of you!!
new....
You know the stage in life when you need either a new hair cut or a new color to your hair.... YEP I am there. The new round tummy isn't helping me when it comes to feeling "beautiful" not that I think a new hair cut or color will help either but a change is needed! Well I can't dye my hair atm because of the pregnancy and I can't cut it cause I am still trying to grow out the bangs and all of that fun stuff but MAYBE I can just do my hair different and call it a day! Maybe I can just try something new like making a fondant cake for Fathers Day, yep I will try that one!!! I am not sure why every now and again woman feel the need to change their "look," but I am no exception. It's almost like I feel that if I change my look no one can see what really is going on under that new cool hair color, though that is crazy cause either way the face and the person inside is the same. So why does new hair color or new hair cut or whatever it is make us feel different?? I am not sure but while I make some fondant I am going to think about it!
Friday, June 17, 2011
and being an adult is fun again
It rained today and smelled sooo very good, I loved it! We were out running errands when it started though so by the time we got home it was muddy. I went in to take care of Tommy down and when I came back out the girls had mud from their ankles down. Anyone who knows Kalina knows that this was an an AMAZING thing for her to have done on her own. I loved it though, it was amazing to see my kids playing in mud hole. Not only were they playing but they were pretending to get stuck and dancing around in it. They had a blast!! Tommy and I went outside just to watch them, I brought out a high chair for him and fed him some food and we watched the girls dance in the rain and play in the mud! I swear it's hard to be an adult who care about anything but your kids when your playing in the mud and dancing in the rain, though Tommy didn't much like the rain part lol. If every day as an adult could be like that I could stay young forever!!
today I am going to....
I feel the need to write out my goals for today, as simple and crazy as they might be.....
today I am going to smile even when I don't want to
I will pray, even when I don't think I need to
I won't let someone else and their stupidity get to me until I can get my questions answered
I will look for the right person to answer my questions
and I will have fun with my kids, as much as humanly possible at least!
today I am going to smile even when I don't want to
I will pray, even when I don't think I need to
I won't let someone else and their stupidity get to me until I can get my questions answered
I will look for the right person to answer my questions
and I will have fun with my kids, as much as humanly possible at least!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
it's hard being an adult
As a woman, I am made to be social. I have a lot of people I hang out with but not a lot that I actually call friends, though I do to my kids cause how do you explain why else you are hanging out with someone? I want a friend, you know the kind you had back in HS that you could tell anything to, she would bring over a gallon of ice cream because you didn't make it into show choir either, and she understands with that one look..... I guess that's part of the military life, my friend who I used to do that with is all the way in Alabama and I am all the way in Colorado. I don't mind so much, I love being able to support my husband in everything he does and follow him, but we all have those moments when you just need your Best Female friend cause she gets it and your husband doesn't know why you are crying at the dirty dishes let alone what to do with you.
So this is to my amazing friend.... if she is reading this she knows who I am talking about!! I love you and miss you!!
So this is to my amazing friend.... if she is reading this she knows who I am talking about!! I love you and miss you!!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
insecure
I am so insecure sometimes. I have 3 kids, an amazing husband, I am pregnant again and have some major extra weight. I have some awesome friends and love my family so why am I so insecure? I sometimes think no one likes me, I think sometimes I am losing friends.... it's strange and I know it but not sure why.
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