Thursday, November 3, 2011
Gratitude
Today I am grateful for a good sleep. It's amazing how much better you feel when you sleep good.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Gratitude
I totally forgot about my thankful post until I saw my sister's.
Today:
1. Having a normal good life, crazy but good
2. Having a job that keeps me busy
3. A good husband and two children..
Check Tomorrow, if I don't forget.
Today:
1. Having a normal good life, crazy but good
2. Having a job that keeps me busy
3. A good husband and two children..
Check Tomorrow, if I don't forget.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Life...is great
I have so many blessing which I think I forget regularly. Our life is quite crazy with working, school, Reagan school, managing who is watching our kids and so on and so forth.
A few weeks ago, I had been reading about freezer meals and after reading all sorts of the different ways to do freezer meals, I decided to do it. I spent a Friday night and part of a Saturday morning cooking. I mostly did meats. For example, Friday night, I put a rump roast in the crockpot with diced chilies and italian dressing mix and let it cook all night. I put chicken breasts in two roaster pans, one with mexican seasoning and one plain. The plain I diced to use for chicken salad or enchiladas or stuff like that. The seasoned chicken I shredded for chicken tacos, tortilla soup and so on. Then I grilled a few chicken breast and sliced them for alfredo, nachos or whatever. The next morning I shredded my roast for italian beef sandwiches. With the leftover I made chimichangas. I also put in a pork loin and shredded it to use for pulled pork or cafe rio tacos. I left it unseasoned so it could be versatile. Then I cooked hamburger with green peppers and onions for spaghetti and just as a basic thing. I also cooked a batch a hamburger and added beans and taco seasoning for tacos. Oh yeah, I also froze sliced peaches for smoothies and made twice baked potatoes to reheat. I think I am liking this. I did take about 3-4 hours but it wasn't spent hovering over the stove cause I did the crockpot and stuff. So every night when I get home from work I go to my freezer find what I want and just heat and add stuff to it, add some sides, and you have a great meal. It really has cut down on the what should I make for dinner dilemma. I was pretty good about planning meals but this is a few steps faster when the meat is already cooked. That day I also put a few crockpot freezer meals together. I through all ingredients including raw meat into a gallon size bag and put in freezer. When I am ready I pull it out and put in crockpot and turn it on. Last time I forgot to turn it on until noon. Duh!
Tender Mercies...
Last year we bought a new washer and dryer. The front loading kind and I love them to pieces. A few weeks ago as I was doing my million loads on Saturday, I noticed something was not quite right with my dryer. The timer on it was not going down and when I put my hand in, it was hot but really wet heat. I talked with Brian about it and we decided to call in on Monday to have someone come look at it. So I hung two loads of laundry all over my house to dry. Monday, I called to have a technician come out and they told me to check the vent to make sure it was not obstructed. So as I was heading out to work, Brian said he would check it. I told him if there was an animal in it to take care of it and not tell me. He called me about 10 minutes later and told me it was full of water, hence the wet heat. He said he had talked to Jaxon and Jaxon told him that he had put the hose in the dryer vent (which does not have a vent cover on it and is just at his level) with the water on and filled it right up. A little funny in the morning did not become so funny that night when I checked to see if the dryer worked. Nope, it didn't. I am thinking we are going to have to replace the $700 dryer. Deep breath as you look at your cute little boy. So I sit down with Jaxon, telling him how he is going to have to work (take out garbage...) from now until he goes on a mission to help pay for a new dryer and how that was not a good choice. Tuesday came around still didn't work. Tuesday night when I got home I checked the dryer and IT WORKS! And it still works. The Lord knows every little thing that we need and can I just tell you the faith grew a little that day. So Jaxon is off the hook, at least until the mission part but he still does have to do his work.
Where do boys come up with these things they do? I will never know and may never want to.
With that note, and since Thanksgiving is around the corner, I am going to try to post a quick thing that I am grateful for everyday or once a week I may post a list of 7, You should do the same, we have so many blessings to be thankful for.
Great Things
1. The tender mercies of the Lord
2. a cute little boy that knew he had done wrong and was willing to work
3. A dryer that after if dried out still works.
A few weeks ago, I had been reading about freezer meals and after reading all sorts of the different ways to do freezer meals, I decided to do it. I spent a Friday night and part of a Saturday morning cooking. I mostly did meats. For example, Friday night, I put a rump roast in the crockpot with diced chilies and italian dressing mix and let it cook all night. I put chicken breasts in two roaster pans, one with mexican seasoning and one plain. The plain I diced to use for chicken salad or enchiladas or stuff like that. The seasoned chicken I shredded for chicken tacos, tortilla soup and so on. Then I grilled a few chicken breast and sliced them for alfredo, nachos or whatever. The next morning I shredded my roast for italian beef sandwiches. With the leftover I made chimichangas. I also put in a pork loin and shredded it to use for pulled pork or cafe rio tacos. I left it unseasoned so it could be versatile. Then I cooked hamburger with green peppers and onions for spaghetti and just as a basic thing. I also cooked a batch a hamburger and added beans and taco seasoning for tacos. Oh yeah, I also froze sliced peaches for smoothies and made twice baked potatoes to reheat. I think I am liking this. I did take about 3-4 hours but it wasn't spent hovering over the stove cause I did the crockpot and stuff. So every night when I get home from work I go to my freezer find what I want and just heat and add stuff to it, add some sides, and you have a great meal. It really has cut down on the what should I make for dinner dilemma. I was pretty good about planning meals but this is a few steps faster when the meat is already cooked. That day I also put a few crockpot freezer meals together. I through all ingredients including raw meat into a gallon size bag and put in freezer. When I am ready I pull it out and put in crockpot and turn it on. Last time I forgot to turn it on until noon. Duh!
Tender Mercies...
Last year we bought a new washer and dryer. The front loading kind and I love them to pieces. A few weeks ago as I was doing my million loads on Saturday, I noticed something was not quite right with my dryer. The timer on it was not going down and when I put my hand in, it was hot but really wet heat. I talked with Brian about it and we decided to call in on Monday to have someone come look at it. So I hung two loads of laundry all over my house to dry. Monday, I called to have a technician come out and they told me to check the vent to make sure it was not obstructed. So as I was heading out to work, Brian said he would check it. I told him if there was an animal in it to take care of it and not tell me. He called me about 10 minutes later and told me it was full of water, hence the wet heat. He said he had talked to Jaxon and Jaxon told him that he had put the hose in the dryer vent (which does not have a vent cover on it and is just at his level) with the water on and filled it right up. A little funny in the morning did not become so funny that night when I checked to see if the dryer worked. Nope, it didn't. I am thinking we are going to have to replace the $700 dryer. Deep breath as you look at your cute little boy. So I sit down with Jaxon, telling him how he is going to have to work (take out garbage...) from now until he goes on a mission to help pay for a new dryer and how that was not a good choice. Tuesday came around still didn't work. Tuesday night when I got home I checked the dryer and IT WORKS! And it still works. The Lord knows every little thing that we need and can I just tell you the faith grew a little that day. So Jaxon is off the hook, at least until the mission part but he still does have to do his work.
Where do boys come up with these things they do? I will never know and may never want to.
With that note, and since Thanksgiving is around the corner, I am going to try to post a quick thing that I am grateful for everyday or once a week I may post a list of 7, You should do the same, we have so many blessings to be thankful for.
Great Things
1. The tender mercies of the Lord
2. a cute little boy that knew he had done wrong and was willing to work
3. A dryer that after if dried out still works.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Remember
I remember this day like it was yesterday.. I was getting ready for class. My drawing class didn't start until 9:15 am so I was taking my time. My mom called while I was putting my makeup on and told me to turn on the TV. I remember asking why and when she told me I ran downstairs and turned the TV on. My roommates were gone already and so it was just me. I sat in awe watching and holding the phone to my ear. I was speechless. I had been to NYC a few years before. So I finished getting ready and went to class. When I got there, the teacher said we could stay and draw or go home. I remember staying and listening to the radio the entire time in unbelief. The rest of day all classes on campus were cancelled. I probably stared at the tv for hours that day. And yet today, it is still a little hard to imagine it all. Today I am drawn to the tv as well for the memorials and documentaries. I can still see it my head. All of it.
I told Brian today it is weird to think that our kids will be reading about this day in textbooks at school and I will always remember this day like is was yesterday. The same is true for the people who remember so clearly Pearl Harbor yet I read about. I wish I had a flag to hang at my house. I would have hung it today. In fact, just hearing the names read this morning, brought back emotion of all the lives lost ten years ago.
In church today they talked about service. They referenced a letter that President Bush asked all Americans to make this a day of remembrance as well as a day of service. I thought that was such a good idea. One lady today talked about how people are good and that day and since then she has realized that people care about one another and watch out for each other. So it is this day, ten years later, that we remember and that we will never forget.
I told Brian today it is weird to think that our kids will be reading about this day in textbooks at school and I will always remember this day like is was yesterday. The same is true for the people who remember so clearly Pearl Harbor yet I read about. I wish I had a flag to hang at my house. I would have hung it today. In fact, just hearing the names read this morning, brought back emotion of all the lives lost ten years ago.
In church today they talked about service. They referenced a letter that President Bush asked all Americans to make this a day of remembrance as well as a day of service. I thought that was such a good idea. One lady today talked about how people are good and that day and since then she has realized that people care about one another and watch out for each other. So it is this day, ten years later, that we remember and that we will never forget.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
She's a kindergartener
Friday, July 8, 2011
So Far Behind
It is already July? How did that happen? I realize I am so far behind in not only my blogging, but laundry, yard care (like months), cleaning, really pretty much anything that used to get done before I had a 8-5 job away from my home. Life is just not the same when you work full time. However, I am not complaining. Yes, I have days when I just want to stay home and get stuff done, but I am grateful for my job that I have and for the opportunities that my family has. For those of you who don't know, Brian is returning to school, not for a degree, for a second degree. We are hoping and praying that he will get into nursing school for January and we will be off and running. No, he does not want to be a nurse. He wants to be a Nurse Anesthetist. It is a long and lengthy goal but we can do hard things. We can do it. So he is going to school, I am working and the kids are being kids, mostly. It makes it hard to keep up on things.
So here are like the last four months or something like that. Reagan's birthday, flooding on the river, running a 40 mile relay and other life happenings. I would share Brian's wound, but I don't want anyone passing out while blogging. Happy Day.
Monday, May 30, 2011
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