Mar 29, 2007
just had to share...
so I was about to get the girls in the tub when my mom called and I had to keep them waiting. I came back into the living room and this is what I found! They totally found something else to do to keep themselves busy. How cute is that!
Mar 27, 2007
New post at the family blog!
just wanted to share! I updated the family iste
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Mar 26, 2007
lot's to do this week!
Me and the girls are heading out to AZ on Friday for a week. We are so excited. Macy can't wait to see her cousins and I can't wait to spend time with my brother and sister in law and my other friends! I have so much to do this week to get ready but It's exciting!
I am planning my sisters baby shower and have to get 50 invites addressed and in the mail, I have to run to the design center to pick up a few things for that and some friends and I have to do all the other stuff that goes along with going on a trip. I guess I better start making a list!
Nothing to exciting happened over the weekend. I forgot to tell Mike he was giving an opening prayer at church and we were late! oops! we went to a stake play in Mission Viejo that was entertaining. Other then it it was pretty typical. We are singing some very beautiful songs in choir for Easter that I am really looking forward to. I love singing in the ward Choir!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
I am planning my sisters baby shower and have to get 50 invites addressed and in the mail, I have to run to the design center to pick up a few things for that and some friends and I have to do all the other stuff that goes along with going on a trip. I guess I better start making a list!
Nothing to exciting happened over the weekend. I forgot to tell Mike he was giving an opening prayer at church and we were late! oops! we went to a stake play in Mission Viejo that was entertaining. Other then it it was pretty typical. We are singing some very beautiful songs in choir for Easter that I am really looking forward to. I love singing in the ward Choir!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Mar 23, 2007
let the weekend begin!!!
TGIF!!!! I love it when Friday rolls around! I have had a slow start this morning because I was up finishing a book last night! I started and finishes a book yesterday but it kept me up till 1:30 am.oops! I just love to read. I am well on my way to reaching my goal of reading 40 books this year! i just finished #13 on the list. I will have to admit I don't read all long and lengthy books. I do have to throw in a fast read once in a while! it keeps me from going stale and give up reading all together! Last night I read a Jack Wayland book! I have to give all the credit for my love of reading to Mr. Wayland. All growing up I hated to read. I was a cliff notes kind of kid and never read a book I was suppose to. I think the first book I ever read cover to cover was Charlotte's Webb and that was years after grammar school. But in college a friend recommended jacks books to me and I was a hooked reader! I really grew to love reading and his stuff is so simple and really relatable. We all know someone who can identify with his characters.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. I am going to go on a hot date with my hubby! we are going to dinner and a "show"... it's a stake play! I love that kind of stuff! I'm proud that we have been "dating" more! it really isn't that hard to go out without the kids... we just have to get in the habit of it more!
So I have been wanting to post this yummy recipe forever but never remember. This is my Great Great Grandmothers Recipe. My grandmother cooked it all the time and told me it was a regular meal in her home during the depression! it is the best Spaghetti Recipe in my book, maybe because of the rich family history behind it! give it a try. it's a great left over.
Brown and drain...
1/2 lb. Sausage
1 lb. ground beef
Add to large pot...
a little oil to pan
1 large chopped onion
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
cook on med. and stir and start to wilt the veggies.
add to pot...
meat
2 cans diced tomatos
2 cans water
1 can, 15 oz. tomato sauce
2 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 heaping tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
Bring to a boil.
add to pot...
one box ( 1 lb.) broken angle hair pasta. I break my noodles in 3rds.
cover and cook about 30 min. I like to stir mine often so the bottom doesn't stick but that could just be because I have junky pots so it tends to burn.
it should look thick... not your typical juicy sauce ... more incorporated. does that make sence.
I'd love for yo you guys to try this recipe. I can't describe the taste but it's not very Italian traditional. it's very "comfort food" home cooking. The Worcestershire sauce gives it an amazing woodsy taste. it's my favorite! let me know what you think if you ever make it! This is a real family favorite in our home.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. I am going to go on a hot date with my hubby! we are going to dinner and a "show"... it's a stake play! I love that kind of stuff! I'm proud that we have been "dating" more! it really isn't that hard to go out without the kids... we just have to get in the habit of it more!
So I have been wanting to post this yummy recipe forever but never remember. This is my Great Great Grandmothers Recipe. My grandmother cooked it all the time and told me it was a regular meal in her home during the depression! it is the best Spaghetti Recipe in my book, maybe because of the rich family history behind it! give it a try. it's a great left over.
Brown and drain...
1/2 lb. Sausage
1 lb. ground beef
Add to large pot...
a little oil to pan
1 large chopped onion
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
cook on med. and stir and start to wilt the veggies.
add to pot...
meat
2 cans diced tomatos
2 cans water
1 can, 15 oz. tomato sauce
2 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 heaping tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
Bring to a boil.
add to pot...
one box ( 1 lb.) broken angle hair pasta. I break my noodles in 3rds.
cover and cook about 30 min. I like to stir mine often so the bottom doesn't stick but that could just be because I have junky pots so it tends to burn.
it should look thick... not your typical juicy sauce ... more incorporated. does that make sence.
I'd love for yo you guys to try this recipe. I can't describe the taste but it's not very Italian traditional. it's very "comfort food" home cooking. The Worcestershire sauce gives it an amazing woodsy taste. it's my favorite! let me know what you think if you ever make it! This is a real family favorite in our home.
Mar 21, 2007
celebrity look a like!!!!
Mar 20, 2007
Randomness
is that a word?...anyway!
So I had some great visits with Michelle and Donna in the past two days and all it does is reaffirm how cool I think my fun circle of friends are! I just love this blogging community. All my regular visitors are just the best!!! I was telling Michelle why I think we all click so much! We are all positive people! We all look for the good in all of us and in life and love sharing happy moments! now that's not to say that we don't all have bad days and our share of challenges! But I just love how we can all visit each others blog and expect to leave happy and uplifted!
We all have those friends that can suck us dry! There is always something going wrong in their life or some struggle. It's hard to be around that all the time! I am super grateful for my uplifting gal pal group! I know if we were ever to all get together it would just be the best! So thanks everyone for keeping my spirits so high and being so great! I appreciate all the friendships I have made!
new topic...
I just went grocery shopping and got so excited over all this meat that was super on sale. I picked up ribs, steak, roasts and more steak. I came home and holy moly my freezer is packed! I always have a packed freezer! I had to reorganize it and make sure it all fit! so in case you need food storage you are all welcomed to come to my house! I got the frozen food section covered!
I am having my dad and his wife over for dinner tonight! I am making Fajitas!!! I also am getting extra domestic and making home made ice cream sandwiches for dessert made with chocolate chip cookies and mint chip or baby ruth ice cream! yummy huh!I am making extra for my visiting teaching!
and yeah!!! I got a new dishwasher today! it was sooo needed. the old one kept leaving soap and it was just a horrible dishwasher... i should have been calling it my dish not washer!
So I had some great visits with Michelle and Donna in the past two days and all it does is reaffirm how cool I think my fun circle of friends are! I just love this blogging community. All my regular visitors are just the best!!! I was telling Michelle why I think we all click so much! We are all positive people! We all look for the good in all of us and in life and love sharing happy moments! now that's not to say that we don't all have bad days and our share of challenges! But I just love how we can all visit each others blog and expect to leave happy and uplifted!
We all have those friends that can suck us dry! There is always something going wrong in their life or some struggle. It's hard to be around that all the time! I am super grateful for my uplifting gal pal group! I know if we were ever to all get together it would just be the best! So thanks everyone for keeping my spirits so high and being so great! I appreciate all the friendships I have made!
new topic...
I just went grocery shopping and got so excited over all this meat that was super on sale. I picked up ribs, steak, roasts and more steak. I came home and holy moly my freezer is packed! I always have a packed freezer! I had to reorganize it and make sure it all fit! so in case you need food storage you are all welcomed to come to my house! I got the frozen food section covered!
I am having my dad and his wife over for dinner tonight! I am making Fajitas!!! I also am getting extra domestic and making home made ice cream sandwiches for dessert made with chocolate chip cookies and mint chip or baby ruth ice cream! yummy huh!I am making extra for my visiting teaching!
and yeah!!! I got a new dishwasher today! it was sooo needed. the old one kept leaving soap and it was just a horrible dishwasher... i should have been calling it my dish not washer!
Mar 19, 2007
Me and my dreams!
I have to warn you... I have really active dreams! I had one last night that I was on Americas Next Top Model and I won a challenge!I won a Cover Girl commercial and I was meeting with the Director and giving him all my ideas. I told him that I was shocked that I won because I always saw myself as an average and plain girl and that I really had to work on it with lots of makeup to feel "beautiful!" I had to come up with this whole ad by myself. All I could keep thinking about was " work with what you got!" And I tried to list all the things I liked about my face...
When I woke up this morning I still had that dream in my head. It made me think. What do I love about myself, my looks? In my dream I was able to list a few things so that made me realize that YES I really do enjoy some of my features. I think it's too bad that I feel deep down that I need makeup all the time to feel put together. I love getting all ready and doing the whole make up thing. I'm not the kind of girl who can't go out with out it.M ost of my days home with the girls is makeup free and yes I still answer the door!
If anything I need to appreciate the plainness of my face and the the beautiful features that I do have.
So here I go... This is hard but here is what I love about my face...
I have long dark eye lashes
My lips are full
I love the few freckles that I have that get more noticeable in the summer
I have HUGE white teeth! the huge part isn't my fave but they are straight and white!
My skin is soft
I like my eyebrow shape when I take the time to pluck!
I love the shape of my eyes!
man that was hard! WHY! it's so easy to list off all the things we hate about ourselves! I hate that! I hope it becomes easier and easier to see all the good in ourselves! I have to practice I am the first to admit! I hope we can all learn to love the list we have for ourselves... the good and the bad!
heres a bold move...I was always too shy to post a self photo but you get to see me in all my before and after glory! before hair and make up and after!
When I woke up this morning I still had that dream in my head. It made me think. What do I love about myself, my looks? In my dream I was able to list a few things so that made me realize that YES I really do enjoy some of my features. I think it's too bad that I feel deep down that I need makeup all the time to feel put together. I love getting all ready and doing the whole make up thing. I'm not the kind of girl who can't go out with out it.M ost of my days home with the girls is makeup free and yes I still answer the door!
If anything I need to appreciate the plainness of my face and the the beautiful features that I do have.
So here I go... This is hard but here is what I love about my face...
I have long dark eye lashes
My lips are full
I love the few freckles that I have that get more noticeable in the summer
I have HUGE white teeth! the huge part isn't my fave but they are straight and white!
My skin is soft
I like my eyebrow shape when I take the time to pluck!
I love the shape of my eyes!
man that was hard! WHY! it's so easy to list off all the things we hate about ourselves! I hate that! I hope it becomes easier and easier to see all the good in ourselves! I have to practice I am the first to admit! I hope we can all learn to love the list we have for ourselves... the good and the bad!
heres a bold move...I was always too shy to post a self photo but you get to see me in all my before and after glory! before hair and make up and after!
Mar 16, 2007
Gratitude
Gratitude really is an attitude! I have been thinking about how blessed I am and about what makes me happy! I really come from a wonderful family and have inherited a a family I love. I am surrounded by people who bless my life. Being Grateful is more then just loving and being loved! It's really about taking all that is good and putting it all to good use! I need to remind myself that Heavenly Father has blessed me with all these great things not to just admire but to use! I have been given an incredible family that teaches me things everyday. If I can't take those lessons and use them then I am not using my blessings. I've been given this healthy body and all I do is exist in it! I really need to respect it more and treat it and train it to be stronger and even more healthy! I've been given my love for learning and I need to challenge myself even more to show how grateful I really am for it! I've been blessed with a safe place to live and I always need to stop and reflect more often of how lucky I really am... this is a hard one at times! I've been given incredible friends! Friends that teach me every day and inspire me and I need to tell them all more often what they mean to me and take their life lessons and run with it!
I could sit here and list off a hundred things I am grateful for but what good is a list if thats where the gratitude stops! Our attitudes have to change when it comes to being grateful! We need to do more then just say thank you for all our many blessing! Blessings can be tools for increased knowledge, growth and even more blessing that may be in store for us!
I chose to have more gratitude then want. More appreciation then praise. I want to give more then receive. I want to move forward more then live in the past! I want to give thanks and be happy with what I already have!
Gratitude will be my new attitude!
I could sit here and list off a hundred things I am grateful for but what good is a list if thats where the gratitude stops! Our attitudes have to change when it comes to being grateful! We need to do more then just say thank you for all our many blessing! Blessings can be tools for increased knowledge, growth and even more blessing that may be in store for us!
I chose to have more gratitude then want. More appreciation then praise. I want to give more then receive. I want to move forward more then live in the past! I want to give thanks and be happy with what I already have!
Gratitude will be my new attitude!
Mar 15, 2007
Michelle in the house!!!!
So it has happened again! I was able to meet yet another wonderful friend from MC!!!... and she came with a bonus!!! Her cute daughter Sarah!!! I meet up with Michelle and her fun family at Disneyland today! It was so wonderful! I am so blessed to have such great friends I have been able to get to know so well on line and then to meet them in person is just great! She is as fun and beautiful as I could have expected! Her Family is just so adorable! Michelle and her daughter let me and the girls tag along! We just had the best time hanging out like old friends!
My apologies go out to Disneyland staff! We managed to liter the entire park with popcorn! Macy got a little carried away and like always Blue had her hand in a bag of food all afternoon! It's a small world is our new favorite ride to eat on! 12 min. of air conditioned enjoyment!
Thanks Michelle for letting me crash your family vacation! It was awesome!
Look what I did...
...with the help of my dad! I built this great Valance with my dad this last weekend! I had been looking forward to making it for some time now. I had the best time spending a Saturday with my dad. The added benefit was getting this great Valance out of it! I can't believe I really made something!It was great working from scratch and seeing something take shape! My dad is so talented and a great teacher!Thanks dad for a great time!
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