Sarah: Update!

O. K!  So not that we finally got internet I can keep up with this blog better. I haven’t started the whole squat challenge yet (just saw it tonight….maybe I’ll do it before bed) well…I can already feel my legs getting sore just thinking about it. That means growing muscles though, right?

A new thing that I’ve kind of done this last week at least is making recipe’s I have not tried yet and “healthier” too. Well, some of them…anyway I have to share the links because they were awesome! I have to tell you about the yam/sweet potato (? Whatever?) nacho’s. Ummmm YUM! They were surprisingly awesome! I was a little scared to try them because sweet potato nacho’s doesn’t sound very appetizing…and maybe they were AMAZING to us just because I was worried they would be disgusting. Anything NOT disgusting is…awesome right? Well I have to show the picture too cause, they were just really good. The picture isn’t mine though. I need to be better at cooking breakfast for Leo. I am either sleeping or nursing when he gets up…usually I try to freeze breakfasts but, I should be better. So one of my goals, in the future, will be to try all the breakfast recipes that sound and look amazing. It’s more motivating to get out of bed when you –found an amazing looking recipe, have the ingredients, and are excited to try a new, or favorite, recipe.

Honey-Garlic Chicken: AMAZING! If you’re in the mood for Asian tasting food? Yes. Easy too! (just make sure the chicken is COMPLETELY thawed before cooking, we had to microwave ours a little). Tons of spices used, I didn’t have sage or thyme, so I just put a few tsp’s of Italian seasoning in place. (Leo votes = Tastiest…I think it probably had the most flavor too)

http://www.nlrockrecipes.com/2012/04/doube-crunch-honey-garic-chicken.html

Lasagna Soup: LOVED IT! Tastes just like lasagna, except not all the layering (although it is prettier that way). Okay, so maybe not on the super healthier side…. (Leo votes = another great way/easier way to make a favorite dish)

http://www.shugarysweets.com/2013/03/lasagna-soup

Chicken Salad wrapped in Lettuce: GREAT!!! Less carbs, still filling…I would have something on the side though next time. I think this was one of the prettiest. (Leo votes =”Those were just good”)

No link: Just make chicken salad with whatever you had. Grapes, Apples, nuts? Mayo, salt and pepper, peppers, onions, uhhh seriously whatever. I kind of branched off from the Usha’s(?) chicken salad that was used at steph’s and my receptions. ANYWAY wrap them in romaine or any really, lettuce leaf and enjoy. Mine kind of cracked in places so you might just want to pile it on top of the leaf and enjoy!  

Sweet Potato Irish Nacho’s: Surprisingly yummy! I didn’t have a lot of the ingredients like yellow and red peppers. Just had green. Didn’t have cilantro. I think These actually would be gross with salsa, but had sour cream with them, ranch wasn’t bad either. We added just a sprinkle of browned ground beef with onions and garlic with it…Leo thinks that it made it a lot better than it would have been. Basically, you can put whatever nacho toppings you want on them. (Leo vote: Most creative of the week. He really likes them too)

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/10/sweet-potato-irish-nachos.html#_a5y_p=1025305

Okay, so has anyone else gotten into bad habits DURING pregnancy and are still in them or working to get out of the habit? Um, I have! (I won’t mention some…any of them) I have been trying to change. It’s hard. I am totally rambling, and need to go to sleep.

P.S. no one look at what time I posted (bad habit) J   

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Happy November

Hi again:)

On the day of or before November, dad was preparing a Thanksgiving speech type thing and I was......massaging his back.    Well , the next day I was supposed to babysit for the people I work for and I was kind of nervous cause I can sometimes have a hard time with them.....well, I was kind of praying the whole day that  I would be able to have a good time babysitting and that all would go well and that I would be ''gentle and loving in deed and in thought'', i kept on thinking about babysitting while i was massaging dads back and all of the sudden he started thinking out loud saying....''gratitude...hmmm...gratitude....an attitude of gratitude gives latitude.''  That was from an insurance company or something....so then he typed in on the search bar, words that end in 'tude''.   He found aptitude, so he came up with  ''An attitude of Gratitude gives Latitude in Aptitude''.  I asked him what aptitude means and he said, "like skill or something.' So i was like oh, if i have an attitude of gratitude then it will bring latitude in my aptitude.  So, what did  i do the next day?  i remembered that an attitude of gratitude brings latitude in aptitude.  So, i encourage you all on this Thanksgiving season to practice gratitude and you will be able to have latitude in what ever thing you work on, even if its cooking, cleaning, having to watch your kid every second so they won't knock down the book shelf on themselves on accident or fall down the stairs etc....  It is still hard for me but it has made it easier. So, if i start working on gratitude now and keep on going i will probably have a happier life because attitude is something naturally contained but a good attitude has to be obtained and the bad attitude has to be tamed:)     I hope this post wasn't boring or confusing to read, and i hope that we all will someday have our good and grateful attitudes obtained and maintained so we can all have a better and easier life both here and in our afterlives.  Cause wouldn't you think that a attitude of gratitude would spiritually bring latitude?

Love Ya!   Jessica                                P.S this is what it looks like when it rains here...just a thought.;)