it figures

Well, this Sunday went well. The family went to the baptism at our church. Our church has recently started a Multi-Site, which means in a nut shell and easy terms. We have our main church building which is quite large in comparison in our town, and then we have two other sites. One on the Other side of town, and one in a little town off the interstate. Now this is not for convenience because yes people travel a little ways to get to our church, and that’s great that you are called that much to our church but the point of these multi sites are to get the unchurched CHURCHED not to have a religion but a relationship, and for those already in church to serve and grow in relationships with not just GOD but people. NOw that also goes for the unchurched. But anyway, we had our baptism and went out to eat afterwards… and i couldn’t believe it, let me just say i really hate complaining about stuff but i ask for a SWEET TEA and i was very parched because its so darn hot in this town. SO after a while (we did have a huge group of like 26 so i expected it to take a while) i got NON sweet tea but the poor guy who was our waiter and (NONE OTHER THAN MY EX BOYFRIEND) was working really hard to serve all of us. So i drank it anyway, but i ask for a lemon and he brought me this.

This is what the world has come to more packaged crap. (sorry for my negativity i just gotta get this out) But packaged up crystallized lemon packets. that took for ever to dissolve so for a while i was like GROSS. But they finally did. I won’t lie either tasted just like i squeezed a lemon in my cup, but i was just sad i enjoy the real lemon. But i know/realize this is more cost effective, so i will kindly accept this and give them a break. But i still am a little disappointed.

On another note i had a great time hanging out with everyone. I also cooked Baked spaghetti today for us and another couple we are close to. And we kinda tore into it so fast i only have a before it was baked picture but it was very very good.

It was sooo easy too!!
I am soo bad about measuring but this is basically what i did.

1 1/2 lb of ground beef

1 lb noodles (i also break mine in half)

Sauce of your choice ( i buy the big plastic jug of it because you put it in the fridge and reuse it but i used about little over half of that)

Colby Jack Cheese

Mozzarella

Parmesan

Now for the instructions (again sorry my ingredients aren’t exact.)

I make the meat and the noodles at the same time, i always put a little oil in with my noodles. When the meat is finished cooking and has been strained pour in the sauce (it doesn’t need to be cook just mixed well it will bake in the oven) Then i grease the pan or casserole dish you are going to bake the spaghetti in. Strain both the noodles and the meat, but if you do the meat first please remember wash the strainer. Then pour your noodles in the dish, then put the Colby jack (or cheddar) on top of the noodles, the pour on the meat/sauce. Then sprinkle the Mozzarella all over the top how much will depend on how much you like cheese (i like a lot) then i sprinkle on Parmesan cheese you can use fresh or the kind in the shaker. Turn on your oven to 375 and back for 30 minutes 25 if your oven gets hotter than normal. You know your oven i hope so it just depends. This is a great dish that you can make easily and quick. Also for future reference, you can freeze this dish before you bake it and then just stick it in your oven when your ready to eat it.

And this is for Erica, My fellow sista blogger. If you notice this is a blank (okay i already started but you get the idea) blog post and below the subject like you will see where it says Upload/Insert click the little square with a even smaller square inside it. Then click select files then it will upload and crunch it, then it will give you options to align it to the left right center or middle anyway pick however you want it. and it will post it in your blog, and then you can’t grab it and drag it to where in the blog you would like it. Sometimes if WordPress is acting good you can put your insertion point the little thing that moves while you type where you want your picture and it will post there and then sometimes it wont. anyway hope this was helpful. I love you and your blog!!! see ya soon!

Dessert

Okay so this was fun!! I always love making brownies. These i put sprinkles on but it wasn’t a shaker one so i just poked a little hole in the tin foil and shook it. Which worked just as well. Also lol, these double fudge plus fudge icing so triple fudge brownies looked so good to Scarlet (proves she is a girl because she likes chocolate already!) she wanted to grab it and as we were walking away she grabbed the bowl and almost took it off the stove!! HA!! it was almost a disaster. But i caught it in time. Nothing was lost or messed up.

Every one was laying down, it was really quite cute. But i am convinced that there is something on my lens. I just vacuumed and there appears to be white specks on the floor. GRR!!

Rice Crispy Chicken

So, i try to cook for my husband. I won't claim to be good at all. Because maybe its just my personality but i always think i'm bad at everything. But he eats it, and always seems to like it. So, either A. He's a liar and he is jsut trying to make me feel good. OR B. I really am a good cook. :) :) lets go with B. Well, anyway browsing all the blogs that i read i came across this website and found a very interestingly yummy looking Recipe. Chicken Breaded with Rice Crispy Cereal. Okay so far i like all the ingrediants.. read on and it was very easy to make so i was like i am going to try and make it. Whenever i make a new recipe i always warn my husband it might not taste very good. So after doing so i run to Publix ( i love publix they have paper bags great selection and always carry my bags to the car even if i only have two!!) :) Then i get home and i made it. Now on the recipe it says cook 25 minutes but my chicken wasn't all the way thawed so i did it for 45 minutes. But it was soo easy.

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 cup rice crispy cereal
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 packet of ranch mix (they all have whey so I omitted and added 1 tsp. each of onion and garlic powder, plus generous sprinklings of salt and pepper)
2 egg whites, beaten (I just used two whol

e eggs)

First, wash and trim the meat. Next, dunk them in the beaten eggs, and then coat them with the cereal mixture. Place onto a greased baking dish (or sheet) and bake for 25 minutes in a 350° oven until juices run clear. (45 minutes if frozen)

The rice crispy should be nice and slightly brown'd. :)

So i made it and it was really really good!! I was

pretty nervous at first because i just didn't know if the rice crispys would be overbearing but they weren't. It was too much crispy and as you can see i put on a lot. But it turned out to be great!!

Oh and i made cinnamon rolls for breakfast!! Ohh yaa!!

One last thought, i know the rice and black beans are an odd combination but i thought we have vegetables but we didn't. S o i had to do something else. OOPSS!! It happens.

Man she is sooo darn cute!! Once again my Beautiful Daughter… But i mean come on you can’t possibly get tired of that face.

Foto's i just love. ;)

Look how happy my babyGirl is. :) 6 months old!!!

I'm trying to teach her well. :)
This is Christmas day... she had a bit of a tan going [jaundice :( ] She was 6 days old here. wow time flies

Praise!!

So, My hubby dearest got this GRRREAAAT job offer today!! :) I'm just well extremely excited!!! for Soo many reasons.

1. He has worked very hard for a long time now and he deserves this.
2. It will be nice to not be so financially stressed.
3. I hate our apartment and would love to get into a house by Christmas.
4. He has never been on a plane and I'd love to go on a nice vacation with him somewhere we have to fly to.
5. My car needs to be fixed along with his.

But i will stop there because, well i could go on forever with the things that need to be done. LoL.

Okay, so yesterday i was watching MTV movie awards online (which i never do because i think MTV is a joke) But here i found myself watching it.. and either I'm so uncool now that i just don't get the humor or its really just that stupid. When i was younger (as if i am old :) } i found celebrities to be so cool and fascinating. Now i just find them to be sad. There were a few scenes that really just perturbed me. But after exiting out of it not even halfway through i sat there and found myself thinking, okay?? is it just me or was that a complete waste of time and money on every ones part. And it seemed to be very cheaply done it just seemed very cheesy and poorly choreographed and i don't know it was just all around bad. For Example!!

I guess its probably all supposed to be like this anyway to make ratings and get people talking but really?


On a different note.... Now i know just how expensive healthcare is in this country. And wow it is pricey!! Thats all i will say on that note.


On another note, i'm trying so desperately to finish my book The Shack, i'm just always so busy i never have the time. Although i guess i could be reading instead of blogging, hmmm.... Nah!!! :) :)

There is this new movie coming out called UP It looks totally cute!!! :) :) Its it theaters now and you should go see it too!! i think it might be the official first movie my 6 month old daughter sees. lol. Thats how bad i want to see it. :p

Sometimes i really amaze myself on how well i keep me and my hubbys stuff together, and if i went into detail i'd be here all day. BUT today i really impressed myself i felt like i just organized a bunch of rubul after a tornado perfectly. :)

Anyway i think i'm gonna hit the hay!!

I’m at this stand still. Or so i think?!

Okay– let me just say i love my life!! i love my husband my daughter my apartment, i am generally and overall happy. So now that that’s out there because i do not want anyone thinking I’m ungrateful.

Obviously its hard times for Americans, and we are no exception in this matter. Mr.Man just graduated college and is trying to find a good job. But its not like that is easy. So its stressful. And i have opted to not work or go to school until our daughter is a bit older. (she’s almost 5 months) why you ask?! well, its really quite complicatedly simple!!

A.Even if i did work some dead-end minimum wage job that i hated and wished every minute to be back home with my daughter, i would only make enough to pay for her daycare (if that).

B. I do not want to send her to daycare. Don’t get me wrong i have nothing against anyone who sends their children to daycare i just don’t want to. if anything I’d want someone i knew watching her, like my mother or my mother-in-law. (i hate calling her that. there is such a bad image that comes with mother-in-law and she is the best)

C. whats the point of going to work to help pay the bills if we are only going to add another one (daycare) and therefore my crappy job would barely pay for that.

So we have prayed and deliberated and decided, that i will be a stay at home mom for now. I would love to go back to college, but then of course I’d have to go to school and work. So for now, college and work is not in the cards for me. Did i mention i never ever thought I’d be a stay at home mom. i mean really i just knew i was gonna be the working type. Funny how things change isn’t it?

But now that I’ve been out of work and school for this long i feel so… out of touch…okay no! not the right words. i don’t know i just feel like everyone is moving forward, and i’m just kinda hanging around. so lately things have been getting more tight, so i think i will be looking for some sort of weekend job. which i am excited and not so excited about.

Why?? well is it not obvious?!! i like staying home with my daughter 24/7. i am sooo terrified i will miss something. but, at the same time i need a little break. SO i guess we will see how this how works out.

I am hoping when she is a year or so i can start nursing school. i was gonna start a few months back, but i simply don’t have the heart to leave her with anyone else that much. especially now, i mean i want to be the one to see her do all her “FIRSTS”.

So i am very thankful i get to be a stay at home mom, but i will be looking forward to when i get to start being productive with my life.

well, i think i got out what i wanted to and rambled enough that its time to go.

Being a good wife....

Tougher than i ever thought!!!

So i definately believe than my husband is the head of the household and he should be taking charge and being the boss (ya know what i mean). But i get so much into my own routine during the day while he is gone at work that when he comes home i’m still in charge mode where i’m the boss. And its not like i’m bossy or mean usually by any means… i just say get me this please do this please little things like that. I’ve been trying to work on it. Especially when a week or so ago i was sitting there thinking wow not only are we wives to our husbands but also to god, and how great of a wife am i being to both? I’m trying but i do think i could do better. I need to be more aware of how i say and do things to him because while they affect me one way they affect him completely different. And thats okay, its just hard to remember. I’m reading this book for women only. i really recommend it. The things we think are disrespectful are sometimes totally opposite. but thats what makes us individuals huh? Men and women take everything so differently its no wonder they get into so many fights, and thank God me and William usually only have little tiffs. And we have been blessed with the ability to work through everything very well. But still in this world full of so much divorce i’m really starting to understand why. i still think its wrong. but i wish everyone could read the for men only and for women only. it would really help i think. we are naturally selfish creatures but if we could just for one second think of the other person it would make our lives easier. if your spouse hates it when you ask him/her to do a million little things right when they get home limit it or give them a little time to rest. if you spouse hates it when you leave the iron and ironing board out put it away before you leave even if your gonna use it later. Little things to make each others lives and days go smoother go a long way.

Well, anyway i was just sitting here thinking about this…

Rainbow Row!!!

We went to Charleston SC for a couple days and got to see and spend time with my friend and her little girl. it was good. Our apartment is finally organized and cleaned. i finished it tonight and i feel so less stressed!! but i do think its funny cuz it was 8 o’clock and i said to William what would you like to do ( Scarlet was down for the night) but he was like what do you mean and i said the house is clean Scarlet is asleep no school!!! OHMMGEE!! lol. Needless to say he had no idea's lol. So i just went to bed and read a book... we had homegroup tonight and we are starting to read In a pit with a lion on a snowy day.. i’ve actually read some of it it’s quite good so i’m excited. I was sitting in church today and noticed there weren’t very many ppl and thought it was odd. where is everyone. anyway things are calming down a bit and i know something will happen soon lol. its inevitable… but still enjoying getting the hang of everything finally. I rarely watch the news anymore, because well i am sure its obvious nothing good is ever on anymore. But i happened to watch fox news this weekend at my girlfriends house. i can’t help but laugh and be sad at how ignorant and mean ppl are.

Well, early night for us!! Goodnight..

In the Beginning.... ;)

Well, Lets start from the begining…

I am a happily married women, i have a 5 1/2 month old little girl. My husbands name is William my daughters name is Scarlet. We are at a very good place. And no it didn’t happen over night. it took time. it still takes time, and work. No relationship is easy. But we love each other and things are getting easier. i couldn't be happier!! I am a christian and i rely on God everyday as much as i can. He has blessed my family so much and i am soo grateful. i love to read, not anything in particular really anything. But anyway, i think i’ve given enough background on me and my family!! i decided to start this blog just as a outlet, i’m a stay at home mom, so i take what outlets i can get.

OHH and i LOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE my husband very much!! ( there ya go baby)

Aww!! Here he is!! I loovveee him!! :) he was at a wedding.

This is me (center) with My mother (left) and my aunt (right) at a wedding LOL a different one though. and a year and a half apart.

Ohh yes and this is the beautiful Scarlet!! :) My daughter!!