Soy Beans!

After cooking my soybeans I ground them up and with the help of David use my food saver for the first time effectively (for some reason I don't like reading instructions and could figure it out!) Whenever we have ground turkey or ground beef I add equal parts of ground soybean. Helps the meat stretch a little further. Weird I know! But it works.

Fav Veggie

I am not very consistent with this whole blogging thing! Anyway, I just wanted to update everyone on my favorite vegetable: Spinach. About 3-5 times a week I tell David how much I love spinach and how you can throw it in anything. I put it in my smoothies, rice, eggs, add it to cooked veggies, soups, and whatever else we are eating. Best Veggie Ever.

Flipped!

Here are some projects that I recently finished! Sorry I couldn't find the before picutre for the headboard!

Yellow End tables

Yellow! Here are my refinished end tables! I had Presidents day off and took the whole day to refinish these! I primed, sprayed painted them yellow, then glazed them. I also used and painted the original hardware (I used oil rubbed spray paint ). UPDATE: If you wanted these bad boys too late! I already sold these on craiglist... I think I made $19 in profit.

more blendtech wonders

David made fresh pomegranate juice last night. He took the pomegranate arils and blended them then strained them through cheesecloth and then tada! Juice! 1 pomegranate makes 1 cup of juice.

My Fish!

I finally caught a fish. WE have been fishing 5 or 6 times and nothing for me! David has caught a few. Anyway my fish was a tiny guy. We didn't eat him for dinner, we let him go! I didn't even know that I had caught the fish until I pulled him out of the water!

before and after

Looks a little better!

mini golf!

David and I went miniature golfing!
The first picture was taken after I got a hole in one!

Food Revolution

I love this show. Jamie Oliver is teaching American's to cook REAL FOOD! He gets a chance to go into an elementary school and watch what the cooks give to the kids! Example: Breakfast Pizza!, Chicken nuggets, fries for lunch! The lunch ladies count the fries as a vegetable! CAn you believe that! It is amazing that we call our Lunch Ladies COOKS! All they really do is reheat food. Jamie through lots of opposition is trying to cook healthier fresh food for the kids. It is on ABC. You can watch the episodes on abc.com or on Fridays at 6 on your local FOX channel. LOVE IT!

Some Sweet Deals

I spend the weekend in Burley with Mom and Keith. We had a great relaxing and enjoyable weekend. I had lots of time to finally organize coupons and catch up on coupon blogs. This is what I got! Amazing what time, coupons, 42 transactions, and nice cashiers can achieve!

1st hair cut

David let me cut his hair today. He has needed a hair cut for months now, and just hasn't gone I offered to cut it, and he let me! Look how many curls I cut!

Boredom

I am bored enough to blog tonight! David has class, and I don't want to work on my homework! I love procrastination! Two weeks until spring break! We will see if i survive. I have been really into couponing lately. I adopted Marne's method of organizing coupons, thanks Marne! It works like a charm, it is so much easier to find the coupons that I am looking for! I am going to try to upload a video or two... never done this before... this is very adventurous given that David isn't here to be my tech support.









We have eyeing nice blender for some time now and finally got one! We have been having lots of fun with our new blendtech. We have made ice cream (multiple times), soup, fruit smoothies, fruit and veggi smoothies, and we ground oatmeal, and wheat! Wheat kernels to wheat flour in 50 sec! I am hooked!

Coupon Organization

Just wondering how some of you coupon gurus organize your coupons. I have been cutting out lots of coupons and then putting them in the clear baseball card page protectors. Is there an easier way? Or is that the best way to organize coupons and have them readily available?

New Year!

If you haven't notice I have been enjoying a break. I have been trying to limit my time on the computer. Life is good. School is great. The students keep it interesting. This coming weeks is finals and then it is a new semester! So almost half way done with the school year. I am trying to earn more credits, so I can get a pay raise. I am taking 11 credits this semester so far. David starts school on Tuesday and is looking forward to a new semester.

Happy Thankgiving

Wii

We have had the Wii for 7 months now, and since then my weight has very slowly but steadily decreased. I have lost 10 lbs since we got the Wii! Just thought I'd share some good news.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. If you are going somewhere be extra safe on the roads, there are a lot of crazies out there. Factiod: Did you know that the average American gains about 8 pounds during the holiday season?

B-ball

Basketball season is almost over! I really do enjoy coaching, but it does take a chunk of my time and a lot of energy! Last Thursday my girls finally won their first game. They were so excited. In the fourth quarter we were losing by one point, and with a minute on the clock one of my players runs down and makes a lay-up. I coach c-team so that right there was a big moment for my team. I have another game tomorrow, should be pretty exciting!

Grandma's B-day!

What a short fun weekend! I went down to Burley this weekend to celebrate my grandma's 90th b-day with my family. David wasn't able to go, he had to work. At her party there were 150 plus people there! I learned a lot about my grandma. Her and her family sang a lot together, and they enjoyed reading poems as a family. It was fun to hear some of her favorites and see some of them reenacted!

Glenn Beck is wrong. We are being lead carefully down to a "A Brave New World"...

This comic is too big to post here, but you should read it and think about our society.
FYI - NOT OFFENSIVE - JUST THOUGHT PROVOKING!

25!

My birthday was so fun. David surprised me with some of my favorite treats - shown below. Then he made a yummy quiche! It was way good. He is such a good cook! We then went shopping to find a good winter coat for me - but I couldn't find a cute one. I got Skecher Shape Ups (shoes) instead. They are pretty sweet kicks - they are treating me well so far. We went to Taccano's for lunch and hit a show. We watched Disney's Christmas Carol in 3D at the IMAX. It was pretty intense. Thanks David for making my 25th b-day extra special! Thanks everyone for the calls, and sweet notes!