Trying new recipes

I never thought Preserves on a sandwich would ever be good. But....2 out of 3 people in our house loved it. You  all should really try this.

Bavarian Panini with Triple Berry Preserves

PREP TIME: 10 min

COOK TIME: 10 min

YIELD: 2

Ingredients:

•	2 (5-inch) pretzel rolls or 4 slices hearty rye bread
•	Dijon mustard
•	5 oz. Bavarian ham, sliced
•	2 slices sharp cheddar cheese
•	3 tablespoons Smucker's® Orchard's Finest™ Northwest Triple Berry Preserves, divided
OR	3 tablespoons Smucker's® Orchard's Finest™ Michigan Red Tart Cherry Preserves
•	Crisco® Butter No-Stick Cooking Spray

Directions:

1	SLICE and lay the rolls open. Spread mustard onto the bottom roll. Top each with half of the ham, a slice of cheese and spread 1 1/2 tablespoons of preserves on top of cheese. Pair rolls to form a sandwich.
2	HEAT large skillet over medium heat. Spray roll with no-stick cooking spray. Place sandwiches, buttered side down, in heated skillet. Cover skillet and brown sandwiches 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown. Spray tops of sandwiches before turning to brown second side.
3	REMOVE sandwiches from skillet. Allow to rest covered, about 3 minutes. Cut sandwiches in half. Serve warm.

Car repair!

Today has been very busy. We put new tires on the car, fixed the valve stem on the truck. We also got our hair cut and I updated the software on my phone, now I've got a pounding headache from this stupid rain! If it don't stop soon I think I'll go to bed soon.

Redoing Furniture

Okay I love going to auctions and yard sales to find cheap things for my house and cheap or ugly furniture to fix up. This is one, it was smurf blue broken so I got it for $1. Yippy for me!!! Fast forward about 3 years down the road it's still not done. We've still go to stain the drawers and get another drawer built and then it's done and can finally be used. But here is what it looked like and looks like now.

Home Decorating

I love decorating my house and changing things up all the time. This is what some of my house looks like now. 

And then this what what we are gonna do to 1 wall in the living room. Can't wait to start painting. 

Projects for the weekend.

We've got the rest of the hall painted, baseboards and maybe a bathroom. Put away laundry, find better ways to store laundry. And hopefully get the spare room kinda cleaned out to make a craft room.

Now lets see if any of that gets done.....

I skipped my mom....I'm becoming my Grandmother....

And it's not such a bad thing either. She's thought me so much in my 28 years of life. I have the love of a garden and fresh foods from here. I know how to sew because of her, I can cook....well that also came from my parents. And now this winter I "hope" to put together my first quilt. I was going to last winter but I was sick all winter long and didn't feel like doing. Hopefully I can this time. With my creativity I hope it looks as good as my granny's did.

And I hope to read more. I've still got a Steven King book from 10 years ago I still haven't finished. I read it then I get bored then don't finish it, but I can remember what's going on so I don't have to re-read it!

Summer isn't even over and I'm thinking about winter projects....such an ADD thing.

I'm back.....I think

You all know how ADD is, get side tracked and for get things, then when you remember your to tired to do it. Well that's what happened.

Well I'm all healed up and feeling much better. We've been getting a saving plan (Dave Ramsey) love his classes. Can't wait till we get debt free and have more money.

And this weekend DH & I put up a ceiling fan all by ourselves. I'm so proud of us, and we worked very well together. No bickering over it. :D

I'll try my best to keep posting.

Still here and feeling much better!

I'm still around just been really busy, and hopefully some great things coming!

I'm still alive

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm still alive. I had surgery and have been recovering and being lazy. But here is a pic I took today.....hope you like it.

Manage ADHD Motor Mouth at Work

I don't really have to worry about this since it's just me and 1 other person (sometimes). But I can use this in social settings.

Additude Mag

If it's not one damn thing after another!

Well since Dec. 17 I've been sick off and on and it's not even the middle of Feb. Now I've got some sort of bug....and my gallbladder is acting up because I'm not able to eat much.

I was supposed to have a coupon class tonight, but my partner is teaching it. Thank goodness if it wasn't for her we'd have to postpone the class. I love her....thanks so much!



I really want to feel better soon.

Where I'm supposed to be.

Well I didn't get the job, but that's okay. Hadn't been on an interview in forever. I'm happy where I am and I'm supposed to be where I am for a little while longer. I'm glad I have the wonderful support of my family and friends....Love you all.


Now to some great news......1 more hospital bill to go. Now tomorrow I'll send the paper work in and call the surgeon and the insurance so I can get ready for surgery.  And I'm under 120 pounds!!!!! Got 4.5 pounds to go.


I read the best way to describe me and my ADD I'm a flower and I need a gardener to help me grow. Isn't that just wonderful :D

I'm so exhausted!

The past few weekends DH & I have been going to our friends house so DH and my friends DH can have band practice. We end up having so much fun we doing get home till 5 am the next morning! I used to be able to do that when I was a teenager, but now I just can't do it. The next day we sleep most of the day and I'm just so tired all the next day and on the Monday after. DH works 3rd shift so he's okay with that and he would go longer, but I start getting tired, red eyes, and cranky. :)

My gallbladder is doing okay right now. I'm eating a little more "junk" I shouldn't be though. As of Feb. 1st we have insurance so now I've just gotta call the insurance company and talk about a few things. I get to schedule a doctor's appt. So HAPPY! And we've got 1 hospital bill paid off now there is 3 more.

P.S. I think I really screwed up my second job interview. We'll see.

Found this cute cartoon.

Job interviews.....

Don't ya just love them? I had a job interview today in the worst snow we've had here. It went well, I think there was 3 others to interview. I do have another job so if they don't choose me then that's okay. It's just so hard to get an interview these days. I enjoyed the interview process.

Afterwords we dealt with some family issues that will hopefully get handled!

Congrats to me!

I finally did it after a year trying to lose weight I hit 30 pounds lost. *inset happy dance* I'm so excited for myself and for what I've accomplished. I've got 5.5 pounds left till my goal. I'm almost a size 5, getting back to my high school weight and I love it. Now hopefully after my surgery I can get pregnant. I hope it was my weight and the gallbladder that was keeping us from a baby.  Still have a week till Feb. and then I can go to the doctor and get my surgery set.

Busy Weekend!

Man what a weekend, my weekend isn't even over yet and I'm ready for the next. Friday I was stuck at home because of the snow. Saturday I went with Tim to his band practice and spent time with the other wives. Had such a great time didn't go to bed till 5 a.m and today was a snuggle day on the couch. Now it's back to work in the a.m and back to life.

P.S almost a week till Feb!

Dang it Mark Summers & Unwrapped!

Okay it's 2:30 a.m. and Unwrapped is on. What I wouldn't give to have some mac & cheese! Seeing that I can't eat ANYTHING good till after I get my gallbladder out. This gallbladder diet really sucks. I haven't had a cheese burger, pizza, cake, etc. in over a month. And you'd think I'd be craving it and cranky. Well I was the first few weeks. Now I'm better, I do like the fruits & veggies, I always have. But dang-it I want mac & cheese!

Here's what's on there.

I can add logo making to my resume!

Here are 2 of the logo's I did for my business. They took me a while since I'm not used to working with PhotoShop. Hope you like them.

                                                                   (We decided on this one)

My weight loss journey

Well it's been over a year since I started getting healthier. I started out at 150.5 pounds on this little petite frame! I'm 5 foot tall and all belly! I hated it, I know I had enough when my pants size was 14.  I had to get in shape and lose weight if I want a baby and for it and me to be healthy.

So now I'm down 29.5 pounds and 6 pounds till my goal. I'm 121 pounds and a size 5/6 and want to get down to 115. I might even lose more than that, I'll have to see. Here are my before and after pics (so far).

December 2009                                                    December 2010