tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648062535900554292024-03-13T18:52:09.444-07:00Teachings from Lil Slug a BugCaityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-38306103280538093772013-03-20T15:04:00.001-07:002013-03-20T15:04:23.210-07:00Spring EditionStarting Spring off on somewhat of a bouncy step.<br />
First just when I think I'm doing great, Luck is on my side and things are coming together. <br />
And then the Lord Laughed and said "Oh she's got it too easy right we gotta keep her on her toes!"<br />
with that being said I'm sitting on my couch Left leg in a brace, crutches at my side and fighting with insurance/ doctors about trying to get an MRI so I can see what my next plan of action is for my torn meniscus. <br />
Tearing your cartilage is no fun at all. You know whats even more NOT fun? Being laid up with a four year old who just started Daycare. You know that feeling of pure dread when your realize your baby is all growed up. *sniff sniff* I call this Mommy Anxiety.<br />
My Lil Slug a Bug started his first day of daycare last week. It was kind of a blessing in disguise considering my injury and John having to work, it worked out perfectly.<br />
BUT I'm still in that "I can't believe my baby is in school" moment. <br />
I mean the kid gets Homework every night!!!!<br />
I know this is great for him But .I was very concerned about how he would adapt. After speaking with his teacher today I feel better about his transition. <br />
Only thing. Trying not to take every comment spoken as criticism. Meaning when the Teacher says " well John has shown some signs of aggression" Don't think "OMG have I let him spend too much time in front of the TV?" If the Teacher says " He doesn't know how the spell his name by himself" Don't Think " If only I had been sitting there eight hours a day drilling it into his head he would know it by now."<br />
Thinking like this will only cause more harm then good Because reality is We aren't perfect But as long as we are present and our children are happy and healthy... Well then everything else kinda just falls where it should.<br />
We can't expect everything to be perfect but we can learn to go with the motions. <br />
Despite all that has happend I'm still moving forward... haha slowly...but my family as a whole is finding our way in this crazy world and are hoping to keep on growing.Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-59093282715923854862013-01-14T08:55:00.001-08:002013-01-14T08:55:57.275-08:00Feeling NewNew Start! Feeling good. Less Stressed. Still crazy busy but things are looking up. I haven't wrote on here in a while AND i missed it. It's weird I didn't even realize how much I missed it. <br />
I feel like 2012 was a test for me. Very challenging but life changing. Getting a new job and promotion. I happen to LOVE where I work and I am so grateful for my job. I say 2012 was challenging and it was extremely stressful but it's like with anything you do life. Work Hard and you may reap the benefits. I worked hard in 2012 and with the start of 2013 I feel like I have set myself up with a fresh start. This feeling is slightly euphoric. I can't explain it and I can't categorize it singly under Happiness because this type of feeling is more Relief. Finally! The day has come where I have been able to gain the means to start taking certain responsibilities into my own hands and that in itself has me breathing more easily these days.<br />
Putting my personal crap aside I have started this year with Goals!! Haha Yeah Goals! I don't think I have ever really made any real planning-on-keeping resolutions... like ever. Until this year. I have a few crazy out there seemingly impossible to accomplish goals and then I have the simple ones that involve doing a load of laundry everyday and cleaning the dishes before I go to bed each night,<br />
Haha now that I think about it some of the simpler goals I've made seem more impossible then I thought. Now I will write the Traditional List of Resolutions<br />
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<strong>Exercise!!</strong> Everyday!! Maybe Bikini in the Future? BTW Never wore a Bikini before so this one is labeled impossible.. (I refuse to live with restrictions NOTHING is impossible!)<br />
<strong>Do a Load of Laundry Everyday</strong>! This seems like the only way possible to keep the massive loads of dirty clothing downsized.<br />
<strong>Never Go To Bed .. With a Dirty Sink</strong>! I just get so exhausted these days after working, then cooking, then cleaning and hanging out with my boys Damn It I just don't want to to have to do dishes. But I HATE the feeling of doing dishes first thing in the morning as well so My goal is set.<br />
<strong>Save Save Save</strong>... Money that is! Be more smart. This one I'm already on top of!!<br />
<strong>Be Creative!!</strong> I have to say I learned about my Crafty side this past year and realized I'm good at it. So is my Man. We do projects together. It's so nice to be Creative together. So i would like to collaborate more in The Yard/future Garden, the Kitchen ( He's great at putting different concoctions together and making them taste good) and in the House!<br />
Seriously I do Not think These a very Hard to follow I think I can hack it.<br />
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Along with New years Resolutions New jobs. I'm Going to have a busy year with the LAOH now that I have been elected the new Financial Secretary! Go me. Means more work more responsibilities I'm ready though. AND excited!! So Now I better stop typing and get a move own. Mondays are my days off so I have a whole day of cleaning and laundry to get on top of!! until the Next!Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-53661186368948843932012-09-05T13:35:00.000-07:002012-09-05T13:35:27.165-07:00Where in the world........<span style="color: #741b47;">Where have I been????? Not blogging thats where. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Unfortunately I dropped the ball this summer. Not on purpose just got insanely busy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">New job.. yet again... but this time ... its a keeper.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">I'm the new file clerk for a Law Firm in the City!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Yeah I get to dress up and ride the train into the City to get to my office..</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">It's pretty cool!! First office job for me and I Love It! Never thought I would settle into the corporate world so easily But the people I'm working for and the environment I work in couldn't be any better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">So whats happened this past summer... Only everything....</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">My baby boy is Officially potty trained WOOHOO!!!! You go SlugABug!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">A few accidents when he's out of his comfort zone but Ya Know What.... *Bleep* Happens! </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Funny Story behind potty training this lil one......</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"> We must be grateful to our loving Poppy!.. If it wasn't for fishing in the middle of the woods, Johnny would never have learned to pee on a tree and therefore would never have used these skills to go on the potty. Thanks Poppy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">We went trash picking ...lol Seriously around my neighborhood the saying "One mans trash is another mans treasure" really has meaning. I need to go around my house one day and do a whole post on trash picked items I use on a daily basis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">We spent the summer visiting local garden centers and farm stands experimenting with different produce. The whole family has been involved and we have even starting changing some of our eating habits. It's been a real educational summer when it comes to our nutrition. And we have made some real good friends!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">We recently got a new dryer... so My Slugabug cleaned up the basement as much as possible to make it at least less scary then it was... </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">He's the best!</span> <br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">(sad to say getting a new dryer was practically the highlight of my summer, honestly you never realize a good thing until its not there anymore and Boy was my back hurting from Laundry)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Mommy and Johnny being silly .... I also discovered instagram LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #741b47; color: #741b47;">5 days to relax on the beach of the Jersey Shore....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #741b47; color: #741b47;">Now thats what I was waiting for all Summer......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">What a great summer..... But i have to say I'm so ready for it to be over.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Done with the bugs, done with the heat and AC, done with flipflops</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">"I'm a better person then I was six months ago and I will be better then now six months in the future" I have been trying to live by this motto and I'm doing alright!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">It was a rainy day around these parts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">SO what do you do on a rainy day with a toddler???</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We sing "it's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring........"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We stay in our pjs for most the day...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">We color and play transformers....... more like Mommy and Daddy spend the majority of their time transforming these little toy robots.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">(Now I say Midnight Snack because I'am writing this so late but after being a bum all day I'm a little wired....soo I'm eating this snack twice today)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I was in the mood for spinach dip and was not waiting until the next holiday to have it so I just gathered all the ingredients and went to town.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Everytime I go to the store regardless of how many list I write I always forget something.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I had some soft tortillas I cut into wedges.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I preheated my oven at 400 and just put the pan in it only took ten minutes in my oven for the wedges to become Chips!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">SO I callenged myself. I just did it one day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I went to the store and bought all the ingredients to make my Mommas meatballs, sausage and gravy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Yes it's gravy!!!....... not sauce!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">A little history:.... Growing up in my household most Sundays was a meatball and sausage day. Mainly because it was the one day out of the week where my mom had the time to wait around for hours while the gravy simmered and cooked. The smell...O M G! I could smell dinner cooking before you even opened the front door and it's also the kinda smell that sticks to your clothes all day... everyone knows where you been! At Momma's house eating some great grub!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Nowadays my mom still picks Sundays to make a great pot of gravy. Only now she makes sure theres enough for EVERYONE to take home another nights dinner... Ain't she so sweet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"> I had about a pound and a half of mixed ground meat (pork,veal,beef)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"> Mix it all together, using your hands is the best method. Then roll your balls!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">End Result: Delicious and Scrumptious.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">For my first attempt I did pretty good. Def. wasn't Moms but next time I won't try to improvise I will get the puree. It really made a big difference. Also be gentle when stirring your pot. I broke a few meatballs but it was all good I made a lot for our family so nobody noticed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"> My house smelled like my childhood. And I had a lot of fun putting this together myself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I wonder if any of my sister's tried to attempt a pot of gravy. If so I want to know how it went.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">If not ..... I'm challenging you Megan and Colleen!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Mommas gravy cookoff in the close future????</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I don't know what has happened to our beautiful spring weather but it has been miserable, damp, and groggy around these parts. After a weekend filled with family parties, cleaning, running errands and taking care of everyone like I usually do, It just seemed right to kick back and relax with one another. We cuddled up under our blankies and watched movies all afternoon After of course a big hearty breakfast that this momma put together! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Scrambled eggs, tator tots (hashbrowns), bacon and Mangoes. Don't forget the OJ!! Yes of course we were all full hence the need to cuddle up on our couches and take a load off. I mean Sunday is the day for rest is it not? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">While resting I snapped some pictures. (This is rare for me but <em>I</em> like having theses kind of moments in photos so I think I might do it more often. LOL) Anyway Hope you all got to enjoy some kind of rest this weekend to help prepare you all for the week ahead!!</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I had a wonderful weekend Hope it's a great week as well!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So remember I was talking about my vegetable box from the local garden center. Well Look at my bounty!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">1lb yams</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This sure was a plentiful box.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Cherry heirmloom tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, sprnkle of cheese, and some thousand island dressing...... thats the way I like it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Next I made Chili!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">First I chopped all my veggies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Once melted, add the veggies to soften and get tender.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Now I don't measure I just sprinkle to coat the top of the veggies and I use the spices to flavor every layer of this pot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Def. add more spices and a lil salt and pepper this is the last step.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So I did something different this time around. Since my mom had gotten me this really cool dutch oven I used to make the chili in I thought, Why not bake it? </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">More recipes to come .....Enjoy!!</span></div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-3760745738128107952012-04-23T08:23:00.002-07:002012-04-23T08:23:18.320-07:00Best Burger Ever!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I Know I know I know.... This happens why too often. Me being on a Hiatus. I don't mean it I promise. I just get busy and when the weather turns and becomes a beautiful week who really wants to sit in and be on a computer? Not too mention I was kinda without my computer for some time but it's back!! I'm back!! AND I have a simple recipe that looks beautiful. Yeah I got a new phone for my B-day woohoo right? Hell Yeah Now I have a decent camera to take all my pictures with and I'm all up on technology (haha well trying to learn anyway)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So whats been up with the blogging world lately? I feel like such an outsider anymore. Lol </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Anyway I'll let you in on whats been going on with me. I got a job!! A decent job. An office job. Hopefully a job I'll be at for a long time. It's pretty awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Spring has arrived!!! Obviously we all thought spring came two months early since the lack of winter But I consider the start of the city's weekly farmers markets to be the start of Spring. I recently found a local garden center that sells produce boxes every week at a $10 or a $15 price. I have been getting the $15 box which equals about $30+ that you would spend at the food store. It's pretty cool there's only one catch, You have no idea what your going to get in your box. I love this catch though. It makes you be creative in the kitchen while using healthy ingredients. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">(If anyone is reading this from the Philly area, The center I am referring to is at the corner of Frankford and Berks. Stop by and check it out Thursdays 4 to 7) The people are sweet and friendly and they always have something cooking while your waiting for your box!! Also they have something going on all season. For example on sat. they were making rain barrels for your garden free of charge. The website is <a href="http://sustainable.org/">SUSTAINABLE.org</a> Helping communities to become self efficient. It's what I've been learning and striving for in my own life. It's not about being frugal anymore it's about helping your community and cutting back on the luxuries of life. Yes a super market is a Luxury. But when it comes to our produce we don't know how safe it is. Yes we all wash our fruits and veggies but sometimes its just more logical to know where your food comes from. How many people who live in the city have their own vegetable garden? How many people can tell you exactly what farm their milk came from? By using the local garden centers and farmers markets you can ask these questions and expect an honest answer!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So in my last box I got some spring Pea Shoots. I didn't even know these existed. I Also spent an extra 5 bucks for a pack of grass fed beef patties. SO burgers for dinner I think so! I had a large onion I cut up and threw in a small pan with some olive oil, a pat of butter, and a pinch of salt and let the onion caramelize for about 20min. I cooked the beef patties, toasted my buns and started assembling. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I prefer a little mayo and ketchup on my burgers. Then greens are the pea shoots! </span></div>
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Come back to check out the recipes I'll be cooking up during this farmers market season!! Next week I'll take a picture of my veggie box!!!Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-14064861459966764552012-03-07T14:05:00.001-08:002012-03-07T14:05:19.320-08:00Strawberry Yogurt Muffins!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>I had the chance this morning to do a little baking I had been eyeing this <a href="http://www.inspiredtaste.net/11791/strawberry-yogurt-muffins-recipe//">recipe</a> for a while ever since I pinned it on my Pinterest Foodie board.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>They came out a little dark but I'm assuming that has to do with the whole wheat flour</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>AND we were very impatient and did not wait for the muffins to cool before putting the glaze on. HA it was a big mess because all the muffins were sitting in a puddle of glaze it's okay they were still great.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I have been on a little Hiatus this past week. My Bad! I kinda took a header down my staircase last weekend and was pretty much immobile most the week. Honestly I didn't get out of my bed until almost Thursday! I missed out on a lot! Not too mention when I finally did make it downstairs my house was a disaster. That is okay though because My man definitely stepped up and did the best he could by taking care of us. Making dinners, entertaining our three yr old and rubbing my soreness away whenever I asked. He really does have a sweet side. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I Feel a whole lot better now one week after my tumble. Still a little sore but I'm up and moving again. (As long as I can stand on two feet I can deal with any soreness that is still lingering) I'm cooking again!! I missed my kitchen. All week I kept thinking about all the things I wish I could have been making while I was stuck in bed. I kept making mental lists. So the first day I was really out and about was this morning. We took the family to the park for everyone to enjoy the beautiful weather. Sunny and chilly, especially by the river, but gorgeous none the less and fresh air! I missed fresh air! After the park I made John drive me to the market so I could get all those ingredients I kept mental noting all week. I came home got to work cleaning my house mostly my kitchen and getting into cooking mode. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I thought I come back to the kitchen with Spicy Pop Pulled Pork! Recipe compliments of the<a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/"> pioneer woman</a>! My house has been smelling delicious all day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Simple ingredients and patience make for great pulled pork.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Start with one onion, quartered</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"> I Had a 3 1/2 lb pork shoulder I rested on top of the onion. I sprinkled a little salt and pepper over the pork.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I picked up a can of chipolte peppers in adobo sauce. I popped the can and added half the peppers. I'm kinda a wimp and these chipolte's are spicy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Then This is the strangest part of this recipe.. I added in a can of Dr Pepper!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Put the lid back on the pot, stick it in the oven and let slow cook for at least six hours at 300 degrees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">You also want to turn the pork about three to four times during the cooking process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">OK so it seems like <i>everybody</i> is pregnant these days. Women who had babies around the same time as I did are now going on there second. Some chicas I know are having there first...so exciting! I can't help that I'm a little jealous. I would love to be able to go on and have a second child. I wish it was a feasible option but at this time... unfortunately it is not. BUT for all those ladies out there who are enjoying a little him or her swimming around there bellies, Congratulations! It's a happy time! It's a scary time, no matter if it's your first or fifth, baby's can get you a little over anxious and overwhelmed. Still in any case every women goes though her nesting period while pregnant. Whether it be cleaning the house ( I hand scrubbed my walls from top to bottom), decorating a nursery ( eh I made do with what I had), or purging your house of all things "dangerous" in your home (mostly heard of as baby proofing!) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A little insight of my thought process:...... I was looking at a corner of a wall in my house and noticed a strip of blue tape that has been there for at least three years now. I was trying to figure out why I had blue painters tape just chilling on the bottom of my wall. Then it came to me!!! Yeah when my Lil slug a bug was just learning to walk he fell ... a lot. One time he fell right into the corner of this very wall and banged the side of his head by his eye. This was the start of those *gasping* moments. When he fell we noticed that a piece of paneling was loose and that was when the blue tape came out. We taped up the corner of the wall until we nailed it, glued it.. whatever , I obviously was not the one to fix it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I remember a couple weeks of my wall being taped A close friend was over my house. We were in the middle of a movie when she just looked at me and said "Why do you have blue tape on your wall?" well without missing a beat I replied with this "It's baby proofing tape!" No Lie My friend gave me a look and just said "They make baby proofing tape?" Me: "of course you can go to babies R us and get it." Hahahahahaha Oh My just thinking about this has me rolling. I had her so good. This almost never happens to me. Nobody ever believes what spills out of my mouth and for very good reason, I say nonsense things to get a rise out of people. Haha I guess they call that sarcasm. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">SO ANYWAY............. Back to the after thought of my intial thought process....... I was thinking why not making baby proofing tape! Hey they make cabinet lockers (hate those), door knob handle things ( hate them as well), socket covers, baby gates ( I actually love these and have a few), and I'm sure there are other inventions I know nothing about or have never used. So why not tape!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Maybe someone already invented it BUT if not a little mothering tip. .... Invest in Blue Painters Tape (or green) and go to town. Warning: Tape peels easily and may become a tool for your child to tie you up and have full run of the house. Nah.. just kidding ...... But be careful.........</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Side note: I'm linking up My Turkey Spinach and Artichoke stuffed shells. Check out this linky party over at <a href="http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/">Kitchen Fun with my 3 sons</a>.</span></div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-10607131234043700152012-02-16T08:52:00.000-08:002012-02-16T09:10:27.709-08:00Are you up on your current events???<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple;">OK so I kind of took a dark turn with my last post but I want to explain myself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Our economy is changing and has been for sometime now I'm sure you are all aware. I am not completely convinced that come December we are all on a direct path to doom. Although I do live with a man who is totally convinced!! I deal and I watch the shows he watches and I learn</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">What am I learning??? </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I am learning different ways to be self sufficient. I am learning that it pays to be strong and fit so I can outlast the weak. All this knowledge I'm gaining CAN be helpful for living life now. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Gardening, farming, botany, sewing, first aid, purifying water, basic camping skills, these are all things that are worth learning about to just be smart. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">How many people in this world If you asked them to go camping they would crinkle up there nose and scoff usually saying something along the lines of "Me, sleep on the ground, in the dirt, No Thank you!" </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I guess what I'm trying to really say is how did our world come so far from the basics in life. You know all the basic knowledge our ancestors relied on to survive. The Simple Life most could call it. I'm longing for a life of simplicity. I think that has become my ultimate dream life. Weird I know. I'm all for technology. It has been saving lives and doing all sorts of incredible things but it seems it has been enabling the newer generations. I mean I know babies and toddlers who learned how to use an I-pad before they could talk!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">And I guess it's just up to parents to teach the new generations about the simple ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Thats all good but I have to teach myself first.......</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">So short term goals are set. Keep filling my little noggin with information. Keep up with current events. (so you know what the hell is going on around the world and your neighborhood) You know how many of my friends tell me they don't watch the news because it's too depressing. OK.... I understand not wanting to be upset but this is real life people!!!! You should know whats going on around you! (I'm yelling a little at this point) AND another tip... go ahead and READ your local paper. Reading the paper has become a lost hobby. But hey if you read the paper you can pick and choose what news article you want to read.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">While I was reading my local paper last night I came across an article that has a very personal effect on my family and my city. With the presidential debates in full swing its hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Nothing new there. Politicians have almost always come out to be heartless goons. The article below explains about how throughout every debate the topic about city unions (which Philadelphia has been built on) have been overlooked and never discussed. No one discusses the fact about how corrupt the unions have become. How jobs are hard to come by and the restrictions to "unify" strikes are ridiculous. If your a middle class hard working family No matter what city you reside in take a gander at the article it's short sweet and too the point!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.bsmphilly.com/star-home-news/4654-election-rhetoric-and-what-it-means-to-folks-in-philly.html">Election Rhetoric and what it means to the folks of philly.</a></span><br />
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Also I'm linking up to <a href="http://bellmiracle.blogspot.com/2012/02/ttt-4.html">Taste This Thursday</a> linky party<br />
Yummy recipes!!!!</div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-91835893562631446602012-02-14T21:47:00.000-08:002012-02-14T21:49:44.790-08:00Are you Prepared?!?!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Have you ever had one of them days where you don't want to move? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">I was a miserable cranky mess and rarely moved off my couch except for the occasional potty break for the little guy and to let my pups out.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">So in lieu of my lazy day I got sucked into the National Geographic channel.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">They had a "Doomsday Preppers" marathon on all day.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">I do! and I also remember my mom gathering jugs of water, face dust mask, first aid kits, and whole smorgasbord of items that we might have needed in case of catastrophe. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">Of course the turn of the century came and went and we all survived without needing to open one jug of water!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">No offense to my mom at least we were prepared, right?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">Well this new show is all about people around the country preparing for said such disasters. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;">One man was preparing for a catastrophic volcano event while another man was preparing for a possible solar flare caused by a electromagnetic pulse. Craziness right? I have to admit though the show was addicting.</b></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">It makes me want to start my own little farm. I realized that if the S*@t does hit the fan I am not smart enough to be self sustainable. I'll probably go loot the library first. Get all the books on botany, wild life, and anything else that might be of use.</span></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">I know if things really got bad my family and I would be strong enough to survive.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hopefully nothing will happen to get that bad BUT in retrospect with the way this 2012 presidential race is going and all the debt that our country owes maybe just maybe something is definitely going to change the way we know life to be today.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Of course it doesn't hurt to start my own garden and start learning how to acquire a "green thumb." </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>BTW I do realize it is Valentines Day so Happy Happy...... </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I wonder Is anyone else this crazy preparing for doom? </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Apparently according to the Nat Geo poll says that a whopping 25% of Americans have NOT done any preparations for widespread catastrophe. So most of use have at least thought of what we would like to do.... Just food for thought. Good night all!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Lil slug a bug really hates getting his picture taken these days. It's starting to get frustrating but maybe I'm just the only person in this world that still uses her camera phone that takes about ten seconds to actually take a picture and by then my over-energetic child is already half across the park!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Here he is climbing up the jungle gym.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Can I just say how much of a relief it is that he is old enough to play around the playground without me following him around. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Maybe I'm just a neurotic mother but My boy has a way</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"> of making me gasp. You all know the gasp. That moment where you can see the start and ending of a tragic fall from a foot or so more off the ground. You know when all the other parents are starting to ask "who's kid is that?" You realize its your kid teetering on the edge of the monkey bar platform trying to do it himself. Even though he falls, gets up and laughs he'll ask to do it again. Meanwhile momma is still trying to recover from the slight heart failure just moments earlier. At least my boy is learning to be an individual. Right? All in all I don't expect the "gasps" to dwindle away any time soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">This is daddy getting the sticks to throw for the pups.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Oh hey look there!!! Yep He's doing it all by himself!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">OH wow He let me take his picture........ Nice!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">(note: I am aware that the picture is showing the Jersey side of the river)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Here Lil slug a bug was grabbing some leaves and throwing them up into the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Of course I had to inspect his pile of leaves before He could even step into them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">It's a damn shame. I do love living in the city but when there are so many people in one area and not all of them respect the land on which they are living on its cause for dangerous objects, unwanted trash, and broken bottles ending up in areas like our beautiful park.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">We still make the best of it. All the trash surrounding us in the city just means, as parents, we have to be a little more diligent to where our son roams.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The dogs love going to the park. In the warmer months they jump right into the river and catch big ol' logs floating by. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Today the pups made new friends and had a blast running around and catching sticks!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Today was a good day for the park. Sunny and a little chilly but all around great day to soak up some vitamin D.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;"> Hope you all had a good Monday!!</span>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-4865330737583296732012-02-12T18:28:00.000-08:002012-02-12T18:28:18.460-08:00Pinterest anyone???<span style="color: #38761d;">See over there >>>>>>>>>></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">So without further ado ... Follow me on Pinterest!!!!!!</span>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-68961214260352161242012-02-11T09:25:00.000-08:002012-02-11T09:25:47.018-08:00Short and sweet!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I was in the kitchen this morning taking inventory and realized that my Lil slug a bug had nothing to eat for snack. Then I found this in the cabinet.</span>
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Whats better then a jello cup?!?</div>
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HOMEMADE jello cups.. thats what.</div>
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Why didn't I ever think of this before?? </div>
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DUH ME!!...... didn't spend a dime and johnny has snacks for the next six days!!! <div>
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Thats all for now Today is The By My Side playgroup valentines dinner/ dance for the tots and My mom and sister and of course the kiddies are coming down to party with us!!!! It's going to be a good day!</div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-74638596120361705922012-02-10T12:02:00.000-08:002012-02-10T12:02:52.254-08:00Tips Tricks n Tweaks<span style="color: #741b47;">Ever since I moved into my home and started a family I have been on a constant search for "healthy-fied" living solutions. This means cooking, cleaning, and all around safe living. Throughout the past few years I have gathered up my own tips tricks and tweaks that I use everyday for a healthy living. I feel that these ideas, if read by the right people, can help others make a few tweaks in their daily lives to help get on the right track for a healthier existence.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I know diet and exercise are the most dreaded words to hear from your doctor but it's not rocket science. Those two words are the truth. If a person eats foods that haven't been processed and gets a daily dose of moderate exercise the changes that will happen within your body will be unbelievable. It's all in the mind. Laziness plays a big part in obesity. If a person who is struggling just changes the way their thought process works when it comes to eating, drinking, and moving they will discover a life long change and will ultimately start living the way they want to. I mean who honestly likes living without having energy to play with your kids or constantly depriving your family of all the good nutritious foods their are to offer because you rely more on the blue box mac and cheese and ordered out pizza to satisfy the hunger needs. Not too mention ordering out for a family of four can cost $35 and up per order. How about making you own pizza dough one night and letting the the kids fix them up and everyone has a personal pizza. Making pizza at home $10-$15 if you have to go out and get the ingredients. But most of the ingredients people already have on hand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">When it comes to cooking I'm definitely someone who does not dig the taste of salt. I don't mind using it to season meats. A little sprinkle and thats about it. I use a pinch of salt when I saute veggies because it helps draw the moisture out of the vegetables. Other then that salt is the one thing that takes a place in the back of my spice cabinet. I always purchase canned veggies, stock/broth, and butter with "no salt added" or "low sodium" on the label. This way I feel like I'm in control of my families salt intake.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Dried or fresh, herbs are a great substitution for salt. You can season anything with herbs and still get some great flavored meals. Or if your like me I just add garlic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Fresh minced garlic has incredible flavor potential and also benefits your cardiovascular system. I mean if you don't mind your finger tips constantly smelling of garlic start chopping! But you can always get the jar of already minced garlic. Buying fresh is just easier on my wallet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Like I mentioned before when I buy butter I always choose unsalted. Now I know people are making a disgusted face if you are stuck in your ways. Honestly, I taste no difference. Plus I can add my own pinch of salt while cooking and I know that there is only one pinch in my meal. I tend to only use butter for baking and when I make a rue for pan sauces......best way to make a gravy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I use olive oil for everything. It's actually considered a "good" fat and has been said to be good for your heart. Make this small switch to use olive oil instead of butter or vegetable oil and you already are on a better track.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Here is a tip that I learned growing up as a kid. My mother never served a dinner without a green vegetable and if it wasn't green it was corn. This has been something I have carried on into my new life as a mom. I also make sure that the veggies are the largest portion on everyone's plate. Of course I load the plates up with good intentions but not everyone eats them all. Oh well we are still learning and living right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So did you know that the recommended daily water intake of 8 glasses is really a myth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">It's not that drinking water is a bad thing but everybody is different and everyone needs different amounts. My opinion on drinking water is simple. Drink water to stay hydrated. Lack of hydration can cause tiredness and sore chapped lips (on me anyway.) See I don't know how much water I actually drink during the course of the day because I drink when I'm thirsty! And I'm not just drinking water all day I do drink other beverages but I drink<i> mostly</i> water. Especially before meals. Why you ask? If you drink a glass of water right before a main meal you probably won't eat as much. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Tea is my go to serenity.I drink it in the morning. I drink it in the evening. For me there is nothing better then a warm cup of tea. When I said I drink other beverages I mainly meant tea and coffee. Both have antioxidants essential to the body and heart health benefits along with a ton of other reasons that having a cup of tea a day is a smart and healthy option. Instead of grabbing a soda brew a cup of tea. Not to mention it can aid in relaxation as well. Plus tea comes in different flavors as well. I like regular tea hot but I love cold iced green tea!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Nothing is more satisfying then having a home-cooked meal on your kitchen table being enjoyed by your family. Picky eaters are hard to please I understand but when there are no other options the kids will eat. They won't go hungry they will eat whats available after the tantrum of course. Also cooking at home can not only save you from unwanted calories and fat but can help enormously with your budget. It's just simple facts. Cooking at home is the frugal option these days but it's a feasible option!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I know here come the excuses. I'm too tired. I have no time. It's too late by the time I get done work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Bull!.. Enough with the excuses because you only hurting yourself. Make the time. I'm not saying go join a gym or start training for a marathon. I'm simply saying whats the harm in a short walk around the neighborhood right before dinner or after. It doesn't matter what you do just DO IT! Once you start it will become a habit and I promise you you will start to feel a lot better.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I think that will be all for now but its a great start. These tips and tweaks can help anyone out who may be struggling health wise. I know they have helped me tremendously. Once you start making the changes you will start to know your body again. After eating healthy home cooked meals you body will start to reject the processed sugars and fats. I mean I'm no professional, I'm not a doctor but I <i>have</i> made the changes and these are my experiences. I'm doing good and feeling great!</span>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-60906100906896800882012-02-08T16:47:00.000-08:002012-02-08T16:47:37.919-08:00Pork chops and Patience<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #38761d;">"Patience is a virtue". ... That is what I was taught with my catholic education.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"Patience is key". ... That is what I was taught when I first had my son.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> But nobody ever teaches you <i>how</i> to be patient because I definitely should have been given a lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">My lil slug a bug is getting into that stage where pushing my buttons has become a game to him. He knows what he's doing because he thinks it's funny but all this pushing of my buttons is wearing me thin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I'm at a breaking point. My three year old has no intentions on listening to me or paying attention. He drives me crazy. I'm only 24 and I'm getting gray hair, pardon me when I say..... wtf!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> Everyday starts off the same. We rise early in the morning with sweet "good mornings" and "I love yous" while we still snuggle in bed. Then we retreat downstairs and then all hell breaks loose. Making breakfast becomes an issue. Trying to get ready and get out the door becomes an issue. Behaving during playgroup becomes a huge issue. Then it's lunch time but Lil Slug is usually on a time out from misbehaving earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> He doesn't listen unless I raise my voice and threaten him with timeouts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> I mean I get it my son has an incredible amount of energy that I seriously can not contain. It feels like this happened over night though. I think this is the mom guilt but maybe it's my fault. Maybe I was too stressed out around the holidays to give him my full attention. Maybe I've yelled at him one too many times by now for him to not even be affected. I don't know but I've lost all patience and today was another one of them days. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Constantly asking him to be good and listen, two timeouts, and a very frustrated mommy. I feel like I give him my undivided attention for the most part of the day. We take walks, go to playgroup, go to the rec center and have play dates. But when it comes down to mommy to take some time to blog or make a phone call forget it. Hence why I don't blog everyday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> He still insist on making his favorite word "No" or this actually makes me smile a bit when he says "No Thank you" instead of just "no." At least he's polite right? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I keep the thought in my head that "this is only a stage" and I'm constantly repeated the phrase "this too shall past." Whats a frustrated strung out mess of a mom supposed to do. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I'm tired and out of options.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I realized though that this is just another one of those teaching moments that I can only get from my boy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I will learn to be more patient because thats what good moms do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I will learn to handle his non-listening better without getting so furious and walking away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">At the end of each day I am extremely grateful to have my family but I always need a little de-stressing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Thats when I turn to my computer and waste away a few hours surfing the net catching up with blogs and finding new recipes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Here's something I threw together for tonight's dinner. Cooking is my de-stresser too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I find something very relaxing in cooking up a good home healthy meal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Tonight was mustard pork chops with pesto rice and cheesy broccoli and cauliflower.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">First I had some boneless pork chops that I seasoned with some salt and pepper. I then had some ground mustard in the fridge that I used to coat the chops before sauteing on the stove top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I cooked up some easy white rice when it was done I mixed in some dried tomato and garlic pesto.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">And there you have it. We had a very delicious and healthy dinner cooked and on the table in less then twenty minutes. Heck yeah thats what I'm talking about!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Hahaha literally the best part of my day. (thats a little sad) </span></div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-76294034615544301532012-01-24T18:37:00.000-08:002012-01-24T18:37:19.572-08:00He Said It!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #274e13;">Finally..... Lil slug a bug said it! The words were like music to my ears along with relief and excitement. He said..." Mommy, Mommy I gotta go potty!" OMG!!! He finally told me when he had to go instead of just going in his pants. This time .. tonight.. He was in the tub. I went to go get some pajamas in the next room when he started screaming those exact words for me. I leaped for joy, ran down the hallway, scooped him up out of the water and placed him on the froggy potty. AND just like that.... He went poopy on the potty. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Now I'm not saying he'll do the same tomorrow but tonight was a start right? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">For all the parents out there please tell me your secrets for potty training... it's been a long hard struggle for us. I tried everything in the book along with everything I read online and he was still hesitant. Back in the summer he was going and was doing great then he regressed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">So proud of you my little boy!! Keep up the good work.I know it's hard and very Scary but Mommy is with you for the long haul. I'll stand by you for every poop and pee you make and support all your efforts as we go through this stage in your life together!</span></div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-3972868455916624772012-01-22T10:00:00.000-08:002012-01-24T18:37:29.679-08:00Respecting Toys<span style="color: #274e13;">How hard is it to play nicely and quietly. Well for my three year old its impossible! Most days I wake up and in the time it takes me to get breakfast together my house has become an all out war zone messed up with toy soldiers, cars, legos, and whatever else that was sitting at the bottom of the toy bin. It's exhausting picking up the toys just to turn my back and they are all over the place again. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">So its time for a lesson. This boy has to learn how to respect his things or I'm going to get so fed up and I'm going to take it all away. Our house is way too small for all the stuff we have accumulated. Organization is not one of my strong suits but I'm trying. In teaching my lil slug a bug about respect, it actually came to be very simple! HA we watched Toy Story 3! When the part where the daycare children leave for the day and the toys are all discombobulated because they weren't being "played with right," came on I paused it and told Johnny that it is probably how <i>his</i> toys feel when <i>he</i> is done playing with them. He pouted his lip and starting apologizing to all his toys. It was super cute But lessons don't always stick in a three year old's head but little reminders and making him help clean his toys up have started a process in his little brain. Play with something, be done with it, put it away! It's simple right??? I can only dream it stays simple</span>.<br />
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I made the crumb topping with tablespoon of flour, 1tablespoon softened butter, 1 tablespoon brown sugar smushed together with my fingers to make the crumbles, Add on top of cake batter and microwave for 1minute. If it doesn't seem done microwave using ten second intervals.<br />
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Doesn't look like much but it is the perfect portion and delicious!Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-46552377700176386312012-01-21T17:58:00.000-08:002012-01-21T17:58:01.973-08:00For St. Hubert's Brown and Gold!......<div style="text-align: center;">
If anyone lives in the Philadelphia or surrounding areas then you may be one of the many who have been affected by the recent decision to close multiple catholic schools.My Alma Mater was one of the schools selected to finish off the year, close its door and never be opened again. This is such sad news to many girls and women that go and have gone to St. Hubert's for the last 70 years! It is a building that holds remarkable history and is a staple to the community surrounding by it.</div>
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Throughout my four years of high school I learned how to be a kid and have fun. I learned how to be responsible and respect guidelines. I became involved with extracurricular activities. I was into theater and drama club. Yearbook, literary magazines and dance committees. I did it all!! I had the time of my life! Seriously High school for me was very precious and it was because of the girls i became friends with, the girls I'm still friends with today and the community that impacted my life everyday. </div>
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I moved out of my childhood neighborhood when getting pregnant. For some reason you just think that your Home will always be there. When the news of the closings became public Is when reality sunk in. It's a sign of the times. </div>
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Out of all the schools selected to close I have on;y seen news stories and events popping up all over the city to help save our school. The website <a href="http://savehuberts.com/">Savehuberts.com</a> has been set up to help network and get the word out there. So far the women, girls and volunteers galore have been working their little tails off to raise money, $466,000 and counting!! I'm proud to say I'm a Bambi Always and Forever. </div>
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Please Dear Lord give me guidance and patience</div>
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Let me see the light and help me to make the right and best decision for my family.</div>
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It's been a hard couple days. Stressed, tired of being stressed.</div>
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Most of all though, I'm tired of people noticing that I'm sad and stressed and calling me out on it as well.</div>
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I distance myself from all the people who would be there for me in a heartbeat. I'm sorry to those people but i need to figure this all out on my own.</div>
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I don't want to give up!</div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464806253590055429.post-76095487885853597642012-01-11T16:46:00.000-08:002012-01-11T16:46:54.078-08:00It WORKED!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">Tonight I was making dinner and of course ran into a increasingly more common issue......... No roll for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I can make biscuits! and this time it has too work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">ANd not only did they just come out good.... but perfect!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So delicious I was impressed! I found this recipe <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/easy-quick-homemade-bread-and-biscuits-193354">HERE</a> and I conquered my</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">My Beautiful dinner rolls!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I had made Chicken and mushroom something. I Had boneless skinless chicken an i had some mushrooms along with cream of mushroom soup and a can of diced carrots and peas a little minced garlic and onion All mixed up and baked in the oven for 45 mins. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> AND........ this is what happens when Mommy is experimenting in the kitchen trying to make dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I have no idea but after baking the bread I soon realized that it was not supposed to turn out the way it did.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Well anyway my first attempt at baking bread was a failure, unfortunately.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It was Pasta night, the deli had closed already, I had no bread!!!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">*sound the sirens*</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">For some reason we can not have pasta and sauce without bread or grated cheese. We are a family who is very stuck in our ways with our favorite meals. Haha Hamburger Helper, love it. This was the first meal John ever made for me! It has been a staple in our home since. Add a little fresh garlic and dried parsley and basil, ground meat and the box.. your good to go. Anyway so I had no bread for this night. "Thats fine" I said to myself. " I can make my own" I thought. So I did. And everything went wrong. I'm so sad. I want to start baking or many reasons, one being to save money. By making my own bread and tortillas is cheaper and healthier for my family's lifestyle. I want to go back to the most simple of times. Being able to be efficient on my own. Learn the traits and skills that were common knowledge to our ancestors. Does that sound weird. I don't know for some reason I feel that they are easy simple things about sewing, cooking,baking, gardening, and homemaking. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But I guess last pasta night was not my night for bread making. Next I'm going to try American Sandwich bread.</span><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://joelens.blogspot.com/2011/03/american-sandwich-bread.html">From This Girl!!</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Didn't really looked baked enough I guess .. maybe.. Oh I dunno!!!</span></div>
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Hamburger Helper when done!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I tried it out anyway. Very chewy. HA</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Bread recipe <a href="http://amandascookin.com/2009/01/cooking-with-alicia-annie-homemade.html">From Here!!</a></span></div>Caityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478772542410973328noreply@blogger.com0