As you may have noticed, I haven't been posting much. There are three reasons why:
1. I don't feel like I have much to talk about.
2. I don't really feel like anyone is reading this and honestly, though I know it shouldn't matter, it's hard to find motivation to write a post that nobody is going to read.
3. I don't feel like I have much time to post.
For all of the reasons above, I'm thinking about stopping blogging for now. I've been debating back and forth for the past few weeks, but still can't make up my mind. I do enjoy it, but don't know that it's really worth the time and effort (though I know how much I love reading new blog posts).
That being said though, if I do continue to post, what would people like to hear more about? Money saving tips? Recipes? Everyday life?
Let me know your thoughts!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Our First Visitors
Jeff and I had our first real visitors at our house last weekend (I say real because my parents came the first weekend we were here, but not everything was here yet and we were still unpacking). My brother-in-law and sister-in-law came down from Ohio for the long weekend and we had a great time.
We went to the zoo (yes, again...we love the zoo! We even got annual zoo passes this year).
We had cupcake weekend (we got cupcakes from three different cupcake places throughout Richmond).
We played board games.
We had fun. I'm so glad they were able to come to visit and that we could show them around Richmond.
We went to the zoo (yes, again...we love the zoo! We even got annual zoo passes this year).
We had cupcake weekend (we got cupcakes from three different cupcake places throughout Richmond).
We played board games.
We had fun. I'm so glad they were able to come to visit and that we could show them around Richmond.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Putting My Health First
So I know I started my happiness project, but after a lot of thought, I have decided to put it on pause for now. I realized a lot my resolutions had to do with losing weight and being healthier. So instead of focusing my whole happiness project on that, I decided to focus on my health first before starting on my happiness project.
Besides, putting my health first will help me in many aspects of my life including being happier. Because as much as I want to admit that my looks/weight don't affect my happiness, it does. I have gained more weight in the past two years than I would like to admit (though luckily I've been told it doesn't look like I gained as much weight as I have) and I'm afraid if I don't change now, I never will. I have been putting it off too long already and I don't want things to get any worse.
So I'm going to have a few "resolutions" to focus on. Some are similar to what I was going to do for my happiness project, others are not. I'm going to make a chart to help me stay accountable as well.
1. No eating out more than three time a month.
2. No fast food.
3. Do some sort of physical activity at least 10 minutes a day.
4. Try one new healthy recipe a week.
5. Eat less processed foods as well as less food that has lots of unnatural sugar (ex: chocolate).
6. Get 8 hours of sleep a night.
7. No snacking after dinner.
There is more I could probably do, but I think those resolutions are best to start with.
Does anyone have any good, healthy recipes?
Besides, putting my health first will help me in many aspects of my life including being happier. Because as much as I want to admit that my looks/weight don't affect my happiness, it does. I have gained more weight in the past two years than I would like to admit (though luckily I've been told it doesn't look like I gained as much weight as I have) and I'm afraid if I don't change now, I never will. I have been putting it off too long already and I don't want things to get any worse.
So I'm going to have a few "resolutions" to focus on. Some are similar to what I was going to do for my happiness project, others are not. I'm going to make a chart to help me stay accountable as well.
1. No eating out more than three time a month.
2. No fast food.
3. Do some sort of physical activity at least 10 minutes a day.
4. Try one new healthy recipe a week.
5. Eat less processed foods as well as less food that has lots of unnatural sugar (ex: chocolate).
6. Get 8 hours of sleep a night.
7. No snacking after dinner.
There is more I could probably do, but I think those resolutions are best to start with.
Does anyone have any good, healthy recipes?
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Gibbs' First Snow
I'm taking a break from my crazy work week to give you a picture of our first "snow" of the winter. Thundersnow to be exact. It was sunny, then it started thundering, then snowing like crazy. Ten minutes later, it was all gone.
But while the snow was still on the ground, we took Gibbs out to experience his first snow. He loved it. I, on the other hand, liked seeing the snow but was even happier to see it go away after ten minutes. It was the perfect snow.
But while the snow was still on the ground, we took Gibbs out to experience his first snow. He loved it. I, on the other hand, liked seeing the snow but was even happier to see it go away after ten minutes. It was the perfect snow.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Why Didn't I Post This Earlier?
One of my best-known recipes amongst my friends is what I call "cookie bar". Honestly, I'm surprised I never posted it earlier since I make it so often. In fact, I used to make it almost every week for our weekly game night. All it is is a cookie recipe with a slight modification and instead of making it into individual cookies, you pour the batter into a cake pan and bake it. Simple and easy!
1. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla.
2. Add in the eggs, salt, and baking soda to the mixture and mix together.
3. Mix in the flour making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
4. Add in the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips (or any other combination that you want) to taste.
5. Make sure oven is preheated to 350 degrees.
6. Pour mixture into a greased cake pan. Cook for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean.
7. Enjoy!
Cookie Bar
1 stick of softened butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/4 cup flour
chocolate chips and butterscotch chips to taste
1. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla.
2. Add in the eggs, salt, and baking soda to the mixture and mix together.
3. Mix in the flour making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
4. Add in the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips (or any other combination that you want) to taste.
5. Make sure oven is preheated to 350 degrees.
6. Pour mixture into a greased cake pan. Cook for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean.
7. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A Warm Winter Soup
Corn chowder is one of my favorite winter recipes. I don't make it very often, as it's not the healthiest recipe I have, but it is delicious. My sister-in-law and I created this recipe ourselves by mixing a few different recipes we had together and created this.
1. Brown sausage in a skillet. Drain grease then add to a pot along with potatoes. Saute together for about five minutes.
2. Add in cream and milk and bring to a boil. Once it has begun boiling, turn it down to low and let simmer until the potatoes have softened.
3. Add in corn and the ground red pepper at the very end. I use about one teaspoon, but you can use more or less if you want.
4. Enjoy!
Corn Chowder
1 pound of sausage
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
4 cups of cubed red potatoes
1 small bag of corn
2. Add in cream and milk and bring to a boil. Once it has begun boiling, turn it down to low and let simmer until the potatoes have softened.
3. Add in corn and the ground red pepper at the very end. I use about one teaspoon, but you can use more or less if you want.
4. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Failure to Donate
Yesterday I tried to donate blood for the first time ever, but I failed miserably.
How so? Because I was so nervous that my pulse was too high and they refused to let me donate.
This tends to be a major issue whenever I go to see a doctor--my blood pressure gets high because I stress out so much. I try to keep myself calm, and yet it never seems to work.
I still hope to try to donate blood again soon, and we'll see how that goes. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas on how to keep yourself calm in nervous situations like this?
How so? Because I was so nervous that my pulse was too high and they refused to let me donate.
This tends to be a major issue whenever I go to see a doctor--my blood pressure gets high because I stress out so much. I try to keep myself calm, and yet it never seems to work.
I still hope to try to donate blood again soon, and we'll see how that goes. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas on how to keep yourself calm in nervous situations like this?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Being a Doggie Mom
Being a mom to a puppy is hard work sometimes.
Often it's fun and rewarding and other times it's frustrating and hard. Gibbs is a great dog and very well behaved considering he is a puppy but then other times he is, well, a puppy. It's amazing though how much I feel like a mom, and I feel like it's great training for when I'm a mom.
But overall we're so happy with our new addition. He does take up a lot of our time though, especially while we all get adjusted, which is why I've been MIA for the most part in the past few months.
I do have some exciting things coming up though such as new recipes and a new project (my own happiness project) but to hold you over until then, here are a few new pictures.
Often it's fun and rewarding and other times it's frustrating and hard. Gibbs is a great dog and very well behaved considering he is a puppy but then other times he is, well, a puppy. It's amazing though how much I feel like a mom, and I feel like it's great training for when I'm a mom.
But overall we're so happy with our new addition. He does take up a lot of our time though, especially while we all get adjusted, which is why I've been MIA for the most part in the past few months.
I do have some exciting things coming up though such as new recipes and a new project (my own happiness project) but to hold you over until then, here are a few new pictures.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Recipes to Try
I've been crazily pinning recipes I'm dying to try but haven't had time to. Though I still haven't gotten around to making them, I thought I would share a few of the ones I'm most looking forward to trying.
French Toast Souffle
Salsa
Bacon and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pretzel Bites
Red Velvet Cheesecake Filled Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Individual Buffalo Chicken Dips in a Bread Bowl
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Is This Rude?
This week I was out of town for work, and though I wasn't around, Jeff had people over. Or make that one person as the rest just didn't show up. They didn't email him saying they weren't coming nor did they text him. A half hour after they were supposed to show up, Jeff texted them (there were 3 people in total- one couple and one other guy) but only the guy ever responded.
To me, that was the final straw in a series of what I find to be rude behavior. We have these people over almost week for a game night, and one of the three rarely acknowledges me (even when I am opening the door to let them into our house), is on their phone doing email/web stuff the entire time they are at our house, and when they used to come over to our apartment, they used to get up and walk out of the apartment for about 45 minutes to talk on the phone. On top of that, they are late pretty much every week.
Am I just overreacting or is this as rude as I think it is? Anyone have any ideas on how to handle the situation? I would love to just uninvite this person, but Jeff would never actually let me do it.
To me, that was the final straw in a series of what I find to be rude behavior. We have these people over almost week for a game night, and one of the three rarely acknowledges me (even when I am opening the door to let them into our house), is on their phone doing email/web stuff the entire time they are at our house, and when they used to come over to our apartment, they used to get up and walk out of the apartment for about 45 minutes to talk on the phone. On top of that, they are late pretty much every week.
Am I just overreacting or is this as rude as I think it is? Anyone have any ideas on how to handle the situation? I would love to just uninvite this person, but Jeff would never actually let me do it.
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