Food, Workspaces and snot.

Today is a new day. I can not keep my eyes open for more then 5 seconds at a time due to allergies, my nose (and the noses of my kin) will not stop running, I am having panic attacks about money and I am sure I will not be losing the 50lbs I was hoping to. But, today is a new day.
I went grocery shopping. Yes, I do want a medal.
I pre-shopped online, went to the 'cheaper' store and had, wait for it...1 coupon. Yep, my big dive into couponing started with 1. Baby Steps.
During my planning, I came across the site Once a Month Mom. You have got to be kidding me. Go. To. This. Site. Now.
I will wait.
Yep, bulk buying and cooking one day for a whole month. This site has menus, instructions, grocery lists, and printable labels. Pretty sure I just found my new obsession.
Not totally ready to delve into the whole thing, but it is a goal. How awesome would that be?!
For now, I am going to follow these recipes, freeze most of it and go from there!

Slow Cooker Sticky Drumsticks   by Creatively Domestic










Enchilada Sauce (for some of the shredded beef) by Creatively Domestic

Shredded Beef Filling by Good Cheap Eats

Honey Glazed Chicken Thighs by Once a Month Mom





And for dinner tomorrow night, Roast Beef with Gravy. I will post a picture tomorrow, if it works :)

In addition to Once a Month Mom, another site I found is Soopermom, tons of recipes and (from what the titles say but I am not going to read) good tips.

And, on a side note, I am redonkulously excited to start doing some of my work out of my Dad's office! I looked at my space today and can not wait! Almost there!!

Keep Ya Posted!

B

First Crochet 'n Stuff

So. I am a nerd. Big time. And I am pretty sure once I find something to crack out on, I do it until my eyes bleed. 

On that note, I finished my first crochet project! Yep, learned how to last week, got back from vacation, bought yarn on Sunday, finished project while waiting to get my tooth fixed (broke it on a Sugar Daddy...go ahead, I have about 5 comebacks). Here it is. I kinda love it. 

 

I followed this tutorial by the super rad Julie at Gleeful Things. Might be in love.

I also want you to see my new tooth. This picture makes them look fake. And that smile is just not at all how I smile...

And I love my neighborhood. Enjoyed everything about it. Even the bag of candy we brought home. How many points is a box (not bag) of Sour Patch Kids? I am going to say one. We, in an effort to block the consumption of sugar in our home, we baked a cake. A double chocolate cake with butter-cream frosting. Girls wanted it pink with blue letters. Done. 

Enjoy your neighborhood! If you don't love it, the house across the street for me is for sale. Just saying.

Tips on Getting Motivation to Blog - Tips I have found, but refuse to utilize

I have been spending a redonculous amount of time focusing my energy on getting my business and blog life up an running. The methods I am utilizing include sitting on my "idea" chair, looking online at celebrity gossip, stalking my favorite stores on Etsy, and reviewing the various projects I am going to start to work on tomorrow. So far, working out great. Have not written a blog for over a month, have not sold anything on Etsy for, well, ever, made something worthwhile in a while...Maybe I should try some of these strategies.

1. Review old blog posts to see if you can expand on anything. Lets see, want to know more about my plans that I have not actually started? Cause I could go on and on and on...
2. Look at idea journal to create a new topic. My idea journal consistes random words written on the back of a piece of junk mail or a list beautifully created in one of the 129 iPhone or iPad Apps I got convinced it would actually help me organize my thoughts. 
3. Get Out of the House. Um, yeah. Can I get ideas from driving my mini-van from one side of town to the other 3 times a day? Or at Target or Costco? How about the 25 minutes it take to walk the 50 feet from my door to the garage? I will totally use that time to think of the next great blog idea.
4. Ask your readers what they want to hear. Want to hear me bitch some more? If not, find somewhere else to go. Ok, now that I am back to 3 readers, my self esteem prohibits me from getting constructive criticism. Sorry.

Next post, pictures of my wonderfully organized sewing room.
Oh, and it is Tuesday Food Day. So....it is snowing, again, so cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner? K. Sounds good.

Tuesday Food Day. Really?

How good does that look? Yeah. I totally made it. No. No I didn't. My most favorite food porn site, Smitten Kitchen,  made this dousy. I may just try it. But today (and by today I mean yesterday, because I am just getting to it now) I made my good old standard; Chicken, Quinoa and sweet potatoes. And, lucky me, I got to eat it, mixed up in a Tupperware bowl racing to my pattern class.
I made an executive decision today to bypass the whole going-grocery-shopping thing and joined my kiddos at an amazing Children's Theater performance of Babe. Would much rather do that then food shop any day.