sweet potatoes and bacon & cheese frittatas

so last night i was getting hungry bit not hungry enough to cook a meal i had sweet potatoes to cook.  the recipie had called them sweet potatoe fries i just cut them like this becuse i didnt feel like doing all that cutting the stuff you put on top is rosmary oregino pepper salt and olive oil

they turned out delicious

then today i made bacon and egg frittats they turned out really yummy

and the recipie said to serve with watermelon so i did

im glad i used emeals however im still not 100% sure if i will usde it after the 6 months i sighned up for becuse with the 2 meals and sweet potatoes i have made its a TON of food for one person and i still 1 meal i havent made yet. 

if any of you want any of the recipies email me threw facebook they are super easy to make and are super good

im gluten free starting today

sevral years ago i was told i was allergic to whole wheat  ya know the brown healthy stuff and i could stick with the white breads wich was fine by me because i love the white stuff.  over the years i have been telling myself i shoud just gluten free all together.  )gluten is the protien found in wheat braley & rye)  my sister lindsay uses www.emeals.com for her dinner planning and they have a gluten free option they have a bunch options to use my only complant is that the gluten free option is not meant for the 1-2 servings wich is what i perfer since its just me thats changeing my diet and im not married or have kids so instead i went with what was offerd and im crosseing off recipies that i know i will never eat (they give dinners for all 7 days of the week go check emeals out its already linked up from this post right up above)  and i will be shareing with mom & dad and eating the left overs

tonight i made chicken rice & broccli with cheese  sorry i will not be posting the recipies for anything i make i will however post pictures of what i make

it is delicious & i do have to say i am a good cook

my living simply injury

so i have been needing to get rid of stuff that i dont need or needed to replace yesterday was the day i needed to use sicciors to get rid of stuff. i was cutting for hours and my finger was rubbing against the handle as i was cutting and this is what happened













it wasnt a blister that poped my skin just rubbed the sisccors so much the my skin tore. and it does hurt and i have to work 3 12 hour shifts starting tomorrow. i work for a hospice company so there is a bunch of germs and crap floating around so i have my box of band aides i will use to cover it up i still have to go threw things and get rid of stuff i dont or i barley use thats just going to have to wait till monday because im reasting for work today then working the next 3 days then spending sunday with mom for her birthday & mothers day

getting free things is a relief

i love soft lips. its the only chap stick i buy and im picky with the fragrance of soft lips i buy i wont buy the tinted stuff  they always come in a pack of 2 so i bought this pack a couple weeks ago the package came with a code to get a free soft lips so i went home and put the code in

 i received the package came saturday and here is what i got

yep 2 free soft lips not 1 im so happy now because i dont have to buy any for a while yay for me

the joys of the little & simple things in life

since i have decided to live simply this year (im still working on that) this also counts in the goal i have

first of all i saw this quote about 5 years ago and i loved it ALOT its so true. sometimes i have a hard time enjoying the little things in life or even realizing what the little things in life are and takeing them for granted like being able to drink dr pepper everyday and i usally do drink dr pepper everyday well most days sometimes i drink mt dew well about a week and a half ago i had to report my debit card lost/stolen due to an unathurized transaction i had forgotten about it until a week later when i was talking woth my bank about why wasnt it working (it didnt work when i went to buy my dr pepper & gas for my car) taht was friday morning and since i work thursdays fridays & saturdays 12 hours each day and the bank being closed on sundays i had no access to my money till this morning when it opened do i could go in and get money out (yea haveing a working debit card is another little/simple pleasure of mine) so i got the money went & got a dr pepper & put gas in my car i love loVE LOVE having a full tank of gas its very comforting to me & i love loVE LOVE dr pepper it calms my nerves so my day was made & i was happy with those 2 simple things then things got better i went to the store to get water & it was on sale for .99 cents a gallon and the thing that spits out the recipts at the register spit out a coupon off for fresh frut guess what i will be buying tomorrow or the next day? i have decided that i need to conciously look for the small joys in everyday becuse those things can make a huge difference.

happy easter

happy easter this is how i spent mine

i went to church with my parents. yes i am wearing makeup ironically the last time i wore makeup and took a picture of it i was wearing the same shirt and had just cut my hair i cut my hair 2 weeks ago

arent these so pretty i love these roses they always get so big this time of year

then we went to the millers for dinner we know them from way back when we were in the same ward before i left on a mission for the church of jesus christ of latterday saints dinner was yummy

now my parents are in the same ward as their daughter and her family they are the funnest family ever shay invited us last minute today so mom & i went

easter eggs were hidden everywhere

i loved daisies

and to make today even better my sister and her family are here yay im so excited to see them again after all its been two weeks since i saw them last

19 ways to maintain a healthy leavel of insanity

i think a good laugh is in order. i have posted this before on my private blog and on facebook nut it has been years since i have posted it enjy the laogh

1. at lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars, see if they slow down.

2.Page yourself over the intercom, don't disguise your voice.

3.every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4.put your garbage can on your desk and label it "in."

5.put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions switch to espresso.

6.in the memo field of all your checks, write "for smuggling diamonds."

7.finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy."

8. don t use any punctuation

9.as often as possible, skip rather then walk.

10. order a diet water whenever you go out to eat; with a serious face.

11.specify that your drive-threw order is "to go."

12. sing along at the opera.

13.go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14.put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.

16.have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, rock bottom.

17. when the money comes out the atm, scream "i won!, i won!"

18.when leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "run for your lives, they're loose."

19.tell your children over dinner. "due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

well isnt it ironic

its like ten thousand spoons and all you need is a knife

you meet the man of your dreams and his beautiful wife

its like rain on your wedding day

its a free ride when you have already paid

and isnt it ironc that mcdonalds sold these a few years ago?

yea you need them after eating their food

i have lost an average house cat

for those of you/us trying to loose weight you will love this. its pretty fun to see what you have lost

what are your thoughts

i was on facebook and i noticed an ad pretty much taking about makeing money with your hobbie or something like that & this is what i got

How To Take Two Weeks Off Every 3 Months & Make More Money, Play More And Build A Bigger Business
By: Sandi Krakowski

The responses have been varied. Everything from, "Well sure, a millionaire can do that" to things like, "I wish I could do that. Can you teach me how? Oh sure, that's impossible!"
When people hear that this year I've planned 2 weeks off every 3 months, they are shocked. One very analytical client wrote, "Ok, how does this work? You'll be off all appointments and coaching 3 full months this year?!" I replied with a chuckle, "Yeah, isn't it great?"
Today I want to share with you how to take more time off, make more money, play more, enjoy your life and build a big business all at the same time. It won't require you have a big team of staff like we do, you don't have to wait until you have a payroll of more than 200 hours per week either. You can do it simply and you can do it now.

First things first.

How do you feel when I say I am taking this much time off? Do you feel like that is good for others but it would never happen to you? Does your blood pressure rise? Do you feel anger or even jealousy? Oh come on now, be honest. I had ALL of those feelings in my past of building businesses. When someone told me 14 years ago that it would be a good plan to have at least 4 months of all expenses tucked away for an emergency the first thing that flew out of my mouth was, "Well I'd like to have just one week, thank you very much!" Can you relate?
It would frustrate me when people said to take time off, rest more, relax and take good care of myself. I was STRIVING to build a big business and chasing my dream! For goodness sake I'll sleep when I am dead! And sadly, dead I almost was. Crashed. Sicker than a dog some 8 years ago. Ready to kick it all in. Forget it. Give up, this is a pipe dream and to be very blatantly honestly, these words flew out of my mouth,

"There is no way in hell I will EVER build a business, ever again."

But God. WOW.

Taking time off and really enjoying it takes much more than just a big bankroll. It takes a big belief. You have to first change your beliefs about time off and time on. Sadly, the corporate mindset has programmed so many people to ONLY enjoy time off and to resent time on that most people live for weekends. What a pathetic way to live. Sad. But let's examine this statement for what it is.

Time off and time on is a corporate mentality that infers that we disconnect our personal lives from our business lives. This is the path of most people in a job. Even if they own their own business, many budding entrepreneurs are merely living their life like the business is their boss and they are the worst paid, most undervalued employee! It's time that we begin to turn ourselves FULLY onto what God designed. You will never find in His plan of success a disengagement of our talents, gifts or abilities and you will NEVER find a plan of leading us away from family, fun and the things we enjoy.

Hard work becomes an amazing pleasure when you are living the way you were designed to live.
People tell me every day they 'Wish they could take time off' or they 'Sure do hope they can quit their job one day to live a life of freedom.' This reveals a bigger problem then just a lack of real business understanding. It shows someone who doesn't know who they are, what they want or what they should be doing in the world.
When you come to a point where your greatest strength is showing up daily in business, your work will be a real pleasure and you won't have to recover after a hard day's effort and accomplishment! You'll enjoy your time off and enjoy your days in the office and the disconnect will no longer occur. You will stop feeling guilty when you get brilliant marketing plans in the middle of a Sunday church service and you won't feel like it is a horrific sin to have big dreams at night about building a huge multi-million dollar enterprise!
Learning to live free begins with learning to know what YOU want your life to look like. My life this year has 3 months off. It has 3 months where I can devour a ton of books, walk along beaches, sleep in, parasail in Maui, go snorkeling with turtles, buy dresses in Paris and even get more than one Louis Vuitton handbag, paid with cash without any regret! It includes giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the poor, investing my time, talent and abilities into hundreds of thousands of our clients lives and being FULLY ON when I step into my office, whenever I map that out to be.

So, how do YOU get to take two weeks off and stay afloat and on task? Here are a few tips to get you started-

#1- Your beliefs about taking this time for yourself has to be a big priority.
You can't keep putting yourself last. YOU my friend, are the biggest asset in your business. Take good care of you. Eat right, get enough sleep, take good supplements, keep a clean heart and steward YOU like it's the biggest gift you've ever been given, because, truly it is.
Give yourself time to breathe. Give yourself time to live and stop, right now, letting others dictate what is best for you. I realize it can be a big change, I've been there…. at first you might feel like a drug addict looking for a vein when your entire life has been designed to please and pattern yourself after the expectations everyone else had of you, HOWEVER, I'm also here to say YOU CAN DO IT. If I did, you can , too.

#2- Start small and give yourself time off now.
One of the most pathetic things I see people do is 'shoot for something they can't do and give up what they can do'. Don't be that way. Start now, today, and schedule a 3-day weekend every 2 months. Tell your pulse to slow down and get over it. IT'S TIME.
Schedule a 3-day weekend where you take Friday away from everything. Then spin it up a bit and take Monday off, with a Sat, Sun and Mon off!
Get it on the schedule and pay strict attention to this, like you would a doctors appointment you can't miss! If you don't do this, you might end up with some doctors appointments and eventually you'll have to do it anyways, so do it now.
Last year I took off 6 weeks during the year and it was one of the biggest breakthroughs I've ever had in my life and business, personally. Our first trip to Maui completely RUINED ME in all the right ways. That didn't happen however until I 'increased my faith' and took some 3-day weekends prior to a long 10 day vacation.
Do it now.

#3- Be accountable to a coach. Listen, I'm not pitching myself to you. If you have someone you can work with and they are helping you get big results in your business AND your life, great! But if you don't, you had better start taking this more seriously. You can't keep making yourself accountable to a bunch of peers who aren't doing what you want to do!
Put self-imposed constraints around yourself. This is how Olympic athletes, executives, aspiring writers, singers and anyone who has a goal that is beyond the norm gets the job done.
You can't keep living your life like everyone else if you want to live a totally different life!
Schedule the time and make it something that can't be changed. Your family will feel loved. Your spouse will be so excited! But more than even all of these amazing results you'll gain, you will tell YOURSELF that you are valuable by getting someone to hold you accountable and then accomplish your goal.
Get a coach and be accountable with your actions. Stop trying to do things alone. And just a side tip…. stop working with coaches who work 24/7, are always available by phone, email, and any other connection you'd happen to have! Start working with people who have the kind of life you want! It makes a world of difference.

#4- Get a grip on how you're living your life now.
Time management is not the key, life design is the goal. There are hundreds of thousands of people I've personally met through our client base, our social media connections, live events and beyond who confess that they 'have the latest planner' and still feel completely out of control.
Remember, you have to associate enormous pleasure with getting your life back in control. Enormous pain should be what you attach to being all over the place and constantly feeling bad about how you feel. It all starts with a decision. Listen to this 1 hour training I did on how to get your life, your time and your dreams in focus so you CAN have the life you crave NOW! (Audio recording is a free download- get it now!)

Quit hanging out on free Facebook groups where everyone is talking about supporting everyone else and no one is going anywhere.

Get a kitchen timer and "Hit the floor RUNNING" everyday, setting the timer to one full hour of full on hard work!"
Schedule breaks, be honest with yourself, write out that To Do list and do whatever it takes to get it DONE!


If you want to take two weeks off every 3 weeks it's not going to happen because God drops a new life on top of the one you're now struggling in like some wild "Wizard Of Oz" fantasy. It will happen because you planned it, you did what it takes to make it happen. You worked hard and put away some extra money so that you can take the time off and you did whatever it takes to live the life you are dreaming of.
We are so grateful to have a large community growing here at A Real Change International.
I'm so honored to be able to encourage you, work with you and make a big change in the world, all of us working together to make it a reality. It's time, my friends, it's time. 2012 is the YEAR where the dreams you've been praying about are going to be MANIFEST before your very eyes.
Now go do what it takes to make it happen. I've given you clear step by step strategies that can get anyone off to the best start!

Ready.. set… GO!

With love,Sandi Krakowski

i took the address dow of where this is & its arealchange.com/blog/

rules to live by

i have a facebook friend who posted this to her timeline & i love it

im working on this especially #3

cheesy potato soup

today i made cheesy potato soup





8 c. cubed potates 2 c. sliced carrots 2c. celery 1/2 onion (i tweeked the recipie becuase i didnt have enough potatoes & edient want to buy more i also only had baby carrots & used those instead of sliceing them) boil water barely submergd. boil 15-20 minutes





separate pan 2 sticks butter gradually add 1 c. flour gradually add 8 c. milk (1 cup at a time)



from the vegetables take out 2 cups of water add milk & butter mixture to the vegetables

add 2 c grated cheese (i added more) cook until cheese is mealted

sereve and eat

thank you kelly clark from the eldorado estates ward for submitting this recipie it is easy to make and very delicious

this was just barley done cooking when dad walked in the living room to relax & asked my why all of asudden this demestic cooking thing is comeing from me? i said i donr know it beats buying fast food.

that floored him he was shocked i even said that becuse i am a fast food junkie however i have been wanting to make homemade food latley & just havent done it till now so we will see what i whip up next

i have to brag about myself

so i got tired of useing my laptop while i was sitting on my bed so i decided to buy a desk. i get emails from target about 2 weeks ago i was looking threw the office furniture section and found a desk & a hutch that i liked i got the hutch first my roommate & i luged it up the stairs and on monday i finally put it together

then this morning i got the desk i managed to lug it up the stairs myself (yes it was heavy & so was the hutch) and i promptly put it together

i put it were it neede to go and put on the hutch. im so proud of myself becuse the last time i assembled a peice of furniture it took forever & i swore i would never do it again. well actually i forgot about swearing off never assembleing furniture again till this very second as i was typeing im glad i had forgotten about it becuse im very proud of myself

i then came over to my parents house & made dinner for us our friend perri had told us about her making ranch chicken out of the stake cookbook between mom & i we had everything well mstly everything

here is the recipie it was submitted by celise salmon in the eldorado highlands ward

2 lbs of chicken breasts 2 cans of cream of chicken soup 1 ranch seasoning packet. (i used chicken tenders & added garlic powder)

mix soup and seasoning, pour over chicken. bake until cooked (about 1 hour) at 400 degrees or in a crockpot. serve over rice useing yummy sauce as a gravy

we didnt have rice so the options were instant mashed potatoes or noodles & since im trying to be gluten free & i was cooking the potatoes won

before i actually tried it

it was yummy i would make it again anyone who has the highland hills stake cookbook its on page 156 you all should try it i HIGHLY recommend it

gluten free mac & cheese

at the begining of the year i decided to go on a gluten free diet due to my wheat allergy i havent been perfect at following gluten free but i have been better then i was last year. my roommate carol had bought me some gluten free mac & cheese it has rice pasta & it is pretty good it tastes different then regular mac & cheese & i know everything is going to taste different then what im used too & thats ok the only thing im debateing on never eating again is gluten free bread but i think thats becuse i wasnt expecting that much if a difference in taste.

if any of you know of or see anything gluten free let me know so i can try it out please & thank you the mac & cheese box has a recipe on it for gluten free lasagna i will have to try out soon

im twiking my diet

so last week i had posted about the spink diet my roommate & i started my roommate is doing really well with it. i on the other hand should have thought it threw better. i think i can do everything all the time no matter what ok well not everything i thought i could do this. im have issues with my body that are makeing me weak & tired this problem started january 11th and hasnt stoped excet for about 2-3 days then started back up again i have had an ultra sound found some stuff that wouldnt cause the problem then a biopsy the day i started the diet biopsy came back normal wich is wonderful and a relif and im still haveing the problem anyway i was going to watch biggest looser with my mom last week becuse we always do it started at 8 well my dad went to bed at 730 yes he goes to bed early becuse he gets up at 4 am or before so while they were praying anxiety set in for me & i was getting ready to go home so when my mom came out i had the biggest meltdown ever. and i very rarely have meltdowns i was crying hystaricly becuse i didnt feel good (keep in mind i only cry when im extremly pissed off & i wasnt pissed i was frusrated & scared) i told her that when i get hungry i would eat then felt sick i was tired i didnt know what was going on with why my body was doing & feeling like it was then i really looked at moms face and i really wish i had a camrea to take a picture of it see looked so scared ans so worried (like i said this rarely happens the last time i cryed in front of her was when i lesft my ex 1 &1/2 years ago that was becuse i was pissed) she tried to talk me into sleeping over but i said no and left then for some odd reason i looed at my phone when i was waiting to turn onto the freeway i had a message it was my dad saying to come back and soend the night so i did (geez im tearing up writing about this) so now im just twicking my diet im not doing pink that part of it was makeing me weaker and feeling worse then i had im not opposed to trying it again in the futher just not now not till i get my other problem fixed it was just to drastic of a change for me so im going to eat healthier and smaller portions and drink more water



and now with one of my other goals for this year was living simply with that comes me wanting to organize my stuff better i have a cd carrier to put mu dvds in well actually i have 2 of them i had alot of dvds that were still in the covers so the other day i put them in the carriers i have 11 spaces left of the second carrier before i have to buy a third one. let me tell you that one thing alone has made a big diffrence. i also bought a desk last week from target.com for under $90 it came on friday i still need to assemble it i cleaned out the area its going in and that has made a diffrence in the way i feel i now need to clean the rest of the room & keep it that way

day #2

so this morning shake smothiee whatever you want to call it i call it breakfast was made with dates beet 12 strawberries hemp powder and coconut water it made a ton of it i keep drinking and drinking it at one point i thought i had drank half of it i looked down at the cup and sadly learned that i had only drank 1/4 of the drink so i finished it and was stuffed to the brim for a couple hours anyway then i had come to mom & dads to take mom to the dr (she doesnt have a legal car at the moment) so i picked up a salad for later and breackfast for her this is were i cheated the first time i was a little hungry so i ate the other sasuge mcmuffin then a few hours after that i was hungry again and atr a little bit went to the dr came back laid down for a little bit & finallyate the salad i had gotten where i cheated for the second time i put the wrong dressing and chips on it. but it was good on a happy note i went to sonic didnt get a drink only got one for mom and i brought girl scout cookies over to mom & dads and havent eaten any tom orrow will be better

when i was in the mtc (missonary traing center) my and my comp had to usr the bathroom alot that we named it "again" so all we had to say to each other was again so now that im drinking more water & have been eating more vegtables again has been my best friend today

P.I.N.K METHOD

my roommate carol was telling me about the p.i.n.k method its a program specificly for women to eat heaither & losse weight so i told her i would do it with her. to start off the forst couple of weeks you have a shake made with 1/2 beet 1 carrot 1 banana 10 strawberries 1 1/2 cup almond milk and some hemp powder (yes i realize hemp is marijuna) then for lunch and dinner you eat 4 oz of lean meat as in chicken turkey or red meat and 4 oz of cooked vegtables for snacks you can have all the veggies you want as long as they are raw we started today the sake was really good you can taste the beet & strawberries the most (if you need sweetner you use liquid stivia) and im finally eating lunch i woke up later then normal then ran errands and had a dr appointment and had to cook it sos im starving im probably eating a little more then what it says to do but it is the first day still

good bye dr pepper at least for now





goodbye ice cream



hello healthy food. this should be fun. here are the pictures from this morning

yea. i have alot of work to do. **sigh**

reason i started this blog

this is the reason i started this blog is to be account able for the goals i made to change myself
so im going to start useing it for this reason some of my goals have changed and i will blog about those i may add some of the other goals later we will see

the two goals i have up above the posting box are the two im going to blog about today and probably for the year too

#1 live simply i dont have alot of stuff compared to others. i have a lot of stuff for me stuff i dont need and stuff i dont use it makes mae antsy to have all this stuff around me. this has been a long time in comeing as in sevral years. i read a book years ago called tending roses by lisa windgate its a great book & a trilogy in the book a grandaughter & her family are takeing care of her elderly grandmother the young faimly was in debit and worried had lots of stuff the grandmother and granddaughter were talking about how the young couple "needed" and wanted all this stuff the grandmother said maybe you should want less. that has stuck with me for years and years i never did anything about it then last year i read 2 more books about liveing simply the last book i read about it was in december and it had said in there the more you have the more you want. that was me i always want more and yes i do give lots of stuff away especially in the last year and a half the last book was called the 100 thing challange. i wont be neccesarrly be liveing by his rules of the 100 thing challange i will be useing some of them and adding my own you can google 100 thing challange and will be able to get to his blog i recommend the book i liked it. so for about a month or so i have been looking in my closet and drawers and thinking i need to get rid of alot of this stuff and kept putting it off yesterday i put it off thinking oh i will do it next week on my days off i will rest up tommorrow for work on thursday. YEA RIGHT i got a wild hair this morning (after doing one of my other goals) and went threw my closet and drawrs and got rid of a bunch of stuff now i just need to go threw the stuff i have now and decide what to keep & what not to. i got rid of most of my jewlery i gave most to my mom and kept some of it for me

#2 be on a gluten free diet i have known for about 4 years i was allergic to wheat my dr said it was just whole wheat i was allergic to. i decided tp go on a gluten free diet yesterday i bought gluten free bread. its diffrent i will finish the loaf. it may have cured me from ever wanting to eat any kind of bread again. my mind may change after finishing the loaf. i will let you know what i think when its done.

my other goals i have been working on since the begining of last month im not completly in the swing of things but im working on it