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