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Rock Climbing pictures { Posted by
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Just wanted to share some pictures of the kids while they were taking some rock climbing classes today:{ 05:01 , Tuesday, January 6, 2009 } { Posted in Pictures } { 0 comments } { Link }   Here the kids are warming up in the Block Cave (I think that's what it's called).
 Both kids going up. This is the highest that Josh climbed today (each climb he got a bit higher). Here's how high Charlotte got - right to the top!!!! It took some convincing to get her to look down at me so I could take a picture of her face while she was up there, lol.What's For Supper? { Posted by
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In December, the homeschool group that we are part of was planning a Christmas Potluck Party. However, due to health issues with the family that was planning on hosting, it got postponed for January 1st. This time it was canceled due to people not being able to attend that day.{ 11:23 , Monday, January 5, 2009 } { Posted in Gluten Free Recipes } { 0 comments } { Link } Today I decided that I was going to make the meal that I had planned on bringing to the potluck: Sweet and Sour beef with rice (on the side). I'm making this in my Slowcooker so that supper will be all ready when Don gets home from work (at least that's the plan, lol). The recipe originally called for chicken but we got a really good deal on some Sirloin Strip marinating steaks - they were a little on the thin side but that's okay because it is what I wanted for this meal anyway. Normally I would have used stewing beef in this recipe but we haven't been able to find stewing beef for quite some time (it's either very popular or they just don't make it very often). Anyway, here is the recipe that we are using: Sweet and Sour Chicken (or beef or pork)
2 Tbsp. ketchup 1 cup water 1/2 cup vinegar 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut bite size 2 Tbsp. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. water
This is a meal that goes over really well in our house (the kids always ask me to make this one again). And the best part of this recipe ..... it's Gluten Free (just make sure you use Gluten Free soy sauce).
 New Year, New Me??????? { Posted by
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not very good about keeping any New Years resolution that I make. Oh, I do okay for about a month and then I figure it is just way to much work, lol. This year I decided that I wasn't going to make any resolutions - I break them anyway so why make them??????? Instead I'm making a goal for myself to start getting healthier - the first thought that went through my head was "What's the difference between making a goal and making a resolution?". Well, to me .... before, I would make a resolution that I was going to lose X amount of pounds (and I always failed) - this time I'm making a goal that I'm going to get healthier, not lose X amount of pounds (losing weight should be the by-product of getting healthier, right?).{ 09:27 , Monday, January 5, 2009 } { Posted in Daily Musings } { 1 comments } { Link } So, here is my plan to get healthier - keep in mind that this is still in the thought/implementation stage: I'm going to write down everything that I eat or drink in a notebook. I'm not going to count calories, keep track of points or follow a diet plan that only allows me to eat certain-foods-at-certain-times-from-certain-food-groups. I also don't want to have to follow a diet plan that makes me eat things that are (1) not what we keep in our house, or (2) is totally different than what everyone else in my house is eating (this makes extra work for me by having to make 2 seperate meals all the time). I will be using a smaller plate at meal times, we got some from our Secret Advent family that are smaller than a dinner plate but larger than the ones that we usually put under a bowl of soup (or have toast on). The reason behind using a smaller plate is that it will automatically help me cut down on the amount of food I'm consuming, which is also part of my getting healthier goal. I'm also going to start exercising intentionally - before if I exercised one day I would take the next few days off because I was so sore from that one day ... then I would forget that I was trying to get in the habit of exercising and it would stop altogether (sound familiar?). To start with, I'm only going to exercise 3 days a week ... this gives me a break between the days for my body to "recoup" if I over do it one day. Then, once I get into the habit of exercising (and my body starts getting stronger because of it) I'll add a little bit more (not a whole big bunch, just a little bit so that I'm not setting myself up for failing). Well, that's all I have figured out so far. I'm very hopeful that this will be do-able for me and something that I will stick with. I'll try to remember to keep you posted on how things are going.
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