Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
TV Faith
Last night I watched the special on TLC about the Duggar Family and all I can say is "WOW!"
While I know that having 19 children is NOT in my future and while I may not think it was such a great idea for them, I respect their decisions but have to PRAISE them for showing their true colors and being so God driven! The fact that all of their children are growing up in such a loving, Christian home--where they all seem to understand those values just amazes me.
The faith that Jim Bob and Michelle expressed last night regarding their sweet little Josie and her fight is awesome. I love that TLC continues to air their life...their entire life...God, praying, church, worshipping and all is just amazing...especially in a world where TV people are too concerned with who slept with who, who can say the most bad words in a certain amount of time and the "dirtiness" that is seen on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, Real World and all of those other shows that I don't watch.
God Bless the Duggars! May everything work out for you according to God's will!
While I know that having 19 children is NOT in my future and while I may not think it was such a great idea for them, I respect their decisions but have to PRAISE them for showing their true colors and being so God driven! The fact that all of their children are growing up in such a loving, Christian home--where they all seem to understand those values just amazes me.
The faith that Jim Bob and Michelle expressed last night regarding their sweet little Josie and her fight is awesome. I love that TLC continues to air their life...their entire life...God, praying, church, worshipping and all is just amazing...especially in a world where TV people are too concerned with who slept with who, who can say the most bad words in a certain amount of time and the "dirtiness" that is seen on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, Real World and all of those other shows that I don't watch.
God Bless the Duggars! May everything work out for you according to God's will!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
A Day Off
It's 9:00 on Saturday (insert Piano Man instrumental here) and I finally took a shower! I didn't have to go to work today since the store was closing early, however, I was rather productive today!
This is probably the most embarrassing picture I have ever posted on my blog. Really, I'm a bit OCD and like things to be neat and clean and smelling like lemon Clorox wipes til the "big clean" takes place.
This friends, is what my closet looked liked at about 2:00 today:
And this is what it looks like now! Ahhh, happiness!
You see, I live in an apartment and the majority of the things I own are either stored in this closet, under the bed or in the 5 case bookshelf that I got at Target on sale for $26 dollars and spent 3 hours putting together a few weeks ago. My closet did start out neat and tidy, but once I came back from Christmas and didn't really allow myself anytime to reorganize, things got ugly! You could say I'm short of space...it's ok. I'm aware. But I survive and am blessed to have a roof over my head!
After I cleaned out my closet, I made another "Megan Crock Pot Meal" that wasn't form a recipe. This time, I cooked some chicken breasts (of course in the crock pot and yes, they cooked while I cleaned) after they were done and my closet was organized, I cut up the chicken, added a can of tomato sauce, some enchilada seasoning and let it cook on low for a few hours. How many hours? Maybe 3? But I couldn't rightly say. Anyway, as soon as it was "done" I scooped some in a bowl and topped it with cheddar cheese and some pieces of a flour tortilla. Really, I wish I used tortilla chips for crunch so maybe I'll do that tomorrow for lunch. I don't think I should take full credit for this creation because I did somewhat follow the back of the enchilada seasoning packet, minus the ingredients boiling, oven baking, tortilla rolling, sauce dividing, 15-20 minute oven baking and cheese bubbling. But you understand!
After that, I made "Lemon Melt Away Cookies" for a friend. I'm not certain if we'll still be friends tomorrow because they are certainly not like the ones my mama makes....they tasted ok but the presentation is lacking. Oh well!
Fear not, I didn't stop there! I also put together a "Honeycombed Coffee Cake" and put it in the fridge for breakfast tomorrow!!! All I have to do is add the butter, lemon juice, bake it and then add the honey! I am so excited! HCC was a staple for breakfast in our house on the weekends and whenever we weren't in a rush to get out the door and I haven't made one in so long. I'm excited to enjoy it tomorrow morning but sad that they cancelled all of the church services for tonight and tomorrow. It's just so icy!
I did leave the apt for about 5 minutes today (in my pj bottoms of course, with my winter coat and gloves) to bring a bag of trash to the dumpster and the snow was just covered in ice. Crazy!
Hope everyone had a great day! It's snowing again here...yay!
This is probably the most embarrassing picture I have ever posted on my blog. Really, I'm a bit OCD and like things to be neat and clean and smelling like lemon Clorox wipes til the "big clean" takes place.
This friends, is what my closet looked liked at about 2:00 today:
And this is what it looks like now! Ahhh, happiness!
You see, I live in an apartment and the majority of the things I own are either stored in this closet, under the bed or in the 5 case bookshelf that I got at Target on sale for $26 dollars and spent 3 hours putting together a few weeks ago. My closet did start out neat and tidy, but once I came back from Christmas and didn't really allow myself anytime to reorganize, things got ugly! You could say I'm short of space...it's ok. I'm aware. But I survive and am blessed to have a roof over my head!
After I cleaned out my closet, I made another "Megan Crock Pot Meal" that wasn't form a recipe. This time, I cooked some chicken breasts (of course in the crock pot and yes, they cooked while I cleaned) after they were done and my closet was organized, I cut up the chicken, added a can of tomato sauce, some enchilada seasoning and let it cook on low for a few hours. How many hours? Maybe 3? But I couldn't rightly say. Anyway, as soon as it was "done" I scooped some in a bowl and topped it with cheddar cheese and some pieces of a flour tortilla. Really, I wish I used tortilla chips for crunch so maybe I'll do that tomorrow for lunch. I don't think I should take full credit for this creation because I did somewhat follow the back of the enchilada seasoning packet, minus the ingredients boiling, oven baking, tortilla rolling, sauce dividing, 15-20 minute oven baking and cheese bubbling. But you understand!
After that, I made "Lemon Melt Away Cookies" for a friend. I'm not certain if we'll still be friends tomorrow because they are certainly not like the ones my mama makes....they tasted ok but the presentation is lacking. Oh well!
Fear not, I didn't stop there! I also put together a "Honeycombed Coffee Cake" and put it in the fridge for breakfast tomorrow!!! All I have to do is add the butter, lemon juice, bake it and then add the honey! I am so excited! HCC was a staple for breakfast in our house on the weekends and whenever we weren't in a rush to get out the door and I haven't made one in so long. I'm excited to enjoy it tomorrow morning but sad that they cancelled all of the church services for tonight and tomorrow. It's just so icy!
I did leave the apt for about 5 minutes today (in my pj bottoms of course, with my winter coat and gloves) to bring a bag of trash to the dumpster and the snow was just covered in ice. Crazy!
Hope everyone had a great day! It's snowing again here...yay!
Winter Weather
I admit, this picture is ugly. This is the view from the "balcony" of the apartment. Really, this is the backside of the complex so it's a parking lot and a wooded area. If I was devoted, I'd walk to the front of the apartment complex and see the pretty sights....but I'm not that motivated!
Anyway, that means that it actually snowed here in the QC! Really though, I've got a feeling that it's more of an icy-sleet-freezing rain kind of thing that we've got going on. But it is nice to see the white stuff!
Hope everyone else woke up to pretty snow! And lots of it!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Almost Wordless Wednesday!
This is "Fancy Nancy" and today is her 3rd birthday!
Really, this is K, one of the 3 adorable children that I spent everyday with for a year and a half! It is so hard to believe that she is 3 years old today! I took this picture when I went home for Christmas and this is the outfit she wore to Story Hour at the Library. It was adorable! She is definitely all girl, which is fitting since she has an older and younger brother. I absolutely love her and her brothers and miss them terribly!
Happy 3rd Birthday K!!!!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sick Computer
Last Tuesday, my computer came down with a "virus"...or so I thought. It was a BUSY day at work, I came home, heated up dinner (remember last Monday and that random crock pot meal I made...it was super yummy) and turned on my laptop so I could eat and work on a few projects for work.
Or so I thought.
My computer decided to flash many bad messages and breach of Internet security blah blah blah. So, I ended up going back to work to finish a few things. I had a really busy Wednesday to Saturday so by the time I got home each night, I was so tired I didn't even feel like turning on my laptop.
I was off on Sunday, so I headed out of town to meet a friend and her fiance for lunch, did some shopping for the week and came home and cleaned.
Today, I decided to give my laptop another try. I turned in on and wa la! It works! No threatening messages, no bad pop ups.
I'm thankful for a working laptop but at the same time, I think it was Gods way of saying "Megan, take a break, it's a busy week, just take a break from online." And I did. And although it was weird to be disconnected from the online world, it was nice.
But...now I'm off to catch up on the weeks worth of online reading I didn't do.
Or so I thought.
My computer decided to flash many bad messages and breach of Internet security blah blah blah. So, I ended up going back to work to finish a few things. I had a really busy Wednesday to Saturday so by the time I got home each night, I was so tired I didn't even feel like turning on my laptop.
I was off on Sunday, so I headed out of town to meet a friend and her fiance for lunch, did some shopping for the week and came home and cleaned.
Today, I decided to give my laptop another try. I turned in on and wa la! It works! No threatening messages, no bad pop ups.
I'm thankful for a working laptop but at the same time, I think it was Gods way of saying "Megan, take a break, it's a busy week, just take a break from online." And I did. And although it was weird to be disconnected from the online world, it was nice.
But...now I'm off to catch up on the weeks worth of online reading I didn't do.
Monday, January 18, 2010
My Day Off
Today is my day off for the week...YAY! So what have I done so far? Well,
I woke up at 7:45
made an omelet for breakfast (thanks to the awesome omelet maker my grandparents gave me for Christmas)
washed the dishes (thanks to the dishwasher)
did all of my laundry
made candied pecans....yes the recipe follows :)
put dinner in the crock pot!
Really, I completely made up my dinner...I put 2 frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot and put it on high for maybe an hour, took the chicken out, cleaned out the pot, put in half a jar of spaghetti sauce, cut up chicken, some random spices and let that cook on low for a couple of hours, then i added some mozzarella cheese for the fun of it and now it's on "keep warm". Really, it's done but I'm not hungry yet. I think I'll serve it with some noodles and I may run to the store for a veggie and to get out.
I feel pretty productive and it's not even 2:30!
Oh and the pecans, super yummy and super easy!
You will need:
1 egg
cold water
1 lb bag of pecan halves
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
Beat 1 egg white until it is stiff. Add 1 teaspoon cold water. Pour this over 1lb pecan halves and stir to coat each piece.
Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon salt.
Pour this mixture over the nuts and stir to coat
Bake at 275* for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Cool and enjoy!
I woke up at 7:45
made an omelet for breakfast (thanks to the awesome omelet maker my grandparents gave me for Christmas)
washed the dishes (thanks to the dishwasher)
did all of my laundry
made candied pecans....yes the recipe follows :)
put dinner in the crock pot!
Really, I completely made up my dinner...I put 2 frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot and put it on high for maybe an hour, took the chicken out, cleaned out the pot, put in half a jar of spaghetti sauce, cut up chicken, some random spices and let that cook on low for a couple of hours, then i added some mozzarella cheese for the fun of it and now it's on "keep warm". Really, it's done but I'm not hungry yet. I think I'll serve it with some noodles and I may run to the store for a veggie and to get out.
I feel pretty productive and it's not even 2:30!
Oh and the pecans, super yummy and super easy!
You will need:
1 egg
cold water
1 lb bag of pecan halves
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
Beat 1 egg white until it is stiff. Add 1 teaspoon cold water. Pour this over 1lb pecan halves and stir to coat each piece.
Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon salt.
Pour this mixture over the nuts and stir to coat
Bake at 275* for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Cool and enjoy!
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