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"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

Another Paleo Site I found.

Paleo Parents is such a neat site. I just found this site yesterday. But I have to admit I am enjoying reading their blogs and I LOVE the pictures they put up. I so want to try this recipe Licorice Sausage.



 I have a friend with twins and single (she knows who she is). From that site I found 

Constructive Eating 3-Piece Utensil and Matching Plate Set and Garden Plate & Utensil Set and instantly thought of my Little Man and your 3. How cute are these???? There are even placemats to go with them. 

I moved my computer out into the dining room area so I have better access to it every day (it just wasn't conducive to our family time having it in the bedroom) so I am hoping to be here more often.. 

Just a quick hello and now off to work. 

"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

Paleo Lifestyle.

I am really enjoying eating Paleo. I do have to admit that today is the beginning of strict paleo. We have also decided to cut out all beer.. GASP!! The horror I know... But I figure that is the biggest factor in my weight. That and I have a sit down office job.. But I have been trying to get some walking in while I am at work. I part in the back lot that is .25miles from my desk. (figure that is a a sure way to get at least a half mile in)

Some of my favorite sites are Paleomg and Civilized Caveman. I have made two recipes from Paleomg.

                                              Turkey and Spinach Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

and last night was 

Hawaiian Pizza Salad 

Today the Monkey started her Junior year of High school. She is taking two classes at a Virtual School- AP Art History and Latin II. The remaining of her courses will be from the Alpha Omega LifePacs and then also a Physic course. She We are pretty excited about some of her classes.


Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

Wow been a long long long time. So sorry

Well, so much has changed.
The Monkey turned 16 last week and The Boy will be 21 in 2 weeks. I can't believe how grown my babies are.

As for me. I was on a loan position as a supervisor but now I am a permanent supervisor. YAY!! I am so happy. I love this position. Man, I love HSN

Well, our second trip into being vegetarian went SPLAT. Didn't last for long and just didn't take for us. I felt that I was missing something. So.... Complete 180. Frankie and I are going to try Paleo/Primal eating. I have a couple of blogs that I am reading pretty daily. I have to say my favorite is PaleOMG. I just love the way Juli writes. She is so funny and her recipes are amazing. I recently bought her new cookbook. From what I understand the book version was not to what the writer wanted and was done on less that great paper. I had bought this for my Kindle Fire. So I am officially starting Paleo/Primal eating tomorrow. So how I am finishing out my style of S%^t eating. Pizza and buffalo wings with bleu cheese dressing.
I have started parking in the back lot at work. It is about a .25 mile walk from my car to my desk. I figure that way I have no choice but to get in a 1/2 mile walk 5 days a week. Some days I even walk the "long" way into work and that is about 3/4 mile. Today was the first time I was caught in the rain. My umbrella was in the car and I was in the building. The car was .25 miles away.. Oh well. It wasn't a bad walk in the rain.

I hope all of you have a wonderful evening. Until I post again...

We are coming to an end of our homeschooling year for 2012-2013 year. At the end of this "term" my baby will be a Junior.. Where did the time go??? I never thought I would be a parent to a child who is such a "nerd." She embraces this. She calls herself one and is happy about it.. Next years courses she has decided to take things such as Physics (WHAT?!?!?!), third year of Latin (I bought her a special present that I can't say at this time since she is sitting behind me as I type. She will be getting it later today though so wait for a pic to come.) I am back to using Rainbow Resource . We did the online Virtual school this year and it was not fun. Obviously other students were not so into their school work and Monkey had some assignments that required collaboration with others and they would disappear. So, I got tired of her being penalized (and secretly I miss setting up her assignments and grading them and having a more hands on approach to her school work) when these students would stop working. I must say the online school was wonder when we used it for 8th grade. But once it got to high school level it was not a good experience.
One neat thing we are doing next year is Monkey will be using Training Our Daughters to Be Keepers at Home . Now before any of my feministic friends get upset she is not planning on staying home to be a housewife (not that that is at all bad. I loved my time as a stay at home momma and housewife) she is interest in learning sewing and cross stitching and I am excited for her to learn about family finances and we both will be learning the garden section.

This year is going to be a big year for my children. The Boy turns the big 21 in May. The Monkey turns Sweet 16 in April. In June I will have been at HSN for 2 years. Making this officially the longest I have been employed outside of the home. (and I still love my job. Being in the position I am in now is amazing. This is the position I wanted when I first started working. I love being a Senior Account Supervisor and getting to help the customers and even getting to help the Customer Service and sales reps is wonderful)  Little Man's momma is getting married in November. I see a trip up to MA in my future. Looking forward to catching up with some old and dear friends.

Taxes done. Thankfully, we were able to pay off three credit cards and pay a chunk off the last one, order The Monkey's curriculum for next year AND still have some money left. Frankie wants to save all of it. I want to spend some of it.

Well, enough of my blah blah blah-ness. I hope everyone has a wonderful blessing filled day!


"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

Grilled veggies

Last nights supper was grilled veggies and grilled pineapple on a bed of brown rice. Sorry no pictures.
What I did was take a few different veggies and cut them into large chunks. Threw them in a large gal ziploc bag. Mixed up Braggs Liquid Aminos, Low Sodium Soy Sauce, Honey and some O.J., and then pour that over the veggies. I let the veggies marinate all day. Flipping the bag every couple of hours.
The pineapple we just cut and grilled. Added a sweet taste to the veggies and rice.

Today I will be taking the left over veggies with some balsamic vinegar to put on my salad for lunch..
Yum Yum

Journey in Plant Based Diet

Our journey has begun into our Plant Based Diet.. I have to admit I am having a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from last nights meal.. Sweet Potato Lasagna courtesy of Forks Over Knives and Engine 2 Diet. Wasnt sure how hubby was going to enjoy this nor was I sure how I was going to enjoy.. Whoever heard of making a lasagna with no dairy and using ground walnuts on top.. But I was willing to try. It was amazing!

Getting ready for the oven

The addition if the ground cashews after 45 minutes

The final product

Look at those layers.

Needless to say this supper was a HUGE Success. One serving filled us all up. It was also enjoyable making it as the Monkey decided she wanted to get in on the action... She was a great help. Up tonight.. Veggie kabobs and fruit kabobs..

September is sure flying past. So much coming up.. Little Man's 3rd birthday. Lima Bean's 2 year anniversary. Christmas. My Big 4-0! GASP! Next year my babies hit big milestones.. The Monkey turns 16! Two weeks later (to the day) The Boy turns 21!! Frankie has finally gotten a job at a hotel on the Beach.. He LOVES it.. He loves being on the beach (and I love the fact his job is inside so I don't have to worry about skin cancer!) My job is going wonderful. I am in the process of looking into a supervisor position. Keep your fingers crossed! It will be bitter sweet. I will love the new position but will miss the team I have put so much time in with. Right now I am coaching a team mate who has been out on a 7 month leave of absence. It is great having her back! One thing upcoming that I am really looking forward to at work is October 26. ROD STEWART will be playing at HSN! I love him!!! He has a Christmas CD. It can be pre-ordered on HSN. I have ordered mine and can not wait for it to come in!! We never did start our juicing. We just decided not too.. But we are still planning on doing it.. When.. I don't know. We eat a mostly vegetarian diet (Monkey is still 100% vegetarian). However, each time we eat meat we swear we will not do it again since it makes us feel blah... I did make kale burgers last week. Similar to the spinach burgers I made a little time ago.. I LOVED the kale ones much more.. They were sooooooo yummy... Frankie make a stir fry last night of Kale, Braggs, and some cut up veggies. Rolled it into some ezekial bread wraps and took that for lunch today (and made me one to try). Looked and smelled yummy! Can't wait to try mine at lunch. Our goal is to get to a plant based diet only. We have been doing a lot of reading about it. The Engine 2 Diet is what we have been looking at... Rip's father, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D, has a book called Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease that we have been reading.. It has made a great read. A book that we plan on purchasing ourselves so we can have it. We have cut out adding any oil to things we cook.

"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten