Its been awhile...

So much has been going on and I wish I'd kept up with it better on her because it's just too much to even try to catch up with. One thing on the horizon is my gardening. I've been trying to learn as much as I can, and have expanded my raised bed and am branching out to grow things in my front yard as well. I have blueberries, raspberry, and grapes going up front. This year we will be doing a large garden at my grandmas like the last several years. We have concentrated our efforts on fixing the soil in years past, from the years and years of fertilizer use my grandparents used before me :) it is coming along nicely, with the help of a technique called Back to Eden. We have earth worms in the soil which seems like a no brainer that they'd be there but no in infertile soil they aren't. But they are now :) I can wait to get everything on and hope for the best. I'm already having issues with bugs. Mild winters will do that! If all works out I will be growing over half our food and trying to put some back in storage. Hopefully... keeping my fingers crossed. LOVE, LAUGH, LIVE SIMPLY...

starting off semi right ;)

this is my lunch. It consists of lest over pinto beans from last night's dinner a potato I pre- baked, a pepper minion frozen mix, some jalapeno slices from this summer's garden that I froze, and a little organic frozen corn. First I got the potatoes a little crispy in just a smidge of oil in my cast iron pan next I added the onion n peppers then the corn and last the beans till they were all heated thru. I kept most everything desperate in the pan till at the very end I combined it. I usually make this with black beans and add some salsa on top. The possibilities could be endless really. For breakfast I had a smoothie with strawberries, banana, Apple and some hemp protein powder n Stevie to sweeten it. I was having a coughing fit so I sucked on a candy cane n drank a lot of water. So fat so good. Yesterday was a pretty good day till after dinner when I had a piece of my mom's Birthday cake I made her. Oh well, baby steps right? :) I believe dinner is going to be either Vegetable soup and sourdough bread or spaghetti and Tomato sauce with some veggies because I don't have lettuce for salad right now. I really need to get to the grocery store... I believe my snack today will be some granny Smith Apple slices with peanut or almond butter. Have a good day. LIVE LOVE LAUGH... simply

GOALS not resolutions!

Two years ago today I set a goal to not eat meat anymore. I did it! There were times when I thought it just wasn't going to work. I even treated myself to chicken dinner when I had made it 30 days. It was terrible and I never looked back. My goal since I've now mastered being a fat vegetarian who doesn't drink pop anymore is to completely master being plant based and kick my sugar habit for good and get healthy on a whole new bigger level. My 2 daughters are joining me and hopefully together we can kick this GOALS butt!!!