Two Daughters

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Day 6 of Lent

It is Monday of Spring Break, so that means Ollie was home with me all day. This morning we went to Earthfare to buy some produce. This has typically been a fun thing to do with Ollie. They have little buggies that he can push which makes shopping much more fun for him.

Today, he didn't want to listen and kept running into me and the aisle, which means I had to take the cart away. Ollie then cries, so it became a really fun trip for me!!! Not to mention a friend from church was there to see the whole thing!!!

Back to our meatless meals. We had the leftover breakfast from last night. It was ok, just ok!

Yard Sales

Jeff and I are preparing to put our house on the market and, while cleaning everything out, decided we should have our first yard sale. We got everything ready on Friday night and my friend Keva came over to help me on Saturday morning. We had a great time hanging out and watching the variety of people that came to the sale.

I would say it was a great first yard sale. We make enough to buy a Kitchenaid mixer! I had wanted one for a long time and could nott wait to use it.

So on Sunday after Ollie's nap we made Chocolate chip and Granola cookies. Here are a few pictures of my little helper with our new toy.

(He closes his eyes every time I take his picture!)

Day 5 of Lent

On Sunday night we usually have lifegroup at our house with 5 other families. This week we canceled because of Spring Break and a lot of us having other things going on. So we invited some other friends from church to have dinner with us.

I made a spinach quiche, sticky buns and a fruit salad. The quiche was very filling, and our friends like it as well. I don't usually fix things for people when I haven't made it before but it ended up working out!!!

Ollie doing pushups

This is Ollie attempting to do pushups. Not sure he gets the point yet.

Day 3 of Lent

Day 3 has been a crazy busy day. We are getting ready for a yard sale tomorrow and had our realtor come by tonight to discuss putting our house on the market. Jeff has applied to a few schools in the hope of getting his PhD in English. So we will be moving in the fall. Please pray with us that our house sales quickly.

On to the food for the day. For lunch I ate leftovers from day 1. Still good and much better than salad!!

For dinner Jeff grilled Zucchini, Squash, and Tomato Pizza!!! So far we have not had a bad meal. Actually every meal has been great.

On the Grill

Plated

Now, I don't think I have told you yet, but we decided before we started that we will have meat on Saturdays. We really enjoy grilling out burgers with Ollie on Saturdays, so I am excited about my meat and potatoes tomorrow!!!! Also we decided that we would eat what we wanted on our anniversary trip next weekend. Jeff and I will have been married for 7 years on the 20th. Happy Anniversary baby! I love you!

2nd Day of Lent

Well, it's been two days of not having meat and having veggies I never eat, and I am still alive!!!

For lunch I met a friend at the House of Java and they did not have any sandwiches besides PB and J that didn't have some kind of meat in them, so I had a muffin. When I got back home I had a salad. Not my favorite thing to eat, but I did it.

Tonight we had Zucchini, Olive and Cheese Quesadillas. They were really good. We didn't have the olives because they were $9/lb and I thought that was a little much.

If you are reading this do you have any good recipes to suggest?

Day 1 pictures

This is the book where I am getting most of my recipes.

Here is the picture of what we are having it is called Chipotle Bean Burritos

Cooking the beans

Final product. It turned out great, and we really like it. First day of no meat and I feel good. Hoping for more fun recipes and delicious dinners.

Day 1 of Lent

Jeff and I have decided to observe lent this year. As a baptist it isn't something I was taught growing up. However, this year our church is following the liturgical calendar and this week our Pastor preached on lent and how we should try to give up something we feel like we can't go through the day without.

Both Jeff and I are giving up things we feel like the Lord has asked us to give up. Those things are personal to us and I will not be writing about that on the blog.

We are also giving up meat as a part of Lent. Why meat you ask? Well, mainly because I don't like to get vegetables. When I cook dinner our vegetable is usually potatoes. It's not so good to only eat meat and potatoes all the time. Jeff is wonderful, he will eat whatever I make for him, though he would like to eat more veggies. So we have decided to try new meals without meat for lent and I am hoping this will encourage us to make veggies a staple in our journal to a healther lifestyle.

I do want to note that my son LOVES all kinds of vegetables and Jeff and I make sure he eats them everyday. So yes I cook vegetables for him but I don't eat them. I have also started making Savell food and so far she also loves vegetables.

I plan to blog everyday during lent and tell you what we are eating and I will try and post pictures of the food so you can see what a meatless meal looks like.