I have a problem. I love to bake/cook! (that's not the problem) Today, I had a lot of buttermilk left over. I bought more than I needed for soaking my chicken (for frying). I decided I wanted to make some yummy buttermilk biscuits to go with the chicken. I found a recipe online and followed it to a T. What came out were not the fluffy soft biscuits I wanted. They were hard biscuits on the outside, YUCK! I threw them out.
Next I went to my Taste Of Home cookbook. I found a recipe there and thought surely it would be a great one. It is much better than the first ones but it still isn't what I really wanted.
You know the ones I want. The HUGE, fluffy, melt in your mouth ones.
So I charge you my friends...send me some recipes to try! I will be going through my cookbook collection and trying them all until I find what I am looking for.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Awesome Giveaway
Frugal Mom is doing an awesome giveaway and I hope I win! The link is
http://www.frugalmom.net/blog/2011/02/proctor-gamble-giveaway/.
Go try for yourself.
http://www.frugalmom.net/blog/2011/02/proctor-gamble-giveaway/.
Go try for yourself.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Goal Updates
I set my goals for 2011 back a few posts ago and I wanted to do a small update on how I am doing so far! Remember change doesn't happen overnight and it takes 28 days to start (or stop) a habit.
1. Lose 75 lbs. So far I have lost around 5. I am starting to work out more and I started Weight Watchers 2 week ago! On the road to healthy!!!!
2. Friends- I have made some new friends here in Texas and am really enjoying getting to know them and hang out with them. God is good! I am keeping in touch with my friends in SC but not as much as I would like. I have only skyped with my bestie once. :'( We need to rectify that goal and try to start doing better!
3. I have started doing a Bible study but have not been as good as I wanted to be. I have now started a blog with my Bible study to help keep me accountable to doing it. check it out here: www.studyingmybible.blogspot.com . I have not been sharing my faith as much as I want to. I have shared with at least one a month if you count the student ministry but I would like to reach outside of that to others too. I need to talk to my daughters more about God and faith than I have!
4. Paying our payments on time but haven't started saving money yet.
5. Trying to communicate better, supporting his ministry but have not found just us time. Time to work on that one.
6. Working on that one! Needs lots more work!!!
That's where I stand as of now! I will update again in a few weeks. Hopefully I will be doing even better in all of them!
1. Lose 75 lbs. So far I have lost around 5. I am starting to work out more and I started Weight Watchers 2 week ago! On the road to healthy!!!!
2. Friends- I have made some new friends here in Texas and am really enjoying getting to know them and hang out with them. God is good! I am keeping in touch with my friends in SC but not as much as I would like. I have only skyped with my bestie once. :'( We need to rectify that goal and try to start doing better!
3. I have started doing a Bible study but have not been as good as I wanted to be. I have now started a blog with my Bible study to help keep me accountable to doing it. check it out here: www.studyingmybible.blogspot.com . I have not been sharing my faith as much as I want to. I have shared with at least one a month if you count the student ministry but I would like to reach outside of that to others too. I need to talk to my daughters more about God and faith than I have!
4. Paying our payments on time but haven't started saving money yet.
5. Trying to communicate better, supporting his ministry but have not found just us time. Time to work on that one.
6. Working on that one! Needs lots more work!!!
That's where I stand as of now! I will update again in a few weeks. Hopefully I will be doing even better in all of them!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Valentine's Day: It's easy now!
I truly enjoy Valentine's Day. My love languages are gift giving and service so they go hand in hand with holidays so there aren't many I don't love.
Right now, I feel like Valentine's Day is pretty easy for me. I have to get valentines for my hubby and our two sweet girls. We usually try to get Carly some little Valentines to hand out to her friends too. The easy party is, neither of my girls are in school right now.
One day both my girls with be in school and on Valentine's Day they will have school parties. Now I've told you before I have these visions of grandeur of being a super mom. In my mind, I want to be the mom who bakes the cupcakes for the party and decorates them all super special. I want to make Valentine's Cards with my girls that will be super special to give out and not just the customary box of them that I buy right now. I want to go into the classroom and have the kids say, "look theirs Carly's/Alyssa's mom! she makes the best snacks!"
Please understand, this is not about me wanting accolades for anything. I just want to be that kind of mom! I want for my girls to want me in their classrooms, at their dances, in their life! I don't want them to be like, "Oh no, mom's coming again.".
Last night I had fun. We have a Valentine's Banquet at the church. The youth group did it as a fundraiser. I got to help cook and send out food. i was in my element. I just can't wait to do stuff like that for school parties!
Anyway, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY everyone! I pray that above all, you know God's love! Because until you know how to love your creator, you can't fully love anything else!!!!!!!
Right now, I feel like Valentine's Day is pretty easy for me. I have to get valentines for my hubby and our two sweet girls. We usually try to get Carly some little Valentines to hand out to her friends too. The easy party is, neither of my girls are in school right now.
One day both my girls with be in school and on Valentine's Day they will have school parties. Now I've told you before I have these visions of grandeur of being a super mom. In my mind, I want to be the mom who bakes the cupcakes for the party and decorates them all super special. I want to make Valentine's Cards with my girls that will be super special to give out and not just the customary box of them that I buy right now. I want to go into the classroom and have the kids say, "look theirs Carly's/Alyssa's mom! she makes the best snacks!"
Please understand, this is not about me wanting accolades for anything. I just want to be that kind of mom! I want for my girls to want me in their classrooms, at their dances, in their life! I don't want them to be like, "Oh no, mom's coming again.".
Last night I had fun. We have a Valentine's Banquet at the church. The youth group did it as a fundraiser. I got to help cook and send out food. i was in my element. I just can't wait to do stuff like that for school parties!
Anyway, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY everyone! I pray that above all, you know God's love! Because until you know how to love your creator, you can't fully love anything else!!!!!!!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Texas
Sorry I've been away from the blogging world. We have recently moved from South Carolina to Texas. It was a long journey and there is still plenty to do but my house is feeling more like a home.
We started our journey with my hubby in the moving van pulling his car in front and me, my mother-in-law and the girls in the van. Birdie rode with Zach. We left that first day amidst a lot of goodbyes and tears. My best friend came by to tell me bye and represent my family. She was not a happy camper! I really felt bad for my father-in-law who watched all of us pull away and had to go back into what must have been the quietest house EVER! My poor momma and daddy were both at work back in Orangeburg.
We drove that day from Clemson, SC to Tuscaloosa, AL. From one college town to another! It was a long day of driving but the girls did so much better than I thought they would! The next day we made it to Shreveport, LA. We spent the night there, got up and hit the road again. Now long into that drive we made it to TEXAS. That night we stopped in Abilene. The next morning we got up early and headed to Bronte.
When we arrived in Bronte, we found our new home and a lot of new friends came over to help us unload all our stuff.
So we are here! Have been for a little over a month now and we love it. It's hard sometimes when I think about how far away my family and friends are. It hard on Carly too.
The good thing is we know this is where God wants us and He will Bless us for following Him!
We started our journey with my hubby in the moving van pulling his car in front and me, my mother-in-law and the girls in the van. Birdie rode with Zach. We left that first day amidst a lot of goodbyes and tears. My best friend came by to tell me bye and represent my family. She was not a happy camper! I really felt bad for my father-in-law who watched all of us pull away and had to go back into what must have been the quietest house EVER! My poor momma and daddy were both at work back in Orangeburg.
We drove that day from Clemson, SC to Tuscaloosa, AL. From one college town to another! It was a long day of driving but the girls did so much better than I thought they would! The next day we made it to Shreveport, LA. We spent the night there, got up and hit the road again. Now long into that drive we made it to TEXAS. That night we stopped in Abilene. The next morning we got up early and headed to Bronte.
When we arrived in Bronte, we found our new home and a lot of new friends came over to help us unload all our stuff.
So we are here! Have been for a little over a month now and we love it. It's hard sometimes when I think about how far away my family and friends are. It hard on Carly too.
The good thing is we know this is where God wants us and He will Bless us for following Him!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Goals for 2011
As I mentioned yesterday, today I am going to write about my goals. I have done the whole new years resolution thing before and failed each time! So let me make this clear, this is not a resolution. These are goals...they will for the most part be measurable. I have been thinking about them for several days so here they go.
Physical goal: Lose 75 lbs (this is more than a weight loss goal, this is a goal to lengthen my life, be able to play with my daughters more, to feel better about myself, and of course to look better too.)
Social: Make new friends in our new home town, keep in touch with friends in Clemson/Seneca/Greenville/etc., Skype with my bestfriend at least once a week and let our daughters see each other
Spiritual: Read the entire Bible, have a quiet time at least 4 days a week (I want to do it every day but my first goal will be 4 times), share Christ with with my daughters every day, share Christ with at least one person a month
Financial: Pay off the van, save at least 1 months worth of emergency money
Marital: communicate better with my husband, support my husbands ministry, set up at least 3 hours a week of just Zach/Michelle time!!!!
At home: set up a revolving menu, establish a cleaning schedule that minimizes cleaning time and maximizes Mommy time, cut down on the wasteful time on computer, set up a family game night at least once every two weeks to play games with Carly
This year I want to make myself proud. I want to clarify that statement...it is not about being prideful...it's about being proud of yourself and having no regrets...it's living life to it's fullest! There are more things I want to do but these are my GOALS. I plan to update you at least once a month on my progress.
Are there any goals you have for this coming year! Remember for them to be goals they have to be measurable.
Physical goal: Lose 75 lbs (this is more than a weight loss goal, this is a goal to lengthen my life, be able to play with my daughters more, to feel better about myself, and of course to look better too.)
Social: Make new friends in our new home town, keep in touch with friends in Clemson/Seneca/Greenville/etc., Skype with my bestfriend at least once a week and let our daughters see each other
Spiritual: Read the entire Bible, have a quiet time at least 4 days a week (I want to do it every day but my first goal will be 4 times), share Christ with with my daughters every day, share Christ with at least one person a month
Financial: Pay off the van, save at least 1 months worth of emergency money
Marital: communicate better with my husband, support my husbands ministry, set up at least 3 hours a week of just Zach/Michelle time!!!!
At home: set up a revolving menu, establish a cleaning schedule that minimizes cleaning time and maximizes Mommy time, cut down on the wasteful time on computer, set up a family game night at least once every two weeks to play games with Carly
This year I want to make myself proud. I want to clarify that statement...it is not about being prideful...it's about being proud of yourself and having no regrets...it's living life to it's fullest! There are more things I want to do but these are my GOALS. I plan to update you at least once a month on my progress.
Are there any goals you have for this coming year! Remember for them to be goals they have to be measurable.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Busy, Busy, Busy...
Sorry it's been awhile. We have been super busy around here. We went to visit a church in Texas and now will be moving there in January. To be honest, before we went to Texas I was convinced we were wasting our time by going there. I just knew it wasn't the place for us. What a difference a weekend can make. Bronte is a very small town in Texas. The people of Bronte are some of the nicest I have ever met in my life. Zach and I both felt like we were more welcome there than we had ever been. We prayed about and on January 8th we will become citizens of Bronte, Texas. There is a lot to do before we can pull out.
Please pray for us as we embark on this new journey with our family. We are trying to follow God's path for our life.
On other news, I can't wait for Wed night!!!!! Zach is taking me to a Garth Brooks concert!!!!! Woo Hoo!
Tomorrow come back for my 2011 Goals.
Please pray for us as we embark on this new journey with our family. We are trying to follow God's path for our life.
On other news, I can't wait for Wed night!!!!! Zach is taking me to a Garth Brooks concert!!!!! Woo Hoo!
Tomorrow come back for my 2011 Goals.
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