Saturday, August 11, 2012

Fat A Pet Peeve

I have been thinking lately as to why some peanut butter companies take the fat out of peanut butter in order to either make it healthier or to sell it. I am confused by this because peanut butter is really high in good fat. If it is good fat then why are they taking it out? By taking the fat out of peanut butter, they are making it unhealthy. Can anyone explain this to me?
A person should be eating no trans fat, a little (10%) saturated and about 30 % of the diet should be unsaturated.
I think I am going to go eat a spoon full of regular, full fat, no sugar added peanut butter. Seriously, it is healthy. It has protein, carbs, good fat and fiber all in one.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Outside pictures because my mom asked for them

 Back yard. Not much to see. Sorry
 Front yard
Front yard view of garage.

More pictures of the house

 Spare downstairs bedroom. This is the biggest bedroom aside from the master bedroom.
 Another view of the same spare bedroom
 Kitchen. I will be painting this next weekend.
 An actual linen closet. This is something I was deprived of in the other house.
 A 2 car garage that currently won't hold one car. It is looking tons better now. I actually have paths and trails leading to more boxes.
 This is the arctic entryway. I ripped up a nasty, nasty blue carpet before this picture was taken. The joys of being able to rip up a carpet just because you don't like it. I love owning a home.
 Another view of the same kitchen.  Apparently my pictures got out of order.
 Another view of the arctic entryway. Jim installed the water softener last night and it works wonderful. That is another thing I absolutely love. My husband is really good and knows how to install, fix and take out objects. He knows how they are supposed to work.
 A laundry room that is not part of the garage. This is really nice.
 The staircase that leads to the master bedroom, the future nursery (when that happens) and the upstairs bathroom.
 Upstairs bathroom
 Another view of the upstairs bathroom. There are two doors. One leads to the master and the other to the hall.

 This is the front yard. We were cutting down the trees and cutting them up for firewood. We will be getting a boiler within the year to help with the cost of heating this huge place. The quad is mine and is there because we were using it to pull the trees to the back yard. Cutting trees is another one of Jim's talents.
 The master bedroom is huge. We could easily fit two king size beds.
 Sally in the front yard.
 The future nursery, but is currently the office.
Another view of the office.
These are all new pictures I was not able to figure out how to get them off my phone onto the computer. However, these pictures are better because we are more moved in. The pics on the phone are mainly boxes.

Pictures of the house

 Living Room as you could probably figure out. As you can tell from the pictures we are close to being completely moved in but not quite done yet. I start work on Tuesday, so I am frantically unpacking and organizing before I have to go back to work. I would say I am not doing bad for being in the house for a week.
 Dining Room
 Stairs and my keyboard
 The "playroom" It has Jim's XBox and my Wii. It also has the spare bed for company.
Downstairs bathroom. It is a full bath, but I can only fit so much into a picture.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Our New House

It has been a while but that is because we have been very super busy.
I went to Washington for my mom's birthday.
Jim has been working about 16 hour days trying to get things accomplished at work. They are in the process of hiring a second person for the additional work. I can't wait for that to happen so I can see my husband more.
Mean while back at the house, I packed up boxes and more boxes and realized we accumulated more than I thought over the last 4 years. It is scary how things creep up out of corners like that. Note to self, go through the house more often than every 4 years for garage sale items.
Well, I packed all those boxes because we bought a house. We love it. I took pictures with my smart phone, but apparently my computer and my smart phone aren't that smart because they don't know how to communicate. If I ever figure it out, you will get to see the pictures. If not, I will have to find my camera in the pile of boxes and take different pictures. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Monday, May 28, 2012

I still exist

Sorry about the long time, no hear.
After my elbow accident, I found myself not living my diet, not exercising, and doing a lot of reading. My elbow is still not 100%. I am thinking it will never be back to its original abilities.
However, I am back on my diet. After school got out, I automatically switched over. Literally over night. This did a number on my system for about 24 hours. I notice a huge difference and I missed being on this. I forgot how nice it was. If I hadn't hurt my elbow, it would have been so much easier.
What I have been up to
  • Finished school on May 22.
  • went to Anchorage on May 23rd. While there, went to target, J C Penny, the temple, Organic Oasis (restaurant that I can totally eat at and not break my diet. So worth the it!) I went with a Friend and had soooo much fun we are planning another trip for August.
  • Babysat for some friends.
  • Starting a writing class on Thursday.
I will be teaching the same grade and same school next year. I changed rooms, but it was because I wanted to be next to the other third grade classrooms.

Sorry, I am not that entertaining.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Valentine's Day Gone bad

Because Valentine's day is in the middle of the week, and we both work, I planned an early Valentines day for this weekend at Chena Hot Springs. Well, we stayed the night, went in the hot springs  wanted to go see the norhtern lights but the tour was booked. The next morning, we checked out of our hotel, went to breakfast at the restaruant, and then proceeded to the dog sled ride we signed up for.
Well, this is where it went all wrong. We climbed in the sled and not 3 minutes later we were on the trail. The dogs were excited and moving right along when they decided to take a corner a little too sharp and quick. This caused the sled to tip over. The lady that was on the back of the sled fell off, Jim and I both fell out. I landed on the bottom. My arm got the worst of it. My left elbow was underneath the sled and Jim. The dogs kept going which caused my elbow to be in much more of a bad situation as it was still under the sled.
The good news is, it is not broken. However, we all thought is was because I couldn't move it, it was horribly swollen (still is) and already had a bruise forming before we could even get the x rays done. I don't bruise easily. I am sore on the upper part of my body today. I feel it in my left elbow, my right shoulder and a little in my neck.
Jim cut his knee. It isn't a horrible cut, but it sure bled like it was. He is stiff in his legs today. So, between the two of us, we have one whole body and one broken body.
To make matters worse, I either have the flu, or am vomiting from all the stress my body went through. We are not sure which. 
My exercise for my arm includes grabbing a saltine cracker and slowly bring it to my mouth, so I can keep it from getting more stiff.
I have been reading my book, The Hunger Games, today. However, I can no longer read it because I got to page 122 and it went back to page 91. I figured, I'll just turn to the next page that says 122 and then I will find 123. Nope, it skips straight to page 155. My weekend just keeps getting better and better. ARG!!