A friend from work gave me this yesterday and I fell in love with it instantly!!! This Poem speaks so much truth to every woman out there. Please enjoy!!
MAYA ANGELOU'S'
BEST POEM EVER
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or never needs to...
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE..
a youth she's content to leave behind...
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age...
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who let's her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
and a recipe for a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a feeling of control over her destiny...
how to fall in love without losing herself...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without;
ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents,
that her childhood may not have been perfect... but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love and more...
how to live alone...even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it her best friend's kitchen table...
or a charming Inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
A Blank Wall
The dinning room is not on the normal path you walk through the house but I have been finding myself detouring and walking through obsessing over a big empty blank wall. It is driving me bonkers!!! I wanted something unique and not just a normal old painting. I decided on pictures from our Napa Valley trip last September. I also have a couple of shadow box things and wine boxes. Somehow, someway I will arrange them on the wall. I will post pic when it is done.
Do you ever have a vision or an idea that you just can't get out of your head? I do all of the time!! And it is always about decorating or improving the house, my daughter, food, cleaning, or entertaining. Sometimes I feel like I am missing what I am really supposed to be doing in life. I know God has a plan for me and I have a good idea of what it is supposed to be but it feels like it is out of reach sometimes. I am learning that I am not a patient person. I want what I want now (as selfish and horrible as that sounds) and I don't like to wait. That is just not how the world works unless you are a millionaire. I my friends, am not a millionaire. I wouldn't mind being one though if anyone has an extra mil they would like to share....lol! I think more of my problem is that I get so excited to do certain things that I don't want to take the time do a little at a time. I would rather just do it all so I can enjoy the end result today rather than in a couple weeks. Man I think I need help! Well I guess the one good thing about this quality (if you can call it that) that I get stuff done around here.
Do you ever have a vision or an idea that you just can't get out of your head? I do all of the time!! And it is always about decorating or improving the house, my daughter, food, cleaning, or entertaining. Sometimes I feel like I am missing what I am really supposed to be doing in life. I know God has a plan for me and I have a good idea of what it is supposed to be but it feels like it is out of reach sometimes. I am learning that I am not a patient person. I want what I want now (as selfish and horrible as that sounds) and I don't like to wait. That is just not how the world works unless you are a millionaire. I my friends, am not a millionaire. I wouldn't mind being one though if anyone has an extra mil they would like to share....lol! I think more of my problem is that I get so excited to do certain things that I don't want to take the time do a little at a time. I would rather just do it all so I can enjoy the end result today rather than in a couple weeks. Man I think I need help! Well I guess the one good thing about this quality (if you can call it that) that I get stuff done around here.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Healthy and Yummy tastes of Summer!!
Makayla and I went to the store to grab everything we need to make some yummy and healthy summer favorites today!!! Homemade salsa, fresh homemade cucumber salad, green beans for baked green bean fries, and turkey bacon, romaine lettuce, and tomato's for BLT's!!! I am trying to teach her more about fruits and veggies and doing my best to get her to eat more of them. I thought having her shop for them with me and touch and smell them she may be more willing to try things. She is more curious but no luck today in trying new things.
Nothing makes me happier than cooking for my family and doing things around the house and with my little girl!!! I really want an apron though!! I don't have one. I just think it would be awesome to have one. Is that weird? This evening I was making the mango salsa, Makayla was playing with play-doh at the kitchen table, and Jason was down wiring the basement (manly work). I was sipping on some light margaritas Makayla and I were laughing and talking and I thought......all that is missing is an apron. Then I thought.....an apron for me and an apron for Makayla! So my new project is to make us both aprons like I did for our traditional Christmas cookie baking (see pic below). Maybe if she starts helping me prepare more fruits and veggies she will eat more. Can't blame a mom for trying. OMG!!! And a chef's hat for her too!!! LOL!!! More pics to for sure follow on that one!!!
Nothing makes me happier than cooking for my family and doing things around the house and with my little girl!!! I really want an apron though!! I don't have one. I just think it would be awesome to have one. Is that weird? This evening I was making the mango salsa, Makayla was playing with play-doh at the kitchen table, and Jason was down wiring the basement (manly work). I was sipping on some light margaritas Makayla and I were laughing and talking and I thought......all that is missing is an apron. Then I thought.....an apron for me and an apron for Makayla! So my new project is to make us both aprons like I did for our traditional Christmas cookie baking (see pic below). Maybe if she starts helping me prepare more fruits and veggies she will eat more. Can't blame a mom for trying. OMG!!! And a chef's hat for her too!!! LOL!!! More pics to for sure follow on that one!!!
Monday, June 4, 2012
BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY
This morning I posted a picture on Facebook of my breakfast I made for myself this morning.
A friend posted that she was lucky to remember her makeup, her purse, and her diaper bag in the morning let alone cooking breakfast. Well I feel for her because for awhile I was the same way until I realized how important breakfast was for me. Makayla was about 6 months old when my weight loss plateaued. I couldn't really figure it out because I was too busy to eat because I was busy being a single mom (Jason was still traveling and I was on my own all week long) and working full time. I would eat very little during the day and I was going non-stop so how in the world could I stop loosing weight? Well first and foremost, I wasn't eating enough to keep my metabolism going. And who had time for the most important meal of the day? Breakfast? Not me. I was lucky if I had two of the same color socks on. So I figured if I could change the way I eat breakfast I could probably change everything else about how I eat. So now I get up a half hour earlier than I used to. I still just throw up my hair everyday but I do throw on makeup. But that little half hour gives me enough time to throw together breakfast and eat it at home and not in the car but at the table with my cup of coffee and a few extra min of cuddle time with my peanut.
Most of the time I keep it simple with just egg whites, meatless veggie sausage, and cheese. But I love to keep chopped onion in my fridge so I started making this breakfast that tastes just like french onion soup!!! Saute red onion in a small saute pan (hint: buy the already cut up in a container for you onion, peppers, and celery. For my friends who are around a Meijer store they used to be like 2 for $5 and totally worth it. So sad I don't live by a Meijer any more!!!) Use butter flavored non-stick spray instead of butter. Add the egg whites to your onions to whatever thickness you choose and leave it alone. Go brush your teeth, get the same color socks on, get all the bags together to walk out the door, ect. Once you see that it isn't very liquid any more you can flip it to finish cooking. Microwave your Maple Flavored Meatless Morning Star Sausage Pattie for 55 sec, throw a piece of swiss cheese on it right when it comes out, and then top with the egg white. Add a little fresh cracked sea salt and pepper and enjoy!! Tastes just like french onion soup for breakfast!! But super high in protein and gives you a great start to your day quickly!
The breakfast salad I posted this morning is super easy too. I just spray my small saute pan with non-stick spray and then pour the egg whites to the thickness of my liking. I add a little cracked sea salt and pepper while it is cooking and walk away to do a couple odds and ends (laundry, pack Makayla's lunch, or whatever is on the to do list that morning). When it is ready I microwave a maple flavored pattie for 55 sec, cut it up with a fork real quick, and cut the egg up with a fork real quick. I had some left over romaine lettuce from the salads I made to go with last nights grilled chicken along with some diced tomatoes so I put the lettuce down, then topped it with the tomato, egg white, and veggie pattie. I had picked up mango salsa at the West Side Market on Saturday and so I also put that on my salad (looking for a good recipe to make it myself and have on hand at all times) and then grabbed my handy bag of salad sliced almonds from the pantry and topped it off. Yummy!!
The whole idea is to use what you have handy and semi already prepared to make a quick and healthy breakfast to start your day. Make it packed full of protein and low in carbs too!! I have had days where I didn't have any lettuce in the fridge but I did have low carb wraps so I made it a breakfast burrito. I make it work because I do feel better about my day when it starts out with a little goodness. I am not perfect and their are days I throw a Jimmy Dean De-light turkey sausage breakfast sandwich in the microwave or I stop and get an egg white and turkey bacon breakfast sandwich from Starbucks but I must be doing something right if I have lost over 100 lbs since Makayla was born and kept it off. I contribute it to breakfast and slowing down a notch. What's for breakfast tomorrow?
A friend posted that she was lucky to remember her makeup, her purse, and her diaper bag in the morning let alone cooking breakfast. Well I feel for her because for awhile I was the same way until I realized how important breakfast was for me. Makayla was about 6 months old when my weight loss plateaued. I couldn't really figure it out because I was too busy to eat because I was busy being a single mom (Jason was still traveling and I was on my own all week long) and working full time. I would eat very little during the day and I was going non-stop so how in the world could I stop loosing weight? Well first and foremost, I wasn't eating enough to keep my metabolism going. And who had time for the most important meal of the day? Breakfast? Not me. I was lucky if I had two of the same color socks on. So I figured if I could change the way I eat breakfast I could probably change everything else about how I eat. So now I get up a half hour earlier than I used to. I still just throw up my hair everyday but I do throw on makeup. But that little half hour gives me enough time to throw together breakfast and eat it at home and not in the car but at the table with my cup of coffee and a few extra min of cuddle time with my peanut.
Most of the time I keep it simple with just egg whites, meatless veggie sausage, and cheese. But I love to keep chopped onion in my fridge so I started making this breakfast that tastes just like french onion soup!!! Saute red onion in a small saute pan (hint: buy the already cut up in a container for you onion, peppers, and celery. For my friends who are around a Meijer store they used to be like 2 for $5 and totally worth it. So sad I don't live by a Meijer any more!!!) Use butter flavored non-stick spray instead of butter. Add the egg whites to your onions to whatever thickness you choose and leave it alone. Go brush your teeth, get the same color socks on, get all the bags together to walk out the door, ect. Once you see that it isn't very liquid any more you can flip it to finish cooking. Microwave your Maple Flavored Meatless Morning Star Sausage Pattie for 55 sec, throw a piece of swiss cheese on it right when it comes out, and then top with the egg white. Add a little fresh cracked sea salt and pepper and enjoy!! Tastes just like french onion soup for breakfast!! But super high in protein and gives you a great start to your day quickly!
The breakfast salad I posted this morning is super easy too. I just spray my small saute pan with non-stick spray and then pour the egg whites to the thickness of my liking. I add a little cracked sea salt and pepper while it is cooking and walk away to do a couple odds and ends (laundry, pack Makayla's lunch, or whatever is on the to do list that morning). When it is ready I microwave a maple flavored pattie for 55 sec, cut it up with a fork real quick, and cut the egg up with a fork real quick. I had some left over romaine lettuce from the salads I made to go with last nights grilled chicken along with some diced tomatoes so I put the lettuce down, then topped it with the tomato, egg white, and veggie pattie. I had picked up mango salsa at the West Side Market on Saturday and so I also put that on my salad (looking for a good recipe to make it myself and have on hand at all times) and then grabbed my handy bag of salad sliced almonds from the pantry and topped it off. Yummy!!
The whole idea is to use what you have handy and semi already prepared to make a quick and healthy breakfast to start your day. Make it packed full of protein and low in carbs too!! I have had days where I didn't have any lettuce in the fridge but I did have low carb wraps so I made it a breakfast burrito. I make it work because I do feel better about my day when it starts out with a little goodness. I am not perfect and their are days I throw a Jimmy Dean De-light turkey sausage breakfast sandwich in the microwave or I stop and get an egg white and turkey bacon breakfast sandwich from Starbucks but I must be doing something right if I have lost over 100 lbs since Makayla was born and kept it off. I contribute it to breakfast and slowing down a notch. What's for breakfast tomorrow?
Saturday, June 2, 2012
TEARS OF JOY AS THE JOURNEY JUST BEGINS!
Tonight I feel overwhelmingly blessed!!! Thanks to all of my family, friends, coworkers, and my community we have raised over $2300 for my fundraising for the Susan G Komen 3 Day 60 Mile walk coming up in August!!!!! I couldn't have done it without these amazing people in my life!!!!
But the journey has really just begun. I will continue training hard over the next several weeks to prepare myself for those 3 days. I am already brought to tears over the generosity of all of the people who have donated their time and money to help me fight for this great cause!! Over those 3 days I will be with thousands of men and women who are just as passionate about this fight and it will no doubt be very memorable, inspirational, and life changing for me. I will post pictures of the 3 Day event afterwards on this blog so you can have a glimpse into the experience.
I also want to invite anyone who reads this blog to leave a comment below with the name of a person you know who has either survived or passed away from breast cancer. I have a tank top that I made that already has several names written on it. I will take the names you give me and add them to the shirt and wear it on one of the days of the 3 Day. Those names will be my inspiration that day and will remind me why I am doing what I am doing. I want to celebrate those who have fought and survived and honor those who lost their battle. This is the tank top right after I made it.
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND GENEROSITY!!!!
Love Always and Forever,
Theresa
But the journey has really just begun. I will continue training hard over the next several weeks to prepare myself for those 3 days. I am already brought to tears over the generosity of all of the people who have donated their time and money to help me fight for this great cause!! Over those 3 days I will be with thousands of men and women who are just as passionate about this fight and it will no doubt be very memorable, inspirational, and life changing for me. I will post pictures of the 3 Day event afterwards on this blog so you can have a glimpse into the experience.
I also want to invite anyone who reads this blog to leave a comment below with the name of a person you know who has either survived or passed away from breast cancer. I have a tank top that I made that already has several names written on it. I will take the names you give me and add them to the shirt and wear it on one of the days of the 3 Day. Those names will be my inspiration that day and will remind me why I am doing what I am doing. I want to celebrate those who have fought and survived and honor those who lost their battle. This is the tank top right after I made it.
Love Always and Forever,
Theresa
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