christmas tree and wedding photos finally up

I can't figure out how to rotate the pictures

I taught Eli to come when outside! One problem down many more to go

I have successful taught Eli to come when I call him in from outside. i have spent many times chasing Eli around the yard because he wouldn't come in and I would have someplace to be. By giving lots of praise everytime he came in when called and giving him a piece of cheese he now comes in pretty much every time I call him in from outside. One problem down, many more to go!

Organizing and recipes

Last night my husband and I organized the dresser drawers in the bedroom, so now instead of a cluttered mess they are neat and I can find the stuff I want to wear quickly. Today I cleaned out my purse. I have yet to do anything else yet, so we will see if I get to anything. On the positive side after work I did about an hour of billing and paperwork and then I made dinner and cleaned the dishes/counter.

I made budget savy divy's copy cat Red lobsters cheddar biscuits and the spaghetti squash casserole recipe found here:  http://theomgmom.com/spaghetti-squash-casserole/

Both are very easy to make and take little time and were very good. Make sure you add the garlic powder to both though to give it more flavor. The spaghetti squash was on sale last week for 79 cents a pound- don't know if I will find it that cheap again for awhile and the biscuits are great because I can put it in the husbands lunch for the next day- I have been trying to make his lunch more often now so he stops going to McDonald's or getting fatty food for lunch. Not that a pack him the healthiest lunches, but better then McDonald's. I usually pack him cut up cheese, biscuits or wheat rolls, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, fruit, and granola bars or something similar. He eats a ton, so I have to pack a lot.

organizing and a healthy, easy recipe

So I decided I need to get more organizer and work on having a cleaner house- don't care about the house being spotless but I for the most part only surface clean and rarely organize and deep clean and a messy house causes stress, so I am going to work on doing 20 minutes of organzing deep, cleaning every night.

Last night: organize two shelves of pots and pans (have been meaning to do this for a long time!) and my mom was up and organized one of the two cabinets full of dry food. Then did a bunch of surface cleaning, picking up. and organized one of the baskets in family room.

Today: We finally got the old mattress out of our bedroom- another thing I have been wanting the husband to help with for a long time- so nice to have it gone- so I then picked up the clothes around bedroom and swept the floor- not exactly deep cleaning or organizing but progress.

So I have not been walking or running- need to work on that. Also well the dog is much better now when coming when called still need to work with the dog. I have been tracking my food on fitness pal a lot to make sure I am eating enough good food. Lately I have also been cooking more- focusing on making healthier vegetarian meals.

super easy, healthy vegetarian recipe
1 can of diced tomatoes with lime and cilantro (you could use other types of diced tomatoes if prefer)
1 can of diced tomatoes with chilies
1 can of corn
1 can of black beans
brown rice
mexican shredded cheese
1/2 packet of taco seasoning we like the spicy one


 all you do is is mix up all the ingredients except the cheese in a casserole dish (I drain the corn and black beans but not the tomatoes) and bake for like 45 minutes to an hour until the rice is tender then top with the cheese and put in the oven for another 5 minutes and you are done.

milage fail and clearance finds

I have not been keeping up with my walking/running.

I have been waking up really early on the weekends- before 7. Maybe I go to bed too early.

I have a lot of paperwork I should get done this weekend, but of course I don't want to do it and they are talking about a little bit of snow next week which adds to my paperwork (praying for no snow and just rain)

Got some good deals at Jcpennys clearance sale yesterday. 2 babies legging and 2 osh gosh jumpers they were each 1.40 each, I figure that is close enough to garage sale price I can stock up for baby showers, our future babies. I also got 2 shirts for me that were 4.80 each. I am not sure why people don't like Jcpenny there I am a huge bargain shopper and ever since they went to this new pricing thing I have gotten some amazing deals. I have found clothes there for me for 2 dollars each, lots of baby clothes for 2 dollars each. I used to no shop much at Jcpenny but now that I can get such cheap clothes I shop there often. Now that they did the additional 30 percent off it is making the deals even better. Hopefully the deals stay good. I am upset however they discontined the husbands jeans. He only wear the Arizona carpenter jeans in 36 long and has worn them for years and they were cheap and good quality now they don't sell them. He is 6'6 so we have trouble finding him jeans long enough in the store.