Mommy's Project 52:20 Cooking

I love cooking, but I can be very anal about it. I love to try new recipes, but if that recipe has a picture with it I am in trouble. Even though I know the picture is air brushed so that it is flawless, I get it in my head that my meal should come out looking like that. Of course we all now that it never does right? Not exactly. This was a few years ago, but I had found a salmon recipe and it looked and sounded really good. So, I set out to duplicate it. And I did! In fact, I think it may have actually looked better than the picture. The problem...pictures can be deceiving. After working so hard to make sure things were perfect, the meal was finally done, table set, and my husband and I were ready to eat. One bite in and we decided that the meal was not as appetizing as it looked. We actually threw almost all of it away and ordered pizza instead.

Needless to say, I have somewhat learned not to go by the pictures. I still like for my meals to come out looking like the pictures, so now I just try to find recipes that do not have them.

Mommy's Project 52:14 Nap Time

So I am very late with the post this week...the results of being just a bit too busy right now.

This is a picture of a very rare occasion of my oldest actually taking a nap (granted it is from a year ago). She does not nap often so these moments are far and few between. Mommy thoroughly enjoys these rare times!!!

Back to school

Well, my life just got busier...I am finally enrolled in school again. It is all online, but it's still school. I am actually freaking out a bit. Studying, learning, deadlines, certifications, on top of all the other stuff I am doing. This means that I will be stepping down from my position in my mommies group, but I need to focus right now. I cannot have the added stress of other things, nor can I have the limitation of time because I have to take care of other things.

My husband and I are now on the road to our future and it scares the hell out of me. What if we have made a bad decision? What if we fail? What if we have nothing to fall back on? What if, what if, what it??? BUT... What if we make it and fulfill our dreams? What if we make this positive change for our family and get to where we want to be? What if we become better people from making this change? Bottom line, a lot of good can come from our decisions that we are making right now! This is going to be a positive thing, not only for me or for my husband, but for our entire family! These decisions that we make today will make our future better!