More "Creativity" Time

So, here's our latest "creative" moment that we had. This is what we painted this weekend. It's hanging in our bay window above the bench seat. It's on the opposite wall of our other painting that we did a few weeks ago. It's fun to do things like this... but it was very tedious.

Cooking Experience

I forgot to update everyone on my cooking experience after I finished! It went GREAT! I must say that I was a little stressed out EVERY night because I was all worried about making sure I had everything- (even though I had already made a grocery list based on every recipe)- and making sure I had the timing down of getting each item done at the same time w/o something else getting cold. Well... my meals weren't THAT complicated... but it was nerve racking for me because I didn't want to mess anything up! All in all... I only messed up ONE thing... and really, it wasn't my fault at all!

My first attempt at the Weight Watcher's "Spicy Fries" recipe was a total BOMB! I followed the recipe precisely! The only thing that I did was not let it cook AS LONG as the recipe called for-- cook for 15min's at 425 degrees then turn up to broil for 10mins.-- I checked the potatoes at 11 minutes instead of 15... and then at 7 mintutes instead of 10. After 7 mins on broil, the potatoes were COMPLETELY BURNT! I mean... almost disintegrated! We literally had to SCRAPE them off the pan... what potatoes were left that is! So, because I knew I didn't mess it up... I was determined to try them again! So, the next day I made them again and succeeded! The only negative is that they weren't very spicy... next time I'll add more spice than the recipe calls for!

Other than that... cooking went well and I'm done!

This past weekend Steve and I felt "creative" on Sunday. So, below is a picture of our new "painting". I'm in the process of another "painting" and will upload it on here when I've finished it.

Let the cooking begin!!!

Welp, I've FINALLY started cooking the meals that I owe Steve from our "Biggest Loser Challenge" (see archived blog).

I actually got excited when we went to the store and bought the food on Saturday. I started cooking Sunday night and will cook until this coming Sunday night! I have a menu all planned out and showed it to Steve last Friday to make sure the meals were all okay with him. We are trying to still stay SOMEWHAT healthy... or at least where we're not over our 1500 calories! So, here's the menu...

Sunday:
-Cheeseburger Casserole (that's what I'm calling it anyways... it's similar to Sheppard's Pie... but I cut a lot of the stuff out... got the recipe from our friends Jian and Cindy when they cooked dinner for us one time... thanks Cindy!) :)
-Green Beans
-Corn
-Rolls

Monday:
-Pork Chops
-Mashed Potatoes
-Rolls
-Mixed Veggies

Tuesday:
We have dinner w/ our lifegroup so I'm getting that day off and am extending my 7th day to next Sunday.

Wednesday:
-Pork Roast
-Corn
-Rolls

Thursday:
-Spaghetti
-Garlic Bread _(using wheat noodles and bread)

Friday:
-Breakfast Tacos (using Wheat tortillas of course)

Saturday:
-Hamburgers
-Spicy Fries (a weight watchers recipe I'll be trying)

Sunday:
Not sure yet!!!!

So, the first meal went well!!! I'll keep ya posted on the rest! Hopefully I won't burn the house down or anything in attempt to make any of these meals!!!!