The Verdict!

Alright! The Mac'n'cheese'n'squash....... was GREAT! ok. with a few minor adjustments :P I used mozza cheese (noo idea how much. I just grated till I got bored) and parmesan. And I also tossed in a bunch of bacon bits (till I ran out) and some Progresso Garlic & Herb bread crumbs on top for a extra punch of flavour. It was a hit in the house! Everybody went back for seconds. I really need to measure when I add to a recipe instead of just throwing in things to taste. But yeah! It was good :) I recommend trying it :)
Till next time
xo
Lisa

In West Philadelphia Born & Raised!

Yep. I'm rapping out to that while cooking today. I'm soo cool eh? Today I'm making Macaroni and Cheese (yumm!) With Roasted Butternut Squash (mac n cheese n squash? Whaat?) 

Here's the recipe before I go any further and forget to give it to you :) 

Ingredients

• 400 g peeled butternut squash, finely diced, about 3 cups
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 2 cups dry elbow macaroni
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cups 2% milk
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp cayenne (optional)
• 1 cup grated white cheddar, preferably aged
• 1 cup grated light mozzarella
• 1/2 cup grated gruyère
• 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs

Instructions

• Position racks in centre and top third of oven. Preheat to 400F. Toss squash with oil on a baking sheet. Bake in centre of oven until tender, stirring halfway through, 16 to 18 min. Remove to a rack. Preheat broiler to 500F.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water, following package directions but omitting salt, until al dente, 7 to 8 min. Drain.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium. Whisk in flour. Mixture will be dry and very lumpy. Gradually whisk in milk, Dijon, salt and cayenne. Stir until mixture comes to a boil, 5 to 7 min. Remove pan from heat and stir in pasta,cheese and squash until just coated. Do not melt cheese. Transfer to an 8-inch- square baking dish or 6 individual ovensafe dishes. Sprinkle panko over pasta.
• Broil until top is golden, 2 to 3 min. Serve immediately.

Now I'm making some adjustments to this because I don't have all the "proper" ingredients and I'm too poor to buy them haha

I'm just using plain mozza and cheddar since I don't have light mozza, white cheddar or gruyere. I bet it will turn out just fine with normal cheeses haha

here is the link to where the recipe can be found online even though I copied mine out of a book at work during Wednesdays midnight shift (gag) I'll let you all know how it turned out after I'm finished!

http://www.chatelaine.com/recipe/world-cuisine-2/macaroni-and-cheese-with-roasted-butternut-squash/

xo Lisa 

A First...and an apology (kinda)

Today I have to admit, I had a little meltdown. After I ate supper, I came downstairs to a song playing on the radio that makes me cry every single time I hear it. Usually just a sniffle and I'm good, but tonight I bawled.
Wondering what the "first" is yet? I cried about a boy. I, Lisa Keough, aged 22 have never ever cried over a boy. Until tonight. But, I didn't cry because he broke my heart, or didn't want to date me. I cried because my friend is hurting and I felt powerless.
The last boy I knew who hurt was sweet Jaydee. He tripped and scraped his arm. With Jaydee though , all it took was a cuddle and a kiss and he was all better. The boy I cried for today hurts inside and I don't think I can kiss and cuddle it better. And I'd just recently been kind of rude to this boy because he made me angry. I sent him an angry Facebook message (oh I know. 'oooh how scary!') and when I seen him the other night I ignored him, even though I could see that he stopped and waved at me. (Sorry :[ ) Now what I was angry at him for seems silly. It was foolish really. The reason now doesn't matter.. all that matters is I'm awful sorry. Sorry for being selfish and sorry for being just plain stupid. And sorry for your hurt. I wish I could make it  better for you. I love you.

thats all for tonight folks.
xo Lisa

Have You Ever Heard A Snowflake Fall?

It's the most amazing sound. To me it sounds like God is whispering in my ear "it's going to be alright."
The other night it was snowing and it was so beautiful that I just had to go outside and walk. I found the quietest part of my neighborhood and just stood there. It was so quiet you could hear the snow falling all around. It is something I never want to take for granted again. Every time it snows gently like it did the other day I want to take at least five minutes and go outside and just breathe and listen to the snow. Because who knows how many breaths and snow falls I have left?
I learned again this week just how quick a life can go away. I went for coffee last week with my father and the "crew" and yesterday morning I woke up to the news that one of the dear sweet old men who make up the "crew" had passed away suddenly. Jimmy was the sweetest man and will be missed so very much. I knew him for a very long time, but about 6 years ago I got the chance to get to know him even better when I started to date his grandson, Alex. I loved him very much and my heart is broke to know that he is gone. But, Carrie Underwood has this song out called "See You Again" which has given me some measure of comfort because it is true. I will see Jimmy again. Much as I miss him I hope that it will be some time before I do. I have a lot of living to do before I go to heaven :)
On a much happier note.. I did some baking this morning! I made six mini loaves of Banana Bread. and boy is it yummy! haha I made two batches of the recipe to make up the six loaves. One batch had chocolate chips in it (yumm!) and the other had cherries at my mother's request.
This is the recipe that I used.

Banana Bread Recipe

• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Cook time: 1 hour
• Yield: Makes one loaf.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

I would tell you how much cherries and how much chocolate chips I used, but I really don't know. I just dumped them in until it looked like enough to me haha. I encourage you to try this recipe though! It is delish! 

Here is the link to where I found it.. .http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

enjoy your day! 

xo Lisa

I didn't say what Monday!

I am back (for the millionth time!) Why does it always seem that whenever I try to blog (or do anything) steady.. something always happens to disrupt it! Argh. We've been doing renovations to our house  and my poor computer got buried and I just found her yesterday evening. Getting the charging cord took me till today :P
On to exciting things..
I GOT A KITCHEN! It's all mine! :D Yay for Christmas cooking! Or any kind of cooking to be honest! ;) Be on the lookout for recipes. It's gonna be a rough little while for me and my family. My father has cancer and I'm scared. I really am. So I'm hoping to try to find an "out" to keep me busy when I get worried. Especially in the tough times. Since I know I like to cook and bake and experiment, I'm gonna try that :) I'm gonna get so fat... lol
Oh.. listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJ8iGHUOEg while you read. It'll make you happy. :)
One more month till Christmas (eve!) As much as I love Christmas.. I really just want this year to be over so we can jump into next years trials and hopefully triumphs.
Wait! I take what I said earlier back. Do NOT listen to the above video while you read.. WATCH it after :) It'll make you happier, I promise. :D How could Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra NOT make anybody happy? Seriously? They're beautiful. I'm not just talking about their voices either haha..
Lately I've been feeling rather.. frustrated.. with my job. I thoroughly enjoy what I do, most days anyways, and I think almost 4 years proves some sort of dedication... right? I've been working faithfully for Walmart for that long and I'm still part time and pretty low on the food chain so to speak. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, because I am oh so glad to have a job, but I'd really love to have full time at least. Just this week I found out that a young gentleman (he's still in school...) who has been there roughly a month is now my supervisor. Why? They wanted a male CSM because all the females have been getting pregnant lately. What? Stereo-typical much? Last time I checked you usually have to, erm, have sex.. to get pregnant. So I'm safe. In fact.. if I do become pregnant in the near future, somebody'd better call the Pope.. I'm not saying I want the supervisor position, because I really don't. I wouldn't turn it down if offered, but I wouldn't necessarily beg for it unless it was a full time position. I've even spoke to my boss, and explained my whole situation to him and said look, I need more hours. It's not any longer a "want" thing. Since we found out that dad has cancer, it has become a "need"..
Anyways... lol I'll post pictures of my kitchen as soon as it get's completed. :) My taps have got to go in yet, and my dish washer :) Then I get to decorate. Eeeeeeee! I'm stupid with excitement hehe
Speaking of work though.. I have to work in the morning! So it's off to bed I go. Well, as soon as I plug in my Frank Sinatra Christmas CD and put it on repeat repeat repeat :P
Night lovies
xox Lisa

What A Week!

Due to a passing of a dear friends mother, I will not be blogging for the next couple of days.  I will be back by Monday though :)
till next time
xo
Lisa

Soldiers Angels

My apologies for not posting yesterday... things got a little busy haha
Today's post is going to be about an organization that is very dear to me.. Soldier's Angels. Their motto is "May No Solider Go Unloved" and that is exactly what they aim to do! Their goal is for every deployed hero to have someone write to them and send them goodies from home, to express our gratitude for their hard work and dedication to their country. Yes, they are an American company, and I am a Canadian, but I still believe strongly in their dedication to the service men and women.
Soldier's Angels has several different "teams" that you can join to support the troops in many different ways! If your strength does not lie in writing letters and cards, and you're more of a baker, you can join the Angel Bakers and bake some yummy goodies to send to the men and women overseas.
To find more about the teams at Soldiers Angels visit this link.
This month they are collecting Christmas cards to send to the troops (yes, I know... too early to think about Christmas.. and snow...) I've been writing them out by the dozen haha.
If you are interested in "adopting" a hero you can visit Soldiers Angels by clicking here. It's a really great thing to do to bring a little joy to someone who is fighting for their countries freedom. And! If you wanted to send a Christmas card (or more haha) there are two addresses you can use :
Soldiers’ Angels Christmas


5068 US HWY 64 East

Franklinville, NC 27248 

OR 

Soldiers’ Angels Christmas


145 N Sierra Madre Blvd. 

Ste 5 


Pasadena, CA  91107

I have been an "angel" off and on since I was about 12.. I still keep in contact with my first soldier and he's one of my dearest friends. He was redeployed a few years ago and I sent letters to him again while he was overseas. 

Currently there are 346 heroes waiting for "adoption" why not sign up today? Perfect timing for Christmas! You could  bring some joy to a deployed hero far away from home at Christmas time. 

till next time

xo 

Lisa 

November Blogging...

Hey all,
In order to get  myself back into the blogging deal more regularly each day in November I am going to try (emphasis on try!) to pick a cause that I support and blog all about it.. as you can see, today I did "Movember" and tomorrow I will blog about another cause that I am very fond of. To see what this cause is and read all about it you'll have to check back tomorrow!
Till then
xo
Lisa

Movember!

Its that time of year again ladies and gentlemen! The time of year where men shave their faces and start growing a "mo" to support men's health issues like prostate cancer. I unfortunately do not have a man to show you all his "mo" ;) so I invite you to follow my bro-in-law Peter and the Toronto Moustachians!! For the last couple of years Pete has grown a pretty awesome "mo" so I'm sure this year it will be no different and no less hilarious!
As soon as I find out how you can donate to the Toronto Moustachians (or to Movember in general) I will absolutely let you know!! This is a great cause and I know you all will help me out here :)

Happy "Mo"ing everybody!
xo
Lisa

Blind Date (Part 2!)

So you may all be wondering about how my date(s) went yesterday.. and you may not be ;) but I'm going to tell you anyway! hahaha

My "blind date" went well ( I think??) I had a good time anyway! haha I met him at his grandma's for tea and then it was suggested that he show me the barns because I like cows. So we went to the barns lol and he introduced me to the cows. After the tour and the introductions haha he took me back to his grandmothers and invited me to come back up again for a bit to see how the milking works (he works on a dairy..) but unfortunately I had to leave. I thought him cute, and he seemed very nice but I didn't know what he thought of me (I didn't ask.. lol) but I found out today he asked about me last night when my Pastors wife went back to his grams for prayer meeting. (yay!!) So I'm hoping to go back over perhaps Sunday evening when Steve and Becky go to his grams for evening service. I'll keep you all updated! haha

My second "date" was a flub. The jerk ditched me (again). I should have seen it coming though, he always stands me up. Oh well! Take the bad with the good, right? :P 

Till next time

xo Lisa

Blind Date..

I may or may not have my first official Blind Date tomorrow.
My Pastors wife Becky called  me today and asked if I was seeing anybody steady, when I answered "no" she said she knew of a gentleman that her and her husband have thought for a while I would get along good with. After a while of chatting we decided that tomorrow afternoon we would go for a drive and just pop over to his grandmothers for tea. This gentleman stops by his grandmothers every day at the same time for a cuppa and tomorrow there will be some extra company lol.
I've never done this blind dating thing, so I'm hoping I don't become a blubbering idiot and make a fool of myself. ( I probably will!) Here's hoping that he's cute and we hit it off. Would be kind of fun, right? haha
I will let you all know tomorrow sometime how it went! (I may or may not have another date tomorrow night ;) but I know who this guy is lol)
xo
Lisa

I'm Back (again)

Hello all!! So sorry for being away from the blog for so long, I didn't forget this time, promise, I was just going through some stuff that I didn't want public. Now I've got my life back on track and I'm back again to annoy you all with my posts (haha)
SO! There have been some changes in my life these past few months you all may be interested in knowing about, and then I have a short vent haha. First off, my changes..
Numero 1.. I have eliminated some people from my life. People that were holding me down and keeping me from where I want to be in life. Smell ya later folks!!
Number 2.. I gave online dating an honest try. Went on one date and (I thought) it went well, but I never heard from him again.. guess it didn't go well? :P
Number 3.. I got a tattoo. Yep! I finally grew a set and went to the tattoo parlour and got a small tattoo on my left wrist.

It reads "Yahweh" in Hebrew :) The purpose of me getting this tattoo in this spot was because lately I feel I haven't been the Christian I should be, and I haven't been setting a good example for my sweet little cousin so I put God's name on my wrist because I knew I would see it there every day and it would remind me that I have to live a more Godly life. 

Now on to my vent. I've started to feel like I'm just the "good time" girl that guys will text and want to hang around with when they're single, but I'm not good enough for them to date. Now don't take me saying that to mean I'm a whore or anything, I'm still a virgin. But it seems any guy I'm interested in, will want to be around me and talk to me when there's no other girl in their life, but as soon as they find a girlfriend, I get the cold shoulder. It's getting frustrating. Anyways! haha Sorry for vent, but I needed to get that off my shoulders haha

Until next time 

xo Lisa

New Compassion Blog!

Hey all! Just a note to let you know that I have moved my blog for Compassion over to a new page, so my posts don't get lost in among my rants and non-Compassion posts :)
To start my new blog off, I posted my first blog that I wrote as  a "Compassion Blogger" on the new blog as well :)
Here is the link to my new blog: http://fromthesticksforhim.blogspot.ca/
Hope you all venture over occasionally to check it out!
xo
Lisa

Compassion Sunday 2013

Hey all! This week I received an email from Compassion asking me, along with all the other Compassion Bloggers, to sign up for an online Compassion Sunday profile, and to blog about it.
On my Compassion Sunday profile, I got to pick a child who desperately needs a sponsor and post their picture on my profile. I figured this would take me a bit, because I wanted to chose the child that God called upon me to pick. It didn't take long at all. Right on the very first page of sweet children, a little boy from Nicaragua jumped out at me.
 
Little Hosmar is 3 years old and exactly one month younger than my dear little cousin Jaydee.
Hosmar lives with his mother, and four other children, and while he is too young to attend school, his profile says he regularly attends Bible class. His profile also says that his favourite activities are soccer, playing with cars, and singing.
Here is a link to Hosmar's profile.
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-video-biography.htm?needKey=NI2360267
I hope you will take a moment to take a look, and if you can, sponsor this sweet little boy, or another sweet boy or girl.
If I can give just two children sponsors before April 22nd, Compassion will donate $50 to the families of one of my precious boys. That would help out 3 families with just a couple clicks of the mouse.
Please take a moment to think about this. You could give the greatest gift to a child and their family in need, you could help them to escape from poverty's grasp.

http://my.compassionsunday.com/missiekay

xo Lisa

A letter CAN Change a life!

If you have ever considered sponsoring a child, but have decided against it for whatever reason, I encourage you to watch the following video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbUK8D-xIdQ

Jimmy Wambu was a child in the Compassion program when he was just a little child. When he got sponsored, his sponsor, Mark, wrote Jimmy a letter that changed his life forever .

I hope the letters that I send my sponsored boys make some impact on their lives. I hope, because I tell them of God's love for us, that they realize they can do anything they wish to do.

This works both ways though, the letters that I have received from my boys have changed my life. They tell me they love me, even though they have never met me, and they make me want to be a better person.

Have you received a letter that has changed your life?

Compassion Beginnings!

Hey all :)
Since I signed up to be a Compassion blogger last night I thought I should take the time to tell you how I got started on my Compassion journey!
December of 2010 I decided it was time that I sponsored a child. It is something that I've always wanted to do ever since I was a little girl when I would watch World Vision on Sunday mornings with my parents. I always felt really terrible that I was eating hot steaming pancakes and bacon while those poor kids on tv had nothing to eat. I used to beg and beg my parents to sponsor one but they always said no. (in their defense, we honestly couldn't afford one.. I just didn't realize we weren't rich like I thought we were)
So.... back to December 2010.... I knew I really wanted to sponsor a child, but I didn't know what company to sponsor through. So I sat down, and did my research. I wanted a company that I didn't need a credit card to sponsor with, and I wanted to pick the one that the most of my money would go to the child, instead of the company. Compassion fit my criteria perfectly!
Then I got to pick the little boy or girl that I would invite into my life, and love them as if they were my family, which they would become. I sat there, scrolling through the pages and pages of children who needed sponsors and reading their mini biography things, waiting for the one child that I knew I was supposed to sponsor.. then I found him.
Joel was a tiny little boy staring up at me from his picture, in his too-big clothes and sweet, shy look on his face that just begged me to pick him. My heart was stolen by this darling little 5-year-old, in a country that I had never heard of. Clicking immediately on the "sponsor me" button, I filled out the necessary information and so, Joel became my first sponsored child!! I was so excited I sat right down and wrote out my first letter to my new little friend.
In just a short couple of weeks, I received my first letter! I was so excited when I opened the mail box and found the envelope labeled "a message from your sponsored child!" I squealed and opened it right there. If I remember correctly, it was raining that day, and my dad was waiting in the car for me to get back in...(sorry dad!) I was stoked. I read it and re-read it, and re-read it! I must have read it a million times before I stopped shaking with excitement enough to reply!
A year later, I had enough saved up that I could sponsor another little one!! I was so excited when I checked my bank on Thanksgiving morning and realized I had enough money! This time I knew I wanted to sponsor another child from Burkina Faso, where Joel lived, so if I ever got to go visit, I would hopefully be able to see them both in one trip. So, as I ate my pancakes, I scrolled through the list of Children available in Burkina Faso until Loukmane jumped off the screen and into my heart. I knew right away that I had to sponsor him.
Once again, a short time later, God had called upon my heart to again sponsor a child. But this time I knew I just could not sponsor one financially. Then I heard about this wonderful thing called Correspondence sponsoring! I got all the joy of writing and receiving letters to/from a child, but I did not have to financially sponsor one when I was not able! Needless to say I jumped on that bandwagon real fast! I was ALL over correspondence sponsorship! When the email came back saying there was a little boy in the Dominican who needed a correspondence sponsor I did not even hesitate to say YES! And so, Robert came into my life.
Unfortunately, 2012 ended up being not the greatest year of my life, and I didn't write even a fraction of the times that I should have! I felt, and still feel, SO terrible about that! So this year I have pledged to write at least one letter a month to my boys, and to do everything I possibly can do for Compassion in my area, and anywhere else that I can possibly do anything for them! :)
Thats all for now, folks!
xo
Lisa

The Best Video.. EVER!

Hey all. I just found this video on facebook and I literally laughed so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants. Its THAT funny! Not even joking. No exaggeration even! My stomach still burns from laughing so hard. I swear to you all, you HAVE to see it!!
SO! Without further adieu, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQhG59zqZc
Watch, laugh (please pee first!), enjoy, share, watch again. :)
xo
Lisa

Compassion

I should never go on the compassion website. It makes me want to sponsor more little ones. I already sponsor 2 little boys Joel and Loukmane, and have a third boy, my correspondent child, Robert, but looking at the hundreds of children who need sponsors just tears my heart into bits.

This morning I was on the compassion.com site, and I came across this little boy named Jorge from Ecuador.  His profile said he was crippled in one arm, but he still had the most beautiful smile on his face! I wish I could sponsor him so bad! But I'm confident that with that darling smile on his face he is going to get a wonderful sponsor! If somebody out there in the blog-o-sphere is thinking about sponsoring a child, I hope you'll take a look at Jorge. He's 6 years old and his birthday is in just 2 days!! Wouldn't that be a wonderful birthday present for this precious little boy? Here is the link to sponsor Jorge http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=EC5930350
Please take a look and I hope you'll make the decision to sponsor a child today, whether it is Jorge or another little one, I know some little one out there will love you forever for your decision to sponsor them! If you can't financially sponsor a child, Compassion has a great correspondence program! Its definitely a win-win situation. You don't have to put out financially if you can't afford it, AND you get ALL the letters!! :) 

All for now everybody :) I'll post again soon!

xo Lisa

Whoops! (Again)

So once again I have managed to not write on my blog for too long.... Sorryyyy! :( I promise I have been exercising and trying to get my business going and not just ignoring this haha ok maybe it was a little of that too haha But it was mostly excercising and doing my business stuff! :)
Since I'm here.... if anybody out there in the blog-o-sphere actually reads this you should go to www.facebook.com/lmkphotography1 and like my page :) If you're local you could have a chance at a free session! Every 50 likes until 200 likes some lucky person will win a free session! yaay!
I'll blog again soon :) xo

Something Awesome!

The first 6 people who comment on this post will receive some kind of gift from me sometime this year. It might be a sweet card, a little homemade goody, something to lift you up or make you laugh, or some other little surprise. You won't know when I will send it...it could be any time between now and December 31, 2013. 

In return you do not need to send me anything, but I do ask that you PASS IT ON.

You can cange the rules to fit your style, but I ask that you, in turn, use your blog or facebook to do the same.

The goal is to spread a little cheer and make the daily walk to the mailbox a little more exciting.

If you would like to join the fun:

*First, leave me a comment on this post.

*Then, send me an email to missiekay91@gmail.com  that includes your full name, address, and five interesting facts about you. 

80 Days of Blogging Day 2

2. What 5 websites do you visit often, and why?
Five websites I visit often.. lol 
site 1.. Pinterest. why? because it is to the internet what skittles are to life (freaking awesome! lol) 
site 2.. Facebook. why? I dont even know. I still hate it. Still go on it every five minutes. *sigh* oh well 
site 3.. blogger. why? Because I like to blog lol
site 4.. gmail/hotmail. why? saaame stupid reason as before lol have a random addiction to checking my email :P 
site 5..  google! hahah why? who doesnt visit google? research stuff, check my spelling... etc etc lmao oor Ancestry.ca .. its a tie :)


Post 2 in the 80 days of blogging challenge c/o Tom Slatin's 80 Journal Writing Promptswww.tomslatin.com/80-journal-writing-prompts/

thats all for now folks! :P 
xo Lisa

80 Days of Blogging Day 1 (take 2!)

Ok, obviously I didn't do so well with this the first go around, but I'm all for second chances so I'm gonna try it again :)
1. Name something you lost or gave away that can never be replaced.

Hmm... Something I have lost or given away that is irreplaceable... Goodness... the first time I did this I said my cat Lucky. I hate to sound repetitive, but I guess this time I could say my kitten Pepsi. I lost her in July when she was hit by a tractor trailer. She was the sweetest kitten a gal could ask for. She LOVED cuddles and was a bit of a daredevil following me out into the pasture at the barn. I miss her dearly but I know Lucky and her are the best of friends now, and are waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge :)

Post 1 in the 80 days of blogging challenge c/o Tom Slatin's 80 Journal Writing Promptswww.tomslatin.com/80-journal-writing-prompts/

2013 Baby!

Heeey blog world! Its me again! I thought I would dust off the ole blog and make it one of my resolutions to be more faithful in blogging :)
SO! My resolutions for 2013 are as follows:
1. LOSE WEIGHT! -- I know what you're thinking "laaame! everybody's resolution is to lose weight, ca'mon!" but I'm serious guys! I have BIG plans for 2013 and being chubs don't fit in any of them! follow my other blog : lisasepicweightloss.blogspot.com to read about my journey in shedding these extra pounds that have tacked themselves rather rudely onto my body!
2. Blog more! -- why not? I enjoy blogging, I'm just bad about remembering to do it! :)
3. Write more letters -- to my sponsored boys (I'm a terrible sponsor! I wrote like, 2 letters last year... i have 3 sponsored boys... *slaps hand* bad sponsor!) to my family (a nicer way to keep in contact than facebook) to my "adopted" soldier -- letters are always good! :D
4. Shed some bad habits -- bored eating... cursing... getting angry at stupid things... you know, just be nicer in general :) It never hurts to be kind! :D
I guess that's all my resolutions for this year. :) Hopefully I'll manage to keep them :)
xo Lisa