FHE yummies!

Yeah, yeah I know, I suck at keeping a blog. Shut up. I'm excited about this one, and to be honest the only reason I'm blogging it is to pin it to Pinterest.

Okay, so it's hard to have an actual FHE with the kids because they don't sit still long enough for a lesson, prayer, all that stuff. So tonight my wonderful husband had a genius idea... make Rice Krispies Treats and have the kids help.

There was a twist. So simple, yet so delicious. I'm sure we're not the only ones to think of this, but it was so yummy I had to share. Ready? Okay.... We added in bits of Heath bar! We mixed some in with the Rice Krispies, but it was kind of hard to taste them, so we added some more on top. Deliciousness!

See? So simple, yet so yummy! The Heath stuff is in the baking aisle with the chocolate chips. Happy eating!

Back to basics

I know it's been a long long time since I've posted. I almost forgot my username and password! Anyway...
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I ran the half marathon. Let's just say I did it. I didn't do nearly as well as I hoped, but I did it. After that I took some time off to heal up. And then I had a hard time getting back into running. I convinced myself after the semester was over I'd get myself back to working out and running. But then the Sunday before finals week I had to have surgery to take my appendix out. And it wasn't just one of those easy ones where they do the small cuts and stick a camera in me (forgot what that kind of surgery is called!) That would be too easy. My appendix had already ruptured so I got a nice long cut down my belly and a piece of colon taken out as well.

Learn from my mistake... if your abdomen is hurting for more than a few days, go to the doctor!!! don't keep telling yourself it'll go away. (I waited a week and a half to go to the dr)

So anyway, now that I'm recovering and slowly getting my strength back, I'm starting to look forward to working out again. It'll be a little while before I'll really be able to get into it. There's a part of me wondering if I really want to even bother starting again. However, I recognize this as a chance to start over again. It's given me a chance to look at what goals I want to accomplish and how to accomplish them.

One goal I have is to run a 5k in 24 minutes. When I was in my "prime" training for the half, the first few miles I would average 8 minute miles. I knew if I ran a 5k, I would've done pretty awesome. For me at least :).

Anyway, I hope to be able to keep up with my progress on here, share things I learned, and maybe get some feedback! I'll be honest, at this point, I doubt anyone is really reading my blog except the few who find my pins on Pinterest. For those of you who do stumble on here, thanks for your time!

Way to get of ants

Our apartment management kind of sucks. They have sprayed out apartment twice this year and somehow we still have ants in our bathroom. I still don't see how we have them in our bathroom and nowhere else though. Anyway, I found one way to get at least some of them! There's a nice little background story to it....

...So the other day I made myself a scrub for my face (1 tsp sugar, 2 tsp honey). When I was done I rinsed out the bowl a little bit but then I left it on the edge of the tub and forgot it there. It was left under our loofas so it got filled with water. The next day, I find this...

See all that dark stuff? Ants. lots of them. I guess they were attracted to the honey and sugar and met their demise. I wish I could find a good way to truly get rid of them, but at least I know how to kill a load of them!

Get rid of yucky heels!

I wish I had a real "before" picture of my own heels before I started doing this, but this is a pretty good example of how my heels looked before...

Yeah. I wore flip flops everywhere and would only lotion up my feet maybe once a week. And then my husband came up with a genius idea of how to fix them. Are you ready for this?

Baby oil.

That's all! It does take some time (like a few months) but it works! Here's all you do... twice a day rub your feet with baby oil. Now here's the important part.... when you're done, put on some socks. It's best not the use the thin kind that dry out fast. Like I said, this takes time, but it is totally worth it.

This is my foot over a year later! (yeah, it took me this long to post about it.) I know my feet look a little dry here, but it's winter and I'm recovering from surgery where I couldn't reach my feet for a little while. By the way, if you're having abdominal pain for more than a few days, go to the doctor!!! But that's another story :)

Oiy

It's obviously been a while since I've done anything. It's amazing how much time school takes! I want to kind of re-do my blog and reorganize things into different sections so I have a section for posts about running/fitness/health, and one for family stuff, something like that. It's going to take some time for me to work on it, especially since I don't have much material right now. Once I get things figured out I hope to get more traffic on here and hopefully I'll have something that's useful and/or fun for someone!

On a different note, I'm taking a Social Media marketing class. For the class, we are in groups of 3 and we are meeting with local businesses to help them develop a marketing plan directed at using Social Media. My group is working with the Boys and Girls club of America Maverick. It used to be the Maverick Club, but now they are The Boys and Girls Club. Their big problem is that nobody really knows about them or they think the club is closed. They're really in need of donations. If you don't feel comfortable giving a monetary donation, they are always in need of supplies like paper, pencils, etc and also things like basketballs, baseballs, etc. I've only met with the lady a couple times, but I really like what I've seen of the organization. I'm going to try and post more things about them as I learn more.

Also, they club is trying to get the Color Run to Amarillo, TX!!!! The race people donate proceeds to a local charity, so in this case it would be the Boys and Girls Club. So not only would it be epic for Amarillo to have this, but it would be benefiting a great cause. If you happen to read this, go to the site of the Color Run and vote for Amarillo to get it!!

Been busy!

Yes, I  know it's been a while. Truth is I haven't really had much to post about. I've been prepping for the half marathon, studying for a CLEP test, and trying to keep up with everything else. Hopefully soon I'll have something worth posting about!

2 quick things...

1) I'm registered for the half marathon! Woo!

and 2)... I have just discovered the amazingness of pancakes with peanut butter and jelly!!!!! Why has it taken me this long?!?!?!