Going Home

On Monday we leave for FL. I cannot wait to see all my friends and family again!! I miss everyone in FL so much!!! It feels like I have been gone from FL for years when it has only been 7 months! I know we have only been married for just over 7 months, but it seems like so much longer! When I go home, I take my 3 teacher certification exams. I pray that I pass them all the first time! I have been studying... There is nothing more I can do to prepare myself for the test!

Today my goals are to clean our home and finish packing. I am one of those people who likes to pack way early. LOL!

I am trying to get the whole house cleaned and deep cleaned before we leave. You see, when we come back we will only have 3 weeks till we move into our new home on base. We are getting a nice house with a large backyard! I cannot wait for the backyard for my puppies!

 The above are pics of our new home. :)

My Countdown timer: :D


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Ang.

Wednesday Hodgepodge 1/4/2012

1. What are three words you would use to describe your 2011?

Amazing, sad, exciting

2. Do you like shrimp? What's your favorite way to have it prepared?

I like shrimp in sushi, fried, and cooked and served over Alfredo.

3. Is your house de-Christmased? If so when did you tackle that job? If not, when will the decorations come down?

our home is not yet de-Christmased; however, I an currently working on it. My goal was to do that during New Years, but we went to the Grand Canyon, so that messed that idea up. This is my first Christmas away from family so everything has been different.

4. Do you like to watch scary movies?

nope, never have.

5. ice skating~sledding~skiing~snowboarding~of the four listed which wintertime activity do you most enjoy?

sledding and ice skating. For a FL girl however, that rarely happens.

6. Did you have a childhood hideout? Describe it.

I did not have a special hide out. However, whenever I was upset, I would go outside and swing. I was very upset last year when the swing broke! I liked to go outside and talk to my Jesus there.

7. What's a place or space that motivates you?

hmmmm.... One that motivates me? I guess that would be the places we went, when I went on my 4 missions trips to Mexico. They motivated me by showing me how people with so little could be content and just love Jesus. Christians in Mexico are persecuted if they are not in the Catholic church. We are so lucky to live in a country where we are free!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Sorry this post is a little late! I am having computer issues. We have two laptops and only one charger that works, so if I don't post before the hubby gets home, using the comp is a pain (because he is a computer hog)... :( currently, I am writing this post on my phone. So sorry its not all nice with pics and different colored fonts. I will try to fix that later. :) hope you had a great Wednesday!!!!! I updated the post. :)

Ang.

New phone

Trying out the blogger app on my new phone. (I just got an htc evo shift. It's really cool!) This will make it way easier to blog on the go. If you have a smart phone, you should definietly download the blogger app.

I am also practicing posting photos through my phone. Attached is a picture of the hubby and I on our honeymoon in Cocoa beach, FL.

Hope you are having a great Wednesday! My Wednesday Hodegpodge post will be posted later on tonight after bible study.

Ang

Goals for 2012

My goals for this year are:

1. To learn more about God, to continue to develop my relationship with Him, and to become more like Jesus.

2. To read through the whole bible in a year.

3. To be the best wife to my husband (be like the proverbs 31 woman).

4.To pass my teacher certification exams.

5. To graduate Dec 15th.

6. To loose 60 pounds.

goal 

noun

1.the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.

2. the aim or object towards which an endeavour is directed  

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV)

 

What are your goals for this year?

Ang.

Template

Another Grand Canyon trip picture this time with the puppies as well.

So what do you think of the current template? is there anything I should change?

Apple Cinnamon Sticks

So I got this recipe from my friend Jocelyn at His Pursuing Kindness. It is amazing!! I made the cinnamon sticks this morning for the hubby and I. I made them completely sugar free for me, and made a glaze for the hubbys. To make them sugar free I replaced the sugar in the cinnamon sugar with splenda and did not put the glaze on mine.

Before: About to go in the oven

Before: About to go in the oven.

Glaze

After with glaze

After with glaze

After without glaze

Here is the recipie curtesey of Joycelyn:

Ingredients (the measurements are all approximations):
2½ cups flour (1½ cups all purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour)
1 Tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
1-1½ cup milk (more or less)
4 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp oil
cinna-sugar (mix up some cinnamon in sugar/splenda)
½  an apple, peeled and chopped
glaze/frosting (optional)

Directions: 
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. In a bowl, mix up all the dry ingredients. Slowly add milk until dough is formed. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour. If the dough is too dry, add milk very little at a time until its soft.
3. Put butter and oil into a pan and stick it in the oven to melt. While the butter is melting, roll out the dough and slice into strips.
4. Take the pan out of the oven and dip each strip into the melted butter until both sides are coated. After all the strips are done and placed into the pan, sprinkle the cinnasugar on top first and then the chopped apples.
5. Bake for 20 minutes.
6. When breadsticks are done, immediately drizzle glaze. Serve warm since the breadsticks turn pretty tough and hard once they start to cool.
This recipe was adapted from Tammy's Easy Breadsticks

One thing i did differently than the recipe above is that I used all purpose flour for the flour. I did not use a mixture of flours.  

For the glaze I used a recipie from the Betty Croker Cook Book here is the recipie:


1/2cup powder sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
2-3tbs milk
(I added a hint of cinnamon to my ingrediants, as i love cinnamon.)


Stir all ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.

If you try it let me know!!!
Ang

The Grand Canyon

So today, we spent all day at the Grand Canyon and boy was it amazing!!! It was beautiful! I took over 300pics today. I am so happy we got the opportunity to go. I have now seen the big trees in Cali and the Grand Canyon.... Hmmm What will be next????

Other than the Grand canyon, there was lots of snow everywhere which  of course, being Floridians, we had to stop and play in.  Our puppies were funny in the snow, they couldn't decide what to do. They ate it and then played in it. It was really funny in one of the places we stopped to play in the snow, they sunk all the way in the snow. I wish they would have stayed still long enough for a picture but oh well. LOL!

 The above are just a few of the picture we took today. :)

Looking at the Grand Canyon made me meditate on God and his greatness. Seeing the "Grand" Canyon made me think about how big or GRAND my God is... I mean, he is bigger than the grand canyon which is HUGE!!!!!Sitting here writing this brings tears to my eyes. So many times I put God in a box, meaning God is somewhat smaller and can only affect somethings. He controls everything and is way bigger than any problem I have! Sometimes, that is hard to remember... How Great is our God? Greater than we will ever know or understand!!!!
Now I will leave you with a youtube video of the song "How Great is Our God" by Chris Tomlin. Pay attention to the lyrics. :)

 

Happy New Year from me!
Ang

Not posting

Hi, so I know I haven't posted recently, but the holidays have made me upset and very busy.

Currently the hubby, puppies and I are at a hotel close to the Grand Canyon. Tomorrow we go there.

Our Christmas was great, but sad because we were all alone. I missed my family a whole lot! We go to FL a week from Monday. :) I can't wait! I miss everyone!

We got to go look at our future home yesterday. I can't wait to move into a house!!!

Sorry there are no pics in this post, as I am using my phone.. I hope you had an amazing Christmas! I would love to hear about it so please comment. :)
Ang

no bacvk space :(

so I was going to do wednesday hodgepodege today, yes i know i have extra letter s back there. my backspace button will not work. :( so, i am not going n to pa rticipate in wednesday hodegepodge today. :( its driving me crazy athat i cant edict this post. <-_ i mean look at what i am having to leave... ugh!

Photo Challenge Dec 19th: Toys in Every Store

Today's photo challenge is toys in every store. On Saturday I went to the mall, specifically JCP and Dillard's. Here are some pics of toys. :)

JCP had a lot of toys!!!!!!