I've made a recipe room :) Check it out if you want to try a random recipe.

With this chocolate cookie/brownie creation...I might just have to try and make some. After I reach my goal next month that is...No need to ruin all my hard work.






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Oh and I Stumbled Upon this recipe...think I might give it a try too.

Jamaican Jerk Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups reduced fat beef broth
1 Tbsp dried onions
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp red chili pepper flakes
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 lb. pork tenderloin

Directions:

Pour beef broth into the crock of your slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine all of the spices until blended. Rub the jerk spice mixture into the pork tenderloin until it is covered all over. Place the tenderloin into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours, until pork is cooked through, or until a meat thermometer registers 170 degrees F. Serves four.

Notes:

While fresh herbs are wonderful in other dishes, use dried or powdered herbs for best results when making a dry rub.


You can save the broth and whip up a gravy if you're so inclined.

I can't remember ever having an enjoyable day on this holiday, and thus have always just avoided it. This year however that will change. I'm just so glad I get to spend two whole days with my wonderful husband, in St. Louis. I would love to go out for a nice dinner, but at the same time a picnic meal in our hotel room sounds amazing too. Basically whatever happens will be wonderful :) Is it Friday yet??? lol

In other news, I've lost 5.5lbs in the last four weeks, yay me! Now just to keep the momentum up. I publicly "bet" that if I didn't manage to lose atleast 12lbs. by our trip to Disney in May, I would ride every rollercoaster that my husband and his BF ride. I would rather shovel horse stalls for eight hours unpaid than ride on Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, or Space Mountain. Get the picture? So yeah, now I really do have to stick to this. I figure I am half way there so it shouldn't be too hard, right??? I'm going to have nightmares about rollercoasters until then. lol

Once again I found a second family to sit for and again they have let me go. This time I'm being replaced by daycare. I mean seriously? If I had to choose between one on one attention to my one year old and daycare, I would totally choose the one on one at this point. Oh well. I have come to the conclusion that I just need to be content with the money I earn from my morning shift. It covers the bills I need to pay and sometimes there's a little extra. I need to be more content with not always having the "little extra". Oh, and we shall be credit card debt free by March. WOOHOO!!!!

74 days until Relay for Life
110 days until we and a 7 other close friends travel to Disney (it will be their first time, which makes it extra special)
179 days until Jeremy graduates

I am most excited about the last one. As much as I look forward to our vacation, Jeremy's graduation has been three years coming and we are more than ready for it to be here. He officially will not graduate until August 7th (he has to finish up some Gen Ed classes) but he has requested to walk with the rest of his class in May. I am starting to put together a list of people who we would like to share this special day with us. The invitations are going to be perfect. I will take a picture once I get them done. I'm going to use my Cricut to cut out graduation cap cards. I think I will add SIU and an airplane to the front in some way, just to jazz them up a little. I've been told no glitter is allowed within a foot of the invites ; ) I thought it would be easiest to have everyone over to the apt. that day for lunch (if he gets the 3:30 ceremony). Stouffer's makes wonderful frozen lasagna and salad is easy to put together. It will be cheaper than trying to take everyone out, making everyone pay for themselves, or having it catered. And with everyone in town for graduation getting a reservation for a large group of people will be challenging to say the least.

If possible I would like to have the packing process started by late April-early May. Preferably before May 15, aka Spring Commencement. But Relay is April 24-25, so in reality the chances of that plan happening may be slim. It would just be nice to have an open space for our guests to congregate. I know in the end it will all work out just as God plans for it to. Seeing as we are here until August I am really not too concerned about it. Ask me again in May and we'll see how I am then.

Wow. I have really rambled on tonight. I apologize for my run on sentences Ms. Sally. I am being quite lazy tonight, grammatically speaking. Have a great week everyone!