Sunday, March 17, 2013

Happy St. Patty's Day!

We started the day off with Keith and kids riding on the levy and I walked it.  I completed 3 1/2 miles and I would have kept going but the arch of my foot was hurting.  Guess I need another pair of shoes.  It was pretty amazing though... the longer I went the faster I was walking and even ran 1/4 of a mile.  Not long for some but it is for me.  Even better news my stomach didn't hurt after working out.  I am still avoiding bread and now dairy and not really missing it.  YEAH!!!  Another thing, it is so great for the kids to be out getting exercise with us.   Hopefully since they are still young we would have instilled a healthy life style for them so they won't go down the road we have.

As I was walking the wind was blowing on my face and I could smell the sweet smell of orange blossoms in the air.  It's my favorite thing... When I was a child I would spend the night at my grandmother's house and she would leave the window open and all you could smell was the orange blossoms from her massive orange tree.  Great memories...

The peach and nectarine trees are starting to grow fruit.  Their beautiful blossoms have fallen off and now we just wait for the fruit to grow.. YUM!  The orange trees are just growing their blossoms and same with the tomatoes.  Hopefully we can keep the squirrels away and enjoy our fruit this season.

We went an entire seven days without going out to eat that's money in our pocket.  I have been finding many one pot recipes that are quick to put together and the entire family loves them.  One hit this week was chicken, tater tot, bacon, cheese in a crock pot.   The recipe calls for bacon bits but I am fundamentally against them, so I fried some real bacon and chopped it up for this dish.  I also got the tater tots from Walmart.. Almost $1.00 cheaper than the name brand tater tots.  I have pasted the link to food.com for this recipe.

 http://www.food.com/recipe/cheesy-chicken-bacon-tater-tot-crock-pot-bake-403520

Wind Caves Anza Borrego National Park
Warner Springs on our drive to Anza Borrego