Being Mom and Everything Else
unconventional single mothers that have similar experiences with other women,
single and taken. However, we are not only called ‘mommy’ we are more than
that. We are still individuals that have aspirations, dreams and bad hair days.
Inspired by researchers and motivational gurus, we decided to embrace our individuality
and our higher purpose. Our blog doesn't have a mold; we share with you what comes
to mind and whatever our life decides to throw at us. We will continue to share
our ‘getting healthy’, our recipes, ways to be green, or just to inspire other
women to feel good. We are so thankful for life's inspirations it would be a
sin not to share with our fellow sisters.
Friday, December 16, 2011
D90 Nikon Give Away by Oh So Posh Photography
Good Luck -
Katie
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Importance of "Me Time"
How did I discover the importance of "Me Time"? My husband messaged Carissa, on Facebook ofcourse, and told her he'd watch her son if we went out. I would be a fool, and she too, if we didn't say "HELL YES".
I kissed my daughter and my awesome husband goodbye then we ran to her car as fast as our heels could take us. I drank, probably a little too much, but I hardly ever do. It was so nice to be able to let all of my duties be on the back burner even if it was for three hours. I am not condoning in any way to drink problems away, but having a few drinks every now and then is absolutly fine.
The next morning my husband let me sleep in until 11, did I say how awesome he was? When I woke up, I was able to put all my hats back on my slightly hungover head - but with a fresh start. I was able to handle stressful times much easier, if I accidently put too much Stevia in my morning tea I didn't have a meltdown. After realizing the importance of this, I've made a vow to myself to stop and take "Me Time" more frequently and not go another 17 months without doing something for myself. How can I possibly be a good wife and mommy if I'm stressed?
Since then, I managed to see a good movie with girlfriends, oh yes, Twilight. I've had at least 5 long relaxing baths, and I'm going to sleep slightly earlier instead of working until my eyeballs feel like they're going to pop out of my head. In fact, at my corporate job I have stopped at least twice a day for 5 minutes and just closed my eyes and breathed...and visualized sitting on the beach drinking a Margarita or two. It is SO refreshing. Yes, I look like a complete nut doing it, but if someone has a problem with me taking a 5 minute mental break - they need a break theme selves.
So - word of the rested and slightly wise - take a break.
<3 Katie
The Spicy Blueberry
- Two handfuls of fresh organic blueberries
- Two very ripe organic bananas
- Half a lime, a big organic lime
- 3 large organic mint (spearmint)
- Half teaspoon (about) of peeled organic Ginger
- Two BIG handfuls of fresh organic Kale.
- 4-5 handfuls of Ice.
green smoothie challenge
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Quick Eggplant Cheddar bake recipe
Cheddar bake eggplant parmesan Recipe
This will be in 3 parts: The Bread crumbs, The eggplant, and The tomato sauce:
Bread Crumb Ingredients:
5-6 slices of bread
Basil, Oregano, Italian seasoning
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, put bread in pan and in oven for about 10-15 minutes until bread is crispy and brown. After cooling, crumble bread into container, add seasonings and herbs, mix.
The eggplant Ingredients:
2 small eggplants or 1 large cut into ¼ inch slices
2 eggs
Bread crumbs
1/3 cup cheddar cheese
1/3 cup parmesan cheese
Instructions:
After washing and slicing eggplant into ¼ inch pieces, coat in egg and bread crumbs. Heat pan with a little olive oil and brown both sides of each eggplant slice. Place first layer of eggplant to lasagna/cake pan after coating lightly with olive oil so they don’t stick and top evenly with cheddar and parmesan cheese. Add top layer of eggplant and top evenly with cheddar and parmesan cheese. Bake in oven at 400 degrees for about 20-25 minutes.
The Tomato Sauce ingredients:
1 can tomato sauce (can use whatever kind you like)
1 red bell pepper
¼ of large onion
4 cloves of garlic
1 medium zucchini
Seasoning. I used basil, oregano, parsley, and a small amount of Cajun seasoning as well as sea salt.
any other veggie u want to add
Instructions
Heat sauce, sliced pepper, chopped onion, chopped garlic cloves, and sliced zucchini, and seasonings in skillet.
Cook everything thoroughly. Cook whatever style noodles you’d like with this dish. Add all together and voila! YUM!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
10 principals of optimal living
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Interesting Environmental Facts
- If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year.
- On the average, the 140 million cars in America are estimated to travel almost 4 billion miles in a day, and according to the Department of Transportation, they use over 200 million gallons of gasoline doing it.
- Over 100 pesticide ingredients are suspected to cause birth defects, cancer, and gene mutations.
- About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take 500 years to decompose.
- Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.
- Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.
- By turning down your central heating thermostat one degree, fuel consumption is cut by as much as 10%.
- Homeowners use up to 10 times more toxic chemicals per acre than farmers.
- One ton of carbon dioxide that is released in the air can be prevented by replacing every 75 watt light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs.
- Deserts are advancing and taking over the land. In Mali the desert has taken over about 220 miles in as few as 20 years. Deserts can be repelled, by developing tree-planting projects, having better agriculture and by managing the land better. However, governments still are reluctant to fund anti-desertification, despite horrific droughts that have occurred in recent years.
- Despite all of the damage we have caused the environment most of it is reversible. We can restore habitats and return species to them; clean rivers; renovate buildings; replenish the topsoil, replant forests. However, these activities do not relieve the worst symptoms of the damage. We still have to fix the source of these problems, us and our vision that we must progress.