Pinterest Board #002

As a reoccurring segment on #calidrab, I’ll be sharing my recent pins from the week & my oh-so-you-got-to-know opinions on them. 

Helloooooooo food. Get in my belly!!

This week was a great week for Pinterest people! I fed myself tons of veggies since Hubbs was away on business. Oh you didn’t know? My husband only eats carrots, corn, and green beans. None of the other 403 vegetables out there – leaving me craving it all when he’s gone. I don’t cook two dinners. But thanks for asking.

No. 1:  Clean Orange Chicken #nailedit

 

Photo from Clean Food Crush, click for original recipe

I have to say. Mushrooms & asparagus & chicken? Delish!! Her recipe did have me troubled. I loathe honey. Even the real stuff. It just tastes so fake. So when her recipe called for it as the sweetener, I held my nose as I took for first bite. BUT – it was one of the best non breaded orange chicken dishes I think I’ve ever had.

No. 2:  Chocolate Chip Muffins for Breakfast #nailedit

Photo from The Real Food Dietitans, Click for original recipe

Another winner. I don’t have photos of me baking these with the kids. I actually made them at almost 10 at night while scarfing down wine + M&Ms during a girls night in. So no toddler baking this week.

These were delicious. When the batter was prepped it did not look like it would make a dozen muffins. But it did! And my kids loved them so mush the entire batch was gone within 36 hrs. I had ripe bananas this time. LOL.  I made the recipe exactly as posted.

What did you try out from Pinterest this week?

xo, k

 

Mom Guilt 001: Morning Prayer

As of late, I have been slacking in my morning prayer. It’s a hit or miss endeavor. Is it because of the kids, or sleepiness, or pure laziness? Yes.

My morning goes a little something like this:

6:45 am : kids wake up. Husband gets them out of bed.  Every morning I want to get out of bed and get them, but my anxiety makes me ultra sleepy in the morning. It’s hard to get going within the first hour of waking. I’ve checked my thyroid – dr says its fine; so all I can assume is that it’s linked to the anxiety/hormones. Though this sounds like an excuse – its not. A real struggle not laziness. And blessed be my husband for his support in this small act of great love for me. 

7:00 am : kids come into the bedroom and play and scream and giggle and kindly demand waffles & bananas for breakfast.

7:15 am : kids eat. I stand dazed in the kitchen, microwaving day old coffee from the machine. I’ll forget about it for about 30 minutes until I think where’s the coffee?

7:16 am : sit down in my green glider by the fireplace, scroll Facebook & Insta; see what the other mom-friends are up to today. Ask myself why I’m always so tired in the morning? Contemplate getting up to brush my teeth.

7:45 am: where’s my coffee…? …reheat in the microwave…

8:00 am : kids finish up breakfast and start playing cars or chase in the house. dang it! I’ve left my coffee again. …reheat in the microwave x3…… 

The more-holier-mom-than-I would say “There! Right there! 7:16!! Do your prayers, girl! Yes. Yes I should be doing my prayers. That is the perfect time. Kids are occupied. I have a moment of “silence” and shouldn’t be spending that time on the internet.”

I should be praying. I should be saying my rosary. I should be doing that novena. I should be. I should be. I should be.

I think as a mom there is so much pressure to be perfect. As a striving catholic, its compounded. #winning. As a mother, I’m expected to take care of kids – keep them not only alive through food, shelter, and clothing, but make sure their sandwiches are Pinterest perfect and activities always perfectly curated. As a member of society, I’m expected to shower daily, have makeup on point, and a well thought out outfit that actually coordinates. As a catholic, many expect me to be in a constant state of prayer and able to always commit & follow through on multi-day prayer formats. Or even complete a full rosary in one sitting.

But I think I’ll say that that’s shit. All I hear in my head as I write that is guilt guilt guilt. Do more. Be more.

But He says BE STILL. ps. 46:10

He says  REST. ps. 62:5; matt 11:28; ex 33:14

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. – Ps 127:2

I’m not saying skip morning prayer. Not purposefully. But I want to not beat myself up over it either. By me not praying perfectly everyday, all day, it doesn’t make me a bad catholic, bad person, or bad mom. It’s ok to have a moment to ourselves with day old cold coffee, before the madness officially starts.

Because if we do it right, being a mother is a vocation in of it self. Our vocation is supposed to be our prayer.

I understood that love comprises all vocations – that love is everything, and because it is eternal, embraces all times and places. – St. Therese of Lisieux

Don’t have mom-guilt. Self deprecation is not from Our God. Have mercy on yourself. Love your neighbor AS YOUR SELF. Because only when we love our self can we truly love our husband or kids or family … or neighbor. If we love, that is the greater part.

xo, k

Pinterest Board #001

As a reoccurring segment on #calidrab, I’ll be sharing my recent pins from the week & my oh-so-you-got-to-know opinions on them. 

 

MY FIRST INSTALLMENT!! What?! I’m excited to share my pins: my #nailedit & #pinterestfail.

This week:

It was a good week. No fails (at least with Pinterest. In life? Well that’s another matter.)

No. 1:  Toddler baking #nailedit

From this recipe over at ItsNapTimeSomewhere.com, Jameson (3 yo) and I made these muffins.  Here are some alterations we made:

I didn’t have ripe bananas. In fact I didn’t have any bananas. BUT I did have organic banana baby food. So we used two jars of that. Also, I didn’t have applesauce, BUT I did have organic apples. So I threw 1.5 into a food processor and boom: apple sauce. My son did a majority of the work.

They taste great and are super moist. They don’t taste like cardboard or vegetables. Win.

 

No. 2:   The Addiction Continues…

Of course I’m going to have a pin about coffee. Always. People joke with me that I always take #selfies with a mug covering half my face. Is it my “look” or a cheeky way to mask that I’m not wearing any makeup, I’m half asleep, and needed a shower 2 days ago? Oh the mystery.

No. 3:   Semi #pinterestfail

So these were good. Paleo nachos. Except I didn’t eat cheese and was too lazy to make paleo “cheese”. I do recommend making or buying your sweet potato chips with salt. I bought some no salt from Whole Foods and my dish was super bland. But other than that, it was tasty but not filling. That could be a good or bad thing.

What did you pin this week? Share with me your nailed and failed below.

xo, k