Best Enchiladas!

I just made the most delicious Enchiladas! You have to try it!

Ingredients:

2 Pablano peppers

1 can chicken broth

pinch of salt

3 garlic cloves

1 lime

1 can refried beans

3 cups chicken (pre cooked and shredded or a rotisserie chicken)

2 cups shredded cheese

9 tortillas

Process:

Pre-heat oven to 350

Roast the peppers on the stove until black (if you have gas burners, if not throw them under the broiler for a couple minutes) then put in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

Combine in a blender chicken broth, lime, garlic and salt. Blend for a minute.

Now take your peppers and remove the skin (this should just peel off) and remove the seeds.

Add to blender and blend on high for 2-3 minutes.

In a 9x13 pan pour 1/2 cup of pepper lime juice to coat the bottom of the pan. Place 3 tortillas on the bottom of the pan. Spread 1/2 the can of refried beans on top of tortillas. Put 1 1/2 cups of chicken down and pour a little more of the pepper lime juice on top. Now repeat layer...

Place last 3 tortillas on top cover with cheese and pour the reaming pepper juice over the top.

Cove with foil and bake for 20 minutes.

Remove foil and bake an additional 5 minutes so the cheese is nice and bubbly.

Enjoy!

These make great leftovers too!

Life is Good

I really can't believe it I got accepted into BYU! I'm so happy! I have always wanted to go. I really did no matter what anyone thinks or says.

I just decided to take the long road there... :)

I am so happy!

So we thought it would be easy peasy because David works there and we were told that I just had to fill out not even half of the the application. Well we did that and they said because I was actually going to be getting credit for the class I have to fill out the whole application and David working there didn't matter. I was a little worried because I know it's a lot more difficult for transfer students, I had a 3.4 gpa and the average they were accepting was 3.8... But

I did it! I'm going to start classes in January!

11

ok so 11 means 2 things in this post.

The first is James is 11 months!!! Holy moly seriously where did my baby go! He is so much fun I love every minute!

And the second 11 is 11 pounds! For me 10 lbs is "easy" to lose, but I lose 10 gain 5 lose 2 gain 5... so I lost 10 lbs and it stayed the scale didn't go up or down for 3 days in a row! I even had David weigh himself because I wanted to make sure it wasn't broken. Then it happened it dropped 1 more pound! It felt so good to see that number on the scale. It has been the combination of working out and not eating...ok I am eating but I keep my calorie intake to 800-1200 calories a day (with guidance from my doctor and a personal trainer). The thing that has really help though is my new medication. It suppresses my appetite so I don't feel hungry all the time and I am more focused through the day that I have stopped snaking and having that wanting to eat feeling is gone.

Really I am a lot happier in life now! ( I was very happy before but it really is amazing!)

Another ADD post

Seriously it really has been the best thing I could do to get medication for my Adult ADD.

Yesterday I wasn't able to take my Adderall because I wanted to take some Dayquil because I thought I was getting a little bit of a cold. Oh boy yesterday I just didn't want to do anything! Well I did I wanted to take a shower and work on a sewing project and take James down to the park...but I didn't get any of that done! I was also so incredibly hungry! My brain was just all over the place that I really had a hard time focusing on anything!

It's so hard to try and describe this. How can you understand what I mean when you have never experienced this? But I took my first pill today and WOW! I have worked out showered and eaten and it's not even noon yet! Really this is the best thing I have ever done! I just feel so good! I can't even explain how great I feel!

What to write...

I can't tell you how many times with in the last 48 hours that I have come here and started to write a new blog entry then stopped. I just can't think of anything really interesting to say... I mean there is plenty going on but I just can't put things into words right now...

So I thought I would write about how I have nothing to say...

bad news good news

Yesterday at church I gave myself my own little challenge. I would sit and actively try to pay attention to the speakers and teachers. Well this is still something I have to work on. I couldn't help but think that I could be doing something more productive. Although I know learning the gospel is productive.

It's just something I still have to work on...

But on the good news I have lost 8lbs since last Tuesday! One of the nice side affects of Addreall is appetite suppressant. And I'm more thirsty. So this means that I'm eating less and drinking more. Which is a good thing! I still try to make sure that I'm at least getting enough good protein because I know I need it especially since I'm working out still. But I get up take my first pill then eat breakfast and then get busy doing other things that I forget to eat before dinner.

I hope the number on the scale keeps going down!

Motivated

Ok so BIG difference for me ever since I have been taken the Addreall I really have become so much more productive! It's kinda exciting!

A "normal" day before was wake up take care of James, maybe clean, maybe start dinner before David got home.

Now I get up and get going! i actually cleaned the kitchen without stopping! This may seem like a simple task to most but for me this was a big deal! And I did it so much faster then before. I was able to do and complete some crafts that I'm getting ready for our RS Super Saturday.

I actually got out of the pj's and got ready for the day.

I would like to think that James is even benefiting from his more efficient mom. I never negleted him before or anything in fact my whole day revolved around him. I love him so much and I love to play and read to him. But now that I can get more done, going to the park isn't a big as a deal as it was before, chasing him around the house is even more fun!

I'm just so happy and excited! All the "chatter" in my head is gone. David even said I seem happier.