Bread. Babysitting. And some more stuff.

Remember when I blogged about my first pot roast?
And I told ya'll how I was so proud of myself for making a pot roast?
And that I wanted to run around my kitchen pounding my chest and yelling "I. Have. Made Pot Roast!"  Just like Tom Hanks in Castaway after he made fire.
You remember that right?

Well,
tonight,
I am even more officially a grown up.
Or maybe now I am just an "older" grown up.
Because my friends...
(pounding my chest) I. Have. Made. Bread.

That's right.

Real life, edible, only five ingredients used, bread!

Months ago a client asked me if I would like her bread machine.  She said it just sits there and she has a new one now and she'd just give it to me.  I told her no that I didn't think I would use it.  (what was wrong with me?!)  Well, I recently read about how many unnecessary for us (but necessary to have a longer shelf life) ingredients are in store bought breads, and it really grossed me out.  So I called her and asked if she still had that bread machine to giveaway.  And she did!  I did her hair yesterday and she brought it to me.  It's only three years old and is a pretty nice one I think.

My first batch turned out a bit dense.

She recommended I use a scale to measure the flour because 1 cup should = just 5 oz.  So today I bought this one on amazon.

Can't wait to make my next loaf!!

I. Have. Made. Bread.

 I also made these egg fritatas today. 

I got the recipe from pinterest.

We ate a few tonight and I froze the rest for healthy go to meals in our busy morning rush out the door.

The egg mixture to fill 6 muffin cups is 4 eggs and 1/4 c half and half.  Salt, pepper to taste and I added a bit of minced onion this time.  Last time I added garlic powder and lawry's salt.

Then just drop your toppings of choice into each cup.

In this batch I used mushrooms, red bell pepper, spinach, cooked bacon I made earlier today, and parmesan cheese.

Give em a whirl.  They are pretty good.

In some non related food news:

I had another baby.
haha.
just kidding.
I watched my girlfriend's baby girl last Thursday morning while her son was in pre school, and she watched Claire for me this morning while Hannah was in school.  It's a nice little trade off and let me tell ya, so many different possibilities ran through my mind of how I could possibly spend my two hours of alone time!
Nice huh?
This morning I was going to go to the gym but it was gloriously beautiful outside so I went for a jog instead. 
Then I grocery shopped at Sprouts in search of yeast for my bread.
I'm loving our trade off and I think my girlfriend is too. 


So, last weekend we went to dinner Saturday night to meet up with my Aunt Glenda (my Dad's sister) and my cousins Jessica and Todd.  Jessica is a crazy good runner and she was running the HB marathon the next day.  They live up north and we don't get to see them nearly as much as we'd like to so it was a treat that they were so close by for Jess' race that we had to meet up.
This is a picture of me, Jessica, and my sister Erika when we were little...

You are diggin' those bangs aren't you?

How bout the banana clips all jazzed up with pink lace?
I remember being flower girls' in our 2nd cousin's wedding that day and feeling so very pretty in our "fancy' dresses and those fancy banana clips in our hair.

The three of us were inseperable as kids.  We had a lot of fun times together. 

And this is us now...

I know.  You're thinking it's a really good picture of me aren't you?

Thanks.  Yeah, I know.

It's the only one of us three I got ok. 

Next to my mom over there on the left is my cousin Todd's beautiful girlfriend Kelly that I met for the first time.  What a sweet girl she is.  And isn't my cousin Todd so handsome?  And that is Glenda in front of Todd. 
It was so fun to visit and we wish it was a longer one!

Before I sign off,

lots of people asked me where to get the Kenra blow dry spray I blogged about.

If you live in the area my salon sells it for $25 lrg size and $13 small size.

I would guess Ulta stores would carry it too.

And,

since I love it so much, stay tuned for a giveaway soon.

I might have bought an extra for one of you's. 

;)