Monday, October 13, 2008

Dill is not pickle juice




Well I know that I haven't posted yet but I've been meaning too! Right now I'm going to school with 15 credits and taking care of Ashlyn and Jared and the house and it gets a little busy sometimes:) I'm excited about this "Trimmer Grimmer" thing because it will definitely help me to work out more and cook better. 
This last week, I have discovered several things in the way of cooking. Firstly, I'm not very good at cooking healthy, and secondly, when a recipe calls for dill, they mean the seasoning, not pickle juice:) I was making a salad dressing that called for dill, so instead of asking Jared what that was, I assumed that they meant pickle juice, so I added it. Much to my astonishment, that's not what it was! haha, it was really nasty, and Jared made fun of me really bad for it. Later we found some dill seasoning in our cupboard.....how am I supposed to know what that is?;)
So some of my goals for this "wellness" program are:
1- Work out 3 times a week for 1 hour every time, focusing on the abdomen and leg strength
2- Support Jared in his silly notion to avoid eating sugar:)
3- Drink lots of water every day! Atleast 64 ounces
4- Loose 10 pounds & have flat ABS;) (no Aaron, not a flat a**) haha
5- Get more sleep
6- Run half a marathon

A couple of Ashlyn's goals include:
1- Making her double chin a triple chin
2- Making mom dress her in pants that fit her  
3- Eat baby food  and not sneeze on mom every time so that food plasters her

1 comment:

LosPeterson said...

I love you Amanda! Chris and I often talk about how much we love having you in our family because you're so authentic and genuine in very way.

Your dill/pickle juice story was the best! Sometimes those ingredients are confusing! Especially when you've never used or heard of them before. Here are some cooking lessons I've learned that might be helpful to you: Cream of tartar isn't tarter sauce; peppercorns aren't pieces of corn with pepper on them; and marjoram isn't margarine and jam mixed up together.

Love you guys (and those cute pics of Ashlyn in her new Ergo!)

-Renae