Pinned it and Made it

One of my favorite time wasting sites is Pinterest, it's a great place to find ideas for everything from recipes to crafts. While searching the kid category, I came across a great picture that seemed like the essence of a little boy.  Check out the inspiration and my version:

It came out pretty cute if I say so myself! I didn't process the image as much as the original poster did, but I'm definitely okay with that. The plan is to get a couple cute Valentine's frames (Target has them on sale right now) and then give them as gifts to the grandparents.

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I, along with 90% of social media, am participating in the February 2012 Photo A Day Challenge. You should try too!

2012 One Word Goal

I guess I missed the boat on doing a big 2011 year in review and what I learned, blah blah blah. I found the idea for "2012 One Word Goal" here.  I love the idea of picking one word that encompasses your goals for the new year. The blogger describes the goal as:

"not with things that we’ll end up forgetting.
But real things. That you can really accomplish.
And I promise you’ll feel amazingly inspired by it!"

                                            

The word I picked is

Nourish encompasses everything I want to accomplish in 2012:


Nourish my body:
We have a tendency to eat out a lot and that obviously isn't the best fuel for any of our bodies. I've committed to cooking 6 out of 7 nights of the week in order to nourish my family's bodies with healthy food. Also trying to be healthy by working out consistently.


Nourish relationships:
I learned the hard way the effects of quantity versus quality with a few relationships last year. This year I'm making it a priority to nourish the quality relationships that I have been blessed with and see people through my own lenses versus letting others tint how I view people.


Nourish my spiritual life:
Spiritually my life has been dry in the past few months, I'm trying to reignite the flame by reading the bible daily. It's something I have always want to do, but have never made the effort until now.


Nourish my mind: 
I've toyed with the idea of going back to school for a few years and finally took the first steps this week by applying to the local community college. I'm not sure where I want to end up, but for now want to get my general ed completed. I'm excited at the future with this.


I really like the idea of picking one word vs many goals that end up becoming frustrating and thrown aside which in turn makes us feel like failures. Although it's 31 days in, I'm looking forward to what 2012 brings.

New Recipe: Crockpot Buffalo Chicken

One of our resolutions is to eat dinner at home more often so I'm making it a priority to try new recipes, which I will share here.  If you follow me on Pinterest, you might also see the recipes there as well.

Crockpot Buffalo Chicken is seriously one of the easiest recipes I have ever made, so wonderful and convenient to throw together in the morning on a day that you know will be busy. It definitely will be perfect when baseball starts up again and there is just no time to cook a meal on practice or game nights.

Details:

• 3lb bag of frozen chicken breasts
• 1 bottle Original Frank's Buffalo Sauce
• 1 packet Ranch Dip Mix
• 2 TBSP Butter

1. Put frozen chicken, wing sauce and ranch dip mix into crockpot
2. Cook on low at least 6-7 hours
3. Using two forks, shred chicken and return to crockpot
4. Add butter
5. Cook on low an additional hour (I set a timer for 1hr before the meal would be done and did steps 3-5)

What I loved about it: 
- You put the chicken in frozen.  FROZEN! How fabulous is that?
- The chicken shreds so easily - I seriously hate shredding chicken, but this came apart simply by touching it.
- The chicken was moist and flavorful
- It makes a ton of chicken which is great for leftovers. We had it as a protein for a salad, but it would be great with rice, in taquitos, in a sandwich, I really think the possibilities are endless on this one.

What would I change:
- I think it could have been spicier. The original post talks about using the buffalo wing sauce instead of original Franks and I think I might that next time.