Something BESIDES my baby...

My blog is always saturated with my beautiful baby because she is my world...24/7.  However, I do enjoy a lot of other things besides being Mom and Wife.  So, I thought I would share a couple of the things I have been doing recently.

Cooking....I love to cook! I used to tell my family I wanted to be the next Rachel Ray. I don't want to do that anymore...not even a little bit. But I do love to cook. AND BAKE!  I used to make these amazing chocolate chip cookies that could get me an A in any class in high school.  They could also put me back on my Dad's "good" list...as long as I made sure he got some cookie dough (wink, wink.)  But somehow, I lost the "touch" and I just haven't been able to get that particular recipe to turn out the same again. ARG!

Today...today!! I tried a new recipe from one of my most favorite resources, Pinterest.  They are, to say the VERY least, AMAZING. Really, they are. Quite sinful, really. My sin of choice, I guess. They literally melted in my mouth and they look beautiful, too. So, here is the link...
http://kelseysappleaday.blogspot.ca/2011/08/best-ever-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
and there, is the picture!  Oh my delicious.  Moving on...

Cooking.  I made these awesome Spicy Bean and Rice Burritos for dinner the other night and boy were they good! Served with my husband's amazing homemade guacamole and chips and salsa for dipping...it was perfect.  They were so easy, too. There was one strange ingredient, Chipotle in Adobo sauce, but I found it in the Mexican Food section and I just froze what I didn't use from the can for the next time I make them, because I WILL be making them again. Again, Thank You! Pinterest!
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/spicy-bean-and-rice-burritos/


Those were just a couple of the fun things I have tried in my kitchen recently. And boy, am I glad I did!

The other thing I have really been enjoying is my membership at the Cleveland County YMCA here in Norman.  It's no secret that I like to exercise.  Or, maybe to some of you, it is...I don't know.  But I do. I enjoy it. A. LOT.  It is such a great way for me to release some stress and just have some "me" time each day.  Sometimes I get 1 hour, sometimes 2, depending on how Sedona does at the gym's childcare. But I enjoy each minute I get no matter how long, or short.

I have never paid the extra $ for the classes at any gym I have gone to...okay, the ONLY other gym I have gone to...but here, the classes are included in my monthly membership fee. So is the childcare!  That is the other thing I have been loving is the classes! I have been going to a Body Sculpt class every MWF at 9 am and it is so fun.  I kinda feel like I'm working out at a retirement center because EVERYONE except for maybe 2 or 3 others have grey hair and they seem like they can barely walk. But boy! They can do lunges!! I almost died my first day and there was this 70-somethin-lady next to me doing lunge number 1,000 with her FIRST leg...like it was nothing! I sorely underestimated them, that's for sure.

Anyway, I am really enjoying it here.  We went to a Thunder game last night, which I will post the two pictures I took another time, and we had a lot of fun!  Sedona and I are planning our first trip to the zoo on Thursday where we will meet up with Austin on his lunch break so he can come with us.  I am so excited! It's going to be a great week.