Every year I make a New Year's Resolution to workout and I can promise you it never continues for more than a week into the new year. After enjoying a great Christmas in Wisconsin with my in-laws and watching the movie Julia and Julia, I became inspired to continue to do something I enjoy, bake and cook, and share it with others! So this year, I decided to make myself more accountable for my resolution and do something I actually enjoy and stand a fair shot at actually completing....enter this blog!
For those of you who know me, you know that I LOVE to cook and bake! If I could become a professional baker, I'd quit my job in a heartbeat! While I do vear from recipes from time to time and add my own twist, I owe a lot of credit to family recipes, the food network's website, and my favorite, Rachel Ray! Yesterday was my first day off for Christmas break that I was home for, Pat came home to find three cookie recipes going on at the same time, as well as some carrot bars and mashed potatoes! I can't get enough. There is something about cooking that calms me and gives me self confidence, it is pretty hard to screw up a recipe when you follow it! :) Plus food brings people together and who doesn't love to eat!
My goal is to workout again this year, but I can't promise that will happen, but hey, it is worth a shot! It is the thought that counts, right? I thought that going to the gym was what made me not want to workout, the whole process of getting ready and going out again after I am home from work was too much for me to handle. Pathetic, I know! So we bought a used treadmill off of Craigslist and put it in the basement, I thought that would do the trick, but now it seems I have convinced myself that walking down to the basement is too much work, so we will see how it goes this year! Our dog uses the treadmill more than we do, but hey at least we have gotten our moneys worth!
In the past, I have tried to make myself try at least one new recipe a week, but my goal is now to try two or more new recipes a week. I plan to dust off my cookbooks that have been more like decorative pieces and find some good ones to share with all of you! I also follow a few other blogs that have some amazing recipes that I have already tried, but don't worry, I will give credit where credit is due! My grandmother is an amazing baker, so I'll definitely share a few of my favorites from her. I can't promise you specific days of the week that I will update my blog, or that some of my dinner meals are blog worthy, everyone knows how to make a BLT with soup, but I will promise to update it at least two or more times a week! I need to keep it suspenseful so you will check back often. Sometimes the recipe may even be for a cookie or baked good!
When I told my husband my idea about blogging, he was a little apprehensive, you see I am one of those people who likes to do a million things at once and he was worried I'd have little time for him. However, like I mentioned above, food brings people together and we always have our best conversations over dinner at the dinner table. I have a little side business that also keeps me busy http://web.me.com/institchesdesigns/In_Stitches_Designs/Welcome.html so you can see why he was worried.
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