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When I grocery shop for my family I try to not go overboard and spend all of my money. The budget for food shopping is $75 per week. That is enough to have full dinners, pack the hub's lunch and make us a great breakfast. I eat leftovers for lunch since I am not a big fan of cooking in the middle of the day. I used to spend about $100 a week on food but I had to reduce that. I was spending $50 a week on meat alone and that is not healthy for me, my family, or my wallet. Now I try to not spend over $25 on meat and the rest of the money goes to my kitchen staples (ex. bread, pasta, eggs, etc), bottled water, and produce. LOTS AND LOTS OF PRODUCE. With this new budget I have noticed that I am eating a bit healthier. Since there is less money to spend I buy less unnecessary things. I don't buy junk food for myself unless it is just a craving that I can not control. When I crave sweets I buy fruit instead of processed sugary stuff. I absolutely love cabbage because there are sooo

     There are times when I get really inspired to do things and I get really great ideas, but for some reason I do not end up putting work or effort in to make the ideas a reality. I feel like I am at a point in my life that I really have to choose something and put work in it. See where it can take me and stop being so scary. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause you pain, or a threat. I feel that a lot of times, people get wonderful ideas for business ventures that they are passionate about but they are too afraid to just got out and do it. I see it happen in peoples lives all the time.       Do not let fear hold you back from your goals and dreams. If you have something that you love and you are passionate about do not be afraid to go out and do it. When you do go out and do it make sure that you give it your all. and remain positive at all times. You can manifest whatever it is that you want to have. The power o

Sometimes I have a hard time figuring out what I want to cook for the family for dinner. With him not eating seafood or lamb, my choices are limited to beef, chicken and turkey. I have ground beef in the fridge that I am defrosting for use tonight. When in doubt, I google a recipe.  I just ran across a quick recipe that did not require a lot of ingredients and takes no time to make. I chose this particular recipe because I am a fan of the brown sugar and soy sauce combo. I also chose it because it is made with ease. I did have improvise a bit because I did not have two of the ingredients, the sesame oil and the green onions. Here is the recipe, Korean Beef . I used olive oil in the place of the sesame oil and I added a little onion to the skillet after browning the beef in the place of the green onions. I put then beef over a bed of white rice (I used minute rice, which made it even quicker). It turned out great and I will definitely be making this quick and easy meal again.

I was saying over and over that I was going to work out when the new year started. Well here it is the end of February and I am just now deciding to do something. Of course I have made attempts since January and gave up with each one. This time I actually kept going and pushed through the burn. What made it easier to get through was listening to Rihanna's new album on repeat, which is totally AMAZING by the way. Listening to music with a beat that is similar to the pace you are trying to go is very helpful and is definitely something that I suggest you try at home.  During this workout session I started off with about 15 minutes of yoga. Following that I did 3 reps of 15 squats, 2 reps of 15 side leg raises (one side = one rep), 2 reps of 15 hip raises/bridge/butt lifts, 2 reps of 15 fire hydrants, and  I only managed to do 5 push ups. I finished off with 30 minutes of dancing(hard dancing) and some cool down stretches. I have my own yoga flow that I do and it does not involve

        Hi everyone, it is good to be back and better than ever. An effort to post more will be made. That shouldn't be a hard task right now considering I am not working and my baby is still a super sleepy head. I know that I went M.I.A for a while, but that was all for a good reason. I was busy trying to get as many hours of work in as possible before the birth of my beautiful baby girl.         She is here now and is one of the most precious things I have ever held (I know, I know, what parent doesn't say that). She was born in my hometown of Atlanta, GA weighing 6lb 7oz and measuring 18 inches. I am still not sure if I made it a full 40 weeks or not. I'm unsure of that because I was given two different due dates. The first one was November 27th and the second one was December 15. They changed it from the original one because of her size at my 6 week ultrasound. She ended up being born on a Saturday, the day after my original due date. The doctor informed me that I was