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december 1st

titan’s advent calendar from his grandpa scott

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december is here! hooray! it truly is the most magical time of the year. i only wish i could slow it down just a little bit. i know all too well that it will go by way too fast for my liking.

i am determined to savor each moment of this christmas season though no matter how fast it flies by and so i have been ever so carefully scrutinizing my to do list and deleting anything that isn’t of utmost importance the past few days. anyone else feel like their to do list can get way too long lately?

i’ve actually found that the only time i become really overwhelmed or christmas crazed is when i’m trying to keep up with a glorified ideal of some sort. ie. when i’m trying to keep up with martha stewart or any number of well known bloggers in the blogosphere of seemingly perfect housekeeping, crafting & entertaining. so i’ve kept that in mind as i look over my to do list. i ask myself “do i really want to make time for that, or i am i just trying to keep up with something or someone?”

in all truth, ultimately the main go to question has become, “it is inspiring me? or is it weighing me down?” if it’s not inspiring you, it’s not for you! has become my motto. move on to something that does motivate and inspire you. so what if your cookies are store bought this year or you don’t send out a christmas card? do what inspires you and throw the rest of the list away. we all have different talents and we need to learn to embrace those talents and run with them instead of trying to be like everyone else. decide what matters most to you this season, and stick to that without looking back.

now some of you regular readers may have noticed the absence of both something to talk about & what i wore this week in my posting. i am here to say they are gone for now, but don’t you worry, they will be back soon (probably!). i’ve had some thoughts about both of those weekly posts and will be revamping them for the new year (most likely!). i hope i’ll be breathing some new life into them?! here’s crossing my fingers all the ideas in my head all come together! both posts were mainly put on hold because i decided that for december i didn’t want to follow a schedule of any sort with my blog (remember, i’m keeping to my priorities and sitting at this computer really isn’t one of them this month). i basically just didn’t want to worry about documenting each and every outfit or about holding a link party each monday. i want to enjoy this month and write when i want. so if you are looking for those, please come back by in january! although i do hope you’ll stick around for this month as well. i promise i will still be posting content all month long, it’ll just be different. different is good, right?

ps. am so excited for titan to get his first chocolate from his advent calendar tonight (pictured above). my dad would always buy these for myself and my siblings when we were little and now he buys them for all the grandkids. so so fun! i love this tradition and hope it continues for years to come! i mean what isn’t to love about a tradition that involves counting down to christmas AND chocolate! 🙂

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lately i have been trying to feed the little man less processed food and more veggies & fruits. of course a lot of the time it is hit and miss. some days we do really good while other’s he may only eat processed sugary crap all the day long. i figure the saying “shoot for the moon and at least if you miss you land among the stars” or however that goes applies here & to our eating habits.

in my perfect world we’d only eat healthy organic non processed food & i’d have a fresh, healthy warm meal on the table for all three meals, each and every day. my oats would be ground by hand. my house would always smell of freshly baked wheat bread and my homemade fruit roll ups would turn out perfectly every time.

doesn’t perfect world always sound so nice? so wonderful? if only…

it used to be that since i couldn’t have perfect world 24/7, i would just throw in the towel all together. i have a habit of being an all or nothing kind of gal in all areas of my life. i’m learning to ease up a bit though and be okay with less than perfection. something is better than nothing right? some homemade lunches from scratch are better than none. some real true fruit snacks are better than none. some veggies tried are better than none tried. some organic is better than none. etc. etc.

i mentioned earlier this week that i wrote out a meal plan for the rest of this month and i’d like to say we’ve followed it to a perfect “t” so far, but we haven’t. there have been changes, alterations & complete detours all together but i am happy to say that i did follow through on two of the recipes i really wanted to try this week! hooray! two recipes that i’m sure had i had no plan at all, would never have gotten made. especially the way this week has been going.

the recipes are from the book deceptively delicious and i added them to our menu in order to start using up the puree’s that have been sitting in my freezer since september. (oh yeah, in perfect world all my puree’s would have been used immediately and i’d have made another whole new batch by now, in fact i’d have tried every recipe in the book!)

any way, the following recipe we tried this week and actually ended up really enjoying. these muffins are kid & husband approved! so for all of you asking what to do with puree’s…here you go! i’ll post the second recipe next week for you as well. happy baking!

applesauce muffins

topping:
2/3 cup old fashioned oats (i used quick oats)
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbls. butter or margarine melted

batter:
1 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 c. old fashioned oats
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. unsweetened applesauce
1/2 c. milk (i used skim)
1/2 c. butternut squash or carrot puree (we used carrot this time)
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 large egg.

instructions:
preheat oven to 400 degrees. coat 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups (my batter actually ended up making about 16 so maybe coat a few more…)

to make the topping, stir together the oats, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. stir in the margarine.

to make the batter you’re supposed to mix your dry ingredients first, then add to the wet ingredients, etc. etc. i just started at the top of the list and dumped everything in and then stirred until just barely mixed, as you don’t want to over overmix. the batter should be lumpy.

divide batter into your muffin cups and sprinkle with topping. bake until the topping is lightly browned and toothpick comes out clean when inserted in to the center of the muffin. approx. 18-20 minutes. i baked mine for 18. then place on wire rack to cool & enjoy!