One Month of Trying New Things

Hold on to your hats, kids!  Things are about to get crazy around here.

I am going to spend one month trying new things.

Yes, you read that right.  I, Stephanie Taylor, am voluntarily going to try new things.

Good Morning, Sunshine!!

Since Tuesdays are my Mondays, you can imagine how happy I was to get up for work this morning.

However, my day was made a million times better by checking my email while eating breakfast and finding this gem to greet me in the morning.

a week of meatless meals

I've been trying to incorporate more meatless meals into our repertoire here at the Taylor home for a couple of reasons:

1.)  Having a "plant slant" to your diet is supposed to be a step toward healthier eating.  That is, eating a more plant-based diet is better than one heavy on animal products.  You get more fiber and a wide variety of vitamins and minerals.  Or something.

2.)  I thought it could help us save money.  We cut our monthly grocery budget this year--partly to save money, partly because I wanted a challenge.  Shortly after that, beef prices skyrocketed.  Since I'm not so good at cooking chicken, I needed to come up with some other options.  (Also: we at a LOT of pork).

Joyce's Sweet Rolls: A Tribute

 A couple of weeks ago, my dad's Aunt Joyce passed away.  She is missed immensely, we we know she is in a better place now-- at home with her Savior.

To get an idea of the kind of person she was, I highly recommend reading these thoughts from her grandchildren.

At the funeral, by all of the pictures and photo albums, they had her apron which said "World's Best Cook."

I know those are strong words, but... it's true.  She was an AMAZING cook.  I remember her saying one time "Julie {her daughter-in-law} is always bugging me to give her my recipe for baked steak, but I refuse, because when she finds out how many calories are in it, she will never eat it again."

One of my life-long regrets is that I never got that recipe from her.

This just in

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In a very rare moment that my brain was actually functioning this last week, I realized that I might not have lost the picture of me and Lisa!!!

Weekly Meditation: 2 Corinthians 10:5

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

2 Corinthians 10:5

a collection of short stories

Can I please tell you some stories?

Good.  I was hoping you would say "yes."


Two weeks ago, I was having a crapalicious week.  You can read about it here if you really want to.  Then some happy things happened.

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Amy and I watched Thoroughly Modern Millie.  We can officially be friends now.  Also, we ate churros from TJ's.  It was  very good day.