Happy New Year!! I hope you are so excited for this new year and a new chapter! How many people are participating in World Carnivore Month? What does that look like for you this month?
What is your non-negotiable for this year? This is more than just a New Year's Resolution.... setting resolutions and goals can be motivating at first but often that motivation quickly fades. , What is the one simple thing you are going to focus on this year to help keep you on track day after day after day, even when the excitement of the new year is long gone. The goal is long term health and wellness, what is so something simple you can focus on all year to help you achieve that goal?
I an so proud of each and every one of you for last year and just showing up, even even things didn't go as planned. I cannot wait to see all you can accomplish this year!!!
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Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
I made it home last night, and very exciting today that my Mom comes for the next week. We saw her in WV recently but she hasn't been here for a few months. It will be a little wild with Angus this time and him getting used to new people. We are excited to have her come visit.
Also, today is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I still remember where I was that morning when we heard the news. Remembering all those that lost their lives that day. ❤️🤍💙
Good Evening Y'all!! We made it home from our exploration of California and Oregon. We drove the coast from Carmel by the Sea to Eugene Oregon. It was Absolutely Amazing. God was showing off his art skills there. It was a trip with my family that I will never forget. Here's my dinner tonight. Getting back on plan. I ate a lot of things I shouldn't have but ate things I should as well. We went to a Brazilian Steakhouse. We didn't get to go to FoGo. But the Texas De Brazil was really good. I will go back to a Brazilian steakhouse for sure.
So that being said here's to getting completely back on track. This is hamburger patty, with bleu cheese crumbles and 3 stripes of bacon. It's Delicious!
Grandma comes to town this weekend so this week we're busy doing a lot of straightening up around the house, then some grocery shopping so we're prepared. One thing I enjoy about her visits is cooking some good meat for her. After years of practice, it's fun showing off a little when company is over. One question I get a lot from guests is, "how is your chicken and/or pork so juicy?". That brings me to my tip of the day haha. Internal temperature is a must and don't over cook it. Back in the day it was always insisted that pork and chicken had to be 165. That's dry and overdone. Pork is safe at 145 per USDA. I take my pork off when it hits 135 so carryover temperature is factored and it rests to 145. Chicken I take off at 150 and it comes up to 160 or so. Perfect every time.
What temperature do you cook chicken/pork to? Does going lower scare you?
