I love cooking. It's actually one of my favorite things to do. Granted, I hate the clean up but I do love experimenting with different things. It's sometimes a little harder to try all the things I want to try since I only cook for myself and Kiyah. & Kiyah is weird about sauce on her food, and I LOVE sauce on my food. So I usually stick to the basics during the week.
I feel like sticking to the basics during the week means we eat the same thing over and over again. That is in large part because when I buy meat, I buy the family pack size, cook some of it, freeze some of it.
Last night for dinner I made some thin steaks we had in the freezer, and just used the sides (rice and broccoli) that we hadn't finished from the night before. Now, I feel tired of eating steak with A1 Sauce, or no sauce, so I thought, well, let me try to create a sauce and cook the steak a little differently.
OH.MY.GOSH!! I am a genius. Honestly, maybe not, but it was frikkin delicious.
Here are the seasonings I used..which is for the most part pretty standard for me.
I seasoned the meat..
Next I decided to chop up some onions and green peppers. I lightly drizzled olive oil over them and let them cook for about 3 minutes, after that I added some Worcestershire sauce and let them cook for another 3 minutes or so. Kiyah won't eat peppers and onions, so I didn't use too many.
After that I threw the seasoned thin steaks over the simmering onions and peppers and added a bit more Worcestershire sauce. Covered while they cook.
Once the steaks were done I removed them as well as the veggies, just keeping the Worcestershire sauce in the skillet so that I could use it in the sauce I was creating in my mind.
Into the Worcestershire sauce that was left over I added just a splash of lemon juice, about 3 finger full servings of brown sugar and 2 splashes of teriyaki sauce. I let it cook on low for about 2 minutes, while stirring to be sure the brown sugar melted. The only reason I didn't measure is because I was just making it up as I went along. So I would just say do it all to taste if you give it a try. Here's what the sauce looked like...
It was SO good you guys. It has like a little bit of a sweeter tangier taste to it. But it definitely made for a great jazzing up of a regular dinner. I even put it over my broccoli and it was amazing!
Today for lunch I chopped up some of the left over steak, and threw it along with the rice, green peppers and onions into a yellow pepper, drizzled the special sauce over it and baked it for about 10 minutes. ( I boiled the yellow pepper first)
YUM YUM YUM!
For as long as I can remember I have always cleansed my face each night before bed with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol. Now, it sounds ridiculous, but for the most part it has kept my face pretty clear. I mean, it was drying it out something serious, but it was clear, so I dealt. About 3 months ago I was introduced to Beauti Control and fell madly in love with the product. So, I thought I'd share one of my favorite products from the line with you..
Most of you know about Microderm Abrasion, and you probably know how expensive the tools are, or how expensive it is to go to a spa to receive the treatment on your own. Well, through Beauti Control, you can have pharmaceutical grade Microderm Abrasion in the comfort of your own home, as many times a month as you'd like, for one price. I think that's fab. Seriously my face has NEVER felt more clean or fresh than it does after using these products.
I want to show you the difference in my skin after a Microderm Abrasion treatment. Before using the Microderm Tool and Microderm Apeel, I cleansed my face with Step 1 of the BC Facial. To my wet face I applied the Apeel and allowed it to sit for about 2 mins. (pulled my hair back and put a head band to avoid getting it wet, or getting the product in it)
I avoided one small area on my nose only because my piercing is like 2 days old and I was too scared.
My lips have a BC Lip Balm on them that I applied after doing a lip mask. (Which makes my lips so soft because it removes dead skin)
But most importantly...look at how frikkn polished my skin looks!!! That's after just ONE treatment & NO filters on the picture!!
So, the finances part of the title just mean that I fell in love with the product so much so that I decided to become a consultant, so my shameless plug starts here...IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN USING OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER AMAZING BEAUTI CONTROL PRODUCTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT SPAESCAPELA@GMAIL.COM TO FIND OUT HOW!
side note: ignore my naked nails...that was next on my list lol y'all know I'm all about DIY.
So, I haven't blogged in a bit..not for lack of time, but for lack of topic. I hate reading pointless blogs, so I refuse to write them. Anyway, this blog will be about my attempt to change Kiyah's sleeping habits. The one where I have to lay with her until she falls asleep as well as the one where she sleeps with me.
Now, these are both completely my fault. I take full responsibility, so I am going to try easing her into breaking both habits. However, it's getting harder to have to lay with her until she falls asleep as I have started a part time work from home business and would like to be able to go to bed myself at a reasonable time. As for sleeping with me, well, I have a queen sized bed and she actually takes up pretty much the whole thing AND she ALWAYS has to bring at least one friend with her. I will use this blog to document the journey and just update here each day or week.
Day 1.
I feel like getting her comfortable being in the bedroom alone, with the lights off is probably the best first step. So I prepped her for that transition by giving her a couple of DVD options (each 30-45 mins max) . She got to choose one, and that was the one she would "climb in mommy's bed and watch". I told her that when it went off to let me know and then it would be time to go night night. She did great with that, I turned the lights off, put on Barbie's Horseland, and pulled the door up. (I do not close doors completely in my house unless they lead to outside.) She was fine, no tears, she stayed there quietly and watched the DVD. Once it went off though, she actually did cry when it was time to go to sleep. Which is abnormal for her, for the most part. When she fell asleep, I left the room as usual. The bad thing I did is that today she is with her dad, so I started a new routine on a bad day. I will try this routine for about 3-5 days and see what the changes are.
Day 1...AGAIN.
Well, since the last time I blogged about this, I haven't done anything else. lol. so much for consistency right?..hey, well at least my kid is potty trained. Anyway, I tried again last night, and I will try this same thing again tonight..hopefully :/. This time, I had her climb in her own bed, and I stayed in the room with her. We sang songs together, me from my bed, her from hers, and I was hoping that she kind of sang herself to sleep. Which has happened before..but in my bed. That didn't work, but she did stay in her bed the entire time, with a few almost tear breaks. Once we were done singing, I put a timer on, and told her that she could climb in my bed once the timer went off since she was so sad and on the verge of tears. Again, I thought she would wait herself to sleep. I set the timer for 15 minutes, told her she had to be quiet and keep her eyes closed while she waited, and she agreed. She did ask about 5 minutes in if the timer had gone off yet, but other than that, she was very quiet and I thought she fell asleep. I was so proud. Then the timer went off and she popped up with joy like a pop tart and said "now I climb in mommy's bed?" So, I told her she could, so long as she left all of her friends in her bed. FAIL. i know lol. whatever. in due time i guess.
