tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78049912871520170862024-03-13T04:34:57.739-07:00The Blegen BunchA little HomemakerAshley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-65761573153455356272015-02-26T17:23:00.003-08:002015-02-26T17:36:36.780-08:00Lists, Lists, Lists... 5 Ways to Keep Them From Overwhelming You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever had a day where you have a constant never ending to do list running through your head? If you're a mom your answer to that question was most likely yes and probably looks something like this:<br />
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<li>Load the Dishwasher</li>
<li>Start the Dishwasher</li>
<li>Start a Load of Laundry</li>
<li>Color with the Kids</li>
<li>Make Breakfast</li>
<li>Empty the Dishwasher</li>
<li>Change the Laundry</li>
<li>Play Playdoh with the Kids</li>
<li>Load the Dishwasher</li>
<li>Fold Clothes that are in the Dryer</li>
<li>Etc. </li>
<li>Etc.</li>
<li>Etc.</li>
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If you nodded your head at anything on that list than don't worry you are not alone.<br />
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Along with our long daily to do lists, thanks to Pintrest, we now have endless "want to do" to do lists(try saying that one five times fast) of recipes, crafts, kids activities, home décor ideas and so much more running through our heads all day. All of these lists, which can never truly be finished, can become very overwhelming and can start to make us feel like we are going a little bit crazy. So since this is something that happens to me on occasion I thought I would share some ways that helps me cool down when my lists start to become a bit too much.<br />
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1. <strong>Write down your list.</strong> No matter how long your list may be, even if it is endless, write down as much of it as you can until you start to feel that weight lifting off of your shoulders. Then do one or two things from that list and put the list away. Take the rest of the day to play with your kids outside or in their rooms and forget the list for now, there is always tomorrow that you can clean the kitchen.<br />
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2. <strong>Take a second just to breathe.</strong> This may sound silly but it helps me a lot if I just find a comfy place to sit and all I think about is my breathing. Take long deep breathes and don't think about anything else. Just clear your mind of anything list related and instead count your breaths or think about something you know will calm you.</div>
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3. <strong>Delegate.</strong> Do you have kids? Do you have things on the list that they can help you with? Let them! I know very well that most kids do not like doing chores but my two year old loves helping me with anything I need help with. This is great because I get a helper and we also get to spend that time together just her and I. You can also ask your husband. I know that as wives we like to let our husbands relax after they get home from work but sometimes it is ok to ask them for help especially when we are having a particularly rough day. You could even have them take the kids and play with them in their room so you can have a few quite minutes to finish some of the items on your list. <br />
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4. <strong>Set Priorities.</strong> Do you have a long daily to do list? Decide at the beginning of the day what is going to be your priority. Is playing one on one with your kids going to be the priority over cleaning the kitchen and starting some laundry? Or are you going to decide to pick up the clutter around the house instead of weeding the garden? No matter what it is, decide before you start anything, which things are more demanding of your attention that day than other things.<br />
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5. <strong>Be ok with not getting to everything. </strong>This is the most important of the five. You will not get to everything no matter how hard you try and because of that you have to be fine with having to go to sleep with a dirty kitchen or a load of laundry still in the dryer just this once. If you stress over it you will be right where you were, overwhelmed and over stressed. It is ok to have some dirty dishes waiting in the sink, or have unwashed clothes sitting on the floor, as long as you tried your best, even if your best didn't feel good enough, you will survive. </div>
Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-34825688932452999142015-02-19T11:21:00.001-08:002015-02-19T11:21:35.435-08:00Crushed Jolly Ranchers for Cute Dessert ToppingsLet me just start by saying that I love play dates. Why? Well it is because play dates mean I get to talk to moms who understand what I am going through and I get at least an hour where I get to talk to people who can form whole sentences before my husband gets home from work. This past year I have made a lot of new mom friends during play dates and I have been loving it! <br />
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One of the play dates my daughter had last year was one right before Halloween to decorate sugar cookies. We all met at the park, because we live in Georgia and it is still 70 degrees out in the middle of October, and we all brought something to help with the cookie decorating. I had signed up for candy and the morning of I scrambled around my kitchen trying to find something that would work and I found Jolly Ranchers. <br />
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I thought it might be silly, and probably a risk of breaking teeth, if I left them whole so I tried to break them up. First I tried putting them in a plastic bag and hitting them with the handle of a whisk but I just ended up with some jolly rancher dust and a bag full of holes. This obviously was not working so I whipped out Pintrest on my phone and found the perfect way to get crushed pieces of jolly ranchers without making a huge mess.<br />
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Supplies:<br />
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<li>Jolly Ranchers</li>
<li>Non-stick Baking Sheet or Parchment Paper or Cooking Spray</li>
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Directions:<br />
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1. Unwrap the Jolly Ranchers and place on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray, has parchment paper lined on it or is non stick. (I used a silicone liner)<br />
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2. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. <br />
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3. Bake for 7-8 minutes.<br />
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4. Let them sit for about 5 minutes, until the start to harden.<br />
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5. Break them apart with your hands.<br />
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That's it! So simple and it was very quick and the kids loved them! They would also look great on top of cupcakes. <br />
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What are your favorite toppings for sugar cookies?<br />
Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-25660907642180733022015-02-11T12:22:00.000-08:002015-02-26T17:25:24.893-08:00Baby Feet Heart Plaque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My favorite type of crafts are ones that I can use my children's handprints or foot prints in, like my <a href="http://theblegenbunch.blogspot.com/2013/08/child-and-parent-hand-print-plaque-craft.html" target="_blank">Child and Parent Handprint Plaque Craft</a> from a couple years ago. Now that I have a new baby and it's almost Valentines Day I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do one of these crafts for the first time with my new baby and his big sister! This time though I decided to go with a foot print craft since I have not done one of those yet. This craft turned out to be so simple, besides the baking it only took about 10 minutes to do and I was able to involve my two year old in making them and she had a lot of fun!<br />
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Supplies:<br />
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<li>Salt</li>
<li>Paint (any color(s) you want)</li>
<li>Paint Brushes</li>
<li>Flour</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Mixing Bowl</li>
<li>Mod Podge</li>
<li>Rolling Pin</li>
<li>Heart Cut Outs (not pictured above)</li>
<li>Ribbon (If you choose to hang up your plaque(s))</li>
<li>Parchment Paper</li>
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And you will need at least one cutie and if you are as lucky as me than you have two cuties!<br />
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1. Make the salt dough. <br />
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<li>2 Cups Flour</li>
<li>2 Cups Salt</li>
<li>1 Cup Water</li>
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Mix the above ingredients together in your mixing bowl with your hands. Add more water if it is too dry, add more flour if it turns out to be too wet. <br />
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2. After making the dough if you are going to make more than one plaque than separate the dough into how many portions you will need. I was able to get enough dough for my one month old and my two year old with enough dough left over to make another small plaque. If you are planning on making more plaques than three small ones then you should make more dough.<br />
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3. Roll the dough out on parchment paper.<br />
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4. Print out a heart on a piece of printer paper and cut it out, making sure it will be big enough to fit the foot prints. Place it over the rolled out dough and cut out with a knife, pulling away the excess dough when done. (The above doesn't have the parchment paper because this was before I knew I should have used it in the first place because if you don't it is impossible to pick up the dough without ruining the heart shape it will be in.)<br />
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This is what it will look like.<br />
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5. Have your child step on the dough heart and push their toes and feet down so you can make sure you get a good imprint of their feet. Fill in any holes that may happen with some of your left over dough and rub down with water so the new dough will blend in. At this point you can also poke a hole into the dough with a straw so later you can hang it up with string.<br />
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6. Bake at 170 degrees for 2 hours on each side, I flipped them because the bottom was not drying. <br />
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When they are done drying in the oven they should look something like this.<br />
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7. Let cool and then apply a layer of mod podge.<br />
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8. Paint the plaque any color after the mod podge has dried.<br />
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9. After the paint has dried apply one more coat of mod podge. This will give the plaque a shiny look to it.<br />
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10. Let dry and you are done! <br />
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I love the way it turned out and I love that I have these great family keepsakes so when my kids keep growing and get way too big for being my babies I can look at these and be reminded that they are and always will be my babies no matter how big they get!<br />
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<br />Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-20722244354421303102015-02-02T11:27:00.004-08:002015-02-02T16:57:22.355-08:00A New Post...Finally!It has been almost a year since the last time I posted on my blog. A lot has happened since a year ago and I wanted to share those things in this post. <br>
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First of all the reason I stopped posting on this blog was because I <a href="http://ilovemykidsblog.net/author/ashley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">started writing</a> on another blog, and keeping up with both blogs seemed impossible at the time. The blog I started writing on is called <a href="http://ilovemykidsblog.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Love My Kids</a>. It is another mom blog full of fun crafts, recipes, reviews and giveaways. I really love being a part of the I Love My Kids Blog team but I thought it was about time I get back and start posting a few times a month on my blog as well. <br>
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A big thing that happened this past year was that my family and I moved down to the Atlanta, Georgia area and we love it. We are currently living in a suburb north of Atlanta called Alpharetta. My husband is working for Etrade and he really likes it and has been able to receive a few promotions since starting only a year ago. We love how it is always warm and sunny here, even in the winter. Although I do miss the snow a little bit but I am glad it does not make up my whole winter now. <br>
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The biggest news of all from last year is that I was pregnant! I found out in March or April and after 9 long months our little baby boy, Bentley Bear Blegen, was born on December 21, 2014! The first trimester of my pregnancy was pretty miserable. I was sick to my stomach the whole time, no puking but it was very hard to eat anything so I ended up losing about 15 pounds during those months. The second trimester was a lot better. I could actually do things around the house and play with my daughter who was then about a year and a half. Then the third trimester I was miserable again. I was getting to the point where I was huge all the time, I was always tired and I was always burning up even though the weather was starting to cool down. So when my due date came around I was so ready for this baby to come out! (hopefully I will get his birth story up on this blog someday soon). <br>
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This year has been long but so good in so many ways and I would not change any of it! <br>
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I am excited for the upcoming year and the surprises it holds for my family. I am really going to try to keep up with this blog and make it into what I dream it can become and I have some really fun things planned for this year with the blog so I can't wait for you all to see what I have in store! <br>
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Here is some other pictures from this year! <br>
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Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-89444153810052504932014-03-19T15:53:00.001-07:002014-03-19T15:53:41.846-07:00Day 19, Disrespecting Your ParentsIt has been a while since I have done any of the 30 day challenge posts and since my sweet baby girl has gone down for bed I thought it would be the perfect time to post the next one. <br />
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When thinking about the topic of disrespecting you parents the first thing that came to mind was of course the ten commandments and how one fifth one is “Honour thy father and thy mother”. Plain and simple right? Not always. No one is perfect and believe me I am not perfect and was even less than when I was a teenager! <br />
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Above is a picture of myself with my parents before my wedding reception. I love them so much! They have taught me so much and have given me everything I needed and a lot of the things I wanted, even though I probably didn't deserve a lot of it. <br />
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Along with saying those things I also want to give them a public apology for the many many times I disrespected them as a child and especially as a teenager. Words were said, screaming happened and doors were slammed and I wish I could take it all back but since I can't I will just say that I AM SORRY!! <br />
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To me respecting your parents means different things through out your life. As a child and teenager living under your parent's roof you respect your parents by obeying them, by helping them without having to be asked and by showing love and thanks for all that they do for you. Now that I am an adult the honoring of my parents has not stopped and will not but it is different than the honoring of them that I did when I was young. Now I can honor my parents by going to them for advice, talking to them often, and telling them that I love them as much as I can. <br />
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I really do love and respect my parents and the people they are and I hope one day I can become strong just like them. I also am glad that I will have them there for me when one day my daughter, even if she does not mean it, might disrespect me. It will make me sad and so I am glad I have my parents there who can comfort me during those hard times that I once put them through. <br />
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Of course the reasons I listed above are not the only ways you can respect your parents, there are many ways you can. List some of the ways you like to honor and respect your parents in the comments!Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-64227933832219030432014-03-05T08:33:00.002-08:002014-03-05T08:39:27.761-08:00Braided Garlic Spaghetti BreadThis dinner is carb overload but if you are starting up a new week and need a meal to give you lots of energy for the days to come than this is the perfect meal for that! <br />
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<li>One container (one of the cylinder ones like Pillsbury has) bread dough</li>
<li>6 oz spaghetti</li>
<li>1 C spaghetti sauce, homemade or from a jar. I got lucky cause I had some leftover sauce in the freezer so all I had to do was defrost it.</li>
<li>1 egg white or some melted butter</li>
<li>Parmesan cheese</li>
<li>Garlic Powder</li>
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<li>First roll out the dough into as wide and long of a rectangle as you can. This part was pretty tough because the dough I used was very tough and didn't want to stay spread so I got some help from the hubby!</li>
<li>Cook the spaghetti. Follow the directions on the box. Also make sure you sauce will be ready pretty close to when the spaghetti will be ready.</li>
<li>When the spaghetti is done lay it down in the center of the dough. When the sauce is ready pour on top of the spaghetti.</li>
<li>Cut the dough on the long sides from the edge almost to the spaghetti. </li>
<li>Start crisscrossing the cut dough pieces. You can get a pretty good idea of this if you look at the left of the above picture. After those few pieces were crisscrossed the rest of the pieces were too short to do that same.</li>
<li>With a pastry brush, brush on the melted butter or the egg white on the top of the dough.</li>
<li>On top of the butter or egg white, sprinkle parmesan cheese and garlic powder.</li>
<li>Bake in at 350 degrees for about 30-35 minutes or until the top starts to brown.</li>
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This was so delicious and something that can feed a lot of people because it is very filling! Also don't forget to like my facebook page by pressing the like button at the top of the side bar so you can keep up with all of the posts I share!<br />
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Ingredients: (Marinade)<br />
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<li>2 1/2 lbs. chicken</li>
<li>2 TB soy sauce</li>
<li>1/2 tsp salt</li>
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Ingredients: (Batter)<br />
<ul>
<li>2 eggs</li>
<li>1/4 C cornstarch</li>
<li>1/2 tsp baking powder</li>
<li>1 pinch pepper</li>
<li>oil (for frying)</li>
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Ingredients: (Sauce)<br />
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<li>1/3 C sugar</li>
<li>1 C chicken broth</li>
<li>1 1/2 TB cornstarch</li>
<li>2 TB lemon juice</li>
<li>3/4 tsp salt</li>
<li>3 slices of lemon</li>
<li>2 TB oil</li>
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<li>Mix chicken with the marinade ingredients and marinade in the fridge for 30 minutes in a covered bowl.</li>
<li>Mix the ingredients for the batter, except for the oil, and coat the chicken.</li>
<li>Heat the oil in a wok to 350 degrees. Add the chicken to the oil and fry until lightly brown, you can check to make sure they r done by cutting one in half if you are not sure. When they are done frying set them aside on paper towels that have been placed on a plate.</li>
<li>Mix together the first five ingredients from the sauce ingredients. When it has all be mixed together well add in the slices of lemon.</li>
<li>Clean out your wok and place back on the stove. Put 2 TB of oil into the wok and heat, then add the lemon sauce and stir until it has become clear.</li>
<li>Pour the sauce over the chicken and toss making sure to coat well. Serve over rice.</li>
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I'm sorry for the blurry picture above, it is the only picture I have that really shows all the parts of each snowmen but I will have a clearer picture below, it just doesn't show the tops of the snowmen as well as I would like to show you before the instructions. <br />
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For the ones I made, I did one with hot chocolate and marshmallows, black buttons, red fabric and black ribbon. The one in the middle was for my aunt Tina, she is allergic to chocolate so I wanted to make one that she could enjoy and we had a lot of candy left over from Savannah's party. I found enough to make this one with lemon heads, broken up pink and white candy canes, pink buttons, striped fabric and yellow ribbon.<br />
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Supplies: (To make one snowman)<br />
<ul>
<li>2 baby food jars</li>
<li>2 hot chocolate packets (or lemon heads or anything sweet)</li>
<li>mini marshmallows (or something that will go with what you want for the other jar like another candy)</li>
<li>fabric (any color, this will be for where the red is and the striped fabric is on the above snowmen)</li>
<li>ribbon (A color that will look good with the fabric and food you choose, the above have black and yellow ribbon)</li>
<li>Two buttons (ones that will go with the color scheme that you have going on with the ribbon and fabric)</li>
<li>Hot glue gun</li>
<li>Orange and Black paint</li>
<li>Small paint brush</li>
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Directions:<br />
<ol>
<li>Take one of the baby jars, make sure you take off the label and remove the sticky residue from all the jars. I did this by dampening a paper towel a little bit with olive oil and resting it on the residue for a few minutes. Then the residue will be loose and easy to rub off with the same towel.</li>
<li>Fill the jar to the top with hot chocolate, mine needed exactly two packets.</li>
<li>Cut the fabric into a circle that will be able to drape over the top of the lid. </li>
<li>Hot glue the circle fabric onto the top of the lid. I put hot glue on top and on the sides and pushed the fabric down.</li>
<li>Cut off excess fabric. This gave the fabric on my snowmen as draped look to it.</li>
<li>Glue the two buttons onto the front of the jar and put the lid back on.</li>
<li>For the second jar you will paint on a face with black paint for the eyes and smile, I did dots for all of these, and orange paint for the "carrot" nose. I did the nose by dipping a corner of a paper towel in the paint and dabbing it on the jar, it gave me the shape of a nose that I was looking for.</li>
<li>Fill this jar with the mini marshmallows.</li>
<li>Cut out the length of ribbon you will need to make it around the lid. I found out what length I needed by wrapping the ribbon around the lid and then cutting the ribbon to the length I needed.</li>
<li>Glue the ribbon around the edge of the lid. I liked how mine ended up looking like little Russian snowmen! </li>
<li>Now I cut out small pieces and glued it on the top of the lids to cover the labels and silver. </li>
<li>Put the lid back on and glue the marshmallow jar on top of the hot chocolate jar and you are done! </li>
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Of course there are many ways you can make these snowmen. You can even add other layers and have a three layered snowman with hot chocolate, marshmallows and candy canes or anything you want! <br />
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Ingredients:<br />
-1 lb. cooked broccoli that is broken into pieces<br />
-3 C. cooked chicken broken into pieces<br />
-1 1/2 C. grated cheddar cheese<br />
-2 tubes Ritz crackers (I did not like the ritz, I would not include this next time or I would substitute something else for the topping.)<br />
-1/2 C melted butter<br />
-1 TB poppy seeds<br />
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Sauce Ingredients: <br />
-1/3 C melted butter<br />
-1/4 C cornstarch mixed with 1/2 C water<br />
-1/3 C chicken broth<br />
-1/4 tsp salt<br />
-1/4 tsp pepper<br />
-2 C milk<br />
-1 1/2 C cheddar cheese (this is separate from the cheese from above)<br />
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Directions:<br />
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<li>Place the chicken and broccoli in a pan.</li>
<li>In a saucepan mix together all the ingredients for the sauce except for the cheddar cheese. Stir until sauce thickens.</li>
<li>Turn heat to low and stir in the cheddar cheese for the sauce and stir until melted.</li>
<li>Pour the sauce over the chicken and broccoli.</li>
<li>Top with the rest of the cheese, 1 1/2 C.</li>
<li>Melt the butter, 1/2 C, and mix in the poppy seeds.</li>
<li>This next part I loved how I could get my daughter to help but as I said above I would substitute the Ritz with something else that won't get soggy so quickly. Put the Ritz, or whatever you use, into a bag and mash it up into crumbs. I let my daughter do this, well at least begin the process! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The purpose of this blog post is to update my family and friends on some recent news. Ryan, Savannah have moved from Waterbury,CT to Alpharetta,GA. It was sudden and it has been a bit change but we are all excited.<br />
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My husband had been working for Macy's for about a year 1/2 and about 6 months ago he started applying to new jobs because he is going to be graduating soon and he knew he did not want to stay with Macys permanently so the sooner he could get a new job with another company the better. He first found a job in Sandy,UT with Etrade doing something he knew he would love to do but after he submitted his application the process seemed to be taking longer than expected so he started to look instead of at specific states he just looked at other similar positions within Etrade and he found the exact same position but in Alpharetta,GA and he applied.<br />
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A few days after he applied to the job, he was contacted by email by someone from HR saying they were worried that he would be a full time employee and a full time student and maybe he should try applying again in June when they would have more positions opening up. He replied letting them know he had been a full time student and employee for over a year and he was able to balance those things along with a family and the next day he got a phone interview.<br />
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His phone interview was quickly followed by a plane ride down to GA on a Sunday, on Monday he looked at apartments and on Tuesday he took a pre broker's test and had an in person interview with the managers and he could tell that they liked him so it was no surprise when he got a call on Thursday morning with the news that he got the job. When he found out it was about 3/4s of the way through January and he was told that he would be starting his new job on February 10th so that gave us about 2-3 weeks to contact an apartment complex for a new apartment down in GA, find movers and get out of our lease up in CT.<br />
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We were able to get a great deal with the moving company Swift Movers who loaded our stuff in CT and took it to New Jersey so it could be stored until we called them. When we called them we only had to wait two days before they told us that our stuff was on it's way down and then two more days to get our stuff where they unloaded it all! We were also able to make an agreement with the manager of our apartment complex in CT and find a great new apartment in GA for almost the same amount we paid in CT but with 400 more sqft and hook ups in the apartment, my top priority when looking in GA, a pool, top notch gym with free personal trainers and other classes, car washing station, playground for Savannah, a small room for an office, wrap around porch, two bathrooms and garden tubs! It has been and will be a great place to live for next year or however long we end up staying here... I hope it becomes permanent because 1) I hate moving and 2) we both really love it here so far!<br />
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Ryan is loving his job so far and the people he works with and he can tell that it is something he is going to enjoy and will put him in a good place for the future. I feel so blessed right now to have the family I have and to be able to experience this new move with them and get to experience new things and meet new people. <br />
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In a couple days I will have to post about what it has been like to live in Georgia so far but for now I hope you enjoyed our update and if you have something new and exciting going on let me know in the comments I would love to hear all about it! =)<br />
<br />Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-24189014925210250032013-11-29T07:46:00.002-08:002013-11-29T07:49:30.826-08:00Day 18, My Beliefs I thought this would be the perfect post for the day after Thanksgiving because my beliefs are some of the things I am the most thankful for. <br />
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I probably don't talk about it enough on here but I am LDS, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You may also know my church as the Mormons. <br />
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I believe in the Bible. I believe that Jesus Christ, God and the Holy Spirit are three different personages. I believe in The Book of Mormon, it is another testament of Jesus Christ from the people of the Americas before, during and after Christ's time on earth. <br />
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I don't drink coffee, black tea, or alcohol. I don't smoke or do any drugs. I don't swear or use the Lord's name in vain. I try not to watch movies that swear or have sexual themes. I don't watch porn and I think it is disgusting. I didn't have sex until after I was married and I will only have sex with my husband. <br />
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My husband and I got sealed to each other in the Boston Temple for eternity, so we believe that because we were sealed and because we follow God's commandments that we will be married forever and our children will be born into this sealing and will be sealed to use forever also. <br />
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We believe that when we dies we will go to the spirit world and wait to be judged and then we will become Gods and Goddesses of our own worlds. <br />
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To help everyone understand more of my beliefs and the beliefs of those in my church I will post the thirteen articles of faith which can be found at the end of the Book of Mormon.<br />
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<li>We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.</li>
<li>We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.</li>
<li>We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.</li>
<li>We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.</li>
<li>We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.</li>
<li>We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.</li>
<li>We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.</li>
<li>We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.</li>
<li>We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.</li>
<li>We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.</li>
<li>We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.</li>
<li>We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.</li>
<li>We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.</li>
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To learn even more about my beliefs you can visit Mormon.org where members have profiles where they share their beliefs through their testimonies. Another great place that you can visit to understand the LDS member's beliefs it to go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages">http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages</a>. Mormon Messages are great because it illustrates our beliefs from members of the church and how they practice those beliefs in their lives.<br />
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A video I just watched that I love from the Mormon Messages is one called "Having Children Enriches Your Life", you can watch it below.<br />
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Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-88328320667545254902013-11-27T08:53:00.000-08:002013-11-27T08:53:48.255-08:00Taco Cupcakes!This recipe is super yummy and it so cute! My husband though thinks I should call it something else because every time I say taco cupcake he says it makes him sick because a taco cupcake would be disgusting! Don't worry it is not disgusting and although you may be picturing a sweet cupcake with beef frosting. Now that would be disgusting! <br />
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Here we go! <br />
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<li>36 Wonton Wrappers</li>
<li>2 C shredded cheddar cheese</li>
<li>Toppings: sour cream, diced tomatoes, ketchup</li>
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<li>Place one wonton in the bottom of each muffin cup. Next put in some refried beans, then the meat, then the cheese. Now repeat starting with the wonton wrapper and repeat for all the muffin cups.</li>
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They should end up looking something like this! Now that doesn't look as disgusting as what you first pictured right? I hope you enjoy! <br />
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I got this recipe from Tablespoon blog, check out how they made their taco cupcakes and other great recipes! <a href="http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/taco-cupcakes/01bc4542-2c87-4b98-a8e8-ac81e79357d9?nicam4=SocialMedia&nichn4=Facebook&niseg4=Tablespoon&nicreatID4=Post">http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/taco-cupcakes/01bc4542-2c87-4b98-a8e8-ac81e79357d9?nicam4=SocialMedia&nichn4=Facebook&niseg4=Tablespoon&nicreatID4=Post</a>Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-63829775162623475672013-11-26T07:32:00.001-08:002013-11-26T07:32:30.032-08:00Day 17, My Highs and Lows of This Past Year! I will start with my lows because there is not much that I want to go over because it is very personal and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but my lows happened in the beginning of the year because of some things that went on but I am happy to say that things are looking up.<br />
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Now that I have that over with =) I will go over my highs! Obviously my biggest high is m beautiful daughter Savannah! She is almost one year old now and I love her so much. I am so proud of her and how quickly she learns and I just love her cute personality. I will share some pictures from the past year!<br />
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Well before I post the pictures I have to warn you, I went through my facebook album for Savannah and picked out some of my favorite ones and I have a lot more favorite ones than I thought so the rest of this post is just going to be pictures with some captions! <br />
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One of the highs of this year was that we were able to go and visit some family in Washington state so they could meet Savannah! Above is Savannah with her Grandma Kris.<br />
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Savannah holding Ryan's finger! <br />
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I was even able to go down to St George, Utah to visit my mom's family! I was so happy to be able to have them all meet my precious baby girl especially my grandma J, in the picture above!<br />
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She is the cutest Dalmatian I have ever seen!<br />
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Savannah loves her Grandpa Lewis so much! Every time she hears his voice her face lights up! It is so precious!<br />
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Another high of this year was in March Savannah had her baby blessing and it was even more special because Ryan's brother Taylor was able to be there and be in the circle to help with the blessing!<br />
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Savannah has def had plenty of baths this year! This path above was probably after having carrots fed to her by her father, he is very good at getting more food on her than in her mouth haha!<br />
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Savannah loves being on her dad's shoulders!<br />
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Savannah just loves her aunt Caitlyn so much! <br />
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I love that I have a picture like this! My parents have one like this of myself and my dad.<br />
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Cutest Michael Jordan fan ever!<br />
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"Is this real life?"<br />
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More love for Grandpa Lewis.<br />
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I love Savannah so much I let her fly on my legs even though I knew she would spit up on me!<br />
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Another high of this year was that we were able to go to Washington DC with Ryan's mom and step dad. It was all of their first times going to DC so it was fun to see the sites with them and it was also Scott's, Ryan's step dad, first time meeting Savannah and it was love at first site! Savannah loves it when her Grandma Dena visit her! <br />
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Cutest Seahawks fan ever!<br />
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Her great great grandpa love Savannah so much! <br />
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CRAZY HAIR!<br />
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We got to spend mother's day, my first mother's day, at the beach!<br />
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Savannah was not a big fan of hiking but it was still a fun 30 minutes lol.<br />
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Another bath, this time because of spaghetti!<br />
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Savannah was Ryan and my date to a stake dance that we helped chaperone!<br />
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My little princess.<br />
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Savannah wearing he aunt's shirt and a bow that I made! <br />
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Savannah's second time apple picking! <br />
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Well if you made it this far I hope you liked the pictures and could tell how much I love my sweet baby girl! Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-65260869636399396932013-11-25T08:06:00.001-08:002013-11-25T08:07:18.308-08:00Crock Pot Chili!This is one of the best chilis that I have ever had and it is so easy, you just make the meat and stick everything in the the crock pot and after a few hours it is ready to go!<br />
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<li>1 lb cooked ground beef, seasoned with salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder</li>
<li>1 C. chopped onions16 oz. can pinto beans</li>
<li>2 garlic cloves, minced</li>
<li>1/2 T chili powder</li>
<li>2 10 oz. cans rotel tomatoes, I used original which is diced tomatoes and green chilies</li>
<li>1/4 C hot chili peppers, I used a jalapeno</li>
<li>1 pk taco seasoning mix</li>
<li>1/2 C corn (frozen)</li>
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Directions:<br />
1. Make sure to cook the beef. Drain.<br />
2. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.<br />
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3. Cook on low for 5-6 hours.<br />
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Serve and top with cheddar cheese and tortilla chips!<br />
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To check out another way to make this chili check out the recipe over on the Random Mommy blog <a href="http://www.randommommy.com/2012/10/crock-pot-chili/">http://www.randommommy.com/2012/10/crock-pot-chili/</a><br />
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Sorry for the graphic photo but I think you need to see it to understand how horrible the stain was! <br />
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Well this stain removal trick that I am about to show you was the reason that we no longer have a blob of green on our carpet! <br />
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The stain that I got to remove from the carpet was a dark purple grape juice stain. When this incident happened Savannah and I were home alone as we often are since Ryan works 5 days a week but I had gotten myself a glass of grape juice and put it down on the coffee table, mistake number one, and as I turned my head away for one second, mistake number 2, I hear glass hit glass and then I hear liquid pour and start dripping onto the carpet. I turn my head around and there was the scene of the crime! <br />
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As soon as I saw it I was freaking out! I had no idea what I should do but I had remembered the awful stain that Ryan had been able to get up so I called him right away and he told me that the answer was beer! <br />
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We do not drink alcohol so us having beer in the house is not a normal thing but in Brazil they use beer a lot in their cooking and baking and Ryan loves to make Brazilian food so that I can try it and so he can relive his mission years so we had beer in our house because he had used it for dinner one night and he had only used one of the 6 bottles so we still had 4 left, he used the second one for cleaning up the first stain. <br />
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So here are the steps to removing a stain with beer. <br />
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1. Dab up as much of the liquid as you can with paper towels. <br />
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2. After you have gotten as much of the liquid up you are going to pour the beer over the stain.<br />
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We used Bud Light Lime only because that was what was the cheapest when Ryan went to the store so I am sure any flavor or brand would do the job but I am also sure any of them will not make your carpet smell not so good because beer smells awful but the smell goes away pretty fast.<br />
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3. Let the beer sit for 5 minutes and then rub it with some wipes.<br />
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Now you should be done and the stain should be gone! <br />
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Before and After! What a change and it all only took about 15 minutes! I was so relieved when it worked! I was freaking out because I knew this would be the perfect reason for the manager of our apartment building to keep most, if not all, of our deposit when we move out! <br />
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Let me know if you have ever tried this or what other stain removal tricks you know! Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-67934566749137654212013-11-22T10:43:00.001-08:002013-11-22T10:43:49.472-08:00Day 16, My Views on Mainstream Music <br />
When I think of mainstream music of today the things that come to mind are Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, sex drugs, rap, hip hop, etc. These are all things I don't enjoy listening to. So I am not a fan of today's mainstream music. <br />
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Mainstream music and the lyrics that they use make me nervous and scared for the mainstream music that is going to be around when Savannah is a teenager. If the mainstream music is so dirty (sexually and the language) now and is only getting worse I cannot even imagine how disgusting it will be in 13 years! <br />
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The music I do like to listen to so I don't have to listen to mainstream music is church music like hymns, country, Christmas music and music from my childhood. Although I am worried about what the music future holds I will do my best at teaching Savannah what the right kind of music is and when to know when you should turn a radio station off. I will be an example to her always which makes it even more important for me to stay away from mainstream music.<br />
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Another thing I don't like about mainstream music are the people who sing the music. These people are not the people I want Savannah to look up to as she grows up. I don't want her to make the same mistakes that they are making. <br />
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Overall I hope you could understand that I do not appreciate mainstream music and the bad influences they are having and will continue to have on our children and ourselves. Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-1681007679295548602013-11-21T11:29:00.001-08:002013-11-21T11:29:02.276-08:00Orange Chicken!This recipe is a lot healthier than the last two and it is delicious!<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
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<li>1 Lb. boneless chicken breasts</li>
<li>2 T. vegetable oil</li>
<li>1/2 C orange juice</li>
<li>zest of 1 orange</li>
<li>3 T oyster sauce</li>
<li>2 T honey</li>
<li>1 t. ground ginger</li>
<li>1/4 t. red pepper flakes</li>
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Directions:<br />
1. Cut the chicken into cubes.<br />
2. Add the oil to a pan and add chicken, a little bit at a time until it is done cooking. Put the done chicken aside on a towel while you are cooking more chicken.<br />
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4. Make the sauce by mixing orange juice, orange zest, oyster sauce, honey, ginger and red pepper flakes.<br />
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5. Make sure all the chicken is on the towel and add the sauce to the frying pan.<br />
6. Toss in the chicken and heat. <br />
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This was a hit! I love the mixed sweet and spicy flavors all together! Our baby Savannah loved it too! <br />
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I got this recipe from Brown Thumb Mama. I did do a couple things differently so if you want to see how she made her orange chicken head over to her blog! <a href="http://brownthumbmama.com/2013/01/better-than-panda-homemade-orange-chicken.html">http://brownthumbmama.com/2013/01/better-than-panda-homemade-orange-chicken.html</a>Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-28211974729890833102013-11-20T09:42:00.000-08:002013-11-20T09:42:24.443-08:00Mexican Dorito Casserole!This is a not so healthy recipe also like yesterdays but it is also a delicious one that I will probably make for my family once a year. <br />
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Ingredients:<br />
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<li>2 C. Cooked Chicken</li>
<li>1 C. Cheddar Cheese</li>
<li>1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup</li>
<li>1/2 C Milk</li>
<li>1/2 C Sour Cream</li>
<li>1 Can Rotel Tomatoes with green chilies so just the original Rotel is fine</li>
<li>1 Packet Taco Seasoning</li>
<li>Bag of Doritos, as you can see above I got the family size but that was only because it was on sale and it was cheaper than buying the regular sized bag, I maybe use 1/2 of that bag.</li>
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Directions: <br />
1.Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.<br />
2.In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients. <br />
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This reminded me a lot of white enchiladas which is chicken enchiladas made with cream of chicken soup instead of enchilada sauce, it tasted really similar to that and I liked it a lot! <br />
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I got this recipe from Jam Hands, check out this recipe over at their site along with other great and easy recipes! <a href="http://www.jamhands.net/2008/12/mexican-chicken-casserole.html">http://www.jamhands.net/2008/12/mexican-chicken-casserole.html</a>Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-3345558542150587642013-11-19T07:42:00.000-08:002013-11-19T07:42:20.893-08:00Taco Salad!This recipe I got from my mom's family recipe book. It is def a Utah recipe and I love it! It is not something you would want to have everyday since it is not very healthy but it is delicious and has veggies so it is easy to trick your mind into thinking that it is healthy while you are eating it! =)<br />
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<li>1 C. shredded cheddar cheese</li>
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<li>1 C chopped avocado (optional)</li>
<li>6 oz. bag crushed tortilla chips</li>
<li>1 lb. browned ground beef, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder</li>
<li>15 oz. can kidney beans</li>
<li>1/4 tsp salt</li>
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Serve with salsa, sour cream or hot sauce. I like it just the way it is but the missionaries and husband all liked it with some hot sauce on it too! Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-48676100870747485732013-10-18T12:08:00.002-07:002013-10-18T12:08:14.769-07:00Day 15, Favorite PinsFor this post I am going to let the pictures talk for themselves so check out my favorite pins below and check out more in the board I got them from! http://www.pinterest.com/ashleyblegen/love/<br />
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<br />Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-37558807301656117182013-10-18T11:34:00.001-07:002013-10-18T11:34:38.534-07:00Day 14, My Earliest Memory<br />
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So I think so far with these 30 day challenge posts I have been able to keep positive and I haven't had to talk about anything sad, well I guess a couple posts have had a sad topic, but for the most part I have tried to avoid getting too deep into anything sad from my past. So since I was looking to keep with up beat topics when I was trying to think of my earliest memory I tried to think of a story that would be cute or funny and I thought of a lot of cute and funny stories but they weren't my earliest memories but I was going to type them up anyway because they were all that I could think of. Well right before I clicked on "new post" I thought of what really is one of my earliest memories but it is going to require me to open up a little bit so here we go.<br />
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My earliest memory is from when my parents and I , maybe my sister was born, were living in either Provo or Orem Utah. We were living in a townhouse and since they were in Utah my parents had a lot of friends with kids my age so I was always playing with someone. One day I remember that I was hanging out with one of my friends, a boy, and we were playing on a grass area just him and me. I don't remember what we were doing but I do remember something that happened.<br />
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As we were playing a man drove up next to the curb by where we were playing and rolled down him window and he asked us if we wanted any candy. At that moment I remembered how in preschool I had learned to never take candy from a stranger and if a stranger offers candy to you then you should scream and run away. From what I can remember my friend started to walk to the car but I turned to him and told him that he needed to scream and run home and I did the same and of course the man drove off not wanting to have to deal with the police.<br />
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I was terrified and apparently I had not told my mom about it until a month later so nothing happened with the police. I do remember though having the same nightmare all throughout my childhood. In the nightmare the scene from that day would play but when I would run away walls would appear around me stopping me from being able to get home.<br />
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I know that this is the origin of my fear of being kidnapped. It has been something I have had to deal with my whole life and now as mu daughter is getting older and I am having to think about how I am going to have to send her out into the world in a few years to start school I am worried out of my mind because I will not be able to be there to protect her all the time and I am so scared that something like this will happen to her and she will either get taken from me or she will develop the same intense fear that I have developed throughout my life. I will be determined though to make sure I teach her what to do if something like this ever happened so she will know what to do just like I had known what to do.<br />
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I hope this wasn't too upsetting for anyone. I think it was good for me to be able to share this with anyone who reads it and hopefully convince parents of the importance of teaching their children the same lesson that I learned as a child to never take candy from a stranger! That lesson may have saved my life! Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-44147418638991689992013-10-18T07:58:00.002-07:002013-10-18T11:11:52.436-07:00Day 13, Somewhere I would Like to Move or VisitI am pretty sure I have said this before but I would love to move to Washington state somewhere in the Seattle area.<br />
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I have so many reasons for why I would love to live in Washington.<br />
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-First of all there are a lot of great companies in the Seattle area that would be perfect for what my husband wants to do long term.<br />
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-We have a lot of family that lives in the seattle area and a lot of family that lives within a day or two drive!<br />
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Ryan's sister Jackie lives in Seattle, I couldn't pick one picture because I love both of these! <br />
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Ryan's dad and step mom live in Redmond.<br />
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Along with Ryan's siblings Kinsey and Sam.<br />
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Ryan's mom and step dad live in Snohomish.<br />
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My sister Caitlyn is going to be attending BYU Idaho starting in January and Rexburg is only a 12-14 hour drive, I would know since I made this drive multiple times during my time in Rexburg! <br />
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I have many friends and family in the Provo, Orem and Salt Lake City area, which is only a 3-4 hour drive from Rexburg, who I would love to be able to see more like my Uncle Wes who is in the picture above, his wife Jen and their children, my aunt and uncle Josh and Lindy and their new baby boy, My cousin Mackenzie and her family, my mom friend's, who I also consider to be my friends too, Tracy and Cheryl. I also have two cousins in this area, Marly and Talbot, who I would love to be able to get to know! Another two friends we have in Provo are Jamie and Matt, Matt was one of Ryan's close friends from high school, they have a daughter a little older than Savannah and are expecting their second soon!<br />
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I have a lot of family in St George, Ut, which is a 4 hour drive from Salt Lake so about a 2 day drive from the Seattle area. My Grandma J pictured above, my Grandpa Binny, my aunts and uncles who are Tina, Keith, Kes, Ally and my awesome cousins, Jacob, Ben, Joel, Gabe, Brianna, Zach, Ava, Matthew and Eli!<br />
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Some more relatives we have in Washington are Ryan's grandparents, and his aunt and uncle and cousins. I would love to be able to get to know all of my new relatives better and be able to spend more time with my family's relatives also.<br />
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Ben and Kelsey are also in Washington, Ben was another one of Ryan's good friend's from high school and they still keep in touch. I would love to be able to get to know Kelsey better because she is a young mom like me, although she has almost four children so I still need to have a few more to catch up ;), and I know Ryan would enjoy having someone who he can hang out with who is his age and who enjoys playing video games just as much as he does or even more!<br />
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-Another fun thing with moving to Washington is that I love the rain and it rains there all the time!<br />
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-I also love snow and I know it doesn't snow too much in the Seattle area, I do know that it snows a lot in places close to Seattle like the mountains or Idaho or Montana or Utah! Above is a picture of me driving in the snowy mountains in either Montana, Idaho or Washington.<br />
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-Also it is beautiful in Washington. It has what I love about Connecticut, the trees, and what I love about Colorado, the mountains, all in one state! <br />
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Well there are just a few reasons for why it would be great to move to Washington! I know that it might not happen and if it doesn't I will be sad but I know I will love living anywhere as long as I have my husband and baby girl! Also if we can't live here then it would be the place a I would choose to visit, along with Connecticut assuming we leave Connecticut.<br />
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Where are the places your would most like to visit or move to?<br />
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<br />Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-49518276082190997192013-10-14T09:14:00.003-07:002013-10-14T09:14:42.259-07:00A Journey Through The Last Two Years!<br />
Today October 14, 2013 is my husband and my 2 year wedding anniversary! To celebrate this day I thought I would put up a post to share with everyone what our relationship has been like through these last two years with pictures.<br />
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Some wedding pictures:<br />
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He still loves me even though I smashed cake in his face twice within two weeks of being married!<br />
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Honeymoon picture: (we went on a cruise to the Caribbean)<br />
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We survived a trip across the country in a car together! We drove from Idaho to Connecticut.<br />
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He survived a pregnancy with me!<br />
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And he was next to me during labor! I couldn't have made it through it without him!<br />
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Then there were three!<br />
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Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-80022483361088082472013-10-11T10:39:00.003-07:002013-10-11T10:40:52.726-07:00Chicken Tetrazini!<br />
This past month I have been working on doing menu planning for the first time on my own and this was one of the meals I got the recipe from my moms family recipe book. It is one of my favorites and I hope you guys like it too!<br />
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<li>1 lb. angel hair pasta</li>
<li>1 can cream of mushroom soup</li>
<li>1 rotisserie chicken from Costco </li>
<li>Frozen peas, amount depends on personal preference</li>
<li>3/4 C grated parmesan</li>
<li>1 C chicken broth</li>
<li>1 C light cream</li>
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<li>Cook Pasta until barley done.</li>
<li>Heat together soup, cream, broth, and chicken.</li>
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<br />Ashley Blegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877158586675353666noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804991287152017086.post-690041806683715182013-10-10T16:08:00.003-07:002013-10-10T16:08:51.752-07:00Choclate Covered Oreos!This treat is simple and perfect for occasions like wedding showers, baby showers, birthdays and so much more!<br />
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-Oreos (If you are making a lot you can buy one of the huge boxes from Costco.)<br />
-White melting chocolate <br />
-Food coloring (if you want to drizzle some color on top)<br />
-Microwave safe bowl<br />
-Fork<br />
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First melt some of the white chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, I am not positive on the time so just follow your packages directions, I would hate to be the reason you burned your chocolate!<br />
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Now start covering the Oreos in the melted chocolate. Spread it around and make sure it is coated completely. <br />
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Pick it up with a fork and tap off excess chocolate.<br />
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Place on a cooling rack to dry but you might want to spray it first so the chocolate doesn't stick. I didn't spray it and the chocolate hardened onto the rack so it was difficult to pick up and some of the chocolate came off but it was ok because the guests weren't going to see the bottom.<br />
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Now you can use some of the extra chocolate and mix it with food coloring or buy pink chocolate and drizzle some on top, or use whatever color that goes with the theme. You can also do that with rice krispies to add some color! <br />
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The last picture is from my aunt's baby shower that my mom threw for her and my mom was able to think of so many clever and cute ideas! I will have to put up a post all about the fun things she did! <br />
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