Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Delicious and so easy to make. I've never drank so much chocolate milk before! 
This will be a permanent fixture on my list of foods to make myself.

Ready or not

It is currently snowing outside, the problem with this? This is technically our spring...so any thought of early outside planting is out the door.
I am however breaking the unspoken rule and doing some early planting. I'm just keeping everything in doors. (Is that cheating?)
In the hopes of FINALLY getting a corn crop, this afternoon I planted 52 corn seeds. Hopefully by this fall I will be enjoying a beautiful homegrown cob!!
Here is to a fruitful growing season!

No Bake Cookies

Maybe it was the snowy day, whatever the reason I was feeling nostalgic.
So I dug out a recipe for No Bake Cookies. These bring me right back to High School Home Ec class and our teacher we all loved Mrs. Stewart. These were easy to make and I'm sure Mrs. Stewart had to know that in order to keep us happy, you need to feed us. So the No Bake was a very needed staple for our class!

So here is a piece of my High School.
No Bake Cookies
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
4 Tbspn cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
2 tsp. vanilla

In a pot mix the first 4 ingredients and bring to a boil. Add the next 3 ingredients, stir it all together.
Drop onto wax paper, let cool and sit.

The only difference is I no longer throw them in the freezer so they set up faster. I have self control to wait the old fashioned way :)

Fun fact about me. I love pancakes

A couple weeks ago I ran out of pancake mix which was rather bothersome being as I was on a straight week bender of pancake breakfast. And I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet...
So I turned to the internet, pintrest to be exact and searched homemade pancakes. The wonderful world of delicious pancakes that came up changed me. I went a little crazy and pinned 20 new recipes to try.
The great thing about pancakes, is they are easy to make and you already have all the ingredients at home to make them from scratch.
So I set off to create "old fashioned pancakes"
They were fluffy, and so good. This recipe carried my bender into the next week.
Sadly I ran out of maple syrup... so now I have to find a recipe to make my own. Then the pancake breakfasts will continue again!
For the recipe, head over to my pintrest page under "I can do that"

Saturdays workout... from home

Usually in order for me to stick to my workout schedule I need a partner. Someone who I know will be there so I will always show up and workout, we always end up being the motivator for the other person.
However lately I have been working out on my own. At my house, on my own. My personal motivator? Online blogs and websites committed to sweating, building muscle, and working out. I'm suprised and secretly impressed I've stuck with it... go me! No to talk myself out of celebratory ice cream!

Anyways here's what I did tonight.
20 reps each, wod 2x through
Burpees
Walking lunges with lift off
Spiderman plank (right and left)
Frogger
Speed Skater
Dive Bomber
Squat Walk
Lifted windshield plank (right and left)

It will leave you sweaty and feeling good.

hard at work!

Engagement Pictures x2

I guess it's not technically "hard" at work, these too made it SO easy and not to mention fun! 

These are just a few more I've had a chance to finish up, and I couldn't pass up the chance to share!

She said yes!

Here is just a sneak peek of what is still in the making!