The First....

Well, it's my first blog post!  My goal is to post about something every week for at least one year.  It probably would have made more sense to start on January 1, but I say let's break with convention and fly by the seat of our pants!  LOL....as you come to know me you will find this statement hilarious.  I do NOT fly by the seat of my pants.  Pretty much ever. 

I suppose I'll start by saying 'hello' and telling you a little about myself!

Hello!!  My name is Dana and I'm a sah-wife of a wonderful man that I've been married to for 15 years this month and a sah-mom of 2 beautiful girls!  I homeschool them (the girls, that is) and try to stay on top of keeping our smallish house clean.  We live in the country and have a garden (that is hating this cold Spring we are having this year, I might add!), 2 dogs, 1 rabbit and about 25 fish (who knew one boy fish could wreak such havoc!!).  We love the Lord and, if we aren't at home, we are most likely at our church!  I enjoy cooking (more on that later), crafting, teaching, crocheting, gardening and going to Disney World (much to my hubby's dismay!). 

So, about the cooking.  In my quest to better our health (mostly mine in the form of shrinking my waistline), I've delved into quite a few interesting recipes and diets.  Recently I've found this eating plan

and I am LOVING it!!  I just finished my first week eating "clean" and I lost 7 lbs!  Pretty good!!  I'll share some recipes that I'm enjoying and some of my experiments too!  ;)

I also promise to post pictures.  I can't stand blogs that don't include pictures!  If I wanted to read a book, I would!  LOL!  I read blogs to feed my inner child's love of storybooks....full of pictures.  ;)

Ok.....That's all I have time for today!  I've got to run (well, drive) to the grocery store, finish school with the girls and have dinner on the table for my hubby!  Thanks for joining me!

Dana