Foreclosure 2 Frugal

First : yay! I am back on blogging schedule!!

Second : Let's talk about love and marriage… why? Because we are celebrating 7 years of marriage this weekend and next weeks post is going to be on Tough Mudder!

Marriage is hard, it's an on going struggle, sometimes we feel alone, sometimes we feel smothered, and sometimes it's just right. I love my husband a lot, I have been married to him since I was 19, just a baby. I have grown up with my husband, become a parent, learned to be a friend, cried, dealt with loss, and over all just learned to be a better person with Corey. While our marriage is awesome (most of the time) it hasn't always been. When we were first wed, my first thought was 'Shit, what did I do, can I get a divorce', no lie, I even asked CJ if he wanted to get a divorce! I didn't know what I was doing, and quite frankly I was pretty sure I hated my husband, I mean, I didn't exactly love myself how could I love him?

Through the years I have met some amazing couples, couples who have inspired me to be like them. (Hi, Becky & Tim, Deborah & Thomas, Suzanne & Joe). I have seen attributes, pieces and Godliness in each relationship that has inspired me to be a better wife. I think it's Important to have a mentor, in careers, sports, and in marriage. I hope one day I can inspire someone's marriage.

Asparagus and Rarebit Sauce

Ingredients

12 plum tomatoes

1 pound fresh, trimmed asparagus

2 tbsp olive oil

3/4 cup milk

1 tbsp margarine or butter

2 beaten egg yolks

2 tsp Dijon-style mustard

10 ounces cheese

6 slices bread

2 cloves garlic

To Do

Preheat oven to 450

Cut up veggies and toss in olive oil

Bake for 8-15 minutes

In a medium saucepan heat milk and margarine

Slowly add hot ingredients to egg yolks

Stir Constantly

Add mustard and cheese slowly

Continue to heat and stir for 2 minutes

Toast bread

Put Veggies on top of bread

Add sauce

*Recipe Courtesy of Easy Dinners Vegetarian*

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Thank you all for bearing with me as we adjust to summer vacation and transition into my second trimester :come on energy:! Today I want to address something close to home…maybe a little too close for some of us.

This past week a mom from Bretts class (her 5 year old was in his Kinder class and they were friends) died of Breast Cancer. I knew she had breast cancer, I didn't know she was dying. She didn't seem interested in making friends this past year, although I understand why now, but I saw her bike with her kids to school, volunteer in their classrooms and saw her out running a few times. Her hair began to grow back, and now it is very apparent to me that she chose to stop chemo and start living. I read about her death on Facebook and in the local paper and it made me really question – What Would I Do?

Would I buy an extra year and spend it dying or would I spend the short time I had left living? She obviously chose to live and I think that is really brave and amazing and very possibly something I may not be strong enough to do. What is the choice you would make, if you knew you would leave behind three elementary aged children? Would you beg for more time, or make it quality time? I ask it as such because I feel at this point you can't really have both. I am deeply saddened for this family, for this little girl, for her brother and sister. At 5 no matter how much time you have you can't 'get it', you can't grasp death, especially not the death of your mama

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Today, I want to talk about forgiveness…about that thing that all of us suck at. I have yet to meet any one, single, person that is really good at forgiving. Are you? I mean, really good at forgiving, not the kid that pushed you down in 2nd grade, I mean the parent that abused you, the man who raped you, the neighbor who molested you, the bottle that drowned your daddy, and the pills that stole your mama. That forgiveness.

I am really bad at forgiveness, I wish I weren't, but I have gotten better…slowly. I have realized the more I am trapped in my past, the less I can move forward. I have had to forgive my mama, because I was becoming her, I forgave her abuse, the pain, and all the wrongs…I didn't forget them, just forgave her. I forgave my cousin who sexually abused my family, I won't be invitin' him to dinner any time soon, but when he dies in jail, he will die with my forgiveness. My most recent struggle has been forgiving my daddy, he put a bottle to his head and pulled the trigger, and I will never understand that. I will eventually work through it all and be able to forgive him. I have forgiven a lot in my past, it doesn't make me more trusting, lie to me once and watch me walk away…it is really hard for me forgive. Do any of you feel that way? I may forgive my past, I won't can't forget it. It just no longer haunts me.

What do you need to forgive?

Since that was heavy lets try something light to munch on

Yogurt Covered Blueberries

What You Need

Cookie Sheet

Parchment Paper

Blueberries

Vanilla Greek Yogurt

Tooth Picks

Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper

Poke your blueberry with a toothpick dip in greek yogurt

Place on parchment paper

Repeat

Freeze

Enjoy while frozen (they mellt quickly)

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