Day 3 Pinterest Challenge

So I had to use my "Baby food" board today and I made roasted carrot coins. It was super easy but I suggest not cooking it so long because most of mine burt. Check it at 20 minutes.

Pinterest idea: http://www.thebump.com/a/top-10-recipes-for-one-year-olds

Day 2 Pinterest challenge

I had to use my "Baby and Kids" board today! I did two different things because....caffeine!

First idea: http://blackdressredwagon.blogspot.com/2009/02/elusive-baby-hand-print.html
Second idea: http://simplyfour.com/2013/01/15/sick-tired-and-cold/

Day 1 Pinterest Challenge

So the board I had to pick from today was "favorite Recipes" and I chose Crustles Mini Quiches
I used veggies I had on hand instead of what she used though. I used spinach, mushrooms and cheese and tomato in mine :) What are you doing today?

Pinterest board challenge

So I am not sure if this is a thing, but I thought it would be cool to make a Pinterest challenge where you have to do one thing from each of your boards.

Obviously sometimes that can't happen, for example....I have a board filled with owl photos, what the heck and I supposed to do with that?

But for things like recipe boards you can cook a meal that you have pinned. Or clothing boards, you can buy an item you pined or wear an outfit you owned inspired by an outfit you pined. If you have a hairstyle board you could do one of those hairstyles you pined and so on.

I think it would be best to go down the line and do each board in order, it seems more challenging that way. Anyone want to try it with me?

Use the hashtag: #doyourpins if you want to join 

My pinterest account is: https://www.pinterest.com/ohtabby/

Hydroponic gardening made EASY!

So, I have always wanted to have a hydroponic garden, especially in the winter months. I was going to make one at one point but it was so confusing I never ended up doing it. For Christmas I got an Aerogarden 3 (Link) and I am in love! My dad got me the cow print one as an inside joke, my very first email was "Moomoolover" haha! This machine was super easy to set up, if I can do it anyone can! I am currently growing Dill, Parsley and Basil! You need one in your life!

Freezing portions of baby food (+ Oatmeal Recipe)

So I was totally against buying baby food when I first had Paisley, little did I know being a mom got more and more demanding haha! When Paisley started crawling I discovered how hard it was to actually keep up with anything in the house, when she started eating food at 6 months it was easy at first because she was mostly dependent on breastmilk but at about a year I needed to feed her a lot more. Now, I am not against store bought baby food. I think they are great, especially when you are on the go or sick. I was trying to figure out a way to feed her more healthy foods that were actually healthy, I knew exactly what was in it and that was super convenient. TA-DA making large batches of food and freezing them in muffin tins and then transferring them to a freezer bag was the answer! Thank you Pinterest :D 

Here is Paisley eating a defrosted portion of pear, raison and apple oatmeal (Recipe below)

She loves it!

Pear, Raisin, Apple oatmeal

Ingredients: 

4 cups water

2 Pears ( diced)

1 1/3 cup rolled oats (NOT instant oats) 

2 Apples (peeled and diced)

1/2 cup raisins (chopped)

4 T brown sugar 

1/2 t vanilla

1/2 t nutmeg 

1 T cinnamon 

Directions: 

Bring water to a boil. 

Add all ingredients. 

Simmer for 15 minutes or until fruit is tender. 

You can serve as is or puree in a blender. 

This will store in the freezer for 3 months or the refrigerator for 3 days. 

Things I love about biking

So we haven't posted in a while. We've been plenty busy lately. I've had a post in mind for a little while and would like to share it, so without further adieu *drum roll*

Things About Biking I Never Thought Twice About in a Car

(Catchy right...)

My first one will be what inspired this post

Sun Rays: First thing in the morning when its cold, and I am riding to work... I look forward to every break in the trees where the sun shine. To feel the warmth of the sun and just enjoy it, is amazing when your feeling cold on your ride. In a car it was only an blinding annoyance.

Music: I mean I would think about what I wanted to listen to but not really how it affected my time to and from my destination. If I don't have the write playlist, it really throws off my grove.

Minutes: When you shave a minute off your daily commute in your car its probably because you missed that light that you always hit... on a bike it's because you pushed yourself that little bit harder and you feel great!

Speaking of which, just to show HOW effective biking is as exercise, My first few bike trips to work were 48 minutes, by the end of the week I was down to 43, the next week I was down to 38 and last week I was in the 34-35 range and this week so far I have had two straight days of 30 minutes to work. That's an almost 20 minute increase in time in 3ish weeks! That's huge improvement.

(Ignore that it has different distances, the map tracking isn't the greatest... 

Wind: I have decided that wind is to bikers what kryptonite is to Superman. The more of it and the closer it is to you, the weaker you are. There is nothing like a head wind to just KILL your times, momentum and morale. About half the days I bike home have had a strong head wind, I go from my best bike home being 19 minutes to sometimes 32 minutes because of wind... Granted you think about wind if its really bad in a car otherwise you don't even know its there.

Something I don't think about now that I bike...

Traffic... it doesn't matter what traffic is like, I just go to the front of the line
Gas... I ride through a gas station every day on the way home and think "haha suckers"
How lazy I am... Man I used to think this all the time... "I really should do something active today" now If I want to do ANYTHING I have to be active

There's plenty of more stuff but these are just a few ideas I have had.

Here's some fun pictures to enjoy because I don't have any really about this blog.

(Click them to make them bigger)