Procrastination

Ah, the bliss of procrastination.

I have two professors this quarter that are polar opposites. I have decided that one believes in Grace, and the other does not. Unfortunately, the one that does not believe in Grace is the one that has the more difficult class, but that is life. I am getting the opportunity to blog tonight because instead of completing my final exam for a class by Tuesday, my professor has given me until Friday. As you can guess this would be the teacher that gives Grace upon his students....Either it is grace or he is just Super Super nice.... Either way, it puts a load off of my mind.

I am nearing the end of my quarter. I have two more week's to go and then I start up three new classes. It will be interesting to see how the schedule goes, since sometimes I feel like I can barely handle two. I know that this will push me to have even better time management...Which is not a bad thing. :)

Some new things about this week were that I did an overnighter with four of the kids I normally watch. Their parents had a conference to go to and I was given the opportunity to take care of them for a full 24 hour period... :) During which they ate a lot of sugar and I spoiled them rotten....Hence I think they liked me more when it was all said and done...Haha.

I have decided to stop delivering for The Mommy Fairy on Monday's. It takes up too much of my weekend, and instead of being able to relax and renew my mind in church I have too much on my mind. Switching my deliveries to Tuesday-Friday has made everything work much better. I have had time for homework and laundry. :D

This week I am making Greek themed dishes and I am super excited. I personally love Greek food....Now I get to follow directions in re-creating someone else's dish.

The weather is slowly turning here in Greenville, and as much as I loved the warm summer I am excited to start wearing scarves, and not having makeup sweat off of my face.... :)

Downtown Grace's sermon this morning was amazing. Exactly what I needed. I love how the Lord orchestrates church services to be exactly what you need. Those are all my thoughts currently. Thank you for reading :) Hope you have a wonderful week!

The mommy fairy :)

Goodness, I love Cooking!

I know that many others out there know this about me, but I am fully realizing it more and more each day. My Mommy Fairy business is doing well, and I am brainstorming more and more ways to get my name out there. Today is a lazy day for me. I work this evening but have spend this morning lounging around accomplishing homework and this week's meals for all of my customers. This week I am making a variation of a Poppyseed Chicken Casserole with Broccoli. I really like this dish and had it for the first time a couple of months ago at one of my Employer's home. 

I am three week's into school at Anderson and attempting to time manage as well as I can. So far I am doing well. I worked around 40 hours last week and ended up working on homework for around seven hours yesterday (Saturday). I am learning a good amount of information on psychology and the application of behavioral psychology. I like learning how to apply the different behavioral theories on case studies. Currently, that would be my favorite part about class. :) Sorry this is such a short post, but there has not been too much to write about. Hope you have a wonderful evening :)

Hello Everyone!

              I am so excited for this week! I have started something new. I have begun a delivery business for the greater Greenville area. Last week I made and delivered a Brie and Sausage Quiche. I made the same quiche in my last post except instead of bacon I used a mild sausage with some red pepper flakes. I paired it with a side of fruit salad with fresh whipped cream. I had a lot of fun making and delivering everything. For this week I am making a Bacon, Gouda Macaroni and Cheese. I have made two dishes of it so far and I am keeping this recipe for life! The Gouda, Parmesan and Sharp White Cheddar are amazing together! I have topped it with Panko and the smooth creaminess of the pasta and the slight texture of Panko together are any food lover's dream combination. Anyways, enough about food!


               I started school this week! The homework load is as usual and I have decided that this semester I will conquer time management! It will be a good stretching challenge for me. New growth will be good! I have found a new addicting blog! It is called Sweetpolita! She is amazing, I have to admit almost every recipe I see on her blog I want to make. Maybe that should be a goal of mine!

Look at this beautiful Roulade!!

and this peanut butter cake cheesecake!

And these beautiful mints I plan on having in my wedding!!!!! They will be pink and white and probably a pain to make!!!! But they are adorable and I think I want them. :)

Have a wonderful week and please check out www.facebook.com/TheMommyFairy

College and Cooking!!

It is almost the start of a new school year! I start a Psychology course on behavior, and an Incident Management Class on Monday. I am excited for both. It is going to be a busy year with work and school. I have been able to get to know the people I work for so much more in this past year then before. I love all my little babies, it is amazing to see everything you need to work on while you around other people, especially children. They show you all your weaknesses and every shortcoming you have. I can honestly say I have had my prayer every day be about showing all the kids I take care of love and I know I fall short consistently.

The grace of God is powerful and unending. Such an amazing thought. :)

To transition to something that I also LOVE

Today I have many cooking recipes on my mind.

For example, A Brie and Bacon Quiche



































You can find the recipe here.

http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2011/05/brie-and-bacon-quiche/


I am planning on making these this weekend :)


Chocolate Peppermints!







































You can find the recipe here,    



http://shewearsmanyhats.com/2011/12/chocolate-peppermints/


Next time Cherry-Vanilla Delight cake from Sweetpolita!

South Carolina :)

This following post was written a few months ago. Much has happened since then but I decided to post it anyways :) So bear in mind, it's from a few months ago. 


I have not had time to write for a long time, but today I am enjoying South Carolina's sunshine and sitting outside Starbucks with enough time to write a little. I am finally done with my semester at Anderson, and it went really well! I had an amazing Christian Worldview class that reminded me of all the good worldview discussions I had in Highschool with my CWP class. This semester has been really good for and to me, I am slowly settling in more and more here in Greenville with work and all my little kiddo's. :) I have Thirteen children now that I watch/nanny in a two-week period. Seaton, Austin, Nielsen,and Camille; Emma-Kate, Caroline, Charlotte, Hudson, and Vivian; Eliza; Sutton; Ridley, and my newest baby-Grace. Grace is the youngest at 1 1/2 weeks old and Seaton is the oldest at Nine. Those thirteen children are divided into five families. I have to say I love them all dearly. It is amazing getting to work with children, in my opinion, because they show you where you need to grow the most. I usually feel like the kids I watch teach me more than I could ever teach them. :D

 I have decided to attempt to CLEP Psych 215 and Math 101 this summer and take my Science at a nearby Community College. It will save me money and that way I can be memorizing more facts. I personally hate math but it will be good for me to CLEP it instead of take it at school I think. Im hopefully going to ask John to help me with my math :D (he does not know it yet though so do not tell him. Hehe..)

 Last night I watched Alien, Aliens, and The Thing for the first time with John, JA, Eric, and Andrea. It was pretty awesome. I have to say that those movies were quite well made for being made in the 1980's. I have about a month left here in Greenville because in June I will be going to Colorado and Washington to be in two weddings. I have Amy Dibble's wedding the second week of June and then I will be flying from there to Seattle for my brother, Neil's wedding. I am very excited for both weddings! I had the wonderful experience of going and seeing my best friend Elea Chinalski graduate in Cape May two weekends ago! That weekend John, Judith, and I drove to Cape May, NJ from Greenville and stayed the weekend. On Saturday we were able to make a trip into New York City! It was amazing! I want to go back. NY was everything people and movies have made it out to be. :) At least all the movies I have seen about NY. I am all out of time I will write again soon. :)

A lot has happened!

I am sorry it has been so long since I have written! Many things have happened since I have had the time to blog back in December! The most importance news I can think of right now is that.....



I got engaged in December to John Caballero!!!! <3




I do not have pictures on this computer of him and I's engagement but hopefully in a few upcoming posts I can put up some photos. It was a perfect proposal. Hopefully this week, I will have time to write a post about it. I have about a week break of school until my next session starts so I have some time to accomplish things on my to-do list that I can scratch off!

Usually when I have a week or something I get some time to reflect on some things I miss in my life that I still want to accomplish. Like...

Reading a book every month
Joining a Choir
Becoming more consistent in my devotions
Praying more for others that I love in my life
Loving the kids I nanny more

and so much more....

God has been really good to me these past few weeks. He has given me so much peace about life that whenever I remember how I was without this peace...It makes me cringe. I just finished 9 more credits at Anderson and start up my next 9 next Monday! Woot....That session will go until May in which I will do 9 more (God+Money willing) and then have a month break to work more in July. I have 2 wedding to go to in June, and so I will have about a 2 week break in June to fly to Colorado for Amy Dibble's wedding and then my brother Neil's wedding the week after. :P I shall get to eat much cake in a week and a half.

Tonight I am going to see Act of Valor! I have heard so far that it is an intense movie!

Thank you for reading! I hope your life is going well, and I will be posting again soon!