Started Taking Care of Buisness

I started my little "business" and therefore I introduce you to

Something Old, Something New

I will be selling boxes:) Jewelry boxes, music boxes, memory boxes and...yeah:) So this is me asking for support! PLEASE go just check it out. Spread the word, let your friends know about it. Help a girl out! Here's the sight :

http://something-oldsomething-new.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the support!

A Chalenge

As I sit thinking, it randomly dawns on me that moving back to Ogden means I have to go back to the 49th Ward. I'm not exactly thrilled. In the two, two and a half, years that I was a part of that ward I had three people in that ward that I would call friends, and then a grand total of about 5 people that knew my name. For the first 6 months of living here I went home from church every Sunday and cried. I felt so completely alone in this ward. They were all very stuck in the who is a part of the ward and who is just kind of there. And I felt like they have tagged me as a "just there" sister.

So now. I'm getting my self ready to go back. I'm hoping that this go in this ward won't be so bad, if I can meet people. I'm hoping that they'll actually try to get me this time. And I know that it's not just my fault, I could've done more to get people to take me for-realzies. And as such I'm challenging myself. My challenge is to talk/get to know a new sister every week. To MAKE myself apart of this ward. I'm hoping it works for me.

And as part of my challenge I'm challenging all those that read this blog. try to meet new sisters in your ward! You don't have to be their boosom friend and know what they do at 3 on the second tuesday of every week. Just help make people feel welcome. You never know if the sister that sits down the row from you every week in church goes home and cries just because no one says "Hi" to her in church. Make friends.

"Every good friend was once a stranger."

Americanized Fried Rice

FOOD!!!
So, the story :
We had a whole package of Little Smokies from super bowl. I had NO IDEA what to do with them! 'Cause ya' know, BBQ Smokies are great, but thats a lot of BBQ Smokies for one week. So I found a recipe that used the wee things and it turned out AMAZING! So I'm sharing my success with all of you (yeah, all 5 of you that actually read this...)!!

Americanized Fried Rice

2-3 C. Steamed long grain rice, cooked (DO NOT use instant rice)
2 cloves chopped garlic
1/2 C. Diced white onion
1 Lb. Bacon
3 Eggs, Scrambled
1/4 C. Soy Sauce
2 C. Frozen Peas
1 Lb. Little Smokies Sausage, sliced diagonally

Scramble eggs with no spices; set aside. Fry bacon until extra crispy, drain on paper towel. Use bacon grease to cook with, but no more than 1/2-3/4 cup is needed, so discard the rest.

Saute chopped garlic on medium-high heat. Add sliced sausage. Cook for about 3 minuts. Stir in peas. Cook for another 3 minutes. Add chopped onion.

With a fork, carefully add steamed rice into pan. Stir mixture over ;medium heat. Rice may stick, so watch heat carefully. Very carefully, pour soy sauce over rice evenly. Mix well until everything is heated through.

Crumble bacon and eggs. Add to rest of mixture. Serve rice with meat dish, or just eat as is.

For variations : diced chicken, pork sausage or ham can be used. Or delete meat, for those who are vegetarian, and add more veggies.

TA' DA'!!!
The only thing I really changed was I only did one heaping cup of peas and that was still toooooo many peas for me, but I don't like peas, Joshua prolly thought it was fine:)

OH! Variation for toddler (incase anyone else cares) : Take some of the eggs, and peas, and rice before you mix everything together and mix that together for a wee bitty fried rice:)