"Is eating too many carrots bad for you?"

I've been snacking on carrots all afternoon now. I love them. It's amazing how good and full they make me feel. I've been on a mission to eat healthier food. Simply because I love healthy food and the way it makes me feel. Being a vegetarian does not mean I only eat fruits and veggies. NOOOOOOOPE....I eat WAY.TOO.MANY carbs and breads, sugars and other bad foods too. Whoops. So as of late, I've been looking at different blogs and sites trying to find some healthy food to make this weekend while i have some extra time. Some things I'm going to try to make are:

Hummus

Vegetable Pancakes

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Pancakes (for breakfast)

Whole Wheat Pizza

....and probably some kind of treat (most likely not healthy).

I'm pretty excited to use some cooking appliances that I haven't had the chance (or courage) to use.

Also, I've been extremely motivated to get organized. I've constantly been dreaming of organized closets, refrigerator, and spare bedroom. It's scary how much stuff Russell and I have accumulated between the two of us. I don't know how we have completely filled our little home...but it's been done. Tonight my dear friend, Dara and I are taking a trip up to Little Rock to do some shopping at The Container Store to get some stuff to get my closets in shape. I'm relying on her to help me stay on task and not buy more things to fill my house. Although our trip will most likely include a stop at Target because we don't have one here in Searcy. :( (SO SAD)

I think by getting our house in order, our lives will be much more organized. I'm tired of the running around looking for a jacket, or one of Russell's school assignments early in the morning. Putting together healthy snacks for our late mornings is also on my list of to-do's. Writing about getting our lives organized makes me feel anxious, excited and nervous. I'm already aware of the fact that it's going to be a difficult and overwhelming task, but I'm ready for it. My best friend is coming to visit me in 6 weeks. I need to clean "her" room out!!

With love.
~Hillary

[photos]

My phone has been real slow here lately. I assumed it was because I had a million pictures and texts saved to it and it wasn't able to handle it all. So tonight I saved them all to my computer. Here's the last few months, according to my phone:

[In the airport on our way to Arkansas]

[New home]

[Setting up house]

[Discovering a new town]

[Trying on clothes]

[New town=new hairdresser...(still on the hunt). I took this right after she decided to chop my hair off]



[Drove all night to a Texan game in Houston]

[My handsome man at his brothers soccer game. (I stood up to take the pic)]



[My husband is a HUGE fan of the snooze button. We're so close to being late every day to school/work. This means coffee and breakfast in the office]

[Tonight, we went to Walmart and bought a space heater for our bedroom. The cold weather season is most definitely upon us.]

I hope my phone works now. I guess I'll tinker around with it some more before I go to bed. Maybe tomorrow I'll clear off Russell's phone of his pictures. xo