Let's Catch Up!

I haven't posted in a little while. Last week was a terrible week for me. My family was ill with a terrible stomach bug on the 26th & 27th of April I tried everything to avoid getting it myself but last Tuesday I woke up sick with the stomach bug. It is hard being a mother of three little ones but even more so when they get sick with something like a stomach bug. You just know you are going to get it. It's the laws of being a mother. Once the kids get it you will get it no matter how much you avoid it, disinfect, and work to not get it!! This stomach bug was no normal 24 hour and over it stomach bug this was the toughest meanest stomach bug I have ever encountered. I will spare you the details but this thing hit early on the 30th and hasn't until the 3rd. I actually had a seizure from it. Not sure what brought it on the doctors at the hospital said being dehydrated and a fever spike could have caused it. Thankfully I was in bed laying down when I had it, and Jaymie was in the room with me when it happened. But I didn't realized it had even happened until the EMT's had me on a chair transferring me to the ambulance. After a ton of tests the doctor released me from the hospital and let me go home. Thankfully I am much better and completely myself again. It was a scary thing though.

Color Me Rad!
I'm not sure if I had mentioned it on my blog or not, but back in February my friend Ashlea and I registered for our first 5k the Color Me Rad run. That just so happened to be yesterday May 5th. After being so sick and having the seizure I was a little nervous to run this but I had been looking forward to this for so long I decided to walk it and my wonderful friend was there to help me and encourage me along the way. I ended up running and walking it. I am super proud of myself to say, for it being my first 5k and me never have being a runner we finished in 30 minutes!! I know she would have finished long before that but she stuck with me through out the entire run. Thank you for that Ashlea you are a wonderful friend!! It was so much fun though we had a blast. I must say I am hooked now and am looking forward to many more runs. Sadly my friend is moving though. I will miss her dearly.



Teacher Appreciation
Last week a local business contacted me to ask if I would be apart of a local school's Teacher Appreciation day by donating goodies. Of course I said yes!! Country Mom Chef will be supplying the teacher's with an assortment of truffles, and two different flavors of mini cupcakes! We will be doing this for about 75 teachers and staff. I will also be raffling off a yummy gift basket to the teachers. I will post plenty of pictures and another blog entry about how that went after the event later this week! :)

School
School is going fantastic for me. We are coming to a close on our 2nd quarter. I have a final this Thursday in my Culinary class for this final I will be sauteing pork medallions, mushroom, onion, and Rosemary with a white wine cream sauce. I am actually making this for dinner this evening so I have the chance to prepare it one more time before the final. Here is a picture of the dish, we made it last week in class to do a run over before the final.

I also just registered for my next quarter classes. I will be taking Advanced Culinary Techniques and Composition. On the track I am on now I will graduate in one year! I am so excited!!!

I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I will be sure to get back to posting recipes shortly! Have a blessed day!!!