All in a day's work

After a crazy and extrememly long week, I feel very accomplished.
Here is a quick summary:

• Sat in on the Sunday school class I will be teaching.
• New Roof on the house!  It looks great! 
• My wedding ring is sized, cleaned, soldered, and inspected!
• Rocked 1 quiz, 3 tests, and 3 finals (includes two practicals) (yes, just this week).
• Clean house.
• Clean dog.
• Stocked fridge.
• Letters written.
• Caught up with friends.
• AND BLOGGED!

Complete success.  God has more than multiplied my time this week.  Now I can relax with my family this weekend.   :)

Monday Meals

Mondays are quickly becoming one of my favorite days of the week.  The sting of resuming an early morning schedule is lessened by anticipation of my weekly plans with my friend Katie.  She comes over for dinner on Friday evenings and we try out new dinner recipes.  It is a wonderful way to make sure that we each get a home cooked meal at least once a week, have yummy left overs for lunches, get time to catch up, and it of course feeds my pinterest addiction.  We have had many delicious successes over the past weeks, but I can definitively say that the "baked sweet and sour chicken" (recipe below) is our favorite thus far.  We loved it so much that we made it twice!  It takes a little more prep than some meals but is TOTALLY worth it.  Plus, it doesnt call for any "out of the ordinary" ingredients.  It has been such a blessing to just share life with my life-long friend and encourage each other in our everyday, crazy school schedules and relationships.  *So thankful*

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

from: Life as a Lofthouse

The chicken coating:
3-4 boneless chicken breasts
salt + pepper
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup canola oil

The sweet and sour sauce:
3/4 cup sugar
4 tbs ketchup
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp garlic salt

Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat then dip into the eggs.  Heat your 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and cook your chicken until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for one hour and during the baking process you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes.  

I know, I know, I'm completely awful... I have been in school for over six weeks now and I have yet to blog one word about it!  I guess the main word is :

BUSY!

Dont get me wrong, I am loving my time in the Clinical Lab Program but it has certainly been stretching and takes all my time.  I wake up at 6am and usually dont get home until 5:30 or 6pm.  Then there is homework to be done and oh, the studying!  ALL my free time is spent studying...  tv, facebook, pinterest, and even cooking are all on hold for the most part.  Mia spends the day at "grandma's house" which she loves and it tires her out for me too.  Anyways, I did want to get it out there that I AM back in school now, it is amazing and very challenging, and I have not fallen off the face of the earth.  I hope to update a little more soon!