tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285758392012-01-24T20:10:42.059-08:00God has given me a song and it is my life. I hope you enjoy reading how He has blessed me and how He can bless you too.Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-44100563213711634862012-01-24T20:10:00.000-08:002012-01-24T20:10:42.068-08:00

Has it really been that long since I blogged about anything.  2011 ended up being quit exciting.  In August I got to visit my brother and his family in Santa Rosa, CA.  Although, the excitement was that the night before I left I broke a toe.  Who knew your pinky toe was so important.  It really has everything to do with your balance.  Well, with a broken toe and being signed up to run a marathon

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Alright.  Have you ever wondered what to do with those leftover baked potatoes.  I mean come on, you can only eat so many at one time and they go bad sitting in your pantry.  So, here is a solution to that pesky problem.  (Sorry, no picture tonight.) Well this dish was created by my grandmother, if I'm not mistaken, in Yosemite of all places.  When my mom was growing up and they went to Yosemite

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-88492634550939551732011-04-13T20:29:00.000-07:002011-04-13T20:29:33.250-07:00

Ok, so this was an experiment.  I had a package of frozen shrimp that needed to be used so I looked in the cabinet to see what I had to use with it.  Here is what came of it. Recipe #11: Willie Nillie Shrimp (named because of how it was described by a friend while being made) Ingredients: 1 pkg Pasta (your choice) 1 jar Artichoke Pesto Pasta Sauce (or your favorite) 1 pkg Shrimp Directions:

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Ok, so it's been almost a month since my last recipe.  I've unfortunately been eating out a bit more or just throwing whatever I can together.  But here is my latest that has turned out really well.  So, I've been just throwing various canned beans together, but had not found out the right seasoning to make it good.  One night I had some left over taco meat and was making bean soup/chili so I

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-50847911696174887882011-03-16T21:04:00.000-07:002011-03-16T21:04:58.139-07:00

Good Evening, It's been a little while since I've posted a new recipe.  I have been repeating some especially the Coconut Curry Chicken, last night's dinner in fact.  I have also been perfecting my chili (non-spicy).  That recipe soon to come also.  But for tonight I tried my hand at Beef Enchilada's.  Turned out pretty good. Recipe #9: Beef Enchilada Ingredients Olive Oil 1 lb ground beef (or

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-54248762024799317242011-02-20T21:48:00.000-08:002011-02-20T21:48:59.555-08:00

So last week was kind of adventurous.  On Wednesday night, the 9th, I had posted on my FB that I was a total Gleek after having just finished watching that weeks episode.  A friend commented and sent me a link to an open call audition in Seattle for a new reality show on NBC called "The Voice."  The difference from "American Idol" being that it is blind judging.  The judging is purely based on

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-90152434327731365432011-01-31T19:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T19:02:19.954-08:00

So, here we are, another week has begun.  I got paid Friday, but haven't gone grocery shopping yet and I'm still eating off of left-overs from the past 2 weeks.  However, I recognized that I needed to make something new so I will continue to have leftovers.  So, I looked at what I had in my cupboard and what protein I had to see if I could creates something.  What happened?  Another winner in my

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Well, I was back at work today so I prepped a little last night for tonight's dinner.  This is another Biggest Loser Family Cookbook recipe.  I'm not sure what to make of it really.  I used ground turkey instead of beef and maybe that is the difference.  I cooked it 20 min longer than the recipe called for and it was quite liquidy and didn't hold together all that well.  The taste was ok, but I

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So, I'm working from home today and decided to take my lunch break to make my dinner since it takes a little while.  I made this around Christmas for the 1st time and it is a winner if you like coconut and you have to like curry in order to make it.  And you have to be willing for your house to smell like curry for a while.  I found this on allrecipes.com by ROMA. Recipe #6: Curried Coconut

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-5869873931423669752011-01-23T20:16:00.000-08:002011-01-26T20:51:13.556-08:00

So, it has been a few days due to the fact that I have been eating off of leftovers and then I was sick. Ugh!  I'm getting better but tonight was another throw together meal because I am trying not to go out to eat this week.  So what did I make? Recipe #5: Mushroom and Cabbage Stir Fry Ingredients: 1 pkg Gourmet Baby Bella Mushrooms (or any mushroom of your choice) 1 c green cabbage, chopped

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-16941387597372506772011-01-19T20:59:00.000-08:002011-01-19T21:00:09.244-08:00

I know what you're thinking.  Holy moly, this girl is cooking like crazy.  Well, I sort of am.  But tonight's dinner was a throw together.  I was posting so much that all of the sudden it was 8 and I hadn't had dinner yet.  I had some rice portioned out from the chicken and rice recipe from Monday so I heated that up.  The protein...Tilapia.  No picture tonight, wasn't necessarily pretty to look

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-13330580298184537342011-01-19T18:44:00.000-08:002011-01-19T18:44:15.511-08:00

So last night I was trying to figure out which recipe I would make since I had put out some ground turkey to thaw.  I had 2 choices from the recipes I had picked on Saturday, either Sloppy Joe Meatloaf or Stuffed Cabbage Strata.  I chose the later. This recipe has quite a few steps, but stick with it it is totally worth it. Recipe #3: "Stuffed Cabbage" Strata (c/o The Biggest Loser Family

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-17655738237632131602011-01-19T18:14:00.000-08:002011-01-19T18:14:21.506-08:00

On Monday night I was also so motivated to cook that I made a breakfast/dessert dish.  In the future I will have pictures to go with my recipe testing. Recipe #2:  Baked Oatmeal (c/o family friend, Linda Bowers) Ingredients: 1/2 c oil 2 eggs, beaten 1 c sugar 3 c quick oatmeal 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 c milk Oven Temp: 350 degrees                  Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes Pre-heat

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-72659493543930755122011-01-19T18:05:00.000-08:002011-01-19T18:50:17.786-08:00

On Saturday I sat down with all of my recipes and tried to plan out what I would be cooking until my next paycheck. I came up with 7 recipes from my stash to make where I had a good amount of the ingredients or at least the protein part. So I made my shopping list and went on my major shopping trip on Sunday to get everything I would need. Still missing chicken, but got everything else. So

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-29966238565665771082011-01-19T17:39:00.001-08:002011-01-19T17:48:51.604-08:00

So, here is it. January 2011 and I haven't posted here since November 2009. Well, a lot has happened. On 10-10-10 I ran the Portland Marathon. After almost 2 full years of getting healthy and training with a personal trainer I decided to go for it. I ran it in 5 hours and 8 minutes. My goal was just to finish, which I far surpassed. Now my older brother, Jason, has been running and wants to

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-17171307411035742982009-11-22T20:51:00.000-08:002009-11-22T21:15:19.251-08:00

This weekend I had the privilege of going to the NW Church in Shoreline, WA. For those of you that know me, you know I am involved in an acapella praise group called enterPraise. We are a group of folks from the Portland Metro area that get invited to lead worship at various events and churches. This weekend we were invited to NW Church for the first ever Worship Festival. What an experience!

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-71132668054968492802009-10-04T16:19:00.001-07:002009-10-04T16:25:42.043-07:00

So this morning I ran the 5 mile Kaiser race, success! Other than having to get up at 6 am or so in order to get there by 7:30 am for a 7:45 am start time, not too bad. I have been running 5 miles or more on the treadmill for a while and so I figured starting with a 5 miler would be best. I wasn't tired afterward, which tells me I need to step it up next time. So as I'm rounding the next to

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-43083706212408161502009-10-03T21:27:00.000-07:002009-10-03T21:33:25.701-07:00

Did I get your attention? Well, tomorrow is the Portland Marathon. I thought long and hard about this particular event. There is a marathon, 1/2 marathon, 10 mile Mayor's walk and the Kaiser 5 mile run. Hmmm...which one to participate in?!? I'm not ready for the marathon yet. Not that one. Not really sure if I'm ready to for the 1/2 marathon either. Not that one. Not sure I want to

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-44690322197476321902009-08-08T20:40:00.000-07:002009-08-08T21:19:11.422-07:00

So many of you know what I'm doing in my life right now, but some might not. In January I decided to get a gym membership. FYI-Costco has 24 Hour Fitness memberships for less than $300 for 2 yrs with no initiation fee. Anyway...I went in to activate my membership and decided to get 3 training sessions, they were having a deal. The first time I met my trainer I was thinking, "He must think I'm

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-61310289162259485082008-09-18T21:01:00.000-07:002008-09-18T21:14:48.157-07:00

Surprise! I'm alive and I'm writing. So a little less than a month ago I made a huge decision. After reviewing my finances and deciding that if I ever want to own even a condo in the Portland area I must change something. So how is it that no matter how much you make you never seem to have enough to put away for the future and pay all your bills. So luckily I haven't put myself in more debt

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-35251010882533384582007-07-23T19:49:00.000-07:002007-07-23T20:11:15.702-07:00

So first of all, I am much better than I was at my last post. I realized, after the sun came out, that this winter hit me worse than it had previously. Life has definitely been looking up. Work- At the end of May I took my first official business trip for my company. I visited 5 different Oregon cities to train staff members on a new accounting system. It was a grand success. But while I

Cheronnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434519208866238137noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575839.post-18738830539412939922007-02-20T21:36:00.000-08:002007-02-20T21:54:35.137-08:00

I have a confession...I'M NOT PERFECT!!! Oh no, as if that really surprises anyone. I tend to act like my life is just perfect and I have no problems. I'm not trying to be fake when I am that way, I just don't like to burden people with my true feelings most of the time. I am a people pleaser so you will rarely see me truly sad. Well...here goes. I'm not happy right now. I have been in a

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Ok, so I'm not too good at keeping up a blog. I have not been one to think of my life as much of anything that anyone would want to read about. But, I guess if I didn't think people would read this then why did I start it in the first place. So, 2 weeks ago I was at ACU for a songwriters workshop. Michael Card, Christian music artist and author, was there to speak to us. He is such a down to

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So, I'm sitting here this afternoon in my chair takin' a little snooze and I am woken up by a guy yelling outside. When I mute the tv I hear what he is saying. And oh my...he is yelling, "Fire. Someone there is a fire out here." By the time I look out my door he has gotten the hose from my complex and turned on the water and he is putting out a small fire. There is a tree/shrub that is gone.

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I was walking down the beach with my parents and there was a couple with a little girl ahead of us. I just loved seeing the little footprint next to the big one. Just thought I might share the picture and maybe put a smile on someone else's face.

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So, the summer is coming to a close. Not that I have much of one as an adult in the corporate world, but our church shrinks in terms of adults now. Over the summer we run a summer program for K-6th graders. The morning is a reading program and the afternoon is vacation Bible school with some play time. We have interns come and they really run the program. When I was a young girl, yeah a

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As you can tell I'm not so good at this blogging thing. It's been way too long since I wrote. I am now a comfortable 30 year old, no longer freaking about her age. Now I am rethinking what I do for a living. I currently work in an office in the accounting department. I can hack it, it's just not my ultimate goal. So after talking with a friend, who is also a teacher, I have decided to look

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Big Steve: Planning Better

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These were taken at a really cool place, Kennedy School, in Portland, OR. This is in the Library and it just had some perfect lighting. The camera was passed around to whomever wanted to take a picture of the group.

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So I only have a few more hours until I hit the BIG 30!!!! I decided to hit it head on though, thanks to a friend of mine. She and her family put together a birthday party for me this last weekend. I didn't want to hide the fact that I am turning 30 (and still single. Sssssshhhhhhh!!!!! Don't tell anyone.) ;) So I am entering my 30's with fun and looking good, if I might say so myself.God has

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