Good Eats

Matt and I have been trying to eat healthier this year and we have had some great new additions to our menu. I love using new recipes and I love when they are healthy too.

Avocado Chicken Salad served on a pita: recipe
-We left out the onions and just mixed everything in one bowl

Broccoli and Chicken Alfredo: recipe
- We used fettuccine noodles,but you can use whatever noodle you like or have.

This is my Pinterest board with all the food we have made before and liked. They aren't all healthy,but they are tried and true.

University of Massachusetts

Matt got accepted to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst,Massachusetts. We will be moving there probably late June early July and we are driving the 36+ hour drive. We are excited for the adventure of living on the east coast. Some places we can't wait to explore:
1. Salem Witch Museum
2. Boston
3. Plymouth Rock

I'm excited that we are so close to so many fun places! 4 hours to Philly, 3 hours to New York, 6 and a half to D.C. and about 8 hours to Matt's family.

His program is between 4 and 5 years. He is getting his Ph d in accountancy. He is almost done with his Masters from BYU. He loves research and hopes to teach at a university where he will be able to do  mainly research,but also teach classes. His research focus is experimental accounting. This kinda means  he is interested in doing experiments where he finds out more about how auditors think and what motivates them in the workplace. Ask Matt if you want to learn more about it,but that's what I understand about it.

Literally cross country roadtrip

The campus

The possible route

Resolutions Update

I made 4 goals this year for myself. Since a third of the year is already upon us, I thought I would do an update of my progress. I've had a pretty great start of the year,so hopefully we can keep this momentum going.

 My personal goals for 2013:
1. Blog 2 times a month
2.Do personal scripture study
3. Read 50 books
4. Lose 50 pounds

Goal 1- Blog:
January -6
February-3
March-6
April-1

Goal 2-Scriptures:
I've been really struggling to start this. I wish I had more to report on this,but I need to set up a schedule and just stick to it.

Goal 3-Read:
1.Marika
2.Diary of a wimpy kid
3. Rodrick Rules
4. The Last Straw
5. The September Sisters
6. The Hate List
7. Dog Days
8. Most Talkative-Andy Cohen's Biography
9. The Rescue
10. Bossypants- Tina Fey's Biography
11. The Road to Grace (currently reading)
Goodreads profile

Goal 4- Weight:
 I'm really proud of the success I have had in this goal. So far I have lost 16.5 pounds!  I go running Mondays and Wednesdays at the indoor track on campus. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I do a Zumba class through BYU. I track everything I eat through a free app called lose it. Right now I have hit a plateau,so I'm trying to figure out how I can get through it. Wish me luck on this LONG process.

The apps I use 

The most current picture of me