Please pray for this little girl!

Bowzart will be donating $2 from every hairbow sold to this sweet family whose little girl has been diagnosed with cancer. Please take a moment to read their blog, pray for them and give what you can or order our new Susana Hairbows.




http://www.howcantheyhear.org/



Thank you!

Things are gonna be a changin'

My blog is about to get a complete makeover :) whoohoo! I am very excited that Susan, my wonderful miracle blog queen is going to start workin' her magic:)

March 1st

I can't belief it is already March. I am so thankful though, maybe the cold weather will move out and we will have some nice days ahead. Things have been busy in the PIckering household. My business is going well and I'm entering the 3rd week of organizing in my office. It is not a small task, let me assure you. Last night for the first time ever, I was able to go to the shelf, find the clip that I needed and go back to work. It was simply amazing:) I wlll try my best to keep it like this forever:)

Steve has been sick for the past week with a sinus infection which he so lovingly has shared with me. Now I"m all stopped up and sinusy and just tired. I am at work, however, and am getting some computer work done while the little one sleeps. Which brings me to my next topic. She's almost 1 year old and she's crawling! Not on the hardwoods, but she is crawling. This is a whole new world for us! I can't wait to go to the hands on museum with her. It will be fun.


Pictures to come soon:)

Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals in a year!

After watching the Rachel Ray show today, I'm convinced that her meals are quick and easy and just what I need to get my new eating plan started for the new year. I was inspired by a guest who she had on the show who started out as size 18, started cooking her meals, making sure that she used the healthiest ingredients and eating the correct portion size and she is now a size 2. She lost 100 pounds in 13 months. What's the worst that could happen right? So, I'm currently making out my grocery list and I'm off to the grocery store this afternoon:) Look out swimsuit season, here I come!

I currently have two 30 meal recipe books and will go through those books in the next year cooking healthy meals for myself and the hubs.

What's for dinner tonight???

Tex-Mex Lovers Mini Meatloaves SUBMITTED BY:
Tracey Seaman

The whole family will fall in love with this complete meal, and kids will have fun helping to shape the meatloaf "hearts."


INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1 bunch scallions, white and green parts separated and thinly sliced
Salt and pepper
1 cup brown rice
1/2 cup tortilla chips, crushed into crumbs (2 handfuls)
6 tablespoons store-bought medium-hot salsa, plus more for serving
1 large egg
1 pound extra-lean ground beef or dark meat ground turkey
1 can small red beans (15 ounces), rinsed
DIRECTIONS:
Pre-heat the oven to 400°F.
In a small saucepan, heat the EVOO over medium heat. Add the scallion whites and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the rice to coat. Add 1 3/4 cups water and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, lower the heat and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, beat together the tortilla chip crumbs, salsa, egg, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Mix in the ground beef. Place a 3- to 4-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter on the prepared baking sheet. Press a quarter of the meat mixture evenly into the cookie cutter; remove the cutter. Repeat with the remaining meat mixture. Wash your hands after handling the raw meat.
Bake the meatloaves until firm to the touch, about 15 minutes.
Stir the beans and scallion greens into the rice and season with salt. Serve with the mini meatloaves and extra salsa on the side.
Recipe by Tracey Seaman, Test Kitchen Director, Every Day with Rachael Ray. Reprinted with permission from Every Day with Rachael Ray.

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FUR-eeeeeeezing!

Cold feet no more!! NOpe, not gonna have them, because of these new awesome shoes!! I laughed at people when I saw them because it's a little bit ironic that you are putting fur inside shoes with holes, right??

Since this freezing cold weather, I've been looking for something to keep my feet warm, something more than just bedroom slippers. I found these shoes online and just got them in on Thursday of this week and they are the most comfy warm shoes ever!! Put on a pair of socks and it's warm feet heaven:)

Get yours today!

UGENT PRAYER REQUEST

This letter was sent to me by my adoptive Mary Kay Director, Beth Wright in North Carolina.


Words cannot express the sadness I have in my heart for one of my dear personal recruits who has been a part of this unit for almost 14 years.
I received a call last night letting me know that Lynn and Rick Davis’s daughter –18 yr old Stephanie was hit by a car on the campus of
Emery University last Friday night and passed away Saturday morning around 10am. Stephanie was a beautiful, brilliant girl there as a freshman on a full scholarship and pre-med.

Please lift this family –Lynn and Rick Davis and their two other daughters in your prayers not just today---but continually.
With most of us being mothers/parents, I cannot begin to imagine their grief.


Also-I know there is so much comfort and strength that comes from knowing others care………
Will you PLEASE make the time to send them a letter or card?

Lynn and Rick Davis and family
308 Maverick Trail Dr.
King NC 27021