A City Life For Me

Only 22 Days until Yankees Pitchers and Catchers Report for spring training!  I'm excited!

We've been doing Keto {mostly} strictly for two and a half weeks now. Ben has lost 13 pounds  I have lost 11 pounds. Here are some favorites thus far: We are still loving Chaffle and Bacon for breakfast! My kids are getting jealous and have requested a Chaffle Breakfast for everyone! I am liking the recipes from Peace, Love, and Low Carbs a lot!  I bought her 30 Minute Ketogenic cookbook and have enjoyed just about everything I have made from it!  We also like the Everything Keto Cycling book which I got from the library.  Creamy Stuffed Chicken, Creamed Kale and Bacon, and Parmesan Crusted Cod have been well liked by almost everyone! We had some friends over for MLK Day and everyone was getting brownies and ice cream.  So...I searched for a low carb brownie option for Ben and I.  I ended up buying a mix to keep it easy.  These were absolutely delicious!!!

When Dad is renovating the bathroom and you really  need a bath, the sink works!

I have another visualized hymn to share with you.  This year we started back to opening exercises in school, which meant a new hymn of the month.  Ben chose "Standing on the Promises."  I chose to use pictures that the kids could color so we could double the project for art class that week. This was probably one of the best hymn choices we have made so far.  Everyday I hear at least one, but usually several singing the words as they go through their day.  Usually they don't learn all the words completely, even after working on the hymn for most of a month.  This one they have down pat already!  It's nice to hear them singing around the house! To download the PDF, CLICK HERE

Ben and I have been endeavoring to eat a strict Keto meal plan since January 4th.  Our goal is to do 30 days, and then begin some Keto cycling.  I am still new to all of this and discovering things at each turn.  I didn't have time to read a lot of books on the subject, but I have read several blog posts, have some friends who have answered questions, and I checked out some books and recipe guides from the library. Breakfast is easy since we primary do eggs and bacon.  I have been pre-cooking the week's worth of bacon on Sunday so I just have to warm it up each morning.  I discovered a Keto fad called the Chaffle - basically its an egg and cheese waffle.  It is delightful and I look forward to it more than my granola and yogurt from pre-Keto! I think the hardest part this week was watching the kids eat pizza on Friday night.  We had a Keto pizza casserole, but it's just never quite the same! I made some fat bombs to have as a sweet snac...

Here are some things we are loving right now in the Hamilton household... :: Bulletproof coffee (or butter coffee).  Ben and I are trying to eat strictly Keto this month and we have each lost about 8 pounds already!  One thing we are enjoying in the morning is bulletproof coffee.  To our regular cup of coffee (I use a big mug) I add: 1 Tbsp. unflavored whey protein 1 Tbsp. collagen granuales 1 tsp. grassfed butter (blessed with this from our food pickup last week!) 1 Tbsp. MCT oil 2 Tbsp. heavy cream Then I whip it up with a frother until everything is dissolved.  De-lish! :: Bullet Journal.  I am trying this for my planner right now.  I really  love the Homemaker's Friend planner as I have shared here before.  But the cover and the tabs are not durable enough for my constant use.  I have in the past taken it apart to laminate it but I can't find a place that can reassemble it for me anymore.  I tried punching it in a n...