Chicken Tacos

This was a complete last minute thing, because we argued about what to make for dinner. Then we had dinner at 10:30 pm! ugh. But they were delicious, so I couldn't complain. Here is my recipe I put together.

You will need: 

Tortillas

Chicken ( I used boneless skinless chicken breasts)

Italian salad dressing

garlic powder

chili powder

red pepper flakes

Cheese (Taco blend) 

Sour cream

Lettuce

Hot sauce! 

For my chicken, I just cut it up into bite size pieces, we used 4 chicken breasts for the two of us and had some left over.  I cook it on the stove in a frying pan with the Italian salad dressing, I used almost a whole bottle, but I suggest using half, because you will have a lot of sauce still left in the pan. I have cooked chicken like this since I was 16. haha its amazing! Even tho it is not a flavor you would normally put with tacos.. that is why I add the garlic powder, chili powder, and red pepper flakes! So add those to your liking and cook until done! 

Now the next part I tried I found here.  Our recipes were quite similar, but I wanted to use her technique of making the tortillas into actual taco shells.. if you get what I mean. Well 3 mangled tacos later, and some oil burns I decided to just do it my own way.. I just put them in the pan of hot oil for a little on each side, and then folded it over to make the crease, but not long enough so it was too hard to add all the ingredients. Turned out a-ok! 

I really hate that I write full paragraphs to describe how I cook something. Sorry for rambling. 

I may, or may not have had 4 of these. yum. 

Picture Overload.

Pictures from this past week.

Harper posing. My mom has the best back yard for pictures. 

Another one. :)

And again. Shes a goof. 

Me & Laura at poker night with Michaels friends. 

Frozen Yogurt. Laura has me hooked! 

First night out. Somethings never change. haha

My friends have some gorgeous foreheads. 

Dancin our bootys off. 

Sandy Beach, Utah Lake. So sad I didnt know about this sooner! 

Relaxing morning with my dooble. Movies and toast. I love being home with her. 

Guilt.

If there is one thing I HATE about trying to lose weight/get in shape it is the guilt. The guilt after you miss a workout, or eat those delicious chips that were staring at you in the pantry. Why?! I have done pretty well.. I think at least! There are things I have cut out completely, and I am doing more than I have ever done in the past year.

Month 2!

Yesterday was day 1 of Month two of Insanity. I can already tell this month is going to kick my butt! The workouts are longer, and I'm using my body differently, so as usual I'm hurting today. Lat night was hard.. but I pushed through.. ok i fast forwarded through the last interval.  Sue me! I make the mistake of doing my workouts wayy to late, so I never sleep. 

New month, new challenges! I still am not following the diet plan completely, but have bought myself most of the menu items.. and plan to eat a lot better this month! I slacked of the last 2 weeks.. still did my workouts, but missed at least 2 days each week.. and the last week is recovery week so the workout is not at all as intense as the other ones. I have lost 10-12lbs so far! Why the variation? Because my scale likes to play tricks on me. This 2lb up and down crap is annoying. But I cant complain, especially because I'm gaining muscle and getting toned.. now if my mid section would start fitting into that category id be ecstatic! Thank you  post-pregnancy for the ever lasting doughnut chub.

 Im also excited to say that I have added 2 pair of jeans to my wardrobe.. that were packed away in my closet! Ahh.. feels good. Still got a pile to go through tho! One day at a time. 

Harper's Happenings.

Its been a while since I did one of these posts. 

Lately.. 

My ever so energized 2yr old is giving me a run for my money.

She is a handful. 

She makes me laugh everyday. 

She picks up on EVERYTHING you say. 

(Good and bad.. ugh!)

She is very independent. 

She talks A LOT. 

Loves her books. 

(Definitely going to be a reader like mama)

She is into trains, trucks, and dinos

(thanks to Grandpa.)

She loves shoes 

She is in a "baby" phase and loves carrying around her baby doll, wrapping her up in a blanket, pretending to change her diaper and feed her. 

(She will be such a good big sister some day)

She is in the process of potty training

(more on that later.)

She sleeps in a big girl bed

(no, really..a full sized bed!)

She says please and thank you. 

She loves music and loves to dance. 

We are pretty sure she has an imaginary friend. She mentions "annie" every once in a while and we cannot figure out who it is. 

(kind of creepy) 

She already tells storys.. after we went to the zoo she told everyone the porcupine ate her finger, and that we rode the elephant. 

(quite the imagination with this one!)


I seriously love watching her grow into a little person! She has so much personality.

Ohh.. Did I mention she is such a daddy's girl.. especially with football and basketball. 

I was Runnnninnn'.

Soo Back in the day I used to run cross country. NBD. But I'm pretty sure that if any of the avid cross country runners from my class heard me say that, they would slap me. Because honestly, I only did one race. Just 1.  It sucked. I didn't miss a workout though! I was in great shape, and could run a lot.
Nowadays.. not so much. I have always ran on and off, but never enough to build up good stamina and speed, or distance for that matter. I absolutely HATE pacing myself.  I would rather run as fast as the beat in my ears than barely lift my feet. I then realized I should have taken track instead of cross country.
I started my weight loss/get in shape/do something with my fat ass journey about a month ago.. and I ran the first day and I died. Last week I ran again and felt better than ever! I was so proud of myself!

I could have kept going.. honestly. But my goal was to run 2, since I'm doing Insanity during the day, and running at night. I am proud to say that I did not stop to catch my breath! Now the only trouble I'm having is with my feet.. I am pretty sure it is the shoes I'm wearing. Other than that I focused on pacing myself.. focused on breathing, and kept going! Of course I had my lovely playlist from Rock my run, I have two playlists downloaded, one is 30 min, the other 60. The music is on a loop so no switching songs! I downloaded the dubsweat and dubforce and love them! 

Hoping to see my time improve in the next couple of weeks, hoping to run a 5k at the end of this month!