Not quite what I had planned...

My dream as a teenager was to marry someone REALLY rich, teach elementary school in an inner city, and live in a high rise apartment. The owner of the Houston Rockets was my main sugardaddy choice!!! So, if you would have ever told the teenager me that THIS would be my life, I would have never believed it! It is sometimes hard for the 30 year old me to believe.
I would have never though t that I would be married with almost five kids.
I would have never thought that I would be living on a ranch, 30 minutes to civilization, with no friends in sight!
I would have never thought that I would be homeschooling my kids.
I would have never thought that I would be looking forward to going thrift store shopping.
I would have never thought that we would be building a new home "off the grid". I definitely would not have even known what that phrase even meant. (I actually didn't know what it meant until recently- I'm not too smart!!)
I would have never thought that I would spend my days tending to a garden, hiking with the kids, feeding pigs and horses, fishing, cooking alot, cleaning even more, and Bryce's favorite sport- frog hunting. (Although I still get the shakes and am on the verge of tears at the sight of a frog or if a fish even gets near me, it sure makes the kids happy, so I try to contain myself)

Yep, this life is not even remotely close to anything that I would have expected, but it is sooooo much better!!!!!!


Oh, and because I thought it was soo great and I am always writing down recipes and not remembering where they are, here is a recipe for Zucchini bread, which we made as muffins because we only have one loaf pan right now:

4 egg whites
3/4 c applesauce
1 2/3 c brown sugar
2 c grated zuch
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 c flour
3 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 c walnuts

Beat eggs. Add oil, brown sugar, zuch, and vanilla. Blend in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add walnuts. Bake at 325 in 2 greased loaf pans for 1 hour.
We made these as muffins, and because while they were cooking, I was bathing 4 smelly, dirty bodies, I just kept checking on them and took them out what they were a little brown. Not too helpful, I know, but it is easy to tell when they are done- maybe about 15 minutes????
They turned out YUMMY!!! Now I just need to try to refrain from eating all of them in one sitting!!