Grilled Salmon and Pineapple Salsa

YUMMY!!! This was good! And easy!

Kitchen Cabinets

Since we're putting our house on the market in January, we have been getting the house ready to sell. Today we finished a huge project... painting the kitchen cabinets. We started on it last weekend and finished it this morning. We are very proud of ourselves!! Surprisingly, it wasn't that difficult, just time consuming. Here are the pics... tell me what you think:

Before

Primed

Painted!!!

It's been 110 degrees in Nashville, so Josiah and I have not been playing outside much. And I'm 7.5 months pregnant which means my body temperature feels like 145 degrees. Today I made a pathetic attempt at creating a fort for Josiah. It was sub par to say the least. But he seemed to like it. Here is a picture of my lame fort... and my adorable son. 

part 4... Black Bean Avacado Wrap

Like I said in my last post, no meat, which is rare for our household. There were a whole lot of ingredients in this recipe so even though there was no meat to cook, it took a good 30 minutes to chop and slice everything. But well worth it. This was friggin delicious too... and healthy (other than the tortilla, next time I'm getting whole wheat tortillas). Chris has said that everything I have made has been incredible, which makes me want to cook for him even more!!

part 3... Boston Blue Chicken Apple Salad

This was yummy yummy yummy!! And very healthy. It didn't require too much work or ingredients either. I've never grilled chicken before so I thought it was going to be hard, but it wasn't. I impressed myself! Tomorrow I'm making a non-meat meal with lots of ingredients, but again, healthy.

Heavy stuff

I have been really torn up about what is happening in Somalia. For those of you who don't know, there is a drought and famine in southern Somalia that has caused the death of over 29,000 children under the age of 5 in 90 days. If you are looking for a good cry you can read about it here, http://news.yahoo.com/us-29-000-somali-children-under-5-dead-104757443.html. Although I will advise you not to because it is just so freaking sad.

There are many things about God I do not understand. And even more things that I know I will never understand, so I try not to think about. This is one of those instances. I do not understand why God will not provide rain to this country. They need water for their crops. And to drink. Why can't he give that to them?? I was talking to Chris about this and he said something that made me feel better. Many times in the Bible Jesus talks about his love for children. All that He says about children leads me to believe that those children who die before they can understand that Jesus died for our sins, go to heaven since they cannot begin to comprehend what that means. Really, how is a one year old supposed to grasp that when they can't go potty on their own? So... Chris said that he believes that those 29,000 children are with Jesus in heaven and that God rescued them from a life on earth where there would be continual famine. They are with Him, laughing, playing and not feeling anymore pain. While it still makes me utterly depressed about Somalia, it is encouraging to know that God does and will take care of His children.

I know I deviated from my "adventures in cooking" and Josiah blogging, but I had to get that off my chest. I will, however, still pray for rain.

part 2... Tin Foil Baked Fish Taco

Tonight I followed the instructions to the T. They call it tin foil baked fish taco because you bake the fish in tin foil with onions and bell peppers, for 10 minutes. So after 10 minutes I took it out of the oven and the fish was still raw. So Chris advised me to bake it for another 10 minutes... still raw. So we took it out of the foil and baked it in the baking dish on top of the veggies for 10 minutes. Finally it was cooked through and looked delicious... and tasted great too! The presentation isn't great, but that will come with time.