Can a Vegan be born not raised ??

I pose the question can a Vegan be born not raised not knowing of this is the correct term to be using ,so with all respect please correct me if I am wrong .  Our Izzy seems to be on the Vegan path . She will not eat meat . You cannot even trick her into it now she has not always been like this .She would eat pretty much anything you would plate up for her . Now as I post this I am not against this or will I  try to change her. if this is a long time lifestyle for her. She is who she is and I love her just this way . But it has sure changed the way I think about Whats for dinner ??? SO if anyone has any tidbits on how to make whats for dinner easier on this dear mom  please share .I would love to make one meal for my family but please all .
But can this really be happening is she a "REAL " vegan or is this just a phase ?? We are definitely a meat eating family .She enjoys eating fish and milk products , although she will not eat beef ,pork or chicken or eggs .
 My dad ,brother and grandpa are  hunters and we do eat wild meat . I am almost up to trying anything to eat myself not so much my hubby . SO on my journey to see whats for dinner tonite ??
~L~

Our Silly monkey

Is one today !! Happy Birthday sweet heart .

A few words that describe you

dare diva

cute

caring

strong

carefree

funny

simple

happy

silly monkey

adventurous

Change happens ....

I believe change can happen but it takes you to do it . So I am making changes in my life and starting now 2011 to do it . Here are a few things I am doing to make those changes happen to me .
I am going to use my project life kit from last year and actually do it but maybe not quite the way Becky uses hers but in away for me to document our FAMILY the way we see it . I am glad its guided out the way it is but it did not work for me ,so I am planning on making it work for me. Check out what project life is all about here.
I am also choosing a word for the year which Ali shows us her "one little word " journey . Before Ali showed us that she was going to document her word this year I had planned to to do a art journal with my word so once again I am not setting myself up to fail this year I still plan on doing it my way but listen to what she is doing with her little word and taking advice from her journey to guide me on my journey . Ali's One Little Word can be found here. I will share my one little word later on . The word that found me still really confuses me now ,but I am sure it is the word that is right for me and will take me on amazing journey .
I also know I really need help to organize and help me do all this so I am using some Christmas money to do this . How to achieve your goals and create a life you love .Who really wouldn't want this .A life you will love and to be had . There are so many things that have changed for us / me last year and I just need help getting it all to where we need to be . I ,me have had a hard journey getting here where I am and feel stuck but need me to get it unstuck . Not sure that's making any sense but that's where its at now. I need ,want a meal plan for our family as we live on a farm , I want to create the memories our family will have forever again , I need me to reconnect with me again I need our family to be together the best that we can be . So as I take my journey I hope all this will help me find me . So for now I am just going to BE .

REFLECTION on 2010

We have had a exciting year with big changes for us .
- had a baby girl
- sold our house in Gainsborough SK
-  moved to a farm
- renovated the farm house
- Moved to Manitoba (huge for me )
- living the farm life
- and many more.
I have decided to make a collage of 2010 here it is .

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HOME SWEET HOME someday .....

Our house has been taken over these days with carpenters , plumbers , electricians and other contractors we have had coming and going to make our house a real home for us . But reality is its bites some days. No walking around in your jammies , all your private family times are shared , dry wall dust and mud from certain peoples boots not mentioning  any names all over , loud noise all the time saws , hammers , and other tools my dog barking at the coming and going of everyone  ,a constant little breeze in our house as the door is being constantly being opened and closed , blinks of eletriticity being on and off as breakers go out for work to keep on trucking along . I really know in the end it will be all wonderful and all these little moments of this crazy house will make up for it but until then I locked myself in the house this weekend and left my jammies on all day and  all night the in laws can testify to that . Hubby was gone on a  "WORK TRIP " to Minneapolis . Some other day maybe on my 2 cents I will go into further details of "WORK TRIPS "  of my husbands . So it was just me and the girls we could do whatever we please or whatever we do not want to do . I decided it would be a great weekend for baking so I started out with nuts and bolts so two batches later I can check that off THE grand Xmas to do list. I also wanted to try something new so I am in the process of making truffles . Oh I can say that word again TRUFFLES . SO I have started the center portion of white chocolate and semi sweet truffles . I must admit that I am really splurging on making these little guys taste the best by using ghirardelli chocolate that I purchased on a across the border shopping trip (I do not feel one little bit of guilt by saying a do some of my shopping across the border either I will share my 2 cents on that some day too ).I think these little guys are going to be my hips worse enemy this holiday season three words chocolate cream cheese.....

YUMMY do I need to say more . I still have one more coat of chocolate for the outside of these ones . I have decided to donate a box of these to the up and coming Expressway Family Centre Twisted Tree Auction .

Now that I got all the chocolate talk out of the way the rest of our weekend consists of cuddling , reading stories and playing hide and seek one of Addy's new fave things to do she even makes her little people play hide and seek too. We just hung out doing a a whole  lot of nothing but still doing everything together it was so good to do it one day we are now on day two of it  . Although our newest little hockey player had leave the house today to go skating . It will be here 5th time out there today and shes doing great since its her first year on actual skates as we had her use bob skates last year .She really really wants to play hockey so it looks  like someday I will have to become a hockey mom any advice I need to be prepared early people for this .  So I guess I better get back to washing all those baking dishes and count the hours I have left until we are intruded by our contractors again oh Monday why do you have to be here so quick I was enjoying my jammies !

Positive Energy IN

SO just breathe .
As the crazy Holiday season starts to approach very quickly I might add. I have a inner goal of keeping all negative energy away and just think positive . I must admit I am not good a filtering out negative energy and have a difficult time not let it effect me in any way and this year is going to be most difficult as we have Reno's going on too . I am pacing my self and making my LISTS but if everything does not get done this holiday season so be it . PLEASE remind me of this the week before Christmas when I freaking out cause I don't have everyone fave holiday baking done yet . My husband can be the first one to admit when I was pregnant during the holiday season( which was twice ) WHOA it was a little crazy I think I cried because no one had mackintosh toffee any where which meant I would be going out my Aunt Myra's marshmallow treats . But no worries my father in law did track some done that year for me although I was making them on Xmas eve too . I have already purchased the toffee this year . See its all about the little things to do so you do not go crazy !AS I mention I have been pregnant twice during the holiday season so alittle holiday cheer meaning a good stiff one could not help me filter out the bad stuff .
I am going to to stay positive during
-tree decorating
-Christmas baking
-Holiday parties
-Santa pictures
-family gatherings
-Christmas shopping
-parking the car
-snow shovelling
-dressing and undressing kids winter gear
- my husbands hockey watching
-winter driving
-dealing with other crazy holiday people

This year is going to be some what a important Christmas for us .
1. AS it will be a first Christmas on the farm for us
2. We have Dman home this year for Christmas
3. It will be Isabelle's first Christmas out of  the womb (she had a Christmas stocking last year )
so many exciting things to happen .

So here's my  holiday pledge
I am going to try my very best with all  the strength in my body to not freak out ,yell , curse , threat to kill , strangle or hurt anyone or anything and if at any time I really want to do any of the above I will count to up to ten and down to 10 and rethink the decision before I do so and if I feel the need to still do it I will go outside and yell as loudly as I can and rethink again .But as I make this pledge I please ask that everyone really does not try to test me .

So as I leave you with this Happy Holiday preparing and keep the positive energy in .
and as twenty 10 coming to a quick wrap  I am preparing my life list to be posted in the New Year and think all my other fellow blogs should join in the fun too . I am going to post my top 100 .

and in all hindsight the holidays are really about FAMILY and being TOGETHER !!
That's really all that is important to me .

Whats for supper ???

The million dollar question most days so still trying to figure out a system that works for me without making me crazy too. I am thinking of starting to do a meal plan as the day to day cooking doesn't always work now that we live on the farm and not have a grocery store or a neighbour right across the street . But may procrastinate a start to this until the new year . But one thing I have been doing is trying new things I have been getting a new recipe either from the world wide web or a cook book one a week so far and trying it out so we have not had any bad disappointments or horrible mishaps as of yet !But had to share this yumminess with you !and everyone is our family enjoyed .

The recipe you can find here http://thepioneerwoman.com although I made it the earth friendly way without the foil package . It was great and if you have not used any of Ree's recipes or have not checked out her blog or bought her cookbook what I still have to do as she has not wronged me yet . I have now tried a few of her recipes a few being fried round steak , her fave meatloaf to name a few . She has not disappointed and I really haven't expected her to either . Quite a few of my try something new has came from her blog .  As I figure out my meal planning system for now and when I think I got it worked out for us I will share what we are doing !

What does your family do ???