Biggest Loser

So, being married has been a great thing for me, it has humbled me, and it has brought me so many blessings. Along with being married, Trevor and I have not been so active this past year and a half and I have gained too much weight, although with a recent trip to the Dr's not all of it is my fault. Which, makes me feel better, but not really. It's a long story, but not one that needs to be posted at this time. Maybe one day... Anyway, American Fork is holding a contest called American Fork Biggest Loser. Being that I need great motivation for getting my rear in gear, I signed up, and the 600.00 reward is just another perk to being skinny again! Ha ha. Tomorrow is my first weigh in, it is the official kick off of the contest. I weigh in at 9:00 am, and then I have until July 18Th to become the biggest loser! We will have 6 weigh In's between tomorrow and July where there will only be 15 contestants left. I am going to one of those 15! I am kind of nervous for this contest, I will have to have a before and after picture taken, and I am sure that it will be avail for all to see. I have to admit that I am not super excited about that fact, but if I can change for the better, then it will be fine by me. The final weigh in will be on the first night of the Rodeo on American Fork Steel Days in front of all the rodeo goers...

So wish me luck in becoming the Biggest Loser! I am super excited to give this a go.

Whoa!!!

Yesterday was my interview with the Art Institute of Salt Lake. It went really well, I am totally ecstatic about the culinary program that they have to offer. The classes and schedules are so amazing, and the school only has 250 students. After I got really excited about the program and was ready to apply, we started to talk about the cost of the program and the degree. Are you sitting down for this? If not, it's probably a good idea to sit. The program is broken up into 7 quarters, each quarter is 11 weeks long, and has 4 classes a quarter. Roughly 16 credit hours, and each class is 5 hours long. So I am thinking so far, this is still worth my while because I really want to start my own catering company. Then, and here is the hard part, the tuition is just over 7200.00 per quarter. Which comes to 451.00 per credit hour and just over 50 thousand for the degree in a hear and a half!! I am pretty sure when I heard this my eyes were about to fall out of my head!! Ah, I want to go to this school so bad!! The last thing that I want to come in the way of my dream is money, but at the end of the day, I don't have 50 grand lying in my savings account! There are other avenues of obtaining my tuition, and I am going to do all I can to get the funding for those, but I don't want to get the funding for one quarter and not have it be there for the next. I have a lot to think and to pray about. I am going to do more research on other programs in Utah, and if I can't go to my dream school, I will have to go somewhere else to get reach my dream!

School

Tonight, I am going to the local Culinary school to register for classes. I have not decided if I want to sign up for the Baking and Pasty or the Culinary arts programs. I am kind of leaning toward the Baking and Pastry Program. The program will consist of 112 credit hours and it will take about two years if I take at least 16 credits per quarter. I am a little nervous as to how many credits I can take since I have a full time job. I am pretty excited as I am looking through the curriculum!! I am hoping that through my degree I will finally get to have my catering/ wedding cake business!! Anyway, wish me luck!!

Aprons On!

I have been on this cooking kick lately, and I have to say that I love it. The last few weeks I have made a new and different dish everyday. And, when I have felt really bold, I have made some pretty tasty deserts. I have always loved cooking, but I have not ever really ventured from the normal dishes that have graced our table these last couple years. It hit me one day last week, that I want to do something new! It started with a simple apple crisp. Normally I would just use apple pie filling and a prepackaged crumb topping, but I had neither of these, and I was not willing to run to the store. I had a bag of apples that needed to be used, so I peeled and sliced the apples. Following the awesome recipe I found in my Better Crocker cook book, I added the spices to the apples and started to make my very own home made crumb topping. It was simple, and so very delsih! From start to finish it was like 45 min! I felt happy to make Trevor's night with a surprise desert, that I wanted to cook something new the next night, and that is when the avalanche started! So I have been thinking, with all my recent adventures, that I would start a food blog. I have been spending so much time surfing all the existing food blogs and have found so many amazing recipes, that I thought "Hey I could do that." I have been collecting tons and tons of recipes over the last year, and now I will have a place to put them that is easily accessible, and at the same time, help people make simple and east meals too!! So, with my apron on, and my hair tied back, let's get down to work. It will be slow going at first, but I have lots of stuff to add. I am sure that Trevor will be laughing at me all the way as I take pictures of my dishes and my ingredients. I am super excited for this to take off!!

visit my blog at cookwithgladys.blogspot.com

See you there!!