D-I-S-C-O!!

Again, from my Better Homes and Gardens Bridal Edition cook book:
NUNS PUFFS
1/2 cup butter
1 cup milk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1 Tbsp Sugar
Honey (optional)

In a saucepan, melt butter and add in milk. Bring to boil. Add flour all at once, stiring vigorously -- makes for a great shoulder work out! Keep stiring over heat until you have a big dough ball that keeps its form. Remove from heat and let it cool for 5 min. Add in eggs one at a time, and stir in for about one minute each. You'll know when you are ready for the next. Devide the dough evenly into a greased 12-muffin pan. Sprinkle sugar over the top; then bake for 30 minutes at 375. Best served immediately, and with honey! Makes 12 servings at 137cal each.

These pastries are light and fluffy. We liked them, but I made them with whole wheat flour. Not terrible, but I'd probably make them with regular white flour next time. Sometimes, you just have to take the enriched route! Sean liked them as well, especially with the honey. If you could figure out how to get some kind of fruit filling into them, they would be really good as well. But I'm not sure how we'd go about this, though.

Matthew 18:8
If your hand or or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and thwo it away. It is better for you to enter LIFE maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
-- I like this because it kind of puts earthly things into prospective. I know that sounds a little "crazy" to some, but really, you can apply it to all parts of life. In this parable, Jesus is talking about taking the things that cause you to sin out of your life, because the Kingdom of Heaven is so great. And entering into the Kingdom of Heaven is far worth getting rid of the things that cause you to sin, no matter how valuable they may seem to you, rather than holding on to them for the short amount of time we have on earth, only to miss eternal life. I guess....the very basis of it is not holding on to the things that hold you back, or keep tripping you up, in order to obtain a better relationship with our Savior.

Soooooo.....on to what's going on in my life! Well, first thing....I'm not proud of this....but with the SLOOWW work week, I've pretty much sped through seasons 1 and 2 of The Hills. Oh my gosh, Sean would divorce me if he knew!! But...netflix doesn't have much for TV picks on it's instant streaming list....and most times, I don't have the patience for a whole movie. BUT....when I haven't been watching the show, I've been Disco-ing my little tale off!! I'm a BodyJam instructor, for those of you who didn't know, and it's part of our new release. We launch on Monday, and the three of us girls split the sections up, and I've got the Disco section. SO. MUCH. FUN. It's pretty much EVERY dance move I ever did secretly in my room, and ALL the cheese that I could ever ask for. I'm so excited to present it to everyone in class on Monday. We've got it all from a move called the Travolta, to actual pelvic thrusts. And I work up such a great sweat with it. It's not the greatest release we've ever had, so I feel it's super important to really get the energy up, and I'm so excited to have this section, because I feel like the members can get caught up in the nostalgia of the music, feel, and choreograpy....and will just have a great time. Plus, this is the best peak I've seen, and I feel like my excitement will really show through and encourage others to get into it. Yay!

In other news....I've joined a "Losing It" competition at work. Not that I think I need to lose anything, but....winner gets a $350 gift card to JCP. It's not my FAVE store, but far be it for me to turn down $300+ to shop with....HELLO NEW SHOES AND WORK CLOTHES! Sean and I are broke right now....and it's getting hot. PLUS....hello, if I DO win because I've "lost it", then I'll need new clothes anyway ;) So, anyway, it's a partner competition, and I feel kind of bad, because my partner emails me saying she has brought a delicious salad to work for lunch. And I've just made a pan full of rice krispy treats topped with mini chocolate chips. SORRY LISA!! I promise, that's the only thing I'll eat all day, haha! But I'll keep you up to date on how it goes. I'm re-combing through all of my healthy eating books. Sean enjoys healthy food as well, so it's good to have his support at home. And I've got a fairly rigorous gym schedule that keeps me in check. I just got my new heart rate monitor in the mail, as well.....and it has a calorie-burn feature....SCORE! I can't wait to see what I scorch in Pump as opposed to RPM and Jam.

I'll keep you up to date on the progress. Love you all tons!