Colorado gal

My first official night in my apartment, wow. In Denver, not to brag or anything. I am looking out side of a window on the 28^th floor over looking all of down town. It is breath taking, yet scary. I am on my own other than my room mate, who I like very much. She is super quirky and bubbly yet shy and mysterious. Cameron seems to be really proud of me, which is a great feeling. I am also really proud of myself, that I did this. Of course with the blessing from god and others along the way. I feel like I am in a dream, one I used to have when I was little of a girl living in a city apartment, on her own independent. I am that girl, both of them, the little one who misses her mom so much and her hugs and kisses on the forehead goodnight. The little girl who wants to have everything done for her, like unpacking all of her boxes. The little girl who wants to have no responsibilities. I am also that big girl, who is living with no parents, and likes it. The girl who can take care of herself, and made it to the 28^th floor with a breath taking view. That girl who has seen one crazy dream come true, and is going to make dang sure that all of her other ones come true as well. I am so blessed, amazed, excited, nervous, and so in love with what is to come in the next 4 months. I expect to grow in ways I have never imagined, I know God has an excellent purpose for my life and I am so glade that I went out of my comfort zone to try and find it. 

Roasted Tomato Salsa

Ingredients:

3 tomato's

3 cloves of garlic

half of a small onion

1 jalapeno

olive oil

dash of salt

1 lime

(This picture was take with my phone right before i dropped it in the bowl...I love talking on the phone and smelling tomatos. Not)

Preheat oven to 400. Slice the tomato's and onion into half inch slices,and lye on baking sheet. Add garlic cloves with skin on and jalapeno, drizzle everything with olive oil. Leave in oven for about 20 minutes or when everything is golden/a little blackened. Take out Jalapeno and or garlic if it looks as if they are getting too brown (I did this). Take out of oven and put everything besides garlic on jalapeno in bowl to cool. Slice jalapeno down the middle and take out majority of seeds(put the seeds to the side), then slice garlic cloves and take out the roasted garlic. Put everything in a blender, tomatos, garlic, onion, jalapeno, and the lime. Slice the lime and use the juice to thin out the salsa. Blend everything together, if you like it thinner add lime, or if you life it hotter add the left over seeds. Enjoy!

 I made this salsa at one of the 3 jobs while I was nannying, I love to make healthy and homemade food for myself and the kids thats super easy. I absolutely love love love roasting everything, it gives food the best flavor, makes the house smell amazing, and it is so easy. Next will be my roasted veggies recipe. Food is one of my favorite parts of life, I truly believe cooking is an art form, and having food is such an amazing blessing. I encourage everyone including my self to not eat processed food or eat fast food. I love me some McDonalds quater pounder with large fry and a coke. BUT I love my body more, so im going to start trying really hard to eat better.


Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Simplicity

How much do we as humans complicate every aspect of our lives? It seems like everything needs to be exactly to our liking or we our not happy with it. Take coffee for example, why do we all need a iced soy vanilla latte with sugar free vanilla and easy ice? Why do we feel the need to have many different types of friends, or acquaintances to make us feel loved? Instead of simply just have fewer closer friends that we maintain strong relationships with. Do not get me wrong I am not saying we need to boring but our God is a simple God, with simply expectations. Creating this blog is probably not going to simplify my life anymore, it might make it more chaotic. We are so used to living in chaos, that it seems irrational for us to slow down and just simply look around and see where we are. We are very blessed, I am blessed, you are blessed, even if sometimes our life is to complicated and fuzzy for us to see all of our blessings.
I am Hailey I have many flaws, but I am so blessed. This is my journey through my college years, I have no idea about anything. I do not know where I am going, when, or how. If you have a good map please email me.