Grilled Salmon

My husband LOVES this meal. And he usually hates fish for the “fishy taste”. This meal does NOT taste fishy at all thanks to this seasoning.

Take your salmon filet and sprinkle both sides with this seasoning. Don’t go too heavy or it’ll taste too salty.

Prepare your rice in advance (this takes about 15 minutes and your salmon takes about 6.

Once your fish is seasoned, stick it on the George Foreman for about 6 minutes. I flip it just because- but you probably don’t have to. SO quick and easy.

Don’t cook it too long that you dry out your fish- “juicy” is good. Plain rice goes perfect with this since your fish is so flavorful. Voila.

Why I love Arizona

I grew up in gorgeous weather. Southern California is known for that. And since then I've lived in humid weather (DC), frigid weather (Idaho), and almost perfect weather.. to me anyway.. (Utah). I have to say living in Arizona isn't the most pleasant all the time because quite frankly, you can't get me outside for more than 10 minutes during the summer, unless I'm in a pool of water. And electric bills shoot through the roof just to keep the house under 80 degrees. Not to mention the bugs (scorpion) that took up residence in my shower... so much for pest control. Although this summer got me thinking I was mad for living in a climate such as this, I realized negative thoughts weren't going to make it cooler, or greener... so, I started making a mental list of reasons why Arizona is actually pretty great. SO I thought I'd share it...

First off, I can't get enough of the saguaro cactus! I wish there were more, actually!

Secondly, everything you could ever want is so close. In my case, every place I need to go is like 5 minutes away, including my beloved mall. I've seriously never seen so many targets in a 5 mile radius. In my hometown, there was ONE Wal-mart and it was 20minutes away, by freeway. Yeah.

3.) Monsoon season is pretty much the coolest "natural disaster" there is. If you can even call it one. I just love the crazy thunder and lightning storms... and the abundance of "moisture".

This was a picture I took last month, pretty crazy

4.) It gets kinda hot in the summer.. but there are a plethora of cold-treat places! I've found Bahama Bucks, as well as QT, to be quite refreshing in such cases. Oh, they're great.

This cracks me up, I don't know why.

5.) Can you say great sports teams? I just love the Suns and Dbacks. Every sports team has their disappointing games (or seasons) but I still find much enjoyment in watching our local teams play.

6.) The church is true. It has to be, look at how many members are everywhere. Jk. But, I love it around here because there are so many people who do go to the same church as me- but not everyone does so that's good too (:

7.) The sunsets in Arizona are breathtaking. I love being inside my house and noticing that my walls are hot pink and then looking out and seeing the most beautiful sunset. They just make me so happy.

8.) I live for winter now. I love that you don't have to shovel snow and brave the freezing winters- you can just enjoy the crisp air and constant sunshine! Awesome!


Adjusting to Arizona has been pretty easy for me. I complain about the heat a lot but I don't think I would ever want to move somewhere else. Have I recruited any family? No. DO I hope to? OH YES! And there's more to love, besides the upsides I just mentioned. What do you love?

Laughter is the best medicine

I've been meaning to post this... like I mentioned earlier, Brody came home sick from our trip. Despite his fever and cough; he still managed to entertain us, as always. Tony is the only one who has been able to get Brody to crack up like this- I absolutely love it.

Freak. Now what will I eat?

Here's a sad lil nugget of news (to me anyway)- Hershey's smores bars are no more. In a previous post I mentioned how I was craving one- so I, like a crazed fan, emailed Hershey and got a reply that they are no longer being produced. WHA!? Maybe I'm the only person in the world to notice they went missing? Still, very disappointing. So I guess that means you all can stop the search for me as well. heh. heh.

On a happier note... since I know you are all devastated; my incredibly sweet and handsome husband brought me home a rose last night for no reason at all. Aww. Now don't you feel better ?(;

Anyway since I'm obviously going to be s'mores less till further notice (the email didn't say they'd never come back!) I'll be chowin down on the 30lbs of peaches I just ordered. Why that much? I love peaches....

Hmmmm...Are you for real?

My sister had this on her blog so I was interested in trying it.

The meter has spoken... I wasn't expecting this.