The love goes on and on...

We just can't lose that St. Valentine feeling here in the 'Burg although the holiday has come and gone. We are loving so much lately that I wanted to share some of our favorite new loves with you.

• The Magic Jack. Have you heard of it? We get our phone service for $40 a year. Yes, a year, not a month. Magic Jack is a VOIP. We have had Vonage for years and have only been partly satisfied with our service. Magic Jack's service is better than Vonage and loads cheaper. The only downside that we can see so far is that we have to leave the computer on to get phone service, but if we're being honest here, the computer is never off at our house, so it's not a real huge issue. Gosh, I wish Magic Jack was paying me for the glowing endorsement of their product...
• Those of you not familiar with my faith won't get this next love at all. I'm sorry. Email me, I'll explain as best I can. But for all the rest of you, which may in fact be all of you, I have one word for you. Carinessa. Holy cow. And I mean holy. The church has decided to embrace a little spandex. It's a beautiful thing. Revolutionary.
• The ghost that has been haunting our house. He sure looks a lot like Brady, and Brady does all his sound effects, so it's not hard to see why we love him so much. I don't know where Brady got on his 'ghost' kick, but it's so stinkin' cute! He walks around the house "Woo"ing followed by a surprised, "What's that, Mommy?" waiting for us to declare our fright at our friendly ghost.
• Ground turkey. We've been eating it pretty much all the time if we don't go meatless or have chicken. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had ground beef in the last few months. It has 80 fewer calories in a 4 oz serving than ground beef and only 1 gram less protein. It also has 11 grams fewer fat grams per serving. Maybe the taste is acquired, maybe you won't be able to tell a difference. We don't mind the difference and love the healthfulness of it. We definitely watch for sales and have bought most of it at 2.50 a lb or less. If you can find a good deal on 93% extra lean ground beef, its only 10 calories more a serving than the turkey, but I have a hard time finding that lean of beef on sale for 2.50 or less.
• I know I've mentioned it before, but I am still very much in love with the Ann Taylor Loft. Gosh, those people know how to make clothes for women's bodies, or at least this woman's body. I just got this top in a pretty gray and this one in a rich navy and they are so cute! Tyler especially loves the navy one. A lot.
• Cooking blogs. I've printed a kajillion (yes, I really have printed that many, a kajillion...) recipes from blogs and sites I've been perusing. Some of my favorites? Allrecipes.com has a healthy cooking tab and they quite often will list the calorie count of a recipe. Myrecipes.com has all the Cooking Light recipes, so I love that one, too. Love Bakerella, of course. Who doesn't? I mostly just look, but there are few things I'm planning to splurge on. We just tried the Pioneer Woman's Cauliflower soup a couple weeks ago. To. Die. For. We used a bit less butter and evaporated skim milk instead of half n half. And we even forgot the sour cream! Still yummy! Also love Hold the Onions. Real women. Real families. Real food. Yum. A few more good ones I've found: For the Love of Cooking, Becoming Betty, Prudence Pennywise, Smitten Kitchen (although her blog intimidates me A LOT), and oh, I could just go on and on. Ask Tyler. If I've been on a computer, I've been searching for recipes. I don't think my requirements for recipes are too crazy, but I need food that's healthy, that's cheap, and I'd like it to be relatively simple, although I find myself spending more and more time in the kitchen preparing dinner. I'll be sure to share any great new recipes I find!
• The Crafty Crow. I can't tell you what a great idea resource it is. Not only do I have a stack of new recipies, but I've got a list a mile long of things for me and the kids to do on a rainy day (once I can get my hands on some supplies...no craft store in the 'Burg).

We love being in love and would love to hear about any new loves you have! (that means share, people!)