I Heart Food

Time to admit it - this has not been my week. I will make up for the days I have missed by posting more than one thing at some point.

Today I am thankful for cooking and food. I love food. A lot. Probably more than the average person. It makes me happy. I could never be that person who doesn't eat good food in order to be super skinny. I love it way too much. I also really enjoy cooking food. I love cooking old recipes and trying to perfect my mom's. When I try to make a dish of hers and it turns out (never quite like hers, but still good), it makes my heart -- and stomach -- smile and makes me feel like I'm not quite as far away from her. I also love making new recipes. Cooking is exciting and makes me just feel good. The best part is cooking for my family or people I care about and my food making them happy. I always get nervous cooking for people, but when they take a big bite and it brings a smile to their face, it makes me happy.

I'm really hoping to start putting some recipes on here. I always seem to forget to take pictures! I also pretty much never measure when I cook, which makes it a little difficult! But I am going to try to figure out measurements of my favorites and start sharing them on here to bring a little bit of food happiness from my home to yours!

One of those days

Today has just been one of those days. I'm feeling a little better, but still not great. My day isn't over until 9:30pm, and so far, it's just been a hectic day. I've been stressed, had a lot to do, and felt like I've been in a hurry all day. Despite all of that, I made the commitment to be thankful. So, today I am thankful for decongestant medication and a nice, warm bed to crawl into tonight when I get home.

Thanksgiving

I've come to realize a few things just recently - first of all, I have not been good at posting on here. Let's face it - I have sucked at posting on here. I would really like to get in the habit of posting here regularly.

Secondly, I've been cranky a lot lately. Partly, I'm sure, because I haven't been feeling well. But I've found myself often feeling just exhausted and complaining about everything in my head. Of course there are some things that deserve to be complained about, but I've decided I'm tired of being so cranky. So I'm going to try to do better.

I've been grumbling to myself every time I see holiday stuff up. I'm not ready for the holidays. I'm sure it's partly because I feel so far away from my friends and all of my family, and the holidays always make that feeling so much stronger. To try to stop myself from feeling so bah-humbug-ish, and in an attempt to post here more often, I am going to try to post everyday until Thanksgiving of something that I am thankful for.

I'm hoping to go to bed tonight thinking of a list of things I'm thankful for, waking up feeling refreshed (and hopefully not so congested and sick!) and ready to start anew. :)