July 2011
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Paleo Moroccan Chicken Soup!
Ingredients (serves 6) 4 cups chicken stock 2 large cooked chicken breasts – boneless/skinless, cut into bite size pieces 1 28oz can of diced tomatoes (Do not drain) 2 zucchini, sliced in half circles 4 artichoke hearts, cut into bite size pieces 3 cup ground up cauliflower – (Use a food processor to get the cauliflower to a rice-like consistency) 1/4 C fresh chopped parsley 1 Tbsp fresh...
Horoscope for Yesterday...
I know I don’t truly believe in this stuff, and I just look for fun — but can’t help but hope my horoscope for yesterday rings true. Think more about happiness and less about all the things that could go wrong and prevent happiness. You may be caught up in a negative mind-bender right now, Virgo. But there is absolutely no reason for it. If you are picking up vibes from a gloomy...
Conversation with Gage
(This morning at breakfast, with Gage in my lap as he ate the waffle his mom made him. He’s chatting away with me about everything & anything. Then he stops, thinks for awhile and he whispers, with complete curiosity and seriousness…)
Gage: Cousin K*** - How come you don’t have a husband like Mommy and Tonya?
Me: Maybe I will someday.
Gage: You just haven’t met...
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Grain of Sand
“It’s so easy to get lost inside a problem that seems so big at the time - It’s like a river thats so wide, it swallows you whole. While you sit around thinking about what you can’t change, And worrying about all the wrong things… Time’s flying by - moving so fast… You better make it count ‘cause you can’t get it back. Sometimes that mountain...
“You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words...”
– Nicholas Sparks (via rougestilettos)
But what is hard is that sometimes… Even their actions seem to fall right into place too. At least… At first. Then what? :-/
“My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (via wickeddreamsandwildmadness)
So true…
“What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is...”
– Sandra Cisneros
States I've Visited...
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White Liar
Sometimes the only thing that helps is blasting Miranda Lambert on your drive home from work.
I am NEVER dating again. I apparently have terrible taste in men. And no idea who to trust and who not to…
So now? What to do - how to deal?
Go visit a friend. A friend who is hurting - far more than I am now. A friend I will make food for and then go for a long summer walk with. A friend...
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Dear Self
STOP EATING. START WORKING OUT. START RUNNING AGAIN. Yes, you’ve been all over the place & had a cruddy few weeks emotionally, but making your body feel gross is NOT going to make you feel better about some dumb boy. Yes, it’s hard because you’re living at home again & there is awful food selection everywhere (and we do mean EVERYWHERE.) Yes, the food at the Smiling Moose...
“You don’t want somebody who doesn’t know his own heart, do you?...”
– Sandra Cisneros (Caramelo)
Today I...
…..woke up and decided to dump the shitty-ass mood I was in yesterday out the window. Today I showered, looked in the mirror & made a choice to be less miserable than I have been the past few days. Today I put on a dress and makeup and tried to make myself feel as pretty as possible. Today I went about my day - excited about training with work and lunch with my trainer/friend and my...
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Don't You Wanna Stay?
So my mood has been pretty craptastic this past week.
It’s not like I’ve walked around miserable. There have been some really nice evenings and lunches and things with friends but… I just wasn’t as present or invested in those moments as I normally am. I sort of walked through the motions. I played the part of myself - without having to emotionally check-in, if that makes...
VIRGO June 12th 2011
“You may be feeling as though you are riding a merry-go-round right now Virgo. The same-old same-old is coming around again - and the worst part is that you are probably blaming yourself for not learning the lesson that could have helped you avoid this scenario. But you can’t blame yourself. A certain theme keeps recurring in your life because you need to address it. It isn’t...
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Anyone who says...
..that watching Sex and the City (be it repeats of episodes or the movies) doesn’t make them feel instantly better, should be voted off the planet. Or at least be labeled as very sad human beings. Seriously, this show is the best medicine. I’m definitely a little bit of a grumpy bear tonight and there are several moments where I’ve caught myself mid-marathon smiling at how...
Trust and Sadness
One day you will look back and laugh at yourself. You’ll say, “I can’t believe I was so asleep! How did I ever forget the truth? How ridiculous to believe that sadness and sickness Are anything other than bad dreams.” —Rumi—
It is crazy, isn’t it — how so much good can happen in one day, but something else can happen (or in my case… not happen) and suddenly, all of...
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The New Normal
I really need to find time to blog. I think about it a lot — when I am driving to and from work (the commute is anywhere from 35 minutes to over an hour), when I am in the shower, when I am SO exhausted I can barely keep my eyes open at night - right before I fall asleep, when I am at work… I have so many things on my To-Do Checklist, but I’ve been so busy trying to adjust to...
