It's been about five months since I have been on here. A LOT has happened in five months. As you can prolly see, I didn't finish my 42 day challenge. Looks like I made it to day 3! Big Woop!! Actually, I think I made it a little farther than that but stopped blogging. Things got kinda crazy in my life and I let the challenge go. I felt like a failure for it for quite a while. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized- we only fail once we stop trying. I am going to try again. I want to make sure it is the right time and that I can completely focus my time on it. The time will be soon.
There is another reason I stopped blogging. I'm embarrassed to admit it. I started reading so many other blogs and I realized my blog sucked. It's true. I felt like mine really wasn't good enough. There are some really awesome blogs out there!! Then I started thinking how unfair I was being to myself. If one of my friends or clients were telling me something like that, I would be appalled. We have to stop comparing our worst with everyone's best! I know people benefited from my blog but I started telling myself otherwise. Why do we do that to ourselves? Why is it OK to trash ourselves but lift those up around us?! I am going to do my best to be better to myself. I am going to stop trash talking myself. I do it more than I would care to admit.
Long story short....I'm back. My blog may be boring and not nearly as fancy as others but it's me. And I am fabulous :)
I always read my friend Erin's blog. Check it out here. She has written about Foodie Pen Pals. I have often thought of doing it but never did. Finally last month I signed up! I am so happy I did!!
Laurel check out her blog here was my foodie pen pal. She sent me this wonderful array of items!
I told her I am a vegetarian and she sent me this Becoming Vegan cook book. I have always stood at the line of becoming vegan but I have a hard time crossing that line mostly because
I. LOVE. CHEESE! There I said it. I am a cheese nut. I am sure I will be able to use many of the recipes until I decide if that line is worth crossing.
She also sent me a smoothie book. I love the idea of different smoothies so this will help me get out of the rut of always having the same thing. I am a lover of cook books too so these books will go lovely in my collection!
Besides being a cheese nut, I just love NUTS! As we all know, nuts are calorie dense but we don't want to skip this healthy option of total yumminess. I am thankful for the 100 calorie pack of nuts so I don't go overboard. I keep a pack of these in my purse at all times because you just never know when you will need them. The other box is strawberry mango fruit twists. Can you believe these are CLEAN?! Yeah I didn't either until I read the box!! They are by simply balanced, archer farms. I've never had them but they are delicious!! Each pouch is only 80 calories and they are perfect for stashing in my purse for times when I just need a little something. She also sent me some Strawberry Spread that is made with ingredients you would use to make in your own kitchen. I am a strawberry freak too so this is Perfect!! (they used to call me strawberry shortcake when I was a tot...not only because of my red hair but my love for strawberries). Laurel must have known my hands were extremely dry (stalker) jk-because she knew I needed some lotion. She said it was her favorite and I agree- LoVe iT!
Next month instead of foodie pen pals, we are donating to those victims of Hurricane Sandy. I encourage you to donate!
That's it for tonight friends. It's good to be back! Did you miss me?!
