"And that's the way this wheel keeps on working now..."

After two months of much-needed time of contemplation and self-recovery, I am happily re-blogging. sigh.

The endless days and nights of pondering brought me to a very happy place -- a place that I haven't been for years. Not only did it change the outlook on my life, but also the role that my life plays in others' as well... Yowza, how is that for deep thought?

So what really happened in the last two months?

- As sappy as it sounds, I am now a firmer believer of the commonly coined phrase, "things happen for a reason." I'm not, by any means, happy that the crappy stuff happened...but I am definitely thankful for the lessons that I'm beginning to take away: one of them being the realization that I can't truly care for and love another without having done so for myself.

- I lost 8 lbs. Woo hoo! happy, happy, joy, joy!? I've been meaning to shed a few pounds just to feel better and reach a healthier weight goal- and having mucho time on my hands and myself, I finally did it! :) Now I have about 8 more lbs to go so we shall see how that unfolds...

- How did I lose those 8 lbs? I haven't been cooking = :( Well I actually have, here and there, but nothing extravagant. Lots of my cooking has been "healthy" meals that are low in carbs. I'm not badmouthing health foods here, but come on- nothing beats the taste of bacon or... fried chicken! And not being able to cook with fat and without any restraints?! tough = no fun!

-I deactivated my facebook account. GASP!? It's actually quite embarrassing that I had to go as far as deactivation, but I lost self-control and facebook become too addictive and toxic for my life. I became to reliant on this website and few things(or more specifically, few people) on there were just simply irritating. If you are able to use facebook in moderation, I applaud you! But me,... I just couldnt. My friend Frank actually deactivated his before mine... is this leading to a trend? Hmmm, we shall see.


I'm not a fan of lenghty, wordy posts without pictures, but here I am with the epitome of one. I have a few things on my camera with recipes on stand-by and also exciting things happening soon which will all be posted shortly! Some of them include: Burts Place & breakfast pizza, Big Taste MKE, Booby's & XOCO... but I'm most excited for this weekend's main event a.k.a. my friends Sam and Crystal's very first visit to the Midwest. Our itinerary is filled with food, so definitely a couple of posts on those! With pictures of course!