I suppose it is fitting that I chose my
birthday to submit my first blog post in over four years. I promise
I never intended to stay away that long!
Back when I last blogged (around the holiday season of 2010) I had
reached the point where writing and updating the blog became a chore
that I know longer looked forward to. Perhaps it was 'writer's
block', I'm not sure. The 'job that pays the bills' was keeping me
very busy. I really couldn't think of any topics that I wanted to
cover and at the time there wasn't anything new to excite me. Part
of my reason for starting this blog was as an outlet for two of my
passions: cooking and writing. I suppose with everything that was
going on in my life I just got 'burned out' and that
'passion' and excitement was gone. I even took a longer than
expected break from Twitter (something I regret now).
Quite a bit has happened during this four year hiatus. I was involved in a major system migration project at work that consumed all my time, energy and focus. In late 2012 I had a bit of a health scare (featuring my first trip to the emergency room as a patient). Last year at this time I celebrated my 40th birthday. I'm still single but my household has increased by one feline (much to the chagrin of resident feline #1). During this time I would always renew my domain name just in case the urge to blog hit me again.
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| Feline #2 (Perdita) with her favorite flying squirrel Rocky
As I
entered my fourth decade of existence I have had to make changes to
my diet. I am facing a new reality that I can't continue to eat
whatever I want. Well, I could continue
if I wanted to but the end result would be feeling like absolute
crap. At the end of the day, is it really worth it? My 3rd
decade wasn't the greatest; I experienced some personal losses and
challenges that threw me for a loop. I really let myself go and as a
result I was in poor health and horrible shape. I'm determined that
my 40s will be much better for me in terms of my health. I plan to
share some of the changes I'm making to my diet, my lifestyle and
perhaps a few recipes and other goodies/occasional 'splurges' along the way. It won't always be sugar-free and granola, I promise. I'm going to try my best to update the blog more
regularly. You can always follow me on Twitter (apologies in
advance for straying 'off-topic'; I happen to be a big sports fan). I
also have an Instagram account; I just haven't gotten around to
uploading any pics yet! Updates are coming soon.
Even though I'm turning 41 today I still like to think of myself as a 'work in progress' with plenty of room for improvement. This blog will hopefully reflect that. Thanks for hanging in there with me. -Tina
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