The 5oz Foodie

As a wise person said, "Today is the last day of 2012... Don't look at what you haven't accomplished, but what you have accomplished... And celebrate!!!!!!" That wise person...me... There are so many things I had hoped to accomplish in this past year, like cleaning my room... That have not been accomplished and as this year comes to an end I could focus on those things, but instead I am thinking about the things I was able to do this year... I am getting my mental health under control... I am feeling better about myself... I was able to complete my first Temporary Assignment as a Coordinator of Training and there are many more things that I can focus on... So to all that have seen me through the past 366 days, thank you... My journey is only beginning... Love, peace and Happy New Year and I did it!!! Musicsongbird

The end of the year is quickly coming to an end and things at work couldn't be crazier!!! Am I stressed? Not a chance... I am having fun helping with new things and having some new experiences and I am ready for the new year!!! New Year, New beginnings... Several people have already told me I need to continue blogging and I have to admit, I think my life would be empty without it... It has been very therapeutic and it has allowed me to get my feelings out and my thoughts straight... So, I know the blogging is going to continue just not quite sure what it will looks like but the Skinny girl will return for another year!!! Love, peace and getting my thoughts straight... Musicsongbird

I can't believe this year is quickly coming to a close... We have survived so much this year... Hurricane's, the Mayan Apocalypse, Miley half shaving her head and Snooky having a baby... But I have done so many new things that I can now mark off of my Bucket list... Let's see what those things are... 1. I ate at a raw bar...oysters on the half shell!!! Yummy!!! 2. I received my first real massage! 3. I got a hidden Mickey tattoo... 4. I went to my 1st midnight showing of a movie... Snow White and the Huntsmen 5. I changed clothes outside in a public place... :D 6. I saw World of Color at Disney's California Adventure!!! 7. I went BLONDE!!!! 8. I got acupuncture and I liked it so much I kept going!!! 9. I did my 1st Jaeger Bomb... and my 2nd through 5th :D 10. I competed in my 1st 5K race!!! There are several other things I want to do next year and the list keeps growing...My bucket list isn't a mission to see what all I can do before I kick the bucket, but to see...

So I just realized as I was counting down to the 31st, my blog has been wrong for the past 363 days... We had a leap day this year... So my blog should have been out of 366... So the title should be Day 363 of 365 366... So for the final 3 blogs of the year it will be corrected... As BFF and I were driving back home tonight, I did a lot of thinking... Thinking about my life and everything that I have gone through in the past year and the things that finally came out in my quest to get mentally healthy... I now realize something huge... If I were 100% mentally healthy, I wouldn't be at my heaviest like I am now... I am still using food as a barrier or protector from everything else... Thus my fat has become a kind of protection, but in reality it has become a weapon, against myself... I haven't had this much pain on a daily basis in my entire life... My hands go numb, as I am typing this I am having pain in my finger joints... I have began snoring badly, which was never an i...

So, disclaimer: blogging from phone and hands,r goimg numb bad... It's so nice ti spend time with family, especially family u get to choose... This is my 6th Christmas in Florida and my 6th one with my borrowed family... Now, dont get me wrong, I love my family dearly and I miss our holiday celebrations, but my borrowed family has included me in so much of,their lives throughout the years and I am eternally greatful... When people ask who I am going to visit, I tell them, my family... I tell everyone I have 11 nieces and nephews... 1 great niece, 3 nephews and 2 nieces from my oldest brother, 1 niece and 1 nephew from my middle brother and 2 nephews and 1 niece from my borrowed family... I am so incredibly blessed to be included in all of their lives... love, peace and family love... musicsongbird

I had the opportunity to work in the Showcase today and did I have a great day or what? I got rained on but it didn't dampen my spirits! I laughed and sang, making up my own version of Beyonce's Single Ladies, called Soggy Ladies... It just felt so good to be alive... I know I have said it before, but I finally feel like I am getting my joy back!!! I am feeling motivated to do more than just sit on the couch and play on Facebook... Tonight I put my new mini cupcake maker to the test... I made a bunch of mini cupcakes to take to see family tomorrow... I learned a really cool trick from the Mini maker... If you spray the cupcake wrappers with cooking spray before filling them, the wrapper releases perfectly after they have been baked... I am not completely innocent of staying off FB tonight because I found this hilarious post and it totally reminded myself of me, and not because Tink is on it... Love, peace and a pocketful of crazy... Musicsongbird

Christmas gifts have been unwrapped and half the candy from the stocking devoured, the tour of Christmas lights complete... Now it's time to rest... Until Thursday when I get to do it all again!!! I had the great joy in spending part of Christmas in Christmas, Florida today! Not much there but very friendly people... I love taking the little hour long drives to different places that I have never been, just to explore... As I look back on the adventures of this past year I have gone from Coast to Coast, not only here in Florida but also in the United States... We took a day trip to Cocoa and traveled Highway A1A then jumped Coasts and traveled to Camarillo, California... We made the trip to Madeira Beach and again back to Cocoa... I also went home to St. Louis and up to Illinois to see my family and friends... Then off to North Carolina, South Carolina and Savannah to get a gift for a friend... What a year of exploring I have done and I am not quite finished... Who kno...