The 5oz Foodie

It was a good day today... Noticing a little bit how coming off the morning pills feel... But nothing drastic... Just listening to my heart and looking within when I start to feel something I face it... Let it out, name it and then cough... OK you are probably like... Cough??? It is something my acupuncturist has me do when I am trying to let go of something... Believe me it works... I feel better and I can move forward... I just feel like I have a lot more coughing to do... I will say, this summer I have been happier than I have been in a very long time...  I am laughing more and I am singing again... I am letting go and letting God fill in all of the dark places that still remain... Musicsongbird

I spoke with my doctor last Friday and I am slowly being taken off my morning happy 2.0 pill... I am ready to face whatever is hindering me from true happiness... However, I don't think I will find that happiness until I dig out whatever is buried in the closet of my mind... I have faced so many things but somehow I don't think I have truly cleaned everything out... I need to get off the couch and get on the road to recovery... I have already  been working on the mental, now it's time for the physical... I recently discovered a young lady on Facebook who fought her way from 378 down to 240 pounds, without surgery... This is a great posting she had this past week and I am going to carry it with me everyday... At the next sign of hunger, I am going to look before I eat and recognize what is real and what is emotional... Musicsongbird

I am having mixed feelings about my friend leaving Typhoon to go back to his previous location... I am sad because our team is changing but I am happy for him because this could lead to something even better... I know he is struggling with this but the worst thing you can do when put in a situation like this is to just give up... You have to remember that everyone is watching how you handle situations... Do you just blow everything off? or do you keep working, business as usual? I know what it feels like to have to train your replacement... I have been through this same situation... Being told they want to keep you, but with the way the circumstances played out, they had to give it to someone else... It seems unfair but we all know the rules when the game starts... If you don't like the rules then don't play the game... Musicsongbird

I am at a loss... Nothing is coming together right in my head as I type... The day went well, the evening went well... So nothing more to say than good night... May all of your dreams, for yourself, come true... Believe in yourself... Musicsongbird

I now know why people buy pecans already shelled... We thought it would be cheaper to buy them in the shell and shell them ourselves... Well, it is more cost effective, but what the lady at the place where we bought them made it look easy, both Mom and I are struggling to crack them... But we won't give up... It's funny because there are times in our lives when others make things look so easy, that anyone should be able to do it... But then when we attempt the same thing, we find that we struggle... But if you think about it... Most people aren't just born good at things, they need to practice to get to that point where they make it look easy... When you say something is too hard, then you are giving that thing all of the power and you are setting yourself up for defeat... Take little steps and in time you will wonder why you ever thought it was hard... Musicsongbird

After a long one tank road trip today, I am fighting to keep my eyes open... I love the adventures we have and I must have had a great time or I wouldn't be warn out... Musicsongbird

It's not the price of the gift, it's the thought behind it... No words were more true than these... Today my co-workers and I decided to celebrate Christmas in July with Lunch out and a Dollar Store Gift exchange... We could spend $5 on each person and you had to shop at a $1 type store... We wrote out a list of our favorite things and then we each went shopping to find the perfect gifts... I got a bunch of great fun little things like an M&M Candle, grow your own Dino and Reese's Pieces!!!! Put the gifts aren't what really mattered, it was the laughter and happiness from the time together... As each person unwrapped their gifts you could see the thought that went into these silly and sometimes serious gifts... As I think back on the past 5 months that I have been in Typhoon, I realized just how much my tiny group of friends there mean to me... It's not just a superficial friendship, but one with depth... Musicsongbird