Making Plans

Whew! It sure has been a while since I last posted. I promised myself at the end of the summer last year that I would blog more often. After all, I really do have a lot to say at any given point. However, things took an unexpected turn for me following the car accident in September. Needless to say, it threw me off course so much that I’ve just now started to feel like myself again. Because I’m still in correspondence with the insurance company to resolve this thing, I will refrain from giving too many details. I understand that that can end up biting you in the rear if you’re not careful... that is, careful with who hears (reads) the facts. I will say this, though. The accident was 110% not my fault and I’d like to give a big ol’ middle finger to the at-fault driver for royally jacking up the Fall of 2011 for me. ‘Preciate it.

Despite the annoyances of doctor visits, evaluations, tests, and the general lack of ability to function at my normal level for several weeks, I managed to close out 2011 with a good feeling. I’m the kind of person that refuses, usually, to let anything negative bring me too far down. This experience really tested me in a way I’ve not been before in that it tested my ability to bounce back and not succumb to the overall depression that seemed to be slowly showing itself. I am not a depressed person! I have been lovingly (I think, ha) referred to as Sarah Sunshine many times in my life. I worked hard to keep that up but it was just that. Hard. But then again, life isn’t meant to be easy and, after all, what happens to you is not what makes you who you are… it’s how you react to what happens that makes that call. It is my mission to maintain this level of acceptance that I’ve reached. Bad stuff happens sometimes. You just have to keep on keepin’ on.

With that said, I vow in 2012 to become a regular blogger. Writing is one of the few things that come naturally to me in life. I need to nurture it. So, I think to start off, I am going to make plans to be more organized with my blogging. I don't think I need to make the process too rigid, but I think I can shape it up a bit for sure. Maybe then my posts won't be so few and far between. Also, I'm not sure that anyone else reads my posts, so I guess this is all for me anyway and I can do what I want!

I intend to continue my monthly book reviews, of course. (Note: Can you believe that, until two weeks ago when I plowed through The Hunger Games trilogy like it was my last source of life, I had not read a single book since the wreck? Time to play some seeeerious catch-up).

I think I will also devote some blog time to sharing new recipes too, as, finally, The Hubs and I are on our way to an exclusively fresh foods, organic foods, whole foods diet. I'd like to pump that up a bit, so there's an idea. I'd also like to chronicle the progress I make health-wise with these new food choices. The name of the game for me is health, after all. Now, if I trim up and look better for it, that's just a bonus! So maybe this can be a weekly thing, where I share what I've cooked for that week and how it turned out in the end for us. We both have some seriously troubling stomachs and have basically no choice now but to make better eating decisions. It's life. We're dealing.

So okay. Those are my plans. Let's see how well I follow them!