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One good thing about “having no food in the house” is that you tend to get creative.

I made an awesome quesadilla today with whole wheat tortillas, pepper jack cheese, onions, green peppers, diced tomatoes, and a dash of cumin and chili pepper.

I sautéed the veggies, put a very thin coat of butter on the outside of the tortillas, and toasted the whole thing up in a frying pan with some cheese.

Holy crap, it was so good! I didn’t have any salsa, but it didn’t need it. Maybe it was the butter that made it so tasty. Mmmmmm…butter….

1) I feel like I am in a waiting period in my life right now. I’m not sure what this waiting period will bring, but I feel calm and relaxed as though something good or eventful is about to happen, but I’m not sure what it is. To rephrase: I feel like I am on the right path in my life and doing the things  to get where I want to be. Things will happen in their own perfect time.

2) I have been thinking about religion lately and how some people need it in their lives, and that is OK. I don’t feel comfortable with religion and since I have dropped it from my life have never felt more spiritually alive. I have Deepak Chopra’s book, “Life After Death” to thank for this. If I could point to one book that has awakened me, that would be it.

3) My doctor thinks I may have a hernia, but I have to go for a scan to confirm. I am 31 year old woman, in relatively good physical shape, and am 5′4″, 128 pounds. At first I felt like this was such an injustice! I eat whole, fresh, organic foods. Drink lots of green tea, don’t eat meat. How could I have this weakness in my body? Then last night I took a long, hot bath and meditated a little and realized that I will just do whatever has to be done to heal. I was also really inspired by this man who healed his hernia on his own without surgery. The mind/body connection is sometimes stronger than we think.

That is all for now. I am going to take my brother’s chocolate lab puppy for a walk later and enjoy this beautiful, perfect sunny day!

I’ve come here to write once a month.

My promises of animation are all lies. I got distracted. It wasn’t meant to be. I used to get mad at myself for not doing something I set out to do. But I’m ok with it now.   Everything is as it should be.

Wow - I haven’t posted anything in a while. I realize that I am pretty much talking to myself out here on this vast planet we call the internet. So I’m doing great, thanks for asking. I’m entering Aniboom’s Radiohead animation contest and I’ve never really animated anything in my life but I thought it would be fun. OK, I take that back: I’ve recently made two utterly amature shorts that are only a few seconds each. I will post them here soon. Each include my husband playing the guitar to an original song by him which is entitled “Hot Dog”. Oh it will be great fun, internet. You’ll see.

I am on the absolute edge of my seat waiting for spring to hit. I heard some noisy birds outside this morning that I have not heard all winter. It won’t be long now.

Here are 5 Things I will do as soon as the weather warms up:

1) Take daily walks and breathe in that thawed, earthy-smelling springtime air.

2) Wash the car in the driveway.

3) Clean up all the sticks in the yard and take them to the dump (my youngest loves going to the dump – we actually found her a bike there; it was all shiny and brand-new. I couldn’t believe someone was throwing it away!).

4) Bundle up and go hiking with my husband and the girls, then trot down the mountain in the sun with our sweatshirts tied around our waists because all that walking made us sweat.

5) Thank God that spring is here and that I survived the winter without going completely insane. This happens every year. I’m like a person lost at sea who was just about to give up hope and jump overboard to feed the sharks. But wait, there it is: I can see the land – and it is glorious.

We’re almost there…