Something New

I'm ready for something new.  For the last year I've felt like I was stuck in a rut.  Of course there was the birth of my beautiful daughter, which added one more little person to take care.  That is always a little overwhelming in the beginning and I was prepared for that.  What I wasn't prepared for was the injuries I received from bringing her into this world.  I noticed it almost immediately.  It manifested itself as low back pain.  After an MRI, I was eventually diagnosed with a bruised SI joint and ruptured disk.  Several Dr.'s (obgyn, chiropractor, family physician, specialist, physical therapist etc.) later I am still not healed, but I feel like I am on the road to being myself again.  As one can imagine it has taken a lot out of me.  It's made it difficult for me to do some of my favorite things.  Just kneading a loaf of bread has at times been difficult.  It's always been an outlet for me.  I take out my frustrations on what will eventually be a beautiful loaf of bread and my whole household is better for it.  My husband too has missed some of these niceties.  With the beginning of the new year I have decided to throw it all out and start anew.  I am not sure what the future holds in terms of my healing, but I am determined to get to a point where I can do the things I love as ardently as before, starting with an overhaul of this blog.  I'm going to redesign it.  I'm going to finish the alphabet dinners and I am going to make things a little more personal.  I've always felt like this blog was lacking that extra umph that my other blogs have.  In some ways it's missing me.  We'll see how it goes.  Like always I am on the hunt for tasty, affordable, fun, happy, healthy recipes.  I have lots of  new ideas and I can't wait to try them. 

As always,

Happy Cooking!