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I seem to have stopped blogging. I'm going to guess it's because I tell Evelynn everything. Why do I need to tell anyone else?

Just a thought.

I'm working on my second book. That's probably premature since I haven't heard anything back about the first one. But I like writing, and it's good for me, and eventually, I would really like to get the first one published. Myself, if I have to.

Zack is the one who really changed my mind about it. He talked to me about the whole thing. It was so fun; I loved it. =) And Kate always wants to hear about them. I can't imagine what she'd do if I just stopped writing. . . . . *shudder* ;)

I've been working on my typing skills again. I used to take typing tests and stuff frequently, but I haven't for quite some time now, and I noticed with my lack of writing and gaming that my typing was going downhill. 

What else. . . . What else. . . . There's the food thing, I suppose. Yeah, we're trying to eat healthier. It's a hard thing, but I think it's an important thing. What really got me this last time, was how against most medicine I am, how much I think it's mostly bad for us, and while it might treat symptoms, it's not going to fix anything. 

How can I be so against one bad thing that we put in our bodies, but not another? 

Mostly because the other was almost entirely my decision. I do the shopping and the cooking. If we're going to eat healthier, it's going to take more effort, time, and energy on my part. It's going to take thought, research, and mostly - time. I like time. I like my afternoons to be MY afternoons. But how can I say that vaccines are dangerous and then turn around and feed my husband and daughter Totino's Pizzas? That's just stupid. 

So I'm going to work on it. We had made a few changes, but it was so easy to get back into what I knew, what I was comfortable with, and mostly - what was fast and easy to make. Boxed stuff, bagged stuff. 

The other reason was the cost, but I'm not even sure that it's cheaper anymore. Some of it is. Seafood is not cheap; but making your own bread products (crackers, pancakes, basically anything with a flour base) can be both cheaper and healthier. If I save money on some things and spend more money on other things, who knows? Maybe my "unhealthy is cheaper" excuse isn't even true! 

It's going to be a process. It's going to take a while, but I have ideas, and right now I'm rather determined. There will be days when I succumb to the boxed noodles, and honestly, I can't imagine not doing the boxed cake - mostly because I like them so much better as far as I remember. But slowly, I hope and I anticipate that things will shift. Slowly, there will be more healthy food in the house than unhealthy food. Slowly, we will eat more vegetables than before and slowly, we will be healthier and be able to feel it! Maybe - maybe - it will be the answer to my restless leg syndrome or my headaches or my cramps.

Some things will probably never go. I can't imagine I'll ever not eat ice cream or that I'll ever make noodles from scratch (I've never even heard of that one); but some things will go and we'll be better off for it. Maybe I'll even have an herb garden one day. Evelynn would LOVE that. She's a big fan of plants and bushes in particular. I love that little girl. =)

And I'm very blessed because Zack is with me %100. It's going to be hard enough for me to do it; if he'd been even a little against it, I probably would have given up. But he wasn't, and I'm blessed. =) He was even coming up with ways to make cuts in our budget, so I'd have more leeway with the food budget. Makes me feel special. :D