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It’s Halloween Eve and since I live out in the boonies there’s no kids to hand out candy to. Probably a good thing since I’d likely eat it all if not enough kids stopped by. I’ve already started to obsess over Christmas anyway, so Halloween really doesn’t have any space in my head anyway.
Over the next few months I am looking forward to cutting out sugar (eeek!), Christmas baking with a vengence (have I mentioned my obsession with Martha Stewart?), planning the perfect gifts, preparing for Reverb11 and creating my New Year’s resolution.
The cutting out sugar and looking to significantly reduce my gluten intake is due to how gross I feel lately. I’ve been stuffing my face full of junk food and while the scale is creeping upward at an alarming rate, it’s really how crappy I’ve been feeling that’s actually the reason why I’m doing this. I’m tired of feeling sluggish and rundown, bloated and fat. I’ve had enough. So I’m attempting to eliminate sugar (ultimately it will be refined sugar but I think the fruit has to go for a bit) and cut down on gluten. Because this isn’t a medical necessity I will likely indulge now and then, but it is to strictly be for very special occasions. I intend to take the next 8 weeks and see what transpires. I’ll keep you posted!
Which brings me to my baking. It’s weird that I follow up my plan to eliminate sugar from my diet with my obsession with baking. However, it’s not that often I eat my baking. Ok, well I will eat muffins and all that, but not that much else. If I put a lot of work into something, I get very sick of it and don’t eat it. Which is why I should always do the baking! I’m doing cake batter truffles and sugar cookies, probably my chocolate chunk toffee cookies, maybe some nuts and bolts… who knows what else I will concoct. But I will say this, they are all gifts. There’s very little I intend to keep here at home. I’ll eat it, or worse, my Dad will eat it! He needs this junk food about as much as I do – which is to say, he doesn’t.
Reverb11 is coming soon. December 1st is the start of the daily prompts. It will be my third year participating in this project. I love it because it’s a chance to reflect on the past year. This was a big year, not only did I turn 30, start to learn to love myself and stop apologizing for who I am, and most importantly, I lost my mother. I feel certain that this year I will have a to share during Reverb11. And I look forward to exploring the year I’ve just lived and preparing for my year ahead.
Ya, I know, the New Year’s resolution thing is usually the kiss of death to anything you really want to do. But I am determined to write cards for 5 days a week for 52 weeks. That’s 260 cards if you’re really wanting to know (I was). The reason I want to do it is that with the advent of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and email, electronic communication is normal and letter writing and card sending is now special and different. I want to send cards to friends and family to let them know how much I care about them, was thinking of them or just wanted to say hello.
Funny that I’m excited for the future. Normally I’m slightly fearful, curious or impatient. Tonight I’m filled with wonder and excitement for what the future holds. I’m excited to share with others how I feel about them, create warmth and love and to search out the perfect gift to show someone how much I care for them (at the cost of nothing or everything). I feel full of possibilities and challenges.
Actions and Reactions
Are you looking to the future? What are you looking forward to in the near or far future?