Currently October 2016 Part 2

Struggling with:

My Weight - Yes, I'm opening that door. I started this battle, and yes I see it as a battle, in January. It's now October and I've yo-yoed my way to a total loss of 7.6 pounds. Hubby and I are working on this together, and I think many days that's the only thing keeps me going. I will continue to move through this battle and move toward my goal. I will also accept that there will be bad days and maybe even bad weeks.

The Healthy Maven - I read this post first, which hooked me, and then this morning I read her post about Knowing Your Value. Loving this blog. Lots of foodie goodness, but also a good bit of real life too.
Shutterbean - I stated following Tracy when I first started writing my own blog in 2008. I love her recipes, her photography and her unapologetic writing style. You know if I've been reading for eight years, and I'm still reading, she's got it going on.

I'm listing my original art in My Etsy Shop. This is a big one for me. I'm putting my art out there in the world, not just handing it to people I know as a special gift.
I'm spending more time sketching, what an amazing stress reliever this has been the past couple of weeks.

InkTober, yeah, about that. I did really good for the first 13 days, I'm officially behind four days. What's more is I don't care. It's been fun, I've been drawing daily, but it's all been on works in progress, not a daily drawing.

Black and white photography has been a reoccurring thought traveling through my mind lately. I need to take more black and white photos. I love the story they tell when the color isn't there to guide the eye and tell the brain what to imagine.

I've been questioning myself, wondering what happened to the 11 years I spent devouring everything foodie I could read. As of late, I don't even feel the pull to cook, let alone read about food. Did I burn myself out, or has this been a result of the constant challenge of trying to find ingredients in this remote part of the world?

The Porch Postscript