Um, I Think I Overslept...

I don't know what happened. I don't know whether I pulled a Steve Urkel and "fallen and can't get up", or what... but I pulled a small blogging break. I think maybe a few of you have been there before. One day of relaxing turns into two, and so on, and so on...
So that's kinda what happened I guess. I took a hiatus, a vacation, a well deserved rest, if you will.

And in these last couple of days of hanging out at home with the family, and now having a diploma, I think I've learned a few things... ok well not school related things...

• Behind each great person and act of hard work are a bunch of harder working and caring individuals
  
• Mulled wine is a very, very good thing... I recommend it
• Think if what you are doing right now brings you closer to where you want to be
• You can never have too many friends :)
• Just about every holiday cookie recipe seems to start with two sticks of butter
  
• The clearance racks are you friends for holiday shopping

Ha, ok maybe that was a little random. But they are the first things that have been on my mind today. Oh, and another... I've been watching people at the gym, and noticed that no one trains their glutes. No one. I'm guessing quite a few of them have hip or back pain too. Should I write up a butt routine? I think I will soon. Something that will make your significant other say "Are you going to stand during the whole movie? Why don't you sit down?" You can't.

I'm sorry that there is no recipe for today. I've been trying to help everyone eat a little better, so that kind of makes cookies and the like a little difficult to make. However, (sounding trumpets) holiday baking is among us. So, I promise to have a couple of family recipes for you in the next few days or early next week. They probably won't be healthy, but it really only is for once a year, right :)

I'd like to take the time to thank everyone who has come by the blog in its short break to leave a comment and say how much they like everything. Don't take anything personal if I haven't been too active lately, it's just that things are going to be a little busy until the next year. I still have job interviews and holiday things with the family coming up, so it all takes a little time.

I appreciate everyone who comes by here to laugh and have a good time :) Always feel free to leave a comment, but if you can't or don't want to, well that's cool too. I'm easy going, and I blog for myself... I just don't mind having a few million travelers with me :)

My two last orders of business are to thank a bunch of bloggers for awards that were recently, and by recently I mean like months ago... passed on to me. Sadly, I don't remember what award goes where, but I still love getting all of them. So, I'd like to thank:

Steph at Obsessed with Baking, Shreya at Mom's Cooking, Mikky at My Finds..., Teresa at Mexican-American Cookbook, and Maria at Two Peas in a Pod. These gals are always very, very cool people and have fantastic recipes. We have Indian, Mexican, Chocolate, Healthy, Baking of all sorts found in these blogs. You'll find anything to meet your fancy needs.

And finally, lastly.... Astra at Food for Laughter tagged me for a MeMe... this looked pretty cool so I'll throw it in here at the end. I think her blog is fantastic, and her healthy recipes always give me new ideas and insights to try. (And don't worry, your schooling will be over soon too :)

You have to answer with one word answers... kinda tricky, because I'm a talker :)

1. Where is your cell phone? Away
2. Where is your significant other? Single
3. Your hair color? Light
4. Your mother? Fun
5. Your father? Caring
6. Your favorite thing? People
7. Your dream last night? Battle
8. Your dream/goal? Chiropractic
9. The room you’re in? Kitchen
11. Your fear? Snakes
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Rich
13. Where were you last night? Mall
14. What you’re not? Quiet
15. One of your wish-list items? Shoes
16. Where you grew up? NY
17. The last thing you did? Eat
18. What are you wearing? Flannel
19. Your TV? Off
20. Your pet? DOGS
21. Your computer? Warm
22. Your mood? Starving
23. Missing someone? Nope
24. Your car? Snowy
25. Something you’re not wearing? Gloves
26. Favorite store? Market
27. Your summer? Awesome
28. Love someone? Yup
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Constantly
31. Last time you cried? E.T

Instead of tagging people on particular, because I can think of too many people who would have hilarious responses... the first 5 people to comment are going to do the Meme, if they want to. They can also take any award from my award wall too. Am I changing the rules? Maybe, but come on, just trust a doctor... it'll be alright :)