Where Have I Been?

Ingrid, over at Raw Epicurean, was sweet enough to email me with a "hi, how are you and where have you been?" email. Ingrid, thank you...I really don't know why I have been ignoring my blog...I knew, knowing me, that I wouldn't be consistant with it...that is my M.O. This is what I do....take for example, soapmaking. I bought a home-made bar years ago, fell in love with the smell, the texture, everything about it. So I go out and buy a book on soapmaking...I ended up buying a great book, the bible of soapmaking...but was that enough for me? No, I had to go out and buy four more! Then I have to read them all, before I even start...THEN I go crazy buying everything a person could possibly need (or not) and, finally, sometimes months later, I begin. Now, this was all ok to do with soapmaking..I fell in love with the process and I continue to make my own soap to this day (5 years later!) and I will always make soap. My point to all this is: I have a tendancy to go into something (like my blog) full force, with all the optimisim and promises to keep it going, and, sometimes, not always but sometimes, I fall short or move on to something else. I have done so with my blog....I was having an absolute ball with it, and getting feedback from the likes of Ingrid and my daughter was realllly gratifying. I don't remember, but I imagine I began my Christmas planning in October and got crazy over finding just the right recipes for cookie making and pretty soon time went by, and I kinda checked out of the blog. By the way, Ingrid I did keep checking in on your blog and over at tastespotting etc. and found many, way too many, recipes that I have clipped and piled on top of all the others I have clipped and promised myself to start trying!
So, thanks for the nudge Ingrid and I am going to check back in. But now that you know, don't be surprised if I am AWOL every so often....just seems to be the thing I do. I have been eating much healthier and much more vegetarian and feeling great. In January, I started juicing again on my days off . Trying, a couple of days a week, to give my body a rest from digesting heavy foods...a day of green juices and tea and then a light dinner or salad if I want to do a "raw" day. I stop at the Whole Foods and buy kale, spinach, beets, parsley, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, apples, ginger, limes and juice 'em all up and drink to my health! I just love it and, I think, the main reason is that I feel I am feeding my body exactly what it wants and needs!
Spring is finally just around the corner...no more 30 below zero days and I can hardly wait. I'll get back to you soon!