I’m back

Hello friends I’ve missed my blog and interacting with you so I’m back. You may be wondering what I have been up to all this time; let me break it down for you.

In November I wrote a novel

NaNoWriMo

It was my first time ever participating in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo as it’s known. It was an amazing experience to say the least. I was so happy that I finished my novel in one month; I learned so much about writing along the way. I am not sure what I am going to do with it at this point. I did it more for the experience.

I watched my son build the Shuttle Expedition

LEGO shuttle expedition

It’s always exciting for me to watch my son build his LEGO sets and it’s not just because it is the only time he is actually quiet.

I Drank some green smoothies

Green Smoothie

I didn’t drink as many as I normally do; I made them mostly when I didn’t feel like making lunch.


Visited family in NYC for Christmas

1 WTC

It was so great to be around my family and back in NYC I love the energy of The City.

I also went to the LEGO store at Rockefeller Center

LEGO store

My son was so excited to go there. This is a picture of the window display; it’s made entirely out of action figures. Isn’t that so cool.

On Saturdays I went to the farmers market

Produce

Look at all these yummy goodies.

In February I went back to NYC and caught the Giants parade


NY Giants

Well that is my fluffy feelgood overview of what I have done over the past several months. In between those moments I did go through a difficult time where I was dealing with feeling depressed. I have struggled about weather or not I wanted to write about it and then I realized that writing is how I process things. I am not going to go into very much detail about it at this time; I’ll save that for another post. When I was feeling depressed I did not feel like eating or cooking, so writing about food was really out of the question for me. Now I am feeling good and I am in a better place so I feel like it is time for me to get back to my neglected blog. I will write more soon.

XO

 

Taking a hiatus

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Hi, I'm Neven and I live in Texas with my husband, son and dog. I was once a foodie, but now I eat a high raw diet. I blog about food, living with omnivores and how easy it is to eat healthy no matter where you are.