I had a very successful day in the kitchen. I made mini cheaters banana nut, chocolate chip, cherry muffins and cheaters chocolate fudge with nuts and sugar free mini cheesecakes. On top of that I manged to do three loads of laundry and fix stove top shepherd's pie for supper amidsts doing lots of dishes. I feel VERY productive! I made enough for the gals at home and for the club.

It was so much fun digging and doing all that cooking and baking. Gosh! I guess it has been a while since I attacked a kitchen with a vengeance. And I managed to do all that without the least desire to taste test my products. It was just a whole lotta good, clean, calorie free fun. Who'da thunk?

We played 'Fact or Crap' tonight. It was my first time ever. Was lots of fun but I bet it would be even more fun with more folks. Oh yeah, gonna hunt me up a crew sooner or later. It's on my list of things to do.

I had to look up 'wail' in the dictionary to spell it. I keep one (oh, and a thesaurus too) within arms reach whenever I am writing...no matter how casual the reason. Musta been all that Catholic schooling. That was impressed upon us. However, I do think I owe a special tribute to my delinquent youth. I wrote quite a few dictionary pages at ten years old...a consequence I really detested at the time. I remember trying to get by writing every other definition on the page. Got busted big time on that one. Thank goodness! Where would I be today if I hadn't? I have an extensive vocabulary and dictionary I am not afraid to use. LMAO

The wind has been whipping like crazy around here. It sounded like the wail of the sirens from mythology at times. What an intense experience! The sheer energy in it was just mind numbing. That's where I often see my evidence of god...in all those powerful and subtle and magnificent parts of nature. I can't feel an overpowering wind without feeling like my higher power's hand has touched me. I understand about their god that died on a cross or who sits with a white beard, white robe and staff but even when I journey to those churches, that's not the god that I understand in my heart and soul. That's not the god that I pray to when I turn to pray. My god doesn't fit in four walls or in the pages of some special book. I guess that's a November thought. At meetings we've been discussing the 11th step a lot...Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with god as we understand him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out. I am so grateful that I have embraced this way of life. What the hell what I thinking before???

Speaking of grateful...I still have to get to that gratitude list. It's been a busy day and that will be a lovely way to wind down.