Do One Thing Daily

My 50th post! A milestone in itself. My mom is encouraging me to Do One Thing daily to move myself toward my goal...to be a thin, healthy writer. So today I write. Tomorrow I will exercise and write and the next day and the next day and day by day I will become my dream.

It was somewhat difficult to pack up Dolores's clothes last night and I couldn't have done it without my mom helping me decide what to keep, what to give to her, what to give to Terrie and what to donate. So Aaron and I donated 3 huge bags to Haiti and kept 2 huge bags that we will give to The Cancer Federation. My mom took what she wanted, I kept what I wanted and I have one huge bag for Terrie. It was hard for Aaron to see "our" mom's things go so we will have to move slowly if we get rid of more of her things in the future. Thank goodness we don't have to try to sell a house or condo. It's easier and we can take our time since she lived with us. Everything she had is right downstairs.

Tomorrow I will make what we like to call Old Faithful. For some strange reason, we've decided that Chinese potstickers and baked fish planks were the bee's knees about 4 years ago. It's an easy meal to make. I put the fish in the oven and let it cook while I sautee the potstickers in a skillet with olive oil and teriyaki sauce. When they are done I put some in a bowl for each of us and sprinkle more teriyaki sauce and rice wine vinegar over them, stir and serve. When the fish are done cooking, I serve them with 1/2 slice of cheese over each portion with some fresh or canned vegetables.

Food For Thought:

It's been getting easier for me to climb the stairs at work. I'm not so heavily weighed down with grief. I am moving in to a lighter form of sadness and it's making me feel lighter. It's a welcome feeling. Don't get me wrong, I can cry about Dolores in an instant when the mood hits or someone says or does a certain thing that tugs on my heartstrings, but that feeling is not ever-present like it was. I'm very interested in exercising to firm up my body, to become stronger, to have less daily physical pain. To become a thinner, healthier writer...