I Can't Believe I Blogged About Turkey Burgers!

Man, how sad is MY LIFE? hahaha

OK, not really sad at all, after all it is fun to write about different things, especially food. But wow, what a lame post that was!

This blog has definitely steered away from its original purpose which was to write a book about my life, but that project has really taken a back seat as I find I am still working on stuff. Stuff within myself. When I am working on me...writing really doesn't happen. You guessed it, I start writing about turkey burgers.

When I started blogging back in August or September last year I had goals about making money online, and I have made a few bucks here and there. I've even been hired to write by a few online publishers. Then my blogs started becoming more personal, and I created more blogs...it became fun and addicting. Now I am working on some more emotional and spiritual things and I am learning to simply have FUN. Writing about my life doesn't quite hold the same value as it did earlier this year. My life is still happening, and I think some of the most important stuff might be happening RIGHT NOW. How amazing that all the crap and the garbage of the past is now in the back seat, and as I walk through each day, I shed layers and layers of hurt and pain and keep walking forward, smiling, laughing and singing.

Blogging has been an awesome tool for me, and I am not sure where it is going next but if you want to stick around and find out, it might be FUN! I will try not to post about turkey burgers anymore.

Turkey Burgers, YUM!

Probably nobody noticed, but I took a short hiatus from blogging. Just some personal wound licking that has been long past due, no biggie, life goes on.

We had turkey burgers for dinner. I was at the grocery today, watching my food budget as usual and found that ground turkey meat was half the price as hamburger meat. I decided to give it a shot. Turkey is also less fat and therefore healthier. I made up some turkey burger patties the same way I prepare hamburger patties and grilled them up. They were a total hit with my kids and just as delicious! (Do the math, costs less, healthier, tastes great) I saved 3 ways!

A personal note on how to make your burgers even HEALTHIER! Load them up with VEGGIES! Not lettuce, in fact STAY AWAY FROM LETTUCE! Use spinach leaves instead! Tomatoes! Avocado! Pickles! YUM YUM!

Moongirl out.

I Met David Blue!

Yesterday I was at work pouting. I hate work. But toward the end of the day I was noticing a guy who was wine tasting with his friends. He looked so familiar I could not stop looking at him. I was thinking that he had been in the winery before, maybe within the last few weeks, but I wasn't sure. I was pouring him a wine sample when I blurted out, "have you been here before? You look soo familiar." He said, "no". He was surrounded by three girls and one of them said, "He's an actor, you see him on television!" I thought they were joking, so I played along. "He's on Ugly Betty!" they laughed and the guy blushed. "Ya right! I watch that show..." I did not believe them. As I poured another sample he looks at me and says, "I really am on Ugly Betty." hmmm, "really?" I asked. My mind went through the files and suddenly I recognized him...my face lit up..."OOOH! You are Mark's boyfriend!!!" YIPPEE!! I met a tv star! I was so excited I got his autograph. I have never asked for an autograph before, but he was very sweet and wrote on a wine tasting sheet, "Lisa, thanks for getting me drunk! ~David Blue"

After he wrote it, he became a little concerned, so he whispered..."I'm not really drunk!" I said, "I know!" *grinning at how cute he was*

If you do not watch Ugly Betty, I highly recommend it. It is a fun show and even with all the silliness and drama, it carries a good message. Support David Blue and the new Season of Ugly Betty this Fall, Thursday's at 8 on ABC.

Good Sunday Morning

I am in a happy place. Not happy like fairy princess happy, but I do feel at peace. I have quieted my Subconscious, the Little Voice that used to rule my every waking and sleeping moment, the exhausting questioning, whining and complaining voices that pissed me off all day long. Today I am quiet. My heart aches, but in a good way. In an excited way. In a happy way.
I have worked for years to sew the pieces of my heart back together...but even when you do that you have another challenge. The challenge of keeping your heart whole once you have put it back together. How do you do that? Good question.

The Subconscious Self says things like, "BUILD A WALL! DON'T LET ANYONE IN! THIS IS NOW OUR FORTRESS!" and at first, that is what I did. I let a few people in, little by little...testing the grounds of trust and friendship but still keeping my distance. Sometimes a friend would push a button and I would freak out a little bit, back off and hide in the fortress again, but amazingly the fortress door was still open and once again I would venture out. My Higher Consciousness would start to talk to me over the Subconscious, it would say, "See? It's not so bad. I am bringing you loving people, its okay...talk to them, they will listen."

Recently one of my friends pushed a button, and although I freaked out I did not hide. I stood in the doorway of my fortress. I had a decision to make. Do I go back in, or do I step outside? I stood frozen in the doorway. My friend kept talking. I was listening. Finally I took a step outside, and then another. My friend embraced me and now I am exploring the aspects of a new and glorious room in my heart. The sewn patches are healing, the scars and stitches disappearing. The Subconscious voices murmuring in the background, "what if, what if, what if..." the Higher Consciousness saying "Good girl, you did it!"

I realize my mistake in the past was to put my heart in someone else's hands. Giving them the power to hurt or heal. The healthier way is to share your heart. Hold it in your own hands as if it were a prized possession and show it to the other person as a precious gift. Watch your heart glow and pulsate and smile as you present it...explain to that person why it has a few bumps and bruises but do not expect them to be the healing power. Heal it yourself, love it and treasure all the experiences. Find a way to be thankful for pain. Find a way to be yourself and that way you will have something wonderful to offer another person when that opportunity comes around.

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