I'm Back to Let You Know That I Can Really Shake Em' Down

Hello my fellow Gordon lovers!

It has been about 3 years since my last post, but alas, I have returned! SOOOOO much has happened in the last 3 years. Way too much for one blog post, but I am looking forward to sharing all the crazy antics that have taken place, as well as, getting back on this journey I was once on. I have done so much soul searching over the last few years, and the more I search the more I realize I am far too creative to be stuck in an office. I need to create something every single day to be happy, but more importantly to keep my kids happy. They are both budding, little artists that can't get enough of painting, creating, baking, playing pretend etc., and as a working mother,  it is so easy to get caught up in the day to day of "what needs to be done next?" that we forget that these little people in our life need us for more than just a dinner on the table and a kiss goodnight. It is easy to fall into this routine of get home, cook dinner, clean up the day's mess that the kids made that resembles the aftermath of an F4 tornado, get the kids in the bath, read a book, kiss them goodnight, and fall into bed as if you have just ran your first Chicago Marathon. It's repetition and structure, but for those of us trapped in the mind of the creative, it is a prison sentence. And this my friends is why I am returning to this blog that I have neglected for the last three years.

This is my happy place. Creating meals, daydreaming about Gordon Ramsay, and telling you fine folks all about it. I am a creative. I am trapped in a mind that views the outside world in an unusual way. I romanticize just about anything, and I NEED to create. I NEED to express myself....and then I remembered this blog. So I decided that I should do a quick search for it, and to my surprise I found it pretty easily. I read through some of my old posts, and the biggest smile came across my face. Remembering the feelings of what this blog provided to me, urged me to get back to it ASAP! I wanted to write last night! I wanted to come home from work and whip out some crazy meal I have never tried cooking before and blog all about it. Unfortunately, that wasn't in the cards due to a 4 week hiatus from grocery shopping because I have been involved in a theatrical production of "Lend Me a Tenor." So instead, I came home, the hubs had made tacos, and I cut up an avocado. OOOOOOO, AAAHHHHH, right? Badass, I know. And then I did a couple baskets from the mountain of laundry that has taken over our living room. All things that had been neglected because mommy thought it was a super awesome idea to do a play while the hubs is in his super busy season with work. Dumbest idea ever, and will not happen again! So with that being said, I am back on track to a normal life, but this time I refuse to fall into the structured schedule of work, come home, cook/eat dinner, give the kids a bath, read a book, and go to bed. I need more. I need to feel alive again, and I am hoping that you, my readers will come back to me and know that I am in it for the long haul this time. I am sorry that I disappeared on you so quickly. You didn't deserve that, and to make it up to you, I am going to go to the store ASAP to get ingredients for something super exciting for this weekend. Of course, I will take pics, and tell you all about it!

Ps. I have not honed my cooking skills any more in the last three years....I am still an infant when it comes to being in the kitchen, but damnit, I still want to meet Gordon so so badly! And therefore, I learn.

Happy Cooking Everyone!!