Chicken Fried Summer

Ree Drummond's (Pioneer Woman on Food Network) Chicken Fried Steak (and broccoli).

Dave made it for us last night and it was awesome.
(And messy. Holy deep fryer.)
 
I'm affectionately dubbing this summer my "Chicken Fried Summer."

Why, you ask?

Because I think my post-Survivor way of coping with transitions, stress, etc., has been to EAT.

Anything and everything!

 Sour gummy worms?

 Don't mind if I do.

 Chocolate cake?

 Sure.

 Green olives and chocolate cake? 

 Uh ... okay, sure!

The overeating is kinda (emphasis on KIND OF) funny for someone who starved on an island in the Philippines for 39 days last year, but work with me:

I'm doing the best I can.

And when I can do bester, I will. Promise.

 In the meantime, I'm just trying to begin a regular exercise routine to balance out the extra food intake AND love myself as I journey through this phase.

And even that hasn't been super easy for some reason. 

(For those of you who know me, you know this already, but Survivor Caramoan was insanely stressful for me. The whole experience: playing for a second time in an 11 month time-frame, the year of it's airing, "losing the million," the finale, breaking my foot the week before the finale, etc. And for some odd reason I just pickled myself in the stress. Blech.)

But my point!

I know it is/was just a TV show, but Survivor is/was so much more for me.  

It is/has been a significant "life event" for me (and our family)--and its life lessons are/have been sincerely profound.

So, I hope you will bear with me as I swim my way back into the mainstream of life.

It sure is wonky! 

Who knew a reality TV show could change my life. So. Much.



****


PS: It's not all FoodNetwork over here.

We ARE LOVING the lazy days of summer.
 

Yesterday we went through some new model homes in our development.

First World Problems ...
Look at this cute blue fridge--which I now want. (Regardless of how impractical it is.)

We also went to the library yesterday. Always fun! And free (minus our fines).

I checked this title out. And about 20 others!

No, I'm not mad at God, but the title cracked me up. Some people are so funny.

And we mailed Elder Meehan and his companion frisbees yesterday.

Because you can.


(This photo comes from Giverslog.com, 2013. Her idea. Brilliant!)





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