I'm Alive! - Posting 2 days a week!~ (Tuesday & Thursday)

Your eyes do not deceive you, I'm back. Again. 

After several years of posting every single day I dropped the ball, kept trying to pick it back up, only to drop it again. And again. I've lost count of how many "I'm back" posts I've written over the last 3 years.  

Food blogging makes me happy, so one of my resolutions is to pick it back up, but doing a post every single day is out of the question. In the past, I've stuck to an "all or nothing" mentality, where if I am not posting everyday, there is no point. Sticking to that does nothing but set me up for more failure, and food back-log hoarding. (Seriously. I have SO MUCH FOOD. #firstworldfailurefoodbloggerproblems.) My goal is to post twice a week, once I get that going at a steady pace I might add a day in here or there. After all, slow and steady wins the race.

I'll be posting something later today, to get the ball rolling, but (for now) I'll be posting every Tuesday and Thursday. I hope you guys are ready for some wacky (old) stuff because I have quite the backlog to work my way through. 

It's good to be back.  

  © Maria Smith http://poison-and-antidote.net

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New Look: Blogception!

A photo of my blog on my blog...blogception! (How old is that joke? I still haven't seen that movie.)

In all seriousness, I spent most of my time the last few days trying to tweak the overall look and design for this page. Admittedly it isn't a complete overhaul, but I like it. It's a good start.

I hope to add a few more things in the future, like a little photo of me and a short bio, but I am weird when it comes to taking "selfies." (The word alone makes me cringe.)

I know it isn't 100% done yet, and there are a few things to tweak here and there, but what do you think?

Accidentally deleted all my photos from my phone

Welp, I'm a genius.

I went to delete just one photo from my phone and I accidentally deleted the entire album. (Just my luck right?) My Droid has two albums, one tied to my SD card and Dropbox, and another that uses my phone's memory. Guess which one I deleted?

I tried a few different programs to try and salvage the photo files, but the recovered images were ones I deleted over a year ago, nothing recent. This means that I lost all my photos from Target the other day. It isn't the end of the world, and I'm actually not too bummed about it since all my sentimental photos are taken with a real camera and stored on an external drive, but it stinks because I photographed some things I wanted to show all of you.

Thankfully I bought a few of the more of the interesting items I saw, so I am going to try and make a haul video tomorrow. (I actually got a decent video camera, so I am excited to be making more videos in the near future.)


I'll be positing a new food review in just a few minutes. I just wanted to give all of you a heads up as to why my Spotted on the Shelves entry post is caput.  

FYI HERE'S A LITTLE INFO FOR TARGET SHOPPERS: 

Target has put all of it's pumpkin spice items on clearance. The Pumpkin Spiced Chai syrup I loved is on clearance for about $2.50. There were also pumpkin spiced coffees and pumpkin Starbucks VIA on sale. There are a few seasonal Archer Farms products on clearance too, like instant cranberry oatmeal.

Gingerbread flavored K-Cups are also on clearance.

Pecan Pie Pringles are on clearance for .75 cents. If you read my review, you'd know I wasn't a fan, but if you were curious you can pick up a can for less than a dollar.

Check out my Sometimes Foodie Instagram

I finally made an instagram account!

I post photos from my daily life, food, and various arts and crafts I am making and working on. Check out some of my photos below. These are a few foodie items that haven't been in blog posts.

2013: A Look Back and Thank You

Here is a little blast from the (somewhat recent) past. A look back at the items I reviewed in 2013! Check out last year's collage HERE.


I want to take a moment to thank all of you who visit my blog and support my foodie obsession. Thank you for every like, reblog, or favorite. It seems silly, but it really means a lot to me. The occasional message or comment from you, the readers, always makes me a little giddy, because I get to talk with awesome people who are as obsessed with food as I am. I look forward to more communication with you like minded foodies in 2014.

As someone who has always been obsessed with food in one way or another, I started this blog as a hobby. When I left college and finished my teaching degree I really missed the creativity that came along with design and branding. Although I do have my own shop and design brand, I wanted to practice taking product-quality photos and writing. Admittedly, I had terrible writing skills all throughout my academic career. I saw my writing assignments as putting a mess of words on a page to meet a requirement. Writing this little food blog, and having something that I actually wanted to communicate to others, has made me a much better writer and blogger. (At least I think so. You should have seen my writing before!)

Without getting too sappy, I really love working on this blog and I am looking forward to 2014 and the years ahead.

Thank you for following me so far, and I hope you'll stick with me for the years to come.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Update! I was in the hospital!

Update!

Hello, Hello. I’m at a place called… Virtua.
I woke up feeling dizzy, so I went back to bed. About an hour later the room was spinning and I couldn’t stand. I tried to sleep it off, but the feeling wouldn’t go away, so I was taken to the hospital.
Five hours later…I’m told thatI have vertigo.

It’s nothing like the movie. (Although it is a great film.) Everything spins, you feel like you can’t stop, you sweat, and you’re way too nauseous to eat anything.
I didn’t get to eat until 11pm tonight! That’s when the medicine kicked in and I was discharged.

Thankfully I have medication and I feel all better. I’ll get back to my regular updates tomorrow!

Thank you for understanding.

Update on Little Kitty

Thank you for your patience with my other updates.

For those interested, here’s an update on little kitty.

He has been taken to the Almost Home animal rescue.

If you’re in the NJ area, and looking for an awesome addition to your family, please come visit him. He is REALLY friendly and affectionate. I already have three cats and a puffy puppy, or else I would have kept him for myself.

Asian Food Market: Cherry Hill, NJ - Part 2

Asian Food Market: Cherry Hill, NJ  - Part 2 

Say hello to this sweet, nameless, baby kitty.

My sister and her friend found this stray kitten when he tried to wander into someone’s house earlier today. He’s healthy, clean, and really friendly, so he must have belonged to someone, but no owner came forward.

Baby kitty will be staying with us until the shelters reopen after the holiday.
He is super friendly and cries whenever he isn’t in someone’s lap, so I’m sure he’ll find a forever home very soon. (I wish I could keep him but I have a lot of pets already. A dog, several cats. ;_; )

In the meantime, here are a few more photos from the Asian Food Market. I’ll get back to my normal posting schedule tomorrow.

CHECK OUT TONS MORE PHOTOS BELOW!

Gummy Bears

Gummy Bears~!

Bouncing here and there and everywhere! (Who remembers that show?)

Sorry for the filler content tonight.

On a serious note, earlier today I took my precious cat, Rusty-Buttons, to the vet. He has been battling kidney failure for a long time with medication, but now his liver is starting to fail. There is no way to beat this. All we can do is make him comfortable.

I am queuing up posts for the rest of this weekend. My family and I want to spend as much time with him as we can.

Thank you for understanding, and posts will resume tomorrow.
(Why gummy bears? Because I call him my Rusty-Button-Boo-Bear.)

© Maria Smith http://poison-and-antidote.net

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My Tumblr Accounts

Sorry to interrupt the foodie adventures, but I wanted to let you all know that these are my Tumblr accounts (I have 3 total!)

1. Candy Coated Crazy (stuff I like - updates 7 times a day)
2. Poison and Antidote (my art - updates 2 times a day)
3. Sometimes Foodie (my food photos and reviews - updates 1 time a day)