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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What I Ate Today: Wildwood Boardwalk Edition

We've got deep fried Oreos, candy bars, pickles, cookie dough, Kool-Aid...you name it, they'll fry it.

I went to the Wildwoods for the day, to spend a little time with my family and take my dog, Jack Jack, to the dog beach, and I thought it'd be fun to do a little "Day in The Life" style post with all the stuff I ate down the shore. So here we go!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I know I slacked off on posts again, but I have a (depressing) reason why. My car was totaled on my way home from work Wednesday evening, right before the holiday, and I've been dealing with all of the legal complications.

If you follow my Instagram, you've already seen the photo of my car and my post explaining what happened. No need to worry, I'm okay and no one in the accident was seriously injured.

Sorry everyone, I’ll have to post my food reviews later tonight when I get home. Someone hydroplaned last night on the highway on my way home from work and totaled my car. I’m okay (a little sore) but I was fully stopped and wearing my seat-belt at the time. Since it’s the holidays I won’t get the accident report until maybe next Tuesday or Wednesday, once I have that report and the other car’s insurance has my claim, I can get a rent a car or get a new used car to get to work, but for now… I’m house bound. (Which is fine by me, I’m sore anyway.) I'm at the chiropractor right now getting xrays just to be safe, but I’m okay and no one in the accident was seriously injured.

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Dec 24, 2015 at 7:54am PST

My muscles are sore, but look at my poor car. (She was named Misty. RIP Misty.) I've been busy doing all the fun legal stuff that comes with having your car smashed. I've already been to see a chiropractor, I have a script to get x-rays (just in case), called all the insurance companies involved, got a copy of the police report, my mother drove over and got a copy of my car's release paperwork for the other party's insurance to look it over and assess everything, and now I just need to wait for the holidays to be over for all the legal-wheels to start turning and help me get my life back together. I need to get a rent a car or something to get to work on Monday, and start looking for a used car to replace mine so I can get to my day job, which is an hour away from my home, after the rental car stuff ends. 

I'm trying to keep a positive outlook, but let's be honest. This sucks! I'm trying to get some reviews together tonight and queue things up so things can posts normally while I deal with this fiasco, so NEW POSTS ARE ON THE WAY~!

Have a lovely holiday and stay safe! 

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.

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.)

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