Today has been okay as far as Mondays go. I got my new bluetooth headset in and it worked fine with my phone. I just finally updated my old phone and got out of the age of black and white display and bad sounds. Also the new Cooking Light came in today and I am looking forward to reading it and picking some recipes to try out this coming month. I have decided along with my goal of posting more that I will also do a goal of cooking at home twice a week. Tomorrow will be the first day. I took out a couple frozen chicken breasts and put them in a ziplock and placed them in the fridge. I'll make them into something tomorrow. Step by step I will get there....get new habits, well actually they are old habits I let slide, back in place.

My only complaint for the day is that my back is bothering me. It's been almost 10 years since the disk in my back ruptured and I still live with pain most days. Some not so bad....others that suck. Today is on the more sucky side. In fact I have been cold this evening and had to crank the heat up and the back got so bad that I had to put an ice pack on it. But I need to remember what I am thankful for....as it could be worse. When it first happened it was so painful that I couldn't stand but for a few minutes or I would black out from the pain. I spent 2 months in bed barely able to get up to go to the bathroom and many months after that just getting to where I could walk for more than a few minutes without my whole right leg going numb. And thankfully the 30-45 minute leg cramps that left me sobbing because I couldn't get any relief are gone also. I am thankful that I was able to heal and that I didn't end up disabled for the rest of my life. I can live with a painful day compared to what it was back then.

I also thankful for all of you who read and help to inspire me.