While I’m googling booklists, I thought I’d post a link to the supposed 20 essential cookbooks.  My mom has a few of these, but I have none.  I might have to go searching on Amazon . . .

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I love to cook! It’s one of my favorite things to do, though I rarely have time to do it (2 jobs and grad school does that to you).

One of the things I enjoy the most is trying new recipes, especially when I find older family recipes. I have a tea cake recipe that my grandmother used to make when I was a little girl, and I was so delighted to finally give it a try and have them come out just the way I remembered them!

Most of the recipes I try aren’t in cookbooks, so I have a binder that is overflowing with recipes I’ve either tried or are waiting to be tried. I’ve been looking for a while to find a way to keep them better organized, and of course the internet provided just that.

This neat website called TasteBook lets you create your own cookbooks! You can put in your own recipes, find great pictures, and then actually get it bound! For about $20 you can have a professionally printed cookbook for your own personal use!

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I hope that everyone has had a fantastic Turkey Day! As I mentioned, my parents drove up here last night to join my brother (who goes to a nearby school), AJ, and myself for Thanksgiving supper in my apartment. I had to work until almost 5, so my mom did all the cooking, which was so amazing! We had a delicious meal, even though it was in my tiny apartment. It was great to get to share the holiday together even though I had to work. Tomorrow the plans include going to look at possibly getting a Christmas tree for me! WOO HOO!

Also, I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve done a little Christmas decorating around the blog! You can thank Lisa for the AWESOME design that she’s made for me! I can’t express how excited I am about this design. It makes me want to drink hot chocolate by the fire while listening to Nat King Cole!

How was everyone else’s Thanksgiving?

This week, after almost a month of following WeightWatchers (again) and being good about cooking my own meals here at home, I have totally gone off my rocker. Half of this week my meals have consisted of Starbucks drinks and pastries (which, as delicious as they are, are not good if you eat them every day!), and the other half I have ordered delivery . . . chicken fingers, pizza, and tonight, the worst . . . Chinese.

This is a problem! Why did I lose my motivation? I was doing well, and all of a sudden it just seems like too much effort.

Does anyone have any advice or tips to offer me? How do you keep your motivation? HELP ME!!!