Back to the Old Blog

I took a year off from this blog to devote my time to my other blog, "Grand Canyon Trip of a Lifetime", and since I posted my final post-trip blog on that blog, I am resuming this one.
If you read my other blog, you would know that I am almost up to where I was before I was forced into retirement by medical issues.  Actually, one surgery, lots of physical therapy and lots of work under the direction of some great personal trainers at LA Fitness later, I am in better shape than I was.  I am back on my Forteo, which I am receiving free of charge from Eli Lilly for the next 24 months, after being off of it for 5 weeks.  I was on it for 11 months prior to that, and my bone density has more than doubled.  I am still going to the gym 3 days a week for a double training session each time and some cardio and I feel great!  I go off my diet every time I travel, which isn't good, but then I try to work harder when I get home.  I have too many friends who have had heart attacks or scares lately and I don't want to be a statistic.
I will hopefully be able to go back to work, at least part-time or 3/4 time to supplement my Social Security and retirement checks once I relocate to Cumming, GA, which I hope to do by the end of the year.  I'm hoping to beat hurricane season, but I have a lot of junk to get rid of or sell on e-Bay before I move and I am going to tackle one room at a time.  Since I plan to downsize, I will only be taking a third of my furniture and will sell/donate the stuff I bought for a few thousand dollars from the previous owners because it will cost more to move it than buy new stuff which will be more to my taste anyways.
I've been trying lots of new recipes, which I have gleaned from other sites online and re-pinned on my Pinterest boards, so if you have any healthy recipes that are vegetarian or which don't mix meat and dairy or which don't include shellfish, pork or lamb, please share them with me.  I've watched lots of shows on the food networks while I haven't been working (except for the 11 months I was working on the Obama campaign), and I have been trying to expand my palate.  I especially love Indian and Southeast Asian food and anything that is spicy or uses a lot of herbs.  I just made some Sriracha Chicken Strips that were pretty good, especially dipped in more Sriracha.
I am also seriously hooked on Scramble (a speed Scrabble-type Zynga game on the internet) and Words With Friends, so if you like to play, I'm always looking for new partners. 
I've also been doing a lot of reading, so if you have read any interesting books lately, let me know.  I am currently reading Sonya Sotomayor's autobiography, "My Beloved World", Michael Connelly's "The Black Echo" and listening to some old Reacher novels by Lee Child, that somehow I missed.  I have books on tape that I listen to in the car. 
Have a nice weekend, everyone!