Sadie, I *KNOW* you're gonna attain that apron tying goal. It's the type of person you seem to portray. You set goals & then you attain them. Big WTG!
Congratulations for putting your open hands on your hips, too. I'm so glad you're seeing progress & am happy you report it to us. It shows what one can accomplish in baby-steps, which ends up being a marathon in the end. Just think where you were 9 weeks prior to surgery. You've come a long way.
DH got home, I forgot to "time" helping put groceries away. I'm pretty tired, so doubt that I'll fully complete my 90-minute 1st round. I did 45-minutes of one though.
I believe, under the "circumstances" of being in the dental chair for a "hairy" root canal (meaning it was a tough one for my dentist & his assistant), it taking 3+ hours, I have the right to take it easier this afternoon.
The postal carrier drove our box of 2 books to our home. He's the sub & the carriers no longer bring snail mail letters, bills, etc.. to the house, when delivering pkgs. & I believe it's because it could blow off or away, get wet or an animal could get it.
DH will checked our locked mailbox (inside a community of locked boxes) when he gets the garbage can/recycle bin. Oh. I just remembered: DH is getting firewood with his neighbor-buddy tomorrow, so we need to get up early in the a.m. I'll get up early to be able to s2s before he leaves.
Oh, bless DH's ♥ ! He got some yogurts, rice pudding, tapioca, & soft seafood salad, too, for me.
I need to "remember", too, how I can eat applesauce & bananas, too. I sure did love my scrambled eggs with sea salt this a.m. They hit the spot.
See? I CAN cook!
I love to make Cream of Wheat, too. DDAD called ALL cooked cereal "MUSH". He was so funny. He got us fed & off to school b/c DMOM was off at work early, with a long commute. This was before they divorced when I was 16.5. Then I got a new Step-Dad, but I got married & moved out at age 18.75, so didn't know him for that long or that well. He'd always wanted a DD, so he gave me his inherited hope chest. I still have it.
A word of warning though..... This is SO embarrassing!!!
I was going through a hand crafting phase. I was a young mom & G. S. Leader. I had Brownies. I learned how to make dough art, bake them, shellack them, add a bent piece of metal for a hanging ribbon, etc... So I made many, gave many away. After one Christmas, I didn't know where to store them. I put them in my cedar hope chest. About 3 months later, I went to open my hope chest, to fetch out seasonal clothes. PPPEEEEEUUUUUU!
My dough ornaments had softened, stunk up the inside of the cedar chest like crazy, so I scrubbed it, let it air dry & it didn't work.
I asked people I knew if they had any idea what to do, everyone didn't know, they were surprised it happened to a cedar chest, etc... I even went to Martha Stewart's message boards to ask, but only 1 tip sounded good, which was vinegar & water washing it out & air drying outdoors. I tried it, it was less of an odor, but still smelled a bit. I stopped storing clothing in it, put in journals instead, & then 1 day, I went to my hope chest, 2 years later, it smelled GR8!
I was so happy. I'd used an envelope from the grocery store with sachet in it, to freshen it up, along with dryer sheets. So I never-ever wanted to hand craft dough art ornaments again, & I never-ever put anything cooked & dried into my hope chest again. I learned my lesson. It's sad, too, because some of the ornaments were delightful, like a gnome, etc...
It's a good idea to take care what you store in your cedar chest.
I'm going to go rest now. Take care, Everyone!
