Hi Croix & everyone,
I made mmMuffins today. They have lots of fruit & macadamia nut pieces & some seed mix, plus cinnamon in them. I couldn't decide which fruit to add, so I went with what I have: bananas, strawberries, apples & blueberries. I haven't had much success including tomato in my pancakes, so I didn't add that fruit.
I realised that if I didn't make some mmMuffins today, I was heading towards feeling disappointed in myself, because I've been promising myself (& LRC, Sumo & Foxy Dog) I would make some when I had returned from hospital, & I even bought the cinnamon for the purpose. So a few more days go by & I still haven't made any more. It occurred to me, I'm not happy with this procrastination.
I want to do such things as I am able, while I am able, without making a huge mess, or when the risk of physically harming is minimal, as it is for anyone who cooks for themselves. I don' want to quit even though it seems daunting, just thinking of ensuring my ingredients are ready, & thinking of the clean-up afterwards.... & the things that can go wrong at any moment. I get so quickly frustrated, irritated, & flustered & I forget things, lose things, didn't place my oven rack evenly in the oven - only to realise when the oven was hot.... for example.
But if they taste yummy (as they do, today), I at least somewhat forgive the small mishaps that occured when cooking.
What's that thread, for mentioning the self-care things you did today? What is it ...'Three self-care things you did today'? I think that's right. I will try to find it.
For now, I have a quote. Larry Niven misquoted this in one of his books. The original quote is:
“A hen is an egg’s way of making another egg.”
From Samuel Butler, Life and Habits [1877]
Hugzies,
mmMekitty
