I have literally had a smorgasbord of thoughts and ideas invading my brain today. That is the great thing about ADHD, I am packing for vacation, cleaning the house, washing clothes, cleaning out the car, AND thinking of blogging ideas. The down side of ADHD is that right now, with my dining room chairs sitting in the living room so that I can mop the kitchen, and a load of laundry in the washer waiting their turn in the dryer (which has a load that is now dry as indicated by the buzzer), my bed is waiting new sheets, and clothes that need folding..........and yet I have now sit down to blog.
WELCOME TO MY WORLD!
I am looking forward to being at the beach but it is very stressful thinking about bathing suits. I tried on my bathing suits this morning which is a very painful way to spend one's morning. As I veered into the mirror I began to think about dimples of all things. (Imagine why?) Well, I have concluded that someone needs to invent a tool to suction out the dimples we have in places we will choose not to name. If there is a tool such as this for vehicles SURELY someone can invent one for our bodies.
Next on my mind is the fact that I have made my parents proud with my decision to finally plant a garden this year. It isn't a large garden but we thought we would begin small and work our way up! (My dad's garden is huge. Of course my parents can food and give me and my brother and sister food; however, my dad also gathers veggies and distributes them to elderly people in the community and widows in the community.)
I often think about the fact that I won't have my grandmother and mother forever and there is so much knowledge that they have that will be lost unless I begin to document and capture all I can while I can. So, I am inspired in a way I have never before been.
I am much of a tomboy and athletic minded. I have NO talent with regard to decorating a home, landscaping, cooking, OR canning/preserving food. I come from a family of really good cooks. I have never had a friend that has come to my parents house to eat that didn't love my mother's cooking. When I do attempt to cook the same way my mother cooks I typically never attempt it again if it doesn't taste the same way her's does. (My sister isn't nearly as "homemaker challenged" as I am. She typically helped mom growing up but mom would tell me to go play with my brother so that is what I did. That is what I am good at........playing, and I really have never overcome it.)
Growing up, I had a cooked breakfast, dinner, and supper EVERY SINGLE DAY. Mom cooked from scratch and is such a natural at cooking. JDouglas had never had a homemade biscuit until he came to my mom's to eat and I had never had a canned biscuit until I lived on my own. Sad but true.
I don't have a big enough garden this year to can or freeze food but I do plan to help my mother and I am going to share the "tricks of the trade" so to speak when I do. I am also going to share recipes from my mother and grandmother and may even do this by way of video so that I won't have to commit it to memory and challenge my ADHD mind.
SO, I hope you will stay tuned in the coming weeks and will enjoy having this information as much as I will enjoy obtaining it~
