Last Saturday, I cooked. I took photos. I was going to show you what I’ve done this week – my successes and failures.
I was so jazzed!
And then I came down with a bad cold yesterday – the worst I’ve had in years.
I keep coming down to my computer, trying to work myself up to post the recipes I made. “You can do it,” I tell myself. “You’ll be happy once you do. Go! Go! Go!”
But my nose is running like the creek behind my Grandpa’s shed. My head is as stuffed as the Revere Ware lids I have jammed into a drawer. My chest is as tight as the nylons I used to be able to wear before I gained the last ten pounds. My eyes are tearing up as if they want to help me cry in a bucket, in the same way I wanted to cry when I drove into a bush and scratched the side of our Toyota mini van.
I’m going to surrender to it.
I’m going to climb into my bed with a heating pad and watch all of the movies I’ve got piled up on my DVR. I’m going to look pathetic, so that my family will bring me ice water with lemon and Popsicles. I’m going to moan and groan and feel properly sorry for myself.
And then, once the cold is gone, I’m going to come out here and post the following things:
1. The Great Banana Bread Extravaganza. Last weekend, I baked three banana bread recipes in a row. Two of them were my aunt’s recipes and one of them was the recipe for the banana bread I sent to Gary on his mission. (Now, that’s a story for you. I’ll tell it to you when I write the post.) I made the members of my family taste all three breads without telling them which was which and they all voted for the same one.
Which recipe won?
You’ll have to stay tuned to find out.
2. 7-Up Jello with pineapple cream topping. Delish. It’s my favorite Jello salads.
3. Blonde Brownies with chocolate chips. Even though I made a mistake when I baked these (which I will tell you about), my family snarfed them down so quickly that I didn’t get a chance to get my share. Bummer.
I also have it in mind to finally fix the hem of one of my favorite skirts. It’s currently draped across a chair in my bedroom as a reminder that I want to fix it before winter’s over. It’s been there for two months now and it’s getting pretty wrinkled, because Gary keeps sitting on it. I’m going to show you how I fix said skirt, because it seems that my little clothing repair posts are quite popular.
You guys are AWESOME!
Your amazing support of my declaration that I need to be real as I write my blog posts in the 7 Reasons Not to Overly Organize Your Home essay has re-kindled my enthusiasm for this blog. My plan is to show you what I’m doing as I sort-of keep my home going and if one of my idea fails – because I did it wrong or because it was just a bad idea – I’m going to go ahead and post the failure and tell you what to do so that it will turn out better for you than it did for me.
It will be so tempting not to show you my failures. But I’m going to do my best to be brave and post what really happened, because sometimes, we learn more from seeing what other people did wrong than from thinking that they never make mistakes.
Hopefully, I’ll have more successes than failures, but if I don’t… you’ll hear about it.
It will be weird. It will be strange. But it will be my real life.
So tell me… has anybody got a home remedy that will help me feel better? The over-the-counter medicines I’ve been taking aren’t helping much.
Oh my, hope you feel better soon. Please don’t worry, you have plenty of time to post whenever you are ready! Have you heard of the cinnamon & honey treatment? My husband was sick about a week ago and he tried it…but be sure to eat a cracker with it if you think it will upset your tummy.
It is 1 teaspoon of honey mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon …take morning and evening.
That sounds simple. I’ll have to try it. Just got to melt the honey that is crystallizing on the top shelf. I hear that the microwave works great for that.
Ro, I don’t like cold medications and never take them because they just make me feel bad, but one thing I rely on and always keep in my purse and in my medicine cabinet is a simple little thing – it’s a Vick’s Inhaler – looks like a little tube of lipstick and it really, really, really helps with the stuffiness – you just hold one side of your nose and breathe the Vick’s (it’s solid and inside the tube so no nasty sprays) and then do the same with the other side of your nose. Honest! It helps and you can use it as often as you want. I like to make hot toddies too, but I don’t drink, so I make them with a little honey, some cinnamon, some lemon juice and just heat it up on the stove (the microwave isn’t good for the honey) and sip on it. It makes me feel better!
I hope you feel better soon!
I haven’t thought of Vick’s for years! I may even have one up there – or at least, the pot of it. I need to look. Your hot toddy reminds me of something. I love lemon herbal tea with some read lemon added to it. I haven’t had a cold for so many years, I’ve kind of forgotten about the tried-and-try remedies. It’s really helpful that you guys are sharing with me.
Sleep and plenty of rest…can’t wait to see what banana bread recipe made the cut! Feel better soon!