"...and now I know what al dente isn't" cracked me up. "My mistakes are mine now. I won’t learn with an audience. I bristle at external suggestions. There’s that obstinate girl again." is so relatable! Thank you for this!
(I live alone) my kitchen is such a mix of my “work” paper, groceries and cats that if it ever got “straightened up” (mom words) I wouldn’t be able to function …. Your casserole looks yummy!!
Having spent close to ten years or more in the restaurant business you would think your dad would like to cook as well. Nope! But when I do cook it is for me only (I’m sure your mom knows that’s best) and there is no recipes involved. Mostly because it’s a piece of meat and warming up some veggies.
I love the description of you when you were bartending and the mess you made. When I freelanced at a local magazine publisher, I did the same thing in whatever cubicle I was working in. Proofs and reference books piled everywhere, willy-nilly. I remember an editor coming up to me once and saying, “Can you do something about your cubicle? It’s getting a bit “Wini-ed out.” Now, that’s the description for whenever I make a mess at home, which is often.
I see it as a mark of great concentration. Or something.
No worries that you "can't " cook. You can write and that's better.
And a messy work station doesn't bother me.. but it bothers my husband which is why he drags his feet about cooking for us. Hates to make a mess.
I am a teacher of quilting and sewing. You should see the floor around me after an intense session.
I also wear my threads all over my clothes with pride.
Jane
I will forever be using "I can write and that's better!" whenever I feel less than LOL
"...and now I know what al dente isn't" cracked me up. "My mistakes are mine now. I won’t learn with an audience. I bristle at external suggestions. There’s that obstinate girl again." is so relatable! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for reading 🥰
(I live alone) my kitchen is such a mix of my “work” paper, groceries and cats that if it ever got “straightened up” (mom words) I wouldn’t be able to function …. Your casserole looks yummy!!
I'm trying to reach a level of acceptance that this is just how I need to operate!
Having spent close to ten years or more in the restaurant business you would think your dad would like to cook as well. Nope! But when I do cook it is for me only (I’m sure your mom knows that’s best) and there is no recipes involved. Mostly because it’s a piece of meat and warming up some veggies.
I must get my cooking style from you!!!
I love the description of you when you were bartending and the mess you made. When I freelanced at a local magazine publisher, I did the same thing in whatever cubicle I was working in. Proofs and reference books piled everywhere, willy-nilly. I remember an editor coming up to me once and saying, “Can you do something about your cubicle? It’s getting a bit “Wini-ed out.” Now, that’s the description for whenever I make a mess at home, which is often.
I see it as a mark of great concentration. Or something.
I've read a few times that disorganization is a sign of creative intelligence, so I'm sticking with that notion!!!