The To-Do's Of A Multi-Tasker

So today I got a lot of stuff done in my apartment. Did some writing, made some hearts for the kids at church out of melted crayons, they really liked that. I threw some stuff away, gave some stuff away, wrote a letter to my son, swept the kitchen, cooked, vacuumed the living room, packed some more boxes, threw away some more stuff, made a beautiful necklace, and after all of that, it was time to get ready to go to church. I managed to get a few of the many things on my to do list, ta done today, ha ha and I feel better about myself. I tend to be a multi-tasker and I look forward too much sometimes. I want to get everything done at once and it causes me to get overly anxious sometimes.

 I have to remind myself to calm down, get organized and don't overload my data banks. When I am in the kitchen, is when it really hits me. So used to cooking for a living that when I get into a kitchen even if it is for the simplest of tasks, I will end up cleaning the entire kitchen, organizing everything, washing every dish, cooking something, heating up some coffee and wiping down the counters in less time than it takes to say skippedy do dah. Most folks would think, huh? what's the problem with that? Well....when I am in another room trying to get a task accomplished and say I need to go into the kitchen to re-heat my coffee, for instance,
I can't just go in there and heat up the coffee in the microwave, no I put the coffee into the microwave, set the timer for 1 minute 25 seconds and then I proceed to clean the entire kitchen, even if it doesn't need it. I just hate standing idle for that 1:25, or I will start another task just to fill up the time of the 1:25, I just hate wasting time. I know that I must not be the only person that does this but, I have begun to irritate my own self so I can only imagine if I was living with someone, other than my dog Angel, how aggravating that would be to someone.

 I found myself earlier blowing my hair dry and brushing my teeth at the same time. Sounds crazy huh? well...I really did and I was like what in the world? am I really in this big of a rush? I know what it is, I have allowed myself to feel overwhelmed with all of the things that I need to get done before the move and so I feel the need to do more than one thing at a time. I have realized what the issue is and so now being the problem solver that I am, I have decided to analyze exactly what needs to be done before the move and anything that is not absolutely imperative will not get done until after the move.

So, no more jewelry design or making of fudge or crafts or any of the things that I thought I could or should get done before the move. I will be sticking to the list of absolute necessities and that is it. I definitely want to spend some time with friends before I leave Arkansas and in order for me to be able to do that and still get everything done, I am going to have to let some stuff go. Why do we do this to ourselves? Jesus said don't worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will have enough worries unto itself.

 We start getting anxious over stuff that doesn't need to be done yet. I will be thinking of things that need to be done 3 months from now, why am I stressing over that now? Lord knows I have enough stuff to do right now. So, I am doing what Jesus said to do, I am casting my cares upon Him, because He cares for me and He has all of the answers and He knows exactly what I need to get done and He will help me to reach my goal. As long as I keep myself rested up, prayed up and set realistic goals for myself. All will be well.

 Goodnight from Granny P's where happiness is homemade.

So much to do, so little time

The last few weeks have been very stressful as I have been preparing to move back to Alabama, my home state. I am so looking forward to being home again, there is just so much to get done. Pack all of my stuff, sell some stuff, give some away and donate some. Has been lots of work, to say the very least. Of course moving always is stressful. Some folks don't seem to mind moving, myself on the other hand, absolutely deplore it and would rather take a beating and let someone else do the moving.

I have been making necklaces and paper bead crosses, packing my stuff, organizing, making last minute phone calls, visiting with friends, tying up loose ends and it has taken it's tole on me. One of my dear friends looked at me yesterday and said you look tired. Only a good friend tells you stuff like that. She said you have dark circles under your eyes. I said yeah I know, I haven't been getting much sleep lately. Seems like such a waste of time when there is so much to get accomplished. I have to get more organized and realize that when it is time to go to bed to just go to bed. What good does it do to stay up so late and then get up early and feel horrible all day?

So with God's help, I am going to start going to bed earlier. I am one of those night owl people that get really productive late at night. Then I crash around 2 am and want to sleep until 10 or so. I really can't afford to sleep that late so I have been going to bed around 2am and getting up between 7 and 8:30am so needless to say I have been very tired as of late. Why do we do these things to ourselves when we know full well that we are only hurting ourselves? Wasn't it the Apostle Paul that said in essence that he did the opposite of what he wanted to do at times? Sure seems like that is me here lately. I plan to go to bed early and get up early and be all productive and awesome and then here I go again with the 2 am necklace making and cleaning and such, and then I am toast the next morning. No more!!! It is now 12:17 am and I am going to bed!!! Goodnight friends.

Keep your eyes open for some new recipes and fun stuff coming up soon. Love and peace to you all from Granny P's where happiness is homemade :)

The First Of Many Food Blog Entries

 

 

Granny P’s Healthy Crunch Tuna Salad

This is going to for sure be on the Granny P’s Catering Menu. I was just trying something new with tuna today and thought let’s just load it down with veggies, for go the egg, add some vinegar and herbs and see what happens. So first I diced 1 small carrot, 2 small celery ribs and yes the leaf goes in as well, mince that part. Now I added 1 small tender zucchini squash small diced, 1/3 cup green cabbage rough chopped, a medium sized yellow onion diced and a splash of white vinegar, you can use a champagne vinegar or an herbed vinegar would be great as well, like a tarragon or a rosemary anyways I digress. After I got all of the veggies diced and added the splash of vinegar then I sprinkled on just a touch of salt, a dash of dried rosemary, a dash of hot pepper flakes, a sprinkle of turmeric, a large sprinkle of garlic powder, gave it a quick stir and covered it up. I like to use a glass bowl when I am making anything with vinegar sometimes a metal bowl just doesn’t work well with vinegary things. After the veggies had marinated in the herbed vinegar mixture and soaked it up, about 20 minutes, then I added 2 small cans of tuna (I like to use live caught tuna packed in oil not water, the ones packed in water have way too much sodium for my liking) (Also I completely drain my tuna through a wire mesh strainer and then I press with paper towels to make sure that they tuna is as dry as possible) nothing worse than sloppy Tuna Salad. Now I added in about 1/3 cup of mayo, gave it another quick stir, covered it back up and chilled for about an hour, letting all of the flavors marry together. Then plated up the tuna salad, and added 1/2 half of a thinly sliced pear on top. Nice edible garnish adds a little extra color, crunch and a nice finish to the salad. I ate mine with a few pretzel sticks. This was a test recipe so I didn’t really have any fabulous breads or crackers around. In the future I think I will try this with some slivered almonds on top. A little sprinkle of dried rosemary and it was done. I think it turned out really well. Pretty to look at, healthful for the body and quite tasty too. You should try it. From Granny P's where happiness is homemade. Have a great day :)