Abundance

AADD (hmmm, no, not a rhyme scheme) ...

I've reached that age, somewhere between full, responsible adulthood and second childhood where, due to circumstances of a personal weather nature, I've become a bit forgetful.  I also quit smoking yesterday (GO ME!) and have been keeping myself VERY busy to overcome the urge to run to the store and purchase something that is just a terrible waste of money for me.  My distraction/forgetfulness/call it what you will (my DH refers to them only as my severe grey moments) was in high gear this morning.  I headed into the kitchen to pop the bread from the oven and par boil the sweet peas for the pea salad.  Suddenly it occurred to me, I have a dozen eggs that are VERY (tomorrow!) close on date ... might as well hard boil 'em and make some egg salad for lunch.  So, I strained the peas and set another pot of water on the stove with the eggs in it.  Mother Nature gave a shout at me and I headed upstairs to take care of that.  Well, I thought, while I'm up here, I'll just do a wee bit of straightening in the guest room.  At that point the phone rang and I grabbed it off the bed stand and sat and chatted with my niece while I sorted various and sundry items (sewing, craft, painting, rubber stamps, etc.) and put them away.  I hung up the phone and looked at the clock; well, not too bad (my niece and I can chat for hours) ... only 45 minutes.  I opened the bedroom door and thought, well I'll just strip the other beds while I'm up here ... I also dusted in the master bedroom and vacuumed the bedrooms and hallway.  I headed back into the bathroom and grabbed the towels to put into the wash and dumped them in the hallway with the bed linens.  Then I thought, while I'm in here, I might as well just do a quick swipe and set out the fresh towels since there's really no need to make another trip back upstairs if I get it all finished.

You see how this goes (this Adult Attention Deficit Disorder)?  One thing leads to another, which leads to another, which ... right ... I forgot I had eggs on the stove.  THANKFULLY, I don't use a full boil but, rather, just a slow easy bubble to cook my eggs and THANKFULLY not all the water had cooked off by the time I took the laundry down to the basement, got it sorted and started a load ... the eggs are exceptionally well cooked (though not scorched!) and still more than usable for the egg salad but it did take me just over an hour to get back into the kitchen to make the mayonnaise for the egg and pea salads!

Is there an herbal remedy for this terrible forgetfulness; this ... oh my! whatever you want to call it that frustrates me no end?

Okay ... off the computer for the day!  Enjoy this beautiful day that God has given us!

E

AADD

10:17, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

I have been there and done that! I have just found this "Homestead Blogger" tonight and have enjoyed reading yours. I may have to join up!

It is scary, isn't it? what we forget anymore!