Despites trying to focus on others during the holiday season, I can't keep my mind from wandering as I see items on shelves that I wish I had in my home. I love to dream about the day when some of these things can belong to me. I realize I have a very good life and I am not complaining at all that these things are still in the stores and not in my home. It's just that as I click from link to link and end up on the appliance page, owning a dishwasher, for example, sounds pretty amazing. I haven't lived in a place with a dishwasher for 8 years (Ambrose and trailer life) so I am accustomed to washing everything by hand --but I still dislike the task. Especially the silverware. They are the worst. After I am "done" doing dishes, there is always a cup or bowl with 15 pieces of silverware left in the sink to be completed later. When I was growing up, we had three dishwashers. THREE! They meant so much to us, they even had names --Sadie, Emily and Megan. :-) My mom always said that doing the dishes was a good time to talk and bond. Looking back, I realize that she was right. We all did have lots of conversations while doing dishes by hand. Plus, it was one of those chores that kids should do to help their parents. Now that I do all my own dishes alone, with no one to bond with and many other tasks that also need to be completed, the benefit of washing dishes by hand is less obvious.
I also realized that I need a mixer. I wanted to make a cake this weekend. I have had a box of cake mix up in the closet since the 4th of July. I know that is has been in my closet that long because it has red, white and blue funfetti sprinkles. I decided it was time to finally make the 4th of July cake so I got out the mixing bowl, threw in some eggs, oil, water and batter mix, and started mixing. The directions said to mix on medium to high for 2 minutes. Well, when you have no upper body strength, there is no "high" or even "medium" setting to mix with. After a few minutes and many clumps still present, Nate volunteered to do the mixing. He suggested that I get a mixer sometime in the future. I agreed.
So, as Christmas draws near, it is important to remember the people that help make us who we are. If possible, a gift here and there to express our love towards each other is fun too. And, it's also not a terrible idea to brainstorm about what future gifts may be -- dishwashers and mixers in my case.
I want a Kitchenaid mixer SO bad. But then I look around my TINY kitchen and remember I don't have any where to put one AND I have my Granny's 30+ year old electric hand mixer... which works VERY well. I never use it... I like to mix things by hand. I'm strange.
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