first, i headed to buy some baby cooker/food processor that cost an arm and a leg: come on' its baby food how expensive does the blade need to be.Then the sales girl at Right Start guilted me into buying this cookbook that was a "must". after leaving with my goods and a my empty pockets i headed to good ole HEB and well, friends, this is how it went down.
i'm cruising down the bean aisle trying to push my cart, keep my purse on my shoulder and drink my coffee and then yes, the coffee went flying everywhere. and what did i hear, "clean up on aisle 4". i guess when your grocery shopping you need both hands to steer the cart and grab your items.
Next, i went to the aisle with all the cans. my recipe called for "tomato puree" and all i could find was "tomato paste".....now i was reallly in a pickle. since my husband is the wonderful cook in our family i only go the grocery for necessities:
frozen dinners, wine, beer,laundry detergent, paper towels, mascara, toilet paper and fresh flowers. so when i came upon the puree vs paste issue i was stumped. i asked this sweet lady if there was a difference. she kindly, but her eyes told a different story, said "sweetie, the baby won't notice"...so i never got my answer and just went the paste. as i was finishing up i grabbed some flowers and headed to checkout. in line, i started looking for my car keys (i am a repeat offender) and knocked the flowers to floor...petals went everywhere and once again i hear, "clean up at checkout 10"...low and behold its the same dude who cleaned up my coffee on aisle 4...boy was he ready for me to leave!
after arriving home i realized i needed to read the directions on baby cooker so that took some time. after i was said and done this is what it looked like: not very much. And Master Trey didn't even want a taste test! In hind sight i should have doubled or tripled the recipe...maybe next time.
My ahh moment:: i came to realize certain things:
1. keep your receipt: the baby cooker is probably going back or i might kindly give to a friend/mommy who better at this than me.
2. things i AM: a good friend, funny, a good hostess/party planner, good listener,kind,a talker,obsessed with all things paper:invitations, stationary, a multi-tasker
things i AM NOT: organized(still waiting for Santa to bring that trait for Christmas), a cook, a photographer(i know i need classes)
I think God made us to have different talents so that we can share with others. I want to thank my friends who are organized:::You instill in me a motivation to try and better myself at this, thanks to my friends who are excellent cooks: because i'm lucky to get invited to your house to eat!, thanks to my friends who are superb photographers and photogenic because i get to see beauty and livin' life in your everyday photos. Thanks to all my relationships for sharing with me things that I "lack" and it is my hope that i help you with your "lacks"!!!
xoxo
alli
1 comment:
Absolutely dying laughing! That was the best, most well written, post ever! As I said yesterday, we all have our strengths and weaknesses and be CONFIDENT in the areas that you are strong at and be gracious as you pull out your checkbook and pay for what we are not as stong at! I have gotten good at annoucing the things I am good at and EVEN BETTER than those I am not or that frankly, I really DON'T care to be good at and the top on MY list in making organic, fresh baby food! I LOVE YOU!
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