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Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Creature of Habit
As I was sifting through the yet to be washed dishes in the dishwasher looking for a specific spoon it dawned on me that I may be a wee bit particular. Mind you, there was an entire drawer full of perfectly usable, clean spoons at my disposal not 5 feet away, but, alas, I had to have my spoon. After retreiving my spoon from the midst of the common spoons, I promptly washed and dried it all the while trying to ignore the little voice in my head that was mocking my peculiarity in having to have a certain utensil.
Having the found and secured my special spoon, I set out to prepare my breakfast. I put yogurt, half vanilla, half black cherry, in a bowl, then frozen blueberries, then added about a quarter cup of grape nut cereal. I stirred it all together with my special spoon and set it aside to "chill". I let the mixed concoction to sit for about 10 minutes. This allows the blueberries to soften and juice, but the really yummy part is that they semi-freeze the yogurt around them. And the grape nuts get a little softer, not mushy mind you, but not crunchy per se either. After this process has run it's course my yogurt is ready to eat. With my special spoon of course. Only that spoon. This particular spoon is different than all of my other sppons. It is one of a kind. It is mine See, as you may or may not have noticed, I have a certain way of going about things, (or as I like to say, 'the right way' ) and I'm not too keen about deviating from my routine regarding certain happenings. So, much to my chagrin, I have become a creature of habit. Oh, the shame and horror! At my age I should be foot loose and fancy free, not a set your watch by her actions kinda gal. *sigh*
If my predictability were limited to my food routines it wouldn't be so terrible. However, lately, I seem to do whatever it is that I have been doing just because that's what I do, ya know. I got some very sage advice from a good friend recently telling me to let loose a little bit and go a little crazy. So I'm going to do just that. But, I am so keeping my spoon.
Note to Self: Let loose and live a little.
As I was sifting through the yet to be washed dishes in the dishwasher looking for a specific spoon it dawned on me that I may be a wee bit particular. Mind you, there was an entire drawer full of perfectly usable, clean spoons at my disposal not 5 feet away, but, alas, I had to have my spoon. After retreiving my spoon from the midst of the common spoons, I promptly washed and dried it all the while trying to ignore the little voice in my head that was mocking my peculiarity in having to have a certain utensil.
Having the found and secured my special spoon, I set out to prepare my breakfast. I put yogurt, half vanilla, half black cherry, in a bowl, then frozen blueberries, then added about a quarter cup of grape nut cereal. I stirred it all together with my special spoon and set it aside to "chill". I let the mixed concoction to sit for about 10 minutes. This allows the blueberries to soften and juice, but the really yummy part is that they semi-freeze the yogurt around them. And the grape nuts get a little softer, not mushy mind you, but not crunchy per se either. After this process has run it's course my yogurt is ready to eat. With my special spoon of course. Only that spoon. This particular spoon is different than all of my other sppons. It is one of a kind. It is mine See, as you may or may not have noticed, I have a certain way of going about things, (or as I like to say, 'the right way' ) and I'm not too keen about deviating from my routine regarding certain happenings. So, much to my chagrin, I have become a creature of habit. Oh, the shame and horror! At my age I should be foot loose and fancy free, not a set your watch by her actions kinda gal. *sigh*
If my predictability were limited to my food routines it wouldn't be so terrible. However, lately, I seem to do whatever it is that I have been doing just because that's what I do, ya know. I got some very sage advice from a good friend recently telling me to let loose a little bit and go a little crazy. So I'm going to do just that. But, I am so keeping my spoon.
Note to Self: Let loose and live a little.