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Stream of consciousness

Hello, blogosphere.  Apparently it has been a week since I last checked in?  I don’t even see how that is possible, because either the last week was the fastest week of my life or my brain is swiss cheese.  Both are possibilities.  I am so tired today.

I remember in a psychology class I took in high school, we had to do a Free Association project.  I thought it was fun at the time, so I’m going to do something similar with this post.  And the word I will use is “today”.  Ready?  GO!

  • I somehow slept with my torso facing one direction and my feet facing another, kind of like what an owl can do with its head and body because it has a twisty neck.  Unfortunately I do not have a twisty back like that, so I have been moving like an octogenarian.
  • Analie has been sad yesterday and today.  I suspect a new crop of teeth.
  • Therefore, I am considering premature dentures for Analie.
  • All those commercials for, like, Polident and those dentures adhesives make me curious what it feels like to have your teeth glued on to your gums.  Can anyone tell me what it feels like if a parsley leaf gets in between?
  • I baked cupcakes with Angel.  They were ridiculous.  THEY CONTAINED BUTTER. She said they are going to decay my teeth.
  • Back to the dentures.  The fizzy water in the commercials looks like that stuff you’re supposed to take for stomach aches.  I’ve been reverting to my childhood habit of taking antacids before bed because of an upset stomach.  Every night the past few nights.
  • Shut it if you were going to say something about the butter I ate earlier today causing the stomachache.  I already considered that.
  • I decided it didn’t matter.
  • But please remind me to pick up another bottle of Gaviscon at the store on Friday.  They did NOT have that stuff when I was growing up and it is miraculous.
  • Gaviscon tastes like vanilla frosting, which reminds me that I almost finished all of my meals for the meal exchange this weekend.  (YAY ME!) And I did it all this morning!
  • Oh, except for the chicken thighs which I still cannot find and I have been to two stores looking for them.
  • And while we’re on the subject of chicken thighs, has anyone else considered how WEIRD it is that chickens have thighs in the first place?  Some of those pieces of meat are pretty big too.  So not only do chickens have thighs, they have THUNDER THIGHS.
  • If I eat chicken thighs, will they go straight to mine?
  • I should totally go to bed.
  • But I am concerned I will sleep in the owl position I slept in last night, though, and I am not looking forward to waking up like that again.  It was seriously hard to breathe most of the day.
  • Also, I ran into stuff at 5:00 am when I fed Analie.
  • Lots of stuff: walls, doors, couch.
  • JOEY IS NOW FIRED.  HE JUST BROUGHT UP THAT STUPID CROWDER SONG WITH THE DYING LITE BRITE LADY.
  • I hate that song.
  • Because Lite Brite people shouldn’t die in music videos.
  • It makes me cry.
  • OK it really is time for bed now.

 

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Kitchen Counters

I have a rather awkwardly laid out kitchen.  Our house was built in the 50s, well before the kitchen tools boom, and we have the perfect amount of cabinets for someone who has less of an, um, obsession with the kitchen.  So in order to make my kitchen tools and appliances fit, I’ve had to get a little bit creative.  And downsize some.  Because honestly, I had some things I wasn’t using.

Counter space is also a premium.  When we first moved in, I had my knife block, bread machine, stand mixer, food processor, flour, sugar and powdered sugar crocks, and utensil caddy all sitting on the counter.  I definitely could use my space, but everything looked so cluttered, and certain culinary projects required a full counter rearrange.   For instance, if I was rolling out pastry to fill a 13 inch pie dish.  (Not that I’ve been making any pastry lately; it has butter in it.  GLORIOUS, CREAMY BUTTER.) Several months ago, we got a little baker’s rack to keep my food processor, slow cooker, stock pot, and some various odds and ends.  I keep it the otherwise useless corner under my pots and pans.  The rack eliminated my food processor on the counter, so at the same time I got rid of the bread machine.  His home is now in the closet on the floor, and I think we all prefer it that way.

This morning, I woke up with the realization that I could hide my stand mixer in a cabinet if I just did a few simple tweaks to my cupboard organization.  Which I did immediately after I fed Analie, of course.  It was 7:30 am and Mondays are not the kind of days where you let moss grow on the clock.

Joey came into the kitchen and admired my  handiwork, then suggested we get a magnet strip for the knives we’ve been talking about.  I was all, YES PLEASE.

So we did.

And I love the results!

The knife block used to be in the corner where the laundry basket is sitting now.  We mounted the knives on the side of the cabinet, which I think is safer with Analie anyway.  I’m not sure the laundry basket will stay in the corner there, but for now I like it.  It’s so lame to be taking dirty towels to the hampers twice a day, but I’m not sure I want to sacrifice the counter space just for that luxury.

Like I said, not a lot of counter space.  But what I have is appliance-free now!  The stand mixer and food processor used to be in the corner where my crocks are now.

Aaaaaaand this is the awkward corner.  But hey, look at what’s NOT sitting on my counters, right??

After years and years of apartment living, having a kitchen this size is super awesome.  Even if the counter space isn’t 21st century style, and we have a random awkward corner over by the window.  Joey has made lots of little tweaks to the space I do have that has made it oodles better than it was when we moved in.

Yay for handy husbands!.

WINNING.

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