what you think that i think that you think that i think that you think of me....or something like that

I hesitated to write this post.

I don't want you to think less of me.

What i want is for you to believe that i am the perfect homemaker and that my home is, although unfinished, perfectly spotless.

I also want you to believe that my yard is always in perfect order, and although my animals relieve themselves wherever they wish, it simply does not ever stink.

These things are not true.

Why do i want you to believe these things?

Because some part of my brain thinks that the rest of you have it all together all the time, and you won't understand that i don't.....i don't have half of it together most of the time.

But i do try.

Then i have to realize...i have to plug in some logic to my otherwise not necessarily so logical mind..... and realize that probably, you don't have it all together either.

No offense.  Just sayin'.

I'm sure some of you have it all perfectly down.

But you're probably not having as much fun as i am if you do.

Haha!

Why'd i say all that?

Oh yeah.

Today.

I'm kind of pleased with myself.

I finally got the kitchen clean.

I know.  Ridiculous.

I'm not going to tell you how long i've been working on it.

It hasn't just been sitting there molding.  I have been working on it.  I just haven't been catching up.

Back to the story.

I cleaned my kitchen.

And then i fixed an unusually fancy and many-pot-using dinner.

And THEN, i made my sweet-tooth-having hubby a batch of cookies.

AND.

My kitchen is still clean.

This doesn't happen often enough.

We must celebrate the little things.

WOOOOHOOOOOO!

O.k. i'm done.

I hope you don't think less of me.

Oh wait.

One more thing.

Recipe tip:

When i made sugar cookies this evening, i used this recipe from AllRecipes.com.  I used Mexican vanilla (i'm not exactly sure what makes it different because it's Mexican, but it's really good), and i added almond extract to this recipe.  I also baked the cookies for exactly 8 minutes, not a minute more.  And they were perfect.  I'm not a big sugar cookie person, but these were pretty amazing.  They're easy.  Use real butter and give 'em a try.

O.k., one more other thing.

To those of you who sometimes let me know that you read my blog, thank you.  I get a special delight out of knowing that someone is reading this.  I also forget that real people read this stuff and will try to tell you things in person that you already read on my blog.  But that's another story.

Please feel free to comment.

Comments make me giddy.

You don't have to sign in to anything to comment.  You can be anonymous - as long as you don't say anything un-family-friendly.  But i know you wouldn't do that.

This is a family friendly blog.....

except on slaughtering day, at which time there will be a written warning, 'cause i promised DeAnna i wouldn't do that to her.

O.k., i'm almost done, but you have to see this.

I was coming back from checking the mail when i saw this.

So i went in the house and got the camera, and they were still at it.  Cuddling.  Sort of.

Yes, i'm showing you all of the pics i took, pretty much.  It's late, and i'm a little giddy.

If you look really closely, you can see little baby chick feet underneath the mama chick.

Jelly's not really attached to that tree, by the way, but she is tied up for part of the day while the baby chicks are outside.  Jelly has an overwhelming urge to bathe the baby chicks when she's not tied up.

This is my favorite pic.  They look like they're talking.

And then later, after this cute little scene was over, and i was without my camera, a wayward baby chick who couldn't find her mommy decided to find shelter under Jelly instead.  AND Jelly didn't try to bathe the chick. Too cute.  Oh for a video camera attached to my eyes so i could show you all the cute things i see.