Off days

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busy, moods, postaday2014

I don’t why, but today was a definite off day for me; I felt an oppressive blanket of depression no matter what I tried to do to dispel it. I kept busy, bringing in all of my plants inside, putting away the pool paraphernalia and then working on the aesthetics of my book, making sure that all of the fonts match and the type as well. Last night I even dreamt of kittens and being on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart being interviewed about my book. I hate these days when I have to fight with everything that I have in me to not be dragged down that dark tunnel. I am hoping that tomorrow is a better day and I wake up with my more normal optimistic outlook because I really don’t like feeling this, the blanket can get overwhelming. So here is to throwing off its heavy yoke during a long sleep and having a better day tomorrow.

What to make tonight for dinner?

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creative cooking, dinner, making dinner, moods, not feeling it, postaday2012

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The daily question for most women and quite a few men, what to make for dinner? There are days when it is all so simple and then there are days like today, when I don’t even feel like cooking  the dish that I came up with. I decided to make spinach au gratin for myself, the hubby is coming in late so he probably will have eaten. It certainly is a lot less inspiring to cook for one(myself) than to cook for someone else.

I diced the onions, I didn’t even feel like doing that but I did it anyway. Normally the dicing and chopping don’t put me of,f but I am feeling weary and it has been mizzling for the past three day,s so I am feeling the weather blahs, grey and such. I figured that I would take a little break from the onions, my eyes are still stinging, while the water comes to a boil so that I can throw the two packages of frozen spinach in the water to defrost.

Once that is done and I drain the spinach, it’s only a matter of about 5 to 10 minutes of sautéing the onions, adding the spinach, grating fresh nutmeg, kosher salt, black pepper, stirring that around and then adding some cream and tons of Parmesan cheese. I could leave it at that and call it creamed spinach, sort of creamed spinach, or put it into an oven proof dish and grate Swiss cheese over it, put it under the broiler and voila spinach au gratin. Either way, it’s spinach and it’s  good for you.

Dreams and their unintended consequences

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angst, dreams, housekeeping, moods, physical labor, postaday2012, stress mangement

Have you ever had a dream that shook you all day long?  I had a dream last night that came out of nowhere, actually I shouldn’t say nowhere, but rather from the deep recesses of my emotional pysche that left me shaken, unsettled and angst ridden. Most everyone carries emotional scars but generally speaking, they don’t affect your day to day, normally scars means that they have been put away and you get on with your life. But when they come to the surface unbidden, accidentally in a dream, it really throws you for a loop. I think it’s because you are ill prepared for how scars can still inflict pain.

The means by which I deal with angst or if I am out of sorts is by physical labor. Thus today, since it is getting chilly, I decided to take out the three air conditioners from the windows and bring them back up into the attic. I find physical labor is the best method for me personally to dissipate feelings of stress, anger or anxiety. However, maybe I should specify, that even as I hold to this stress management technique, my house is not an impeccable showplace. Thankfully these feelings don’t assail me too often so my housekeeping skills don’t get applied as assiduously as one would think.

I am hoping that tonight I will dream nice pleasant dreams and wake up with my usual optimistic outlook. It is so much nicer looking at a glass half full than seeing it as half empty.