Getting it done

I am sneaking a few moments to myself.  I just put some stuffed peppers in the oven for dinner and while I wait for them to cook and before I start the ironing (okay, in today’s world, why am I still ironing shirts every week for work?), I thought I would quickly share my progress.  At last count, I am up to 87 recipes transcribed for the cookbook and all the pounds to show for it.  Not surprisingly I have the most entries in my desserts section and frankly with the Christmas season coming, they are the most fun to make right now.  I have done some work on the soups, salads and appetitizers section, and some recipes in my “what to eat while the game is on” section but it is the main courses section that is falling down.  Oh, I have all my favourites I just haven’t seemed to get to them yet. 

I have to admit though I have a few piles sitting around on my desk like lonely forgotten toys trailing behind a toddler that I have to attack.  I have pulled the recipes out but they are just sitting waiting for me to get to them.  Fortunately, I am almost done all my shopping for Christmas already, well, maybe that isn’t fortunate, maybe it just shows that I am over the top, obsessive about getting things done in advance!  It will be my downfall on this project I can see that already.  I really do like to have things done in advance; it reduces my stress and lets me enjoy it more.  But life keeps getting in the way of my free time to get this cookbook done!  If only there wasn’t so much cooking to do every day.  Oh, wait a minute, it is my love of cooking that got me in this mess in the first place!  A vicious but delicious circle.

True to form, if I have my shopping and wrapping done early, I can concentrate on transcribing and testing recipes in December while enjoying the holiday season.  See always a plan!  We are making progress folks, hang in there, we will see this one completed!