Sounds in my house...giggling, little feet running up and down the hall, noisy toys, imaginary conversations between dolls and stuffed animals and coffee brewing...aaahhh bliss!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Perfect Cook? Perfect Mommy?



Is it possible to be perfect? I always thought it was - oh the lessons we learn as we age...I realize now that I wouldn't want to be perfect, that it's okay to have imperfections and problems. The old adage that "Life's not about the destination, it's about the journey." It took me a good long while to learn that but now that I have it is helping me R E L A X a little... (a little) Life is more like that bowl of cake batter there...messy and mixed up and at times it's like the 4 layer cake, it's put together and wonderful and satisfying!


Oh I still strive for perfection and find faults in all things I do - dinner was not quite "right", too much of this or that, cuz I am mostly a "this and that" cook - I print and read and save plenty of recipes, but I tweak each and every one - sometimes for the good, sometimes not. But thinking back on my Mom's (also a this and that cook) cooking, I loved everything she made - I don't remember anything she cooked that I didn't like - to me, her loving daughter, it was PERFECT!

I will admit - I achieved 2 perfections in the last week - and my latest baking project, "Red Velvet Cake" It was 4 layers of "from scratch" goodness!

and this simmering pot of Potato Soup that warmed our souls on a rainy night!

Okay, I'm off to enjoy my day full of "this and that", faults, imperfections and problems, but I know it will be a day also filled with love, hugs and kisses, realizations, and a semi perfect dinner!

Will you find perfection in your world today? Don't count on it - enjoy the imperfections -
it's much easier that way!

2 comments:

  1. crap. you just bursted my bubble. you mean there is no perfection to be found? are you sure? i strive for it every.single.day.

    jokes aside, i do know i can't be perfect. but, alas, i'm still working towards it! silly ol' me!

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  2. Soo true Heather :) We can strive and strive ~ I think that is the best part, so many lessons to be learned haha....

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