Hi there,
It's me again.
Trina... remember me?
I've been thinking,...why, why did I become a blogger?
It was about sharing my journey, the struggle I have about spelling!, having a tutor every Thursday for two years in my adult life, someone to teach me how to read & write.
I'm happy to report back and tell you, that I am very proud of myself actually, feeling quite chuffed at having the confidence now, not feeling so embarrassed, about making silly mistakes, this doesn't shame me out any more, like it use to.
My G+ family have become such an important part of my life now. I need to tell you all, I am so very grateful. My blog may have changed it's path a little, but the theory in the idea is still very much a progress to open myself up to you and help me over come my fear of failing.
This page so far has taken me over two hours and is full of nothing, but simply highlighting the work I need to do, to just get this down into words you can read. So blogging was one way, every week, with a lovely, very patient lady, helping me do simple tasks that any kid finds easy and yes, I'm still learning the tasks and will always stay with me, bad habits are hard to break. But here I am, been brave in front of you all to see.
Keep smiling, things will work out in the end :)
Domestics seem to come natural, if not willingly, to others but sadly not to me. Let me just share with you what's on my mind.
I've had the same vacuum cleaner for almost 20 years now and can I remember how to put it back in the cupboard!, without its pipes acting like a sex-starved octopus?
No, I can't.
Every time it fights me back, until I end up screaming obscenities and slamming the door no matter what bits of it are still sticking out. No wonder it hates me.
So too does the oven. It knows I'm a woman of a certain vintage and has therefore deliberately faded the already tiny icons around the controls so that I haven't a clue what setting it is on.
I'm challenged enough in the cooking department without having the equipment turn against me, is it really so bad that I either undercook everything or burn it to a crisp? If I could see what I was doing with those silly little dials, maybe there'd be an improvement. I'm better off I reckon, to hiring an in house chef for our health.
I confess, I was delighted recently when an expert cook accidentally flambéed her famous chicken dish on fan bake! It highlighted the fact that we really don't know how fan bake works.
As for fan grill, this same expert cook has had her new oven for three years and still has to check the instruction book every time she wants to use it!
"There's also a setting that's good if you're doing two trays of cookies, but again, I'd have to look at the book to know which one," she says. So you see, I don't stand a chance with a new model stove in this house. Makes you think perhaps we're better off going back to living in tents and throwing some sticks on the fire to roast a pigeon.
I think I've told you before that our ancient Kenwood mixer is on a suicide mission and works its way across the bench-top so it can throw itself on the floor, but now I think the fridge is out to get me too!
It's started making the loudest, most horrible noise but only when I leave the room, when I come back in to look at it, it stops.
I've brought it on myself with my abuse of the vacuum cleaner and possibly also repeated threats to replace the Kenwood. But what have I done to the oven other than torture perfectly good food and loudly state my preference for barbecuing.
