“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if
you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving
forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, dear readers! Hopefully you got to enjoy a day off. I know I really needed today off work - not that it was a restful, relaxing day - oh nooo no no. I had delusions of grandeur for my three day weekend, and was going to accomplish all kinds of great things. My house was going to be soooo clean, replete with freshly sealed and painted baseboards, and I wasn’t going to have a scrap of dirty laundry nor a dirty dish lying around. I was going to give myself a perfect manicure, after painting the baseboards, of course, create a new recipe I’ve been thinking about, and even squeeze in some time with girl friends.
Ohh yeah,
I was delusional. I ended up relating very strongly to the MLK, Jr. quote,
above.
Actually,
I didn’t do too badly. Although I didn’t so much as touch those baseboards, nor did I work on developing that recipe, I
did get a WHOLE lot done – including a LOT of things that weren’t even on my to
do list. In all honesty, that’s about par for the course, for me. I obsessively
make “to do” lists that even Martha Stewart couldn’t get through in one day –
but it pushes me to keep moving forward, and sometimes that’s enough.
Ok, in
ALL honesty, I’m totally putting those extra things that I got done on my to do
list, so that I’ll have the satisfaction of crossing them off. Yesssss.
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| Bella helped with the laundry. |
So, I
just got back from a long run with my dog, which was preceded by a trip to the
grocery store (which is one of the most exhausting and hated things in my life –
that’s why I’m so keen on substitutions when I bake). I also went to the vet
for the second time this weekend to get different medication for my new cat – oh yeah, I’ve been administering meds to a cat all weekend. If you’ve
ever done that, you know that I feel super accomplished just from that. It’s a
really, really good thing the cat is so cute. It makes up for the blood loss, a little bit.
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| Selleck. As in Tom Selleck. |
Anyway, I
finally got a chance to sit down and enjoy my coffee that I’ve been carrying
around from place to place all day (thank you, Starbucks insulated mug for
keeping it warm!). And you know what? I do NOT feel like baking anything today.
Plus, by the time I’m done it will be almost dark, and OMG bad evening lighting/yellow
nocturnal pictures/lions and tigers and bears, oh my! But, my delightful
Starbucks coffee reminded me of an already complete, already photographed
project that I’ve been meaning to post, and there’s no time like the present!
As MLK, Jr. said, keep moving forward.
I made
these awhile back for a friend and co-worker of mine who is always going the
extra mile to do things for others, so I wanted to do a little something and
bring in a treat for her birthday. She used to be a Starbucks barista, so I
thought these would be fun. Well, it ended up being a keep moving forward kind of recipe.
