That's a good way of looking at it.
Taking a little time each day to do something nice for yourself, however small, will help you get through all of this.
Good for you, M! I would love to see the GF banana bread recipe please xo. No hurry.
Thanks Cate. I will keep reminding myself to do things just for me - it's hard to remember, but I need to!! This gf banana bread recipe
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/gluten_free_banana_bread/ is a bit thinner - between pancake batter and normal banana bread batter, so it took longer than normal to bake than it says, but came out nice. I used half tapioca flour (because I find that when I use half starchy flour things hold together better) and half millet flour because I love the taste, and gf flour is so expensive, so I grind my own millet flour in my high speed blender from a big bag of millet I bought and I get the tapioca flour from the Asian market where it is inexpensive. I also added 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts (and sorry everything is in cups, I know that's a pain!). Oh, and I always butter and flour the pan with tapioca flour so the gf stuff doesn't stick to it. I also have a really good gf pizza crust recipe I should post for you - remind me if I forget.
For good or for bad: our childhoods never fully leave us. But it's lovely that K didn't inherit this particular trait (because you didn't make her; good for you!) so maybe you can observe and learn a bit. About the house: I understand what you mean. Can you chop the work into lots of self-contained little projects where no matter how things go you only ever need to finish that one little project before sale? Like more time is good but a surprise cut-off won't send you into a stress spiral like it did with the sale of your old house. Plus in between the small jobs there's always time for a rest!
I always feel funny complaining about my childhood. My dad was also fascinating and my mom took me on the most amazing canoeing vacations all over the place, and there was a lot of good stuff that many people don't have in their childhoods. I agree about chopping the tasks into little steps where I don't do too much at a time. The house is ok as is, anyway, I just really want to be sure it sells quickly because there are a lot of builder houses on the market here now, and they can do deals with the banks that a private owner can't do, so they have the advantage. And yes - I must remember to rest in between jobs!
That all sounds great. Always so nice to look back on a paint job-always makes such a difference and it's nice that it's one of those jobs that doesn't get messed up right away (like your yard work that can get undone with a storm!) Good to hear your shoulder is feeling a bit better.
I've been going to look at the dining room, and now the bathroom and admiring how better it looks. It's so nice not to look blue-tinged while in that bathroom. Now that I go out each day and weed the driveway a little, I feel less stressed about the yard. I think having a long, winding driveway that's full of little weeds that take forever to pull got me feeling like the yard is a big mess, but now that I see that I just do a few minutes a day and it really looks nice in the little spot, I feel better. So funny how little things like that help.
I'm feeling good about food. My weight has stayed down for a couple of weeks, and I am not turning to food. I think having a project to launch into really helps!
The sauna and twister all in one--a great weight-loss program!
