What’s Cooking…

I love Saturday mornings…especially when I have no specific plans…at least not early…and…I can snuggle into the covers…until my heart wants to get up…not my sense of responsibility…

Today…was one of those mornings…ahhh…

So…I’m sitting here thinking…what will I write about…when I notice a package I haven’t opened…a new cookbook that arrived yesterday…Back to the Table with My Country Kitchen…by Betty Lynch…

I know…I need another cookbook like I need another hole in my head…but as you may recall…I got one of those last year as well…so…I deserve the cookbook…

And…besides…this one is different…the first recipe I saw when I opened it was…Chocolate Gravy…do you know…in all my 57 southern drawling years…I’ve never had Chocolate Gravy…yes…I’m deprived…I’ll be remedying that in just a bit…so…feel free to send biscuits…if you feel so led…

Anyway...it only went uphill…from Chocolate Gravy…I’m loving all the recipes…there seems to be something for everybody…from…fresh is best…to…I’ve got a soccer team to feed in twenty minutes—help…from…meat and potato appetites…to…hold the meat—hold the potatoes—what’s left…

Then…there’s the story behind the recipes…when author Betty is teaching editor Kim how to cook in order to test the recipes…I really liked that part…like when Kim asks…how do you fold raw eggs…hopefully better than I fold bottom sheets…just saying…

Well…I’m getting really hungry…so…I’m off to try Chocolate Gravy…

Jane

Bertha-Sizing Readers Rockin’ Radio…

Okay…I took my advice…I swapped out the printer…I went with the used one…that is the same model…and uses the same ink…as the one I had…decided to give it a try before I asked for a new one…

It works like a charm…I’ve been printing up a storm…

But…here’s the really interesting part…I didn’t realize how much stuff I was putting off…because I didn’t want to hassle with the printer…hmmm…

Bertha says it’s just like life…we all knew she was going to say that…is there anything she doesn’t relate to life…well…nothing that I’ve found so far…okay…we haven’t talked about dryer lint…but…I’m sure she’d find a way to relate it, too…I’ll ask her later and let you know how that works…

Anyway…she says that when I am settling for something less than I want and need…that I’m holding myself back…not reaching my full potential…not fully enjoying life…

What can I say…when she’s right…she’s right…

So today…I enjoyed the ease of doing my job…of printing my documents…and just being carefree…who knew simply switching printers could make such a difference…

Bertha knew…and of course…she loved reminding me…she says that’s what Bertha-Sizing is all about…

In fact…we talked about that during our interview on Reader's Rockin’ Radio last night with hosts Kim Mutch Emerson and Debra Shiveley Welch…they even rewarded another author who had just been caught in the act of Bertha-Sizing…

I hope you’ll have time to listen to the show…it was a ton of fun…as for me…I’m off to work…gotta use that new printer…and search the world…for more ways to Bertha-Size…

Jane