There is one thing that I love about TN, it's the weather. It is so nice here right now, at least ten degrees cooler than it is in Atlanta. We live on over 10 acres and the owners have done a wonderful job with the land. We have apple trees and blackberry bushes and lots of big wonderful trees. It really is beautiful here, less the interstate that sits within stone throwing distance but why focus on the negative?
This morning we had new friends for a visit. We were supposed to meet at the park but due to a light rain early we decided to meet here at the "farm". It was a last minute decision that I realized was not well thought out when I walked into the kitchen and saw last nights corn on the cob still sitting on the counter. All of the sudden I had an hour and a half to do 3 hours of work, it was on. Two banana's and "Super Why" right out of the gate and I went on a war path battling against my house that was determined to beat me. Obviously it does not know me very well.
I have said it before and I will say it again. I am not a woman of many talents, however, I am GREAT at getting my house and myself together in a very short period of time. Give me fifteen minutes and I can prepare for a friend to stop by, give me an hour and you can bring the president for all I care. I had an hour and a half and knew I was well within my range to make it happen. So I did dishes, wiped down a bathroom, made beds, folded laundry, fed and clothed both girls, and mopped the kitchen floor all between 7:15 and 8:30. And then it happened, my over-achiever set in and I could NOT put it to rest. All of the sudden I was determined that in the next 30 minutes I was going to not only shower and get myself together but I was going to make a yummy breakfast treat to share with our new friends. I preheated the oven and surveyed the kitchen for ingredients. Flour, eggs, vanilla, rice milk, butter, sugar, baking powder and whatever main ingredient could make a muffin. Today's inventory offered cinnamon or chocolate chips, I chose the latter.
I love google. It is amazing to me that I can type in "easy chocolate chip muffins" and get a recipe in about 7 seconds. It was 8:40 AM and I had my recipe and ingredients. At 8:47 AM I was talking to Doc and putting my giant chocolate chip muffins in the oven. At 9:05 I was showered, dressed, and my hair was dry. I am not kidding and I know you are either really jealous or think I am full of it but I am dead serious. A little lip gloss and mascara and I was ready for the muffins to come out of the oven! As luck, or bad directions, would have it my guests were a little bit late which allowed my muffins to come out of the pan and my face to cool down so it did not look like I had just gotten off the treadmill before they arrived (we don't have a treadmill, but you get it).
We had a great time. Scooter and Pdub made a new friend, a four year old little boy who was precious and patient with my two crazy girls. I met someone who does not think we are completely crazy, or at least didn't act like she did. Oh and as a bonus she brought me a Starbucks and the muffins, despite the rice milk, were DELICIOUS!! I will post the link on my recipe list.
So here I am, chores done, having another muffin (shut up), girls sleeping, socially satisfied and finding myself for the first time in a long time enjoying my day in Franklin TN!! Don't you dare tell anyone I said that! Plus, (I know how could it get any better?), I am having small group tonight at Steph's house and she is by far one of my favorite Franklin TN people. Who knows friends things may be turning around. Lord knows we are due for an easy Fall. ,
Matthew 5:4 tells us "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." What an amazing Lord I have. I have mourned more in the last 6 months than I have in 35 years. Yet still I find comfort somewhere everyday. Some days in my children, some days in the arms of my sweet Doc, today it was in the heart of a new friend, a precious little boy and a yummy chocolate chip muffin.
Love and Blessings,
Melanie
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