Keeping Track of the Time

Whew! What a Tuesday this has been!

I feel as if I've been busy all day. ...Well, I guess I have a good reason to feel that way; I have been busy all day. :)

I spent all morning doing childcare for a group of mothers, and one little guy in particular was really fussy, so I held and walked him for about two hours straight.

Then home for a quick lunch, and to hang clothes out on the line.

Then out to do some shopping with my sister Heather. We've both needed to get some things for quite awhile, but haven't had the time to go out. Today we made time, and I'm glad we did. I think we're both pretty satisfied with the deals we got. Shopping with a sister is always fun.

Then home again - first to do some garden-watering and lettuce-picking with Dad, then to do some sewing on a order I need to complete within a few days. I'm a bit daunted by all I have left to accomplish on that project, but I'm pleased with the progress I made.

A few moments ago, I headed here, to the computer, to see if I can cut open button holes and do computer work at the same time. In just a little while I will need to go help Mom in the kitchen.

All together, though it may not look like much on paper, I feel like I've done a lot today. And that's a good feeling.

But I guess that's beside the point. The real point of this post is supposed to be a kitchen tip I wanted to share with y'all.

I hope I'm not the only person in the world who used to loose my watch constantly. The reason I kept loosing it was because I kept taking it off to wash dishes. I'd leave it on sometimes, but water would splash on it, leak inside, then evaporate up onto the inside of the glass, and I couldn't see the face of the watch.

So then I'd set it on a kitchen shelf, and forget to put it back on...or I'd stick it in a pocket, and then it would end up going to the laundry room...or I'd do something else with it, and forget that "safe" place where I'd stuck it.

It seemed to be a choice between wearing a watch, or being a helping hand in the kitchen. That's an easy choice - I knew I had to wash dishes. But surely there was a way to both have a watch, and a clean kitchen. ...?

Then I started wearing aprons.

...But even then the solution didn't click right away. But one day it did...



Tada! I clip the band around my apron tie, and let it stay there until I'm done fussing in the water.

There's no way I can forget to put my watch back on, because my fingertips always find it as I reach around to untie my apron.

Of course, if you adopt this course, be prepared to have every member of the family ask at least once, "what is your watch doing back there...upside down?"

Just smile sweetly, and say, "oh, it's there so I don't loose it."