I've been going thru a box of recipes from Mom's house. I know where I get the collection addiction from now. Golly.
It appears that Mom started to create her own cookbook many, many years ago, in a binder (by typing it up). She saved every recipe the local newspaper printed, and she used to sit and listen to a radio show where they shared recipes. There were notepads filled with recipes she wrote down from that radio station.
I found her recipe for Chop Suey. When I was a young kid, Mom made me sit at the table until I finished chop suey, and I hated it. I remember being forced to sit and finish another meal I did not like, but chop suey was on the top of the list. Not sure why I did not like it, but the memory of that was traumatic. I never forced my kids to sit and eat something they did not like. Anyway, the box has been delivered to the next sibling.
I copied only two recipes that involved rhubarb. I think this box has cured me of collecting recipe, ha ha! Now I need a cure for collecting crochet patterns. Sheesh. Do you have a "messy" habit of collecting something you really don't need? Or something you collect, and then neglect?
I got one more kitchen cupboard shelf cleaned and lined, and one more drawer. I have more to do, but I feel better if I do at least one a day (or every other day), so I can still rest up after regular chores.
My laryngitis is still hanging on, but slightly better. Trying a trick my Dad taught me about curing sinus infections (but will also help laryngitis) - add a few drops of oil of oregano to my teabag before brewing (food grade oil). I rememebered this hack, after someone suggested I drink oregano tea. As you can see, the cool mist humidifiers are going, plus one diffuser.
My washing machine was giving a code again, so my husband took the filters apart and cleaned them (both water incoming and water out going). He found a quarter blocking the out going.
This winter was the longest hiatus from egg laying in history. Not one egg since last October. So it got me thinking. I checked the ingredients on the organic feed we buy. I am pretty sure they dropped the amount of protein in it, so we switched it up, and I picked up some black sunflower seeds. Of course they get kitchen treats from me too. Never, have we ever,gone this long without fresh laid eggs.