Fools Rush In...

...smart people take their time and calmly approach tasks with deliberate forethought! Think of today's post as a public service announcement. When has anything ever gone well when you've rushed into it, headlong, without thinking? I daresay never, or at the very most; rarely (and that rare occasion was most likely pure luck) . For me, when I take the time to plan, and think, the day turns out much better: my quilt blocks sew up square and true, the iron doesn't run out of steam halfway through a shirt, the required ingredients for that new recipe I wanted to try out are in place and waiting. And then, there's the rest of my life... the mad rush when I cram as much as I can into every hour without planning or thinking. Groan. I'm here today to tell you, that doesn't work out so well. I was going to heat up some left over popcorn shrimp from my dinner out Friday evening. I preheated the cookie sheet to 425 degrees and removed it from the oven, placed the shrimp (and fries and hushpuppies) on the sizzling surface and immediately proceeded to pick it up with my BARE HAND to return it to the oven for a few minutes. Here's the PSA: DON'T DO THAT! Think first, use a potholder! Once I peeled my seared fingers free from the cookie sheet, and applied ice, I remembered the part about the pan being hot. Hmmm. Too much on my mind? Blame my dwindling hormone levels? Slow down and think first? Yeah, maybe that's what I should do!

I have my formerly skin-covered fingers to remind me.
Life is Good!