
Fooey! The alternative is to try and cram fewer tasks into those hours, which brings me to the title of this post.
When our youngest was in middle and high school we turned to homeschooling (One of the best decisions ever!). She was an excellent student but easily distracted. I cannot count the number times we repeated the word "focus", as in "focus on the task at hand". I was reminded of that recently and decided that perhaps I need to focus. How can I spend my time most effectively? What must stay; what can go? Add to that, on what do I want to spend my time? Well the answer, first and foremost, is designing. Designing is my first love. Whether painting or enhancing my work in Photoshop I truly enjoy what I do. It is also my livelihood. Designing stays. I'll spare you the step-by-step details and suffice it to say that my blog really only entertains me. I like cooking, creating, figuring out coding workarounds, etc, and like to share my discoveries with you. The reality is that all of this does nothing for my time management, although it might help some others save a bit of trial and error. My last post before this one was for making homemade sauerkraut (once again it turned out great btw, yum!). That was a few months ago. It's not that I haven't had an original thought since then. I have them all of the time. Other things just take priority. Before Christmas I had been considering making some changes to the blog, especially how often I post and what the focus of it should be. Then I received a Christmas card from a family member who said such lovely and encouraging things about my writings (thanks Kendra!) and I began to have second thoughts. So I did nothing. Now I can't just leave the blog dangling forever so there are going to be some changes. If you've read this far thanks for sticking with me while I ramble.
Brilliant ideas like my instant hamburger bun pan (okay, I'm proud of that one--and it's super popular) I may not be able to keep to myself but I make no promises. The same goes for code workarounds.

"Made from scratch" features my original recipes or sometimes my adaptation of existing dishes. These won't go away. I refer to them frequently and know that others enjoy access to these as well. New additions will be sporadic though as writing and sharing recipes cannot be a priority for me. As I mentioned above, designing is my principal task and must be where I focus my attention. Incidentally, I have a few tabletop collections on the horizon that feature my work, which brings me full circle. What better vessel in which to serve one of my recipes than dinnerware bearing my art. How fun and exciting is that?