It just dawned on me this afternoon that I am an "instant gratification girl".....this little lightbulb occurred as I was whizzing through making a quilt for one of my daughters. God forbid I actually take my time and make a REAL QUILT. Nope, I have taken the easy way out (well, some may not find them easy) and make a rag quilt. I shit you not - this baby has only taken me a couple of hours to whip up, just have to finish it off now.
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I have also just finished THREE NOVELS in one week! Noooooo, I couldn't take my time and savour the process.....I got caught up in the fabulous stories and wanted to know what happened - so quickly, that I am now twiddling my thumbs, a little lost without the books that have kept me company this past seven days.
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A few weeks ago, we made a trip to Ikea. Nothing too interesting in that you say? Well - I present to you the best $4.95 I have spent in years:
Now all the apples in our house receive instant gratification also! Cores and chops your apple in a matter of seconds!
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I feel as though I have spent the past 13 years negotiating with children - tonight I lost my shit spat the dummy! NO MORE NEGOTIATING! When I say I want something done - I want it done NOW! Not after they've finished a drawing/finished a game/finished a tv show/finished picking their nose - NOW! Why of why can't it be that simple?
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I made a visit to our new house this afternoon. Its transformation has begun - and it's VERY exciting! I wish with all my being that it was all finished and I did not have to hold my breath wondering if all the choices we have made are actually going to work? I've already started doing "A Block" by changing my mind on the finish of one thing, and am wondering whether I will end up being a tradie's worst nightmare?
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Tomorrow, I have the WHOLE DAY in a first aid refresher course. It will be the millionth tenth time I have had to spend a tedious eight hours with a bunch of numb-nuts valued employees, refreshing my brain about how to potentially save someone's life. Yeh yeh, I know - it's part of my job. But couldn't we just fill out a questionnaire and be done with it? Instantly!
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I could bang on about all the other things that I wish would happen in an instant.....but I'm sure you've had enough!
What gratifies you? Do your kids eat apples? Do you detest cutting them up like I do - or am I just a terribly impatient Mother??
yup all about instant gratification here, gave up knitting for sewing and crochet I want stuff now I no longer own a credit card because of this .... right now I want one little answer before I/ So I can move onto the next thought.... waiting waiting waiting
ReplyDeleteI've had an apple cutter/corer for donkeys years. Actually I've got 2 of them. They are the best invention ever.
ReplyDeleteI think I need that apple cutter thing. Ikea here I come! I totally relate about instant gratification. I find waiting very hard, but it has been a good lesson for me over the past few years - limited funds now that we are on one income means that those impulse buys are few and far between, but I don't miss it and I don't feel guilty now because when I buy something it's pretty carefully considered!
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