Domestic Chores

As odd as it probably sounds, I enjoy domestic chores.  That has not always been true.  But it is true now that I am retired.  I probably should say that I definitely do not enjoy all domestic chores  (certainly not floors).  I don't mind washing dishes.  I don't mind folding laundry.  And I don't mind ironing.  I remember once, some years back, a dear friend of mine telling me that she actually enjoyed ironing.  I was shocked.  But at the time, I was working very hard professionally, and had little time to enjoy such an ordinary, mundane activity.  In fact, back then, rather than iron my husband's shirts, I would stand by the dryer while they tumbled and take them out one at a time and hang them up, never giving them a chance to fall to the bottom and wrinkle.  Now I totally understand how my friend could have enjoyed ironing!

But what I really love most of all is cooking. It is a necessary domestic chore, something that is useful and needed every day.  There are endless creative dishes one can prepared. One does not have to stick with any one particular style, but can change their eating style many times over. Growing up in the south, food was often fried, and usually sweet. There was a period of time when the kids were growing up when there was a lot of pasta and casseroles and pizza.   Now, I do none of those things. We eat very simply (salads, meat, veggies, olive oil),  but the possibilities and combinations are infinite. Our foods are all largely healthy (with the exception of Gerry's daily apple fritter).

Just today I created a personalized category on my Google page for Cooking/Recipes.  There are millions of recipes on line. I used to rely heavily on cookbooks, then the Food Network.  Now, I tend to find my recipes on the internet.  

Come to think of it, the same thing is true of "news".  I used to rely on the newspaper and evening news.  Now I can read it all day on Google.  Oh, what a Google world it is!