So, I am not sure about this blogging thing.  It could become a habit.  It could become an avoidance strategy.  For instance, I have a LOT of work to do tonight.  I had trouble keeping up with all of the work that came my way today.  I think part of it has to do with the weather and allergies.  They were - I think - impacting my attitude.  Every time I started to have a cranky moment, I thought about this picture.  That is a lie.  I thought about the doughnut that is in the picture.

John and Emily went to Portland, Oregon on the weekend of his birthday.  Last year, all of the kids were home in May.  We celebrated two birthdays - John and Mike. (Kate was just there to beautify the place.  :)  ) I actually made each one of them a different cake, cut them in half and pieced them together to make one cake.  We could not decide which one we liked best.  But today, in my cranky moments, I was not thinking about that odd looking cake.  I was thinking about this doughnut.  John and Emily put the picture on facebook and the comments started coming in.  Many were negative - abhorring the thought of a doughnut with maple and bacon on it!  Have they not heard about maple flavored bacon?  Have they not heard about fritters?  Today, I just could not get this thought out of my mind.  Who would not crave this delicacy?  How many Weight Watcher points would be in one of those suckers?  How would I feel after I consumed that death by sugar and fat concoction?  Would there be fewer points if I ate it standing up, in the dark, and washed it down with a diet coke?

I actually think that the visualization of this food offering is what got me through today.  In retrospect, I am wondering if it really was the doughnut...or if the doughnut was the trigger for those sweet memories of all of us being together celebrating.   I guess it really does not matter.  The important thing is that I made it through the day.  The important thing is that I have those memories.  Memories are the foundation of things to come.  Based on that, I am thinking that the simplest way to create one of these would be to go to Stuart and John's and ask them to create one for me.

I will let you know how I like it.

Thanks for the memories!