{"id":15226,"date":"2012-02-22T10:25:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=15226"},"modified":"2012-02-22T10:25:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:25:58","slug":"kitchen-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/02\/kitchen-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yesterday I needed some time to myself. \u00a0I also desperately needed some time in the kitchen and thankfully I was able to combine both of those things.<\/p>\n

We have a lot going on here at the HQ and it’s all stuff that, for one reason or another, \u00a0I can’t talk about just yet.<\/p>\n

But it has us going and going and going with a lot of doing thrown in for good measure. \u00a0We have been so busy and so focused on all these events that it quickly became overwhelming to me. \u00a0There have been a few days where I told Scott I just needed to crash out because I needed a break. Enter in my couch and PS3 because on those days, that’s exactly what we did (Borderlands anyone? Anyone?).<\/p>\n

I tend to shut down when things get overwhelming to me. \u00a0I get quiet and sort of fall into myself. \u00a0I also get cranky quickly over minor things. \u00a0I realized that I was doing this and decided I needed to do something about it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was that day.<\/p>\n

Because we have been busy, I haven’t really had much time to cook. \u00a0Oh I’ve made us meals and heated up leftovers from the freezer, but I hadn’t spent any significant amount of time in the kitchen for weeks.<\/p>\n

This puts me on edge and makes me feel off-balance. \u00a0Kitchen time, much like reading before bed, is “my time”. \u00a0It’s my down time. \u00a0It helps me regroup, get grounded, and refocus.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I spent hours in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

I prepped and washed a lot of the produce I got at the store the night before. \u00a0I made salsa and slaw for our taco dinner we were going to have later that night.<\/p>\n

I made veggies for Rocks and I made pork stock. \u00a0Then once all that was done, I made us some lunch.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Scott did the dishes and I dried and put them away. \u00a0I got the stock set and cooling and I finally sat down for the first time.<\/p>\n

It felt oh so good.<\/p>\n

I worked with my hands and created things. \u00a0Some people craft or knit, I cook. \u00a0Working with food and using your hands to create something that will nourish you is a pretty amazing feeling.<\/p>\n

Knowing that you can show love and support with a little salsa and some tacos is pretty powerful.<\/p>\n

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The satisfaction of eating a great meal is grounding.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Regrouping with a tasty beer at the end of the day with your very best friend is perfection.<\/p>\n

I’m still feeling very overwhelmed and we still have a crazy amount of things going on, but I feel much better. \u00a0Hopefully stuff will get accomplished this week and some things will settle into place a little more.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I needed some time to myself. \u00a0I also desperately needed some time in the kitchen and thankfully I was able to combine both of those things. We have a lot going on here at the HQ and it’s all stuff that, for one reason or another, \u00a0I can’t talk about just yet. But it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3XA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}