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Dear Reader,
It's that time of year again. Time to start holiday multi-tasking, a mind set that unfortunately I'm way too talented at doing. If one hand's free, put a glue gun in it and start making napkin rings for the dinner table. Simply sit on the sofa and watch Monk? Why it's out of the question! Watching a favorite television show is permitted in the Multi-tasking Rule book, but only if I'm also ironing tablecloths and napkins, or taking the plastic off of the card table chairs, my husband and I bought yesterday. We'll need those extra seats for Thanksgiving dinner.
Relax and bake cookies for book club readers? I don't think so Suzanne, not unless you're planting pentas and begonias, too. This past weekend as I baked for readers who won chocolate chip cookies, (UPS will deliver them to you today) I also filled my Florida garden with five trays of flowers. Plant while I'm baking, how do I do it?
Once the cookie sheet goes into the oven I have 8 minutes and 30 seconds to devote to planting. My cookie timer sits next to me on the ground and when the bell goes off, I drop the spade, jog into the house, soap up and wash my hands, grab the potholder, turn the cookie pan around, set the time for 2 minutes 30 seconds more, then plop 12 scoops of cookie dough onto another fresh cookie sheet. When the cookie timer goes off again, I take the pan out of the oven, put the new pan in, set the timer for another 8 minutes 30 seconds, and head back outdoors to do a little more planting...and I've been wearing my pedometer again, so the extra steps running in and out the front door are counting towards my 10,000 steps a day.
Don't ya' love the holidays?
Working on slowing down the pace here in Sarasota, your reading friend...whoops, I almost multi-tasked my signature line right out of the column.
Thanks for reading with me. It' so good to read with friends.
Warmest regards,
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.DearReader.com
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* This month's Penguin Classics book is Under The Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson. To comment on the book and get some holiday recipes from Suzanne, go to: http://tinyurl.com/NovClassics
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