Day 2, 2009.
Apple pie baked from scratch, check.
Near breakdown at the moment that I realized I forgot the confectioners sugar (who knew?) and need to re-bundle myself and Amelia and trek through the snow back to Whole Foods while the apples turned brown, check.
Asking for help from my neighbors and averting break-down, check.
Date scheduled with Joe tonight (new years intention), check.
Massage, check.
I have set my intentions for 2009. I am going back to basics, and keeping it simple. My theme is self-reliance. Meaning, relying on all that is available within me to accomplish what matters most.
Oh, and the apple pie? As I shared in my 4 month challenge, baking an apple pie has intimidated me for some time. It seemed in another league of baking altogether. (I tend not to measure precisely.) And, yet, I felt both a sense of ease and accomplishment when Joe and I delved into the delicious pie. How we make simple things difficult in life.
(Of course, it amused Joe to hear me go on and on about how easy it really was. He witnessed the whole process. Now that I think of it, the same was true about Amelia's birth. Yes, I am equating baking an apple pie with giving birth. There is that moment of wanting to turn back, to give up, to think ourselves silly for ever beginning. And then we realize we are capable, and the challenge seems not so hard after all...)
And now off to shower for my date.
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