Month: March 2009

Part of the wonder of having lived through a closed head injury is that my short term memory is not always that great.

For instance, I must always have a list when I go shopping because I simply cannot recall anything when I get into a store.

I can remember that I do actually own a back dress, but totally forget that it is size 14 and since being on Weight Watchers, I am now wearing a size 8.

You can watch a movie more than once! Enough said.

And today I did the ultimate short term memory loss test, only this was a good one and we actually learned something.

It was time for us to once again invest in a 3 litre jug of Olive Oil. For a few years I have been buying our store brand because it was a single blend Greek Oil. However, economic times are tough, and I didn’t want to pay $24.00 for 3 litres when I could try a new Italian Olive Oil for $10.99. Ah but the flavor was important. Still….

So we bought the cheaper one and on the way home I said to Hubby, “Listen, I have a little of the Greek Olive Oil, plus another Italian Olive Oil, and now this new one that we are bringing home. Let’s do a taste test!”

“How do we do that?” he asked.

“Well, we’ll take some Italian bread, and pour a little Olive Oil in three separate bowls, dip the bread, taste and decide.”

So, after I got done putting away all the groceries I got some masking tape. I wrote down on each piece of tape the name of the oil, stuck it on the underside of the dish and then poured in the different Olive Oils.

“Okay.” I said to Hubby, “Come on over and check these out.”

The best part here? Once I had set the bowls on the counter and turned to get the bread, I had completely forgotten which oil was in which dish!

So we took a small piece of bread and tasted each oil. After a few moments we both agreed that the far left dish had the best Olive Oil. I had sort of thought that this dish had the expensive oil in it, but when I looked at the underside, I found:

It was the cheap Olive Oil!!!

So how is having had a closed head injury a good thing, you might ask? Well, you can set up and participate in blind tests like this and be surprised every time!

That is definately, the bright side!

Here it is, Sunday night and I am sitting here thinking about what I accomplished this weekend.

Ah, well not so much. I could have done more, but I guess I was just feeling tired and a little run down.

I did gather the paperwork for our taxes. I did do a couple of loads of laundry, and I did cook some truly great meals.Tonight’s gourmet treat for Hubby was Baked French Onion Soup!

However, I feel guilty because I should have gotten more done and I just didn’t.

Anneliese has suddenly found her appetite again. I guess her little doggy morning sickness is over. Good thing. She needs to eat well and help those babies grow!

The moles are having a blast in my back yard causing the worst looking mud tunnels all over the place. This lasted until the dogs were out more last year, and then the moles seemed to vanish.

The snow is melting, and there is bare ground in more places than there is snow. It’s funny because when I bring out Anneliese she must find a patch of snow to relieve herself on. What will she do when it is all gone?

The week is before me. I need to prepare for my father’s services next weekend. One thing I discovered today was that the dress I’d thought I was going to wear is 2 sizes too big. I somehow thought it was a smaller dress!