What Was I Thinking ....

I have to say that I sometimes make some somewhat dodgy decisions

but this week there was a true what was I thinking moment...

We all know I have a patchy track record on the whole lunch making scenario

and even after years of practice, rice paper rolls still look like some mutated weirdness

 there was a hot dog sushi roll debacle a few years back that is the stuff of family legend

and the cheeseburger tacos incident that only cemented my infamy in the lunchbox stakes

But somehow I managed to forget all of this

and in a rather uncharacteristic fit of lunch related optimism I thought I could make rice cubes

That optimistic delusion lasted all the way home

and I was happily thinking I was finally going to be super mum

until I opened the box... it is like a puzzle, or a lunch torture device

and I know it is probably crazy easy once you actually try it

but just the sight of these hinged little sushi compressing things

made me throw up my hands and shake my head at my own madness

Darcy Wilkinson from http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk/

It will be not be wasted though because I have a diabolical plan

I am off lunch box duty next week while I undergo the dreaded surgery

and for the first time in 12 years Sinus Man will be in charge of Phantom's lunches for school

the poor deluded sod is heading into it feeling quite capable

but I am looking forward to handing this over 

and telling him that rice cubes are her new favourite

and if he wants any sort of lunch box cred he is going have to make them for her

Tammy Garcia from http://daisyyellowart.com/

I see it as win win situation for me

because if he can't make them then I am not alone in my hopelessness

and if he can manage, then I am thinking I should acknowledge his brilliant skills and hand the task over to him for the rest of the year... can't lose I tell you

and the happy anticipation of putting the diabolical plan into play

spread positive vibes through my week 

and helped me get back into some painting of mugs and cups

for the Cuppa With Friends Project

Marji from http://sunbreaksintheforecast.blogspot.com.au/

Over the next few days I am going to cram in as much painting as I can

because who knows whether losing lefty is going to throw my painting style off kilter

sort of worried I am going to start painting with a lean due to being so mightily lop sided

which would be oddly entertaining if nothing else... 

Thanks to you all for your ongoing support and emails and things

Sinus, Phantom, Lefty and I thank you all ...xx