I clean in the Nude and other Confessions of a Boring Housewife

Well, first of all, let me clarify...my blog title, like a lot of what you read on the internet, is only partially based in fact. Yes, I clean in the nude...when I'm cleaning the shower — it's a two-fer. Well, okay, another confession...I am GOING to be cleaning in the nude on a more regular basis because I let it go far too long in the shower and the soap scum/hard water combination was kind of a disaster. It almost defeated me until I read on-line to use Oven Cleaner! Who knew?? So from now on the sponge is coming with me in the shower, sorry sweetie!

Another confession I have is that I'm really not boring at all...but I live in Boring, so technically I am a Boring housewife, no? Honestly I hate that the place I call home is named Boring. Well, not HATE, I''ll reserve that term for another one of my confessions, but I strongly dislike it...and after 5 years of living here, I still tell people I live in Damascus or "the Portland area."

I'd also like to confess that I have a serious obsession with taking pictures of my food. Whether we are out to eat or eating in, I love to style food for pictures. When I am making a new recipe for the blog and I style the step-by-step how-to pictures it takes me twice as long to fininsh the recipe. Case in point, this morning, my poor kids didn't eat their breakfast streusel Lemon-Blueberry muffins until almost lunch time! (I dare say, they were worth the wait!) See for yourself with the recipe found here.

I'm not sure if this is a confession or just something weird that I do (or both), but for years now I have this inner dialogue that runs through my head and phrases my thoughts as facebook status updates! Before FB, I would have entire blog posts spinning around in my head. (today's post was concocted entirely in the aforementioned shower/nude cleaning session this very morning. Should I be embarrassed? Seek medical attention? Oh, come on...you know you do it too!

Not really a confession, but more of a realization on my part that I have really missed blogging! I can hardly believe it, but I really didn't post for 2 years...yikes! I used to post on a regular basis and now with Hayden going to school full time next year I'm really hoping the creative "me" will come out of hiding again! I'm just bursting with ideas of how to spend my long-lost "free" time.

My last confession...hmmm. I'm not even sure how to put this. I've lived in the "country" for 5 years now, so I should be used to "country folk." Right?? nope! At first there was a lot of adjustments, but the one thing that I still can't stand is...wait for it...Truck Nutz!!! Yep, Rednecks unite!!! I HATE THESE THINGS (and this time I mean hate!) Who on God's green earth would ever buy these things? Barf! When I am cruising down Hwy 212 in my Honda, singing to Beyoncé, the last thing I want to see in front of me is chrome nutters swaying off yer truck!