Planting, cooking, not putting things off because I want to be like Sue!

Finally got around to buying plants for my front step planters. Tired of mums, I bought asters, which will go into the yard after they finish blooming. Read one time that "yellow" is the first color to draw the eye, so I often shoot for some type of yellow blooms.

Though I hate, hate, HATE to waste food, I am guilty of letting produce hang out in the fridge until it screams, "COOK ME!" When I asked how everyone else deals with their garden produce, Sue, of Sue's Garden Journal, somewhat apologetically commented "I hate to admit it.....I'm one of THOSE people. I pick every day at sunrise and usually have everything processed/frozen within the hour. I've just gotten into such a routine, I don't even have to think about it." Sheer genius! I want to be like that!
   Sue's comment reminded me of publishing queen Helen Gurley Brown's motto: "Get up and do it if it needs to be done...even if you hate it." I'd read this some time back and wanted to incorporate it into my thinking--into my life--but it's oh, so hard for this lazy leopard to change her spots!
   So, this finally got around to it post is dedicated to Sue and all of you who continue to inspire me. Thank you!!

Finally got around to adding some cuttings to this houseplant and topping it off with some more potting mix.

Hubby was kind enough to trim the pork loin for me...grosses me out!

"If you succeed in everything you're doing, you're attempting things that are too easy"

~ Warren Buffett

"If you persuade yourself that you can do a certain thing, provided this thing is possible, you will do it, however difficult it may be. If, on the contrary, you imagine that you cannot do the simplest thing in the world, it is impossible for you to do it, and molehills become for you unscalable." 

~ Emile Coue'

Finally got around to making Slow Cooker Mexican Pork and Sweet Potato Stew from Once a Month Mom, modified slightly by using a can of Ro-tel in place of the roasted tomatoes and I did brown the pork first. (Sorry no "after" pic!) I haven't tried this yet, but Hubby liked it!

Finally got around to making Yummy Little Cooks' Marmite Pork. Even though I didn't thicken the sauce as much as I'd have liked ('cause folks were waiting on me!), we all really liked the taste of this dish. DD was over for lunch; this is her plate. 

   Sure feels GOOD to have a fridge full of leftovers, as opposed to a fridge full of foods screaming to be cooked. Anything over at your place that needs doing or cooking? If you have a "finally got around to it" post to share, hope you'll leave a link.