Those are words I may never have expected to hear myself say. I fight procrastination every day of my life. I guess it may be a common character flaw to many people. But this time it did work in my favor. I'll explain.
For many years I've had a large collection of Taste of Home magazines. You can read about my Christmas issues here. Every couple of months, I like to get out part of my stash of older Taste of Home magazines -- the ones for the particular season we're in-- and browse through them. (I often do this with my Cook & Tell newsletters as well.) Invariably I find some neat recipes that I had forgotten about, or ones I had meant to try and never got around to. I keep most of the out-of-season magazines neatly stacked in a bookcase, and transfer the ones for the current season to a bakers rack in the dining area where they are handy for browsing.
I was thinking in mid-October that I needed to get out the Thanksgiving and Christmas issues. It's been such a busy year for us and I couldn't even remember the last seasonal issues I had brought out. (I keep a folder of healthy recipes and one of slow cooker recipes stacked atop my seasonal magazines in the bakers rack.) So I reached under those folders to see what season was there.
Lo and behold! Thanksgiving, starting with the very issue you see at the top of this post! And, stacked just beneath them, the Christmas issues! There was no need to change out the issues, as I had apparently never changed them out at any point in 2023. They were just as they'd been left in 2022. And rather than being disgusted with myself for procrastinating, I am actually very thankful for it, as it has saved me some work at a very busy time. Now I can browse Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes at my leisure.
Can't wait to see what you will find!
ReplyDeleteI love to change out my magazines seasonally too! I can't wait to get the Christmas ones out!
ReplyDeleteI have found that I love my old magazines way more than any of the newer ones. I have even quit looking at the new ones on the stands. Not sure if I have grown old and changed or if the new is just not nearly as good as the old ones. I have a stash old ones that I keep in a cabinet and do the same as you. I don’t think I managed to even find time to look at the fall ones. Maybe I will pull them out before I turn my thoughts to Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLadies, would you believe the very same thing happened to me this year?!
ReplyDeleteSandy, you are so right. There is no point in looking at the newer seasonal magazines. The old ones are so much better!