I did it again;-)

Last weekend I spent 2 days in Vienna- a beautiful city.

I really enjoyed the time there but therefore I had no time for reading and writing...

On the one hand I feel a little bit guilty for not having done anything but on the other hand I had a good time. And sometimes everybody needs some days off.

                                                                                    

"Kaiserschmarren"- a delicious dish!!!!! See my distractions?:-)

The whole time my inner voice tried to remind me of my writings but I ´ve ignored her this weekend very successfully.

Now the result: a bad conscience! So what?

It´s ok the way it is. I´m glad about having this guilty conscience; better this  than no conscience at all;-)

So I ´ve started to work on my writing today and I hope, I´ll be able to write a little bit every day. Writing some paragraphs should become my daily routine. During NaNoWriMo I was able to write about 1600 words a day, so it has to be possible to do it (although it´s another sort of writing).

But no excuses anymore for today!

At the moment I often wonder, how people manage it to pursue a strict daily time schedule.

Recipe-corner:

Emperor´s Pancake

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
5 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons butter
powdered sugar

Directions:Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 18 mins
1 Sift the flour, sugar and salt together into a bowl. 2 Add the milk gradually, beating constantly. 3 Add the egg yolks 1 at a time and beat until well blended. 4 Beat the egg whites until stiff and STIR 1/3 into the batter. 5 Carefully FOLD in the remainder egg whites. 6 Over moderately high heat, melt 1 Tablespoon butter in an 8 to 9 inch skillet with sloping sides. 7 When the butter is sizzling, pour in 1/2 the batter and cook 3 to 4 minutes. 8 Loosen the edges of the pancake with a spatula and slide it onto a plate. 9 Invert the pancake back into the skillet and cook about 1 minute until the underside is brown. 10 Invert onto a heating serving plate and keep warm. 11 Prepare the second pancake in the same manner. 12 Sprinkle with powdered sugar. 13 Tear the pancakes into rough pieces with 2 forks and serve immediately. (Source: http://www.food.com/)
 
Enjoy!! ...and serve it with stewed plums or apples;-)

I had a dream...

My blog-title reminds me now of M.L. King´s speach- wasn´t my intention.

I wish my day could have 37 hours- not 48, no, just 37. I´m modest. That would be enough . I think so. Otherwise I´ll change the number;-)

I would sleep 10 hours each day- it´s not interesting to read, I know.
But think of 3 hours more sleep! That would be soooo cool.
Left are 20 hours.

I would spend 12 on my daily work and on running the household.
8 left. Well, great.

So enough time for my family and friends. They´d appreciate it- me, too. 4 hours- would it be too much or not? No, think, I´d need more time for them. But if I´d have so much time to visit them daily, maybe it´s more than enough. More than everybody could stand;-)
They shouldn´t get spoiled / or maybe bored because of my visits;-)

How many left? Let´s see... well, 4 hours, right.

Then I could use 2 hours daily to write and revise my MS. So I could finish it maybe before my retirement! And the rest of these 37 hours I´d spend on my hobbies.
That would be so great!

But now, time to wake up and face reality.
My freezer is broken, have to finish my assignments, prepare P.´s and R´s b-day presents, one celebration is tomorrow, the other one next week ( a round one:-) with more than 50 people...like a marriage.Not my taste, too many people, not enough time to talk to everyone.

See, that´s why I need more hours;-)
What would you do with a 37 hours day?