There is something seriously wrong with my brain!

I have issues. And, in case you haven't guessed from the name of my blog, a lot of my issues have to do with my brain--namely in the remembering department. There used to be a commercial on TV (maybe it still is, but, we don't get cable anymore, so I can't be sure.) I can't even tell you what the commercial was for, but this is what I remember. The commercial shows the inside of this person's brain. Everything is in little bubbles all floating around. There is a man walking through the brain paging "insurance", or something, trying to bring it up to the front of the brain. That's when I realized why I have such a problem remembering. My brain guy is not doing his job! Everything is just floating aimlessly around. No one is in there bringing my thoughts front and center. I'm going to have get that guy to do a better job!

The other night, Hubby and Awesome Daughter and I had just finished a very nice supper. For me, a meal isn't over until I've had a little bit of sweetness. I can survive without it, but, it makes me a little happier to taste the sweeter things of life. I made one little mention to Hubby.
"Sweetie, you should have bought a little bit of chocolate while you were out today. That would taste pret-ty good right now."
Hubby seemed a little incensed, rolled his eyes, and said, "I just bought you chocolate. Did you eat it all up, already?"
"What are you talking about? We don't have any chocolate." (I already ate the last of the chocolate chips. But, he didn't know about that.)
He walked over to the fridge, still rolling his eyes, then pulled out the box of Andes Mints. Oh, boy. How could I forget there was chocolate in the house? And especially mint?? Yep, there it was, right in the top compartment of the fridge! Something's not right in my brain if I'm forgetting about chocolate!

But, if that wasn't bad enough. Awesome Daughter proceeded to tell how I tried to bribe her into doing a job by giving her her own candy bar. (In my defense, I thought it was MY candy bar!)
"Yeah," she said, "Mom found that candy bar that I hid in the freezer and thought it was hers. Then she tried to bribe me with it, but she already had eaten half of it."
"Hey, at least I was willing to share what was left with you", I said in my defense.
"You and your Alzheimer's," they both say!

I do sometimes wonder about "my Alzheimer's", whether it is because I just have sooooooo much information stored into my brain, and my "brain guy" just isn't able to do his job, if it is because my hormones just aren't cooperating, or if I need to be concerned. I happened to find a magazine article about bad memories, and if I could just remember what it said....

I do have a check list on when to call the doctor:

• you have trouble with daily functioning  because your brain is foggy------ummmm, how foggy?
• you start to struggle with simple familiar tasks (preparing meals, using a toothbrush)  so far, so good
• you consistently forget common words-----is that like a "brain fart"? What common words? 
• you become disoriented or lost in your home or on your own street ---nope
• you experience erratic behavior, mood swings or personality changes---other than what menopause brings?

I think it is safe to say that I don't need a doctor yet. I just need that dang "brain guy" to get all my bubbles organized and get them where I can use them!

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Friday Follow and Chocolate Cake!

Today is Friday Follow.  It's always exciting to see the list of followers grow. (Hopefully!)

I apologize for the lack of blogs this week, but I have had trouble getting online.  I don't know if there is a correlation between the amount of snow we have and the ability to get online, but that's what it seems like.
Plus, our ridiculously long driveway that I thought was too long to shovel??? It turns out that it's NOT too long to shovel.  That's what I've been doing for the past three days.  There are actually a few places where I can actually see the blacktop!  It's been quite a job, but slowly and surely, it's getting done. Now, as the snow is starting to melt and turning to slush, I need to get that off before it freezes and turns to ice!  Oh the joys of winter wonderland!

I've decided to share a recipe for today.  I call it the Mile High Cake, but it can also be called the Most Dangerous Cake in the World. You may wonder what would make this the most dangerous cake in the world. Two reasons: 1) All the ingredients are common, every day ingredients. and 2) It only takes five, that's 5, minutes to make, from start to eating! Want to try it?

                                                                       

MILE HIGH CAKE

           4 tablespoons cake flour or

                   all-purpose flour   (no self-rising)            

            4 tablespoons sugar

            2 tablespoons baking cocoa

            1 egg

            3 tablespoons milk

            3 tablespoons oil (I use coconut oil, melted)

            3 tablespoons chocolate chips (I use minis)

            Dash vanilla flavoring          

           1/4 teaspoon instant coffee (optional)

           1 microwaveable coffee mug

          

          Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. (I use a small bowl, just because it's a little easier to stir everything.)  Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips, vanilla flavoring, and coffee, and mix again.

         Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little. (I don't.) Tip out, and put on a plate, if desired. Eat up! It's also good with a nice scoop of vanilla (or whatever you like) ice cream.  This will serve two, if you feel like sharing!

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