Muddy Spring

Efficiency

A word I've been thinking about a lot lately.  My mother-in-law was an amazingly efficient canner.  I'll never forget the one time I canned with her.  She knew what she was doing and it went FAST!  She'd canned--I'm certain--millions of jars of things by the time she and I canned together.  My own mother is amazingly efficient in the kitchen.  She can make a meal appear out of nothing very quickly.  I know she's made millions of meals, after all I've eaten many of them.  I've watched one of my sisters make bread with incredible efficiency.  She can even guide you through the process while sitting on the couch without looking at a recipe.  It's impressive.  The number of loaves she's made is unfathomable.  So I've been thinking, what of me?  What do I do efficiently?  Dishes and laundry are definitely out (anyone have an efficiency tips in that regard?  I could use them).  Cooking is a slow process...thank goodness for the efficiency of my husband--super chopper there.  I used to be quite efficient in computer use, but I'm seriously outdated now and what's left of what I know mainly rests in typing and even that is getting a little rusty.  Then it hit me....I can load a 3 milliliter syringe with 1-2 milliliters of medicine without even looking.  (I do double check, though as I once overheard a nurse say "We always have someone check us in Peds{Pediatrics}." and the checking prevented my son from receiving an overdose of something.)  There it is my efficiency in all its glory:  2 mils.    Now that's something to write home about.