you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

A useful article from King Arthur Flour (my beloved) on baking while disabled.

This is KitchenAid Stand Mixer she's 2 days old and enjoys screaming at me when I stimulate her to potty, and staying latched on the bottle long after she decides she is full. Tell her u love her or else

What's in Sanji's bag? Wrong answers only!

This week, Tiny Tim has escaped and made me chase him through a muddy/slushy yard, bitten me worse than he ever did before, and farted on me so many times I've lost count

*sigh*

That's my boy

is the first swear (bad words 🤯) in an idkhow song Ever from the fucking kitchenaid jingle or am i just very bad at remembering (this is Monumental (not really))

we came, we saw, we... used a stand mixer to process faux meat and vegetables? 🤷🏼‍♀️

overall I'm quite pleased with this, but to me it kinda seems like a food processor was in development for this pack as well, but then to cut corners they decided to shove it all into the stand mixer.

my kingdom for a food processor! and while we're at it, a trash compactor!

Belated Greenwarden Update and Changes to the Patreon

Hey-o!!! Technically it's still the 30th here, but I'd rather not leave everybody high and dry -- Greenwarden will update tomorrow, August 31st, after I've had some time to edit this month's update.

I've also decided that, since the streams and Deep Lore Q&A have been... unsuccessful, I'm dropping the Director-tier from Patreon until the Alpha build. Operative and Hunter tiers will still be available, as will Bonus Content and voting!

this is so funny

if youre cold hes cold. toasts him until golden

gose idea: svt cooking competition except it’s cutthroat kitchen style only for mingyu and jun

1958 Kitchenaid ad detail

My KitchenAid looks like a hot mess... And this is what I have been doing with my time away from Tumblr. I still have another type of Cookie to make... Before I bake my cream cheese sugar cookies (the dough is currently chilling in the fridge). After all that shit is done and the oven is completely cooled down, I will make the dinner rolls for tomorrow. A while back my dad gave me an oven that has different cooking modes. Between the large restaurant size sheet pans and 3 oven racks, baking goes quickly. My house is too cool and dry to properly proof dough, because of the HVAC. I turn the oven on warm mode for 5 minutes, then put a pan with steaming water on the lower rack.. and just like that, a perfect place to proof dough. I used to do that with my old oven by turning it on to the lowest temp it will go for the same amount of time, but I would crack open the oven door for about a minute to let some of the heat escape so it wouldn't be too hot for the yeast to work. I love baking and cooking. Ever since I was little, I was always in the kitchen with Grandma or my mom. I was also always at the bakery with my tio Oscar and tia Channa. I loved watching them in action, sometimes they would let me help, but since I was just a little girl there wasn't much I could do. I couldn't really be in the back there very much because of the machinery. They had giant stand mixers, a tortilla making machine, and big ovens. Mostly, they let me put the baked goods in the display. Some of my best memories!!!🥰❤️🌹

That sharp corner on the counter top is going to cause more scrapes and bruises than a Field Hockey game.

(My guess though this is just a set built to show off the dishwasher)

Better Homes and Gardens   December 1973

Hello my fellow tumblrinas

No third option on this one sorry i need a straight to the point answer. Please reblog 🥺 i would love for a larger pool of ppl answering 💕💕 would love ur experiences and opinions in the tags too!

Edit: i would like to clarify im asking about Kitchen Aid brand mixers specifically not bench top mixers in general

my buy nothing group when I'm checking it literally every hour: baby clothes (25 posts), bags of broken crayons, 15 year old vacuum, stained fabric scraps

my buy nothing group when I forget to check it for one day: kitchenaid stand mixer, brand new iPad, vintage electric guitar, full bottle of philosophy amazing grace perfume (all claimed)