small victories

Today was filled with small victories for this newlywed housewife. I successfully made my very first batch of meatballs. After doing an initial search for simply "meatballs" online I found a recipe that required 4 different kinds of meat and spices I hadn't even heard of so I swiftly added "easy" in front of "meatballs" and found a recipe that called for only 5 ingredients, all of which I was familiar with. I'm still not good at portion size and ended up making 30 savory miniature spheres of beef so my next recipe search will be for "meatball leftover ideas." I also fixed my very first squeaky door with WD40. After correctly connecting the little straw to the spout it unfortunately took me a good step back and evaluation of the can to find the spray button. In my defence it was a new fancy-shmancy can that looked nothing like the WD40 my dad used. I didn't know where to spray it exactly so I decided any surface that was metal seemed like a good idea and was completely amazed when that high pitched twang faded into silence. I was so excited that I shouted into our bedroom where my husband was sleeping my achievement and demanded his praise and approval. Small victories are still victories.