Ok baby steps. I let my son zap my ear with a shock pen. I hate them. I screamed the first time I got shocked on the finger with it. I held my breath and let him zap my earlobe. It wasn't that bad. One fear faced, Ok so it was a small fear, but it was a fear none the less.
Now for something that is only me. I was always taught that the proper way to cook a turkey was to get up at 3 in the morning and put it on. You wrap the turkey in aluminum foil, then put it in a big baking pan with a lid and add water to cover the bottom of the pan. I did this for years. I was the one dragging around on Christmas day, because I had been up most of the early morning getting the turkey ready. Do you know how difficult it is to wrestle the neck of a turkey out of it's butt? Especially when the turkey is still partially frozen? I had several melt downs in my kitchen at 3 in the morning Christmas day. This is over. This year I put the turkey on at 9:00 am. No water , no aluminum foil, and no lid. The turkey was done by 1:00. Perfectly browned and the juiciest turkey I ever cooked. This is me. Never again will I fight a turkey at 3 in the morning. My mother would not approve. She would love the taste and say it was delicious, but she would not approve. I'm not her, I'm me.