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Sunday Wrapup
Little Free Library
I used to swap the books out every week, but then I came back from having ignored the thing for 3 weeks over the Christmas break and all but 6 books were gone. (It holds about 35.) Also, some books stayed a week and then were taken on day 10. So I'm going for slow churn now rather than fast turnover.
GIVEN: A couple of Lee Child novels
LEFT & RETURNED: Under the Tuscan Sun, 102 Minutes (then left again)
LEFT: La Vera Cucina cookbook, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sudoku, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Wishbones, The World According to Clarkson, Time to Run
House Renovation
After complaints of not enough seats in the living room during the 12th night get-together, I've moved a large armchair from the library to the living room and given it a slipcover to make it match. It makes the living room a tad cramped, but it certainly did a lot to declutter the library!
Also, I got new silverware (another complaint, as the former new silverware was unbalanced and kept falling off plates) and new wire racks to put it in.
52 Organizing Missions
How to Have More Personal Time
3 Things to Immediately Strike Off Your To-Do List
52 Weight Loss Missions
Observe Your Behavior in a Log, Blog, or Journal
Keep a Food Diary
... I realize this looks like a lot, but I'm actually knocking off all the really easy ones to accomplish up front, which is probably cheating.
New Recipe
By the way, I've taken a good look at the Cook's Illustrated Science of Cooking book and realized that at least half the chapters I either already know the lesson, aren't interested in any of the recipes, or do not eat that food. So I'm taking it off the resolutions list. I do intend to try a new recipe every week... although I'm kinda goldbricking by having tried a new nuke-a-food instead of actually cooking something this week. Eh, I tried two recipes last week.
Oh, and I'm still looking for a baked bean recipe.
7 items donated/trashed
Still haven't done that. Am doubtless going to have to do a whole lot some week to make up for it. Unfortunately, considering the clutter around here, that's not going to be hard.
Other Accomplishments
- Attended going out of business sale of local yarn store
- Clinic shift
- Negotiated Stratford vacation w/M and got B&B accommodations. (We're going up the last week in August, with a return just before Labor Day.)
- Caught up 4 out of 11 Elementary episodes for article (I know there are 12 episodes, but I'm not rewatching the pedophile/child murder one again for any reason, essays be damned)
Today I'm going to contact the people running 221BCon to see if I can get on a couple of the panels. There's one Elementary that I seriously need to grab quotes from, and I also need to wrap up the 2012 financial records and put them away. There's other paperwork I'd like to do, but I also just started reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookshop and there's some question of whether I'll be able to put it down.
I used to swap the books out every week, but then I came back from having ignored the thing for 3 weeks over the Christmas break and all but 6 books were gone. (It holds about 35.) Also, some books stayed a week and then were taken on day 10. So I'm going for slow churn now rather than fast turnover.
GIVEN: A couple of Lee Child novels
LEFT & RETURNED: Under the Tuscan Sun, 102 Minutes (then left again)
LEFT: La Vera Cucina cookbook, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sudoku, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Wishbones, The World According to Clarkson, Time to Run
House Renovation
After complaints of not enough seats in the living room during the 12th night get-together, I've moved a large armchair from the library to the living room and given it a slipcover to make it match. It makes the living room a tad cramped, but it certainly did a lot to declutter the library!
Also, I got new silverware (another complaint, as the former new silverware was unbalanced and kept falling off plates) and new wire racks to put it in.
52 Organizing Missions
How to Have More Personal Time
3 Things to Immediately Strike Off Your To-Do List
52 Weight Loss Missions
Observe Your Behavior in a Log, Blog, or Journal
Keep a Food Diary
... I realize this looks like a lot, but I'm actually knocking off all the really easy ones to accomplish up front, which is probably cheating.
New Recipe
By the way, I've taken a good look at the Cook's Illustrated Science of Cooking book and realized that at least half the chapters I either already know the lesson, aren't interested in any of the recipes, or do not eat that food. So I'm taking it off the resolutions list. I do intend to try a new recipe every week... although I'm kinda goldbricking by having tried a new nuke-a-food instead of actually cooking something this week. Eh, I tried two recipes last week.
Oh, and I'm still looking for a baked bean recipe.
7 items donated/trashed
Still haven't done that. Am doubtless going to have to do a whole lot some week to make up for it. Unfortunately, considering the clutter around here, that's not going to be hard.
Other Accomplishments
- Attended going out of business sale of local yarn store
- Clinic shift
- Negotiated Stratford vacation w/M and got B&B accommodations. (We're going up the last week in August, with a return just before Labor Day.)
- Caught up 4 out of 11 Elementary episodes for article (I know there are 12 episodes, but I'm not rewatching the pedophile/child murder one again for any reason, essays be damned)
Today I'm going to contact the people running 221BCon to see if I can get on a couple of the panels. There's one Elementary that I seriously need to grab quotes from, and I also need to wrap up the 2012 financial records and put them away. There's other paperwork I'd like to do, but I also just started reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookshop and there's some question of whether I'll be able to put it down.
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New England Baked Beans (modified from Fix it And Forget It cookbook)
1 lb dried beans (I tend to use navy beans)
1/4 lb salt pork, sliced or diced
1 qt water and water to cover for bean prep
1 tsp salt
1-4 T brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2-1 t dry mustard
1/2 t baking soda
1 onion, coarsely chopped
5 cups water
1. Cook beans in water until softened, or bring to boil, cover, and let stand for 1 1/2 hours. Drain and dump into crockpot
2. Stir in remaining ingredients. Mix well.
3. Cover. Cook on low 8 hours or High 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
You can also add 1 cup ketchup or tomato sauce if you want it more tomato-y, but my New England grandmother would not approve...
This keeps forEVER in the freezer, and tastes even better over time.
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