Sunday Wrapup
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neadodsMy love affair with Goal Happy lasted less than a week; it wasn't as easy to use as I'd hoped and it won't give you extra credit for extra goals. I think it's still a good tool, but not the one I want for this task.
Little Free Library
The only thing gone since last time is a Bon Appetit magazine (I forgot that I just started a subscription and bought the latest. D'oh!) I've done a dozen-book shakeout; we'll see what happens.
House Renovation
Went to Community Forklift and bought 20 bricks to throw down the hole created by a rotting treestump. The idea is to throw bricks/rocks into the biggest parts of the hole to discourage insects from settling in, then to dump soil over the rest and turn it into an herb spiral.
I also seriously have considered buying enough bricks to make a brick path where the roses used to be, but after the trouble it took me to get 20, I think I'd rather pay someone to deliver directly.
52 Organizing Missions (still goldbricking)
Secrets to communicating in emails and voice mails
4 steps to getting rid of debt (that one? Pretty sure I know all there is to know. 20 grand to go.)
52 Weight Loss Missions (name and shame: up .4 lb)
Flick on the Action Switch
Choose Smart Diet Actions
I'm not using the "log everything you eat" book to actually log everything that goes into my mouth. Someday I will, but right now I'm focusing on metrics that are more immediately important to me: how much sleep am I getting? Does that affect how I eat? (hoo boy. Yeah.) Not just what do I eat during the day, but *when*? Important part, that... I knew I had a little boredom nosh in the early afternoon, but I didn't realize that it was inevitably within a 15-minute window. Fortunately, fruit seems to hit the spot.
Also, if I use the Lunch Blox with green veg in the big container, vegetable soup in the medium container (even veg soup with starch in it), I don't get post-lunch coma (which I've also tracked). So vegetarian/vegan recipes have just rocketed to the top of my To Be Learned list. There's only so often one can face brussel sprouts or broccoli.
New Recipe
I haven't actually tried one, but I've looked up single-serve peanut butter soup and homemade ketchup. I'm going to try the rice-pudding-without-custard recipe with oat bran.
And having satisfied myself that I've learned a good basic bread stuffing recipe, I'm turning next to finding a good basic potato soup recipe, in the hopes of being able to leverage that into everything from peanut butter soup through tomato bisque.
Oh, and I'm still looking for a baked bean recipe. No, I'm not, but I'm obviously needing to do a better cut-and-paste job on my Sunday wrapups.
7 items donated/trashed
I suppose I really can't count the LFL rejects I just took back to the Book Thing. Well, one of the things to do today is to do a serious cleanup/purge of my bedroom.
Other Accomplishments
- Got quotes from a key Elementary episode.
Yeah, that's a lame list, but I don't talk about work online and the majority of this week's energy was caught up in a big thing at work.
Little Free Library
The only thing gone since last time is a Bon Appetit magazine (I forgot that I just started a subscription and bought the latest. D'oh!) I've done a dozen-book shakeout; we'll see what happens.
House Renovation
Went to Community Forklift and bought 20 bricks to throw down the hole created by a rotting treestump. The idea is to throw bricks/rocks into the biggest parts of the hole to discourage insects from settling in, then to dump soil over the rest and turn it into an herb spiral.
I also seriously have considered buying enough bricks to make a brick path where the roses used to be, but after the trouble it took me to get 20, I think I'd rather pay someone to deliver directly.
52 Organizing Missions (still goldbricking)
Secrets to communicating in emails and voice mails
4 steps to getting rid of debt (that one? Pretty sure I know all there is to know. 20 grand to go.)
52 Weight Loss Missions (name and shame: up .4 lb)
Flick on the Action Switch
Choose Smart Diet Actions
I'm not using the "log everything you eat" book to actually log everything that goes into my mouth. Someday I will, but right now I'm focusing on metrics that are more immediately important to me: how much sleep am I getting? Does that affect how I eat? (hoo boy. Yeah.) Not just what do I eat during the day, but *when*? Important part, that... I knew I had a little boredom nosh in the early afternoon, but I didn't realize that it was inevitably within a 15-minute window. Fortunately, fruit seems to hit the spot.
Also, if I use the Lunch Blox with green veg in the big container, vegetable soup in the medium container (even veg soup with starch in it), I don't get post-lunch coma (which I've also tracked). So vegetarian/vegan recipes have just rocketed to the top of my To Be Learned list. There's only so often one can face brussel sprouts or broccoli.
New Recipe
I haven't actually tried one, but I've looked up single-serve peanut butter soup and homemade ketchup. I'm going to try the rice-pudding-without-custard recipe with oat bran.
And having satisfied myself that I've learned a good basic bread stuffing recipe, I'm turning next to finding a good basic potato soup recipe, in the hopes of being able to leverage that into everything from peanut butter soup through tomato bisque.
7 items donated/trashed
I suppose I really can't count the LFL rejects I just took back to the Book Thing. Well, one of the things to do today is to do a serious cleanup/purge of my bedroom.
Other Accomplishments
- Got quotes from a key Elementary episode.
Yeah, that's a lame list, but I don't talk about work online and the majority of this week's energy was caught up in a big thing at work.
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Date: 2013-01-20 05:09 pm (UTC)Right now, though, I think it's possibly more important to know my eating *patterns* so that I can then start slotting better choices into them - fruit instead of candy for the afternoon snack that I never thought about, for instance.
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Date: 2013-01-20 04:10 pm (UTC)So far I've made it with adding apples, adding pureed green beans, with almond milk instead of coconut or cow milk, with additional sliced almonds... and it's all been fabulous, filling and healthy. And good either cold or hot.
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Date: 2013-01-20 05:08 pm (UTC)(I like butternut squash, but I have trouble convincing my head sometimes that I'm about to put squash and not sweet potato into my mouth. Although if I get the ur-potato recipe down, there's no reason why it wouldn't also be an ur-sweet potato recipe.)
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Date: 2013-01-22 01:05 am (UTC)1/2 lb pea beans
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 strips raw bacon, diced
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp dry mustard
1/8 tsp red pepper
1/3 cup molasses
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1/4 cup tomato juice
1 cup water
Soak the beans overnight. Using the same water, boil, reduce heat, and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes or longer.
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Add all other ingredients to beans. Pour into a baking pot or pan.
Bake uncovered about 4 hours or longer. If necessary, add boiling water to prevent drying. Serves 4.
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