Weekly name-and-shame

[neadods]

THIS WEEK
I almost, almost didn't do this, but I don't want to get out of the habit. Focusing on what I need to do makes me work on what I need to do.


ACCOMPLISHED:
General things: I found a new RSS reader with an "unread only" view, which is making me spend less time online.

I have made my annual pilgrimmage to Quiltfest in Hampden, with bonus stop at Colonial Williamsburg. This year it was a gals' weekend out; there were three of us and by the end I was very grateful not to be the one driving because I was tired.

I did not buy fabric. I did, um, buy a very expensive shaker sewing box. Also, more cookbooks, but if I'm breathing I'm buying cookbooks.

I'm also trying to find long-term substitutes for foods I eat with lower calories/fat so that I don't lose weight and then snap back to previous eating habits. For years I have drunk a mostly-sugar chai powder in milk. I wonder if I can shift the urge for a hot drink away from "chai" or hot cocoa to hot apple juice/cider. I *have* successfully replaced a buttered bagel with applesauce on a bagel, and the next shift is to start making my own oatmeal seedy bread and replace the bagel.


HEALTH:
Walked: According to M's fitbit, we put in over 11,000 steps Friday and over 12,000 steps Saturday. That counts!
Flexibility: stretch 3x a day at work. I've dropped yoga class until the weather's better and will likely look for a new teacher after I've used up the rest of my classes in my class pass. I frankly blame the current teacher for the problems I'm having with my right shoulder after she decided that we could all do shoulder stands.
Strength: 0
Weight: 241.4
Other Health: The viviofit I just bought is the kind that flashes up a warning if I don't move every hour. I hope this helps.

OUTSIDE WORK NEEDED
-- garage fix (non-negotiable even with England)
-- -- fix door
-- -- repaint: trying to get an estimate
-- -- regutter
-- pave side of porch (desired, will take 2nd place to England if necessary)

CHRISTMAS WISHES/CRAFT PROJECTS:
-- Have ability to hold 6-person dinner party in library
-- Make "experiences gallery" of photos and badges from events
-- Make collage of poppy installation photos
-- Make Holmesian Lanyard & nametag for events that don't have permanent tags
-- Make Holmesian and Austenite bangle bracelets
-- Schedule regular structured "adult days" to focus on paperwork, mending, etc.
-- 2 full sets garb & accessories for Kitchen Guild (under reconsideration, England)
-- collect and keep ready 3 days emergency blackout supplies
-- Organize Christmas materials (lists, decorations, etc)
-- Clear bedroom
-- run at least 3 5K fun runs by fall (Dead Man's Run, Gobble Wobble, Ugly Christmas Sweater run)
-- make shadow box with Salk vaccine
-- make list/database of cookbooks

OTHER:


LEARNED THIS YEAR:
- purl through back loop


SELF CARE/PLEASURE:
- Road Trip!


READING:
Fanfic
It's all stuff I recced/read before, but you can't read print in a car after dark:
The Internet Is Not Just for Porn (johnlock crackfic)
Splat! (johnlock Appalachian AU PWP)

Audio
Pagan Spring, G.M. Malliet If you're fond of classic British mystery a la Sayers and Babson, I highly recommend Malliet.

Print
-- Arranged, a novel by McKenzie Surprisingly, a chick lit book with a relatively intelligent heroine!
-- Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon. It's a semi-cozy mystery set in a tour at Colonial Williamsburg. If the threatened nasty weather does happen and if I do catch up with what I want to do today, I intend to be luxurious and read it all at once!

Okay, I've got 5 tasks to do today. Sooner they're done, sooner I'll be reading a book!

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

We have found several types of low-sugar hot chocolate mixes. You want to look for the ones labeled "No Sugar Added" (which generally use sucralose) rather than the ones labeled "Diet" (which have aspartame). The one we like best is unfortunately a local-chain store brand and therefore not useful to you, but Swiss Miss makes a decent one too. Or buy Penzey's cocoa powder and make your own?

What exactly would a Holmesian or Austenite bangle bracelet look like? I'll admit I'm having trouble visualizing this.

Re cookbook database -- are you wanting to do something with this that would make LibraryThing not a useful option?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

The bangle bracelet is imagined as a wide wooden bangle painted white with text from the books decoupaged on.

Several of the stores I was in in Williamsburg were inside old buildings where there was no cell service. I want to be able to stand in front of a set of bookshelves *anywhere* and know if I already have that cookbook or not. I could make a HanDbase file - I used to have my zines all categorized that way - but I might just up and use the notepad to make an alphabetized list.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

There's a LibraryThing app which stores your book information searchably on your phone. Downside: you'd have to keep it updated regularly. Depending on how many cookbooks you have, this might or might not be easier than just keeping a list in the notepad.