Weekly name-and-shame
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neadodsTHIS 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!
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.
-- 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!
