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Quickness: I Have It
Jul. 15th, 2015 03:09 pm* We were supposed to be gone by 10 a.m. I shake my head at myself is what I do, people. I shake my head.
* We made a HUGE discovery! If we go up by the fire station (on a tall hill, about 3 minutes away), we have cell reception! This discovery was made when we went there this morning to take Maddie, the wolf/shepherd mix, back to her fireman daddy. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I don't know why it's such a big deal, but Mister was excited. I was more excited by seeing PRISONERS doing some clean up work there -- it was very weird. Of course, I didn't realize they were prisoners until we were leaving, and was waving and smiling at them.
* My plans for stuff and things is off a bit, due to the extra time up here. I was going to get boxes today and pack, but I have to do it tomorrow. Along with shopping. And sorting. And cleaning. Just writing that makes me not want to go even more. :) If I sit down when I get home, I won't do anything today, so I'm going to try to just throw on sunglasses and flipflops and do some errands. If I can knock the TO GO places off the TO DO list, I'll be very proud of myself.
* This weekend we are going to try to get new library cards for the new county we're in. We will not be giving up the library cards for the old county. I am hopeful this results in a bigger selection of e-books (which I have an aversion to, but I'm trying to save money AND we have no space, so e-books seem to be the answer). Also, we're going to be listening to a lot of audio books on the long-assed-drive (hitherto known as the LAD), so the bigger selection the better.
* I've been looking at tips, tricks, and recipes for make ahead/prep ahead/freeze meals. There seem to be a lot of good things out there, but a huge chunk of the easiest ones are sooooooooooooo unhealthy! It's taking a lot of time sorting through and picking things everyone around here will eat. I don't like tomato-based sauces for pasta that much (I don't like pasta that much, to be honest), kid doesn't like quinoa that much, we all are stepping away from meat, bread is the devil, etc etc etc. All of this presents a challenge, but one I'm up to -- I do not want to undo all the good we've done with our diet and, in fact, see this as an opportunity to do even better!
That said, I found a recipe for creamy chicken spaghetti casserole that sounded/looked really, really good...but with two cans of cream of * soup, it's not going to be something that happens very often. At all.
I don't like leftovers, I'm tired when I get home under the best of circumstances, so who knows what we'll end up with? o.O
* There are two GORGEOUS hunks of reclaimed wood downstairs. I shall be turning them into tables before summer gets here next year. They will be beautiful and I'll sell them for a million dollars and pay cash for my horse house. =D Ahem.
* I have hit a wall with writing. One recommendation that's come from all sorts of areas is "put it away, write on something else." I have to train my brain to do that, because right now, putting the WoLF away just isn't happening.
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My computer, clothes, and some from-home food are coming up with us tomorrow. Next week I really am going to stay in town and pack pack pack pack. Srsly. I MEAN IT.
Ahem.
So even though school is starting soonish, something else is happening even sooner! PHANTOM at the end of July. Woot!
OK. I need to get stuff ready so we can head out before tomorrow. :)
* We made a HUGE discovery! If we go up by the fire station (on a tall hill, about 3 minutes away), we have cell reception! This discovery was made when we went there this morning to take Maddie, the wolf/shepherd mix, back to her fireman daddy. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I don't know why it's such a big deal, but Mister was excited. I was more excited by seeing PRISONERS doing some clean up work there -- it was very weird. Of course, I didn't realize they were prisoners until we were leaving, and was waving and smiling at them.
* My plans for stuff and things is off a bit, due to the extra time up here. I was going to get boxes today and pack, but I have to do it tomorrow. Along with shopping. And sorting. And cleaning. Just writing that makes me not want to go even more. :) If I sit down when I get home, I won't do anything today, so I'm going to try to just throw on sunglasses and flipflops and do some errands. If I can knock the TO GO places off the TO DO list, I'll be very proud of myself.
* This weekend we are going to try to get new library cards for the new county we're in. We will not be giving up the library cards for the old county. I am hopeful this results in a bigger selection of e-books (which I have an aversion to, but I'm trying to save money AND we have no space, so e-books seem to be the answer). Also, we're going to be listening to a lot of audio books on the long-assed-drive (hitherto known as the LAD), so the bigger selection the better.
* I've been looking at tips, tricks, and recipes for make ahead/prep ahead/freeze meals. There seem to be a lot of good things out there, but a huge chunk of the easiest ones are sooooooooooooo unhealthy! It's taking a lot of time sorting through and picking things everyone around here will eat. I don't like tomato-based sauces for pasta that much (I don't like pasta that much, to be honest), kid doesn't like quinoa that much, we all are stepping away from meat, bread is the devil, etc etc etc. All of this presents a challenge, but one I'm up to -- I do not want to undo all the good we've done with our diet and, in fact, see this as an opportunity to do even better!
That said, I found a recipe for creamy chicken spaghetti casserole that sounded/looked really, really good...but with two cans of cream of * soup, it's not going to be something that happens very often. At all.
I don't like leftovers, I'm tired when I get home under the best of circumstances, so who knows what we'll end up with? o.O
* There are two GORGEOUS hunks of reclaimed wood downstairs. I shall be turning them into tables before summer gets here next year. They will be beautiful and I'll sell them for a million dollars and pay cash for my horse house. =D Ahem.
* I have hit a wall with writing. One recommendation that's come from all sorts of areas is "put it away, write on something else." I have to train my brain to do that, because right now, putting the WoLF away just isn't happening.
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My computer, clothes, and some from-home food are coming up with us tomorrow. Next week I really am going to stay in town and pack pack pack pack. Srsly. I MEAN IT.
Ahem.
So even though school is starting soonish, something else is happening even sooner! PHANTOM at the end of July. Woot!
OK. I need to get stuff ready so we can head out before tomorrow. :)
