When I haven’t crafted in a while, I get twitchy. Whether its scrapping and paper crafting, involved art projects with the kiddo (coloring just doesn’t cut it ;)) or even assembling a beautiful bento lunch, I just seem to need a creative outlet. We have an extra bedroom and it was once my computer / […]
It just doesn’t feel like fall. It hit me as the kidlet and I were hunting up fall leaves for a group collage project at his preschool.  Our neighborhood has been here for 30+ years, so the trees and such are quite mature, despite being in the middle of a city (well, I guess techincally […]
Once thing nice about coming back from mini-vacation (besides seeing the kidlet, who I was missing desparately by Saturday) is coming home to an almost clean house. Since mom was staying here with the wee one, we had to get things in a semblance of order, lest we be terribly embarassed. It was far from perfect […]
I’m back from our trip. It was mostly relaxing. I have to admit that I was a bit of a slug. I much preferred laying around reading to being on my feet all day at the conference. Especially after I managed to get shinsplints at Disney. I wasn’t expecting much from weighing in this morning […]
With still another 4543989 things to get done before we leave tomorrow, this is likely my last post until after we get back. Although I considered packing up the laptop to take with us, in the end I decided its just too much of a pain, for as little as I would hope to be spending on […]
Weighed in this morning at 283.5, which is down 2 pounds this week. I had taken a “preview” peek at the scale midway through on Saturday and actually was down 4 pounds then, so am feeling just a tad let down. On the other hand, its been so long since the scaled moved at all, […]
I’ve been craving roast turkey (and stuffing, mores the pity) for ages and decided I just didn’t want to wait anymore. I cooked up the smallest bird I could find today (which was still pretty darn huge for 2.5 people!) and made a small batch of stuffing. I didn’t make the whole shebang. No potatoes […]
1. Have Powerful Reasons. With a strong enough reason you can and will find the how and the wherewithal to achieve your reward. Reasons plus belief keep you motivated. When you’re excited about your goal, it doesn’t seem like work. If you’re not excited, your efforts will require more discipline and energy. Make sure it’s […]
I continue to be sick. Friday will be 3 weeks now. I’ve been to the doctor; at this point its just a matter of waiting out this bout. But it sure feels like it will never end. Afterwards, I have to see an ear nose and throat guy. I’ve now been advised by multiple physicians […]
Bento is a relatively new interest of mine. While the Japanese term “bento” roughly translates to “box lunch” in English, and I guess even a happy meal would qualify, a typical traditional Japanese Bento is not an average packed lunch. It’s really a craft, an art. The goal with bento is to assemble a meal […]
