So, yeah. I'm in a phase of reconsidering my habits and "obligations" to see what I can pare from my routine, and I'm not wanting to give up on making semi-regular journal posts. In fact, I'm wishing I'd been posting at least once or twice a week, because I have a file of quick notes to remind me what I wanted to mention in my next entry and it's ( Read more... )

And here I am with the material for the many journal entries I should have making over the last few weeks, all going into a single post. The keyboard stashed in the coffee table in the living room is helpful, but I still need to take the time to actually use it ( Read more... )

So I haven't posted any photos since January 16th? Yeah, it was about time to get these off my phone ( Read more... )

Posting a journal entry has become another of those tasks that has dropped off my weekly schedule, despite repeated mental notes of things I should record (for my own future reference, even of no one else is still reading this). The daffodils are coming up (and some are even blooming), I got a really good annual bonus (that is going to evaporate ( Read more... )

December is a rough month on the budget. Gift shopping and other extra expenses don't go well with a month of little-to-no overtime. And this last Xmas was worse than usual, with a bit of delayed car maintenance being followed by lots of vet bills over a brief period. (Dizzy is about due for his annual exam and vaccinations. I've held off on ( Read more... )

I did my taxes Monday. Wound up owing $71. So there's that ( Read more... )

So last Sunday morning we finished up early and I got to go an hour and a half before the end of my shift. Which was fine, as far as I was concerned, because I had four more shifts coming up that week to make up the lost time in ( Read more... )

And today is the day in which I've been catching up on the last of the backlog of unshared photos, since I started out the day with not much else on the "to do" list but kitchen stuff in the morning and getting my manicure done (which I've been working on while on the computer).

So. To start with, a couple of baking photos.

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So, let's see. Training the young cats not to be so hunger-maddened at feedings progresses. Noonish feedings have been helpful in convincing them that starvation isn't imminent. (Though earlier today, a bit before noon, Gabe got on top of the fridge and started trying to get into the one box of cereal I'd gotten recently that hadn't been decanted ( Read more... )

So I've had "Post LJ entry" as an item on my "to do" list that I've been postponing for the last several days, and now that I've turned on the desktop (with two items on the "to do" list that required it) I find myself with a batch of photos ready to share and also a lengthy amount of text that needs typing in. (Which I may postpone, or at least ( Read more... )