Day 2 of "Beef and Beans" went pretty well, but of course last night was gaming, which meant overindulgence (on apples, almonds...and M&Ms) and an inability to exercise between work and dinner and gaming. Otherwise, the diet's been ok, even though I've been going low and staying low after meals: beans don't have as many carbs as bread, and I'm ( Read more... )

 Day 1 of "Poop Yourself Thin" went ok...Slimfast shake for breakfast; apple slices for a snack, and chicken with red beans for lunch/dinner. I didn't end up getting to eat lunch till I was on the way home, and discovered that beans really aren't conducive to eating while driving. Ah well: live and learn and wash bean paste out of one of my vests ( Read more... )

This morning began at 530 am with the following conversation:

"Honey, on the days where you have off and I have to work, have I ever woken up while you're trying to sleep and turned on the lights and TV?"

I don't particularly enjoy sleeping in anymore, because I feel like there's stuff I need to do and like I've wasted hours if I sleep in. I have a ( Read more... )

I do not want to go to work. Truly, madly, deeply, do not want to go. It's not personality politics anymore--we had 'a chat' and got most of that can of worms resolved--but it's the weather, the wind that's gusting across the road and around the house at about 40 mph and blowing snow and ice past our windows so that sometimes the backyard ( Read more... )

The wind is howling around the house, making various eaves and gutters and the patio trellis rattle as the baby snow skitters across the front porch. I love this house and I love living here, but when I'm here alone I'm reminded of the benefits of living one-woman-one-room. Yes, there were issues with keeping the place warm in the winter and cool ( Read more... )

I need to post something. It's been a month since the last time I posted, and there really has been a lot going on...but none of it has been "ooh, I have to blog about this". It's all built up, though, so I can run that down...plus it's almost NaNoWriMo, and I want to finish last year's story this year, so I need to warm up my fingers for typing ( Read more... )

 In case you weren't aware:

Ike and I are getting married!

More info to come when, uh, when I have it.

 OK, I'm here.

We're going to try out a gym this morning and then go to practice. Tomorrow I start at LB; he's giving a talk to a financial RSO at ISU in the evening so I'll have time to unpack myself a little bit.

Serpentine is a lot more challenging than I originally thought--due, I'm sure, in no small part to the fact that my last organized ( Read more... )

I need to get the diamonds done in the Gypsy Room. I could have made a lot of progress on Monday, but Ike downloaded Tongues of Serpents on his Kindle and, well, I couldn't just let the poor thing sit idle while he was at work...

On a side note, no one else (reviewers, bloggers, Ike) seems to share my opinion that the last few pages read like a ( Read more... )

I'm moving out of housing on Friday. Today's Wednesday: a Wednesday in which the majority of the day lies spread out before me, completely open to the idea of packing up my few belongings so that I'm ready to go Friday.

So I'm sitting here watching Zombieland on Netflix. Not packing ( Read more... )