New Year's Resolutions, etc.
I really am very inconsistent about journal writing. They say blogging is the new journaling, and in some ways it is, although I personally would not feel comfortable posting some things that I would write in my journal. It's just too public. Regardless, I'm... intermittent about either blogging or journaling, despite efforts to have my blogging supplement or make up for lapeses in journaling.
But it is the first of the year, time for resolving to do better, and I am hoping to write either on my blog or in my journal at least once a week. I missed last week, so I'm 50% for the year so far--we'll see how it goes.
About the family: Apollo has been keeping busy at work. Last year there were a few months where some smallish mistakes cost the company big--ate up most of the year's profits, so I understand--and those mistakes happened primarily during the night shift. So Apollo and the general manager decided it would be a good idea to have Scott work two evening shifts a week, temporarily, to train some of the night staff. So far, it seems to be working--mistake costs the past month are a fraction of what they have been. Let's hope it keeps up.
Marigold has been very busy singing, running, doing puzzles, diapering & mothering dolls, finding creative uses for chairs, and exploring just about everything. I've been emptying drawers and moving their contents, to keep her out of them, only to have her move on to other, less-accessible drawers and finding even more interesting things... that I don't want her to find. But that's life with a toddler, right? I'm trying hard to take it in stride and keep a step or two ahead of her, or at least adapt quickly. She's also picking up all kinds of words: recent favorites include "zamboni" (which lives at the "hockey rink"), and sarcophogus (pronounced something like "sah-cof-cah-gus"). She's also a big fan of her new snowpants and snowcoat.
Me, I'm just trying to make sure I stay balanced. I'm back to babysitting Broom during the weekdays, which is good for keeping me and the 2 toddlers on a sort of routine, but it also limits my ability to go out and about. Which isn't all bad--I've been trying to reduce my driving time for ecological reasons, even after gas prices dropped--but I definitely need to get outside more and spend more time with other adults during the day. I also need a regular exercise routine. Occasional walks with the kids just isn't cutting it, right now--though I'm hoping I'll be able to do more when the weather gets warmer--bike to the park, and all that. It's just a pain trying to drag a wagon of 2 toddlers through slushy snow and have plowed/shoveled streets and sidewalks. Taking them in the back yard is great for them, but I don't get much out of it except some fresh air (unless there's an inversion on) and some sunshine.
Started watching Battlestar Galactica. Bro. 1 lent me season 1, which Apollo has been re-watching with me, and we finished it up last week. Just started season 2 last night. It's very interesting, though sometimes I feel that they're sacrificing character integrity (as in, that behavior was out of character for that character) for plot ideas. Also, there's only so much darkness and violence I can handle these days, so I prefer to space out when we watch it. We usually watch 2 or 3 episodes in a sitting.
I tried making La Truffade last night. I've got a goal to make one new recipe each month this year and I've got this great new cookbook, The Country Cooking of France. La Truffade is a fairly simple potato, bacon & cheese dish, but it's done a little differently than what I'm used to, so I managed to burn it. I also made a mistake picking up the wrong cheese, so it was full of parmesan and cheddar, instead of gruyere. I felt like I screwed it all up, but it was mostly tasty anyway (except for the burnt stuff on the bottom) and I think I could make this a great standby with a little practice.
Other resolutions:
- learn to crochet (Lisa, looking for help from you on this one)
- exercise at least 5x per week
- make cold frames, to extend my garden's growing season, and make a winter sqaush storage area, so that I can eat squash all winter long.
- learn how to keep sprouts going in a north & east facing kitchen
- take a class; options include: pottery, basic car maintenance/mechanics, botany, macro econ, political science, Mandarin or Russian
- learn how to make chocolate truffles
But it is the first of the year, time for resolving to do better, and I am hoping to write either on my blog or in my journal at least once a week. I missed last week, so I'm 50% for the year so far--we'll see how it goes.
About the family: Apollo has been keeping busy at work. Last year there were a few months where some smallish mistakes cost the company big--ate up most of the year's profits, so I understand--and those mistakes happened primarily during the night shift. So Apollo and the general manager decided it would be a good idea to have Scott work two evening shifts a week, temporarily, to train some of the night staff. So far, it seems to be working--mistake costs the past month are a fraction of what they have been. Let's hope it keeps up.
Marigold has been very busy singing, running, doing puzzles, diapering & mothering dolls, finding creative uses for chairs, and exploring just about everything. I've been emptying drawers and moving their contents, to keep her out of them, only to have her move on to other, less-accessible drawers and finding even more interesting things... that I don't want her to find. But that's life with a toddler, right? I'm trying hard to take it in stride and keep a step or two ahead of her, or at least adapt quickly. She's also picking up all kinds of words: recent favorites include "zamboni" (which lives at the "hockey rink"), and sarcophogus (pronounced something like "sah-cof-cah-gus"). She's also a big fan of her new snowpants and snowcoat.
Me, I'm just trying to make sure I stay balanced. I'm back to babysitting Broom during the weekdays, which is good for keeping me and the 2 toddlers on a sort of routine, but it also limits my ability to go out and about. Which isn't all bad--I've been trying to reduce my driving time for ecological reasons, even after gas prices dropped--but I definitely need to get outside more and spend more time with other adults during the day. I also need a regular exercise routine. Occasional walks with the kids just isn't cutting it, right now--though I'm hoping I'll be able to do more when the weather gets warmer--bike to the park, and all that. It's just a pain trying to drag a wagon of 2 toddlers through slushy snow and have plowed/shoveled streets and sidewalks. Taking them in the back yard is great for them, but I don't get much out of it except some fresh air (unless there's an inversion on) and some sunshine.
Started watching Battlestar Galactica. Bro. 1 lent me season 1, which Apollo has been re-watching with me, and we finished it up last week. Just started season 2 last night. It's very interesting, though sometimes I feel that they're sacrificing character integrity (as in, that behavior was out of character for that character) for plot ideas. Also, there's only so much darkness and violence I can handle these days, so I prefer to space out when we watch it. We usually watch 2 or 3 episodes in a sitting.
I tried making La Truffade last night. I've got a goal to make one new recipe each month this year and I've got this great new cookbook, The Country Cooking of France. La Truffade is a fairly simple potato, bacon & cheese dish, but it's done a little differently than what I'm used to, so I managed to burn it. I also made a mistake picking up the wrong cheese, so it was full of parmesan and cheddar, instead of gruyere. I felt like I screwed it all up, but it was mostly tasty anyway (except for the burnt stuff on the bottom) and I think I could make this a great standby with a little practice.
Other resolutions:
- learn to crochet (Lisa, looking for help from you on this one)
- exercise at least 5x per week
- make cold frames, to extend my garden's growing season, and make a winter sqaush storage area, so that I can eat squash all winter long.
- learn how to keep sprouts going in a north & east facing kitchen
- take a class; options include: pottery, basic car maintenance/mechanics, botany, macro econ, political science, Mandarin or Russian
- learn how to make chocolate truffles
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