The theme of this week was...
No, that's not one of ours and I don't mean the four-legged kind. (Although I suspect one of the four-legged kitties around here is developing asthma on me.) No, the spousal unit has been sick all week with a nasty chest cold thing that's had him trying to cough up a hairball on a regular basis.
Of course this means I've nothing done.
But let's start with what has been working, shall we? If only to perk up a bit before we head back down. For starters it turns out I can keep to a budget and keep the bookkeeping straight. For years and years money tended to evaporate right out of my account. Nanny swore it was because I couldn't keep track to save my own ass. But when it's in his account I don't have any problem keeping track. Funny that, an account she can't access...
The second week of soup lunches has gone smashingly well. Lunch is simple and quick and we've both been having a much easier time of sticking to meal plans. That said I seem to be burning calories a lot faster than I should. I've been trying to keep my calories down to my B.E.E, but when I try that I go woogie brain nearly every day. Keeping it around 2400-2500 seems to be working, given that I burn at least 3,000 a day, or so says my Fitbit. But now that I've gone off gluten again that means a bowl of popcorn in the afternoon. Woe is me.
(And for anyone who is about to point out that the Fitbit is inaccurate, I have to say go back and re-read. It's inaccurate for moderate-to-high heart rates, making it not medically accurate or useful for athletes. It does just fine for the low-to-moderate heart rate of the average tubby housewife who wants a good ballpark for what she burns every day.)
Of course what I have not been doing is writing or knitting. FML, seriously. I will straighten out my schedule this week, I swear it.
That said, I am also stepping up the housewife game . Granted as often as I do that you would think I would be at the top by now. I suspect the top involves household staff. Anyway, I'm starting with adding a few things to my Daily List, and working out a more comprehensive weekly list and so on. And then doing as much as Frankenbrace and I can do together.
The one thing I have learned this week is that I need to get up more or less when Kitty does, so I can drive him to the bus stop if needed. Which means a strict bedtime. Which means a strict other few things. Which might lead to more of other things. Fingers crossed, but it should. That is the reward of discipline after all.
Ahem.
I have no idea if I'm ever going to come up with a weekly schedule or not. But I think I might try. And if I do I'll share it, or anything else that comes up. For now my discipline says I must go shower and all of that.
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I'm going to start a bit of a new feature here. What's on tap for this week.
Soup of the week - Chicken and Rice, aka Gluten-Free penicillin. That recipe without the noodles, served with cooked rice instead.
Home project of the week - A list of home projects. After that the bathroom linen cupboard.
Books of the week - Tinder Box by Anthony P. Hatch, because Mummy loves a good disaster story.
Lake Woebegone Days by Garrison Keilor, because I love Lake Woebegone, even though the ramblings of Baby Boomers can sometimes annoy me. Tell me about them, not about you.
All of the housework manuals. Research you know.
Crochet of the week - Round Rose Cushion, which I should be able to finish.
Knitting of the week - The Building Blocks Blanket is ongoing
Sewing of the week - I am picking up the Stitchers Stocking once again this week, I swear.
Writing of the week - Safe Harbor At least one chapter will go up this week. Maybe two.
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