Resolutions - April
Recipes
2 - Cabbage (German Home Cooking). This was a very tasty version of boiled cabbage with caraway seeds.
- Jagerschnitzel (https://www.thespruce.com/jaegerschnitzel-with-mushroom-sauce-1447075). Much nicer version than the last time, but still not quite "it". Oddly, I was surprised that not one of my German cookbooks has a recipe for this.
7 - black bean soup (https://pulsepledge.com/recipe/5-ingredient-black-bean-soup/?utm_source=Canada+Facebook+Ad%2C+5+ingredient+black+bean+soup&utm_campaign=One+Pot+of+Beans+Carousel+Ad&utm_medium=social)
20 - mustard (Ein Buch von Guter Spise)
21 - mustard (Eenen Nyeuwen Coock Boeck)
23 - mustard (Libre de Sent Sovi), Sourdough Bacon-Cheese Muffins (Sourdough Cookery - I used leftover ham instead of bacon).
I got back on the pitching bandwagon. I finished throwing out lots of stuff I hadn't gotten rid of in March, and then I read Marie Kondo's book "Spark Joy" so I needed to throw out all the things. It felt very satisfying.
March
1 - framed wall art (picture)
2 -Boots
3 - Desk
4 - Magazine
5 - Fabric - made a kimono cover up
6 - 2 towels
7 - Electric bed warmer bottom sheet
8 - Gloves
9 - Dish cloths
10 - Doll
11 -Teddy bear
12 - ball of wool
13 - magazine
14 - 2 more towels
15 - Placemat
16 - trivet
17 - several sets of hair sticks
18 - blanket
19 - sheet
20 - veil (turned it into a pair of kitchen curtains)
21 - kitchen curtains
22 - some sort of mystery cream (sunscreen?) and the cheap travel bottle it was stored in
23 - bottle of hairspray (apparently another clean of the medicine cabinets is in order
24 - Tupperware container (should do this more)
25 - blanket
26 - sheet
27 - magazine
28- magazine
29 - quilt batting (into my dressmaker's dummy)
30 - T shirt
31 - sheet, miscellaneous scrap fabric (into my dressmaker's dummy)
April
1 - magazine
2 - book
3 - magazine
4 - pair of sandals
5 - magazine
6 - ceramic cow
7 - magazine
8 - poncho
9 - crockpot
10 - linen, quilt batting (made into a hangar for my Tibetan saddle blanket)
11 - another bit of fabric (dressmaker's dummy)
12 - slip
13 - magazine
14 - hair clips
15 - magazine
16 - rat (a craft made by my daughter for a theatre project some years ago)
17 - poncho
18 - hair clip
19 - pair of sandals
20 - spice bottle - sounds stupid, but I save them and buy my spices in bulk. I have two drawers dedicated to spices, plus overflow and larger bottles in a cupboard. Any reduction of spices is a good thing.
21 - wine bottle I had been saving for homemade beverages
22 - wallet (I had another in my closet that has been sitting, unused, for nearly 20 years, judging by the old pay stub I found in it, so I switched and pitched).
23 - a whole bunch of brooches
24 - two pairs of eyeglasses
25 - jewelry box
26 - bits of leather and various tchotchkas
27 - stack of records
28 - children's art
29 - jack post
30 - a home darkroom kit
Fitness stuff went fairly well. I rode my bike to work pretty faithfully, despite a relatively rainy April. I swam, I rode Fancy, I danced. I ate more than I should have, so the weight hasn't been dropping as hoped. I have been journalling fairly faithfully for three months now, and I'm getting sloppy. I'll need to work on that for next month.
Crafts - I made a headband. It's a cute little lacy pattern I'll probably use again. I also started a pink pussy hat.
A&S - I cooked, I redid my camicia again (and I'm still not happy with the neckline, so I'm tearing it apart again), made a little leather pouch, did some awesome research on the history of pretzels, sauerkraut, and mustards, as well as on Merovingian leather pouches.
2 - Cabbage (German Home Cooking). This was a very tasty version of boiled cabbage with caraway seeds.
- Jagerschnitzel (https://www.thespruce.com/jaegerschnitzel-with-mushroom-sauce-1447075). Much nicer version than the last time, but still not quite "it". Oddly, I was surprised that not one of my German cookbooks has a recipe for this.
7 - black bean soup (https://pulsepledge.com/recipe/5-ingredient-black-bean-soup/?utm_source=Canada+Facebook+Ad%2C+5+ingredient+black+bean+soup&utm_campaign=One+Pot+of+Beans+Carousel+Ad&utm_medium=social)
20 - mustard (Ein Buch von Guter Spise)
21 - mustard (Eenen Nyeuwen Coock Boeck)
23 - mustard (Libre de Sent Sovi), Sourdough Bacon-Cheese Muffins (Sourdough Cookery - I used leftover ham instead of bacon).
I got back on the pitching bandwagon. I finished throwing out lots of stuff I hadn't gotten rid of in March, and then I read Marie Kondo's book "Spark Joy" so I needed to throw out all the things. It felt very satisfying.
March
1 - framed wall art (picture)
2 -Boots
3 - Desk
4 - Magazine
5 - Fabric - made a kimono cover up
6 - 2 towels
7 - Electric bed warmer bottom sheet
8 - Gloves
9 - Dish cloths
10 - Doll
11 -Teddy bear
12 - ball of wool
13 - magazine
14 - 2 more towels
15 - Placemat
16 - trivet
17 - several sets of hair sticks
18 - blanket
19 - sheet
20 - veil (turned it into a pair of kitchen curtains)
21 - kitchen curtains
22 - some sort of mystery cream (sunscreen?) and the cheap travel bottle it was stored in
23 - bottle of hairspray (apparently another clean of the medicine cabinets is in order
24 - Tupperware container (should do this more)
25 - blanket
26 - sheet
27 - magazine
28- magazine
29 - quilt batting (into my dressmaker's dummy)
30 - T shirt
31 - sheet, miscellaneous scrap fabric (into my dressmaker's dummy)
April
1 - magazine
2 - book
3 - magazine
4 - pair of sandals
5 - magazine
6 - ceramic cow
7 - magazine
8 - poncho
9 - crockpot
10 - linen, quilt batting (made into a hangar for my Tibetan saddle blanket)
11 - another bit of fabric (dressmaker's dummy)
12 - slip
13 - magazine
14 - hair clips
15 - magazine
16 - rat (a craft made by my daughter for a theatre project some years ago)
17 - poncho
18 - hair clip
19 - pair of sandals
20 - spice bottle - sounds stupid, but I save them and buy my spices in bulk. I have two drawers dedicated to spices, plus overflow and larger bottles in a cupboard. Any reduction of spices is a good thing.
21 - wine bottle I had been saving for homemade beverages
22 - wallet (I had another in my closet that has been sitting, unused, for nearly 20 years, judging by the old pay stub I found in it, so I switched and pitched).
23 - a whole bunch of brooches
24 - two pairs of eyeglasses
25 - jewelry box
26 - bits of leather and various tchotchkas
27 - stack of records
28 - children's art
29 - jack post
30 - a home darkroom kit
Fitness stuff went fairly well. I rode my bike to work pretty faithfully, despite a relatively rainy April. I swam, I rode Fancy, I danced. I ate more than I should have, so the weight hasn't been dropping as hoped. I have been journalling fairly faithfully for three months now, and I'm getting sloppy. I'll need to work on that for next month.
Crafts - I made a headband. It's a cute little lacy pattern I'll probably use again. I also started a pink pussy hat.
A&S - I cooked, I redid my camicia again (and I'm still not happy with the neckline, so I'm tearing it apart again), made a little leather pouch, did some awesome research on the history of pretzels, sauerkraut, and mustards, as well as on Merovingian leather pouches.