Random Things: Weight, Zig, Xmas, Fruit, etc.
One week from now, I get an entire week off work. Hoorah! Extra awesome because the shop is staying open for that short gap between Xmas and New Years, and I still get it off! Someone else will be covering those three days at my store.
In the last week, Zig has volunteered ideas about the wedding, regarding photos and the honeymoon. This is fantastic! Usually I tell him what I'm thinking, and ask him what he thinks about it, cos he has not previously had any ideas or cared too much about it. So it's so wonderful to have him start meeting me in the middle :D
I put on a skirt this morning that used to sit on my waist from memory. So I put it back up to my waist and pinched the excess material. According to this highly scientific method, I have probably lost about four inches around my tummy.
Last night I was sitting on the floor and flopped back onto my back. Instead of meeting floor, my spine met the leg of the bottom half of a pedestal house fan. This was a solid two inch high, one and half inch across bar of metal. OW! my poor spine :(
My parents have a huge apricot tree, that fruits a shitload of apricots in early December every year. I decided I was going to preserve some this year (like brandied cherries) and maybe get Zig to make some sort of not-wine not-beer fizzy alcoholic drink out of the rest. The drawback to this yummy plan is that I have to process them all. Cut off bird pecks and any crappy bits, and halve them and pit them. This takes a while. I did about two mixing bowls worth on Wednesday night, which took me just over two hours. I estimate that I've only processed about a quarter of the apricots I have. Eep! Next chance to do them is Sunday - I HAVE to do them then, since Mum says you've only got about two weeks once they're picked (and you gotta keep them refridgerated that whole time or they go pooey within a day or two) and they were fresh picked two Mondays ago.
Family Xmas gathering tomorrow, gotta get there immediately after work as they'll have started already by then. But gotta start without me, cos Mum & Dad have to leave about 7pm to get enough sleep before waking up way early for the Sunday markets. I already made chocolate truffles and rum balls last night as my thing to take, along with wrapping as many presents as I had. No chance to do more apricots though, alas. But since I'm busy tonight, and have an appointment before work tomorrow, I think I got the really important things done. Only a few more presents to wrap now, hopefully can find 10 minutes to do it!
In the last week, Zig has volunteered ideas about the wedding, regarding photos and the honeymoon. This is fantastic! Usually I tell him what I'm thinking, and ask him what he thinks about it, cos he has not previously had any ideas or cared too much about it. So it's so wonderful to have him start meeting me in the middle :D
I put on a skirt this morning that used to sit on my waist from memory. So I put it back up to my waist and pinched the excess material. According to this highly scientific method, I have probably lost about four inches around my tummy.
Last night I was sitting on the floor and flopped back onto my back. Instead of meeting floor, my spine met the leg of the bottom half of a pedestal house fan. This was a solid two inch high, one and half inch across bar of metal. OW! my poor spine :(
My parents have a huge apricot tree, that fruits a shitload of apricots in early December every year. I decided I was going to preserve some this year (like brandied cherries) and maybe get Zig to make some sort of not-wine not-beer fizzy alcoholic drink out of the rest. The drawback to this yummy plan is that I have to process them all. Cut off bird pecks and any crappy bits, and halve them and pit them. This takes a while. I did about two mixing bowls worth on Wednesday night, which took me just over two hours. I estimate that I've only processed about a quarter of the apricots I have. Eep! Next chance to do them is Sunday - I HAVE to do them then, since Mum says you've only got about two weeks once they're picked (and you gotta keep them refridgerated that whole time or they go pooey within a day or two) and they were fresh picked two Mondays ago.
Family Xmas gathering tomorrow, gotta get there immediately after work as they'll have started already by then. But gotta start without me, cos Mum & Dad have to leave about 7pm to get enough sleep before waking up way early for the Sunday markets. I already made chocolate truffles and rum balls last night as my thing to take, along with wrapping as many presents as I had. No chance to do more apricots though, alas. But since I'm busy tonight, and have an appointment before work tomorrow, I think I got the really important things done. Only a few more presents to wrap now, hopefully can find 10 minutes to do it!