One of my NYRs has been to consume some veggies every day. I'm keeping my definiton of "vegetables" broad---I imclude beans and V8 juice---and so far, I'm keeping up with it. (And for the record, Ruby Tuesday's grilled green beans are out of this world! They taste almost meaty; they definitely have more character than any green bean I've ever had ( Read more... )

I've been busy in the kitchen...got some breakfast sausages at the food pantry, which I've cooked up (so they'll last another couple of days) and stuck in the fridge. While the stovetop and skillet were already hot, I started a bag of rice ( Read more... )

Here's the text of a talk I gave last week at church, intended as a pep talk for the new year.. Title was, ( Kicking Some 'BUT'. )

Today is GK's birthday; I called and sang to her. Confessed about spending movie money on the dress, and she shrugged and said, "Hey, it's your money."---although I *did* catch overtones of "You've got enough clothes!". I'll get pix to show her (and y'all), so she can see WHY ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the last trash pickup of the year. (Whoop-dee-doo, aren't you thrilled?) In light of that, and the fact that I'm attempting to clean up my act for real in the coming year, I dragged a bunch of stuff down to the curb. This is not as much of an achievement as it may sound---I have been very sloth-y of late and haven't taken anything out ( Read more... )

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Kat was feeling under the weather today. I watched a lot of TV and read a lot of Yuletide stuff. (Eventually I'll do one of those rec posts; at this point, I'm mired in the 'N' section.) The thing I really HATE about exchange fics? Not being able to post thank yous right thenI've decided what I'd like to attempt in the way of a NYR...to do one ( Read more... )