It is just so ironic, that the week I manage to get the podcast out about my goals for the year, that I’ve completely fall off the wagon.  So to be honest – here’s how my goals stand:

Weigh less – I’m off my eating plan and haven’t weighed myself in a week.  I’ve also been eating like crap due to the storm.
Knit More – I’ve actually burned through some yarn.  I’m another ball in on my cardigan, and I finished up my hats for the Boom Effect.  And I started a pair of socks.
Stuff in the Basement – last week – instead of exercising like I had intended, I instead emptied five boxes, and filled three trash bags, and bag for donation.  And made sure that stuff was gone.
The Project – I have not been able to bring my self to cook this week.  Time is running out, since I’m going to be going to Farpoint this weekend, and will be in a hotel, instead of in my kitchen.  I’ve got three of the dishes planned out – so since tomorrow is supposed to be a snow day – maybe I can get at least three done.  As for the veggie dish – I may need to catch up with that in a later week.  I’m not sure what I’ll do. Read the rest of this entry

…Or something like that.  It’s the week before Thanksgiving, and with the Christmas season bearing down on us, I’ve been trying to button stuff around here to get ready for it.  We’ve actually finished our Christmas shopping for the immediate family, and now we don’t have that much extended family to buy for.

One thing I did get done this week is the stocking for my niece.  There will be a post on that at a later time when I get the chance to take pictures of it.  But it needed to get done, so it can hang on the mantle at my parents with everyone else’s.  But I’m pleased it’s done, and my craft table has been put away again, so we are on schedule for putting the Christmas tree up on Saturday.

The sweater I’m working on is almost finished the body – I did the short rows in the chest today, and now there is just three more inches of body before I start the sleeves.  I’m looking forward to that.  Though – usually when I do a sweater – I do one sleeve first.  But these should go easily.  I am sort of apprehensive about steeking though.  I’ve never done that before, and I’m going to have to bring up the sewing machine, but the whole thing makes me a bit apprehensive.

In the mean time, I need to find some yarn to make me a new hat.  Found my winter coat for this year, and of course I need a hat to go with it.  And I need to start planning my socks – got a new book I’ll talk about at some point.  I need to keep the house clean too – we had a showing today, and there is one tomorrow as well.  That can be a task in it’s self.

And cooking – today I made potato soup.  It was very good, I just need to figure out what the nutritional values are.  I’ll run it through a recipe generator on my iPhone, and maybe that will help.  And I made bacon-wrapped chicken breasts – which were a big hit with the boys.  And brownies.  Geekadelphia had a party this week, and I made the brownies – with an HP logo on them.

And now – once this post is done – I need to check out the PS3 game Prince of Persia  – that’s what came from Gamefly this week, and if I find the controls to hard, or just not my cup of tea, I need to send it back.

Have a good one.  More from me later…

MA