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Today I had a friend cancel on socializing (thankfully, as I have no wish to catch anybody's illness). T'other calendar item turned out to be a time-keeping error on my part. March 8, not February 8. Heh. Oops. ( Read more... )

Despite not getting up until nearly Noon, it's been quite a productive day. Used the Domino Effect to my advantage. Wanted to cook while looking outside the kitchen window at the next-door neighbor's camellias blooming oh-so-nicely. First, then, I had to move everything off the window ledge. Secondly I had to dust the ledge. Thirdly, I had clean off all the items before replacing them (moving them around as needed), so I could finally Windex the window.

Mind you, I hate dusting with a passion, so find it astonishing and pleasing that I did this. Taking this as evidence that eating better and working out is helping with my energy levels. One Spring Cleaning goal (as in before Spring ends ;-): FULL HIVE MAGNUM DUSTING. Perhaps Baby Steps is the way to go rather than try to Dust All The Things, which I find incredibly daunting. Even if it's slow and steady such that when done at the end it's time to start again where I began (kitchen window), at least stuff's getting dusted and cleaned throughout the year/season.

Anyway, once I got my desired view, I made a vat of chili. Tasty - and good going WW-wise. One (1) cup of chili costs only one (1) WW point! So dinner consisted of chili w/grated cheddar, sour cream, and avocado. Heavenly!

While and after cooking, I finished 95% of a compilation (LightHouse), made more travel plans (monthly trips for next 3 months, with another likely in May that I've barely begun thinking about), browsed news websites along w/FB & InstaGram, read s'more of The Amber Spyglass in anticipation of the BBC production due out in April, and took care of this and that.

Now back to the annual Downtown Abbey cold weather rewatch. Fingers crossed for snow!

In the process of trying to twist the top of the pepper grinder to produce more ground pepper I managed instead to unscrew the entire top and strew black peppercorns across the stove, onto the floor, and into the 7-Veggie Casserole I'm making for potluck tonight. I chose to burst into laughter rather than tears. It was pretty amusing...and there's nothing I could do about it once it'd happened. (I'll be aware of this and work to avoid such mishaps in the future.) I'll just warn tonight's casserole takers of the peppercorn possibility. Hmm, mebbe I'll come up w/some folk wisdom about how it's good luck to find a peppercorn in your portion. It shouldn't be too bad as they'll've been baked at 350 for an hour inside a casserole of veggies (w/cous cous lining the dish), although I do expect it to taste more peppery than usual.