Baby, It's Cold Outside
Nov. 25th, 2019 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenIt's 39 here this morning. Finally, some proper cold weather. But it should be near 70 today, then get cold again tonight, so it's a layer-up kind of day. Fox is coming with me on errands and to the eye doc (assuming that happens, but I think they will actually be able to see me today, miracle of miracles) and grocery shopping.
I was vaguely considering Lasik surgery, but having read up on it, that's a big fucking NOPE from me. No damn way. Nah.
I'm going to spend some time this week assessing my 2019 Minimalism Project and see where to go from here. My general feeling is it went well. I still have items to get rid of but I think I did a good job of not bringing new clutter into the house. I have been able to identify spending triggers, and need to work on mediating that somehow. I did several "low buy" months during the year and I think I'm ready to try out a full "no buy" period. I'm saving up for a specific thing, but other than that no. I've started drafting a set of guidelines for it and can share that if anyone's interested.
I'm looking forward to a more subdued week here. I've got two art requests I can probably knock out in an afternoon, then I can get back to the comic. I also have some "winter chores" I can do. We obviously don't use the ceiling fans much, so this is when I typically clean them. Fox likes to go out on Black Friday to watch people act crazy over shitty consumer goods, and I may or may not go with him. I can usually be bribed with a coffee and donut stop. Getting out into the shopping frenzy goes very strongly against my hermit nature, but if I'm running out of cat litter, I'll do what I have to. Besides, there aren't normally fights breaking out in the pet supply aisle, LOL.
And - I know chai spices are typically added to tea. "Chai" itself is a word meaning "tea," but I am considering adding chai spice to coffee. Make a good, strong black coffee from a milder roast, like a blonde, then add almond milk and chai spices. Although the more I talk about it the more that seems like it would make an amazing ice cream. I wonder if I should get an ice cream attachment for my stand mixer. I WONDER IF THERE'S A BLACK FRIDAY DEAL!
I was vaguely considering Lasik surgery, but having read up on it, that's a big fucking NOPE from me. No damn way. Nah.
I'm going to spend some time this week assessing my 2019 Minimalism Project and see where to go from here. My general feeling is it went well. I still have items to get rid of but I think I did a good job of not bringing new clutter into the house. I have been able to identify spending triggers, and need to work on mediating that somehow. I did several "low buy" months during the year and I think I'm ready to try out a full "no buy" period. I'm saving up for a specific thing, but other than that no. I've started drafting a set of guidelines for it and can share that if anyone's interested.
I'm looking forward to a more subdued week here. I've got two art requests I can probably knock out in an afternoon, then I can get back to the comic. I also have some "winter chores" I can do. We obviously don't use the ceiling fans much, so this is when I typically clean them. Fox likes to go out on Black Friday to watch people act crazy over shitty consumer goods, and I may or may not go with him. I can usually be bribed with a coffee and donut stop. Getting out into the shopping frenzy goes very strongly against my hermit nature, but if I'm running out of cat litter, I'll do what I have to. Besides, there aren't normally fights breaking out in the pet supply aisle, LOL.
And - I know chai spices are typically added to tea. "Chai" itself is a word meaning "tea," but I am considering adding chai spice to coffee. Make a good, strong black coffee from a milder roast, like a blonde, then add almond milk and chai spices. Although the more I talk about it the more that seems like it would make an amazing ice cream. I wonder if I should get an ice cream attachment for my stand mixer. I WONDER IF THERE'S A BLACK FRIDAY DEAL!
