Today was quite productive. Not only was it laundry day, wherein I did six loads of laundry (and put away the two loads I did last night), I also took some time to clean out my email inbox and get caught up on some accounting-type things for Everyone Drinks.
I also vacuumed the house and did some shopping online (both general and Christmas). I managed to put a good dent in my Christmas shopping list, but I still have many more things to buy. Everyone is so hard to buy for anymore–it’s tough coming up with something interesting year after year.
I also cooked three meals today (while I cook every day, I rarely make more than two meals in one day). Jake had a friend over last night, so I made waffles for breakfast (from scratch, of course, otherwise it wouldn’t count as cooking). Next up was lunch. I have a bunch of winter squash from the CSA. I’m not a big fan of winter squash so I’ve been looking for interesting ways to prepare them. I found this squash soup recipe and it looked pretty good, so I made it for lunch (minus the cheese croutons. I wish I would’ve made those, but, alas, I had no bread on hand). Anyway, for soup made out of squash, it was pretty good. I’ll definitely be making that again some day. For supper, Jake and I whipped up some Rigatoni with Spicy Italian Salami, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Olives and Capers. Delicious! I think we made a new record today for how many times a dishwasher can be run in a single day.
Today, I was motivated by the fact that I need to do some Prime Design Solutions work tomorrow. I wanted to clear my schedule so that I didn’t have a bunch of things hanging over my head. Mission accomplished. I even managed to sneak in a nap, so not all was lost.
Oh, and I started this morning with a new exercise program. More on that in a later post.