Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Back In Black - Day 90 (Monday) & Something About Shiny Detours...

I'm 3 months and 22 posts into this blog series, and it's been a month since I last updated, or tried on the LBD, for that matter. But between the mild excesses of Thanksgiving and my otherwise reduction of sweets, processed carbs, and alcoholic beverages on the whole, my guess is that I've neither progressed nor regressed in the past month.

And frankly it's a little too cold and I'm a little too lazy to try the dress on at the moment to see if my assessment is correct. Maybe later in the day...

This past week has seen us through a mild rollercoaster ride that began when certain circumstances led us to consider looking for a house to buy much earlier than we had determined to not that long ago.

Not that long ago, we reestablished that our number 1 priority is to live a rich, full, and happy life with our 3 human children and 1 canine child. To do the things, together and alone, that bring us joy and meaning. To live well and simply in the everyday, well within our means, so we could spend our money on things that would give us great experiences and memories we could take with us wherever we go as long as we have our health and sanity.

Not that a little more space isn't a wonderful thing to have.

But when we considered all the implications of moving forward with buying a house right now, we realized that that little more space, given our current situation, had big potential to rob us of the mostly happy, grateful, joyful, low stress, laughter-filled air we breathe in this teeny, tiny house of ours.

So while it was great fun looking at bigger houses and thinking of the potential in those bigger spaces, I am ever so thankful that this detour led us back to seeing the still untapped potential of this smaller one. Crammed though it may seem at times, it clearly has a lot more storage space left for the good memories we've yet to create in it.

BREAKFAST

was a banana and a handful of what I thought were toasted almonds that turned out to be raw ones. And not that raw ones are horrible (and yes, I know they're supposed to be better for you), but I like the toasted ones better.

LUNCH

was leftovers from our Sunday Lemon Thyme Pork Loin Roast lunch. Just a couple of slices of the roast along with a little bit of leftover potato salad.


DINNER

because I am so fucking fed up with dishes, was a no-cook dinner of Spanish charcuteria and a couple of fridge cleanout salads served on a single platter.




Washed down with a couple of generous pours of a very cheap white wine that I'll miss a little bit if/when Fresh & Easy goes out of business like they are apparently planning to do. :(

EXERCISE

Why I even bother to keep this heading in my posts is beyond me. I think it has something to do with hope. That I might feel like maybe possibly exercising anything but my cooking and writing muscles anytime in the near future... :P

Off to brew another cuppa!

shinae