Blargh.

Things I've said at work today (to myself):

Raga naga idi codo
Yaga codo
Na idi codo
Naga smi, gwumpy

As a bonus, I will add $1 to my donation to dialecticdreamer for each guess I get as to the meaning of the sentences, up to $3 per person. Yes, dialecticdreamer, you can guess too! For each sentence guessed correctly, I will add an additional $1, with all 4 guessed correctly yielding $5.

Guess away friends!

My initial donation will be around $20, and I will wait for guesses until about noon Staurday, Eastern Standard Time.

Learning the Basics: Meal Planning

This week's post is branching out a little, because I haven't looked at more of the links that ysabetwordsmith sent me yet. I would still like to make a post this week and since I'm away from home, I'm going to post about something related that I already have information on.

In working through the links, I started by filling out the Circle of Life (I think that's the name). One of the areas I wanted to improve on was home meals. In an effort to do this, I have been working on planning my meals for the week ahead of time, to lessen the stress of choosing and preparing meals. It's been a little slow going, but I have been making more food and eating out less. They aren't quite balanced meals yet, but (hopefully) more nutritious than what I was eating before.

I am still working on sitting down to actually plan things, so I have choices ready to hand, instead of choosing on the fly, but I did get some good options from responses to my comment on "Hard Things". Between that and my cookbook, I've made a few recipes that went well. With a few under my belt and resources to go back to for more choices and tips on planning, it feels a lot less overwhelming. If I manage my time right, my hope is to end up with a couple hours to actually go through the planning links and get myself set up with a solid plan, instead of the half measure I have right now.

I will try to remember to post the links tomorrow (likely as an edit to this post) when I have the spoons to do it. Especially since doing it tomorrow will allow me to use my laptop instead of my phone.