Weekly Update
Jul. 11th, 2024 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzyredThis week has been pretty good. I feel like I've been doing better with my daily goals this past week, and I made time to weed the garden and dead head most of the flowers. The yard is looking rather nice, so I'm pleased with that. I need to keep up with it, but I have good feelings about the garden. I need to keep an eye on the vegetables too, but nothing seems ready to pick yet.
I had a good three day weekend, starting with an absolutely lovely birthday dinner with my grandma. My sister and I and our SOs took my grandma out for an early birthday dinner, to the restaurant where my sister cooks. The food was delicious, the service was fantastic, and the company was wonderful. It was on the pricey side, but we got free birthday desserts out of it and it was very nice as a treat. On Saturday, my bf and I went up to a nearby Treetop ropes course. It was a whole lot of fun, although the arms and shoulders did get quite a work out. This was mostly from having a death grip on the safety lines, not necessarily because of the obstacles themselves. *laugh* It made for a wonderful active date idea, then we stopped at Dairy Queen for some burgers and ice cream on the way home. Sunday was mostly a stay at home and relax day which was much needed and appreciated.
This week I made a whipped coffee and cream dessert; instant coffee, sugar, and cold water whipped up, then folded together with cream and condensed milk that has also been whipped. It was light and fluffy, not too sugary, with a distinct but not overpowering coffee flavour. I layered some of it in little dessert cups, with pieces of chocolate cookies in between. I brought it to work to share and everyone seemed to like it. On a side note, a coworker made me an espresso today which was much tastier than I expected. I assumed the strength would have made it more bitter, but this one wasn't. Although that may have been the sugar packet that I dumped in there...
Coming up, there is a poker night on Saturday, then the bf and I are going up to a Provincial Park on Sunday. I would like to make some progress on my crochet projects, read more of my book, maybe get out for a couple walks, and try to get back into going to the gym. That last one is going to be tough, but I'd like to see if I can get a routine going again. I also need to put together some kind of meal plan, but that's going to be tough too.
All in all, things are going well and things thankfully haven't been too stressful lately. I hope you all are doing well, talk to you again next week!
I had a good three day weekend, starting with an absolutely lovely birthday dinner with my grandma. My sister and I and our SOs took my grandma out for an early birthday dinner, to the restaurant where my sister cooks. The food was delicious, the service was fantastic, and the company was wonderful. It was on the pricey side, but we got free birthday desserts out of it and it was very nice as a treat. On Saturday, my bf and I went up to a nearby Treetop ropes course. It was a whole lot of fun, although the arms and shoulders did get quite a work out. This was mostly from having a death grip on the safety lines, not necessarily because of the obstacles themselves. *laugh* It made for a wonderful active date idea, then we stopped at Dairy Queen for some burgers and ice cream on the way home. Sunday was mostly a stay at home and relax day which was much needed and appreciated.
This week I made a whipped coffee and cream dessert; instant coffee, sugar, and cold water whipped up, then folded together with cream and condensed milk that has also been whipped. It was light and fluffy, not too sugary, with a distinct but not overpowering coffee flavour. I layered some of it in little dessert cups, with pieces of chocolate cookies in between. I brought it to work to share and everyone seemed to like it. On a side note, a coworker made me an espresso today which was much tastier than I expected. I assumed the strength would have made it more bitter, but this one wasn't. Although that may have been the sugar packet that I dumped in there...
Coming up, there is a poker night on Saturday, then the bf and I are going up to a Provincial Park on Sunday. I would like to make some progress on my crochet projects, read more of my book, maybe get out for a couple walks, and try to get back into going to the gym. That last one is going to be tough, but I'd like to see if I can get a routine going again. I also need to put together some kind of meal plan, but that's going to be tough too.
All in all, things are going well and things thankfully haven't been too stressful lately. I hope you all are doing well, talk to you again next week!
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Date: 2024-07-14 07:31 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2024-07-16 01:31 am (UTC)Yay, progress! Here it's too hot to go outside much. I did pick a few cherry tomatoes today though.
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Date: 2024-07-21 12:03 pm (UTC)