Wednesdays are meant to be my writing reviews day but yesterday was so busy I didn't get to post anything! I'm doing a new healthy eating regime which is taking up a lot of my time at the moment. I guess I forgot how much chopping and peeling goes into making salads and smoothies and constructing dinners to tempt the taste buds! I was making cheesy carrot and onion soup followed by mango smoothies (I hate chopping mango because of the big stone in it!!!). Then it was preparing a fruit, ham and cheesy potato salad for dinner. I admit I was knackered and barely got on the computer to deal with comments and blog visits!
This morning I made strawberry smoothies and later today it will be ricotta cheese spaghetti which will take more effort but I love the taste of it. Having been a big fan of Masterchef over the years, I've watched the Australian, NZ and Canada versions where there are street food challenges and I love the look of some of that food! I'm waiting on a street food cookbook arriving and I'm really keen to start trying them! I'm not a fan of food with peppers or a ton of veg in them so I'll maybe have to adjust the recipes to my own taste.
There is also more upheaval as I start the next stage of my house clearance. I'm on to the kitchen with my plans. At the moment I have a litchen cupboard for food storage that my dad built but to see into the back it requites getting onto my hands and knees to peer and reach in. I'll be moving this stuff into the built in cupboard where we stored junk, then using the old food cupboard to store cleaning products and bottles and cans of juice to get them off the darn floor where I keep falling over them! It'll give me a ton more room to work with and the top of that food cupboard will become my food prep surface. I'm excited to get started but I can almost feel the aches and pains already! It needs to be done though and before winter ends, my kitchen will be functional for the first time in about a decade!
Do you guys have any upcoming cleaning or DIY projects this year?
It has been a good book year so far. I'm getting some good books read, DNFing a few and deleting unwanted books from my physical and digital bookshelves. Three bags of books are ready to go to the charity shop for someone else to get the use of. The TBR is moving in the right direction and I haven't bought a ton of books in January (yet) which is also good. I'm working on a project to write down a new list of everything on the two e-readers so I can keep track of everything I have when I'm not on the computer! I've completed the task for my Kobo who is called Myrnin, named after the eccentric vampire in The Morganville Vampires. Now I need to tackle my Kindle who is called Maurice, named after the Closet Monster in the Monster Haven books by RL Naquin.
I also have a mad plan to look at every rating on every review and adjust them but I'm putting that off for a year or two! I also have to get old reviews done on books I read years ago and have no notes for and go through my Goodreads shelves and get them into the correct categories ie shelves for EMP, nuclear bombs, etc instead of just having everything under apocalypse. *sigh* I want to re-format all the old blog posts which look awful and delete links that don't work but it's such a huge task that I'm putting that off too!
Are you planning any big tasks related to books and computers? Do your e-readers have a name?
Cooking does take a LOT of time. It definitely has to be a lifestyle choice these days because it sure won't "just happen" :-(
ReplyDeleteI've never much enjoyed cooking! I have a wonky back so standing for 45 minutes making complex recipes is no use! I figure short and tasty is more my thing at the moment!
DeleteIt seems like there is always something that needs to be done around here. We need to tackle all of the junk in the basement. I am in the process of trying to add all of the books that I own in Goodreads. I have so many that it will be project that will last quite a while. Sounds like you have a good start on things!
ReplyDeleteI always find more annoying and time consuming tasks to do! I have half of the kitchen cupboard swapped over and it gives me so much space! I wish the computer tasks were as easy! Ugh sounds like we both have some dull tasks to get to!
DeleteCool stereo - I love it! Aren't kitchen projects the worst? However, I can honestly say that all the food you mentioned sounds great!
ReplyDeleteHalf the cupboard is done which leaves me so much room for adding new food items! It is going to be great to get the kitchen organised. I hope you are enjoying your new kitchen!
DeleteGood luck with your projects! Cooking takes so long! I’d do it more often if it didn’t take forever. And, recipes lie about how long they take. I can spend hours chopping up all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I know what you mean-peel and dice potatoes, peel and chop onion, grate carrots and cheese, chop tomatoes and cucumber prep time 10 mins! Yeah right! Maybe if you are Gordon Ramsay! It can take me 20 to deal with the onions when my eyes are streaming!
DeleteI love to do cooking though standing for a long time is uncomfortable for my back too. I haven't watched Masterchef in years - no TV here - but love the idea of the street food challenges :-)
ReplyDeleteI've seen tasty things from Spain, Greece, Peru and other places that I'd really love to try!
DeleteMy big project this year is get the basement and garage cleaned out once and for all. It's mostly my family's junk and they keep adding to it and I am going out of of my mind!! I also need to get rid of more books. So many books. Just thinking about them tires me out and that's not good.
ReplyDeleteUgh that sounds like a thankless task! I hate doing that. My dad has the habit of moving things from kitchen to hall so when the kitchen looks tidy, the hall is in a mess! I'm trying to get him to understand the concept of put in cupboards or in the bin! I need to have a good clearout of my books-I can't keep every one I ever liked!
DeleteCooking can definitely be exhausting and I'm with you on hating chopping mango. Between the peel and the stone I just want to throw it against the wall but I don't because that'd be an enormous mess. It's why I don't have mangos very much anymore! I reorganized my big pantry last week and needed a serious nap after! I have to tackle the cabinets soon but haven't quite worked up the courage yet.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should stick to tinned mango! I got a lot of work done on my 'new' cupboard yesterday and it'll give me room for more tins and things which I'll gradually stock up on over the next few weeks until it is full. I'm kind of excited about it! It is tiring to do these things but I know it'll be worth it in the end!
DeleteThat is a cool stereo. I have no projects planned right now for 2019. (I have to survive grey and cold January before I start making other goals.) Good luck with all of your projects! :)
ReplyDeleteIt feels really light for a full size sterio. My old one was a Sony relic and it weighed a ton! Our weather has been suspiciously mild during December and January compared to last year-so far!
DeleteNo, I didn't name my ereader. But it's kinda adorable, like naming a puppy or a pickup truck.
ReplyDeleteI called our car Victor Von Batsy one time...!
DeleteI've never named my e-readers... Or anything really except my car. That's called Clarice. :)
ReplyDeleteThis year, I really hope I don't have any DIY projects to undertake! After last year, the sorting and the moving, I'm done for a while. Although, I imagine boarding the loft will happen at some point sooner than later. :(
Yeah the last thing you need is any more upheaval after moving house! I can understand not wanting to do anything else for a while!
Deleteyay for you making healthy smoothies and that pasta sounds delicious! I always have an infinite list of cleaning and DIY projects! LOL
ReplyDeleteI need to be making more of these decent meals. Trouble is my back hurts when I stand still for too long!
DeleteI love cooking and baking but have so little energy after working all day. I came home yesterday and zoned out I was so tired. I have a three day weekend and have plans to clean out all the cupboards in the kitchen I have more junk than I will ever use. And I have some reviews to write that are fast approaching their due dates. So little time, so much to do!
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine how tiring it must be to have to cook after a full day at work. I find it bad enough to cook when I don't work! Ugh, clearing out cupboards is not fun when you get a break from work-hope it goes well!
DeleteSounds like you are making great progress in your organization. I am doing spring cleaning early and purging unnecessary things. The problem with that...a lot of times I want what I have gotten rid of so I keep more than I intend. I also am working on back reviews and older books.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
There's always that thought that this item might be useful in the future so it can be tough to part with things!
DeleteI do want to do some re-organizing of my books on my bookshelves. Get out doubles and books I just wont read. I want to put my signed copy of books on a special shelf. I also want to write down all the titles of my books on my bookshelves. I hope to do that sometime this year but with school idk if I will get to it. We shall see. You sound like you are having a great year so far! Keep up the awesome work!
ReplyDeleteMary
I still have a lot of tasks to do that are annoying and time consuming rather than hard-but it's still annoying! I want to sort a lot of things on the computer as well-argh too many tasks for us Mary!
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