I’m enjoying my day with my lovely daughter. There were no elaborate meals today. I made steamed corn and also cut up pineapple and honeydew melon.
I purchased a D5 Stainless Polished 5-ply Bonded Cookware, a Steamer Set, 3 quart, and a
About an hour ago, Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Belt Sander W/M18 12.0 ah Battery. I have a few upcoming posts over the next few weeks. My brother and nephew visited yesterday, and we all had a wonderful time as a family.
It’s been several months since I made lasagna; however, I made lasagna for my daughter on Saturday.
Veggie Lasagna
I love shell lasagna; however, that was not in stock, so the store substituted the shell pasta with the sheet pasta. We went out yesterday to pick up the additional ingredients for my veggie lasagna. When going to a store, I typically take advantage of the curbside pick-up, and yesterday was no exception. How was the lasagna? My daughter called the lasagna “juicy,” one of her favorite terms for food she likes. Since it was only the two of us, there was plenty of lasagna left over. I placed the remaining lasagna in meal-sized portions and had her put them in our chest freezer. This is perfect; when I don’t feel like preparing a meal, we can always get an already-prepared meal from our freezer.
My goodness, where has the time gone? The title of my post sums up the past few months for me and makes me think of the Veggie Tales song. My daughter loved that cartoon when she was a toddler.
I blink, and a few weeks pass. I’m back at work and will move to full-time later this month. Even though I’m part-time, the four working hours have flown by. In addition, I’ve taken on more responsibilities when my boss has been out. I volunteered, immensely enjoying that interaction (leading out meetings) with my teammates.
It’s a rainy Saturday here; I started my day with devotions and walking for one hour and 40 minutes on my Peloton Treadmill.
Damsel on Netflix
I walked while watching Damsel on Netflix. Netflix is one of the entertainment options available to stream on Netflix, and since I was invited into the beta months ago, most of my Peloton time has been spent walking while watching something being streamed. I must say, it’s about the only time that I watch any movie.
Fantasy Hike – virtual step app
Towards the end of last week, I discovered Fantasy Hike!
“Fantasy Hike is a beautiful walking tracker for fantasy nerds and everyone that loves adventure. Start your quest today. All steps you take will let your halfling avatar progress through a beautiful fantasy adventure, from your comfy halfling hole all the way to Mount Fire. Compete with your friends and see their progress in the fantasy world and on the map.
See how far you’ve walked since your journey started. Fantasy Hike lets you appreciate and be proud of your complete walking distance. Walk your dog, take a morning jog, or “run” between meeting rooms. No matter what you are doing Fantasy Hike supports and motivates you to a healthy lifestyle.”
Fantasy Hike – Day #4
Today was the longest time I have been on the treadmill since last week, so I have not gone too far; however, I plan to make up for that this weekend, and I should be back to my hour per day moving forward.
This past Friday, I told my daughter I would make her homemade pizza this weekend, and I made it yesterday.
While I did want to use our Ooni outdoor pizza oven, I thought it was a bit too chilly for that, so I settled for my baking steel. I used hard winter wheat berries and ground 4.5 cups of freshly milled flour using my Mockmill Professional 200.
Results? My daughter loved the pizza. I made enough dough for two pizzas, and I’ll make the other pizza later this week.
There’s only one slice of pizza left from yesterday. My daughter ate most of it.
I’m looking forward to this weekend. Why? I’ll be sewing! It’s been several months since I’ve sewn anything. Now that I think about it, it might be over a year since I’ve used my sewing machines. Hmm… my, how the time has flown by. What will I be sewing? Binky’s! I’m making them for a beautiful organization called Binky Patrol.
From their website…
We are an all-volunteer, national, non-profit organization making and distributing homemade blankets to children born drug-addicted, infected with AIDS or who are battling other chronic & terminal illnesses, homeless, victims of violent crimes, those who are abused, in foster care, or experiencing trauma of any kind.
I learned about them through the company where I work. My company actively encourages employees to volunteer, even granting their employees one paid day (eight hours) yearly to volunteer. How awesome is that? I have plenty of fleece fabric available. However, I think I’ll purchase some more fabric this weekend, and I’m looking forward to spending several hours creating binkies for those in need.
My goodness, where has the time gone? It’s my third week back at work, and I’m slowly returning to my routine. I’m still having a few issues with some applications that I thought worked fine; however, when I attempted to use them for specific procedures, I quickly discovered something wasn’t right. That should be addressed when I return to work on Monday. Since I’m 100% remote, I don’t have too far to go to begin my work day.
Planting
It’s about that time to get ready for the planting season, and so within the next few weeks, I’ll be starting my seeds indoors in preparation for moving them outside once the weather doesn’t drop below freezing and as much as I did last year, I do believe I’ll be able to do even more this spring, and I’m excited about that.
Moving to another hosting provider
Over the past few weeks, I moved all my websites from HostGator to Knownhost. I’d been with Hostgator for about 10 years; however, I was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with their service. EIG had bought them out, and I noticed that their service was declining. I did a lot of research and found a hosting provider I’m very happy with. I’ll write more about that in another post.
I plan to enjoy my Saturday and work on some wire-wrapped jewelry this evening.
I’m looking forward to this weekend. Why? I’ll be sewing! It’s been several months since I’ve sewn anything. Now that I think about it, it might be over a year since I’ve used my sewing machines. Hmm… my, how the time has flown by. What will I be sewing? Binky’s! I’m making them for a beautiful organization called Binky Patrol.