Always a good sign when you're going through a bunch of greens, Mihani! Nice work!

How did your swim go, Donna? That was a few days ago already, so knowing you, you've done a bunch of activities since then!

Jacquie, how is work going? I work part time as a technical writer and software tester, and play as a fiber artist I sell some of my work but I follow my creative urges and do what I enjoy. A lot of the things I do along the way to create a project are things I wouldn't want to do for a living, such as dyeing fiber or yarn. I like dyeing so that I can get the exact color or effect I'm going for, but dyeing large amounts, and repeating the same colors to sell doesn't appeal. I'm better off to make the money with my job which pays more than dyeing fiber would. Sorry, that was a long answer!

I'm planning to batch this weekend and get back on track with food. It's time to get back into my walking too. I haven't been to the park along the ocean since early summer. The exercise helps my food choices, so it's a win/win.

I've completed the first of 3 user manuals I'm working on for a client. In between that, I've been dyeing silk and doing a bit of sampling but little else fiber related. I'm feeling a little scattered with what I'm doing anyway, so maybe a bit of a break is a good idea so that I can sit back and decide what to focus on. I haven't made any progress on the weaving at the art center, partly because I have to go to the center to work on it, and partly because I'm following a pattern, so the project is missing a creative element. I need to go in once a week and get back into it.

I'm hoping to do well enough with my meals this coming week that I can start posting them here again without embarrassment!

I tried the cauliflower pizza crust. It was okay. Because I am going to be traveling so much I bought lots of frozen vegetable to roast. I hate for fresh vegetables to go to waste. I did buy greens and the cruciferous crunch mix. Rather junky but good, the black bean corn tortillas from TJ are good. I only say junky because of the flour tortilla.

My poor kitty has gone to the vet twice in 6 days. He had a bacteria and he was sick. The first time he went he was diagnosed and then I got antibiotics for him and they were HARD to administer. Very bitter tasting, and the smart brat cheeked the pill and spit it out later. So I had to push it out of his cheek a half a dozen times before he'd swallow the thing. And I had to do that twice a day for 5 days. Not fun.

Over the course of the last 10 days he's been sick 6 times. He's had 6 baths and I've had to wipe down all my floors each time too. Yesterday after he was sick again and I administered the last pill, I was concerned that the pills hadn't done anything. So we went back to the vet for the 2nd time and spent nearly the whole morning there (not a fun way to spend 3 hours). This time they confirmed the bacteria is gone, so the pills did work. They gave me something (ProGut) to get his tummy back to normal, along with some G/I food that is easier to digest.

I REALLY hope that we're done now. It's been a VERY long week....

Karrie, that does sound like a long week. I hope kitty is feeling much better now. I'm sure you don't miss administering the meds!

Mihani, I like that idea for dessert. I might make up some chia seed pudding too and throw in some of the Asian pears we have an abundance of.

More work on the manuals today, but probably not a full day. If I don't have any request changes tomorrow, I'll be doing a full day of fiber and creative work. yes! My last protein dyeing session went well and I now have some neutral colors I think I can repeat as needed. Progress.

So far this week, my food has been miles better than it has over the last few months. There's still room for improvement, but I'm pleased with the direction it's going.

Breakfast - green smoothie, coffee x2, black
Lunch - tu-no with greens in a pita
Dinner - pasta with chunky mushroom and tomato pasta sauce, walnut parm
Snacks - pears and maybe some of Mihani's frozen berry banana bliss!

First drafts of manuals complete, waiting for feedback. going to the art center today to work on my weaving for a while. I dont' feel like it now but usually once I'm there I get into it.

Cool about the fitbit! I need to dig mine out and try to find the charger. I didn't use it enough at the time to justify buying a new one, but if I can get the old one going it might inspire me. Does your new one have any new features you like? Or haven't had time to play with it much? Hope work cools down for you.

The walnut parm is super easy. Just don't overblend it or it turns into nut butter!

1/2 cup raw walnuts
2 Tbsp nooch
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp salt

Blend/pulse in food processor until it looks like parm. Store in the fridge.

I'm trying to stay chill about my weaving project, but things haven't been going smoothly! The warping (threading the loom with all of the vertical threads of yarn) is the first step before you can begin weaving. I was at the end of the warping process when I discovered something was off. This was 3 to 4 weeks ago and since then for various reasons I haven't made it back in. Yesterday I was troubleshooting and there were several problems early on, ones that had no easy fix and would alter the pattern. so I decided to bite the bullet and re-thread. Yesterday I got about 1/3 of the way done. I have a class at the art center tomorrow, so I think I might go in a few hours early and see if I can't get another 1/3 of it out of the way. That's okay. It's a learning process and the take-away lesson is to check and double check your work when threading! If I go in on Saturday and again next week, I should hopefully be able to get into the actual weaving late next week.

I packed my lunch to take to the art center yesterday and was pretty pleased with myself about that. They have a vegan meal with quinoa, greens and beans, but it is expensive and I can see and taste the oil in there. Still relying heavily on coffee to get going in the morning, but I am anticipating that as I continue to eat better and start to move more, I can start to ease off of the coffee too.

Just after I finished the bulk of the work on the user manuals, I found out that there's software regression testing to do. I can't complain because all these hours are adding up to a nice paycheck but I was mentally prepared to dive into my fiber projects.

I remember my shock at my steps with the fitbit at first...I am under 1000 if I work from home and sit at my desk all day. No good! I think I'm going to start including a walk in town every time I go there for any reason. Between picking up and dropping off library books, going to the art center, and running errands, that should add up.

What are your plans for the weekend, Mihani? Are you all booked up with work or do you get some home time? How are the pets doing?

B - coffeex2, green smoothie
L - tofu over greens or black bean burger over greens
D - pasta or black bean burgers
S - pears

Screwed up with my food big time yesterday afternoon. The place where we buy pet food had a customer appreciation day and gave Joe a mug filled with chocolates. We both dove in and devoured them. Then we had some frozen pizza. Ugh. At least the mug is cool. I crashed afterwards and felt bad the rest of the night.

We're batching this weekend! The menu sounds good. I will try to remember to take some photos before we gobble it all up. Monday we're having Sweet Potato and Zucchini Pisto with Lemon Herb Quinoa.

Hope you enjoy your Saturday at home, Mihani!