Kitchen Week Begins

It's time to make the donuts -- let the week of kitchen duty begin.  

Up first -- sausage balls and puff pastry pinwheels.  Both will be pre-cooked and then frozen.  Also, I have bacon to bake too (so I can get the grease in the trash tomorrow).  Lots of greasy dishes to wash today.

I'm hoping to get the dogs to the park today for their "sniff" which tires them out in the best way.  Rain is moving out this morning.  I'll see how my back feels.

I dressed in REGULAR clothes yesterday.  Jeans and a blouse and put on jewelry.  What?!?!  It felt good, but I was ready for comfy by afternoon.  I need to start acclimating to regular life again.  I only remember 3 days of regular clothes since the second week of March.  Crazy.  Back to sweats, old t-shirt and no jewelry this week for Kitchen Week.

For Christmas and Christmas Eve, I made drink menus for DIY bar service.  Everyone gets to make their own and I think it'll be fun.  I got a set of 3 farmhouse frames on the cheap.  I thought about printing recipes, but I went with homespun instead. 

I'm flying though a book my girlfriend sent me, Valentine (Elizabeth Wetmore).  It's a hard story, but well written and a background of kindness.  The cover says is was a Read With Jenna pick too.  

I ended up down a book rabbit hole yesterday and didn't order any fiction -- instead, two cookbooks for vegan cooking.  I'm ready for new recipes to experiment with in January.  I'll still look for fiction.  I'm going to read 3 more books from my shelf and then I can order more (unless ... you know, something amazing comes along lol).  Valentine is #1 ... 2 more to go.  My list is back to manageable again.  I have one kindle book (suspense), 2 fiction and 8 non-fiction (which includes my self-help and spiritual reads).  My non-fiction list is long, but I read those more slowly while I'm moving through my fiction pile.

I have my list pretty set for 2021 and I got a smidge started with some research.  Grow something I can eat -- I think "greens" will be my first plant for a pot on the porch.  Spend 21 hours on Spanish (that goal never goes away as much as I try to give up on it).  I ordered a workbook to use with Duolingo.  I'm excited for that list.  I'll share in January -- both a recap of 2020 and what's up for 2021.

I modified my workout schedule again.  I don't need that many rest days.  Now it looks like:  bike, bike, arms, rest ... run, run (or bike), arms, rest.  I'll see how this feels.  I need my legs to have enough rest, but still build endurance.  I think this will work.  I rode a holiday ride yesterday and it was fun.  Great music and a new instructor for me.  Today is arms day.

Let's find our happy today.  Stay well.  Later gators.