Food & TV

[schneefink]

So, uh, looks like maybe this is the year of me making DW posts even when I don't think I have much to say. But this is my journal, so there.

We made an apartment New Year's resolution to make weekly meal plans, or at least plan every meal at least a day in advance. Currently none of us are working (though Christina starts next week) so we have a lot of time to cook and eat together. The plans help a lot, they make it easier to shop in advance and make the whole process less stressful, and we have more time to actually look through our cookbooks and try out new stuff. We're eating very well! Yesterday we made falafel burgers, today we made rice casserole with apples, and tomorrow we wanted to make scalloped cauliflower and Brussel sprouts but we have too much of the rice casserole left over so we'll make that next week. We're generally eating very healthy, so as balance we also had chocolate pudding with blueberries. Balanced nutrition is important! I'm no longer in danger of being underweight, and I'll just have to make a few adjustments because I'm a bit low on iron.

DD and I are currently watching more live TV than we have in months: The Good Place, Star Trek: Discovery, Critical Role, and we've finally started watching Nirvana in Fire 2. Originally we watched The Good Place and NiF 2 both together with Christina, but she's away this weekend and then starts to work next week and we got too impatient.
On top of that I also regularly follow podcasts, and this week I've been better when it comes to studying (pudding and NiF 2 are good incentives), so I'm having trouble keeping up with my AO3 subscriptions. …of which I have over 600 so perhaps that's not surprising, ahem. There's a lot of good stuff out there. And there are books I want to read. Studying comes first though (at least on my good days, of which there are more and more, small steps.)

Comments

[tielan]

I say make the posts as you find the inspiration to do so, don't worry about whether you have 'much' to say - unless you're going for hits. My journals are dumping grounds and general records of what was on my mind at any given point in time.

*hugs*

And food planning is a wonderful thing. I've done it before, but I've been struggling, what with the garden and the variability of produce from it.

[schneefink]

I don't care about hits. I sometimes have moments of "other people are reading this and they'll all find it boring", but this is still half my interactive diary, sort of, and it's not much use if I only talk about what I think other people will like, also that would be only half me. Idk, I don't really like to think about it because then I'll overthink it and post less and that means interacting with people less and then I'm sad.

Oh yeah, I bet food planning is hard with a garden! Especially with a big one. You need to pay attention to what you have, what is ripe when, what needs to be used... It probably takes a lot of practice. Good luck!

[dancing_serpent]

There's a lot of good stuff out there.

I'm almost a bit envious, because I'm currently struggling so hard to find something good. *g*

[schneefink]

It helps not to be picky about fandoms ^^ If you tell me what you're looking for, maybe I have some recs?

[dancing_serpent]

Hee, if I knew that, I think I wouldn't have such a hard time.

[dhampyresa]

DID YOU SEE THE LATEST GOOD PLACE EPISODE

[schneefink]

I DID. It was so good. Michael! I worry a bit that we won't find out what happens to him until the next season...
The museum was also amazing.

[dhampyresa]

I worry a bit that we won't find out what happens to him until the next season...
D:

I didn't even think of that!