I told you last time that I am trying to start up the planning process for which I have revived my bullet journal. I am only 3 days into it, but I can see that this is going to be helpful. In this stage of my life, I don't have to worry about work to dos. I do want to accomplish as much in this house as I can. I am making progress. Still SO MUCH to do........... But I am the poster child for that old adage: Failing to plan is the same as planning to fail.
It looks like I will be canning chicken tomorrow. I checked the chicken meat that's supposed to be thawing in my fridge. I can actually push on it and feel it give a little bit. By tomorrow it should be good to go--still frosty enough to make the cutting go easier. I have to worry about that because of my wrist. It doesn't like all the use it gets when I attack a pack of boneless/skinless chicken breast or any other meat that needs to be cut up.
One of the things I have needed to tend to is inventorying my home canned foods. I have been working on that a bit at a time the last few days and I think I just might be done with that sometime tomorrow. That inventory, together with my budgeting, and my careful study of what's on sale, will make a difference in my shopping. I know I need to work more on fruits and vegetables in the coming months.
I've gotten this old body back on the treadmill. To start, I am going very slowly and for just a few minutes. My goal is to strengthen my heart muscle. I am not in a contest with anyone. I'm not going to go crazy. Speed and duration will build very slowly, emphasis for some months to come on duration. I would LOVE to get "delivery" grocery shopping out of my life. They seem to specialize in "mistakes" that raise both my balance due and the instacart shopper's tip. I'm getting tired of having to audit every delivery. But, I want to be strong enough to do a grocery shopping trip without my heart rate going way up. That requires I get in better condition.
So, why is instacart on my mind right now. Last week they had boneless pork roast on sale for $1.29 a pound. Last week they delivered to me 28 oz of carnitas meat for $8.99. If they had given me 28 ounces of what I ordered, it would have cost me about $2.56. I didn't like doing it, but I charged the whole $8.99 back. I would never pay that much for pre-seasoned meat! This week, they had candy on sale. Specifically a 9.6 ounce package of Reese's egg shaped minis for $3.99. I ordered 4, expecting to receive 38.4 ounces of candy. And, I expected a total of $15.96. What they delivered was 4 packs, 2.6 ounces each, or 10.4 ounces total, but still charged me $15.96. I've asked for a refund of $11.97. Haven't heard back on that yet. It's difficult when you still have a functional brain and some of the people around you have never experienced what that might be like..........
The other night, while I was sitting here watching youtube videos, I went through about half of my stash of pens and pencils. I contributed many dead pens to the trash. Gotta get to the other half of those, maybe tonight.
I have started up my daily shredding routine again. I can't even estimate how long it's been since I have done this. I have a lot of personal financial stuff I want to shred. And client records. Preparers are supposed to keep client records for 7 years. That means I should have a record of tax returns I've prepared for 2017 til now. Of course, I didn't do returns for 22 or 23. But I am finding LOTS of old stuff in my files. Working 15 min a day, I'm pretty much filling up the waste bin on the shredder every day. BUT, my pile of stuff to shred is growing! That'll show me to let the small stuff go!
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