"Murphy was an optimist!"
Frozen January 21, 2018 3:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Philosophy, PoetryHere I sit
All locked up
Mentally deranged
And out of luck
Pondering all
That must be done
Thinking, thinking
Doing none
To banish
The stress
Must
Think less
Trying
To decide
Which thing
To do
Is still
Thinking
Much ado
About nothing
I turn
Off my mind
To think less
And do more
For doing
Is how
Things get done
And
Put my troubles
On the run
By thinking none
And doing all.
Cooking for the week January 13, 2018 6:03 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeFor most of 2017, I planned diner as I rushed home from work. It was inefficient and a costly way to prepare food often resulting in buying precooked food from grocery stores or restaurants.
I have graduated to preparing meals a week in advance. I hope to eventually prepare a month in advance. Currently I only prepare dinners. My next step will be to add lunches for the week. As I work toward monthly preparation, I will start using coupons and more strategic shopping.
I have now grown my own lettuce indoors and learned much doing so. I want to add to tomatoes but think rosemary and other herbs will Be next. By 2019, I hope to be growing most of our vegetables in the house or in a greenhouse. I am optimistic.
First meal complete.
Second meal complete. Hamburgers:
Two more meals ready. Taco meat for tacos and rosemary chicken:
Tonight’s meal. Rosemary chicken, portobello mushrooms, and roast squash and zucchini:
Lastly, chicken prepared for chicken noodle soup:
Dressed for working inside today January 7, 2018 12:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
Learning to grow my own food…an update January 7, 2018 12:35 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
This continues to provide me endless amusement plus nourishment.
This one not so much.
I have learned “overwatering looks exactly like underwatering.”
add a commentLast Sunday of Vacation January 7, 2018 11:04 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWhat shall I do?
- 12 hours of client work
- 5 hours of meal prep for food for the week
- 7 hours of woodworking and home improvements
- 10 hours of cleaning
- 4 hours of financial planning for 2018
- 6 hours of tax preparation
- 4 hours of family time
- 1 hour of unicycle painting
- 1 hour of general panic
- 2 hours of exercise
- 2 minutes of relaxation
- 5 hours of personal website development including volunteer work
- 3 hours of volunteer work
Best get on it!
add a commentDomestic Shorthair Parrot January 5, 2018 4:43 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
Vacation for productivity January 4, 2018 11:19 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeFor this day of my vacation, I shall be glued to the computer…working.
add a commentTombstone: I wish I worked more January 3, 2018 9:17 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI am tired. I am cold. And I don’t want to sit at this computer anymore. Working through my vacations bytes. One day, I want a real vacation…one where I can step away from work.
add a commentHappy New Year! January 1, 2018 2:41 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life2018 begins with me in the freezing basement wrapped in 3 layers and a blanket draped over my head programming for clients. Even though I am on vacation, my regular job duties also call. I may have to go into the office for those. I have committed myself to completing some home projects too which I piddle at when I need to move from the computer for a few. I suspect most of 2018 will be like this.
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