(postdated Tuesday, October 26, 2021)
This weekend, we moved our last load of boxes from storage
into the house. Sort of- most of them went into the store since it’s
conveniently attached to the house and is nearly empty.
Now, all we must do is sort everything. Like that’s a small
job! Most of the unpacking will be done by me because my husband is working on
repairs, improvements, and painting. My daughter will be helping us both when we
need it. Poor kid.
The eating windows have varied in a good way this week, but
the weekend was a mess because of the final moving of all our junk- I mean
valuable merchandise. Only one day went by where my window was open an insane
amount- thirteen hours- and I felt like a slug the entire day. Can you guess
which day that was?
Maybe I’m still in a ‘diet’ mindset. Eat when you can,
where you can really doesn’t work well for me, and I wonder if I should
have made days like those into complete fasts instead.
I learn and I keep moving forward.
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
Surprisingly enough, I took two days to do some canning.
Tomato season is over, and I’m surrounded by farmers, and all of them were practically
giving away their produce by the days’ end. I wound up with about six gallons
of tomato base with peppers and onions. Yum!
When we were in Philly getting our stuff from storage, I
took a side journey to get a load of fresh ginger, thyme, and rosemary. I’m
going to be making a huge batch of my cold and flu-killing tea ice cubes today
as well- hopefully, these will last for the next six months to a year. 83 cubes to be exact!
I hope I can find someone who grows ginger here, otherwise, I might have to start ordering it! As for the rosemary and thyme? I can grow
that myself if no one around grows it. Maybe the ginger too. My husband is
building a mini greenhouse in one of the upstairs bedrooms, so there’s a good
possibility I can do a little self-sustaining gardening.
The biggest hurdle is not eating when my family does in the
mornings. It was so much easier when my husband and daughter worked out of the
house, but now they’re here full-time, and it’s difficult to not eat with them.
Eating is the only time we really socialize because the rest of the day is
filled with things to do.
One habit we’ve started is in the evenings when the work
is done. Instead of watching something (since the internet is out still), we
settle in my sewing room and read, sip our favorite drinks (mine is water, they
usually have tea), and read, chatting about our day.
We found the DVD player the other day and I admit, it was
like sitting in a movie theatre when we watched a movie. Before we moved, the
TV was packed, and we watched shows on my husbands’ small laptop. Our TV screen
feels enormous now!
However, we still prefer that quiet time as the sun sets
just to be together, enjoying our books. I’m working on moving the furniture
around in my sewing space a little, so we have a family reading nook that won’t
interfere with my sewing. Tea spills and fabrics don’t mix!
Each day a little more progress is made in both the house
and my IFF journey. I get farther every day. The weight took decades to put on,
and it will take a lot fewer years to get it off. I just need to be patient
with myself, and keep moving forward!
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