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DC and New Year's
Dec. 31st, 2008 07:04 pmDC was squeal. We didn't get much in terms of books (alas) but saw some wonderful stuff. (Also was an idiot with the Metro and wasted some money, but I'm going to happily call it "idiot tax" and not think about it.) I shall upload photos when we get back (and probably not until after Santa Fe). Ryan's family is doing fine, we're staying with his mother, and his sister, brother-in-law, and their kids are alright.
I shall provide a further update/wrap-up at the end of the trip. What's noteworthy now is simply that we will not be getting a specific model of Acura and I am not a massive fan of in-car turn-by-turn directions. Our iPhones do the job just as well, if not better... (they, at least, are unlikely to direct us to make a right turn that would have resulted in a 20 ft drop onto a highway.)
As for New Year's, well...
See - I'm not going to bother with an itemized list of things I want to accomplish. I know myself, and it's pointless. I've tried it, and even if I do it, I still feel like I didn't. Instead, I'm going to just stick down a few things I'd like to accomplish.
A) Continue on my quest to eliminate processed stuff from my diet. Which really is a simplification of "eat better." And I successfully started that this year,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
domnall being dragged along for the ride. I enjoy cooking, and all that fun stuff. I really do. We've gotten a bunch of new cookbooks, utensils, and such in the past year, and I look forward to using them all in the coming one. I'm not a big believer in "miracle foods" - instead if you eat right, all should be well. Mind you, there's more to it all than that, but i don't mind. I've been reading far too much in the last year in terms of cooking, the SLOW food movement, and so on. I like it all, I really do.
Expect much talk about it on here.
B) Get our SCA stuff, well... better. We have linen and wool, and the goal is new hats, coats, shirts, pants, and underdresses. I want to work on making both of our sets nicer quality, less costume-y, and just overall work on at least our personal illusion of quality. (Yes, we've still got a large nylon tent. The pavilion, while wonderful, will likely come when we get a house. There are various reasons for this, so we'll just ignore it for now. M'kay?) A month ago, I'd have said "be more active" - but asdomnall's going to be the new Exchequer (or so it appears *grin*), I don't think that'll be a problem.
C) I thought about putting something like "be less snarky/bitchy/etc" but it wouldn't work. I'm at least going to make an effort to be more... tolerant? Something like that...
I shall provide a further update/wrap-up at the end of the trip. What's noteworthy now is simply that we will not be getting a specific model of Acura and I am not a massive fan of in-car turn-by-turn directions. Our iPhones do the job just as well, if not better... (they, at least, are unlikely to direct us to make a right turn that would have resulted in a 20 ft drop onto a highway.)
As for New Year's, well...
See - I'm not going to bother with an itemized list of things I want to accomplish. I know myself, and it's pointless. I've tried it, and even if I do it, I still feel like I didn't. Instead, I'm going to just stick down a few things I'd like to accomplish.
A) Continue on my quest to eliminate processed stuff from my diet. Which really is a simplification of "eat better." And I successfully started that this year,
domnall being dragged along for the ride. I enjoy cooking, and all that fun stuff. I really do. We've gotten a bunch of new cookbooks, utensils, and such in the past year, and I look forward to using them all in the coming one. I'm not a big believer in "miracle foods" - instead if you eat right, all should be well. Mind you, there's more to it all than that, but i don't mind. I've been reading far too much in the last year in terms of cooking, the SLOW food movement, and so on. I like it all, I really do.Expect much talk about it on here.
B) Get our SCA stuff, well... better. We have linen and wool, and the goal is new hats, coats, shirts, pants, and underdresses. I want to work on making both of our sets nicer quality, less costume-y, and just overall work on at least our personal illusion of quality. (Yes, we've still got a large nylon tent. The pavilion, while wonderful, will likely come when we get a house. There are various reasons for this, so we'll just ignore it for now. M'kay?) A month ago, I'd have said "be more active" - but as
domnall's going to be the new Exchequer (or so it appears *grin*), I don't think that'll be a problem.C) I thought about putting something like "be less snarky/bitchy/etc" but it wouldn't work. I'm at least going to make an effort to be more... tolerant? Something like that...
