vital functions

[kaberett]

Reading. I am GOING to finish Otherlands, So Help Me. SIX AND TWO HALF CHAPTERS TO GO.

I am partway into Flannelfeet and enjoying myself immensely. I am nearly up to All New To Me pieces. (I would like to be able to read in chunks of more than a couple of sentences at a time.)

Writing. 'nother few bullet points scrawled into The Pain Book.

Playing. The jigsaw puzzle Pixel! I have got all of the blues and aaaaaaaalmost all of the greens (I am making myself Wait to do the final half-row as a Bribe to Get Me Out Of Bed In The Morning). I was Somewhat Dubious when A pulled out a bunch of half-blue-and-half-purple pieces yesterday (nooooooo why are you adding more colouuuuuuuurs to my messsssss of blueeeeees) but actually that was exactly the right thing to do because they were fairly quick to put together and given that base it was suddenly much quicker and easier to make everything else work. This magically tipped it from "ugh I am fairly sure I don't want to keep this" to "... I absolutely want to keep this and do it again in future". The point at which suddenly everything started Clicking Into Place was extremely satisfying.

So much Net. So much Net. The game I am about halfway through at the moment is The Platonic Ideal of Satisfying: middle block is a straight line, with the starting position having it connected to two terminals, which means that it is guaranteed that for my final move I can rotate it 90 degrees and have the whole board light up all at once in one fell swoop. I am looking forward to it.

Cooking. Tarte tatin the second. Now very comfortable describing myself as Confident With Puff Pastry. Extremely pleased to have acquired this skill.

Also some disappointing soup.

Also my nonsense puttanesca, which I should probably make more often, because it is quick and easy and I enjoy it. (... it has just now occurred to me that I might want to experiment with adding some of the veg*n "fish" sauce to it. HMM.)

Eating. The last of the non-Christmas-and-therefore-perishable cake we got sent home with by my mother. Tonight: delivery Pizza Express. A variety of Chococo chocolates (we got A Hamper), some of which I am (thus far) more convinced by than others.

Creating. Tiiiiiny bit of colouring in The Botanical Illustration Colouring Book.

Making & mending. Chopped up a cardboard box from the new desk for the 3D printer to live on, in order to turn it into A Larger Puzzle Board (... because Pixel is 1500 pieces and, er, bigger than our previous solution) (and also the new cardboard box was enough bigger that this board does NOT have inconvenient pre-folded collapsibility). I then managed to transfer the part-assembled puzzle to it with ZERO disasters and only mild swearing.

... I have not cast on The Mittens. I did get as far as sitting down and reading through the beginning of the pattern and thinking Really Hard about it, though...

Growing. ... the volunteer tomato is trying to flower. What on earth am I supposed to do with this.

(I am vaguely intending to Order Some Seeds but that means I need to sit down with The Existing Seeds and everything is Very right now.)

Observing. FROST. It is VERY PRETTY and also VERY COLD. Excellent small carnivore footprints in it. V pleasing.

Comments

[lireavue]

...why did I click the link to Net.

(Also, how did it take me this long to know about it.)

[fyreharper]

I also slightly regret clicking the link XD
(but not enough to close the tab……. >_>)

[lireavue]

I mean. I closed the tab. My history will keep it for me. >.>

(I come from the school of "three pinned tabs and four open ones is Plenty, Thanks"; after that I have to start working on making them go away.)

[cjwatson]

... you are right, that Net game is very satisfying. Also I'm now up far too late!

[ewt]

(I am vaguely intending to Order Some Seeds but that means I need to sit down with The Existing Seeds and everything is Very right now.)

...this (or lack of it) probably explains why I have so many carrot and beetroot seeds they won't fit in the boxes.

Incidentally when I decide I need more of something I usually put the box back in the box container with the label the other way up. Theoretically this means that I can open the container and quickly see what I actually need more of. In practice, "acquire seeds" is almost always more of an impulse/comfort buying thing for me.

Also are you up for growing out some of the F2 of Exciting New Bean?

[fyreharper]

Wow, volunteer tomato, IT IS JANUARY. It is so confused. That is delightful.

GIP

[jesse_the_k]

Flannelfeet looks entirely engrossing and is set in my back yard!

Re: GIP

[kaberett]

Enjoy!