Day 5 - Wintery mix

FOOD - Yesterday evening we had a sensable dinner of slow-cooked steaks, rice, and sugar snap peas. We watched a movie as a family and had popcorn. And I made some no-pudge fudge brownies with the can of beans (man those are good!) I woke up to find that Rob had gone to Washtenaw Dairy and brought home some dognuts. I am eagerly awaiting my trophy for abstaining from even looking in the wax bag... I had scrambled eggs and toast, with some Garden Patch. Coffee, obviously. Almonds and cheese sticks after church. Then Rob went and made his outrageous oatmeal cookies, but he used Splenda regular, Splenda brown, and Blue Bonnet instead of all the high octane stuff. Still has flour and honey, but much better for you. I had one -- and BOY was it yummy. No lunch, really -- more almonds. Dinner will be a roast chicken, rice, and a veggie to be determined.

MOOD - I have spent the afternoon polishing up my watercolor website and decided to actually let folks know it exists. I uploaded the wine bottle and eggs. I hope I'm not seen as tooting my own horn, but I suppose I am looking for a wee bit of praise. It's just been such a long time since I actually created something -- I know this group will be happy for me. I think that I am also just about ready to lay the first paint on Griffin's portrait. After a good 24 hours of hand-wringing and small adjustments to the sketch, I got a color print of the photo made so I feel like I can move ahead. I am particularly nervous about this one, as I want it to be just right. Rob says, "if you mess it up you can just do another one." Technically, he's right. But I don't want to redo it. I've invested a lot of thought and worry into this particular piece of Arches! Because I am busying myself with all of this, I am not on the prowl for goodies. That is very good. What is it they say? "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Yup. That about says it in my case...

ACTIVITY - Yesterday, I took Muddy for a walk in the afternoon! But today, he'd need hip-waders, the poor thing. Maybe tomorrow...