Wow!

I often forget how nice it is to be completely (as much as possible -_-) organized! The last few weeks at work have been one big haze for the most part, all blurring together.

Ever since I got my butt in gear and everything is organized, I find myself with so much time left over! And you know what I get to do with all that left over time?... All the things I've been wanting to do! >.<

Ever since I made it one of my goals to bake something at least once a week, I've kept it up and even amazed myself at what I've been able to put together.

And for the first time in a long while, I have a new book! I'm excited to see how it turns out.

As far as updates in my health or my quest for sustainability:
I've been recycling about 1/2 of our garbage (which is nice, cause then the garbage can doesn't fill up as fast), and I've been striving to use less water when washing the dishes and take shorter showers (we do not have a dish washer, I do it all by hand >.<). Sadly I'm notorious for taking really long showers, but I've been trying my hardest to cut back; I dunno what it is about the shower that just relaxes me and puts me in a state of thought, I easily lose track of time when in the shower.

And for my health, well.... we ran out of enerfood for about 3-4 days there, and then our next one showed up and we're back into our daily routine. I've been wanting to exercise more too but just haven't found the time for it yet; I'm planning on whipping out DDR this weekend and getting a good workout on it.

And as soon as the weather starts to get nice again in early Spring, I'd like to start riding my bicycle to and from work. I remember how much I used to love riding around Portland, and I miss the energy it gave me (not to mention the strong legs! ^0^)

Heres' to another week of health and wellness~ (striving to attain in any case ^_^)

Brrrr........~

Ever since Christmas any type of regular schedule has been impossible >.< And is it just me, or did Christmas seem to last the whole month of December?!!

(yes... thank you local radio station for incessantly playing the same 6 Christmas songs in 5 different versions throughout the entire month of December.)

After working two irregular work weeks thanks to Christmas and New Year's both being on a Tuesday this year, (I also called in to work sick on Thursday Jan 3rd) and then after only having been at work for 1/2 an hour on Friday, a huge wind-storm blew through town and knocked our power out for a day and a half.

I realized then just how few candles we really did have.

Honestly the whole situation shouldn't have been blown out of proportion the way it was, the way people were acting you'd think a little wind and rain were the end of the world! ("Oh no! It's not a beautiful sunny 70 degrees today..... it must be the APOCALYPSE!!! >.< ")

Anywhoo, after driving around for 30 minutes or so trying to find a gas station with power(we were super low on gas), we happened upon one of the three working gas stations in the city. A fight was about to break out at the pumps, so we ended up driving over to my Boss' house (they had power) and hung out there waiting for things to die down.

We ended up just walking over to the gas station from Tim's house with some borrowed gas jugs of his (he lived pretty close). Amazingly enough we just walked right up to an empty pump since everyone that was in a car was blocking one entrance or another.

The walk back to Tim's house was peaceful enough, and we took the time to look around and see just how much damage the storm had caused. (Sadly quite a few trees no longer reside with us here in Chico anymore -_-)

We had an amazing dinner that night even though most of the city was without power. (Small plug for Sierra Nevada Brewery Taproom & Restaurant~* check out their sustaining our environment page http://www.sierranevada.com/environment.html it's animated! @.@)

The night ended well for the two of us considering we still had heat without power (thank you gas), and the evening passed on while we played cards by candle light drinking Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. (quite romantic actually, been a long time for the two of us ^_^)

All in all we were quite happy when the power returned later on the next day, mad that we had to throw so much food out (>.< grrrrr....), and slightly sad to see the candles go. We need to seriously work on foods that are storable and require no refrigeration for any future power outages, as well as re-supply our horde of candles.

Hell-of-a-way to bring in the new year! ^_^

Happy New Year Y'all!~ and may you be warm and full of tasty treats ^-^