March 2- Tea, Yarn, Twitch, and Pizza

Butter chai tea, using Tazo's chai flavored tea bags.

I felt lazy this morning, so I brewed tea and whipped it with butter. Much less work. Nice and light flavor, too. I added a capful of vanilla to it.

So, last night I was enjoying a Pokemon Yellow stream hosted by one of my favorite Let's Play Youtubers, Lucahjin. It was a fun stream, especially with chat naming the characters and pokemon. I wanted to craft something based on the stream, similar to fans drawing things based on streams, and after much brainstorming, I decided on a small Pikachu Cupcake from a pattern on Ravelry.com.

I am terrible at embroidery and I have no eyes the right size, so he's blind. He whipped up so fast, this morning I wanted to do the nidoran she caught.

I've also gotten a lot of feedback asking me to start a Twitch creative stream. I'm looking into that, to crochet and knit on stream. Not sure how I'm going to go about it, still messing with settings and stuff. It's fun playing around with layouts and software, though.

Finally, pizza. I ate a pizza last night. A whole medium pizza. And breaded chicken nugget things. I was so hungry after walking, and I wanted carbs. To minimize damage, I chose thin crust, garlic and olive oil sauce, and bacon and feta for the topping. The nuggets had barbecue sauce and cheese on them. The nuggets were worth it, the pizza not as good as I'd hoped. Both were a bit overcooked. I still lost half a pound, though. :D I just don't want to make this a  habit.

I have no game plan for today. I was up late, woke late... just been at the computer paying some more bills and stuff all morning. I'm a bit bored so I'll probably go out for a walk soon.

Here's hoping today is a little less cheaty.

Day 30- Marching Into a New Month and a New Me!

Holy crap, it's the start of a second month, and I am purging last week's carb bloat like you wouldn't believe. I wish I could show You my dinner from last night. It'll have to wait. I've been messing around, and found a way to stream video from my phone into my computer and onto Twitch.com, so I might just start a creative crafts stream this month. Anyway, I take photos with my phone, and right now the computer is updating the USB software so I can hopefully use the USB connection to feed video into the computer. Such fun, many waiting.

This morning was nearly plain butter coffee- I added a capful of vanilla, which is really light in the coffee, but softens the flavor up a bit. Some days I guess I just don't want a biting bitter brew. I was planning to walk to the cafe today, but it snowed overnight, and then the temperature plummeted. It's 15 degrees F out right now, slick since the sidewalks aren't cleaned off. The mental health clinic has a walk at the community center planned today, so I sent a text to the coordinator to see if there's room in the van for a ride with them. There's a free for use indoor walking path there, so I figured if there's a seat open, I could walk in warmth and comfort with my chunes in my ear. I just have to remember not to try matching other people's pace, so I don't wear out too soon. (Just got a reply, They've got room for me!)

Once again I'm at a loss as to what to prepare for dinner. There's a leftover steak in the fridge, a couple chicken thighs for soup, and a couple pork chops. Because it's so cold, I think I'll pull out the thighs and make a soup, along with a carrot and the last parsnip. Sadly, that would also mean no more broth in storage. Next time I'm in either the butcher's or the local grocery, I will have to ask for bones.

Today I'm paying bills, taking care of things, getting dad a new coffee grinder as his is difficult for him to use (and grinds beans horribly coarse). It's going to be a rather mundane day, which I need. Too much activity during a week and I start to feel stressed, which is annoying with all the energy I get when I eat Wild. I want to run around and do more than I can mentally handle, and I end up burnt out. I have to remember to allow for plenty of relaxing to prevent that burnout.

Here's to a good walk later, and lots of hot tea to counter the cold of the day. Soup sounds better and better every minute.