December 15

Saturday December 15, 2007 9:30 am Lethbridge, Alberta

It is -2 C with a high forecast of +2 C. Sunrise 8:22 Sunset 16:31 Hours of daylight: 8:09

A. Morning Musings

I slept through the night, getting up at 7:00 am. I may be getting into the rhythm of the day now.

Here is my planning table for today:

Immediate	Description	Time
Literature	"Seven Types of Ambiguity " by Elliot Perlman	1 hr

Here is my updated list of chores that need attention:

install battery in truck and check it for road worthiness. Done.
see about ordering some firewood for the fireplace
go through the mail
visit dentist
haircut
check local stationery shops about a 2008 journal book that I can use with my fountain pen
begin exercise routine
put up Christmas lights on the front of the house. Done.
put up Christmas tree
check fitness shops for a heart monitor

I have just finished making a second large batch of chili. That uses all the ground beef that we bought during the last two days. We still want to make a beef stew and a pot of bigas (aka hunters stew).

Looking at the list of chores, the one that makes the most sense to tackle first is putting up the Christmas lights on the front of the house.

B. Actual Learning Activities

4:00 PM

Here are two photos of the chili:

I put the battery in the truck and it seems to be running fine.

We see to be busy getting everything ready for Christmas. We went over town and bought a new freezer, smaller than our current one which was too large for our needs. It will be delivered on Dec 31. We still have to make arrangements for the Salvation Army to pick up our old one. We also looked at some juicer appliances but want to postpone a decision until we have done a little more comparison shopping. We had a quick look at some artificial Christmas trees. They were dreadful! We will continue to look and see if we can find something we like.

The lights are now up on the front of the house.

lights

This photo does a better job of showing the snow and ice than it does the lights. I will take another photo at dusk.

My exercise routine is still on hold. But my eating has cut back to an appropriate level for losing a few pounds and I am walking on alternate days. It is a start.

I am going to try a new recipe for salmon from The Australian Women's Weekly publication Dinner Seafood, called "Salmon in Creamy Lime Fettuccine". One serving of this meal is worth 1000 calories. This will put me over my daily limit, but not by a lot. I am flexible when it comes to this plan.

Here is a photo taken as soon as I returned from my walk.

house
5:20 PM

I forgot to take a picture of the salmon meal, which was quite good, but our favorite is still our barbeque salmon using Bev's marinade.