Mar. 18th, 2005

thebratqueen: Captain Marvel (tbellyq)
Had a great bellydance class last night. There were actually 9 students, including myself. For the first time ever we actually had to make two lines to fit everyone in. Plus when we danced in a circle it was actually a circle, rather than a triangle or a square that we were pretending counted ;)

More on class, plus various navel-gazing ponderings about tribal belly dance )

In other news I have more free time this weekend as the gun class I was going to be taking turned out to be full. I'm actually not upset about missing the class as I can try again the weekend after Connexions, plus this way I have an extra day to try to catch up on all the stuff that's stressing me out because I haven't caught up with it yet.

To that end what I've decided to do is, instead of constantly looking at the huge list and being overwhelmed at how everything I do only makes tiny dents in it, is instead to decide on just 2-3 things to get done in a day, and once I've done those then I'm done until the next day. This way I get more of a sense of accomplishment, plus there's scheduled time for relaxation.

Finally, and in what is in no way a sequitur, have any of you ever tried baking a potato in the microwave? And, if so, how'd you do it and did you like the results?
thebratqueen: Captain Marvel (kitten)
I have joy, joy in my heart! For my new little vacuum has arrived, and verily I have cleaned with it, and lo' it did not break! It actually cleaned my carpet! Huzzah!

Of course there are some downsides to a cheap vacuum that's basically a dustbuster on a stick. It's smaller, so I have to do twice as much work to sweep it over the rug. Also it's not self-propelled, so that's more work too. On the flip side it's much lighter than the other vac and, oh yeah, it works.

Oh! Oh! Also? It will actually vacuum my bathroom rug without trying to eat it. That right there is worth the price of admission alone, my friend.

So for a vac that, out of pocket, cost me about twenty bucks I'd say good deal. Good deal indeed. And the more work part I'm just going to chalk up to exercise. It's all good.

Much thanks to those who gave advice on microwaving potatoes. I went home to discover that, sure enough, there's a button on my microwave that says "potato" on it. (As I told [livejournal.com profile] flaming_muse, this does inspire me to wonder what other useful buttons I have around the house that I've been previously unaware of. Perhaps there's one that provides cash. Or handsome naked men willing to do my bidding. You just don't know.)

So a potato was put into the microwave, nuked for a total of 6 min (the potato setting did 4 but when I poked it it felt like the inside might still be raw so I gave it another 2), then an application of butter and some baked beans was put on it and lo it was good.

Beyond that the night has been calm. I got a few small things off of my To Do list, so I'm allowed to relax for the rest of the evening. Still haven't decided what's on the To Do list for this weekend. Many options suggest themselves, and I think in the end it'll be whatever grabs me the most and begs to be completed. Right now the frontrunner is redoing my website, but we'll see if that gets replaced by fics instead.

In the meanwhile, there's a cat in my lap and he'd like to know why I'm not using my hands to pet him. Pardon me.

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