We’re getting our first test of the heat pump’s cooling capabilities through a heat wave this week (the plants are ALL ABOUT IT ☀️🌿), and so far I’m impressed!
Stuff I did:
- 7.75 hours consulting
- 2.5 hours business development
- Two appointments
- Cleaned the tub of any pepper spray residue
- Baked muesli cookies
- Walked to retrieve our car plus took one walk with a friend
- Pruned our apple espaliers 🍎✂️🌳 (still needs more)
Dinners:
- Pancakes + sauteed cinnamon apples
- Bean bowl (refried beans + guac + sour cream + leftover olives + tortilla chips)
- Asparagus carrot salad, snow pea salad, and white bean “Caesar” on sourdough toast, from Smitten Kitchen Keepers
- Mushroom toast with cheddar cheese (inspiration)
- Baked beans + veggie hot dogs + coleslaw
- Baked potatoes + curried chickpeas and kale (inspiration — too dry)
- Quesadillas with sweet potato, bell pepper and kale
Reading:
- Read a lot!
- Novels: Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau, Flashed by Zoey Castile, and Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
- Cookbooks: Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman and Ottolenghi Test Kitchen’s Extra Good Things
- Comics & art books:
River of No Return by Laura McPhee,
Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka, and Days of Sand by Aimée de Jongh
- Continued reading Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
- DNF’d The Creative Act by Rick Rubin, The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan, The Life & Love of the Forest by Lewis Blackwell, Starfighter Command by Grace Goodwin, and No Good Options by Jennifer Estep
- Added 2 books to my TBR (total = 742)
