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Friday, January 30, 2026

A busy end to a crazy week.  At least the very tail end of the day calmed down.  Sheesh.

Anyway, TGIF.  Planning to work tomorrow, shop bake and clean on Sunday.  Actually looking forward to it.  Even the work part - to have time to actually get things done is so valuable.

Scale was down a bit, which was a little surprising.  BP good, pulse normal.  

Breakfast:  Meijer extra sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Standard.  Ate a piece before taking the photo.

Lunch:  Leftover ovenburger, bone broth rice

 

Nothing huge, just quick and easy since I spent most of lunch running to Walmart for something for work.

Dinner:  NY Strip steak, mashed potatoes, Long Road polish falcon

 

Last falcon.  Steak from the freezer, at some point I bought a value pack and vacuum sealed several.  I'd prefer grilled all things being equal, but hey, it was all right.  Reverse sear ftw.

 

And the capper, chocolate chip cookies and whole milk.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not an active day either.

98.6

Dollars Spent / Consecutive Days:  $ 0.00 ** / 29

Asterisking this one in the spirit of full disclosure.  I "spent" $1.32 on some pinto beans so I'd have them available to make spicy beans on Sunday (they need to soak) since I was at Walmart anyway.  Not counting it as dollars spent or breaking the streak, since (1)  I had that $1.46 in excess bottle returns cash from earlier in the month available, and (2) I'm going to include it in February's totals anyway as if I had purchased them on Sunday.   Similarly, I ordered flour from Amazon so that it would be delivered, used a gift card so $0.00 spent and I won't use it before Sunday (assuming it arrives) and will count the $16.20 non-cash expense in February.  I'm not looking to make this unnecessarily difficult - Sunday is really the only day I can do serious cooking and it happens to be the first of the month.