I just took a break from stripping wallpaper to shovel the 1-2 inches of snow and slush we got today. I did the whole two-house driveway and sidewalks by myself and feel like a goddamned hero. But I did literally zero shoveling the last time it snowed, so. Anyway, now I need an actual break.

I have learned that there is a magical time period with the stripping, a little while but not too long after I put on the solution. Too bad I'll probably only be great at finding that magical spot by the time I'm done. There's not actually that much paper to strip. The walls under are not great, but I think more or less OK. We'll see when I'm actually done.

Are you going to paint? I don't mean today, necessarily.

Why do I get so much satisfaction out of inventorying my pantry? Clearly not everyone does or there would be a much better selection of apps and so forth available to assist me.

Also, I still need to see Catching Fire. Not today, that would entail way too much getting dressed.

I voted against getting dressed today, too. But I do have an apple pie cake in the oven, and some snickerdoodles baked.

Yeah, paint. I got some heavy duty primer, but will probably need a second opinion on if it's enough.

Well, letting the primer dry and thinking about another coat is a good opportunity to rest, I always say. Also, most spots where I decided to skimp on the primer I regretted it later.

Go team making desserts but not getting dressed! I have not been baking, but I did make some mousse. Yum.

Right, I am not a reliable barometer (for reasons that are obvious if two conditions are met), but it's pretty unusual for a character to always be talked about using first and last name on a tv show, right? Usually they pick one, right?

I put on outside pants (to take the dog out), but that's as far as I got. But I put on some laundry, took out the stinky trash, and shoveled. And now I'm working and watching Breaking Bad.

Also, most spots where I decided to skimp on the primer I regretted it later.

Oh, that's a good thing to remember. I only got a quart, which was maybe a mistake. But it's just the top half of three walls in a tiny room, so we'll see. There is still a lot more scraping to be done.

But now, turkey chili! I have done so much today for a Saturday!

I'm still feeling hungover. Managed to get some more sleep by blowing up the air mattress in the basement when I couldn't hear the banging of the construction so much. Now I'm at costco. Didn't but anything but gas, but was tempted by many things. The though of carrying them around and waiting in line to buy then seemed like too much effort though.

I got dressed today, for definitions of "dressed" that equal exercise gear. Stretch class followed by pruning rose bushes. Massively. Still have two more days at least of rose pruning ahead of me if I aim to clean up all the roses in the front, but at least we've made a good start.

But I do have an apple pie cake in the oven, and some snickerdoodles baked.

Oh man, those both sound soooo good right now.

I think next on my day's agenda is a shower, a long, hot shower. Followed by take out for dinner as I am ready to start the relaxing part of the evening.