i also forgot to mention that i bought some french onion soup bowls, which means the broccoli soup is now officially a part of the meal plan. i should make another big batch in mid june. i found i only ever ate a third, at most, of the 17 ounce cereal bowls i was using, so i bought smaller 15 ounce bowls, and they look tiny, but i think it's the right size and i'll thank myself when i make it. this broccoli soup is like a bacon and cheese stew. it's extremely filling. it takes weeks to eat through a pot of it, which is fine because it's better reheated.

i'll go through all of the stuff i skipped. it's what i'm doing next, i just lost a few days to headaches, so i bought some kitchen supplies (i am happy about the 1500 lumen bulbs in the kitchen. much better.) and redid a few things in the bathroom instead. a couple of the mirrors fell off the cardboard, so i glued them on. 

the way i'm going to be doing this is month by month and i'll be reposting it as i get through each month. what i want to make sure is that i've "installed" everything i've bought for in here since october, so i'm going to be neurotic about it, as i tend to be. for example, i know i still have uncut wood from december. so, i'm going to go back to october and catalog it all to make sure it's organized and i didn't miss anything, go to november, december, etc and i'll eventually having everything installed and be caught up within a few more days.

i just spent a fair amount of effort and money converting my dishes (cup, various sized bowls, plates) from plastic and ceramic to borosilicate lead-free glass. i think i should have done this a long time ago. i'll go over it. i may buy some more but it will be extra.

i have bought

- 6 tall 550 ml glass cups for water and soy, mostly

- two thin 750 ml glass vases i intend to use as juice and pop cups, because good luck finding glass glasses that big

- four glass 20 ounce stemless wine glasses

- two glass shot glasses 

- three 16 ounce glass containers, with lids

- three 20 ounce glass bowls

- three 70 ounce glass bowls

- four 10 inch glass plates

i'm being as thorough as possible. i may still purchase sets of 17 ounce or 33 ounce bowls, 55 ounce bowls or very large four quart bowls, as well as 650 ml vases and smaller 250 ml glasses, but they would be extra, and not replacements for my existing dishes, which are 10" plates, 8" plates, 20 ounce bowls, 70 ounce bowls and plastic cups. i'm not replacing the 8" plates because i only use them to cut things and for loose items like toast or cheese. i'm replacing the bowls, plates and cups due to the high amounts of fruit acids and vinegar-based dressings in my diet. 

i have some 1500 lumen bulbs coming in the mail as well.

that was another weekend of splitting headaches, and i'm annoyed because all i can smell is candle wax. but i can certainly smell it now. i don't know what set me off, but i need to adjust, and i'm setting up a system of fans and heaters in here to make sure this doesn't happen again.

that took much of the weekend because these items are hard to search and the stores want to aggressively sell you on bad deals. i made sure everything was microwavable and marketed as lead free. 

i'm addressing as many potential causes of these headaches as i can identify. this is overdue. when it's done, it's done, and i can get back to my art. but this place is definitely starting to take a more normal shape.