Thanks for that link, Kat, I'll follow the progress on that thread.
I have a ceramic cooker that I found for $1 at a garage sale that has barely been used that I'm going to wrap and give to a friend today. He's coming over for lunch so I'm going to bake a chicken in my identical pot (it came from my father's estate, and a friend of his talked him into buying it. When I asked her about it she cooked a chicken for me in her identical pot so I'd know how it works. The chicken comes out falling off of the bone but incredibly moist, unlike if you roast it in an open oven.) I scanned and printed out all of the instructions and recipes that come with it. The pots are usually about $45 and hard to find, so this form of recycling is also a great way to save money.
As to accountability, chicken works out perfectly for lunch today as part of the diet, and today is the first day for the full force diet that I'll be on for the next couple of weeks. I did gain some weight, but I think there's actually only one pair of pants that are now too tight to be really comfortable, so the damage wasn't too bad. :-/
I called my local radio (and web) organic gardening guru this morning. His first program of the year, and he has answered a question that I've wondered about for a while but always forgot to ask at the right time of year. I'm going to try to remove the bag worm population from a juniper outside my kitchen window. Turns out the winter application of "dormant oil" is old fashioned and not used any more, now they sell "agricultural oil" that is lighter, but he confirms that I'll get just as good a response with BT in the spring when they start moving around. Good!
That covers my soup to nuts stuff. After lunch today I'll be racing through paperwork for the office. Much to do to hit the ground running. My office is looking a little more put together, though I have a small table I have to move out. It's an antique with ornately turned legs, so I'll put it somewhere in sight so we can enjoy it.