Promising morning

I gained 6.6 lbs since October. It was shocking to find myself getting a muffin top, but the icing on the cake so to speak was NOT being able to button my work pants. What's a girl to do? No, not eat chocolate or drown my depression in wine (perhaps that's how I got in this condition, ya know!) Anyhoo, I was not going to take this lying down. Sorry beckoning couch. I needed to do some serious life overhaul and fast. I started cooking again instead of eating out. I've learned to stuff mini sweet peppers with brown rice and thinly sliced grain feed steak. I started eating fresh raw veggies with organic Greek yogurt dip. I made water, tea, and minimally sweetened (local organic honey from a friend) coffee my drinks of choice. Basically if it's close to it's natural form in nature, very colorful, and sufficiently seasoned I am trying it. I had stopped exercising outside of working like a mad woman back in September. That had to change. Sunday morning was sunny and decently warm so I put on the running gear and hit the beach. I ran for 1.5mi and walked 1.5mi for a total of 3mi of sweaty butt busting bliss. Everyone and his dog was out since it was so gorgeous. (Can you believe we actually had a snow day last week from school??) Then came two cold rainy days. That's why I quilted. This morning I awoke to warmish temps and the sun trying to peak through the fog and clouds. Good girl that I am, I hit the beach for another run. God is good. What should accompany my otherwise solitary outing? A pod of dolphins feeding just off the shore. They surfaced up all along the shoreline just in my sight line during the run. Very inspiring. I will be doing a weekly Monday weigh in to see how I progress. Sometimes it's a bitch nearing the mid-forties. And sometimes, you just stop and realize that that's life and I can still do something about my life choices.

New Year. New Crafts.

Happy New Year! Been busy with work, knitting, organizing the house. I bought some fat quarters at City Quilter when I was up to NYC in October. Finally found the right project that used up 8 out of 9 I purchased. It's a pair of pillow shams in King Solomon's Temple pattern. This is a top in progress as of this afternoon...another shot, as well as one of my match points. I spent two hours yesterday arranging and rearranging the squares, second guessing myself all the way. Like it much better after a good sleep and sewing up. Waiting on my order of white fabric for my half triangle border. Will post as I progress. This will be my third ever small quilting project. Hope to venture up to a full sized bed quilt in the near future. This is two afternoon's worth of work so far, from prepping to sewing.