Monday Morning Check In

Okay!! Last week I was back up to my original starting point (Gaaahh!!)so I didn't bother to post at all. This week I'm down .5 pounds from that. I've got Dax on board with the dieting and that helps overall. Now if I can just get motivated for the exercise. I'm working on it anyway.

Hope that you are all doing well with the weight loss and getting where you want to be.

Christmas Wish BOM

This is really the block from May. I did actually get it completed in May, it just took me this long to manage to take a pic. lol




I can't wait to get the whole thing done and together. I think it's going to be so nice looking. Although, I didn't get the June one made in June so now I guess I'll have to get two of them done this month.

Made my own Fireworks!!

I decided to make my own firecrackers for 4th of July.






Sound scary?

I have some fabric that has flags on it - I don't know why I have it or even where it came from, but I have it. lol Anyway, I cut the fabric into pieces to fit around the cardboard tube at the center of toilet paper rolls. After it had dried (actually it was weeks after it had dried) I mod podged it onto the tubes leaving a little room at the bottom to tuck the fabric up inside the tube and a lot of room at the top. I put a rubber band at the top to hold it all close together and then cut the fabric into thin little strips.


I thought they came out cute. I made three of them and put them on the red pedestal plate that I had made along with some other things.

(please ignore the computer and books on the table)

There are three wooden stars stacked at the back of the plate. One each of red, white, and blue, the firecrackers, and a couple of pictures of very important soldiers.

The picture in the foreground is my Grandfather. The picture in the back is my Great-Grandfather and was taken in Paris, France during the war. I thought this would be a great time to set them out. Although, these aren't the originals, just scanned copies that I reprinted. I wouldn't want the originals to get destroyed. :0)

Monday Morning Check In

Finally!! I'm so thrilled that I finally have something to report on Monday! lol I lost 1.2 pounds last week. Woohoo!! And that's with going out to eat three times over the weekend! I'm just so glad to have broken through the plateau and to be heading back in the right direction again. Of course, this is 1.2 pounds that I've already lost several times before. lol Not having snack foods in the house while the kids are gone makes a huge difference too. It's not that I don't want to snack most nights, there's just nothing there to snack on. lol

I hope everyone else also had a good week, and here's to an even better week this week. :0)

Happy Father's Day!!

I hope all of the Dad's out there have a great day!!


I know I haven't been posting much lately in the way of crafts or things that I've accomplished. I actually have been working on things but just haven't managed to get anything finished. lol Sad but true!


I did manage to get this completed for Dax for Father's Day.




It was a bit of a challenge trying to get it made and put together without him finding out about it.

The pattern came from here. It's a embroidery machine pattern but I just copied the words and hand stitched it. (I don't own any fancy machinery...yet *giggle*) I used one of Dax's old dress shirts. The stitching is on oned side of the button down part and then I slipped a picture of the kids (it's a kind of old one) into the pocket. He really seemed to like it and was touched by the gesture. Who can ask for more, right? :0)

Monday Morning Check In (late again!)

Well, there isn't anything at all to report this week. My 25 year class reunion was over the weekend so there was not dieting going on. But, I've finally got the hubby on board with me and the kids are gone for two weeks so there won't be any tempting junk around the house. Hopefully those two things combined will help make a difference. Besides, I just booked a cruise for all of my family for my parents' 50th anniversary next summer and I told Dax that I want to be able to feel comfortable in a bathing suit by then. I have to do this!!

Here's a pic from the reunion. It's the group picture of all of us that showed up. I thought this one was really funny because the person that the hand on the left just happens to be pointing right at is me. lol




Hope everyone has a great week. I'm expecting a better update next Monday. :0)

Monday Morning Check In

Oh, no need for this really. Nothing has changed at all. I have got to get serious about the exercise thing. I just usually feel too exhausted by the end of the day to want to do anything. But, there is a curves right here close to the office. I should see what their schedules are. Maybe I could go work out in the mornings before the office needs to open. That's about the only way for me to get it done. Unless I go at lunch time and not sure I want to do that.

Before + After

I was at the thrift store and bought some cute little plates and some candle holders.







A little super glue gel and now I have these:





I put one on the piano with some glass candies in it. I love it! They all turned out really cute. I'm going to have to stop doing this soon though because how many plates on stands does one person need? lol

Monday Morning Check In (on Tuesday)

Well, I guess it's obvious that I didn't get any crafty type stuff done last week. lol


I finally gave in and bought some of the slim shots things. I got the cleanse one. I was afraid it would really bother me but it didn't and it did seem to get me off of dead center. I was actually down about 1/2 pound on Friday and then pms hit and I'm suffering from bloat. By Saturday morning I was up 3 pounds!!! There's no way I ate that much on Friday. lol

Hopefully, I can get all of this over and done with quickly because I really need to go buy something to wear to my reunion in less than two weeks and I don't want to have to do the shopping when I'm all bloaty. Aaahhh, life's delimas. lol

Monday Morning Check In

Good Memorial Day to everyone! Take a moment sometime today to pause and remember those that have given all in the protection and support of our country. My gratitude is with them all every day.


As for weight loss, I've got nothing to report. Another week holding steady. I really am thankful for the five pounds that I've lost but I certainly would like for these remaining ten to join them. My class reunion is in 3 weeks. I'm thinking since I haven't budged in the last 3 weeks that it's not likely that I'll drop these ten pounds by then either. Grr! But, I'm not giving up....I still want to lose them. If I could do it before I have to put on a swim suit that would be even better.


Hope everyone has a good week. Don't over do it with any bar-b-qued goodies today. :0)

Bracelets

On Sunday night I decided to dig out some of the stuff I've been acquiring for all those bracelets I want to make. So I sat on the bed watching tv (need to clear some of the stuff out of the dvr) and putting some together.

Here's what I got made...



This one is made from pink buttons. I used tube beads to hide the string coming through the button holes. It's made so that it looks the same from both sides (the buttons are off set). I'm happy with how it turned out and I think I'll probably make another some time in the future.







These are all just made from beads that I've collected over time. You know, they were on sale at a price too good to pass up, just what I was looking for, and whatever other excuses I've used to justify the purchases. :0)

They're all glass beads and the blue'ish' one has silver filagree beads mixed with it too.

I'm so glad that I finally got some made and hope I get the chance to make some more soon. I love bracelets. :0)

One thing I have discovered is that my camera is no good at up close kind of pictures. I guess I need to figure out a different way of doing that. I should probably also make sure I have my glasses on when I'm taking pictures because they look fine to me until I put my glasses on. lol

April BOM Done....finally

On Sunday night I finally sat down long enough to finish up the April Christmas Wish BOM. It took me awhile to just do it. lol. These are so quick and easy to stitch that it really is a pleasure. I can't wait to see the finished product.



I don't know why I can't seem to get the pictures of these in focus. *sigh*


Now to do the May bom before the end of the month. That's the plan anyway. lol

My sweet daughter....

A couple of weeks ago I had to put my 13 year old St. Bernard to sleep. He was my baby and it was (still is) very hard on me. To help make me feel better, my dear sweet daughter, Abigail, made a little clay figure for me. It's only a couple of inches long and about an inch tall. I think she did a fantastic job (and she's only 10!) Of course I'm not a bit biased.






(oh, and sorry they're so blurry. I tried and tried but it's the best I could do.)

Monday Morning Check In

Monday again already!! Boy, it comes on fast, doesn't it?


Well, I think I did pretty good for the week. I'm still the same weight as last week, but I did a really good job with my eating. I didn't work out like I wanted to but I'm hoping to do better with it this week. This seems to be a plateau weight for me and I get stuck here quite a bit. I'm hoping to figure out how to break through this and get to loosing again.


Hope everyone else has a great week!

Before + After

Today I was in Hobby Lobby (if you know me, that's no surprise) and they have a lot of things on sale for 50% off. I found a bunch of these:



Well, they actually had all of the letters. LOL


Anyway, I like it but didn't like that it's just glass. So I headed over to the scrapbooking section and picked out some paper. That turned it into this:



I like it much better. I also bought a couple of other 'v's that were also 50% off. I think I'll keep my eyes open for others to make a whole little collection of them.

Here's what I have so far.