new pants

I ordered new pants from Dick's today.  Their warm weather compression Capris .  I'm a little nervous about getting compression - but I really can't find the relax fit.  The ones I brought when I first started working out back in 2010 are really stretched out.  I can roll the waist band.  Not a good thing.

It's 21 weeks until the Wednesday before we go to Disney in February to do the Princess race.  I would like to get down to 175 - that's 27 lbs.  If I lose 1 lb a week - that would 21 lbs - in a perfect world.  If I do that - none of my clothes will fit.  But that is my goal.

I keep telling myself that this is a life change - not a diet.  I can't go back to eating like I did.  But I was so out of control.I

I just keep thinking about Daddy - how proud he was of me when I saw him in  April.  I just keep thinking about that.  I miss you Daddy.

Floss

I've gotten into the habit of buying floss for most charts I stitch.  Consequently I have LOTS OF FLOSS.  I try not to do it but sometimes I can't find the floss I look for and I justify it by thinking it's only 52 cents.    My new resolution is to remember to look to see if I have the floss.  I have 5 containers of floss.  

Years ago I was in a birthday floss exchange and received a ton of floss.  Do you  think any of the colors I need are in there?  Never.  Well hardly ever.  LOL  I wonder if floss rots eventually.

Bad choices

We had our annual crab day yesterday.  I did pretty good - no role with my hot dog.  I did eat some chips.  My bad choice was after i got home.  Because you pick eating all day, I was hungry.  My bad choice came because I got a shorti hoagie and some Cheetos.  Now, I only at maybe 20 cheetos and dumped the rest in the trash.  I did eat the whole hoagie - but it was only a shorti.  But it didn't sit well on my stomach.  And I had the runs this morning.  Hopefully I'll remember that.  I should have had an apple with peanut butter.  I much better choice.  

I get weighed 3 weeks from tomorrow.  I haven't weighed this in YEARS.  When I got divorced and had to get insurance I weighed 175 - at least that's what I put on the form and even that is OBESE.  Even at 175 that was too much.  I'm trying.  It's much harder now that I'm home = no one to answer to and see I'm making bad food choices.  Going to try and be good for the next 3 weeks.  I want to get below the 200 mark and I'm so close.

3 pounds

Well, I weighed myself last Friday and I was down 4 more pounds.  Much harder now.  But in 3 lbs I'll be in the 100's and I haven't weighed that in YEARS.  It's been 10 years since I've moved in my townhouse and then or I should say when he served me papers I weighed 175 and even that is more than I should weigh.  I'm taking it in steps - first it's to get below 200, then 175 and finally 150.  I'll be happy if I can get back down to 150, even though I should be 145,  Just looked at the BMI and I'm still consider OBESE.  
November 28 will be a year since I started this journey - I would love to be at 190. 
Fingers crossed,

New crown

I go to the dentist today for my permanent crown.  When I went 3 weeks ago and had to get the grown - it's $1,000!  I was going to put it on care credit, I have a $3,000 limit but the day before I got a check from Joey for my share of Daddy's life insurance.  I decided to pay it out right.  Well, I put it on my capital one so I could get the points.  Daddy is still looking out for me.

Fall is here

It's amazing how September 1st comes and there is just a change in the air.  It's just crisper and cooler.  They were keeping the pool open again this weekend if the weather was nice.  Well, it was nice - sunny and almost 80 - but there was a nice breeze.  No pool.  I kept thinking what did I use to do on Saturdays before summer.  First thing was I was working so I had stuff to do that now I do during the week.  I should have vacuumed or dusted.  Started laundry.....instead I stitched.    I did go through my tote bags - a total of 22 being get rid of.  

Just filed my 8th unemployment claim.  I get it for 6 months, I wonder if they tell you it's done?  Or you go in and it's not there?  I'll have to ask Margie since I've never done this before.  I really don't want to go back and work in an office.  I keep thinking I should look at planet fitness or wegmans.  But I don't want to work at night or on the weekend,  Going to have to do something soon.  Will be a long winter if not,

Tote bags

As I said before I'm going thru stuff.  When I was divorced and moved into my townhouse 10 years ago, I could only get rid of so much stuff - so I saved alot.  Now I more readyn to get rid of it.  I went through my tote bags I had downstairs - yet to look upstairs.  Didn't get rid of all my tote bags - but at least 20.  I know, I know.  I find one I like and I use it then I find another one, but the first aside.  It's a horrible cycle.  Keepingsome, like my lands end totes, anything with my name on it or a memory, like the one I got in London. 

Serial collector

I have to admit that I'm a serial collector.  If I see a chart from a designer that I like and it's part of series - yearly, monthly, seasonal - I have to order all of them.  The picture below is the latest seasonal from Hands on Design.  I already have spring and summer - so of course I have to get autumn and winter.  One of these days I'll be ready to stitch them and I'll have them.  I also have her monthly series, which I hope to start soon.  So much to stitch, at least I'm not working now.  LOL

Rainy Day

Feeling at lose ends.  It is a rainy ugly day here and the pool picnic I was going to have didn't happen.  And tomorrow is supposed to be just as lousy.  At least today I went to the gym this morning.  I'm trying to go every other day so I won't even have that tomorrow.  I have to go some time during the day or I'll go stir crazy.  

This is when I miss my siblings the most.  They are having a picnic tomorrow - at least the ones that are in Chicago are.  I wish I lived closer to them.  I miss them so much sometimes I actually think I should move to Chicago.  But then I'd never move that far away from Josephine and Charlotte.  It's just days like today when I've been in the house to much.

I need to start Oliver's stocking.  I'll get the fabric out tomorrow and start.  Looks like I'll be home all day tomorrow.  I just order another fabric project bag.  SewMuch2Luv is making a Texas bag - 100% of the profits go to hurricane Harvey relief.  It's something I can do.  I always worry about donating because I want to make sure the money is going to relief - not admin costs.

Well, gotta finish up the kitchen,