Busy bee

Wow, it's been a super busy weekend. Friday started my on call week for work but lucky it wasn't too bad. No calls and few emails this weekend. Friday evening I stopped at The Stash yarn shop on my way home from work. I bought a bunch of yarn for a crocheting project I'm embarking on. I have never crocheted and Friday evening I started teaching myself with the help of YouTube. I didn't get very far and it took me 3 hours to make a tiny tan circle-ish square. *Sigh* This is what it should look like when it's done though it might be next winter before I finish it.


On Saturday morning I caught up on some shows I had DVRed. Saturday afternoon Ken and I took a trip to Michaels, Lowes, and Target. Ken and I both had some craft projects we wanted to work on so we went to Michaels to stock up on supplies. I've also begun cross-stitching, which is much easier than crocheting. That project is top secret for now but once it's finished I will be sure to post some pictures.

We had quite an interesting time at Lowes. We needed to buy a watering can and a dust buster. Unfortunately there was some weird guy beat boxing in the vacuum aisle and they only had one dust buster and it was not really what we were looking for.

We stopped at Target last which was really busy. Saturday afternoon and Target's busy, go figure. We found a dust buster and a few other things we needed and headed for home. After we unloaded the car and had lunch I went grocery shopping. Then came home and did some cross-stitching for a few hours.

Sunday morning I got up and did some more cross-stitching. I think I'm hooked. Ken and I went to the library and I found a book about crocheting and Ken got a few books as well. Then home for some hardcore cleaning and that brings me up to this moment when I realized I hadn't blogged in some time.

I didn't get any exercising in this weekend but I'll be back at the gym first thing tomorrow morning. I've been going in the mornings before work and that has been pretty good. That way I still get to come home after work and hang out with Ken. I'm hoping all of these new projects will keep me distracted with the winter months coming and keep me from shoveling food in my face. The holidays are always difficult. Well, that's all I have for today.

Back at it

Well, I've been back at it full steam this week.

My mom and uncle were here to visit us from October 18 through October 25 and I only went to the gym once that week. I didn't do a lot of healthy eating either while they were here but I chalked it up to a week vacation and tried not to feel too bad. The day after they left I was back at the gym (Wednesday). It was rough getting back at it. I went the next day on Thursday as well. I was feeling pretty awful though by Thursday evening and realized I must be coming down with something. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I rested and I surprisingly started feeling much better by the end of the weekend.

Monday I was back at the gym and back to eating better. After working out I realized that I had forgotten my hair dryer and makeup. I considered going home but I said "screw it" and went to work sans makeup. I figured I'd try to face my computer screen all day.

Today I woke up late and rushed around to get to the gym. I had another awesome start to my day. I dropped my water cup and the lid flew off and water went all over the gym carpet. Tons of people saw me and I felt like a moron. Once I finished up I went down to the locker room where I found that I had forgotten to bring a towel. ARGHHHHH! So I had to drive home and get ready there and then drive to work which caused me to be 15 minutes late for work *sigh*

I've checked and double checked my bag for tomorrow. Blow dryer, check. Makeup, check. Towel, check. Clothes, check. Shoes, check. I'm sure I probably forgot something and it will be another interesting day.

I have managed to lose the 2 pounds that I gained while my mom was in town and I am down another pound. I keep wondering how long it will be until my weight loss really picks up again. I hope this is not it for me. I guess if it is I'll be happy to maintain the weight I'm at. I do feel much better and my clothes are looking better on me. I don't feel quite so self-conscious.

Time for bed. It's another early day tomorrow.