January recap

First a picture of the hairpin lace stole I recently finished:


Very colorful. I made it with the strips that came with my loom that I bought off of ebay.

Now for the recap even though there is one more day left in the month.

My current weight is 132. Since I started at 134 I guess that means I've lost 2 pounds this month. Not bad if I can keep it up. I've been really hungry the last few days but have managed to not snack this week so far.

I got all my records organized, I still need to get the wills and POAs signed and some of Lawrence's records organized, though they are the same as mine for the most part.

I've done quite a few craft things. My family has even commented on it though they don't seemed to impressed with what I've done.

I need to ride more but it has been wet and cold. I have ridden 3 times this week. Not sure I'll get to today as the vet is coming for their spring shots and coggins test. Hopefully I can get a lesson in tomorrow before the rain starts again.

I didn't exercise any last week but have done better this week.

Got started on organizing pictures having put the Italy pictures in albums. Still have some misc. pictures to put in albums and I need to start converting old videos to DVDs.

Titles

You know, it's really hard to come up with titles for these blogs, especially when they aren't about anything in particular. Like this one.

I rode Jolie, walked 40 minutes, worked on funeral plans and crocheted. Oh, and I took Larry back to school. He goes to Ga Tech, classes start tomorrow.

Ooh, and this is weird. I'm sitting here in the dark and the light from my monitor makes my hands look really old and wrinkly.

I added an atheist quote generator to the page today. I'm not fanatical about my atheism, in fact most people probably don't know for sure, but some of the quotes seem meaningful to me. I found the quote generator while looking for ideas about a secular funeral. While I don't want a religious funeral, I also know that the funeral is mostly for the living to help them move on and most of my husband's family is religious. My family are non practicing Christians (for the most part). I don't what something that will offend them or make them uncomfortable. Hopefully what I've come up with will satisfy everyone.

Oh, and I think I've lost a pound. My scale is not very accurate. I can get on, get off, and get right back on and it register differently and I also know that it weights at least 6 pounds less that actual weight. But, yesterday it was on 134 and this morning it was 132.

Busy Day

Today was a very busy day and very cold. Temps didn't get above 29 degrees which is very cold for Georgia. But I did get a lot done. Took the pictures of our Italy vacation to Rite Aid to get them printed. I'll pick them up tomorrow. I've been taking digital pictures for years but never have had any of them printed because I was too cheap. Well Rite Aid is running a special - $.13 each. I took over 600 in today, some were pictures taken previously. So that counts as working on organizing pictures. I also bought albums to put them in.

I also finished my will and powers of attorney today. Will have to work on Lawrence's (my husband) tomorrow. Word of advice, don't work on those sorts of things late at night. I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep last night, not that I was worried about them but just couldn't stop thinking about them. My sister-in-law gave me a book on getting organized for Christmas. I've known I needed to do these things but just keep putting if off, now I have a plan for getting them done. Went to the library today to get some books on how to plan a funeral. Yuck.

Finished up my latest craft project. It is an arm chair caddy to hold my work. I'm always misplacing my hooks or needles, etc.
You can find the pattern here.
I also wanted to post a picture of my before Christmas project, a purse, checkbook cover and wallet.
I found the patterns for the purse and wallet through the SewMamaSew Handmade holidays blog.

Time to go watch Dr. Who.