Tough end of year and start of this one......

The end of 2007 became very hectic and I was not able to even get to the gym. The christmas holiday itself was nice. We took the children to Universal Studios in Orlando but I became very sick the last day there and it hung for the next 3 weeks or so.

My oldest is a varsity wrestler so we spent the entire month of January at wrestling tournaments and matches.

My youngest is having some medical problems we have not been able to figure out. His whole body is hurting, have daily headaches (they don't go away just wakes up with them then goes to bed with them), and other issues. We are seeing specialists to find the answers.

I have just gotten back to the gym yesterday. I'm going to try going 2x a week and then hopefully just walking a few other days. I'm actually not too sore today considering I have not worked out in 3 months. I did get a little over 1 mile in between the elipical and walking plus various weights.

I have also gotten back into my cross stitching. I'm using this year as a year for me. 90% of what I stitch will be for me. Right now I'm still working on Love w/a capital L and I am so working a project for my mom. I have never stitched her anything so really wanted to.

That's about all that's happening here.

11/12 - 11/18 - Chattanooga

Mon 11/12 - 0
Tues 11/13 - 2.5 miles Elipical 1.5 miles walking. Total 4 miles
Wed 11/14 - .5 miles Elipical
Thurs 11/15 - 2.25 miles treadmill
Fri 11/16 - 1 mile elipical
Sat 11/17 - 1.25 mile walking

Finally back to Walking to Chattanooga that is........

I was finally able to make it back to the gym after my 2 week break (high blood pressure and fall). so got there this morning and good to go.

Mon 11/5/07 - 0
Tues 11/6 - 2.25 miles Elipical and 1 mile walking for total of 3.25 miles
Wed 11/7 - 2.25 miles Elipical and 1/2 miles walking for total of 2.75 miles
Thur 11/8 - 2.1 miles treadmill and 1 mile walking for total of 3.1 miles
Fri 11/9 - 2.5 miles on elipical
Sat. 11/10 - .5 miles jogging in the pool (this was very hard)

Total for the week 12.10 miles

total so far 50.10 miles

Over abudance of silks

I have ordered a bunch of silks from Vikki Clayton and also rec'd a bunch D Bag (extra floss for free).
Look at all my goodies

WIP for the week

This is the WIP on Kyle's Christmas Ornament. Hope to have it done this week.

Camping........

This past weekend we took the RV for a camping trip. The boys had off school on Monday so we thought we would go for a couple of nights. Didn't think it was going to happen at first since it had been raining for several days but finally the front was to move off on Sat. afternoon so we decided to go. We just went locally (when you live at the beach it's real easy to go). I took my camera to play with but found out my battery was low and I had forgotten the charger. I did get a few pictures though and thought I would share them with you.

Just a lone fisherman out early in the morning
These next 2 pictures show dolphins playing in the water. They are not the best but you can just make them out. Unfortunately I did not have my telephoto lense on the camera this morning.


This was the sun setting (over the campground) the 1st night we were there. It was welcome after so many evenings with rain. The sky was even more pretty the 2nd night but my camera battery was dead at this point.

Update on Stitching (Love and other)

Here is the updated of Love w/Capital L. It was taken on the 26th but I have not stitched any more on it. I am putting this on hold for the time being. I have to work on Christmas ornaments that will be gifts this year.




This is for a stitch it forward round robin on the cross stitch crazy board. Hopefully my pal likes it.

10-26 to 11-4 Walking to Chatanooga

10-26 - 0. I walked while camping but don't know the miles
Tues 10-27 - 0. I had dr. appt. and never made it to the gym.
Wed. 10-28 - Again 0. I had errands to run plus I fell during camping and have tried to recumperate my back and arms.

Thurs 10-29

Walking to Chattanooga

The week of 10-22 through 10-28 was a very bad week. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure a few weeks before. I tried for 3 weeks with water pills and they did not help. I exercised through this time but when I went to the dr. my blood pressure was so high she sent me home with orders to relax (no exercise) so I did no walking or anything.

I did walk over the weekend w/dh. We went camping on Saturday and I walked Sat., Sun, and even Monday but I am not counting any of that towards my goal since I really don't know how far it was. I walked all through the campground and on the beach but I will count it as only for my health.

So far I have walked 38 miles toward my goal. I hope to get back to exercising real soon maybe even tomorrrow.

Week 10-15 to 10-21 for walking to Chattanooga

Last week I walked and did the elipical a total of 21.5 miles. I take Mondays off from any activities (atleast for now). This is the day I spend at the middle school and with sports practices there is no time for exercise.

Mon. 10/15 - 0

Tues. 10/16 - Elipical 3.75 miles Walking 2 miles for total of 5.75 miles.

Wed. 10/17 - Elipical 2 miles Walking 1 mile for total of 3 miles

Thurs 10/18 - Treadmill 2.25 miles Walking 2 miles for total of 4.25 miles.

Fri 10/19 - Elipical 2.25 miles Walking 1.25 miles for total of 3.5 miles.

Total for the week was 16.50

Walking to Chattanooga, TN

My friend Tammy in Canada loves the New York Yankees. To help motivate her to walk/run, exercise she figured how far it is from her house to Yankee Stadium. She is keeping track of this to see how long it would take her to get there.

Well I am going to try something like that. My family is taking a RV vacation to Chatttanooga, TN this summer. I want to see if I can get there before I actually get there. I will be counting walks/jogs, elipical, recumberant bike, etc. I will keep adding up all the miles and see if I can do it. It is 474 miles from my house to Chattanooga so let see if you can help route me on.

I actually started today.

10/9/07 - 1.5 miles on elipical and 1.25 miles walking for total of 2.75 miles.

10/10/07 - 1.5 miles on elipical and 1.5 miles walking for total of 3 miles today.

10/11/07 - 2.25 miles on elipical and 2 miles walking/jogging for total of 4.25 miles today.

10/12/07 - 3.25 miles on the elipical and 2.25 miles walking for total of 5.5 miles today.

10/13/07 - 3 miles walking

10/17/07 - 3 miles walking

Total for the week: 21.5 miles

Love 10-5-07

Here is the full size picture then the close up to show the colors better. I am using VC silks in Dragon's Hoard, Pansy, and Emerald Isle. It is stitching up pretty quickly

Banana Bread

So how do you spend your Sundays? Well today mine is being spent making banana bread. I'm not just talking about a loaf. I already have 8 loave in the oven and more to make. Why do you ask? Well I bought 60 bananas for the JV football team on Wed. for their dinner on Thurs. Made 90 sandwiches and bought chips. Only to have it pour and the game to be cancelled. I took apart the sandwiches to save the meat and cheese to remake them on Monday (when the game was rescheduled for) but the bananas were ripe and wouldn't make it until Monday so I had to buy 60 new ones and now have all these very ripe ones to use so hence the banana bread.

9-21-07 Love Update

Here is what I have done for the week. I finished the oval border (Felt wonderful when it matched up with no problems) and worked on the green portion of the border. Cross Stitch Crazy had a stitch a thon last week so it really helped me with getting some done.

Love with Capital L

I have picked up Love w/Capital L by Papillon Creations. I am using Vikki Clayton Silks. Dragon's Hoard is for the L and then the inside words. Pansy & Isle Green are for the border.

The 1st picture is from 9-7 and shows a close up of the colors. The 2nd picture is from today. I have worked on the border this week.

Cirque is Finished

I have finally finished Cirque de Cercles by Ink Circles. I worked on this for approx. 6 month. I used 28 ct. Navy Jobelean and Vikki Clayton's Amethyst silk. This was stitched 1 strand of premium over 2. I love this piece and can not wait for the companion piece to be released

Cirque

Finally have finished page 5 so thought I would post an update. I am not on the homestretch and would love to have this finished in Sept. at the latest.

USS North Carolina

We took the boys to Wilmington, NC on Friday to tour the battleship. We have been there several times before but always enjoy going. The last time was 2 years before. Brian is really into WWII things to he really likes this kind of thing. Here are a few pictures from the day.

1/2 Way Done........

I have finished page 3 on Cirque de Cercles and am have way done. It is coming along so nicely.

Weight Loss Journey - Week 2

The 1st week didn't go as well as I would have liked. Only made it to the gym that very 1st day (too many things popped up last week).

This week I made it to the gym all 3 days (Mon, Wed, and Fri). That is my goal. If I make it more fine but 3 days is what I'm shooting for.

The eating has just been so so but figured one step at a time. I hope to get a walk or two in with dh this weekend but suppose to be wickidly hot and humid.