Sunday, January 28, 2007

Added to my Tattoo

On Saturday, I added to my memorial tattoo for fallen officers. I added the flowers around the bottom. It really makes the tattoo stand out so much better! I think I need a couple more flowers to make it tie in at the banner.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Still Here...

This past week has been crazy! I haven't gotten a lot of stitching done, but sure did do some buying! We decided on a piece for Daphne's son's wedding gift and it is going to be needed at the frame shop PDQ. I also started my "Wildflower" by Sam Sarah, worked some on my ghost ship, and even worked a few minutes here and there on my leporello and "Four Seasons" by Anagram. I guess I stitched more than I thought! I'm waiting on a pattern to come in from Birds of a Feather as well. I don't know what the real name is, but we call her "Apple Toter"...hehehehehe.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Poor Saints

Well, they had a fairy tale season and it's really sad that it is over. I thought early in the third quarter they were going to pull it through but they just couldn't do it. Hopefully they can do it next year.

On the stitching front, I have been working hard on part 7 of the leporello. I'm really ready to be done with this project.

On the work front, last night was insane. I had to semi-fight a guy, get on the muddy ground to handcuff him, got some pepper spray in my nose. Then another big fight went out, and while that was going on, we had a shooting. I ended up doing CPR on the guy until EMS could get there but he succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital. He was only 21 years old and from all reports, a good kid. I tell people all the time that nothing good happens after midnight. STAY HOME!

Maybe I'll get some rest on Monday and be able to post some pics of my WIP's. I have a few (hehehehe) and some that I plan to do soon. It would be nice to have them on here so I could keep track!

Thursday, January 18, 2007

2 More Leporello Finishes


I'm done with parts 8 and 10 and I started on part 7 today.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Leporello Pics

Parts I've Finished



Weigh-in day



I'm down four pounds from last week! Almost to 30 pounds total loss. I stitched last night and I'm almost finished with part 10 of the leporello. I'm going to post some pics of the parts I've done so far.

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Running...is it worth it?

Okay, so I don't really run anymore, I jog. And I haven't done it in some time since I hurt my knee (again) about three months ago. I got up this afternoon and said I was just going to walk, no running, no pressure on time, just walk a couple of miles. The first mile, I jogged a minute or so, walked a minute or so and so on. On the way back, I was feeling pretty good, so I jogged the whole way! I'm happy with that plus I got my cardio out of the way before work.

I did not get to put needle to thread yesterday at all. I will be stitching tonight though, as I will be working Don's from 1800-2300 then going to work from there. I did finish part 2 of the leporello and hopefully I'll be able to post some pics of all the finished parts tomorrow.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Day Four of the challenge

Now, why do I do this to myself? I did really well Mon-Wed and got all of my challenge points. Today, we met up with a friend we haven't seen in a while and went to Las Palmas. I didn't do that bad, having some chips and salsa and chicken fajitas (2). Then for dinner I had three Cane's chicken fingers and two pieces of their toast. So all in all it wasn't that bad and I got all my points today, but I really could've made much better choices! At any rate, I've lost 4 pounds this week so I'm very happy about that. Two more pounds and I will be back to where I was before the holidays!

Now, I'm going to stitch. I haven't stitched at home in a week, and I'm going to do it tonight if it kills me!

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

First Day's Success

Well, I did it! I stuck to my calories, did a toning workout, and drank all of my water! It was pretty tough in the wee hours of this morning. I finished my day's calories by 0200 and didn't get to leave work for four hours after that. I was pretty hungry, but I played around in my journal and was pretty busy at work the last hour and a half. I found out last night at around midnight that Taylor (my best friend's son and pretty much my own son, too) is getting married April 20th. That gives me about 14 weeks to lose weight. At two pounds a week, I could be down to....drumroll please....162 lbs.! Hopefully I can use that as some incentive to stay on my plan!

Unfortunately, due to all the work and various distractions, I did not get to stitch at all today. I was planning on going to stitching tonight at the LNS but I have to work. At least I should be able to get some stitching done while I'm there. If all goes as planned, I should finish part 2 of the leporello. Then I'll only be three parts behind! LOL

Monday, January 8, 2007

A finish from last year

Here is a piece I did last year for my best friend's birthday. I really like it and it was challenging to stitch. There are a lot of different stitches and it was the first time I had done the ribbon work and bouillon knots. It's a Victoria Sampler, "Good Friends".



And so it begins...

Today is the first day of the "New You" challenge on Ediets. I have been with my team for over a year and they are great! I had lost 29 pounds but gained about 6 over the last two months. So, overall, I'm down 23 pounds and have about 35 to go. It's been a slow process but then again, I didn't get this big overnight! Hopefully it won't be too hard to get back in the swing of things. The hardest part for me is getting to the gym on my work days. Not because I don't have time, but working nights makes me tired no matter how much I sleep. Then again, if I was working out like I should I would probably sleep much better. ARGHH! It's just a vicious cycle. Oh well, here I go again...wish me luck!

Sunday, January 7, 2007

Working on this blog!

I just threw this blog together the other day and now I'm figuring out how to add stuff. That's why there's duplicate comments on my welcome area and my first blog. I know I'm forgetful but it's not that bad yet! I'm going to post some actual stitching pictures...eventually.

Just Great!

Saturday my Tivo remote stopped working and so when I woke up this afternoon, I decided to go to Best Buy to get a temporary one until I could order one from Tivo (no one carries the replacement remote locally). I jump up, throw on some clothes, and jump in my brand new FJ Cruiser (it's only two weeks old). I'm pulling out of my driveway and a little boy is riding a four-wheeler on the sidewalk and runs into my Cruiser! He's fine (except for the whipping I think he's going to get from his dad), the four-wheeler is fine, but I got a big 'ol deep scrape in my friggin' bumper! Anyway, so much for starting the day off right. At least he didn't get hurt.

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Welcome to the bayou!

Thanks for stopping by my little part of the swamp. I will be using this to post my stitching progress and to keep up with friends and family. Let me know you've stopped by!