Run, run, run, run away
Comments (1)I admit it. I’m a wimp. For the last two years, if the temperature started with a 3 (anything 30 degrees F and above), I’d go out and run. Light drizzle? No problem. Snow? No worries. If it was 28F and promising to warm up to 30F or more before the end of my run? Yep, I’d go out. That was the last two years.
This year? No, not so much. Here was the weather from my iphone when I woke up:
See that? It’s above 30F. So what if it’s not sunny…right? Yeah. Right. I looked at the forecast for the rest of the day:
And thought, Ick. I don’t want to go out in that. So, there it is. I’m a wimp and my running program has totally fizzled out this year. Not only that, but it seems that exercising only once per week (so far) has helped me lose the 1-lb per week that I had as a goal, for the most part. How is that even happening?!? I mean, I ran 4-6 days per week last year and managed to lose, for the entire year, only 5 or 6 pounds. What is the deal?
So, here I sit at my desk, in my from-size-14-to-size-6 jeans-wishing-I-was-in-size-4-jeans, whining about being unmotivated. Not only that, but I’m going to go sit in front of the tv in a minute rather than sew or work. I’m pathetic.
To Swoon or not to Swoon
I had planned to make at least two more Swoon quilts, but am now rethinking this. Many other patterns have been thrown out there lately that I love and several of them fit the fabric I have much better than the Swoon, so I think I’m not going to Swoon with the fabrics that I have. That means I’ll have to buy more fabric to Swoon with.
As soon as the baby quilt I’m working on is done (tomorrow?!?), I’ll start cutting my Moda Lovely for the Made in Cherry quilt. Since I’m starting with 3 charm packs and a layer cake (as well as a jelly roll and some yardage), I won’t have to cut very much at all…which makes me ecstatic. Less cutting is always better. Here is the flickr group if you’d like to join in the QAL: Made in Cherry QAL Flickr Group. At least go look at the quilts. There are some beauties on there!
First Finish of 2012!
I did manage to complete this quilt top. I cannot tell you how excited I am to have a finish so very early in the year. It took less than two weeks to finish the whole thing. How exciting is that?!? As soon as I get the back pieced together, I’m sending it off to Christy (Army Brat Quilts on twitter and Army Brat Quilts on flickr.) to quilt on her longarm. She did a fantastic job on my first “big” quilt – it’s the top photo on her flickr page – and I’m excited to see how she ends up quilting this quilt. Did I mention I was excited? 😮 Okay, okay, here’s a not-very-good picture:
Whimsical Swoon
I’m still Swooning!
I thought I’d never get this block finished! My newlywed son and his wife came to visit this weekend, then I was wiped out yesterday after the kettlebells workout (Thanks a lot, Bob Harper!), and I was supposed to actually accomplish something with work today. Nonetheless, I did eventually get to swoon today. Here is block 5.
This is another mystery fabric block. Maybe I should start taking apart the fat quarters before I buy them to see if they have the good selvedge?
What is hindering me this week?
Sometime last year, since I ran so many days and miles and only lost 6 of my 30 goal pounds, I decided to add a new thing to my workout routine and ordered 2 of Bob Harper’s DVDs. (You can get them here: https://www.mytrainerbob.com/store/home.php?cat=251). One was his cardio routine and the other a kettlebell workout. I see now that he has two kettlebell videos and if I was capable, I’d go to the living room and see which I bought, but my thighs are still protesting…hence what is hindering me this week. I mean, my thighs are absolutely screaming and it didn’t even really hurt in the doing. I was no more out of breath when I finished the routine than after a good 3 miler. But, I noticed right away that my thighs were a bit spaghetti-like and after I showered and ate, I was just as exhausted as when I was running 3 and 4 miles this summer in 90-degree heat. Literally, I laid on the sofa the rest of the day.
Today, sitting doesn’t hurt, standing doesn’t hurt, walking doesn’t hurt. However, getting up from sitting position or getting into sitting position makes me utter noises that aren’t very ladylike. Hopefully, though, doing these workouts as well as continuing running will help me reach my goal weight and fitness level.
The other thing that is hindering me this week? These:
My son, Sammy, got married on the 20th of this month and for some fool reason, I thought it’d be nice to have pretty nails for the wedding – which lasted all of 15 minutes or so and I wasn’t even in. Now I’m stuck with these dreadful things. My fingers hurt constantly because I forget that extra length on there and catch them on everything. I can hardly type because the stupid nail on my left pinky keeps hitting the caps lock key (grr) and I have to erase half of what I do a dozen times. Same dear son suggests to me that I should just cut them. Great idea. But I have no nail files and yes, it would be simple to go to the store and purchase said, but the thighs protest too much and we only have one car. So, for now, I’m stuck with these things and I truly do hate them, even if my fingers, for the first time in my life, don’t look short and fat.