Happy New Year! I hope 2008 keeps you all healthy, happy and knitting!
There are only 2 things I can think of that I'd like to accomplish in 2008. Here they are;
The stash - I have a closet full, literally full to the brim with yarn. That makes me crazy. I was always a "buy as you go" kind of knitter until I found blogland. I wanted to try everything you were all talking about, but, now I have to use it up. I really can't stand having that much in there.
Ravelry has been great for ideas, so I'm trying to get the yarn paired with a pattern so in 2008 I can empty out that closet.
I went to the Drs. again just before Thanksgiving, my 1 year checkup, and dang if he gave me heck again for not losing the 17 pounds I've lost and gained 3 times in that 1 year. I think it's the meds, he thinks it's me. So, I've joined
SparkPeople (awesome website), I'm TRYING really hard to make myself do 30 minutes of cardio every other day and the 2 days of strength training. I live 30 minutes from the Y and don't live where I want to go out and walk around the neighborhood by myself so I've been trying Leslie Sansone's video's. I've been doing them for 2 months or more and haven't lost a pound. Heck, I haven't lost an ounce. Funny how everyone tells you all the stages of your life that you're going to go thru but no-one ever warns you that when you get ready to go thru *menopause* you could have a heart attack, you need to move more than you need to watch what you eat and that you'll get fat where you've never been fat in your life! I have always been on the thin side until I hit about 45. Now I have hips, thighs and a belly like never before and it's making me really mad. I have acne (they call it *menopausal acne*, great name huh?), my joints hurt from all the meds I'm on to lower my triglycerides and sometimes I wonder what's going to happen next.
Okay, enough of that, but you can see why I've been missing in action for awhile. I didn't start this blog to whine but I can't even get a knitting project going that is interesting. Life is going to be better in 2008, I'm going to get healthier in 2008 and I'm going to lose this weight in 2008!
I forgot to take pictures of the Christmas gifts I made, but, they were for the Baby Girl and her best friend so maybe I can get a picture for the next post. She is in New England for a week, flew all by herself the Saturday after Christmas to go spend a week with her cousins and Aunt and Uncle. She's really hoping to see snow (she was too young when we moved South to remember the snow) and to go sledding. So, when she gets home I'll try to remember to post the pictures.
Happy Knitting and I'll try, once again, to post sooner next time.
Sheri in GA
