random

1.No outfit is complete for me unless there is a layer of some sorts. ie. tank under shirt, long sleeve under short sleeve…

2. My new favorite author: Megan Crane. Unfortunately, she’s a relatively new author and I’ve read all three of her (fabulous) books

3. I love the words loquacious and egregious. I wish I had the opportunity to use them on a daily basis without sounding strange and/or pretentious.

4. My favorite shoe brand is Diesel.

5. My weight: 127.2 ***sigh***, grrr

6. I still can not comprehend that at this day and age you can go to a place and get books for free! This boggles my mind. (but I love it)

7. I had a fantastic time at the knitting meetup. I met lots of nice women, who are amazing knitters. While I will admit I was really nervous when I was driving around west la, trying to find some damn parking, I put on my game face and realized that I am usually wrong about these things. I need to stop listening to myself.

8. Speaking of which, my shrug is coming along very nicely. It’s about halfway done. I will post a picture later when it’s daylight and my photos won’t turn out orange.

9. It seems very strange to me that WordPress is the ONLY website working right now. I can’t even get to yahoo.

10. I miss Harry Potter

weigh in, among other things

My second weigh in! 125.6 lbs.  I actually found the secret of my (future) success: Tea. Lots of tea. I caught a cold last week so I was drinking lots of tea and eating lots of soup and I was actually down to 125, but then I guess I lost my head tonight and ate too much.

And let me just set the record straight for those of you who are “worried” for me or as someone put it, “I don’t appreciate what I have”. That’s exactly it. I do appreciated what I have. AND, it’s about appreciating all I can be. The healthiest, happiest me. So, yes, I have some weight to lose. I am not comparing myself to anyone else, this is just about me. End of story.

Here’s a layout I did of my nephews Sean and Robby. They are just the sweetest little boys. I really like this layout, James, not so much. He says it’s boring that I didn’t use the whole space. So I said to him, ” ~~~~ “

I went to the Alex tonight to see a benefit concert featuring the songs of Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Kind of a weird combination, I know, but it was so good. Some AMAZING singers. Kevin Earley did, “If I Can’t Love her” from Beauty and the Beast. It was as if the song was written for him. There were some hilarious songs like “Pink Fish” and “A Happy Working Song”. All the women were amazing. Julie Reiber was The Perfect Elphaba, she did “The Wizard and I” to perfection, Kim Huber did a beautiful “Meadowlark” from The Baker’s Wife. Beth Malone sang “The Life I Never Led” from Sister Act the Musical. The best part was hearing Alice Ripley sing her rendition of “West End Avenue” from The Magic Show. I have got to get that CD! It blew me away!!

Ahhh… I love musicals.

And so it begins

I have decided that I need to get off my lazy ass and lose some weight. For real now. Ugh.  I had been a steady participant at the gym (one of the few perks about my old office, a gym on the 1st floor) but since leaving, I have exercised twice. So, I am giving myself to the New Year to lose 15 pounds. That’s not so much is it? But in order for me to stick to it, I am going to do a weekly weigh in and post it on my blog. That way there’s Accountability, folks. No slinking off to the sidelines for me! I have been complaining almost all my life that I hated my weight, but I’m the only one who can do anything about it. And guess what? I did nothing! So, now that I have all this ‘free time’, I’m going to put it to good use.

Monday October 29
Weight: 128
I’d put my measurements out here, but I can’t find any of my tape measures. (Cristina probably stole them all! Ha!)

So come on, guys! Give me a support, encouragement, etc. Or you can tell me that I’m crazy and it will never work!

On another note, look what I made. I bought this kit last year  – just in time for the holidays. How slow am I?

So I have maybe 100 empty mini albums, but no ideas for themes. I need help! Give me ideas!