Thursday, March 30

Breakfast:

Coffee w/creamer - 0.5

Lunch:

Mongolian Grill - 10

Dinner:

MSF southwest steak strip pita - 6
Apples - 2
Skinny Cow - 2.4

Snack:

Caramel Apple pops - 2
Granola bars - 3.4

Total: 26.3
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: Walking - 2 APs

Wednesday, March 29

Yes, I’m aware there is a LOT of Subway on this journal. I was busy running errands, so I grabbed Subway for lunch. While I was there, I went on and bought a sandwich for dinner tonight as well since I’ll be going straight from work to LAX to catch my flight.

Breakfast:

None

Lunch:

6″ veggie delite - 4
Baked Lays KC Masterpiece BBQ chips - 2.6

Dinner:

12″ veggie delite - 8.1

Snack:

2% milk (10 oz) - 3.3
Granola bars - 3.4

Total: 21.4
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: Does running around like a crazy woman doing laundry, packing, and later schlepping around through LAX count?

Tuesday, March 28

I don’t have time to try and catch up with the days I’ve missed. So, I’m just start from this point forward again. I worked a 13 hour day, so food wasn’t very high on the priority list. I was so tired when I got home that I just made some toast because I didn’t feel like cooking.

Breakfast:

None - work was so busy I never got around to eating

Snack:

Chipotle roasted peanuts - 3

Lunch:

TUL - 8

Dinner:

Toast (wasn’t lite bread) - 3.2
SF Tapioca - 2.5

Snack:

Nonfat milk - 3.6
Granola bars - 3.4

Total: 23.7
Water: 32 oz
Exercise: None

Finishing Happy Dances

I’ve had a lot going on this weekend, so I didn’t get in as much stitching time as I would have liked. I did get the stitching and finishing done on a small piece for a Shepherd’s Bush exchange. I also got the finishing done on a rabbit scissor fob for another exchange. I also finally learned how to make twisted cord that I used for the finishing on both fobs. Considering I’d never made twisted cord before today, I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. All in all, it felt like a pretty productive stitching weekend even though I didn’t get any stitching done on any of my larger pieces.

Here is a pic of the rabbit fob I finished. The back side has the initials of myself and recipient along with the year stitched over one, but I have blocked the initial of the recipient since this is for an anonymous exchange. This is stitched on 28-count Millenium Blue Cashel linen using Dragon Floss #23 Calm Down. I just LOVE that name. The rabbit design is a traditional Quaker rabbit. The twisted cord is made from a coordinating DMC floss.

Here is the piece I stitched and finished for the Shepherd’s Bush exchange. I’ve again blocked out the name of the recipient since this is also for an anonymous exchange. The house design is taken from the Folk Pillow chart in the Pillow Flock leaflet by Shepherd’s Bush. It’s stitched on 28-count evenweave using DMC fibers.

Lastly, I’m in a birthday exchange this year, too. I recently mailed a birthday goodie package to Cathy in Australia. I was so thrilled that it actually arrived ON her birthday. I stitched a Quaker motif for her that I made into a trivet for her table. I also sent along a couple of pieces of Silkweaver fabric and a few hanks of Vikki Clayton’s hand-dyed silks.

I’ll be leaving on vacation Wednesday and won’t be back until very late Tuesday night. I’m not sure if I’ll have a chance to make another update before I go, but I’ll try. I’ll only be home from vacation for two days, and then it will be time to head over to Vegas with Terri for CATS. So, my updates will definitely be fairly infrequent over the next couple of weeks, but only because I’m off playing.

Happy stitching!

Saturday, March 25

Consecutive OP days: 4
Point target: 28

Breakfast:

Banana - 2

Lunch:

BAS w/cremini mushrooms - 0
42g FF feta cheese - 1
2 tbsp TJ’s FF balsamic vinaigrette dressing - 0.5
Grilled Italian sausage - 5.5

Dinner:

Snack:

Total: 9
Water: 24 oz
Exercise: 45 mins walking - 2 APs

Friday, March 24

Consecutive OP days: 3
Point target: 28

Breakfast:

Toast - 2

Lunch:

TUL - 8

Dinner:

Italian sausage - 5.5
Couscous salad w/olive oil - 6
FF pudding - 1

Snack:

Nonfat milk - 2
Luna bar - 3.5

Total: 27.5
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: None

Thursday, March 23

Consecutive OP days: 2
Point target: 28

Breakfast:

Toast - 2
Banana - 2

Lunch:

TUL - 8
Small piece birthday cake - 4

Dinner:

hot dogs - 2
couscous salad - 3

Snack:

Nonfat milk - 4
Luna bar - 3

Total: 28
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: None

Lots of Mail…

It’s been a great mail week for me for stitching purchases. I received my GAST fiber of the month club mailing from Silkweaver and all of the books I recently ordered and mentioned in my March 12 entry. It’s been so much fun looking through. It’s been especially interesting reading about the symbolism of the Quaker motifs!

Sadly, my stitching has taken a backseat to my reading and drooling over charts. I really do need to get back to my stitching through as I have a couple of exchange pieces that need to be going into the mail before I leave on vacation on the 29th. About the only piece I’ve worked on recently is Rosemarkie which is currently at around 28 hours of total stitching time. Here’s my latest progress pic:

I’m going to a stitching get together on Saturday. I’m really looking forward to it as there should be a few new faces there of stitchers I’ve not met before, so that should be fun.

Happy stitching!

Wednesday, March 22

Consecutive OP days: 1
Point target: 28

Breakfast:

Whole wheat toast - 2

Lunch:

TUL - 8
Banana - 2

Dinner:

Greek salad w/RF dressing - 3
2 oz. Cabot lowfat cheese - 2
Italian sausage - 3

Snack:

Nonfat milk - 4
Luna bar - 3

Total: 27
Water: 32 oz. (yeah, I’ll have to work on this tomorrow)
Exercise: None

Tuesday, March 21

As of today, I have been journaling here for one month without missing a single day. I wish I could say that I hadn’t slipped off program in that time, but I did twice. All in all, I feel really good about that. If I can keep myself to going off program no more than once or twice per month, I’ll should definitely start seeing results on the scale again.

Consecutive OP days: 0
Point target: 28

Breakfast:

English muffin - 2
Canadian bacon - 1

Lunch:

TJ’s RF southwestern salad w/dressing - 3
Roasted veggie enchilada - 4
CC peaches - 1
SF pudding - 1

Dinner:

MSF garden veggie burgers - 3
Banana - 2
SF tapioca - 2

Snack:

Nonfat milk - 4
Granola bars - 4

Total: 27
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: None