Some Dramatic Pictures

Normally I keep my weightloss blog and this blog separate...but I want to share some pictures that my husband took of me. At the end of July I started a weightloss program recommended to me by my doctor. To date I have lost almost 59lbs.

Here is the Before picture taken on July 8, 2009

Here is 'in progress picture" 59 pounds later, taken March 28, 2010.

Sewing Day Today...

So between Christmas and my birthday my husband has fully outfitted my sewing room. Hopefully by the end of April I will have my quilting frame and machine set up with a at least one quilt ready for quilting.

Today I spend the afternoon making super cute sun dress for summer and a new pair of pajama pants. I have material to make two more sun dresses and one more pair of pajama pants. I've been putting my new serger sewing machine machine to good work. My goal is to be finished with the other two dresses tomorrow.

This week I've been building the habits of going to an early morning bikram yoga class. I'm in the process of adjusting my sleep cycles to accommodate getting up at 5:15am to be at class by 6:ooam. Even though getting up early is taking a little bit of time to adjust I feel so much better after each class.

Its almost time to plant the garden...

Spring 2010

My husband and I have a new garden area. We designed new garden boxes to be placed around edges of our cozy patio in Queen Anne.

The wood for the cold frame boxes has been cut. The old window frames you see leaning up agains the fence will be the lids for the coldframe boxes. I hope to be able to grow fresh salad greens year round. We got the windows from Seattle's RE store in Ballard out of the free area.

Wood for the other garden boxes all cut and ready for assembly.

The two garden boxes and the tomato box. Three out of six boxes complete.

The first of my three cold frame boxes complete! Well done Sweetie:)

Just thought I would pass along a funny in case anyone needed a good laugh....

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY……..
Sometimes when you are angry with someone,

It helps to sit down, take a moment to cool off,

And think about the problem.