President's day

This has been a week. Last Monday Jerry had elective prostrate surgery and was hospitalized for three days. Came home with a cathater in and was improving until Sunday evening when he started clotting and plugging the tube. One trip to the ER and the cath was cleared. Back home, into bed for two hours, and it plugged again. Back to the ER at 1 AM. This time they kept him over night and have been keeping an eye on him. I feel a bit responsible because I encouraged him to get his prostrate pared down. He is a healthy man so should have come through this with flying colors. We will find out more later.

In the mean time, I really need to concentrate on the Church's auction. I just have not been enthused about it this year. Luckily the members of the team I have worked with for the past three years are enthused so they are carrying more of the stress this year. I always worry that we won't have great stuff and then that if we do we won't have anyone there that will bid on it.

One of the lower level units is going up for sale. I am putting a bid in on it. It is 100 sq ft smaller than this one so my built ins in the sewing room will have to be remodeled (cut 8" off) and the China Cabinet my mother bought me will have to go. Anyone want it?

Must get moving.

Almost complete

I have been working on a baby quilt for my great grand daughter for a couple three months now. You would think that a baby quilt would go rather fast. I've been challenged by this one. It is a double wedding ring only all of it is done on the sewing machine. Blocks are quilted as finished units then sewn together and topstitched. I just have some hand work to do and it's ready to be shipped off. I think I'll actually have it done before the big event (May 11).

Changing - Changing

On the first of Feb. 2006 I weighed and measured myself and compared to what I weighed and measured on Jan. 1, 2005. I have lost a total of 30 pounds and a total of 20.25 inches. I really think this is a big deal. I had struggled with "diet" programs for a number of years, never being too successful. I guess being "bigger" than the other girls all through school gave me a minds eye of being big (tho I really was not). I carried a normal-for-my-height weight from the 60s to the 80s. Then we started to adopt kids. When I carried my own kids I would gain "baby" weight and take it off. Did that three times. When I adopted kids I gained 5 pounds with each one - four times - and didn't take it off. Then there was the ever present candy dish at work, stress from various principals I worked for, stress of an ailing husband, etc., etc., etc.
So, what happened? After trying Weight Watchers (again) in 2005, I went to a naturopath who told me I was allergic to milk (read some lables, milk is in a lot of processed food) and that I should not eat sugar and fruit together - in fact keep consumption of them 8 hours apart. I switched to honey and fructose as sweeteners of choice and dumped sugar (look at lables, sugar is in a miriade of processed foods). The weight has been melting off. (I once told a friend that I just seem to have a paintbrush that I dip in fat and keep painting on me. That's the way becomeing overweight felt.)
I have dumped all my size 16 and 14 pants. Am shopping for new bras today. Got a couple pair of size 12 jeans last week. I really need a new swim suit. Maybe I'll get that next week.
Life is good.