A Knitting Fool!

So, with my copious amounts of free time (Ha!) I've been knitting like crazy! I am still fairly new to knitting, so I consider all my finished objects to be quite the accomplishment du jour. I've made a handful of scarves and hats... I love knitting baby hats, it's just too bad when the babies get big enough to pull them off their heads. It was a sad day when Journey could reach the top of her little skull... But today I finished my first real challenge, a set of wool longies. Well, more of capri-ies, since I didn't want to make them full length pants so Journey could wear them now, in the heat of the Texas Summer which will last until about November (when we move). And not that I have extra yarn left over, I'm starting to improvise a pattern for a simple pillowcase top to match. I'm so excited to see how the whole thing turns out that I just can't stop knitting! It's also exciting to think that I might be making an outfit for the next little one that comes around, too.

And speaking of the next little one.... No, I'm not preggers, but TTC is my main motivation to lose weight quick, fast and in a hurry... and healthy! So, I went to my weekly Weight Watchers Weigh-in and I lost 2.6 lbs this week. That makes a total of 14 lbs lost since I started July 14th. Woot! That was an unexpected sudden drop, but it totally motivates me to keep having those nice surprises on the scale. Plus I'm just that much closer to making my 10%, only 8 more pounds to go. However, I really don't want to start TTC until I get about 30 more lbs or so off..... It just seems like it will take forever to accomplish that though : / But I'm starting to implement a new running program for exercise with one of my friends. It's the Couch-to-5K Running Plan and it sounds awesome! So, I will keep checking in with progress on that for you all, and with any luck I'll be running 3 miles in 2 months.... or so. Running is something I generally loathe, but it's such great exercise that I really wish I was better at it. Stupid Army ruins everything, to include exercise. So wish me luck!

School's out.... Now what do I do with myself??

So, I'm officially done with my summer session. The final grades were posted today... and I got all A's! Not too bad for taking an extra class over full time (4 instead of 3) and raising a 15 month old and a 27 year old husband. So, that housework may not have been done perfect (or at all.... mostly) but I got all A's! woot! Now to go apply for scholarships.

Today was also a Weight Watchers weigh-in day. I've been losing consistently. I've decided I want to lose as much as I can as fast as I can, while still being healthy. That way we can start TTC for kiddo #2 before Journey gets too big. I know that I need to have healthy weight loss, but come on! I average 2.3 lbs a week over the last 5 weeks, with a 4 lb drop the first week. So, yeah, I think I'm fine right now. And I have this momentum going that I don't want to squander! As of today I've lost 11.6 lbs AND I hit my 5% goal of 11 lbs! I'm really happy. But I still look at all the weight I have left to go. My goal is 130, that would be the smallest I've EVER been, but I would like to be there someday. However, I'm not waiting until I hit that goal to start TTC. No, Maybe once I get down to 160-170, then we'll talk. The DH doesn't quite understand, but he just shut up and lets me do my thing. I love that about him!


And while I'm off doing my own thing, I've decided that I want to knit a pair of wool longies for Journey so I can cut back on the pocket cloth diapers I have been using. I figure it gives me a good excuse to knit again, and with fall coming I'm super excited! I love the fall and knitty things. But this will be a stretch of my knitting powers, so I think I'll stop by my local yarn store, The old Spinning Wheel in Killeen, TX, and hang out with the group that meets there. I'm gonna need a LOT of support I think. Short Rows scare me!


And In addition to all that other stuff, I'm also expanding myself in the spiritual arena with a chakra class and a crystals and stones class! I am totally loving both of these and I think I'm fixing some areas of my life that have been messed up for awhile now. Go self-improvement! Plus I think I will be starting up another try at facilitating an Akashic Records reading class again at Gaia's Garden in Copperas Cove, TX. So with all my downtime, I've been writing up the class materials I'll use for that too. So, with my two weeks of "downtime" I've managed to over-commit myself and stay insanely busy. Well, I guess it'll keep me in the rhythm so when I start Fall semester the Five full time classes I'm taking won't seem so overwhelming.... right? Right??