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!