155. Mmm Mmmm, Sugar

We had our closing party with the Brownies tonight. Bowling. I didn’t actually bowl, but I did keep score for the girls. Afterwards we had pizza, and cupcakes. One of the leader’s mothers made the cupcakes. She owns a wedding cake business. Those flowers on top are handmade from fondant (I think it’s fondant). They were so tasty.

I will not be posting Friday or Saturday. My folks and I are going to our “property in the wilderness”. It’ll be good to get away from it all and just relax.

-Cheers folks!

154. Remnants

These are the remnants of the secret project that I’m working on. Not enough to do more from each ball, but enough that if I added them together I could do something. I think I might use these leftovers for the Brownies at our camp next weekend. Wow that’s getting close. Damn.

-Cheers folks!

153. In the Summertime…

In the Summertime, when the weather is fine… I get burnt. I burn easily, and although I don’t peel too bad, it’s because I keep moisturized. Well, I do when I get burnt, other times, not so much. But when I get a really bad burn there is nothing better than slathering on the old standby. Aloe Vera Gel. Memories of fun days in the sun come flooding back with the smell.

I love how quickly smells can bring back memories. Don’t you?

-Cheers folks!

152. Productivity

Remember how I said that I wasn’t only a knitter but a sewer as well. Well I finished my latest sewing project. My camera case is done. I hand sewed all the brown edging on because I didn’t trust my machine skills with what I wanted to do. I really like it with the exception of the velcro holding the side flaps down. It’s not really what I wanted, but I had it on hand. I might go to the fabric store to get some little snaps that I can put on instead. But for now, it’s perfect.

When I was taking today’s picture, I looked to my right, and saw this guy. He freaked me out a little. Just in case you were wondering, that quarter-round is 1 inch. So that spider is a big guy. I didn’t touch him. Just got up and left. I don’t do spiders. I really don’t. Not the big ones at least.

-Cheers folks!

151. Stay fit, and Have Fun

I’m walking, and running a little bit. I think I deserve a treat right? Last night I bought two bags of chips, Sour Cream and Onion, and Sour Cream and Bacon. The Bacon chips are my weakness, I can sit down and eat an entire bag in one sitting, it’s really bad. When we were playing poker we opened the Onion chips, so I only ate a handful of them, so that was okay. Today I had a bagel, a brownie, two hamburgers, a small caesar salad, and a handful of chips. Well, two, but I justified that because I haven’t had any pop to drink in the last few days. It feels good to be physically active again. Only problem is my knees aren’t liking my new found initiative for activity. It’s better than skiing or soccer though… I miss soccer. I miss skiing too, but it’s not winter, so I can’t go skiing. I guess all I can do is wish and walk. And try running. I’m getting to the point that my knees and back start to hurt enough to make me stop running before my lungs give out. That’s a good feeling. Also going down about 4lbs in the last week, that’s a good feeling. Let’s just wait until that transforms into inches lost.

-Cheers folks!