Ebb and Flow...
Posted by Lorrie in
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Losing Weight on March 28, 2010 |
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18 days since my last post! That's really bad considering that my secret Lent goal was to blog daily...but we'll get to the in a minute.
What have I been up to? Well, I turned 27 on the 14th and had my birthday party at the skating rink, which I highly recommend if you still have one in your area. Turns out I'm 10 years too old for a party at the bowling alley (their words) , but the skating people would have me, see below:


See that smile? That was a very nervous, holding on for dear life smile. For real, skating is scary. It was scary at 6 and a hell of a lot more scary at 27. I'm a chicken through and through, always have been always will be. Turns out, I married a chicken too. His words "life is dangerous enough as it is, why do I want to put wheels on my feet?" touche.
I was all sweaty and rolling around with the help of my sister-in-law and Josh's dad's girlfriend, Toni, who is...70 (71 monday, and an excellent skater), and having her birthday there today because she loved it so much. Skating is great exercise, my legs were sore for a couple of days after...let's see how round two goes. I've got 20 more free passes to use up maybe I'll become a competitive skater. I won't hold my breath.
I had a lovely birthday and felt loved. Which is all I ever really want. My mom and aunt came in town for some dining and shopping and this past weekend my sister came in town for the same thing. Good times!
Remember that house I told you we were in the process of buying? Well, that didn't happen. We got the inspection results which revealed a laundry list of hidden problems; the original roof which needed immediate repair, mold in the basement, and a host of other issues that I'd be lying if I said I understood. So we said "screw that" because we aren't home DIY people at this stage of our lives. Sure, I can paint the walls and cabinets, use a drill, but that's about it. I'm not above learning, it's just too much. This man built the house in '75 and it is exactly that today... a '75 house, green carpet and all.
So then we found another house. Completely remodeled, very cute, close to town (we could walk to the farmer's market, the store, coffee shops, thrift shops etc.), has a side building for josh's studio, not too close to neighbors, considerably more affordable than house number one, yet, it was built on stilts like a beach house. Floyd is not the beach, in fact, we're about 5 hours from the beach. So that makes this house weird. But we like it, dare I say love it. Or strongly like. New hardwood floors, new kitchen, all new appliances, three bedrooms, one and a half bath, little land to maintain, two miles from work, new heat pump on demand, did I mention that we could walk to get coffee?! But it's on stilts. The appraisers are responsible for that part, if it's an issue. So we're in contract again and that seems to be taking up a bit of time and mental space. Yet we're positive about the whole thing and I know something will work out. If not, we're moving to cali.
What else is new? I participated in a craft fair in Roanoke yesterday which was kind of a dudd considering the attendance, but nice to get the practice of setting up a table, one of which I shared with my friend/co-worker. It was a really nice time of just hanging out, people watching and eating california rolls. One of my first purchases came from a girl who I saw just last weekend in Roanoke and thought "I love her hair!!" she has this beautiful shade of red hair which is long and thick and layered. My hair is thin and silly, so I had hair envy. And there she was, buying my jewelry.
See our table?


I thought we did a pretty decent job of mixing our jewelry and laying everything out. The setup and presentation is one of my favorite parts of making jewelry. I love that. See that hand? It's iron and very heavy, I got it at the antique store here in Floyd and love it so much. The birdcage I purchased half off at Michael's, it looks about a hundred years old. The little trees are place markers for weddings, the mirror I got from wal-mart and the crushed velvet fromt he local fabric store.
I've got a few more craft shows coming up this spring/summer. A home show with my mom in april or may (assuming this house stuff settles), a craft fair in may, another in june and august and selling friday nights at the local market. I'm very excited. I'm also taking a metalsmithing class next month, a nice birthday gift from josh's mom.
And one more thing. I think! Are you ready for this? I couldn't help myself!
Weight Watchers came to Floyd! Well, they were already here, but meeting in some obscure place and I never bothered with that. But then I got a postcard in the mail telling me they were moving to the conference room at Hotel Floyd. Which if we moved to 2nd house would be walking distance. I've gone to weight watchers, I don't like counting points really, but I just couldn't turn it down. I am needing more accountability for my weight right now. I'm not into the WW mentality that some have that low calorie/low fat = healthy, but you know what? I don't have to have it, I know better. I just need a place to go where people locally are trying to lose weight too, where I can weigh in and celebrate losses. So I joined on Wednesday and here we go again...
It goes along nicely with the no S plan (no snacks, sweets except for days that start with s and special occassions) and it forces me to write what I eat down which all that ever works for me as far as eating goes. So there's that. I'm not ashamed, just sheepish about the whole thing.
And blogging. Man, I suck at that lately. I have so many product reviews to do, and just things that I want/need to talk about. Just random stuff, and I want to share I just put it off and I want to stop that. I also want to stop feeling guilty for the things I don't do. If I'm going to feel guilty about not doing something then I just need to do it, or get over it. And I just can't get over it.
Maintaining anything is so hard for me, keeping up with emails, keeping up with friends, this blog- sometimes I just let it all go and weeks later I find myself missing it all so much. So here I am. I can't promise I'll never go away again, but I'm trying to balance it all. Balance, it's such a lofty goal sometimes. But know that I'm here because I want to be and that I am so grateful to those who read this and comment and email. You're lovely.
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