Monday, December 28, 2015

Well - it's working again! for how long? Who knows!!!!


The bells and whistles sewing machine is working again!!!  HOORAY!!!  For how long?  I have NO idea!  What was wrong with it?  I think it was tired and wanted a vacation!

Sounds like the machine is alive?  Maybe... maybe not!  Either way - there is NOTHING that I did to it that I didn't do before!  .....  Taking it apart, cleaning out the lint (although setting on my desk probably provided more cat hair lint than what it had after I cleaned it!), re threading it (daily until I gave up - then suddenly one day THAT worked!), replacing the needle.  Rethreading the bobbin.  Replacing the bobbin with another one.  Putting my tongue on the left side of my cheek.  Opening the window in preparation to make good my unfounded threat to toss the machine through the window.

Nada!

Went through all the steps!  Even contacted the repair place to come clean and repair tired parts on my treadle so that I could use that! (at $150 just for the visit - not counting any time/labor/parts for the machine - I have to rethink how I'm going to do that!  So my lovely treadle just SITS there - driving me crazy with wanting to use it!)  And suddenly it worked!  NO IDEA WHY!

I swear the thing is alive!  And personally I think it was tired before but now it felt lonesome, neglected (because it was) and so it changed its tactics.  Working great now!

When did it decide to work?  Dec. 24.  What have I done since then?  Brought my Arizona Skies quilt (aka Tequila whatevers) to the point where I need to work on the borders!  SCREECHING HALT!  Apparently I had decided to repurpose the fabrics in the meantime.  I have found out where I had stashed 3 out of 4 of the fabrics and can use unbleached muslin in place of the patterned background.  But the 4th fabric????  Not sure - but THINK I have it here SOMEWHERE!  (Keep in mind please that I had 81 project UFOs at the time and my sewing room is in chaos!)

So that has been put aside in favor of working on Bonnie Hunter's Tobacco Road (I will work on Allietare sometime in the New Year - am printing out what I need to do in the interim and saving in an Allietare folder!)

do I have pictures of anything?  Ummm - no!  And I put my camera in that safe place again - drat it!  Will post pix when I find the camera!  The Arizona Skies is QUITE colorful!  Not a true scrappy - but a fun quilt! (I may re-make some time and do this differently!)

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Goals for Week 39 - WB 09-19-15


GO AND DO
Yom Kippur
PT appt on 09-22-15 and 09-25
Mammogram on 09-25
23 - First day of Autumn
Babysit Evan
Post office
Project update on Saturday

HOUSE
  • Zone 1
    • Front Porch 
      • WHB
    • Entrance and 2nd floor landing
      • WHB
    • Back Stairs
      • WHB
    • Side Porch
      • Zone
      • WHB
  • Zone 2
    • Kitchen
      • Zone
      • WHB
  • Zone 3
    • Bath
      • WHB
    • Laundry Room
      • WHB
    • Sewing room
      • Zone - see Bonnie's Spiff up
      • WHB
  • Zone 4
    • Bedroom
      • Zone
      • WHB
  • Zone 5: 
    • Living Room
      • Zone
      • WHB
    • Study
      • Zone
      • WHB
  • Paperwork 
GARDEN
  • Harvesting - anything I can!
    • tomatoes
    • Squash?
    • Tomatillo
  • Skip the Pix of garden for this year! 
DEHYDRATE
Make out dehydration/food preservation plan - what and when
Fruits I don't raise (but can buy locally) - visit Price Rite or Farmer's Market
Veggies from garden
Order foods from bulk foods.com OR Emergency Essentials (freeze-dried)

KITCHEN - get pantry ready for lts/ menue will be Spark People (trying to lose weight) for the next 3 months
  • PANTRY
    • Get jars and lids ready
    • Get Food Saver thingy for the jars
    • 3 day kit - get it ready
    • Babysteps check list - #1, 2, 3.  
    • Plan for winter food supply
    • Declutter cookbooks.  Fix those I want to keep.
  • BREADS
    • Challah
    • whole wheat bread
  • CEREALS
    • Homemade granola - LOTS of it
  • MIXES
    • Make mixes.  LABEL them - mix name AND date I put them together!  Store on meal prep shelf.
    • Biscuit mix
    • Chicken Baking Mix
    • Homemade bread Mix
    • Hot Roll mix
    • Muffin Mix
    • Onion Soup mix
    • Pancake and Waffle mix
    • Potato coating mix
    • Stuffing mix
    • Tortilla mix
EDUCATION 
  • BOOKS
    • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that changed America. by Erik Larson
    • Finish - Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson
    • Audio: Suddenly Love by Aharon Appelfeld
    • MOVIES:Check Netflix queue
  • RELIGION
    • Complete module
    • Tisha b'Av
      • H2R
        • 474-478
    • Review Elul, and Rosh Hashanah.
    • Plan next study 
  • SCIENCE (doing review of some of work)
    • CB
      • Bacterias, Endosperms
        • CB24
        • CB25
        • CB26
        • CB27
        • CB28
        • CB29
    • Review 
      • EARTH

      • EXERCISE
        • PT appt
        • Yoga
        • Strength -Week 2 (REPEAT) - 8 minutes
        • Cardio - bicycle, dance, clean, lots of weeding
      • ALGEBRA
        • Lesson 38
        • Lesson 39
        • Lesson 40
        • Lesson 41
        • Lesson 42
        • Lesson 43
        • CREATIVE WRITING
          • Level 4
            • 8-3
            • 8-4
            • 8-5
            • 8-6
            • 9-1
            • 9-2
        • HANDWRITING
          • B - 
            • 43
            • 44
            • 45
            • 46
            • 47
            • 48
          • RUSSIAN
            • Lesson 42
            • Lesson 43
            • Lesson 44
            • Lesson 45
            • Lesson 46
          • MUSIC
            • Rachmaninoff - 2nd C
              • Review sect 1-16
              • Start on Second movement
            • Scarlatti
          • ART
            • Lesson 9
            QUILT (Needs to be worked on!  Once again!)
            • STASH REPORT (Sunday)
            • DESIGN WALL (Monday)
            • BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
            • 15 MINUTE "SPIFF UP" WITH BONNIE (IN STITCHES' BONNIE!) (Wednesday)
            • SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Thursday)
            • FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Fri or Sat)
            • BINDING
              • Hand sew Binding on Log Cabin (finish)
            • QUILTING
              • Quilt the large olive green quilt for raffle
              • *2 baby blankets (for charity)
              • Buckeye Delight baby blanket
            • PIECING
              • CLASS - 
                • *On Point BOM blocks - bring up to date!
              • SWAP - 
                • *Sampler - any re-do's remaining - and post pix to original group and individual members who haven't recieved blocks as of yet! January project!
                • 50 4 patch aqua and white for Wendy
              • LE - 
                • Jamestown Landing
              • PIECING
                • Irish Double Chain (January UFO)
                • Wendy's QOV
            • APPLIQUE 
              • *Halloween wall hanging 
            • SEWING
              • Fall nightgowns
            • FOCUS on above

            Thursday, September 17, 2015

            Goals for Week 38 (just a tad late!) - for WB 09-13-15


            GO AND DO
            DONE Rosh Hashana First Day
            DONE Rosh Hashana Second Day
            DONE PT appt on 09-16-15
            DONE Babysit Evan
            DONE Post office
            Project update on Saturday
            First REAL Quilt Retreat for me weekend (Join me anyone?  I promise I will be there this weekend!)

            HOUSE
            • Zone 1
              • Front Porch 
                • DONE Zone
                • DONE WHB
              • Entrance and 2nd floor landing
                • DONE Zone
                • DONE WHB
              • Back Stairs
                • DONE Zone
                • DONE WHB
              • Side Porch
                • DONE DECLUTTERING
                • Zone
                • WHB
            • Zone 2
              • Kitchen
                • Zone
                • WHB
            • Zone 3
              • Bath
                • DONE Zone
                • DONE WHB
              • Laundry Room
                • DONE Zone
                • DONE WHB
              • Sewing room
                • DONE Zone - see Bonnie's Spiff up
                • DONE WHB
            • Zone 4
              • Bedroom
                • DONE WHB
            • Zone 5: 
              • Living Room
                • Zone
                • WHB
              • Study
                • Zone
                • WHB
            • Paperwork 
            GARDEN
            • Harvesting - anything I can!
              • DONE tomatoes
              • Squash?
              • Tomatillo
            • Skip the Pix of garden for this year! 
            DEHYDRATE
            Make out dehydration/food preservation plan - what and when
            Fruits I don't raise (but can buy locally) - visit Price Rite or Farmer's Market
            Veggies from garden
            Order foods from bulk foods.com OR Emergency Essentials (freeze-dried)

            KITCHEN - get pantry ready for lts/ menue will be Spark People (trying to lose weight) for the next 3 months
            • PANTRY
              • Get jars and lids ready
              • Get Food Saver thingy for the jars
              • 3 day kit - get it ready
              • Babysteps check list - #1, 2, 3.  
              • Plan for winter food supply
              • Declutter cookbooks.  Fix those I want to keep.
            • BREADS
              • Challah
              • whole wheat bread
            • CEREALS
              • Homemade granola - LOTS of it
            • MIXES
              • Make mixes.  LABEL them - mix name AND date I put them together!  Store on meal prep shelf.
              • Biscuit mix
              • Chicken Baking Mix
              • Homemade bread Mix
              • Hot Roll mix
              • Muffin Mix
              • Onion Soup mix
              • Pancake and Waffle mix
              • Potato coating mix
              • Stuffing mix
              • Tortilla mix
            EDUCATION 
            • BOOKS
              • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that changed America. by Erik Larson
              • Finish - Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson
              • Audio: Suddenly Love by Aharon Appelfeld
              • MOVIES:Check Netflix queue
            • RELIGION
              • Complete module
              • Tisha b'Av
                • H2R
                  • 474-478
              • Review Elul, and Rosh Hashanah.
              • Plan next study 
            • SCIENCE (doing review of some of work)
              • CB
                • Bacterias, Endosperms
                  • CB24
                  • CB25
                  • CB26
                  • CB27
                  • CB28
                  • CB29
              • Review 
                • EARTH

                • EXERCISE
                  • PT appt
                  • Yoga
                  • Strength -Week 2 (REPEAT) - 8 minutes
                  • Cardio - bicycle, dance, clean, lots of weeding
                • ALGEBRA
                  • Lesson 38
                  • Lesson 39
                  • Lesson 40
                  • Lesson 41
                  • Lesson 42
                  • Lesson 43
                  • CREATIVE WRITING
                    • Level 4
                      • 8-3
                      • 8-4
                      • 8-5
                      • 8-6
                      • 9-1
                      • 9-2
                  • HANDWRITING
                    • B - 
                      • 43
                      • 44
                      • 45
                      • 46
                      • 47
                      • 48
                    • RUSSIAN
                      • Lesson 42
                      • Lesson 43
                      • Lesson 44
                      • Lesson 45
                      • Lesson 46
                    • MUSIC
                      • Rachmaninoff - 2nd C
                        • Review sect 1-16
                        • Start on Second movement
                      • Scarlatti
                    • ART
                      • Lesson 9
                      QUILT (Needs to be worked on!  Once again!)
                      • STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                      • DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                      • BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
                      • 15 MINUTE "SPIFF UP" WITH BONNIE (IN STITCHES' BONNIE!) (Wednesday)
                      • SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Thursday)
                      • FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Fri or Sat)
                      • BINDING
                        • Hand sew Binding on Log Cabin (finish)
                      • QUILTING
                        • Quilt the large olive green quilt for raffle
                        • *2 baby blankets (for charity)
                        • Buckeye Delight baby blanket
                      • PIECING
                        • CLASS - 
                          • *On Point BOM blocks - bring up to date!
                        • SWAP - 
                          • *Sampler - any re-do's remaining - and post pix to original group and individual members who haven't recieved blocks as of yet! January project!
                          • 50 4 patch aqua and white for Wendy
                        • LE - 
                          • Jamestown Landing
                        • PIECING
                          • Irish Double Chain (January UFO)
                          • Wendy's QOV
                      • APPLIQUE 
                        • *Halloween wall hanging 
                      • SEWING
                        • Fall nightgowns
                      • FOCUS on above

                      Design Wall for Week 38 - (and probably next week as well!) - 09-13-15

                      BINDING
                      Log Cabin quilt

                      QUILTING
                      This is the mini version (which is done and gone!) of the BIG quilt that I want to finish
                       and donate for auction for Alzheimer's Association

                      Baby blanket - I think it is large enough for a youth bed for Evan
                      Buckeye Beauty.
                       PIECING - 
                      LEADER ENDER
                      Jamestown landing - only 5.658,979 1/2 to go - or so it seams (pun intended!)
                      Actually there are less than half still to be done.
                       SWAP
                      (no pix at present)
                      4 patches - aqua and light! or white!

                      CLASS
                      On point quilt.  Would you believe this is the ONLY one I have done?
                       It is a BOM starting this last January!
                       I think I am just a tad behind!


                       PIECING

                      Irish Double Chain.
                       I have to change around some of the part B - which I have managed to mess up!
                      Pray I have enough of THAT pattern of WOW (white on white)!
                      This was one of the 2 January UFO numbers called!


                      Wendy's QOV - which I need to finish and get sent off!
                      This number was called for UFO numbers to work on I think in February
                      (actually another QOV very similar was called - which I can't find -
                      and this one will be a great substitute!)


                      old picture - from the eons old swap!
                      still checking to make sure I have all the blocks!  



                      APPLIQUE 

                      Halloween hanging!
                      SEWING
                      (no pix yet)  clothing is/are  several nightgowns.

                      Sunday, September 06, 2015

                      Goals for Week 37 - 09-06-15


                      GO AND DO
                      Change PT appts
                      PT appt on 09-08-15 and 09-11-15
                      Orthopedic person (surgeon or someone re orthotics?)
                      Post office
                      Project update on Saturday
                      Second Quilt Retreat weekend (Join me anyone?)

                      HOUSE
                      • Zone 1
                        • Front Porch 
                          • WHB
                        • Entrance and 2nd floor landing
                          • WHB
                        • Back Stairs
                          • WHB
                        • Side Porch
                          • WHB
                      • Zone 2
                        • Kitchen
                          • Zone
                          • WHB
                      • Zone 3
                        • Bath
                          • WHB
                        • Laundry Room
                          • WHB
                        • Sewing room
                          • Zone - see Bonnie's Spiff up
                          • WHB
                      • Zone 4
                        • Bedroom
                          • WHB
                      • Zone 5: 
                        • Living Room
                          • WHB
                        • Study
                          • WHB
                      • Paperwork 
                      GARDEN
                      • Harvesting - anything I can!
                        • tomatoes
                        • Squash?
                        • Tomatillo
                      • Skip the Pix of garden for this year! 
                      DEHYDRATE
                      Make out dehydration/food preservation plan - what and when
                      Fruits I don't raise (but can buy locally) - visit Price Rite or Farmer's Market
                      Veggies from garden
                      Order foods from bulk foods.com OR Emergency Essentials (freeze-dried)

                      KITCHEN - get pantry ready for lts/ menue will be Spark People (trying to lose weight) for the next 3 months
                      • PANTRY
                        • Get jars and lids ready
                        • Get Food Saver thingy for the jars
                        • 3 day kit - get it ready
                        • Babysteps check list - #1, 2, 3.  
                        • Plan for winter food supply
                        • Declutter cookbooks.  Fix those I want to keep.
                      • BREADS
                        • Challah
                        • whole wheat bread
                      • CEREALS
                        • Homemade granola - LOTS of it
                      • MIXES
                        • Make mixes.  LABEL them - mix name AND date I put them together!  Store on meal prep shelf.
                        • Biscuit mix
                        • Chicken Baking Mix
                        • Homemade bread Mix
                        • Hot Roll mix
                        • Muffin Mix
                        • Onion Soup mix
                        • Pancake and Waffle mix
                        • Potato coating mix
                        • Stuffing mix
                        • Tortilla mix
                      EDUCATION 
                      • BOOKS
                        • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that changed America. by Erik Larson
                        • Finish - Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson
                        • Audio: Suddenly Love by Aharon Appelfeld
                        • MOVIES:Check Netflix queue
                      • RELIGION
                        • Complete module
                        • Tisha b'Av
                          • H2R
                            • 474-478
                        • Review Elul, and Rosh Hashanah.
                        • Plan next study 
                      • SCIENCE (doing review of some of work)
                        • CB
                          • Bacterias, Endosperms
                            • CB24
                            • CB25
                            • CB26
                            • CB27
                            • CB28
                            • CB29
                        • Review 
                          • EARTH

                          • EXERCISE
                            • PT appt
                            • Yoga
                            • Strength -Week 2 (REPEAT) - 8 minutes
                            • Cardio - bicycle, dance, clean, lots of weeding
                          • ALGEBRA
                            • Lesson 38
                            • Lesson 39
                            • Lesson 40
                            • Lesson 41
                            • Lesson 42
                            • Lesson 43
                            • CREATIVE WRITING
                              • Level 4
                                • 8-3
                                • 8-4
                                • 8-5
                                • 8-6
                                • 9-1
                                • 9-2
                            • HANDWRITING
                              • B - 
                                • 43
                                • 44
                                • 45
                                • 46
                                • 47
                                • 48
                              • RUSSIAN
                                • Lesson 42
                                • Lesson 43
                                • Lesson 44
                                • Lesson 45
                                • Lesson 46
                              • MUSIC
                                • Rachmaninoff - 2nd C
                                  • Review sect 1-16
                                  • Start on Second movement
                                • Scarlatti
                              • ART
                                • Lesson 9
                                QUILT (Needs to be worked on!  Once again!)
                                • STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                                • DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                                • BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
                                • 15 MINUTE "SPIFF UP" WITH BONNIE (IN STITCHES' BONNIE!) (Wednesday)
                                • SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Thursday)
                                • FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Fri or Sat)
                                • BINDING
                                  • Hand sew Binding on Log Cabin (finish)
                                  • Binding on 2 baby quilts finished
                                  • Binding on Simple Patch Baby quilt
                                • QUILTING
                                  • *2 baby blankets (for charity)
                                  • *Simple patch baby quilt
                                  • *Valences
                                  • Buckeye Delight baby blanket
                                • PIECING
                                  • *On Point BOM blocks - bring up to date!
                                  • *Sampler - any re-do's remaining - and post pix to original group and individual members who haven't recieved blocks as of yet! January project!
                                  • *Simple Patch baby blanket (July UFO)
                                  • Irish Double Chain (January UFO)
                                  • Stars and Strips  (orig. was Stars and Ribbons)
                                  • Charm Around
                                  • Crazy Quilt
                                  • Fresh Air
                                • APPLIQUE 
                                  • *Halloween wall hanging 
                                  • Other Halloween items
                                • SEWING
                                  • Fall wardrobe - shirts/blouses
                                  • Fall slacks
                                  • Fall skirts
                                  • Fall suit jackets
                                  • Fall dresses
                                  • Fall nightgowns
                                • FOCUS on above

                                Menu for Week 37 - 09-06-15


                                SUNDAY
                                B:Toast with neufchatel cheese, coffee, milk, Grapes
                                L:Apple Turkey burger, milk, grapes, small salad
                                D:leftovers
                                S:Raisins

                                MONDAY
                                B:Kasha, yogurt, apple, coffee
                                L:Soup - mystery soup I forgot to label!, pbj - half sandwich, milk
                                D:Honey barbecued salmon, baked potatoes, green beans, spinach salad, milk
                                S:grapes

                                TUESDAY
                                B:Raisin Muffin (freeze ALL the rest!), neufchatel, coffee, milk
                                L:Super Salad - lettuce and a stroll through the veggies!, milk
                                D:Polenta Pie, salad, milk
                                S:baked apple

                                WEDNESDAY
                                B:Scrambled egg with fake-bacon bits, coffee, milk, grapes?
                                L:Cheese sandwich, grilled.  Maybe 1/2 cup tomato soup, milk
                                D:leftovers, milk
                                S:grapes

                                THURSDAY
                                B:Cracked wheat with raisins, yogurt, coffee
                                L:Casserole or lo from dinner menu,milk
                                D:Creamy Ziti, salad, milk
                                S:grapes or melon

                                FRIDAY
                                B:Grain pudding (leftover cooked cereals and raisins mixed up like a bread pudding and baked!), milk, coffee
                                L:Soup? - lo from lunch menu, milk
                                D:Blackberry Balsamic Chicken, Roasted potatoes, green beans, baked sweet potatoes, tea
                                S:Rhubarb sauce

                                SATURDAY
                                B:Applesauce Coffeecake, milk, coffee
                                L:Savory Beans, meat, onion in a stew, salad, challah, iced tea
                                D:Tuna salad, lokshen kugel, crudites, milk
                                S:Apple



                                Sunday, August 30, 2015

                                Menu for Week 36 - 08-30-15


                                SUNDAY
                                B:Poached egg, toast, coffee, milk
                                L:Chopped liver (leftover from Sat eve), crackers, tea,
                                D:Vegetable spaghetti and spaghetti sauce (meatless), garlic bread (watch out vampires!!!) 
                                S:

                                MONDAY
                                B:Kasha, milk, coffee
                                L:Chili, tea, broken pieces tortilla chips
                                D:Leftovers -
                                S:

                                TUESDAY
                                B:Cinnamon biscuits and raisins
                                L:sliced tomatoes salad with blue cheese dressing.  Soup?
                                D:Mezzelune stuffed with eggplant
                                S:

                                WEDNESDAY
                                B:Cracked wheat and raisins, milk, coffee
                                L:Taco, lettuce, tomatoes, tea
                                D:Leftovers - maybe Carrot soup also
                                S:

                                THURSDAY
                                B:Cinnamon Toast
                                L:Rice and lo veggies with cheese. Set like a stir fry
                                D:Meatless Bean soup, homemade crackers - probably a mixed bean type soup - may "cream" it
                                S:

                                FRIDAY
                                B:Rolled oats and raisins, milk, coffee
                                L:Tomato - orzo soup, salad?
                                D:Fried fish, green beans, sliced potatoes, sliced tomatoes, challah, raisin pie
                                S:

                                SATURDAY
                                B:boiled egg, challah, jelly, milk, coffee
                                L:Beans, barley or wheat, onion, potato, tomatoes, any meat with dumpling crust, challah,
                                D:Pizza with mozzarella cheese, eggplant, tomato sauce
                                S:

                                Cauliflower, ,carrots,  , eggplant,
                                Leftovers - maybe Carrot soup also
                                Leftovers -

                                Mezzelune stuffed with eggplant



                                Goals for Week 36 - 08-30-15R


                                GO AND DO
                                Done PT appt on 09-04-15
                                Done Post office

                                HOUSE
                                • Zone 1
                                  • Front Porch 
                                    • Done Zone
                                    • Done WHB
                                  • Entrance and 2nd floor landing
                                    • Done Zone
                                    • Done WHB
                                  • Back Stairs
                                    • Done Zone
                                    • Done WHB
                                • Zone 2
                                  • Kitchen
                                    • Done WHB
                                • Zone 3
                                  • Bath
                                    • Done WHB
                                  • Laundry Room
                                    • Done WHB
                                  • Sewing room
                                    • Done Zone - see Bonnie's Spiff up
                                    • Done WHB
                                • Zone 4
                                  • Bedroom
                                    • Done WHB
                                • Zone 5: 
                                  • Living Room
                                    • Done WHB
                                  • Study
                                    • Done WHB
                                EDUCATION 
                                • RELIGION
                                  • Complete module
                                  • Tisha b'Av
                                    • TIMG
                                      • Done 96
                                    • JW
                                      • Done 260-263
                                    • JH&F
                                      • Done 179-182
                                      • Done 182-186
                                    • H2R
                                      • Done 468-471
                                      • Done 471-474
                                    • Song
                                      • Done 227
                                      • Done 228
                                      • Done 229
                                      • Done 231
                                • SCIENCE (doing review of some of work)
                                  • CB
                                    • Plant Genetics:Monohybrid Cross
                                      • Done CB18
                                      • Done CB19
                                      • Done CB20
                                    • Algae, Fungii, Lichens, Bacteria
                                      • Done CB 21
                                      • Done CB22 
                                      • Done CB23
                                  • Done Review 
                                    • EARTH
                                      • LOE 
                                        • Chapter 1 - The Infinite Variety
                                          • Done p. 20-34
                                      • Usborne
                                        • Done 10-13
                                        • Done 14-17
                                      • Cartoon History 
                                        • Done 10-13, 14, 15
                                      • TOL
                                        • Done 90-95
                                        • Done 96-97, 98-101
                                    • EXERCISE
                                      • Done PT appt
                                    • ALGEBRA
                                      • Done Lesson 32
                                      • Done Lesson 33
                                      • Done Lesson 34
                                      • Done Lesson 35
                                      • Done Lesson 36
                                      • Done Lesson 37
                                      • CREATIVE WRITING
                                        • Level 4
                                          • Done 6-3
                                          • Done 7-1
                                          • Done 7-2
                                          • Done 7-3
                                          • Done 8-1
                                          • Done 8-2
                                      • HANDWRITING
                                        • B - 
                                          • Done 37
                                          • Done 38
                                          • Done 39
                                          • Done 40
                                          • Done 41
                                          • Done 42
                                        • RUSSIAN
                                          • Done Lesson 39
                                          • Done Lesson 40
                                          • Done Lesson 41
                                          • Done Lesson 42
                                          • Done Lesson 43
                                        • MUSIC
                                          • Done Rachmaninoff - 2nd C
                                            • Review sect 1-16
                                            • Start on Second movement
                                          • Done Scarlatti
                                        • ART
                                          • Done Lesson 8
                                          QUILT (Needs to be worked on!)
                                          • Done STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                                          • Done DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                                          • Done 15 MINUTE "SPIFF UP" WITH BONNIE (IN STITCHES' BONNIE!) (Wednesday)

                                          Sunday, August 23, 2015

                                          Menues for Week 35 - WB 08-23-15


                                          SUNDAY
                                          B:Omelet with mushrooms, greens, cheese, milk, coffee
                                          L:Chili and cornbread, milk
                                          D:leftovers

                                          MONDAY
                                          B:Cracked wheat, butter, sugar, milk, coffee
                                          L:Spinach and fish soup, milk
                                          D:Tacos (homemade), salad, milk

                                          TUESDAY
                                          B:Waffles, milk, coffee
                                          L:Tomato - BLT sandwich, milk
                                          D:Welsh Rarebit and salad, milk

                                          WEDNESDAY
                                          B:Poached eggs on toast, milk, coffee
                                          L:Taco salad, milk
                                          D:leftovers

                                          THURSDAY
                                          B:Kasha, butter, sugar, milk, coffee
                                          L:Rice casserole from freezer, milk
                                          D:homemade pizza, salad, milk

                                          FRIDAY
                                          B:Pancakes, milk, coffee
                                          L:Taco pie, milk
                                          D:Fish - Mediterranean style (tomatoes, greens, hot peppers) 

                                          SATURDAY
                                          B:Danish, milk, coffee
                                          L:Chicken Stew, coffee
                                          D:Pasta and cheese, salad, milk

                                          Goals for Week 35 - WB 08-23-15R


                                          GO AND DO
                                          Done PT appt on cancellation notice
                                          Done Post office

                                          HOUSE
                                          • Zone 1
                                            • Front Porch 
                                              • Done WHB
                                            • Entrance and 2nd floor landing
                                              • Done WHB
                                            • Back Stairs
                                              • Done WHB
                                          • Zone 2
                                            • Kitchen
                                              • Done WHB
                                          • Zone 3
                                            • Bath
                                              • Done WHB
                                            • Laundry Room
                                              • Done WHB
                                            • Sewing room
                                              • Done WHB
                                          • Zone 4
                                            • Bedroom
                                              • Done WHB
                                          • Zone 5: 
                                            • Living Room
                                              • Done WHB
                                            • Study
                                              • Done WHB
                                          EDUCATION 
                                          • RELIGION
                                            • Complete module
                                            • Shavuot
                                              • Jewish Woman
                                                • Done 172-176
                                              • JH&F
                                                • Done 165-169
                                                • Done 169-173
                                                • Done 173-177
                                              • H2R
                                                • Done 457-462
                                                • Done 462-468
                                              • Song 
                                                • Done 212, 213
                                                • Done 215, 216
                                                • Done 217, 219
                                                • Done 221
                                                • Done 223
                                                • Done 224
                                          • SCIENCE (doing review of some of work)
                                            • CB
                                              • Done CB12
                                              • Done CB13
                                              • Done CB14
                                              • Done CB15
                                              • Done CB16
                                              • Done CB17
                                            • Done Review 
                                              • EARTH
                                                • Life on a Young Planet
                                                  • Done Chapter 3 - Life's Signature
                                                  • Done Ch.4 - The Earliest Glimmers of Life
                                                  • Done Ch 5 - The Emergence of Life
                                                • Oxygen
                                                  • Done Silence of the Aeons
                                                • LOE 
                                                  • Done Chapter 1 - The Infinite Variety
                                                    • p. 11-20
                                              • EXERCISE
                                                • Done PT appt - cancellation basis
                                              • ALGEBRA
                                                • Done Lesson 26
                                                • Done Lesson 27
                                                • Done Lesson 28
                                                • Done Lesson 29
                                                • Done Lesson 30
                                                • Done Lesson 31
                                                • CREATIVE WRITING
                                                  • Level 4
                                                    • Done 5-6
                                                    • Done 5-7
                                                    • Done 5-8
                                                    • Done 5-9
                                                    • Done 6-1
                                                    • Done 6-2
                                                • HANDWRITING
                                                  • B - 
                                                    • Done 31
                                                    • Done 32
                                                    • Done 33
                                                    • Done 34
                                                    • Done 35
                                                    • Done 36
                                                  • RUSSIAN
                                                    • Done Lesson 36
                                                    • Done Lesson 37
                                                    • Done Lesson 38
                                                    • Done Lesson 39
                                                    • Done Lesson 40
                                                  • MUSIC
                                                    • Done Rachmaninoff - 2nd C
                                                      • Review sect 1-14
                                                      • intensive 16
                                                      • once over up through rest of first movement - through 16
                                                    • Done Scarlatti
                                                  • ART
                                                    • Done Lesson 7
                                                    QUILT (Needs to be revised - Monday at latest!)
                                                    • Done STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                                                    • Done DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                                                    • Done 15 MINUTE "SPIFF UP" WITH BONNIE (IN STITCHES' BONNIE!) (Wednesday)

                                                    Saturday, August 22, 2015

                                                    Finishings for Week 34 - 08-22-15


                                                    I'll be updating this tomorrow (08-23-15) - hopefully with pictures!  Hopefully!
                                                    • Stash Report:done - behind, but reported
                                                    • Design Wall:done -  behind - but shown
                                                    • Archive night:
                                                    • Bonnie's Spiff Up night:DONE - needs pix and ALL pix put up - maybe tomorrow
                                                    • Slice and Dice:Ugh - need more be said?
                                                    • Finishings!
                                                      • Binding
                                                      • Quilting
                                                      • Piecing
                                                      • Swaps
                                                      • STARTED:
                                                    • Garden - sigh! An overgrown weedy mess!  Every time I go outside, my knee pops out of joint again!
                                                    • House - house having gone downhill during time I was NOT ambulatory - is still behind where I would like for it to be but is definitely ok to reside in!
                                                    • Education -  closer to being caught up in religion, Earth, Algebra, Russian.  STILL behind in other areas - working on that!
                                                    • Cooking - considering my knee/leg - I did some very simple cooking, felt happy about that!
                                                    • Food preservation - none done.  MUCH needed!





                                                    Week 1 - Day 7 - 08-22-15


                                                    "You  will never find time for anything.  If you want time, you must make it." - Charles Buxton, American Writer - as quoted by Jorge Cruise in his book 8 Minutes in the Morning.

                                                    Today is a NO EXERCISE day (except for my PT!).  Woohoo!  Who knew!

                                                    He suggests a Power Collage! - some way to capture the feelings of photos of special occasions or situations!  He suggests doing this on a weekly basis! using photos of people who inspire us and putting them on our collage board.

                                                    He also suggests getting some fresh air, going for a power walk, and motivating ourselves for the next week!

                                                    Additionally he posts an "I did it" from someone who challenged, conquered and continues to conquer.

                                                    In the diet section - he discusses the "something sweet"  - not candy (I don't want to discuss candy, there is a big pan of reason for this - but I don't want to discuss it!) - but for frozen grapes!  Oh yum!  (10 of them = about 15 calories and you have to eat 12 grapes to check off the box for fruit on the card!)

                                                    Uh oh!  Here it is - WEEK 1 UPDATE!!!!  (I'm in trouble now!)

                                                    1. What is my current weight - also write down my original weight (I will on my checklists)
                                                    2. How well have I done this week?  Ummm - not that great!  I need to work a LOT more on this to make me proud of my efforts!  However exercise - very good!
                                                    3. What could I be doing better, improving?  Portion control.  Substitution for the "hungries" later in the evening. food item control - ummm - this may mean different shopping!  Mostly being resistive - STRONGLY resistive.

                                                    My choices re this are:

                                                    • Ignore the diet for another week (with the idea that when I DO decide to do the diet part - I go to week 1 again)
                                                    • Continue to focus on diet and do the best I can - with the idea that it will eventually "fall into place"
                                                    • Focus STRONGLY on diet and literally force myself to adhere
                                                    Did I mention that I am also ODD? (Well, odd as well - but oppositional defiant disorder is what I mean!)  Choice 3 may not work for me!  Choice 2 - seeing each new day as a new starting point and ignoring the negatives from the old may be the best bet.  Seeing what I NEED to do and why - and then choosing to adhere or not throughout the day, evaluating - but not blaming at the end of the day.

                                                    4.What is my game plan for Week 2? Game plan - plan menues that adhere to diet, snacks that work well with diet and way I develop the "hungries".  No blame.  Continuing to Exercise.  Continuing to mark off exercises as well as to mark off food choices.  Trying.  Not viewing diet as end all. Finding non-food substitutes or causes or reasons or things to do when boredom sets in.


                                                    Friday, August 21, 2015

                                                    Week 1 - Day 6 - Oops! - 08-22-15


                                                    SOMEHow I thought I had already done the log for the 6th day.  No!  I hadn't (obviously!)  - so I'm doing it now!

                                                    Yesterday I had physical therapy on my legs - which does NOT mean massage - but DOES mean new exercises! (Except these weren't - but were some I have done in the past - but which I will - and AM including daily in the future = at least until the PT says I don't need to anymore - which is NOT likely!)

                                                    Anyway - on to Jorge Cruise's book..........

                                                    He asks how would it be if I could find an extra 3 to 4 hours each week!  LOL - let me count the ways I could use that time.  (Could being the operative word here - in reality,I would probably take a nap!)  He asks how I could use that time to accelerate my success.  (Ummmmmmmmm - why do I feel this may involve my sleep?)  Then he asks how much sooner I could achieve my goal!

                                                    He then goes on to describe and discuss the "LOSER ZONE" - which is NOT a good thing and involves doing things that do NOT significantly improve our lives.  Yeah!  I can understand that!  And have quite a few of those - starting with computer time (as evidenced by when my computer has to be re-formatted and I delay on that!!!!  AMAZING what I can get done!)

                                                    He describes TV.  I don't do TV - and prefer not to!  I DO however watch videos - usually learning things, like Origins, Blue planet, etc. and sometimes videos like Road to Avonlea or The American President, etc.  Nothing horrifying or too scary - because then I dream of the movie - no thank you to that!!!

                                                    Back to Loser Zone activity - how many hours per day do I spend.  Uh oh!  I'm in TROUBBBBLE!!!!  If the number is greater than 6 to 8 hours per day, he suggests that we could find some time better spent on creating our best body ever (or on doing something to improve ourselves, or the world we live in - whatever!).

                                                    Told you I was in trouble!  Both from the computer AND from reading!  And not saying just how many hours I spend - just that it's a bunch - especially since I messed up my knee and can't babysit (picking up Evan can be a danger for him if I fall on him!)

                                                    OK - to turn things around a bit.... SOME of my time online and SOME of my reading time is quite beneficial.  So to divide things up.....

                                                    • ONLINE time
                                                      • Time spent just vegging..................too entirely much! not saying how many hours!
                                                      • time spent on group and doing chores/homework - for now - probably 4-6 hours (sort of a blackmail thing - we do chores or homework for a specific period of time then come back to the group and report that and state what next chore/learning thing we will do. Sort of being accountable for that time spent.
                                                    • BOOKS read
                                                      • Fun books - like Andre Norton series - more than I should, I tend to delay HAVE TO chores for this!  I do this every night before I go to sleep - and have been known to either suddenly realize it is midnight and then some - or have been known to fall asleep with book in hand!
                                                      • Study books - LOTS of books - WAY behind on my studies - but I'm getting there - AND I'm learning (I hope!) all the way!  Right now I can spend more time doing this again because I'm not babysitting at present,  This happens when I'm  more fully awake (hopefully!)
                                                    • PLANNING
                                                      • LOL - this sounds like it could be just a little thing - but I can easily extend my planning time into highly detailed accounts of minute by minute - PARTICULARLY when I DON'T want to do something (procrastination!) or when I start in on the "what if's..." kind of thing where something I wish would happen (associated with and may contribute to negative emotions!  I try to NOT do this!)
                                                    OK - how much total time would I have if I excluded ALL of the above (both the good and not so great stuff)?  Oh yeah!  I would have a tremendous amount of time!  BUT how much time would I have if I excluded only a portion of the vegging time or fun book time or limited myself to ONLY a specific amount of time for planning?  Yup - I would definitely have anywhere from 1.5 to 7 hours a DAY or 10.5 to 35 hours a WEEK!  Yup - more than enough time to do whatever.  

                                                    So I guess the key here has to do with WANTING - How much time do I actually want to spend ONLINE - ummm - not that much.  And I can feel the ugly excuses already starting in - I'm so weak (NOT!), I don't have time (NOT - that's what this is about!) and on and on!  Maybe limit veggie time ONLINE from half hour to an hour a day (NOT counting my blog - YET!) - which is email and FB.  That's it!  With FB that means games and puzzles!

                                                    How much time do I want to spend READING - the FUN books?  Umm - This one I probably am going to keep as is - BUT will limit the fun stuff to ONLY before bed!  During the day - no!

                                                    PLANNING time - ok - I've already re-set my goal time to weekly - and think I will keep it that way!  The setting to a daily list so far is NOT working.  I need to figure out WHY - then discard that idea or keep it and keep it up!  Menues - ummm - those are fine - unless I suddenly realize I overspent and need to change everything!  My menues are still balanced et al - but may be a bit more wierd than usual!  However - planning per se - per studies, per week activities - OK - per planning life out - ummm - fine to choose goals to strive for - but NOT FINE if I'm using that to avoid doing something else!  (And I'm quite good at that!)  Maybe to limit that time to an hour a week and no more than 30 minutes per day.


                                                    so - hopefully I've located Exercise time here - and lots of time to do other things - like volunteering, etc.
                                                    ......................................................
                                                    EXERCISE for Friday was Inner-thigh leg raise and Outer Thigh Doggie.  The Inner thigh Leg raise is a variation of the exercises I did with the stretch bands (my left leg is markedly weaker than the right - oh thank you sciatica! and knee popping out of joint! I'm so thrilled!)  The doggie one is identical to the other exercise I'm supposed to do from PT!
                                                    ..........................................................
                                                    Um this one I have a BIG problem with!  Jorge suggests eating pizza without cheese!  Yes, I CAN do it - and have done so - BUT I prefer cheese - and unfortunately cheese is a major part of my weekly diet!  I grew up that way!  I gained fat that way! I raised my kids that way (mostly because we had only 1-2 meat meals a week and cheese was the only other protein I knew!) My parents developed high chloresterol that way! So what if after eating a lot of it I feel bloated and sleepy!

                                                    OK - I don't know about doing WITHOUT cheese - but I CAN cut down the AMOUNT of cheese I consume!  It will be an effort!  A MAJOR effort!  But I can do it!  I can also make sure I eat more of alternative proteins - ie, beans, eggs, certain grains, ground nuts

                                                    Thursday, August 20, 2015

                                                    Week 1, Day 5 - I may get there yet!


                                                    Quote for today: "Vision: the art of seeing things invisible." - Jonathon Swift, Irish poet and satirist.

                                                    That's the quote for today in the 8 Minutes in the Morning book by Jorge Cruise.

                                                    He discusses the ultimate environment as a vision or dream and compares this to the film Forrest Gump (one of my most favorite movies!) and how Forrest was able to make his dreams or visions come true by believing in himself and empowering his beliefs in such a way that he was able to overcome his challenges.  Jorge calls this Result Driven Questions, questions that we voice - internally or externally, and which we become focused on positive things, rather than on things that make us depressed or unmotivated.

                                                    Result driven questions (and I'm photocopying them and putting them in several places - refrigerator, on my computer, in front of my sewing machine, on my study wall, over the piano, in the car! and would love to put them on my mirror in the bathroom - but the steam kills the tape!

                                                    1. What joy will I feel when I attain my ultimate body?
                                                    2. How incredible will my life become when I am leaner?
                                                    3. What extraordinary things will people say to me when I am leaner?
                                                    4. How will I see my body transform with the healthful choices I make?
                                                    5. What can I do today so that my weight loss plans run smoothly?
                                                    6. How can I continue to create a weight loss support network?

                                                    Now - comment first - I do NOT like the focus on ultimate body joy as if weight loss or thinness equals Nirvana or an actual goal.  Instead I think of thinness as something that is on the way to an actual goal - and may be way far down the list.  That is, my eventual plans to reach 145 pounds according to Jorge may be worthy of celebration.  I don't like that!  To me, the 145 pounds is only the figure I chose because I feel GOOD at that particular weight, because I can run up and down stairs without sounding like a steam engine, because my knees are less likely to pop out of joint, because my blood pressure normalizes and hopefully I will be able to finally give up my bp medicine (I'm not banking on that, though - my bp is STRESS labile!), because all my clothing patterns happen to be in the size I was when I did weigh that amount and I'm cheap!  THOSE are the things I want to focus on - NOT the weight itself!

                                                    My ultimate body - yup - I like the idea of not seeing my gut hang over the belt to my jeans and of being able to actually see my feet!  Go me!  I like even more being active and participating more fully in things I like (ie, folk dancing, ballet, playing soccer, going for long hikes!).

                                                    How incredible my life will be?  Well, not really incredible at all - but simply back to the way I prefer to live - from gardening, homesteading, to folk dancing and all.

                                                    What extraodinary things will people say?  Umm - about me - nah!  I don't really give a hoot about that!  Rather I would love others to say - I want to do that - teach or help me on the way.  That I do like!  (Yup - I love teaching others!)  Things I do NOT want to hear are people commenting about my weight, my way of life, my choices for what I want to do!)

                                                    How will I see my body transform?  By becoming more active, more participatory in activities - both fun and otherwise.  By setting mini goals along the way - hikes, dancing, etc. - things that are fun to do and that I feel confident about doing along the way.

                                                    What can I do today?  Oh yeah!  By exercising this AM - and by watching my diet more closely - a LOT more closely, by striving to accomplish a variety of non-food/exercise goals and completing them or at the least contributing major effort toward those goals.

                                                    How can I continue to create a weight loss support network?  Urgh!  I could by telling my famil,y and friends - however I think I need to lose the weight first and either let family and friends NOTICE and they say something - or I might say something (drop a HINT - a STRONG hint) after I have reached at least one goal.
                                                    .............................
                                                    Today's exercises include: Standing Heel Raise (12 each set) for the calves, Kickup (12 each set) for the butt.  4 sets each.
                                                    .............................
                                                    The "Little Calories" - the small "tastes", freebies at the store and so on!  That's the diet portion of today's efforts.  Re freebies at the store I can either go at a time that the freebies are NOT offered or I can count them towards the boxes on the eating cards!  Re tastes - uhmmmmm - I can either NOT taste foods (which is fine by me) until I serve them - or count them towards the boxes on the eating cards!

                                                    My problem STILL is AMOUNTS - and that late at night "snack attack" that becomes a binge - of homemade pudding or ice cream!  Yuck!

                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 2015

                                                    Bonnie's "In-Studio Spiff Ups" - #9

                                                    #9 Time to organize and straighten up your desk (or horizontal surface). 

                                                    That's Bonnie's assignment for today.  Fortunately, I've only got the one desk and did that when we spiffed up the sewing table.

                                                    HOWEVER - I have several small flat surfaces - aka the tops of things!  So I'll tackle those - one at a time!

                                                    BTW - I'm slowly (VERY slowly) adding in the pix for various spiff up posts - the before and after!  And trust me - the before definitely is NOT pretty!

                                                    Day 3 - some thoughts - and Day 4!

                                                    I forgot to re-post day 3 - which I did yesterday!  At any rate here's the addy: http://momslifeupsidedown.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-3-passion-reasons-to-lose-weight.html
                                                    At any rate - Day 3 exercises - Lying Kickback (Triceps) and Standing Curl (Biceps) were repeated yesterday!
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                                                    I have an additional reason for losing weight AND exercising.  As I told you earlier (Was it only Sunday?) I used to work in a nursing home as an aide - 3 tours of duty - one when I was raising Wendy while she was a baby, and the second when she was a teenager (and she also worked there as well).  The 3rd tour for working in a nursing home was when my son was growing up and was about 10 (he also worked there several years later as a volunteer worker) but at that time I worked as a social worker.  A lot of the folks there were crippled by arthritis and other problems and were frequently in pain at least until medicated.  I don't want to be in that situation - neither having the pain and being crippled by arthritis, sciatica, inactivity through the years, nor by living in a nursing home (you can't have cats there - nor can you stroll into the kitchen and make a grilled cheese at 10 PM! Plus a whole bunch of other stuff!  PLUS it would be truly hard to quilt there).  If I ever have to, well, then I'll cross that bridge then.  Otherwise, I definitely plan on living healthy, AND exercising DAILY!  And yes, I have that awful "gotta do it right" feeling - but I suspect that ANY activity will be activity well spent - as long as I don't become plumb foolish about it!
                                                    ................................................................
                                                    Day 4
                                                    All that was yesterday!  Today has a message: "When you always do your best, you take action.  Doing your best is taking action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward."  Good thought!

                                                    Today I'm supposed to See it and make it real!
                                                    VISUALIZATION exercise..........
                                                    1. NOW - posture is lousy - all slumped over, belly sagging, we won't even discuss hips or butt.  I'm wearing jeans and a tee.
                                                    WHAT I WANT TO SEE - body standing erect, gut sucked in, shoulders back, head held high, I'm standing TALL! and it's obvious that I'm breathing much better too!  And I like that feeling!
                                                    2. Movement - what I want to see - running - maybe playing soccer!, dancing - maybe even a little ballet, walking - and hiking in the hills, laughter shows on my face and in my attitude.  That's where I want to be!
                                                    3. Now - my arms and legs ARE more toned - a little sore - but toned - and I like that!

                                                    This is something I need to do daily (Visualization exercises).

                                                    Today's exercises - warm up for a minute, Hamstring Leg lift (hamstrings) - sets of 12, Squats (Quadriceps) - sets of 12 again.  4 repeats of sets.

                                                    The diet portion of the day - discusses Olive oil - which is something I use!  In fact, it's almost the ONLY oil I do use! and the ONLY one that agrees with my body!  Re the "Light" olive oil - that refers to TASTE - NOT calories - and I like the taste of olive oil so the regular taste is just fine with me!  The only thing I do NOT do with olive oil - I don't like to use it as a spread on biscuits or toast or to taste it directly - my mind just won't let me do that.




                                                    Monday, August 17, 2015

                                                    Day 2 of the Repeated Week 1


                                                    Is it my imagination or are the exercises HARDER the second time around?  Same exercise, done the same way, fortunately NOT one involving legs and feet - just involves arms and weights, curl ups.  Yet the curl ups just about got me!

                                                    I had a HORRIBLE dream last night - however, it may spur me on to actually getting a lot more exercise done and losing weight.  I dreamed that I had to go to a nursing home.  I used to work in a nursing home - as did my sister and each of my kids.  I dreamed that I could no longer walk and was all crippled up with pain (sciatica and my cats packed tightly around me probably didn't help!).  At any rate, when I woke up, I vowed right then and there that no matter what, I'm LOSING this weight (so I don't have so much weight heavy on my joints) and exercising and that I WILL walk normally without a problem.  Sometimes I get stubborn like that!  Right now I'm doing the 8 minutes in the Morning, but somewhere along the line I would like to do MORE!  More cardio, more yoga as well - and I think that will help a lot!  Right now, though, I am seriously RESENTING not only my physical challenges, but also resenting the time that exercise takes.  And it is probably true that I will NOT compete in a 5 K race - at least not at this time.  My knees would have to be permanently stable for that to occur - and, considering I was in my 30's when my knees first went out, that's not terribly likely!  Still though - HIKING which I dearly love, is a possibility - and maybe that's where I should aim!  For right now, however, being able to do the exercises is where I'm at!

                                                    Stash Report for Week 33 - 08-16-15


                                                    2015
                                                    08-16-15 - Week 33 - Nothing new! STILL!!!!

                                                    Used This Week: 0 yards
                                                    Used This month (August): 0 yards
                                                    Used Year to Date: 4.25 yards 

                                                    Added This Week: 0 yard
                                                    Added This Month:0 yards in August
                                                    Added Year to Date: 4.33 yard

                                                    Net Used for 2015: +1.92 yards

                                                    Design Wall for Week 34 - 08-17-15

                                                    Same old, same old!

                                                    BINDING
                                                    Log Cabin Quilt - still needs binding!
                                                    QUILTING
                                                    It's All about Hearts
                                                    PIECING
                                                    APPLIQUE

                                                    Needs applique
                                                    CRAZY QUILT - LEADER ENDER

                                                    Crazy Quilt - for a vest

                                                    CLASS

                                                    On Point - Class meets 4th Sunday monthly

                                                    PIECING 

                                                    Bonnie Hunter's Virginia Bound

                                                    Sunday, August 16, 2015

                                                    Menu - my diet/nutrition plan from Spark People for the week - 08-16-15

                                                    This is a straight copy/paste from Spark People diet/nutrition program.  The recipes are easy to follow and really quite good!

                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Peanut Butter Toast, Orange Juice; Yogurt
                                                    Orange Juice, 5 fl oz681601
                                                    Peanut Butter, smooth style, with salt, 0.5 tbsp47242
                                                    Bread, whole wheat (including toast) prepared from recipe, 1 slice, thin (3-3/4" x 5" x 3/8")911723
                                                    Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt, Plain, 6 oz806015
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Salmon Salad; Greek Yogurt with Berries; Wheat Roll
                                                    Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt, Plain, 6 oz806015
                                                    Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tbsp8200
                                                    Dinner Rolls, wheat, 1 roll (1 oz)771322
                                                    Atlantic Salmon (fish) (.5 filet option = 198g), 2.5 oz1010514
                                                    Strawberries, fresh, 12 large (1-3/8" dia)651511
                                                    Lettuce, leaf salad, 2 cup, shredded20401
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Skillet White Beans & Tomatoes over Spaghetti with Parmesan Cheese; Fruit Cocktail
                                                    Heat oil and add minced garlic and saute. Add chopped tomatoes and properly prepared beans and simmer. Spoon over prepared noodles and top with cheese.
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Fruit Cocktail, 0.5 cup691800
                                                    Parmesan Cheese, grated, 3 tbsp68156
                                                    Red Ripe Tomatoes, 4 slice, medium (1/4" thick)17401
                                                    Beans, white, 0.5 cup15329010
                                                    Spaghetti, cooked without added salt (pasta), 0.5 cup1102214
                                                    Mrs. Dash (R) Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend, 0.25 tsp0000
                                                    snack:
                                                    Turkey Wrapped Asparagus
                                                    Wrap asparagus spear in thinly sliced turkey.
                                                    Asparagus, fresh, 5 spear, medium (5-1/4" to 7" long)18402
                                                    Turkey breast, sliced, oven roasted, luncheon meat, 4 ounce(s)1195219


                                                    For Monday, 8/17/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Shredded wheat with milk, blueberries and flax; herbal tea
                                                    Shredded Wheat Spoon Size Cereal, 0.6 cup (1 serving)1022414
                                                    Blueberries, fresh, 0.75 cup611501
                                                    Milk, nonfat, 1 cup831208
                                                    *Flax Seed, 0.66 tbsp30332
                                                    Herbal Tea, 1 cup (8 fl oz)2000
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Broiled Tilapia Parmesan; Wild Rice; Salad; Oranges; Milk
                                                    Wild Rice, 0.6 cup992104
                                                    Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tbsp8200
                                                    Broiled Tilapia Parmesan, 1 serving17721019
                                                    Milk, nonfat, 1 cup831208
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Oranges, 1 fruit (2-5/8" dia)621501
                                                    Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded16302
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Spicy White Bean Soup, Applesauce
                                                    Saute chopped onions with fresh garlic in oil, add 2 cups water, rice and beans and season with oregano, cumin, ground cloves, and cayenne pepper to taste and simmer for about 1 hour. Top with Mozzarella Cheese and serve.
                                                    Onions, raw, 4 slice, medium (1/8" thick)21501
                                                    Canola Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Applesauce, unsweetened, 0.75 cup762100
                                                    Mozzarella Cheese, part skim milk, 1 oz72157
                                                    Wild Rice, 0.6 cup992104
                                                    Beans, navy, 0.5 cup1272417
                                                    snack:
                                                    Celery with Cashew Butter
                                                    Celery, raw, 2 stalk, large (11"-12" long)20501
                                                    Cashew Butter, 1.5 tbsp1417124


                                                    For Tuesday, 8/18/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Grapefruit; Toast with Cream Cheese; Tea
                                                    Grapefruit, 1 fruit (3-3/4" dia)741901
                                                    Cream Cheese, 2 tbsp991102
                                                    Tea, brewed, 6 fl oz2100
                                                    Bread, whole wheat (including toast) prepared from recipe, 1 slice, thin (3-3/4" x 5" x 3/8")911723
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Black Beans with Wild Rice, Romaine Salad with Swiss Cheese; Tangerines
                                                    Wild Rice, 0.6 cup992104
                                                    Beans, black, 0.6 cup1362419
                                                    Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tbsp8200
                                                    Swiss Cheese, 1 oz107188
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Tangerines, 2 small (2-1/4" dia)621601
                                                    Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded16302
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Spicy White Bean Soup, Applesauce
                                                    Saute chopped onions with fresh garlic in oil, add 2 cups water, rice and beans and season with oregano, cumin, ground cloves, and cayenne pepper to taste and simmer for about 1 hour. Top with Mozzarella Cheese and serve.
                                                    Onions, raw, 4 slice, medium (1/8" thick)21501
                                                    Canola Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Applesauce, unsweetened, 0.75 cup762100
                                                    Mozzarella Cheese, part skim milk, 1 oz72157
                                                    Beans, navy, 0.5 cup1272417
                                                    Wild Rice, 0.6 cup992104
                                                    snack:
                                                    Veggie Burger; Sweet Potato
                                                    Morning Star Garden Veggie Burger, 1 serving(s)1109410
                                                    Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt, 0.5 small27601


                                                    For Wednesday, 8/19/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Wheat Bran Muffin; Yogurt with Blueberries; Coffee
                                                    Butter, unsalted, 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high)36040
                                                    Blueberries, fresh, 0.75 cup611501
                                                    Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt, Plain, 6 oz806015
                                                    Wheat Bran Muffins, with raisins, 1 muffin, toaster1061932
                                                    Regular Coffee, brewed from grounds, 1 cup (8 fl oz)2000
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Baked Sweet Potato topped with Black Beans, Brown Rice, Sour Cream and Salsa; Tangerines; Soymilk
                                                    Beans, black, 0.6 cup1362419
                                                    Brown Rice, long grain, 0.5 cup1082213
                                                    Silk, Plain Soymilk, Original 1 cup, 1 serving90846
                                                    Sour Cream, reduced fat, 2 tbsp41141
                                                    Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt, 0.5 small27601
                                                    Tangerines, 2 small (2-1/4" dia)621601
                                                    Salsa, 0.13 cup9200
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Brown Rice with Chopped Broccoli and Almonds; Applesauce; Milk
                                                    Broccoli, fresh, 2 spear (about 5" long)17302
                                                    Almonds, 0.25 cup, sliced1375125
                                                    Butter, unsalted, 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high)36040
                                                    Milk, nonfat, 1 cup831208
                                                    Applesauce, unsweetened, 0.75 cup762100
                                                    Brown Rice, long grain, 0.5 cup1082213
                                                    snack:
                                                    Celery with Cashew Butter
                                                    Cashew Butter, 1.5 tbsp1417124
                                                    Celery, raw, 2 stalk, large (11"-12" long)20501


                                                    For Thursday, 8/20/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Yogurt with Fresh Peaches; Wheat Bran Muffin; Tea
                                                    Peaches, fresh, 1 large (2-3/4" dia) (approx 2-1/2 per lb)681701
                                                    Yogurt, plain, low fat, 0.5 cup (8 fl oz)77926
                                                    Wheat Bran Muffins, with raisins, 1 muffin, toaster1061932
                                                    Tea, brewed, 6 fl oz2100
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Black Beans with Wild Rice, Romaine Salad with Swiss Cheese; Tangerines
                                                    Beans, black, 0.6 cup1362419
                                                    Wild Rice, 0.6 cup992104
                                                    Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tbsp8200
                                                    Swiss Cheese, 1 oz107188
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Tangerines, 2 small (2-1/4" dia)621601
                                                    Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded16302
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Garlic Ginger Rice with Almonds; Green Beans; Blueberries; Milk
                                                    Add grated ginger and minced garlic to warm oil in skillet and heat for a minute then add cooked rice, mix and heat throughout. Add in almond slivers and serve.
                                                    Almonds, 0.25 cup, sliced1375125
                                                    Canola Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Green Beans (snap), 12 beans (4" long)20501
                                                    Blueberries, fresh, 0.75 cup611501
                                                    Milk, nonfat, 1 cup831208
                                                    White Rice, long grain, cooked, 0.5 cup1032202
                                                    snack:
                                                    Salad Greens with Cranberry Vinaigrette and Almonds; Tea
                                                    Tea, brewed, 6 fl oz2100
                                                    Salad Greens With Cranberry Vinaigrette, 0.5 serving24311
                                                    Almonds, 0.25 cup, sliced1375125


                                                    For Friday, 8/21/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Cheesy eggs with toast; tangerines; tea
                                                    Cook the eggs in a nonstick skillet, then serve with toast. Either spread cheese on toast or scramble it in with the eggs. Serve with tea and tangerines.
                                                    Tangerines, 2 small (2-1/4" dia)621601
                                                    Neufchatel Cheese, 1 oz74173
                                                    Egg white, fresh, 2 large34007
                                                    Bread, reduced-calorie, wheat, 2 slice1011916
                                                    Tea, brewed, 6 fl oz2100
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Cashew Butter Half Sandwich; Cream Cheese filled Celery; Grapes; Milk
                                                    Bread, whole wheat (including toast) prepared from recipe, 1 slice, thin (3-3/4" x 5" x 3/8")911723
                                                    Low fat cream cheese, 1 tbsp35132
                                                    Milk, nonfat, 1 cup831208
                                                    Grapes, 18 grape, seedless35900
                                                    Celery, raw, 2 stalk, large (11"-12" long)20501
                                                    Cashew Butter, 1.5 tbsp1417124
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Skillet White Beans & Tomatoes over Spaghetti with Parmesan Cheese; Fruit Cocktail
                                                    Heat oil and add minced garlic and saute. Add chopped tomatoes and properly prepared beans and simmer. Spoon over prepared noodles and top with cheese.
                                                    Red Ripe Tomatoes, 4 slice, medium (1/4" thick)17401
                                                    Parmesan Cheese, grated, 3 tbsp68156
                                                    Fruit Cocktail, 0.5 cup691800
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Mrs. Dash (R) Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend, 0.25 tsp0000
                                                    Spaghetti, cooked without added salt (pasta), 0.5 cup1102214
                                                    Beans, white, 0.5 cup15329010
                                                    snack:
                                                    Veggie Burger; Sweet Potato
                                                    Morning Star Garden Veggie Burger, 1 serving(s)1109410
                                                    Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt, 0.5 small27601


                                                    For Saturday, 8/22/2015
                                                    breakfast:
                                                    FOODCALORIESCARBSFATPROTEIN
                                                    Wheat Bran Muffin; Yogurt with Blueberries; Coffee
                                                    Blueberries, fresh, 0.75 cup611501
                                                    Butter, unsalted, 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high)36040
                                                    Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt, Plain, 6 oz806015
                                                    Regular Coffee, brewed from grounds, 1 cup (8 fl oz)2000
                                                    Wheat Bran Muffins, with raisins, 1 muffin, toaster1061932
                                                    lunch:
                                                    Asian Chicken Salad with Whole-Wheat Crackers; Tomato Slices with Cottage Cheese; Fruit Cocktail;
                                                    Whole-Wheat Crackers, 0.75 oz941542
                                                    Asian Chicken Salad RECIPE, 1 serving12720111
                                                    Mayonnaise, regular (mayo), 0.5 tbsp45050
                                                    Cottage Cheese, Nonfat, 0.75 cup (not packed)1208123
                                                    Fruit Cocktail, 0.5 cup691800
                                                    Red Ripe Tomatoes, 4 slice, medium (1/4" thick)17401
                                                    dinner:
                                                    Skillet White Beans & Tomatoes over Spaghetti with Parmesan Cheese; Fruit Cocktail
                                                    Heat oil and add minced garlic and saute. Add chopped tomatoes and properly prepared beans and simmer. Spoon over prepared noodles and top with cheese.
                                                    Red Ripe Tomatoes, 4 slice, medium (1/4" thick)17401
                                                    Fruit Cocktail, 0.5 cup691800
                                                    Olive Oil, 1 1tsp40050
                                                    Parmesan Cheese, grated, 3 tbsp68156
                                                    Mrs. Dash (R) Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend, 0.25 tsp0000
                                                    Spaghetti, cooked without added salt (pasta), 0.5 cup1102214
                                                    Beans, white, 0.5 cup15329010
                                                    snack:
                                                    Pea Pods and Hummus
                                                    Hummus, 0.3 cup1251176
                                                    Peas, edible-podded, raw, 12 pea pods17301

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