RAR MADE THIS!

A list

1. To the left is a shoddy photo of my Easy Flame Lace Scarf.  All I have is the cellphone to take pictures right now, so the colors are off and the resolution is blah, but it's better than nothing.  I am well over halfway done with the scarf at this point, which is exciting.  I'm still not bored.

2.  I finally finished sewing up a sweater that I started last year today.  It's busy blocking right now.  Out of nowhere, we're about to have a finished product.  What do you think about that?

3.  The new Rilo Kiley record is rocking my socks off.  I can't get enough.  I highly recommend it.

4. I am not very good at dieting.  The only solid progress I've made in changing my eating habits has been switching from regular Mountain Dew to diet Mountain Dew.  At least that's something.

5.  I hate my job.  I just had three days off and the thought of going back tomorrow makes me want to pitch a fit.   Just thought I'd gripe about it.

No more nesting on the couch!

I signed up for Weight Watchers today.  This is something a bit foreign to me, as I've always been one of those people who claimed not to care about weight. Turns out I didn't care because I was happy with the way I felt.  That's changed.  I stepped onto a scale today for the first time in months and it was quite the eye opener.  I've got an initial goal of losing ten percent of my body weight which equals to about 17 pounds.  That seems like such a huge goal for me right now, but I'm going to try it.  Consider this my first official leap into the world of dieting.  Wish me luck.

In other diet news, I am officially on a yarn diet until the end of the year.  My stash has been sitting stagnant for months now, and I've become more of a yarn buyer than a knitter.  I've got too many projects in the works to count, but as soon as I find the charger for my camera's battery, you people are going to start seeing some progress.

I'll probably attempt to document the weight loss effort here as well as the stitching progress.  Right now I'm trying to focus on getting out of the funk I've been in where all I do is work and complain about work.  Somehow I've let The Job become my life.  The problem with this is, I hate The Job.  I would leave, but the benefits/pay are something I couldn't find anywhere else.

So... I'm going to do more things for me.  I'm going to start going to knitting group once again.  As soon as I get a firmer hold on my bank account I plan on starting up with some yoga classes.  I am going to knit for at least one solid hour a day.  These things aren't hard, they just demand that I shed the layer of laziness that has been covering me lately.   I'm pushing it off, though.  I'm knitting lace, socks, and sweaters.  I'm getting off of the couch more often.

I'm listening to more music.

Funny how easy it is to forget yourself sometimes, isn't it?