Egads, what a noise

The constant rumble of machinery smashing into concrete to tear up a street is starting to get on my nerves....just a bit mind you.

The city is upgrading the underground rainwater system. In other words, the river that runs next to my house when it rains will now run underground.

This is what's out my front door right now:


To fix this:

Seriously, no sewing getting done

Summer does take a toll on a person. Three kids in the house, the sunroom is too hot to sew in (no excuse today, it's cool) and I have a new hobby (losing weight.)

I did do my nails yesterday and it is such a pretty color. I'm still in shock much of the time that I've even grown out my nails. Now I don't need to spend much time at all taking care of my cuticles and such.

OPI Princess Rules

Why I'm not really sewing

You know how when you get a new hobby or interest (or pregnant...no, I'm not pregnant) you can't help but think of that thing and nothing else? I'm in that position right now as I decided a little over a week ago that I have no excuse for my weight, it's just from eating (drinking) too much and no exercise. So that sent me right back to www.sparkpeople.com where I've been a member for a couple years now. I've been good in tracking my calories and doing regular exercise.

Then in reading I discovered a tool I just have to have, and then the next morning went out and bought it. BTW, have I ever mentioned that I can be very compulsive.

Here's the tool, it's called a GoWearFit, and it's a monitor you wear on your arm and it records how many calories you burn during the day, and night (you can wear it to sleep.)

Here's a link to their website, www.gowearfit.com

This photo is not me, just one off of their site.

And a screen shot of my readings from yesterday, click it to see it in full size.


So that's where my mind has been. I've been reading everything I can online about the GoWearFit (BodyBugg is similar) and trying to get my mind wrapped around weightloss again, by reading all my favorite weightloss and exercise forums.

As for sewing, I've gotten 3 exercise shirts completed, and almost done with 2 black ones.

And my nails are clear.

Working on Tees

I bought a bunch of XL tees at Michaels on sale a bit ago, $2.50 each, with the intention of resewing them into smaller, better fitting exercise shirts.

I did one awhile back with the shirt I wear to the Roller Derby games (no, I don't play, I'm a fan....I'm asked all the time.)

Here's a photo of the before (pink shirt) and the after. I got one white one done yesterday, and want to work on three today.


And today's nails are Sinful Hottie. Sinful has a great line of inexpensive polishes you can get at Walgreens for $2.00 a bottle. It's a cheap way to find out if you like different colors, before investing in OPI or something more expensive.