What have I been up to (besides being poked in the chest by a 3 year old and asked what was in my shirt…no really it happened yesterday)? Well, cooking a lot more lately as shown by how often I need to load the dishwasher. Stabilization on my weight plan is going well. I have found that there is some hidden sugar and or starch in steak n veggies n salad at Outback. Not too worry though, I’m still at just over 2 pounds over my LIW (last injection weight). It has been very interesting to see how little things affect my weight and learn what my personal limits are. Oh and there is a stevia sweetened soda called Zevia. Doesn’t taste bad and woot woot zero glycemic index so much better for me than my Pepsi obsession. My general long-range plan is not to eliminate the foods I dearly love. That’s no way to live (for me) and I’d be really sad to never have a baked potato again. Instead, where I can substitute foods that work better for my body I will (for example cauliflower pizza crust) which in my mind leaves room for indulgences. So I guess I just took the long way to say ‘balance’ huh. shrug I ordered supplies for my next hCG round the other day so Hubert should be on the move again in late July. Wheee! In the mean time, I’m going to get back on the treadmill and maybe back to the gym for some healthy exercise.

On the computer front the new PC is doing well. The MacMini has not beat it up yet and the MacBook is a work computer so I don’t think it really cares. Yes, I do anthropomorphize things all the time thankyouverymuch. My old hard drive is in there as a 2nd drive (so pleased that I actually thought to get a SATA drive all those years ago) and it had been nice that I can get at some of the apps on there like Dreamweaver. I have Sims 3 installed as well as Spore and Wow. Since I am going to BlizzCon in August with C & M and D it would only be fitting to have actually logged onto Wow huh. They helped me out and my main character, PallasAthene finally got to level 60. Zack & Kelly had a LAN Party for the 4th and there I was able to get to 61. I still have little idea about what I’m doing. I just press my little buttons and hope for the best. Sometimes I am more girly-girl that geeky-girl. LOL. Besides games, I have been trying to sort out my GTD system. Started out using Notebook on my Mac, which is nice, but a bit tricky in that I want to be able to get at it from anywhere. A paper notebook would be perfect, but I tend to doodle and it is more difficult to search quickly once there is enough data in it. Couple that with my desire to use the web hosting that I pay for (use it for more than just a blog and email that is) and the result is wanting something hosted by me. By go-to thing is database backend with a php or other frontend application. However, I’ve found lots of people just using text files for their GTD and I like the way in which I can code things in such a way that I can just grep the files to query for what I want and also have the freedom to type more freeform things. So now I’m looking at writing some simple PHP pages to grep out things like next action lists by context and such. Also, I learning a little bit about Applescript and the Automator so I can schedule my MacMini to go get all my GTD files on my site and back them up each morning. Nifty!

In the sewing world I have been working on bags. Sent one out priority mail to a town just a few hours away and the dang thing didn’t get there on time. UGH! Really ticked about that and as soon and I confirm it really did miss the mark on when it was to get there I am so refunding that shipping money. Yeah note to self, never ever use the freaking work mail drop again. Oh yes…bags bags bags. I noticed that last summer I also went into a sort of online malaise. Something seasonal with me? Or perhaps I don’t balance out my energy well and just run myself into the ground. No clue. There are a good dozen or more bags being worked on now. Okay notright now, I did wake up really late today (got to bed about 5am) and after typing this long arse post will get right back to sewing.

Guess that is most of it. The house is a wreck and dolly bags don’t make themselves so I best get to it. Ta-ta!

Things I need to blog about and show pictures of: * Hiking in Los Angeles (I neglected to take any other photos of the weekend trip) * Visiting Alpacas in Gilbert * My knitting and related insane spending * Upcoming trips and travels

So there is my ‘to do’ list.

I have been working on more Blythe Dolly Carry Bags for the shops. I’ve been a tad ‘woe is me’ (seriously, I’ve been alone in the house for far too long and I think I’m going nuts) again so that went a bit slower than expected. There are about 40 in the works so hopefully there will be a nice and steady stream. For those going to Blythe Con I won’t be there as a vendor as I’m far too excited about meeting people and don’t want to be all shy and stuck at a table.

And for those of you wondering why I am blogging from work, really I am working I promise. It’s just there is a process running so rather than lose my train of thought on that I’m in another window writing this.

Let’s see, what else…

I have been working some more on cleaning the house. I’m a terrible pack rat you see, so there is stuff everywhere! Over the past couple of years since I’ve been alone I have organized more and slowly it is getting better. Another piece of furniture in the living room was eliminated this weekend. It is one of those shelf units for stereo components that I just had candles and photos on. Well, I put all that stuff in other places and put the shelving thing in the garage. Now just to figure out what the 3rd bedroom should be. Guest room? Office? Dolly & litter box room (its current state)? Closet? Emptied out? Ideas and design suggestions always welcome, for reals, I’m hopeless it seems at putting things together sometimes.

I’m loading up my plate again so that may or may not be a good thing. I have the feeling that it is about time for a to do list and an assessment of priorities. From time to time I need to sit down and really focus on what I need to get done, and in what order. And answer questions like: why do I need to do this thing? is this important to me to get this done? realistically when do I have to get this done? I’m one of those people who try and do everything all at once then beat myself up for being lazy and not getting it done. Gotta take stock of what is really important to me and learn that it is a-ok to let the other stuff slip sometimes.

Still do do are some custom bags for a fantabulous person, clean the house, do laundry, work out a bunch, buy groceries, finish a pair of socks, bind a quilt, buy new dressers at Ikea, paint my room, finish the painting in the hallway, do my taxes, get the backyard landscaped, get the boys a vet appointment…eeps!