want to mooooove

I've been so antsy at work all day long. I think because my day started with a 2 hour long meeting, I just felt like a little kid had grabbed onto both my legs and wasn't letting go so I was dragging them along. To combat this feeling, I have been running up and down the stairs all day, asking people downstairs to tell me when they have something that needs to go up, so I can take it. I also did 100 calf exercises on the bottom step of the stairs, and....I put a workout video up on my computer as background music - if I can't actually exercise, at least I'm preparing myself mentally for 5pm! Sick, maybe, but it's working. I can't wait to get done and work out.

I am debating working out here in my office, or going home. I think if I go home I'll find other things I need to do and won't work out as much. We shall see.

Otherwise, I need to make lunches, pick up/drop off dry cleaning, do my Sweatsuit to Swimsuit challenge video, and do SOMETHING with the dishes and the dining room table. I also need to eat one more servings of veggies for my StoS extra challenge. Tomorrow is karate, Friday I get off work early, and then - WEEKEND!

stuff and lists

Today...

1. Stop working at 5
2. Change into workout clothes
3. Do workout video for new Spark Challenge at work
4. Buy resistance band
5. Buy fabric softner
5. Go back to work or go home and do 2nd workout video
6. Soak tank top in water and fabric softener
7. Block tank top
8. Buy milk, chicken broth, chicken, fruit
9. Pick up dog poop
10. Clean coffee table
11. Make bed
12. Make lunches for tomorrow
13. Do 30 minutes of other cardio

Today...

1. Excited about new Sparkpeople.com team "Sweatsuit to Swimsuit"
2. Annoyed at mother of client for yelling at me for 30 minutes
3. Anxious to go workout
4. Stomachache and cramps
5. Feeling like too much planning not enough doing.
6. Is broke and annoyed by brokeness.
7. Continuing to knit Julianna

lazy sunday

Yesterday my sister and I were in San Diego for the 1st ever Sparkpeople convention. As a seasoned conference and convention goer, I definitely have some tips for them for the next time, but as it was it was exciting, energizing, and I am really glad I got to be there for the first one.

I also had a chance to finish knitting all of the pieces of the askew tank top - now all I need to do is block it. I've never blocked anything before in my life, so I'm sort of procrastinating. I started working on the Julianna berreco pattern with the yarn that I bought on ebay. I don't have enough yarn to actually finish this project, though, so at some point I'll need to buy more. It's sort of slow going, but very satisfying - I love alpaca, and this color red ("redwood mix") is deep and again, satisfying.

Adam and I have been enjoying an incredibly lazy Sunday. He had to work yesterday and I was in SD, so today all that I've done is make breakfast, get lunch, pick up dry cleaning, and bake cookies. Oh, and knit. A lot. I woke up at 6am and started knitting. it's now 3:30 and that's pretty much all I've done.

My plans for today include working out, making dinner, and making lunches. But for the moment, I am still totally content with my knitting! I need to be aware of the fact that I tend to get very restless on Sunday evenings if I haven't gotten out of the house, but I am hoping that a trip to the gym and grocery store will do it for me. :p

Okay, I've spent enough time away from my Julianna. Back to knitting!

Ravelry!

YAY! I got invited to join ravelry.com and I am so excited!!! I can't wait to keep posting my projects up there!

Speaking of projects, I am almost done with the left front of the Askew tank top - I am working on the strap. Last night I went to see Grease with A2A and sat on the aisle where there was light and knitted while listening to the show. MUST KNIT!

I joined a group on ravelry that's all about earning money for yarn via exercising - totally matches up with my pennies for pampering group on sparkpeople! I'm excited about both!

Today I am excited about all sorts of things. Excited to eat my lunch (I cooked a Hungry Girl Recipe yesterday), excited for my weight watchers meeting tomorrow, excited for my stripe test tonight, excited about knitting Askew, excited about the Sparkpeople convention on Saturday, excited for more groups and communities to be a part of!

Time for lunch. Which means, times to knit.

I WANT TO KNIT!

muustt...makkkkeee...thiiiss....

Want to knit knit knit knit knit. How do I combine my desire for sitting-still-and-crafting with my urge to get-outside-and-move-more? Maybe I could knit while on a stationary bike. Maybe I could knit while just being outside and that would help. Maybe I really need to divide my day up into knitting and exercise portions so that I can accomplish both.

There are two tank tops that I want to knit - both from knitty.com - the Askew tank and the Cleo tank. Both hot stuff. The only garment I've ever made before was a sweater that I recently gave away to Marco because I didn't like how it curled up. I also knitted a beanie-for-pony-tails from knitty, which I wore a lot when it was cold, and I've got some socks... but I guess I haven't really done much other than scarves, shawls, and beanies. I'm really looking forward to making these tank tops. I also want to make that blanket - but I think maybe I won't follow her pattern, just do my own. We shall see.

SO MANY PROJECTS NOT ENOUGH TIME!

I also started the bear-catching-salmon cross stitch, which is 2 in the series of 3 that I brought from Alaska. The moose at sunset isn't *quite* finished - I am being lazy and not going to buy the one color floss I ran out of. Once I do that, it will only be a day or two to finish it. Then I'll need to frame and hang it, because there's nothing else to do with cross stitch. ;)

The bear-catching-salmon one is tedious, but still interesting due to it's newness factor. There's a whole hell of a lot of blue.

So yes. I want to knit and do karate at the same time. How do I accomplish this??? Maybe I accomplish this by not grocery shopping or cooking today, but instead knitting. Hrm. Maybe. Food or yarn? easy choice for me, now I just have to get Adam to go along with it.

Ate too much for lunch. blech. but it was really good food!!! I tried birria for the first time (goat) at this dinky little hole-in-the-wall "autentic" mexican place on 19th street. Soooo yummy. I am a goat convert. ;)

Today I am planning on going to the workout class and to the karate class, so that's two full hours of working out. Hopefully that puts the goat in its place.

Yesterday I did an hour and a half of exercise, but a bunch of different things. It was excellent. Today I am tired due to my medication, which I keep forgetting to take until late. I need to remember to take it around 7 instead of around 10:30.

I ordered a bunch of yarn online yesterday - to make one of the patterns Heidi posted. I found the Berreco redwood mix for 1/2 off on ebay, so I bought a bunch. I can't wait to start an intricate knitting project. I haven't done any knitting in a very long time.

This is all from me. Tonight I hope to cook another hungry girl recipe - healthy beef stroganoff. I need to go to the grocery store though. And to the dry cleaners. Ah!

I want to move it move it

My Spring Fling Festival was a blast, and it's DONE and I can breath again! I have an event this Wednesday, one next tuesday, and one the week after and then it's back to semi-normalcy!!! Yay!

I joined a women's health challenge and am excited to have joined yet another thing. This summer I really want to be more active - I want to run, swim, bike, yoga, and do karate. I think today after work I'll go to the dry cleaners, then go home, grab my bike and library books and ride there..get some new books, and then do my yoga video. Later tonight I'll go to the gym and run and swim. I miss swimming, but don't really enjoy swimming at the gym since there's too many non-swimmers in the pool. I am thinking about taking a swim-for-fitness class this summer at Goldenwest. 6:30-7:45am two mornings a week..I can do that!

Yesterday I cooked spagetti for Adam's lunch, I thawed a veggie stew I'd made and frozen, and made white rice to go with it for A's lunch tomorrow, and then I also made Hungry Girl falafel. YUMMY! I love Hungry Girl. This weekend I am going to the Sparkpeople convention allll day Saturday in San Diego, and so I need to get ready for that too. I slept in accidentally this morning and was 1 1/2 hours late for work. Today is Monday, yes oh yes it is. I also got the craving to knit socks.
Basically, I'd like to be almost anywhere but sitting at a desk right now. Ahhh. Getting restless and it's only 3:40!