pjlla
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2003
Being a singleton my whole life is pretty much about treating myself. I'm addicted to color as much as I am to sugar, and have been known to frequent fabric and yarn stores to get my fix... And bring stuff home. Lots of stuff. At least fabric gets made up in to quilts, eventually, but yarn most often ends up in the basket. I've been thinking maybe I should be a producer instead of a consumer and am starting to get interested in the entire wool industry. In my wildest day dreams I'm starting to think about becoming a sheppardess and getting my own flock of sheep, as a second post-retirement career. I'm going to be taking a couple natural dyeing classes later this summer, to get my feet wet... So to speak.
But I'm getting way off track. No cake yesterday but some ice cream, overall points looked better and the scale was kind this morning.
Happy Monday all! Here's to a healthful new week.
I love your dream! And I'd love to hear more about your natural dying class! I was a home economics major but my concentration during that time was on fabrics and historic preservation. I did a few projects involving natural dying and it was fun!! I have a friend who is a super dedicated knitter.... so much so that they bought their own alpaca!!
EPCOT France Pavilion, home of the Croque Glace It took only one screening of the Impressions de France video at the pavilion to make me want to book a trip to France... and left a year ago today for London and Paris. (I am so sad to think it's been a year!). Sadly "real" France isn't quite Epcot France - Paris is a "sh!thole" as I so eloquently told my global business professor - but the provincial France area is great. The Monet Gardens and the surrounding areas of the provincial towns feel like you're literally in a real-life Beauty and the Beast town scene. We had lunch at this adorable tavern and enjoyed the rural areas more than the major city. And of course - Disneyland Paris was phenomenal
I have a lot of feelings about this pavilion.
In response to the question, luxury bribes are all that motivate me! I try to not reward myself with food but with tangible items --- a new purse, a skirt, something small. Heck, losing 75 pounds equated a personal shopper day at Nordstrom and I achieved Level 3 cardholder status in one go
If/when the day comes when I EVER get to go to Europe, I'll be sure to stick with the "pretty" part(s) of Paris.... otherwise it would be too depressing!
Thanks @Oneanne and @Zoesmamma03 - I am just doing it at home with a DVD - don't really want to spring for special shoes! I may bite the bullet and just buy some new exercise shoes in general and chat to them about the different types of exercise I do to get the best support.
I hear you on that - this is me also - plus I have clothes shopping at the moment as NOTHING looks good.
Have you ever tried doing your Zumba barefoot? I sometimes do my WATP videos barefoot (on the carpet).
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Good morning all! DS let me know at the last minute that he had Spring sports awards night last night and he got his varsity letter!! In the track and field world you have to earn a certain number of points in a season to get your letter (unlike most sports where you just need to make the team to get the letter) and he only competes in a few events (last year it was just discus and javelin, this year it was long jump, triple jump, and discus), so not a lot of opportunity. And he only started doing this last year. But despite not earning the requisite points, he still got his letter last night! Not sure why (maybe because he was a Senior), but we are just tickled. Nice way to top off his (brief) high school sports career!
Laundry and yard work are topping today's schedule.... and of course, I have my WW meeting tonight, so I'll have to put some time aside to prep for that. My SIL gave me a bag full of dresses over the weekend.... she is on some medication that has caused some weight gain so anything she can't wear she passed to me. I'm not insulted because she has always been super small and I am beyond excited that I can fit into her cast-offs (sizes 4-8). Some of them aren't really "me" and I will try to find someone else to pass them to, but a few of them are PERFECT to wear to my WW meetings. I love having a super easy comfortable one-piece outfit to just slip into and go.... makes dressing up so much easier! Plus she is a big shopper/fashionista and some of these dresses still have the tags or have never been worn.
Okay.... breakfast is needed.... I'm hungry this morning! TTYL........................P