In case you all haven't noticed, my brain is a bit addled!
The packing has been going well, and we will be finishing up this week. We still have to go through the shed, but that isn't as bad as it sounds. I hope! The last minute clothes packing will get done later in the week, and the kitchen we'll do over next weekend. There are still a few odds and ends in the meantime to take care of, but we are in pretty good shape.
Speaking of getting in shape, I've been spending as much time as I can in the evenings at the gym. My membership runs out later in August, but we will be gone several weeks before that. In the meantime, unsure if there are any gyms near where we will be moving (whether north or south, I still don't know!) , I'm taking advantage of having the access to a gym now. Elizabeth has been more serious about working out with me recently, and has been following my eating plan, and my workout plan quite a bit. It is much easier to say "No" to treats when you have a buddy to do it with! She doesn't need to lose weight at all, but she is doing it to help me and to maintain her health. Good girl!
Speaking of weight loss, I haven't really lost much over the summer. I keep playing around with the same 3 to 5 lbs. However, though the scale isn't doing a lot of moving, something is going on! Last weekend, the interim pastor and his wife invited us to stop at their house on the way out of town. They had been given a ton of clothes, and said we were welcome to go through them and see if there was anything we wanted. We did, and several of the kids ended up with some nice pieces of clothing!
One of the sweater that Esther got was a beautiful cardigan, with a zipper. It looks like some sort of Norweigian colorwork, on a smokey blue background. Just gorgeous! I fell in love with it, but it was a size Small, so I passed it to the twins who agreed to share it with each other.
Lo and behold, a few days later, Elizabeth was wearing it in the morning. Seriously. I about sweat to death just looking at her. Now I know what my folks felt like when I would show up with sweatpants, a thick hooded sweatshirt on, OVER whatever else I was wearing. Oh yeah, that would be in the summer. Oiy.
After some good natured teasing on my part, she finally took it off and said she was getting too warm in it anyway. Then Esther said, "Mom, why don't you try it on? I know you like it."
"Honey, it's way too small," was my positive reply.
They finally convinced me to try it on. Well.....
(You'll note that I put in a pic of the tag just for good measure!)
Now, wearing a size Small is highly unusual for me. This was a VERY generous size Small, if you know what I mean. But still.... woot!
Besides going to the gym, I like to knit to help destress. Is that even a word? Anyway, I started this tote a few months ago, working on it here and there. I've spent the bulk of my knitting time finishing it up. It was very easy knitting, perfect for the present season of life we are going through right now. Here it is drying out, after felting it:
So, there is a brief, frivolous, and totally random update. I'm thinking by tomorrow night we'll be getting a call from the head of the Pulpit committee to let us know how things came out in the vote they are supposed to take after the evening service.
Have a wonderful evening everyone!
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