OK maybe it's not so bad

I finished the purple top today. I think the borders saved it. It's still got color problems, but it works now and I'm over my angst about it. So ... here's the first quilt-of-the-week for 2012:

I'll work on taking a better pic of it over the weekend, but you get the idea.  Funny thing about this quilt ... the very first seam I sewed was wrong. Maybe that should've told me something. :) But it's behind me now and I can move on to the next thing on the list.

All my Freecycle stuff got takers. It's great to get rid of stuff by giving it to someone else rather than putting it in the landfill. I'm always amazed at what gets passed along in Freecycle: I'm convinced there's only one set of moving/packing boxes in Jacksonville and they just keep getting moved from one person to another. If you've not tried it, Freecycle.org is where to go. Then just drill down to your city.

The walk to day was nice and warm. Good ol' Florida - too cold to walk yesterday, and plenty warm today. Ha!

Here's the photo of the day (glass) - in puzzle format just for laughs. Enjoy! And thanks for stopping by!

13 Weeks of Autumn - Update

Seriously. How does time fly by me so quickly?  Two weeks of updating to post!

OK I'm 3 weeks into the Autumn version of 13-Weeks, Reset version. I have indeed lost another 3 pounds. I have learned that the weight-loss effort is what's eating so much of my time. I walk 6 miles most days (I can't really say "every day" because some days it's not possible - or I'm just slugging!), and this takes me 2 hours.  Yea, I'm a slow walker, but still ahead of everybody on the couch! :-)  Also, since I'm not trained to be a healthy eater, this takes time as well.  The bottom line is - the getting-healthier issue eats up the largest percentage of my time and energy; this is OK with me!!!!

"Stuff" is getting out of my house. In the last two weeks I've gotten rid of stacks of books and more clothes.  I've also been sorting through and purging quilting projects.  Some projects that I start simply will not be finished by me, so I've prepared them for the Honeybee Retreat quilt-sale-room.

And I have completed projects. In week 2, I finished the Tennessee Puzzle quilt (see it here), and this week I did this jacket:

I want to make a bunch of jackets for my CA trip now that I know what kind of weather to expect.  This will be just enough!  I cut out a bunch of them during the Camden Retreat at Epworth By-The-Sea last weekend, so I'll be working on these for the next few weeks.

So .... 13 Weeks continues onward! I can deal with 13 weeks ... I'm still unsure of my ability to commit anything for a year, though! :)

Trivial stuff I want to keep track of:
What I'm reading: Fiction - To make a long story short, Jeffrey Archer. Classic - Uncle Tom's Cabin, Non-fiction - The Passion of the Western Mind, Richard Tarnas