Monday mornings are just tough! It was such a great weekend. Saturday was downright fabulous. The weather was gorgeous. Unfortunately I was only able to spend about two hours at Jessica’s house for her gathering. I finished off the first sleeve for the Shaped V-Neck (sorry no pictures of it today) and that was the last of the knitting until the train this morning when I started the second sleeve.
Saturday even was the first seder and beginning of the Passover holiday. While my sisters and their families did not make it, my uncle (mother’s brother) and aunt, and my aunt’s friend did. We had a lovely, if irreverent and short seder. The twins were getting hungry and were entering the danger zone. So we hit on the highlights (plagues, four questions, etc.) and when questions arose, like the yearly “What is murrain?”, I pulled out my trusty Macbook and googled it. (Murrain is a disease of cattle and sheep.)
Sunday I lazed about, as did the kids mostly. The folks took them shopping for a bit in the afternoon as they had earned enough good behavoir stars on their chart to get a present. I sat first with my friend the xBox working on Jewel Quest and then my Macbook on a super secret geek project. I must say, I love my Macbook. It is one of the few toys that gets regular usage (xbox too as when I’m not playing it, mom is) and I’ve never had even a moment of buyer’s remorse with it.
I’ve decided that it is time to finally do something about my diet. Back a few years ago when I quit smoking, I gained a few pounds as people normally do. Once the cigs were kicked, it was time to tackle the weight. I tried lo-carbing and it worked beautifully for me. I lost the weight and felt better than I had ever felt. My energy level was at an all time high. This period was then followed by several years of fertility drugs and finally a twin pregnancy, during which I tried to right-carb, but still I’ve several pounds over where I’d like to be and at my heaviest even including the post-smoking high. Yeah, well below the 36wk mark with twins, but high enough. To that end, I’ve decided to go back to lo-carbing and what better time than Passover when most of the bad things are verbotten anyway! I want to loose about 15 lbs. Thanks to everyone who will now mention that I don’t need to loose weight, but really, I do. So far so good.
Craft on!
5 responses so far ↓
1 Kim // Apr 21, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I am flabbergasted at the posting frequency! Good luck with the low-carb thing! I’d be happy to join you for burgers or steak eating some lunch time.
2 Danielle // Apr 21, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Ugh, I need to lose weight too, but I don’t even have the quit-smoking or mom-of-twins excuse. I’ve been trying to get outside for more exercise now that the weather is warm, and to eat more veggies and less carbs. We’ll see if that works.
3 Kathy // Apr 21, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I’m doing the same thing this week! Chag Sameach.
4 JessaLu // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:00 am
You do whatever makes you feel comfortable in your skin. If you’ll be happier 15 lbs lighter then so be it. :o)
I do need to ask you to take a break with the posting…I can’t keep up! *grin*
5 Ina // Apr 29, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Happy Passover! Religious observances make fasting/dieting a virtue!!