It's Tuesday again so time to link up and report in.
When you're all through here today, hop on over to
to see what everyone else is up to and maybe
you'll be inspired to do some doing today!
(Okay, did that sound too awkward?)
It was an up and down week, especially with the sewjo.
I did make pretty good strides with my priority and
that has me satisfied with the week overall.
* * * Week 6 Priority * * *
1) Finish all 80 Stars
DONE! And I sewed up the entire center of the quilt. (Woot!)
(approx 2,000 pieces)
Now to slip in an extra border to increase the size.
I played with some ideas but I still can't decide if I want to
piece one, which would keep with the scrap-happy feel that
I'm really liking, or just take the easier way out with a simple
solid strip before I add that flying geese border.
2) Recommit to decluttering--DONE.
I'm still following my one item/day rule but we tackled the
family game cabinets over the weekend and purged about
80%, most going to the kids and grandkids. Success.
3) Get back on the treadmill
Actually, I've been walking outside which is better but I'm still
not hitting my goal of 10k six days/week. With the snow & rain,
vacay and then a small shoulder procedure, I haven't golfed
in almost 2 months--and I could not be more ready to get
back at it. Those 20k+ days aren't far off but right now I need
to figure out how to get all 6 days of this in.
4) Make Super Bowl food for the fam & watch the Chiefs win!
How 'bout those Chieeeeeefs!?
Carnita meat, fresh tortillas, homemade refried beans,
guacamole, fresh salsa, steak queso (on the smoker)
and all the other fixings for a whole Mexican theme.
I finished it off with sopapilla cheesecake bars and
buckeye brownies.
From Thanksgiving to Superbowl, I feel like it's been one
big excessive celebration. The simplicity and structure
of Lent could not be more welcome. Bring it on!
Looking to next week:
* * * Week 7 Priority * * *
1) Finish Blog Hop quilt project #1
I will be participating in the VRD Blog Hop in mid-March.
Because project-stress takes the fun right out of quilting, I'm
intent on getting it done early. My indecisiveness over the star
borders wasn't sitting well with me so I set it aside and started
on this one. Obviously I can't share it but my goal is to finish it
this week...and then decide if I want to make a bonus one.
2) Work on border ideas for star quilt
3) 10k+ steps/6 days & Detox session
All of the poor eating has my pain/inflammation peaking,
and a sinus infection threatening to boot. Enough is enough!
It's detox time. My regimen is so extreme that full workouts
are discouraged for the first two weeks. Breaking through the
zero-sugar (and I mean ZERO) response those first few days are
key for me but I'm still going to find a way to get the steps in.
And that's it for me. Until next week, happy quilting!
Comments
If you still want it a little larger, add a final background border the same width as the FG with a scrappy binding. Good luck with your detox. 🙏 Those few days are brutal.
Thanks for joining my Sew and Tell party.
Sorry to hear about the shoulder procedure, but I hope it will simply increase the length of your drives on the golf course. :D
I feel your pain on the treadmill and excessive celebrating. I was doing so well until Thanksgiving, when I fell off the wagon and didn't get back on. I started a beta blocker about the same time, and I have put on 10 lbs since Thanksgiving. My doctor says I am still well within the BMI limits, and he won't let me blame the beta blocker (darn!), but he did tell me to follow the DASH diet and increase my treadmill time. So I'm going for an hour plus on the treadmill, but man it is hard, hard, hard to cut out so many fats and the sugars that I so love. :( Wishing you the best of luck with your detox! (I've never tried that, but I might look into it.)