I finished this wallhanging and it is up on the wall. It is so beautiful! I need to add bead eyes to the hummingbirds.

I have so few finishes this year, I have been reading instead of quilting.

Diet Challenge Update

I had to do some rethinking and get back on the wagon. All that ice cream caught up with me! I was up six pounds from the lowest this year and was very distressed. But I have now lost those six pounds and am ready to continue losing this summer.

I made a list of favorite healthy dishes and went shopping for ingredients. I made oatmeal bread today, a good bread with lots of fiber.

I discovered I now weigh 10 pounds less than what is listed on my drivers license!

Total loss: 32 pounds!

Here are my quilt designs from my red white and blue sampler.  Which do you like?  These blocks have been made with the Friday Block Party group.

And a new photo of our family.

The brownish material came with the kit and I put it on, hoping it would look better than I imagined it would.  It didn't.  I put on an almost solid black and I think it is ok now.  It will look smashing when I have it quilted.

Friday Block Party

Weeks 16, 17, 18 and 19!  I did these today, I took the day off from what I need to do, what I should do, what I have to do, and only did what I WANTED to do!

Diet Update

I am up a little.

BUT, I have been walking alot and riding my bike and working in the yard and playing with the kids and walking and riding and playing and working in the yard and walking and biking.  Yea!  Spring is here!

Nenana Ice Classic 2009

This is a video of the ice breaking up on the Tanana River here in Nenana.  I was there!  The person leaning out over the water is me and I am talking the most in the background (I was on the phone to my mom).  It was so exciting!

Time was 8:41 p.m. May 1st, there were two winners, one from Galena, one from Juneau.  The jackpot was $283,000+.