Lifestyle
Yesterday, I went shopping in the city. I needed to get some more Christmas gifts to ship across Canada.My first stop was at Ikea. I've been there with daughter-in-law several times. Yesterday was my solo visit. I went into the Marketplace to get what I needed. It went very smoothly. My special buy was these two pieces.
Next was groceries and last was to get another gift at Michaels using a 50% of coupon. While in Michaels, I looked at the yarn for another Christmas present and saw some lovely yarn but am glad I didn't buy it. It was the wrong weight.
Using the GPS, I headed to Bedford to get a pattern for daughter. I was home by 1:30. A great day.
I have been slowly giving up sugar again. I'm sure my A1C is going to love me for that. I am back on Weight Watchers and will get weighed tonight. Since cutting out sugar and reducing portion sizes, I've lost 4 lbs. I'm making more smart choices and buying the foods I need. I'm trying to balance, carbs and protein. I eat bread, meat, eggs, cheese, fruit, and have arrowroot cookies. Vegetables are in larger quantities (I got sick of tomatoes and cucumbers in Sept.). I am using the barcode scanner on the WW app. Helps me put back things I would like to eat but can't.
I haven't said much about my eating as I was out of control. Heat was a huge factor, then boredom, then OCD cut in big time with the sewing room. It seemed as if stress was a huge thing. But, some of this was sugar driven and a cycle. Sugar caused some issues, I needed sugar to comfort me, and it caused the issues again. Around and around I went and I had to forcefully break the cycle slowly.
Sewing Room
One of the stops I made in Ikea was at the organization center. I looked lovingly at the peg board but I'm not ready for it at the moment. I turned my thoughts to a container for the extra/overstock of sewing notions I have. I bought a box and an insert. I will try it out for the extra notions I have. I can use it for other things if it doesn't work.I read a comment by one lady who said she organized her notions and put them in two containers in two locations. One near her work station and the other one a bit further away. She hasn't looked at either container and if she hasn't by Jan. 31, the contents of both boxes are leaving the house. I need to heed that advice.
I spent some time thinking about the sewing room while driving to and from the city. I need to do the purge, organize what I have left, and look at it again in 3 months. I have to embrace that I will not be able to get my "stuff" organized in one go. It will take time and effort to get it to where I want it to be. I'm going to call this Step One to my goal.
Knitting
I finished the dish cloth and it is really cute. It is a gift so I can't show it. It was an easy knit. I have a couple more I can knit; a frog and a jack-o-lantern.I also knit on the doll's shawl and the first half is finished. Undoing the provisional cast on was tense but it went well. I'm doing the boring 94 rows where I knit each row. Thank goodness for YouTube.
I'm not sure what I will knit next. I have 4 books to read so I need to have a bit of a read-a-thon with knitting between books.
Today
We see the doctor after lunch and have to shop for a few sale items. I am planning on doing some housework and will go to WW tonight. I may have a bit of time putting the extra notions into the box I bought.Until the next time............................
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