Thanks!

Thanks for all the encouraging words about this exercise thing I've foolishly decided to drop a bunch of money on that could be better spent on fabric try.  Tonight the trainer promised I'd feel better by the end of the class, and just before we left, I told him he was right--because I'd taken a pain pill about 30 minutes before class began.  But he assured me the first two weeks are the worst--then another girl working out corrected him by saying it's really the first three weeks, and after that I'd be fine.  I'd say it's probably the first four weeks, because that's all I've committed to doing with this gym, but we'll see.  I know it's something I need to do for my own well being, so maybe I'll continue on with CrossFit after August.  I think those darn rowing machines are going to kill me though.  They turn my legs into spaghetti!

Tonight we did a little more upper body work than we did the first time.  When I got home, I tried to call Soccer Son and realized I was having a hard time pushing the phone buttons to dial.  Seriously.  But I have to laugh at myself.  Lord knows how I'll feel tomorrow.

Once again, I went into the Sweat Shop tonight and just didn't feel motivated to do anything.  I don't know if it's the exercise thing or if I'm just going through one of those periods where nothing's grabbing my attention and getting me excited.  What are YOU working on now?  Maybe if you tell me what's exciting you, it might help me to find my mojo.

The other day I finished the center of the Merry, Merry Snowman quilt top; I still need to cut and sew the borders, and there's one little snowman peeking down from a corner that I need to applique, but it's pretty close to being done.  Here's how it looks so far:

There's a part of one seam I'm not happy with and need to fix, but I thought I'd wait and fix it when I pull it down from the design wall to add the first small border.  I went ahead and added all of the little buttons for eyes and, well, BUTTONS; I was going to wait until it was quilted, but then I decided they're so small they shouldn't interfere with the quilting.

The other day, there was something tickling my brain about another block of the month beginning in August, but I couldn't quite remember what it was.  Eventually I remembered--it's this one by the Quilt Company with fabrics by Maywood Studios:

That's exciting, right?  Are any of you signed up for it?  Also, my friends and I are going to start another applique project soon--but I'll tell you more about that another time.  Now it's time for bed. One more evening of CrossFit and then the first week will be behind me.  "See" you tomorrow!