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iPod arrived safely and I love it! Still don't know who signed for it though . ..

Posted by Jenny at 07:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

So last week I ordered my self a little present. One of these.http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/ It was supposed to be delivered today.

Of course, it was being sent Fed Ex so it needed to be signed for. It was, buy ASTEFANO at 11:11 am. I don't know anyone by that name and I live in a single family home . . .Grrr. . ..

Posted by Jenny at 02:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Shoot me now.

Carlos signed us up for lawn service. People are going to come and treat our lawn and make it lush and green by next summer. I hate freaking lawns.

Now, before I get scolded, the lawn service is all organic and uses no chemicals or treatments that are harmful to humans or pets, but still I feel a little decadent.

We live in a new contstruction home (don't get me started on that), my backyard never took, and while I'd be happy to turn as much of our tiny back yard into garden, I do realize that since we do plan on selling the house within the next 5 years, a dying brown lawn is not particularly appealing.

I hate being grown up.

Posted by Jenny at 02:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I've officially lost 5 lbs!!!

Posted by Jenny at 01:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

This weekend was good, but I'm just feeling it now. Did some cleaning, some eating, some drinking and some purchasing but I can't really talk about it now. Hopefully, I'll have some energy tomorrow, but I seriously doubt it because tomorrow is Monday . . .

Posted by Jenny at 09:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I know, I know. I need to upload some pictures from London, show you some progress on what I'm working on. Problem is, I can't find my cable for my camera. I will look for it today though. The picture from last night was taken with the iSight on my Mac, a la Yarn Harlot.

I have been doing a little bit of work. The spinning I showed yesterday, some work on my Jaywalkers, some work on the skirt I started sewing like a million years ago. I need to get a better balance of work & play. My house is a mess, I don't know where the day goes . . .

I actually have plans this weekend, which never happens. C & I, and two other couples are going out for Belgian beer and food in Philly which I am looking forward to . . .4:30 can't come soon enough.

Posted by Jenny at 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

. . .badly . . .

Need to prepare for Rhinebeck . . .where I plan on buying a wheel!

Yep, you heard it right, Carlos, Oscar and me are heading up to Upstate NY. (Unfortunately, Oscar is not allowed at the festival, but he will be in the Holiday Inn in Kingston, NY!)

Posted by Jenny at 09:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Yesterday was a rough day. I'm having a really hard time getting back into the swing of things. I've never had this experience after a vacation. It's not jet lag, I'm not sick, I just feel really blah about being home. My life seems so ordinary compared to life in London. That is what I enjoyed the most about being in London, was simply being in London. I didn't feel like I was visiting. Yes, I was staying in a hotel. Yes, I ate out 2-3 times a day. Yes, I saw the changing of the guard, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and the Tower of London. Next time I go to London, and yes, there will be a next time, I would love to rent a flat, and just increase that experience even more. And I'd also like to try to find some yarn, and maybe quilting stores.

The first two days Carlos thought I seemed distant. I assured him nothing was wrong, but I think I was distant. Half of me was still in London, 5 time zones away! Yesterday it turned to out right cranky. This also brings us back to my belly. Yesterday, I left work at 4:30 and stopped at the library to pick up a mindless mystery to read. While I was there, my belly started hurting. It was Carlos' turn to cook and the night for Oscar's vet appointment, so I really should have been nice and taken Oscar myself. Instead, I was selfish and asked C if he would mind doing both. He didn't.

I had planned on finishing unpacking, doing laundry, and working a little on my craft room, as well as finally uploading my pictures to my computer. The belly was against this plan. I spent the night in the fetal position in the bed, with a few moments reading blogs and checking emails. (note to self: next time you go away for a week, stop your knitlist, socknitters, and canine adison's email lists!). Now, why I didn't use this time to upload London pictures, I don't really know.

I also did something else. There was something I didn't tell you about my trip to London, and the weeks before. I got fat (and incidently my breasts are huge!) I've always been relatively thing and able to hide (in clothing) the extra 5-10 lbs I carried in my butt and belly. Those days are gone. My clothes don't fit, tops and bottoms, my bras no longer support me, and I'm generally unhappy with my weight. Every effort to do it alone has failed, and I actually gained weight. I'm not 30lbs heavier than I want to be. Ediets was too regimented for me, and difficult to deal with on the nights Carlos cooks. So, last night I joined weight watchers, and I am committed to starting to exercies on a regular basis. (Although I am frustrated that the WW website has been down all morning so I don't know how many points I've eaten -- I'm curious to see how many points a regular day is for me).

This does all tie into the crankiness, I promise. So I finally get into bed for good, and Carlos is being all sweet about my not feeling well, and I mention that I joined WW and was thinking of starting to go at spinning classes after work again. I expected him to say that's great, honey or something along those lines, but instead, he reminded me how difficult a time I had getting to the spinning classes on time because you had to get there almost an hour early to sign up for the class. I lost it. I completley flipped out. I went on this rant about how I hated being this weight, I hated my job, I hated Allentown, and completly created unsolvable problems. Carlos was trying to offer sensible solutions, but I just shut them down. I feel awful, and he's rightfully aggravated. Grrr.

I do think some of the weight gain has to do with the fact that I doubled up my birth control to avoid having my period in London. My gyno told me this was safe, but if birth control tricks your body to thinking that its pregnant, could that mean the body thinks it is EXTRA pregnant? Might explain the boobs . . .

Posted by Jenny at 09:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I got back from London on Saturday and I had a great time, but I'm not fully recovered. I was estatic to see Oscar but I'm having a bit of a London hangover as I'd much rather be there than here. (London as opposed to Allentown, PA, but especially here being work).

I took tons of pictures so expect to see them soon. I missed you all.

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