Still Ahead By One

I just gave my latest creation a face,
so I have 136 ornaments for the year.  To be on track, I need 135, so while I've lost my lead, at least I'm not behind--yet.

There hasn't been much crafting here lately.  The dress has made some progress:
and there are a few more rows on the sweater front,
but mostly I've been exercising, gardening, and resting FROM the exercising and gardening.  I'm finally back to where I can walk in the pool without doing any further mischief, and the only way I'll get all the ancillary injuries healed is to get my hip to stay in place so it doesn't aggravate anything else, so I'm building strength as fast as I can.  Last week I managed 2 hours in the pool.  This week I'm shooting for 3.  I just walk as swimming involves kicking which I don't think I'm ready for, but I looked pool walking up online, and depending on what one weighs, pool walking burns anywhere from 500 to 700 calories an hour, so I'm getting a great workout in addition to building muscles.  I feel better, though mostly exhausted.  Still, one has to start somewhere.

The sewing room has received a bit more attention.  I have been browsing sewing room pictures on Pinterest, and I've decided that the people sharing pictures live in a different world than I do.  This:
in my world is pretty dang organized.  The scrap bin is now on top of some shelving, and it's just  the perfect place to either drop scraps out of the way or to access for test sewing swatches.  It doesn't look pretty, but it's very, very handy.
The shelves worked so well that we got a second set for the other side of the table.  There was a bit of debate about this as I'm still on my spending ban, but as we purchased the shelving in the garage out of our joint account, 2 sets of $20 shelving for the sewing room seemed fair game to come out of the joint account.  We're just wild with money over here.  The portable sewing machine case has finally moved back into the sewing room, and I'm starting to really believe that, in another year or two of not buying stuff, the sewing room could be non scary.  Or I could just be more tired from the pool this morning than I thought............

Comments

Meredith said…
You are doing great on your non spending I Give you so much credit for sticking with it, yarn is such a pleasure for me, I'll go without clothes and shoes...but yarn is a tough one.
Hugs,
Meredith
May 15, 2013 at 4:50 PM
Barbara from Nova Scotia said…
Great self control on the spending.
For the record, I think your sewing room is very tidy. I'm too embarrassed to take a photo of mine. Waaaayyy scary! One of these days I would love to have it finished with real walls, not just insulation, and real flooring, and my industrial machines wired so they don't blow the fuses in half the house, and .......
May 16, 2013 at 6:26 AM
Barbara from Nova Scotia said…
Oh, and that's a lot of time in the pool. Getting better sure takes time, to do it right and not reinjure. I can relate.
May 16, 2013 at 6:28 AM
RobinH said…
Having everything put away so it isn't convenient to use isn't good organization. Well organized is something that you can keep organized while working.

And my sewing room is in an awful state right now- huge influxes of free yarn have arrived in the last couple of weeks, and I have stuff piled all over the table and ironing board. The first thing I'll have to do before I can do anything up there will be to clean it up, which is a real bar to actually working on a project for me.
May 16, 2013 at 11:19 AM
kathy b said…
Pool walking...you inspire me.

I think your organized room is perfect.

ANd I love that snowman. YOu are so far ahead in the ornament race
May 17, 2013 at 6:47 PM
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