MARCYINCNY1's CalorieKing Blog
<I>Threads</I>
Sunday, March 9th 2008
One of my stops on Friday was Jo-Ann's for some buttons and elastic but as I headed to the check-out I grabbed a copy of Threads ( "for people who love to sew" ) and one of "Sew News". I think I've found a new source of motivation to lose more weight this summer. I'd like to start sewing again but only if I'm down another ten pounds and another inch at my waist.And there are several garments I'd really like to wear again like this ivory silk gabardine suit with a bi...
Is it Time?
Saturday, March 8th 2008
How is it that 'standard' time now only lasts about 4 months of the year. Shouldn't the time that we use for 8 months be the standard and the winter hours be the 'savings time'??? Just wonderin'.At any rate I'm trying to decide what I want to/can buy during Stickley's winter sale (I buy local after all) and when I was in the shop yesterday I saw the triple version of this dresser in a lighter finish that showed the beautiful grain of the cherry with darker antique finish pulls.
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Suburban Turf Wars
Thursday, March 6th 2008
Oil prices hit a record $105.10 a barrel Thursday, a day after a surprise drop in U.S. crude supplies and a decision by OPEC not to boost production.The price of spring wheat has more than doubled since January. The March futures contract closed at up $4.75 at $24 a bushel, the record price for any US wheat contract.
You might think, given the economic news, that school systems would be worried about how they're going to pay for increasing costs but no, not here in the Fayetteville-...
March
Tuesday, March 4th 2008
I got up about 3am to go to the bathroom and looked out the window to see mostly grass in the backyard. I got up at 7 to see everything coated in snow. It's March.A much easier hike on Sunday and I saw a lovely hermit thrush near the upper campground.
Unfortunately I ended my hike with a nasty blister on my heel from the old Vasque boots I wear with my snowshoes. I tried to hike yesterday but I haven't been able to come up with a way to adequately protect my heel. I hope ...
Did Somebody Say Something About Sewing?
Sunday, March 2nd 2008
When we moved to NY almost twenty years ago, I stopped bicycling for a variety of reasons and because I didn't change my diet accordingly, I started gaining weight. I also stopped sewing and eventually put away all the clothes I'd made.I can't believe that now I'm pulling out some of those clothes and looking at some of the fabric I still have.
I don't expect to wear all of the old size 8 (smaller than off-the-rack size 8) stuff because I would have to lose another 3 inches in my wai...