A "Weighty" Issue

Those of you who have known me for the last 10 or so years (has it really been that long??) know that I've really struggled with my weight. At one point I was running and was down to a very healthy weight. I was strong and I worked hard to get there. Well, I've let myself go, my weight has crept up to the highest that its ever been, my blood pressure is high, my cholesterol is high and I get winded walking up the stairs (which is hard, because I have them in my house). So, its time to take the proverbial bull by the horns and do something about it.

I've started on the South Beach Diet. No caffeine, no sugars, low carbs.....lots and lots of water. For someone who has existed on caffeine, sugar and carbs most of their adult life, this is hard. But, I'm going to do it.

So, wish me luck, say a prayer for me and I'll let you know how I'm doing and when I hit certain milestones.

Mystery Quilts and more........

I promised to show you the fabrics that I'm using for Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilts. This is the fabric to the first one.....Carolina Crossroads. I'm using a lime green paisley, a bright pink and a black on white. This one is for my daughter Stephi. I will probably put a zebra print border on it.

The second mystery quilt I'm working on is Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush. I'm using a medium green and cream on white for the first step. And for the rest of the colors, I'm using dark green, brown, orange and a bright blue. Then for the border, I'm using a blue floral that will tie all the fabrics together.

And right now I'm working on these curtains for my ex-husband's girlfriend. Don't ask.....its a wierd situation. I have 12 more panels to complete. They are sheer white with sparkles on it. Not my choice....but then again, neither is my ex-husband!!! What can I say, she is good to my children.

Just "Ducky"

We have a Mallard duck that laid her eggs in our front yard again this year. We didn't think that she was going to come back this year but she did. She laid 15 eggs this year. Every day I would stay "good morning momma duck" as I passed by her to go to work. Well, a couple of days ago I saw that she kicked a couple of the eggs out. Evidently those were ones that she knew wouldn't be hatching. So, this morning as I'm heading out to the car, I looked down and said "good morning momma duck" and to my surprise I saw broken eggs. I looked a little closer and the babies were hatching!!! So, Stephi has been taking pictures all day. Momma duck took the babies over to the pond this afternoon. So, now if I want to see the babies, I have to go over to the pond and look at them. But here are the other pictures of the babies.

Here Momma Duck is taking her babies to the pond. One little baby had a hard time getting up on the curb and had to be helped.

And now Momma and the babies are swimming in the pond.