Progress, FINALLY!

I've been absent for a while, but I have good news - I actually got some knitting accomplished. I'm 3/4 of the way thru the bottom half of Jo's Einstein Jacket. I also got 3/4 of a machine knit afghan done this week. I figured out the seam as you go method on the USM and LOVE IT! The 2nd panel was a little sloppily attached, but it isn't too bad for my first try. The 3rd panel was attached beautifully. I'm going to do one more strip of blocks and then I have to figure out what kind of border I'm going to use.

We had our first AC Moore open here last week and I have been there 3 times already. I got the yarn for my afghan there - Caron 1 pound skeins for like $3 each on sale. I went back and bough a lot more, thinking I was going to run out, but I'm now thinking I might finish this blanket with the 2 solid and maybe need to break into the 2nd variegated skein since those are only 10 oz instead of 16 like the others. That means I can return/exchange the other 3-4 skeins and get my money back or swap for different colors so I can make another afghan. Today I got an oragami kit that is really worthless. Luckily, I used a 50% off coupon. At Michaels I got a ball of narrow ladder yarn, Matrix, I think it's called, in a pretty pale purple to make a scarf to go with my leather jacket that was my aunt's. I also got a rectangular loom which I may return because it's really uncomfortable to use in comparison to my wood one that is buried somewhere in storage. I also got a skein of soft pink yarn for Jo to use. I got her a set of the red heart children's needles which I think will be easier for her to use than the short bamboos I'd gotten. I got 3 wine bottle holders from Michaels the other night and plan to use 2 of them for my needles, and for Jo to use the third one for her yarn & needles.

I've also been on my diet for about 12 days and have lost 12 pounds so far and I'm feeling great. My cousin who I rarely see ran into me today (outside Michaels) and commented on how I looked like I'd lost weight. I don't know if I'm going to stay with the Medifast plan because it's so expensive, but I might try to use some regular slimfast type products instead of buying the expensive packets of food from Medifast. I broke the 200lb barrier, so my next goal is 190, which I haven't been since right after I had courtney 1 1/2 years ago.