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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Back to good

So, after 2 months of being sick sick sick, I finally returned to the land of the living this weekend. Hallelujah! I'd say I'm about 85%, which is good enough for me. I'm still coughing some, but it's much better than it's been in weeks. Also, my muscle strain? tear?, whatever it was on my left side has mostly resolved itself. I went back to the gym on Saturday and I cannot tell you how good it felt to move and break a sweat. It was also nice to have the owner and several regulars tell me how much I was missed - and really, the feeling was mutual. I've also cleaned the house, washed all the linens in the spare bedroom, aka the sick ward, so that my mom has a clean place to sleep when she comes to visit next month and I've started cooking again. Let's just say that my husband is very happy to have his wife back and goodness knows I'm thrilled to be feeling so normal!

On the flip side, I finally took a looksee at my calendar and oh boy - it's a busy next two and a half months. Eeek! UCLA and Lakers games, a concert, my mom coming to visit, dinner parties, book club meetings, all the holiday hoopla, etc, etc. All fun stuff, but pretty much my weekends, aka my primary sewing hours, between now and the end of the year are packed. I was all pumped to get my LBD all made and entered, but it looks like it's just not gonna happen this month. Blah. I figure I'll scope out the contests for 2010 and find one or two that look fun and plan ahead to make some good and enter it. My goal isn't necessarily to win (although wouldn't that be awesome!), but just to have fun and get a new garment at the end of it. As for that LBD, thank you everyone for chiming in with your thoughts! I still plan on making one sometime after the new year (still undecided on the actual pattern), it will just be for my own enjoyment and not for a contest.

Speaking of sewing stuff, I'm so ridiculously behind on blogging my sewing projects. Oops! I really need to catch up, hopefully this week or over the weekend. Finished stuff includes a baby blanket, several toddler skirts, a toddler dress, a work skirt for me and some lounge pants. Mostly successes with one misstep thrown in for good measure. Ha! Pictures and reviews coming soon.

In the meantime, I'm just enjoying getting back to my regularly scheduled life. I missed it so much and am so very happy to be back in my groove.

9 comments:

  1. So glad you're feeling better. :)

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  2. Yay, I'm so glad you're feeling better!

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  3. I'll say what everyone else says - it's good to hear about your return to health. But I have to say the most impressive part of this post is that you're now sewing pants?! That just sounds incredibly difficult to me!!!

    And I know what you mean about the next couple of months. I just had to compare calendars with a friend and show her the one free weekend I have until December!

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  4. So glad you're feeling better! Think of how productive 2010 will be with all of your fun sewing projects! Enjoy feeling good before the buys holiday season!!! xoxo!

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  5. Happy to hear you are finally feeling a lot better.

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  6. So glad you're better and are able to move around and be active again. I feel like you've been sick for months. Well, I guess you have been. Sounds like you're going to be uber busy. NYE will be here before you know it. Do you have 12/13 saved? I hope so, for the shower. Can't wait to see your blogs on the sewing projects. See you soon at book club!

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  7. I'm so glad you're feeling better and I can't wait to see your sewing projects. I don't have a crafty bone in my body so getting a peek at what you do brings me as close as I'll probably get!!

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  8. I'm so amazed that you get so much done on the weekends! I usually end up doing zero chores :) Can't wait to see your fun sewing projects.

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