catching up

i decided to skip water aerobics tonight. my knee has been giving me a fit all day and i just felt like coming home. i'm a little aggravated by what i'm perceiving as a little bit of a setback. i don't know what i did that is making it hurt. i have an appointment with dr. b at the end of the month, but i might move it up if i keep hurting like i have been.

the thing is i do feel better for the most part after i go to water aerobics. i have some pain, but then these ol' muscles haven't had much activity in quite a while. i'm just going to have to get over the fact that i'm going to hurt when i walk. there's barely any cartilage left, so i have to deal with it. losing the weight will help tremendously thus i must continue on with the water aerobics...lol.

tomorrow is the last day of the weight watchers at work session. i'm hoping we will have enough folks sign up for round 2. they've dropped out like flies in this first session. i think we had about 10 of us who have attended consistently. i have only missed meetings because i had to miss them. i will definitely keep going whether it is with a group at work or with a group at the weight watchers center. and i've decided i'm going to continue with the online deal as well. i want to transition over to a paper journal eventually. i like the convenience of researching the food online as well as the other info you get from the website.

i had mentioned that janelle and i were going to columbia this past weekend. it wound up being a pretty productive trip. i scored some yarn at hobby lobby for the victory junction gang ravelry project i'm working on. i decided i wanted to crochet a granny square blanket. i'm using yarn bee luscious with the center being black raspberry followed by bubblegum, black walnut, and ice. the yarn is so soft and cuddly. i'll take some pics soon and post them.

i was tickled that janelle requested i make her an afghan for college. the colors she wants for her room are tourquoise/teal, white, and black. i found yarn bee airy which i think will work for her. i'm not sure if i'm going to make hers a granny square blanket or not. i'll have to swatch it and see.

after janelle's meeting we headed over to the build-a-bear store at the columbiana mall. south carolina's fbla chapters are donating bears to the shriners hospital in greenville for the kids there. of course my bear, elliott, was decked out with a nascar shirt and hat and blue jeans. guess who he was named after? :) janelle nixed the idea of me naming him elliott william barnes sadler, jr. she said elliott was just fine. her bear, michael, sported overalls and a cowboy hat. he was named after a friend of hers. so far janelle's school has collected about 10 bears.

well that's about it for now. i figure you don't really want to read my grumblings with certain things, so i'll take my sister's advice and try to let it all go.