Lose For Good!

Hey, everyone! Every year the Weight Watchers organization has a charity drive called Lose For Good. The idea is that people who are trying to lose weight donate food based on how much weight they've lost. They collect can donations for local Food Banks, which are sorely in need of donations, especially as the holiday season will soon be upon us. Last year they raised a $1 million for a charity to help fight world hunger. This year, you can help.

TODAY ONLY, people can write blogs, "like" Lose For Good on Facebook, or comment on a blog post (like this one!) about the Lose For Good campaign. For every "like" they receive, or for every blog post like this one, for every comment left on this blog, Weight Watchers will donate money toward this Lose For Good challenge. So, go ahead! Leave me a comment. And if you're interested in getting involved in other ways, you can visit this Lose For Good link.

I've lost 5 lbs (yay!) on WW in the last couple of months. They're a great organization, so get involved!

Feeling Crafty

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've got a bit of a yearning to be creative and crafty lately. Suddenly I want to learn how to do... well, pretty much everything: sewing, needlepoint, cross stitch, embroidery. You name it, chances are I want to learn it. Last night I was wandering through Joann Fabric, and it has totally opened my eyes to the possibilities of being able to create things myself. Right now I've got a couple of specific projects I want to make: a quilt of my favorites of W's onesies, and Christmas stockings. Yes, that's right, I said Christmas. But if I'm going to make them, now is definitely the time to get going on them.

I've been scouring the internet and boutique shops around town for the "perfect" Christmas stocking patterns, and I've come to two solid conclusions: 1. It doesn't exist, so I'm going to have to make it up myself. 2. I MUST learn how to embroider.

Some super creative people out there are blogging about their crafty talents, and showing this generation how hobbies that were once (sorry) old-lady-ish can be fresh and new and relevant in our modern world. Check out Feeling Stitchy. Seriously, people, I need to learn how to embroider. In my head, I'm envisioning a fine knit cream-colored stocking: one side embroidered monogram, the other some sort of decoration. Each stocking similar in template but individualized for each person. Lined on the inside to protect against years of holding chocolate and other candies; as well as to help the knit keep its shape. I think the embroidered owl would be cute for W's stocking. But this opens up a whole new world for me. And lots more blog searching.