I've been working on my cut and paste journal lately.
How about you? Do you have a place where you keep images of stuff you like?
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
January Random
Thanks for the Christmas wishes everyone!
BTW, I haven't taken down my Christmas decorations yet. How about you? Are yours all packed away until next year? If so, please call and come on over....I need help. Family was here until last weekend and darn it....I am just not inspired to do it yet! At this rate it might just be February before I am ashamed enough to tackle the mess.
Speaking of family, since we aren't often all together I made sure we took photos of ourselves the Sunday after Christmas. That is my mother and father in the middle. Three of the kids belong to my oldest son, seven belong to my next son and two belong to my daughter. My youngest son's girlfriend joined us this year.
I just started shopping for a new sofa last weekend. I want something like this in a soft gray.
Do you Pinterest yet? I love browsing though everyone's boards. I get so much inspiration from all the photos, recipes and projects pinned. If you would like to see what I'm pinning you can find me here http://pinterest.com/steviewren/ .
I found this sweet outdoor space on Pinterest yesterday. I'll probably never have the opportunity to build something like this in my backyard....but a girl can dream can't she?
Have you seen this movie? If you haven't do yourself a favor and go. I love Victor Hugo's story of mercy and redemption. I admit it. I sniffled through the last 15 minutes.
Tomorrow night Rachel (daughter) and I are going to see the Hobbit. Can't wait!
Last summer, I found a new doctor who uses diet as well as traditional medicine to heal. After some tests, it was determined that I had a number of markers pointing towards a Candida Yeast overgrowth. The reason I made the appointment with this doctor was because I felt so bad....so, so bad. I'd been getting continually worse for a couple of years. Fibromyalgia, pain in my legs, arthritis, lethargy, not able to think as clearly as I had a few years earlier....I typed up a whole page of symptoms I had.
I started the diet which is the only real way to get the overgrowth in check. For those of you who have never done it, the diet is brutal until you get used to it. And getting used to it took about 2 1/2 months for me. It is a very low carbohydrate diet. You are allowed to eat meat, fish, some nuts, eggs, some variaties of beans, anything green, any low carb veggies, lemons, unsweetened cranberries, cold pressed oils and coconut. Drinks are restricted to water and herbal tea. No condiments, no sugar, no grains, no potatoes corn or rice, no coffee, no cokes, no dairy except plain yogurt are allowed.
Here is a link to a site that lists the symptoms. http://www.candidamd.com/candida/symptoms.html You can find many other online sites that might help you understand it, if you think you might have it.
So here I am 5 months later and 60 lbs. smaller. This is the upside of the diet....besides feeling SO much better. The recommendation for the diet is to adhere to it strictly for 3 months. I'm trying to stay on it until the summer. I still have a ways to go on the weight loss. I want to lose at least 40 more lbs., maybe more.
I would show off a photo of the newer and improved me...but the best one I have is the family photo at the beginning of this post.
Creative wise I'm not doing so good, the exception being the granny square afghan I work on while watching television. Between work and having to cook all my meals, thanks to the diet, I can't find enough time to accomplish much. That is another reason I love Pinterest. I browse and dream about all the projects I'd like to be working on.
Since this has been a long and random post anyway, I think I'll add a few more random images that I like from Pinterest before I close.
BTW, I haven't taken down my Christmas decorations yet. How about you? Are yours all packed away until next year? If so, please call and come on over....I need help. Family was here until last weekend and darn it....I am just not inspired to do it yet! At this rate it might just be February before I am ashamed enough to tackle the mess.
Speaking of family, since we aren't often all together I made sure we took photos of ourselves the Sunday after Christmas. That is my mother and father in the middle. Three of the kids belong to my oldest son, seven belong to my next son and two belong to my daughter. My youngest son's girlfriend joined us this year.
I just started shopping for a new sofa last weekend. I want something like this in a soft gray.
I'm so in the mood to re-do everything.
Do you Pinterest yet? I love browsing though everyone's boards. I get so much inspiration from all the photos, recipes and projects pinned. If you would like to see what I'm pinning you can find me here http://pinterest.com/steviewren/ .
I found this sweet outdoor space on Pinterest yesterday. I'll probably never have the opportunity to build something like this in my backyard....but a girl can dream can't she?
Have you seen this movie? If you haven't do yourself a favor and go. I love Victor Hugo's story of mercy and redemption. I admit it. I sniffled through the last 15 minutes.
Tomorrow night Rachel (daughter) and I are going to see the Hobbit. Can't wait!
Last summer, I found a new doctor who uses diet as well as traditional medicine to heal. After some tests, it was determined that I had a number of markers pointing towards a Candida Yeast overgrowth. The reason I made the appointment with this doctor was because I felt so bad....so, so bad. I'd been getting continually worse for a couple of years. Fibromyalgia, pain in my legs, arthritis, lethargy, not able to think as clearly as I had a few years earlier....I typed up a whole page of symptoms I had.
I started the diet which is the only real way to get the overgrowth in check. For those of you who have never done it, the diet is brutal until you get used to it. And getting used to it took about 2 1/2 months for me. It is a very low carbohydrate diet. You are allowed to eat meat, fish, some nuts, eggs, some variaties of beans, anything green, any low carb veggies, lemons, unsweetened cranberries, cold pressed oils and coconut. Drinks are restricted to water and herbal tea. No condiments, no sugar, no grains, no potatoes corn or rice, no coffee, no cokes, no dairy except plain yogurt are allowed.
Here is a link to a site that lists the symptoms. http://www.candidamd.com/candida/symptoms.html You can find many other online sites that might help you understand it, if you think you might have it.
So here I am 5 months later and 60 lbs. smaller. This is the upside of the diet....besides feeling SO much better. The recommendation for the diet is to adhere to it strictly for 3 months. I'm trying to stay on it until the summer. I still have a ways to go on the weight loss. I want to lose at least 40 more lbs., maybe more.
I would show off a photo of the newer and improved me...but the best one I have is the family photo at the beginning of this post.
Creative wise I'm not doing so good, the exception being the granny square afghan I work on while watching television. Between work and having to cook all my meals, thanks to the diet, I can't find enough time to accomplish much. That is another reason I love Pinterest. I browse and dream about all the projects I'd like to be working on.
Since this has been a long and random post anyway, I think I'll add a few more random images that I like from Pinterest before I close.
I think this sums up why I'm on a diet.
No explanation needed.
You know how I love a face!
Happy New Year from A Little Birdie!
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Afghans and Popovers
This is what I've been up to lately....on the extremely strict Candida diet...losing weight, feeling better, hardly any fibromyalgia symtoms...finishing one afghan and starting another....cooking every meal I eat, which includes coconut flour popovers this morning...going to a scrapbooking mini album class with a friend yesterday...traveling up to Madison to see the grandkids today...off work tomorrow for Veteran's Day....gotta love those Bank holidays!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Books and Illustrations
When I visit the thrift store there is one thing I can not leave without purchasing....children's books with great illustrations. I'm a sucker for them.
Time and Measuring by Adelaide Holl and Seymour Reit. Pictures by Harry McNaught. Golden Press New York. Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1970 Edition.
The Thinking Book by Adelaide Holl, Elementary School Teacher Worthington, Ohio. Pictures by Dagmar Wilson. Golden Press New York 1970 edition.
The Magic of Everyday Things by Seymour Reit. Pictures by June Goldsborough. Golden Press New York 1970 edition.
I hope my grandkids enjoy thumbing through them as much as I do.
Monday, August 13, 2012
A New Redo!
This photograph is in the newest issue of Artful Blogging magazine. As soon as I saw it I knew that it was time to redecorate my work cubicle around those colors.
Enlarge the picture and check out the adorable Kleenex box! Now check out the artist's blog. Recently I finished the last Kleenex in the box, but I was unwilling to get another (dull) box so I carefully refilled this one. I hope it lasts forever because it makes me happy....and a girl at work has got to find her happiness wherever she can!
It's always good to have something new to look at. No one should be forced to stare at dull cubicle walls day after day!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Orange you happy to see me?
Doodling via Microsoft Paint and a mouse....not the easiest digital tools to use.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Grandchild #12 Makes His Entrance
He has 6 older sisters...wait make that 6 extra mothers.
BHB born yesterday 5 weeks early. Weighing in at 5 lb. 10 oz. 18 1/2 inches long.
Welcome to the world baby boy!
Friday, June 15, 2012
Remember When?
Remember when I used to sketch at work? I miss being able to do that. So today I made a fast drawing using Microsoft Paint. The program is pretty limited, but I think I like the results.
She has a bit of a split personality....but she has plastered a smile across both sides of her face.
She has a bit of a split personality....but she has plastered a smile across both sides of her face.
It's been a while since I've posted anything,
Sorry.
Hope everyone is doing great.
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