New and Yummy

Ok so I just tried Tempeh for the first time and I have to say its really, really good. So I'm pretty excited about it. It was a pretty interesting sandwich with veggie slices and avocado. Yum. Love, love, love it.

Its been a pretty good day so far. I took pilates which for some reason was not as hard today as it usually is. I had a fabulous new sandwich, we are meeting up with a friend for coffee at starbucks, then I teach my yoga class and then I have a meeting for the yoga seminar I am teaching at. Yay! So it should be a busy but fun day.

As for knitting yummy's I found this amazing yarn that I REALLY REALLY want but they apparently only sell it in the UK, lame. Its called Araucania Botany Lace. Its so pretty. :)

My favorite is probably the green but the colors are amazing and as I said I really, really want it. Now to figure out how to acquire it without spending a million dollars in shipping. I will need to talk to my LYS at some point to see if they might try and carry it. LOVE.

Alright I am off to get some knitting done on this sweater before coffee (well before more coffee in the form of a Pumpkin Spice Latte). Yum! This post is delicious. :)

Finished!

I just finished my spoilee's handmade gift. I'm so happy its done. I just need to photograph it and buy 2 more things for the box so I can send it out as early as possible. :) Its a little crazy how much time I have before I need to send it out so I will probably slowly continue to add things to the box, lol.

On to the Christmas knitting. Just gotta finish Jesse's sweater and the afghan I am working on. I want to cast on more but I am going to hold off until I finish something first.

Flexitarian

I have recently adopted a more vegetable friendly diet. I have wanted to give up meat for some time or at least severely limit my intake of meat. I have never been one of those people that thinks man am I hungry for some steak. I have always loved veggies so its kind of surprising to me that it has taken this long for me to adopt this lifestyle. It is a slow transition but I want it to work with my life as well which is why I am a flexitarian. I eat a mostly vegetarian lifestyle with a few dairy products and fish sprinkled in (I really like sushi so giving up fish is out of the question for me). I have recently found veggie slices and they are really good so I will probably eat that in place of cheese. My husband is a hardcore carnivore and while he somewhat enjoys my love of tofu in foods or vegetable based dishes he is not interested in converting. I think we are going to continue to feed our daughter meat as well. If either of them want to convert I am in full support but I feel its a choice you should make for yourself for your own reasons.

Anyway in the world of knitting... I am four pattern repeats into my spoilee's handmade gift. I can't be more specific in case she reads my blog. :) Other than that I haven't really had time to work on other projects. Last night I taught my yoga class and followed it up with a piyo class so I was too tired to do anything when I got home. Tonight I hope to either work on my spoilees project or mix it up and work on Beagle or my Aran Afghan.

Change of thought

I have realized that I have been much more negative lately. I am getting frustrated more quickly with things than I did before and I really think its because I let myself go to that negative place right away. I let my emotions take over before I fully process the situation. So I am going to trying and consciously change my thoughts by letting go of the negative ones and replacing them with a new one. Stopping the train of thought before emotions kick in. I used to do this all the time and it worked AND I was much happier with less frustration. Its going to be a challenge but I really want to let go of the negativity. I think its really going to help in my day to day life. :)

On a knitting related note. I bought my yarn for my spoilees project and I cast on. I am only through 2 repeats of the pattern but I'm pretty excited. I also bought the yarn I think I am going to send her (unless I see something else and change my mind, lol).

I have to teach my yoga class tonight and if I am feeling up to it I intend to go to piyo as well. Here's hoping I have the energy because I have been feeling blah and tired all day. Even my pumpkin spice latte didn't completely turn my day around. I think its a dreary weather funk. Its been overcast for days.

I have found an awesome new tv show called Awkward. I am a little worried its not going to be around for very long because its only 10 episodes in and the season is over next week. It might be another heart breaker like Firefly which was too short lived...sigh. Also NCIS is back, woot!

As usual its been a while

IIIIIIIII'm Baaaaaaaack! Things have been crazy busy as usual. I am teaching more, Evie is growing up so fast and life is moving along. So what is new with me? I have been working out like a fiend and watching those calories and since March I have lost 20lbs. Pretty awesome. It was one of those things that I have wanted to do for a while and now that I am not breastfeeding etc. I was able to focus on it. I hope to keep it off too (with the exception of another pregnancy of course).

As far as knitting goes. I have been knitting like crazy. I am working on the Beagle sweater by Norah Gaughan and an afghan for a friend. I hope to see her this Christmas so I can give it to her (hopefully it will be done by then...). The sweater is for my step-father who really enjoys my knitting. I also have about a million projects I would like to cast on but I am working on using stash I have now and trying not to accumulate more yarn for now. Its going well so far. I have a swap I am in now that I need to buy yarn for (hopefully tomorrow after toddler tales). I have dreams of doing lots of knitting for Christmas but I need to be realistic and realize I am not that fast of a knitter.

I was in Sock Sniper this year which was fun and I hope to be in it again next year. I usually do Sock Wars but apparently that is no longer going on. I wish I would have survived longer than getting one shot fired (I sent off 3 in the last sock wars). Unfortunately thats not how it worked out though. It was fun. My sniper sent me sheep shaped soap, sparkly halloween stickers for evie and some nice socks.

Anyway I think thats enough rambling for this post. Off to get ready for work....