Being the thoughtful Internet savvy girl that I am, I researched how to beginning a running program and found this guide. I am definitely already in the 20 minutes/3 days a week walking zone, which is awesome.
So far I've been doing 4-5 days a week of cardio in the form of either:
a: walking briskly for 20-30 minutes or
b: playing DDR (dance dance revolution) for 20-25 minutes
(Incidentally a made a DDR group on ravelry if anyone wishes to join!)
I hope that by next week, I can start to add a bit of light jogging to my walks. What I will try as a small goal would be to jog down to a coffee shop for tea, and walk home. I'm always more interested in exercise if a reward is provided. Apparently tea is reward enough.
So! There you have my getting in shape plans. Who knows, I might kick Alex's butt at running by the time he arrives.
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I have felt a bit flighty lately. Not that I'm actually a flighty girl, it's just my focus has been off. I have these amazing ideas and plans running around my head, and I cannot seem to find that motivation to put them into motion. I'm sure it's partially because I'm not in classes at the moment, and I'm grumpy being far from my honey. Basically I'm ready to be at a different spot in my life than I am, and it bothers me. I will push through though, and I will have classes in around 30 days, ah, that ray of light.
I have managed to get some things ready for an Etsy shop, and I'm super excited about that. Just waiting now on a charger for my camera and I'm ready to go! We'll see how that experiment goes.
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My Yavie socks are almost complete, and although they're simple enough, I'm still going to write up a little pattern for them.
My only issue was that working with Noro made me a little batty with the colour changes and my need of symmetry. I really needed them to match, and I could not handle harsh lines between each colour, it just involved some planning and careful splicing. My other yarn issue was that the Kureyon caused a callous on my index finger which I use to hold upcoming stitches on the needle. I really do not like it.
My Mum's mother's day gift is coming along as well. Gail shouldn't take that much longer to finish, and I really have no other option because I need the cable off of those interchangeable needles for something else. I used woolie silk 2-ply by Fleece Artist, I honestly love this yarn! One of my favourites to work with.

Off to do domestic things around my house.
Love, Zsanica




