The weight of it!

So here I am 18lbs lighter. It was a lot of hard work and I still have at least 10lbs left to lose. I'm sort of stuck in a rut now. Back and forth with the same 5 lbs. I'm going to have to do something to shake it up. Less food...more exercise.

Here are some before and after pics.

Looking at the "after" pic, I might need 15lbs!

For those who are interested...I went on the Medifast diet on June 20th and to date have lost 18lbs, It's really pretty easy and I'm not really hungry on it, which is remarkable for me.
I also go to Curves 3x's a week as well.
I might add, walking to this regiment. Oh yea, I also play my Wii game.
So that's it for me for now.
Back to the diet.
Lorraine

What's new here.

Well things have been busy. I recently started working at a beautiful natural fiber/art to wear boutique in Charlottesville. It's really nice and I like working there. Very relaxing...at least so far.
I get to help decorate and do the display windows and the store as well as work the store itself. It's only part time but I really like it so far. The name is Minda's boutique and she's a sweetheart. She & her husband use some of the profits to help with their ministry overseas. Really nice people.
She also said she will give me a small place to sell some of my art to wear items as well. They will be setting up a web site soon.

Our new addition.

As some of you know, we've been looking for a new dog for a few months now and sure enough a few days after Rusty left us...we found one. I swear Rusty send him to us. He's perfect!

He was found walking around a landfill with another little dog. They were so pathetic. Long matted hair, dirty and skinny.

But now we got him and he's all shaved and cute as a button.His name is spanky and he's about 1-1/5 yrs old. He's a blackish gray terrier/poodle mix. Here are the first of many pics to come.

Back Again!

Hi to all,

Well I've been busy and haven't had time to write. That's not good so I'll try to be better at that.

In the mean time, my poor little Rusty ( 17yr old Corgi mix) passed away. He had gotten very sick and eventually his kidneys gave out. Basically he finally gave up. He had a wonderful life...well at least the last 4 for sure. We adopted him when he was 13 from the shelter so we only know those last few years.

But now he's with Rosie and Toby at the Rainbow Bridge. We'll see him again there.

Here are some pics of our Rusty.

My first doll visitor- Mimi

Well she finally arrived and none the worse for wear. she's is a beautiful felted doll. Wow I was blown away from the talent of this woman. I don't think you can appreciate it from the photos. I'll try & take a better close up one next.

We took her to Charlottesville and went to eat at fishbones.

She was quite the hit.

I hope you enjoy her and much as I am.

Lorraine

4th of July was great. We got to spend it with my brother David and his family. As you can see we had a great time. The kids love the dogs and got to play with them for the whole week. Not too sure how the dogs liked it, but they all survived.



At one point we left my husband Cris to watch the kids. Needless to say... this is how it ended up. Who's watching who?


All in all we had a great time and I can't wait until they come back again. It's a long drive, especially with two small kids, but I'm sure they'll forget the pain and plan another trip here soon. lol


Love
Aunt Lorraine xxxooo

Esmeralda goes on a Trip!

Well, I've joined in a travel doll challenge where we make a small doll (10") and then we send it to 5 people on our list from all over the world and they each keep the doll for 2 weeks. They will also be sending me their dolls as well.

During this 2 weeks you take the doll all around the "world" that you live in, taking photos etc. then when the 2 weeks is up you pass the doll on and get a new one until we each get a chance to visit with all 5 dolls.

I found this very challenging because as a new doll artist I'm still very critical of my work, and I know that most of the people in this club are all wonderful seasoned doll artists. Very intimidating!!!

Anyway I finally stopped working on her... and she is what she is. Definitly not my best work, but it's funny because she ended up looking a little like my mom. She has the same crooked nose my mom had. No matter how I tried to fix it, it just stayed crooked. I didn't notice it until I saw the pictures. It's so funny.

Anyway her name is Esmeralda because she is very prim & proper, ready for travel in her faux fur and long skirt suit. However...I think with a little prodding she can be quite the party girl. We'll see.....

I'll keep you up to date as I get the dolls.

Lorraine