Finally...Feeling Better

Well I haven't posted in ages and ages it seems. Almost 2 months. I got so sick in February and it held on and on until about mid April. Then all I could do was sleep after work. I fell into a slump and have not created a thing since March. It was taking all my effort to get better and finally I started to get some energy back and decided that this is the time of my life that I needed to take back my health.

I am type 2 diabetic and was taking a multitude of insulin shots and pills and feeling worse everyd ay and with each new diagnosis of something else from my diabetes my checkbook suffered as well as my mental health. I turned 39 in March, some kind of turning point I guess because all of a sudden it occurred to me that I was in very big danger of dieing young. I have a daughter and grandson to live for. So on May 5 I began a completely low-fat vegan lifestyle change. Since then I am off the insulin and a host of drugs and I have lost 16 pounds and I have not even exercised yet. I am following the Dr. McDougall Maximum Weight Loss Plan for life, haven't heard of Dr. McDougall you can read more here http://www.drmcdougall.com/. I followed this plan ten years ago and lost 60 pounds, but when I went back to eating regular meat and dairy and bread I gained it all back plus 50 pounds.

I feel soooooo much better than I did 3 weeks ago. I imagine that will get even better as the days go by.

Annie doll swap

I made this little lady for an Annie swap. Her strawberry is made of 100% wool. I am actually making three more in various sizes.

Redwork wallhanging swap

Ok, so this is my first real attempt at a wallhanging. I really liked doing the redwork though. It goes so quickly when you only use one color. I wish I had gotten a better picture of her.

Crow stitcheries

I made these crow stitchery pillows for another swap with the same group as the ornies. I like this simple design a lot.

A gaggle of crow ornies

I was in a swap not long ago to make ornies, so I made 8 ornie and sent out 6 of them to my swapmates. I had so much fun making these ornies. My sweety had to have one and so did I (I think he is my biggest fan).

Bunnies are addicting

I came across a website by Jennifer Murphy of http://www.jmurphybears.com/home.html. She has the cutest little Bunny project on her site or you can see it at http://www.jmurphybears.com/projects.html, just scroll to the bottom of the page, there is also a pumpkin man project which is very cute too. I never thought I would really like a project like this, but I had so much fun making one that I made another one after. I plan to make more in different colors, because Bunnies after all can be shown all the time. This is my version of Jennifer's Bunny.

Whatever you do................

Don't catch the virus that is going around. It had me down for a whole month, which is why I have not posted in so long. It's been a long, long month this last month. First I got sick right in the middle of my blog giveaway contest and I had already been sick 2 weeks before that.


Then on February 26, my 2004 dodge stratus was completely destroyed by some guy in a parking lot. It turned out that I owed more for the car than it was worth so I didn't get any money to replace it. The car company got the money and I still OWE! Grrrr. So no car with a teenager and a 15 month old and unreliable bus transportation where we live. So between a rental and my mom's car we have been making due.


Finally, yesterday Easter Sunday, my mom took me to a dealer she spoke to on the phone and after being there for 6 hours I drove home in a new 2007 Hyundai Accent silver. Here's a pic. So now I have a new car and things are looking up. My energy is coming back and I can post some pictures of things I have worked on. I sent out the two prizes for the blog giveaway too. So in a couple of days I will post those pictures. I hope everyone has a great week.



Prim Hugs,
Lisa