Week Thirty-One

I did it, made it to the 170s. Well 179 to be exact. I will take it. Things are going really well with my weight loss right now. Hope I didn't just curse myself, lol. I have been pretty busy and active this summer. I'm worried that things will slow down when it starts getting colder. I'm going to try not to let that happen. I'm also planning on taking extra vitamin D to see if that helps. I tend to go into a funk in the winter.

Other good news. I did my 100th workout at Curves and got my Curves 100 T-shirt. My calorie burn has been a little lower lately. I think partly because I can't workout hard on the squat machine because of my knee. Maybe partly due to expending so much energy elsewhere. I have been working on the house scrapping and prepping for painting. That is a frigging lot of work. Also realized how expensive the paint is going to be. Definitely have to prime because there is a lot of exposed wood from scrapping. I had to go to court about it on Thursday. I don't understand why when I asked for a six months extension and it is well within that timeframe. But they said I had to go so I did and asked the judge for another month which he granted. The porch is finally done.

My first soap batch is drying nicely. I made the second batch and it came out really well. A nice deep purple and smelling like lavender. I bought a length of PVC pipe to use as a mold. I will have Brandon cut it down today and split it in half so it will be easier to get the soap out. I also got beef and pork fat from the butcher so I can render tallow and lard to use in soap making. Also ordered a 2 lb. Wooden soap mold.

Trouble in paradise. Brittany and Mark are going through a rough patch and she and Ayden are flying back here today. I hope they can work it out. At 2 I am meeting my friend, Chris, at Barnes and Nobel. Our usual get together spot. I better go charge my nook.