Knitter in Progress

I finished three Barn Raising squares this month. Clockwise from the top: Great Adirondack Soxie, Shibui, and Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport(leftover from Diva's hat). I also finished this , but it's a Ravelry link because of the whole secrecy thing. ********************************* P90XLean: Plyometrics I love this one more and more every time I do it. It's a lot of jumping but I can feel my jumps getting higher and higher each time. I burned 513 calories.

I blocked some knitting finishes today including part of the mystery gift project. I'll post about all of it tomorrow after it dries. I can't believe it's only the end of January; this month seemed so incredibly long to me. Oh, and I receive the Carreaux cross stitch pattern today--just as lovely in person. ************************************* P90XLean--Legs and Back, Ab Ripper This workout has made it's reappearance in the rotation. I made it through with the same weights I used before my recovery week(15 and 20 pounds). There was much cursing and complaining on my part so I'm thinking that's how I know if I'm "bringing it"--when I want to throw something through the screen but I'm incapable of it because I have to concentrate so hard on what I'm doing.

As I'm sitting to type this, I'm smelling some freshly baked banana bread and listening to Diva and Rage pseudo work together at Lego Star Wars. Pretty soon it's their bedtime and time for me to sit down with some knitting and watch both of the Underworld movies(I need to refresh my memory after seeing the third one last weekend). I did not workout today but I decided to swap my rest day on Sunday for today. I've come to the conclusion that if I don't workout before dinner, it's not going to happen.

P90X Lean--Day 31/90--Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps New phase, new workout. Today I got up close and personal with Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps. If you can picture that the muscles in your body are arranged into "pushing" muscles and "pulling" muscles then you might be able to understand why this hour was tough. It's all "push" and no pull. You do tons of push ups, triceps extensions plus a bunch of shoulder work. I'll be feeling this one tomorrow. Oh, and on top of that I had to do the Ab Ripper workout immediately following all that pushing. Good thing I have yoga tomorrow to loosen things up.

Today was a cardio day. I decided to do Cathe's IMAX 2 --love it--burned 507 calories. Step aerobics will always be my first love, I think. I never feel better than after a really intense hour or so of step. Eating today--marginal. I should start posting what I eat everyday, but I won't(at least not yet). ********************************* In other news, I did a bit of cross stitch shopping today while I was waiting for the refrigerator guy--I didn't mention that our ice maker died--well it did before the truck did. The truck is fixed. The ice maker still isn't working despite assurances from the repair man that it was fixed. The ice maker has been "fixed" since 11am and now at 9pm I haven't seen a single cube. Guess who I'll be calling tomorrow.

Well, the truck has been to the dealership and is now back in the garage. The fastest turn over from dealership X we have ever had--it must have something to do with the crappy state of car sales as in they have nothing else to do. Apparently, the "module" that translates the transmission stuff to the car's computer died. So now that it's replaced Truckie is back on the road and we're all happy. ************************************* P90X Lean: Today I started Phase 2: Core Synergistics Because I was handicapped by one car, I did not get to workout until after dinner which is always a bad thing for me. I'm tired and my body just does not want to cooperate. So I pushed myself but I just burned out on some of the exercises. Also, as I looked at my food log I realized the only protein I had today was at dinner which may also explain my lack of energy. Thoughts on my first month of P90X: --I lost 3 pounds --I lost 1.25 inches from my waist --I lost 1.5 inches from ...

I got my yoga workout in. I watched the NHL skills competition. I went out to dinner and a movie with some of the crew(Underworld: Rise of the Lycans--which was awesome). Then on my way home. . . my truck died. I'm not sure if it's last rites time; I'll keep you posted.