indeed. they are very different items even if reminiscent of each other.

Well, today I'm going to go to WalMart.

I just realized that almost all of my shirts are now too big for me.
They just hang off my shoulders...

So I need to get some more shirts.

I need to shop too except its more than I've gained weight and my jeans don't fit. and the pair that did, ripped real bad the other dayl

I'm scared to buy too much stuff, and kinda scared to get rid of some of my favorite larger clothes...

Every time I've lost weight, I've gained it back (and then some).
So I'm a bit nervous about this time...

But the other times were "special" diets (like the liquid diet).
This time it was changing what I ate, and it's been a year for it to come off, so maybe it will be better this time? Maybe it will stay off?

have courage in yourself! sounds like you've done it right this time and it should work out.

I sure hope so.

One thing I haven't really done though is any exercise...

I'm still a lump on the couch.
lol...

I used to walk a couple of miles a day, but after the summer I never got back into the habit of doing that.

Like today, it was over 80 out, and pretty hot for walking...(at least for me).

I should take up walking and working out. exercise....I'm so lazy. it went and got cold again outside so I don't want to go out.

I should join a gym. I know that it's expensive, when I could just walk outside, but maybe if I was spending $$ on a gym I'd actually DO something...

I'm wearing some capris that I bought at Old Navy.
They're really nice! I just love them. (They are also a size 10, which has me ecstatic).
Never mind that Old Navy sizes them different from anybody else. It says 10 on it, and that's the story I'm sticking to!

there is that possibility. you got to find the sort of exercise you enjoy. my mom does jazzercise.

haha. that's a good story then.

What's that current exercise to music fad that's going on now?

All I can think of is stromboli, but I know that's not right...

dunno. zumba? or what ever its called.

Zumba? That sounds right.

Back when I was in my 20's we had Jane Fonda workout tapes, and we had Aerobics, which was just dancing to music with choreographed steps to it. That was a lot of fun.

I think our Aerobics classes were like the current Zumba classes.

There are also all those wii and kinectic workout systems too...

I hear wii fitness works pretty good.

i think I'll go for a walk after all. even if I think I see snowflakes outside. I want to go down and look at the mural my class started.

You're going to have to take a picture of the mural...especially the part that you worked on!

There, I changed my avie!

I did take pictures on my phone, but I can't upload that onto my computer. its a group project so there isn't so much one spot I worked on. the aliens and UFO's were originally my design, but besides one alien, I didn't draw that part on the wall.

Did somebody kinda sketch it in, and then everybody is coloring it?

(I don't know how murals are usually done on walls)

we did a grid like they have in children's coloring books. its a guide to help you transfer a small image to larger. --> a better explanation
doing it this way allows anyone to work on any part of the mural.

Ah!

That seems easier to do.

But somebody has to come up with the initial smaller drawing, right?

that was collaborative. we each drew something and then we all made collages and voted on which we liked best. then we came up with color schemes and voted for that as well.

Sounds like it was a good team effort!
It takes skill to put something together that is that collaborative.

yeah. depends on the team and the project if it will work collaboratively. this is one thing that worked. of course, there also aren't that many in the class. for most of our voting sessions, only 4-6 people showed up to class. we have 8 in all or something.

Ha! If they don't show up to vote, then they can't complain about how it turns out!

So I just changed the eyebrows...do you like?

exactly. if you don't come to class, you don't get a say.

yeah. that's good.

See...I hadn't even thought of the eyebrows.
And here everybody thought I was frowning at them all the time!

haha. don't frown jean!