So I was randomly looking at various drop down choices on my wordpress.com account and found “QuickPress”. I guess I can’t really procrastinate writing something if I’m in the “QuickPress” page.
So far I’m keeping up with my general goals of “doing what I want to do”. How is that for a goal 
I raced my mountain bike on Saturday, in the snow like a crazy person. I came in DFL, though I could have sworn one other woman was behind me. Not that it matters if you come in DFL or 2nd to DFL… Hey, I’m just glad I made that first step into getting back into racing. Best part of all- no IT band issues! Pilates has been the ticket for this I think. Since the fall, I have been doing Pilates regularly, two times per week. There were one or two days that were missed due to illness, but in general I have been very good about going every Tuesday and Thursday, and if my instructor cancels then I do a Pilates workout at home. My instructor gives me extra homework to help with my hips/IT band, which of course I’m not as good about doing…
My mukluks are coming along. I’m stuck in this one spot in the pattern where I have to pick up stitches. I don’t know why I am avoiding this part. Picking up stitches is not all that hard. It’s actually pretty easy. I guess I just have to get over the mental hurdle and realize that I’m not going to do anything that can’t be easily fixed if I make a mistake. I need to get a move on though, because like all my projects I’m not going to have them ready to wear for the season they are intended for!
This winter I did manage to finish a pair of mittens for myself that I started last year. I thought I was going to finish them last year, but well into the second mitten I found an error that I just couldn’t figure out how to fix, which then involved frogging the entire mitten. So I didn’t start the new second mitten until this winter. I made sure I finished it without starting a new project so I could wear them this winter. Here’s the “close up”. The “action shot” is in the previous post (I’m high-fiving with the dog).
Oops, here ISN’T the photo. I don’t think I can add a photo in QuickPress, which makes sense. It’ll be in the next post, I promise!
