Birthday rewards...

For those of you who donated to my birthday spoiling fund, here are a couple of the things that I've gotten. The purse has silver studs on the strap too. It's huge compared to my last purse, but it's got major character :) The shirt is darker by a bit than shows in the picture, and has little rutchings at the bottom of the 3/4 sleeves and on the sides of the tummy. I also got a pair of jeans, leather gloves, and desperately needed tights. Thanks!

Some doodles

So here are some sketches that I did (without touch-ups) from "how to draw" books. If you actually want to see them you can click for the larger image :)

New springtime 'do

My hair was down to the middle of my back, so I was ready for a bouncy kind of change :)

Guess where...

My current battle...

I've always really enjoyed food, and certainly I've enjoyed it too much =)

Since we moved nine months ago I gained over fifteen new pounds I didn't need. My back started being in pain every day and none of my clothes fit anymore. So two weeks ago I started learning about how many calories I actually consume normally (and what I should be eating) and exercising every day. It has made me grouchy a few days - eating less that is - but it's starting to pay off already.

My wedding ring fits back on my finger now (I had to move it to my pinky especially with the warm weather), my back doesn't hurt every day and I've lost three or so pounds. And I haven't been starving myself at all, just eating reasonably and being active. So wish me luck to keep up my willpower. I don't want weight-induced diabetes and I want to wear my clothes again...

Hair adventures

So, I think a hair dying is in my future. Do you think I can pull off the blue look? I'm actually leaning toward purple or burgundy... And of course my hair doesn't actually have this cool cut either.

What about Stacia?

So, I thought, I should write a post that's not about my kids. Hmm. This is harder than it should be...
-I've been exercising almost regularly the last three weeks or so. My number of crunches has increased very naturally, as is so important post-partum! I want my flat tummy back! It still feels wrong to be exercising before the sun comes up, but at least it helps me wake up to do so. At least for the first week Curran thought it was very amusing to watch me flap my arms around and count reps.
-I've been reading George RR Martin novels, high fantasy like, and really enjoying them. Way way way better than the David Eddings that I worshiped in high school.
-Some of my time has been spent looking at job opportunities for Aric, because I have much vested interest in where we move to!
-I'm constantly trying to keep on top of housework. I always seems that the house is nice and clean OR we eat good meals, but never both! Arg!
-The planning for my 6th anniversary is finally finished, but it's a surprise for Aric, so you'll have to hear about it later.
-I get to go see the San Jose Sharks (hockey) at the Shark Tank next week! I consider it an awesome start to the day following - which is our anniversary.

Yay, I thought of stuff about me!