A blurry pic of me. Do you notice how many fewer wrinkles show? I am sitting down because despite the workouts I've been doing, the body shape isn't changing. That happens when you come home, sit on the sofa, or lay down. And then you eat too much to make up for the lost calories. I am making a new resolution today. I will try to get through the day without a nap and without laying down at all and I will try to do this for the next several days. I'm not expecting totally keeping the resolution from the first day. I am expecting to do the best I can.

In this pic you can see the double chin and my lovely Avon earrings. I am fortunate that my Avon lady has allowed me to purchase some of the best items at a reduced price. Of course we have been together over 25 years. I guess I have grown on her. Anyway, below is a better look at the earrings. They are antiqued brass with purple and pink stones. I know every computer registers colors a little differently. There are also some blue stones in the earrings. I am definitely a wearer of big earrings. I have found that the older I get, the more I like the larger pieces of jewelry. I have very few small pieces and rarely wear them.

I have received my batik fabrics and I am working on the studio to clear out the mess I've made over the last year. I think I should probably clean it out at least once a week. I also think that is one resolution I haven't made yet. Over the months that I've been recuperating from my surgery the studio has become a super place to put things I don't know what to do with. I had posted some pics of it a long time ago. I could now post pics of small sections and it would still be too messy to work in. And a sewing machine needs room to work well. Anyway, I'm going to try to put in at least a couple of hours a day till it's ready for sewing. I went totally nuts on the batiks and went to JoAnn's and bought more. And ordered more which I finally received. I have been prone to that behavior all my life. I see something which turns me on and I promptly purchase the things I need to make it. Then I don't. Make it. I just collect.

This last week has been something of an eye opener to me. I'm speaking of the wonderful weather we have been having. Beginning Tuesday the rain I had hoped for began. With a huge windstorm/rainstorm. The storm door on the front of our house caught the wind, blew open and pulled the hardware out of the wood. Then yesterday I discovered the porch light had been hit by the door and was broken. But just as I was about to feel sorry for myself I happened to watch the news and there are trees down all over Knoxville, power lines dangling and broken, and at one time almost 130,000 people without power in the city alone. I saw pictures of houses and cars with huge trees on them, broken and not fixable. I don't feel sorry for me. This is just a taste of what has been happening in the mid and southern sections of the country this Spring. I have decided to be grateful for the small amount of damage here at the house and more caring toward those people who have lost everything. What a year this has been so far!