Mind Body Spirit

In an effort to find some exercise activities to supplement my daily 2 mile walk, I have been trying a few things before winter really sets in.  I still walk to work in the winter, but there isn’t much else in the way of exercise.  When the weather is nice, its easy to fit in another long walk or bike ride.  But I am afraid that my nice days are now going to be few and far between.  So I’ve tried both Zumba and Bollywood dancefit classes recently at Panache, and you know what?  I really like them.  It is a combination of aerobics and dance, but the music is pumping and while it isn’t exactly like dancing at a club, it feels really good to move to music.  And after months of talking about it, today Tim and I met up with Jenn at Hoosier Heights to do some wall climbing.  We had the official lesson, and Jenn helped us along with her experience and we had a great time.  I won’t be able to use my hands tomorrow, but it was worth it to climb to the top of the wall!  I never think of myself as a gym person, but yay to finding indoor activities that I actually like.

Tomorrow I will carve pumpkins (they are already scooped and ready to go) and put the final touches on my costume which will involve freezer paper stencils…my favorite!  Also maybe some quilting.

Vibrant Fall Color

Sunday I strolled around Rosehill Cemetery and took in some beautiful fall color on a glorious day.  In about a week, the leaves will be done and the grays and browns will be here all winter.  Not very inspiring to look forward to, but I am still relishing the seasons and love the chill in the air.  It means knitting, tights, soups, quilts, scarves and gloves.

Baby Berry quilt is finished, but needs a wash and dry before I take photos.  I am rather slowly working on the same knitting project and am starting to outline yet another baby quilt.  They were thinking it might be a girl which turns out to not be the case, so I am thinking of robots.

Halloween is right around the corner, I have plans, a costume idea, candy, and pumpkins still to carve.

Fall Camping

Last weekend, Steph invited a few friends to join her at her family’s property by the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.  We took a beautiful hike in the late afternoon, stayed up to all hours with a fire and then survived the frost in the morning.  It was a great time and a nice get away.

This week at work was crazy, but I survived and am now enjoying the weekend even though we’ve gone from a cool summer to a cold fall.  I have no Halloween costume ideas and forgot to get pumpkins at the grocery today.  Maybe at the market tomorrow.

Berry Baby Quilt

I thought I was sworn off 1″ squares in quilts, but I sketched up and idea I had to use the peace fabric I bought on etsy and low and behold, 1″ squares were part of the design.  I will be making those friendship stars in orange and red too and they will form a frame around a big square of the peace fabric in the middle.  I hate to do the math, but even with only 44 friendship stars, that totals 572 pieces.  Maybe I should just stop adding up like that.  At least I am 1/2 done making the stars.  I do really love the juicy colors of this quilt and all the peace symbols and dots…it is just too cute and will be perfect for baby Berry.

I also realized how out of date my book list is.  After doing that for YEARS, I’ve fallen off.  Should work on that, but tonight?  GLEE!

**UPDATE!  I worked on my book list and it is more or less up to date.  Yay books!**

INDIEana

After the huge million pieced quilt, I forgot how quickly a baby quilt can come together.  Bliss.  This is the same pattern I made last year for Mark’s baby, and same situation where the parents, who are SLIS friends of Tim’s, don’t know the gender of the baby.  The Beatrix Potter blocks work perfectly for pulling in lots of different colors.  I will never get sick of this pattern.  Year of Making Stuff?  Number 32!

Today Kyla and I drove up to Indy to go to the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange.  We got massively lost looking for lunch, but after being fully fed from the Old Lady Cafe, we both made some pretty significant purchases.  Most of what I bought will be holiday gifts (so no pictures), except for a cute little poppy bobby pin for myself and a signed print from Jeremiah Kuch that I LOVE!  It will probably live in Tim’s office.  I scored a deal on this one.  I crossed a lot of people off my holiday shopping list, so overall a very nice and productive afternoon.

Also, is it too early to get out Halloween decorations?