Just a hint of color

I'm Showing my hydrangea bushes again. I started out with just the big one in the center My dad planted that for me many years ago when I first moved in. He got this off of one of the plants he had in front of his house. Last summer when they did the landscaping in front of my house he told me that he had separated a part of the bush and made a second one. Both look very healthy.

There is still only one bloom but now it has a hint of color.

Weight

Over the years, my weight has been up and down and everywhere in between.  Currently I would say I am at an all time high. 

Somewhere around the 20th of August, for some unknown reason, I decided to step on the scale. I was horrified to discover that my weight was even more than I thought it was.

I decided I needed to make a change and although I've done this in the past, I'm going for it one more time. 

First change was to start taking a lunch to work with me. I'm sort of hit or miss with packing a lunch and if I don't I buy something at the store. My choices are not always good ones. So I purchased these divided containers and fill them with healthier choices. The first week it was turkey lunch meat (no bread), a few pickles, some cheese and either cottage cheese or some kind of veggie. I've been careful to keep things at serving size instead of just throwing things in the box.

After one week, I lost 3 pounds. I know it's a small amount, but it's a start and it got me a little bit motivated to keep going. I have totally stopped eating any sweets. For me sweets are like an addictive drug. I eat just one cookie and it leads to more and more. I find myself craving food even when I'm not hungry. Since I've started this I've noticed that I don't have my usual evening cravings. I just hope I can keep this up. This is definitely something I need not only for health reasons but for my own self esteem as well. I feel much better about myself when I'm at a healthy weight.

Spellbinders clubs

About a year ago I joined a stamp and small die club of the month on Spellbinders.com. After a year of getting them and using very few, I decided that maybe I should try a different club. I Switched to the small die of the month club and got my first delivery a week or so ago. This wasn't to use on a card, it was just a practice run to see how it all went together. 

You could use this for any season just by changing the colors you use for the dress and the flowers. There are also flower and leave dies included but I didn't make any of those.  I kind of liked it however the pieces are rather small so can be a bit fidgety for older hands like mine. I think I'll try this club for a while. and if I discover that once again, I'm not using them, I'll stop and give it up. Or maybe I won't considering the fact that craft supplies seem to be my weakness. 

Cake

Holy smokes! Welcome to September. I just can't get over how fast time if flying by. 

Now on to today's subject. 

Here's a picture of the latest cake I did at work.

Another one with balloons. The last time I posted a picture of a cake with balloons Donna had a suggestion on how to do them. Well I did give that a try before I made this cake. I did a few practice balloons on my table but they weren't coming out too good. Usually it's the strings on the balloons that end up looking terrible but they didn't come out too bad on this one.