I Did It!

• Woooo! On 03/26/2007 I started at 259. Today I'm at 199.

  That's right, just 1/2 lb per week. Slow and steady catches the worm. In graphical form:

  My BMI is still technically overweight, though. Granted, BMI isn't a very good measure, but in this case I agree with the assessment and I'm going to go for 10 more lbs.



• I've only recently started using multiple colors of clay together. I have an irrational fear of "using up" the clay when I mix it, even though a pound of clay is like $1. However, a clay model gathers impossible-to-remove dust and small nicks. So I've finally bitten the more expensive bullet of switching to sculpey.

  A 4 year old of my acquaintance calls this "the treasure cat" and a 2 year old, also of my acquaintance, calls it "measure cat". (Also, any Cheshire Experts will notice right away the wrong color I didn't notice until too late.)



• I have a scrollsaw from way back but the blade broke and it turns out that that size is hard to find. Then last weekend I found a bandsaw at the flea market! After some tuning and tweaking, it's running great.

  Is this

  the first step on the road to this?

  Doubtful. But maybe!