elvisknits

roller derby knits

Have I mentioned lately how much I love roller derby?  Last night at practice was the first night I’ve been able to actually scrimmage since my back injury (I herniated a disc about a month ago).  It felt so good to be back in the game.  Our first game of the season is less than two months away, so I’m really trying to push myself and do everything I can to make sure I’m in good shape.  Well, I say everything I can, but I did eat some onion rings yesterday…woops. 

I found a way to combine my love of roller derby with my love of knitting.  Since my team’s colors are camo, I decided to knit some camo legwarmers to wear at our firt game.  Well, that is if it isn’t too hot.  Here’s my progress so far…

new felt

I finished my new felted bag.  I started with a Noni pattern, and then either changed my mind or got lazy...I can't decide which is more true...and improvised the end to come up with the bag in the pic.  Either way, it turned out kinda groovy, simple and modern, and I'm using it right now as my everyday purse.  It holds a lot of stuff, and I LOVE  the yarn color.  It's Cascade 220 Heathers in a greenish-brown color. 

Now I'm working on more wristwarmers!!  I made a pair for three of my coworkers for Christmas, and now I'm getting requests from others to make more.  They knit up really fast, but those should keep me busy for a while.

cholesterama-mama

I just found out that my cholesterol is 286.  Sheesh.  I basically have butter squishing through my veins.  Not good.  Of course my doc wants to put me on cholesterol lowering meds right away, but I’m going to take a more active approach and try to lower it through some diet changes and exercise.  I think most people I know don’t think I can't do it – eat only veggies, fruits, nuts, beans, and soy products.  I know it will be difficult, but my mind is made up and I’m sticking to it.  I have to do it for my health. 

That's my breakfast on the left.  Take four cups of baby spinach, 1/2 cup of mango chunks, 1/2 cup mixed berries, two small bananas, two tablespoons of ground flax seeds, and soymilk, throw it all in a power blender, and voila!...instant health in a cup.  I know it looks like something really scary and nasty, but it's actually kinda tasty and fresh.  I think I can handle this.

I'm getting some inspiration from Kris over at http://www.crazysexycancer.com/.  Obviously I know having high cholesterol isn't the same thing as being diagnosed with cancer, but after I watched her movie, I was really inspired to make some changes in my life and start doing some real living.  I want to get the toxic stuff out of my life, and pump up the healthy stuff.  Go check out her website...she's a total rockstar.