i really should figure out a way to post a little chart to the side somewhere, rather than taking up space here... but anyway, diet is still on. i've lost just over 40 pounds, 40-1/2 actually, in 5+ months. we went back onto the first "phase" of the south beach diet to kick start some weight loss again, which means removing all fruit, whole wheats (bread, pasta) brown rice/couscous, etc... i'm tired of this phase and am ready to move back to the 2nd one (which will happen on wednesday).

other than that... i got another one of those "wood" aol cd boxes. i need to do something crafty with those things.

blaire wants to be married. so, what to do? make a website about it: help blaire find a husband.

please, oh please, answer a question for me: why does regis, of LIVE with regis and kelly, have three cups in front of him, that he drinks from every morning on the show? 2 blue coffee mugs and 1 glass mug with a cappuccino or something in it. it's driving me nuts! what is he drinking? who needs that many options in the span of an hour?

i've slowly been learning how to use adobe illustrator, and my first completed drawing is of a knitting frog. i added his jolly face on some items at cafepress. presuming you're familiar with knitting lingo, you should "get" my frog. :) (i know i've "frogged" my fair share of knit projects!) let me know what you think of him!

also, in other cafepress news... we've added a new design to the craftPOP.com store.

i just updated my projects area to include my friend's knit baby blanket and my ribbon belt.

back in so cal. after a day of delayed planes, due to a very heavy, very random down pour in nashville.

i finished my friend's baby blanket, pictures coming. she really liked it, although she didn't realize i had made it to begin with. ha!

stuck to the diet relatively well while i was away and managed to lose about 8 1/2 pounds. bringing the grand total to 38 1/2, in almost 5 months. i've gone down 2 pants/jeans sizes, everything i own now is naturally hip-hugger (and lower) height now.

i finally found the d-rings needed for making a ribbon belt, however i didn't end up using grosgrain ribbon. i found some sturdy weaved "ribbon" that i liked instead. the belt is light beige and the stitching is a khaki brown color.

Entertainment Weekly appears to be imitating our site, Adtunes.com, a little too closely -- "Open Letter to Entertainment Weekly"

Bastards.