Weil Update

My 8 Weeks project, like so many other things, dropped off the radar screen with the arrival of the kitten. I'm not sure what the cat has to do with not caring about my health anymore, but there you have it. We have still been walking most days (except when it's pouring), we're still taking our vitamins, and our favorite way to incorporate garlic is by eating spinach & garlic pizza (yummy!). We've also tried crystallized ginger (not quite like candy, but interesting!) and used ginger in some new recipes, like the pumpkin-squash soup I made this weekend. I haven't been meditating as much, although I was doing well for a while, but I try to do the relaxing breathing every day.

I started a new internship at the end of September, and I'm still getting used to my new schedule. Which means I'm pretty much exhausted in the evenings. I have a 3-week streak of falling asleep Friday night after dinner and not waking up til lunchtime on Saturday, and there doesn't seem to be much sign of that changing, so for now I'm trying to hang on to the healthy changes I already made without adding anything new until I've got a better handle on my new routine. To be continued!

New Arrival

Meet Oliver:

This little rascal is a huge part of the reason I haven't been online much lately (and therefore not blogging at all since August!). He moved into our garage in late August and, after being evicted twice, he set up camp underneath a rose bose in the backyard. We don't encourage stray kitties to hang around the yard, since we feed wild birds and that just doesn't seem fair, but Oliver flat-out refused to move on. After a couple days of listening to him cry for his mama (who showed no signs of ever coming back), we took pity on the little guy and now Oliver is an inside cat (our inside cat!).

I've never had a cat before, and it's really different from having a dog. Especially since he's so young -- he was just 5 weeks old when he first snuck into the garage. Oliver gets into everything and has to be supervised at all times to ensure he's not eating the houseplants/shredding my quilts/using the plants as a lavatory/standing on the kitchen counter/goodness only knows what. He's starting to get the hang of the house rules, but we still have to keep a pretty close eye on him, which is why I haven't been doing much sewing or blogging lately.

I'm pretty behind on all my crafty projects but I've gotten back into the swing of things over the last few weeks so hopefully I'll have some new stuff to post shortly!