Look "Hoos" Been to Visit

I haven't really done much on my SAL so I'm not going to be posting a picture today. I've been concentrating on the Palms and I'm about 1 sitting away from finishing it up. I've been in a bit of a funk lately and haven't felt like doing much. Sure wish I could snap out of this. I'm not sure if it is just the Winter Blahs or what.

Here's a picture of a little beastie that came to visit the other week. I think he's a barn owl, but I'm not confident of it. He showed up around 3 and stayed until after dinner sometime. He sure is patient. The next morning he was out there as well! I was so thrilled that I've been able to get a good picture of him! He's been back a few times since always around 3 or so in the afternoon. This kind of surprises me since I thought that they were night hunters. The kids now make fun of me because I'm always looking for "my owl". The squirrels seem to make themselves quite scarce when this little fellow is out and about. I sure hope that he continues to come by for many years to come.


On the sewing front, I've made another purse and an OSU pillow for one of my dear sons. The OSU pillow allowed me to try machine applique. I still need to finish off the Valentine's gift for DH. I think I finally have a cross that I like so I just need to combine it with the text and do a test stitch out.
I've been making it to the gym rather regularly, however, I don't seem to be losing any weight. Of course, working out makes me hungry and you can see where that is leading. I've been doing some work on this wave machine which sort of simulates skating. I'm not sure if this has caused it but I've had the worst pain in my back since. Last week I went to a yoga class and this really seemed to help. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself moving quickly enough this AM to get back to yoga today.

I'm planning on finishing off the Palms this weekend and should have a post quickly following.

Cheers,