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Over the weekend, Boe and I decided to make some improvements in our lifestyles.

1) I have quit smoking. My doctor told me that with my athsma, if I kept smoking the pack a day I'm used to, I would need oxygen by 40. That's really frightening. And Boe hated it. And I was sick of hating myself every time I lit up. Disappointing the man in my life on a regular basis does not do happy things to our relationship. They (whoever "they" are) say that the first 3 days are the worst; not so. When I'm bored is the worst. Which is why I'm on the computer right now -- I'm fighting a craving.

2) I started doing Pilates and yoga three times a week. My abs are pretty damned sore. No shock there, though. I'd expected to feel uncomfortable the first couple of weeks, since I'm built like the Pillsbury doughboy.

OK, craving has subsided. Now I'm off to color my hair!

Weekend plans

I'm gonna play with fabric this weekend -- the current plans are to get a 1500 or thereabouts kirtle done on Saturday. I managed to score 6 yards of linen blend from Walmart, since the stuff was on their $1/yd table. The downside? It's really, really purple. Not quite bleeding-eyeballs purple, but very close. It's the sort of color that one assumes would be impossible with natural dyes, but au contraire!

Jen Thompson managed to get a remarkable similar color with her experiments of dying linen with cochineal. Skeptical? Look here: http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/dyes/dyeing.html

Yes, Virginia, it's a really obnoxious purple. And I like it!

Oh, and my hair color? It's a lovely shade of really subtle strawberry blonde, so subtle, in fact, that Boe hasn't mentioned it yet. :-S