Stitching for Brynne

Last Thursday, I attempted the Couch to 5k Week three program again, and I got closer, but still couldn't quite do it.  On Saturday, my third attempt was wonderfully successful!  I did the four runs as planned (90 seconds, 3 minutes, 90 seconds, 3 minutes) and then did six rounds of running for 2 minutes, walking for 3.  It was a great work out. 

I find that I always do better on the weekends when I can work out first thing in the morning.  I just can't work it into my schedule to work out in the early morning during the week, but I suspect I would improve faster if I could.  I plan to stay with the week 3 program for another week, since I've only fully accomplished it one time.  Then next week, I'll move on to the week 4 program. 

Another of my hobbies, is cross stitching.  I'm not as much into it as my sister (you can check out her work at http://chocolates4breakfast.blogspot.com/), but I am currently working on something fun.  It's an afghan for my daughter.  She graduated from high school last year and was very active in the drama department.  I bought an afghan with 20 cross stitch panels, and I'm stitching each one with one of her plays.  Since she wasn't in 20 plays, I'm having to fill in with some other items like this one, showing that she lettered in Drama, Chorus, Band and Academics:

Here are the others that I've completed so far:

In each one I'm showing the role she played in smaller letters (that's why it says "Annie" twice on that one!).  Brynne's troupe was the first to EVER perform "Magic Fairy in the Microwave," so they are the Original Cast.  The difficult part of this project is that there are no patterns for these.  I have to create my own pattern and then stitch it.  I'm hoping to complete the afghan by Christmas!

That's all for today!  Looking forward to a great run tonight!