Let's hear it for HGTV!

I have been an avid HGTV viewer for years and it paid off! I've been so bored with my kitchen since we moved into this house. Cream walls. Cream appliances. Cream floor. Cream counter. It's like a sensory deprivation tank. So I decided to spiff it up by doing something to the back splash.

I put tile behind the stove and the sink and then painted the rest a deep red. We liked the tile so much that we took it up and around the kitchen window too. I've been watching the folks on HGTV lay tile a million times, so I decided to give it a try. And, you know what? It IS easy. It really turned out great and my kitchen is no longer blah.

I also went shopping for clothes and, it's official, I'm a size 12! I couldn't stop smiling. I even found a couple of pair of shorts in a size 10, but I know that's not real. They were cut a little large. I am a 12 not a 10, but that's soooooo much better than an 18 or a 16 that's cut large. My only worry is that I achieved this as a result of a lot of physical activity which is easy to do in the summer. It's hard to maintain that activity level in the winter. So I need to not let my snacking bad habits return. Just because I can get away with it now, doesn't mean that I'll be able to that this winter.