Sushi Revenge

I love sushi.  It's expensive and my sodium intake goes through the roof because of the soy sauce, but I truly love it.  Last night I indulged in a very nice roll - tuna wrapped in brown rice.  Today I'm up THREE pounds!  I can place those directly at the feet of my sushi, and I'm not happy about it.  I know the pounds will be off in a day or so, but I'm not happy about the gain anyway.  I blame all of the things that I love to eat for putting pounds on me, but I can either eat a diet of no enjoyable food, or I can indulge rarely and simply lose the weight back afterwards.  Afterwards seemed the best course of action, so that's what I have to do.  It does get frustrating, though.  I'm working so hard on dropping some weight and in reality I'm just running very hard to stay in place. 

I did get my silk washed last night, and I'll assemble the stretcher frame tonight.  I plan to paint the silk on Wednesday and set the colors on Thursday (it requires a 24 hour period before heat-setting the colors into the fabric).  Then I can remove it from the frame and begin beading.  It's been a long haul to get to this point.  I started beading samples in March before I decided that what I was trying simply wouldn't work.  I shifted gears and moved from jewelry to household, beginning my box.  It has taken regular and intensive work to get to this point, but I'm very happy with the results thus far.  So, now I am moving into the final stages.  At every stage I had the chance to ruin my vision.  I still have that opportunity, so I have to be cautious.  I don't count myself any expert on silk painting - in fact I have never painted on silk in my life.  But I'll get it done because I need to, and if it turns out half the way my mind says it will look, I'll be very happy with the finished project.  I'm trying to get this finished before I leave for Bead & Button in June.  That's a tight deadline!