After Kalissa and I went to Maker’s Market, and I bought my new cabinet, I’ve been on a decorating kick. I saw so many cute-cute things there that I can make. I have a sewing machine…I have supplies. I can do this. When I made my Spring Pillow, I dug through some of my embroidered …
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read moreThis morning, Patrick decided not to go golfing. Darn! So, we spent the day together. He napped half the afternoon. But I worked on the laundry and my cross stitching. Oh, baked a cake as well. Patrick was bugging me for his "Lazy Daisy Cake" that his mom made.
First things first. I was able to get all the quilting taken out of this quilt. Then I separated the top from the backing and batting. Now I have to go and cut a backing and batting for it and get it ready to be quilted again.
Then I decided to ...
read moreThis morning, we headed to Olympia for both of us to get our blood drawn. I got one back already but haven't seen the others yet.
After that, we went to a doughnut shop in Lacey. It was pretty good. I needed something to eat after waiting about 15 hours of fasting.
Came home and then I walked around the neighborhood. I was able to get 6 laps in, but the last one wasn't as easy as it used to be. I enjoyed listening to my book on tape. It was a good walk.
Then I sat and ...
read moreI didn’t get a lot done this week that you can see. I spent some time putting floss away and doing a little behind-the-scenes organizing. Last week I told you I started this freebie. You can find the freebie HERE. I ended up finishing it that night. I even fully finished it already. I’ll share that …
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read moreThis morning, I was up and had to get ready to head out before my war game challenge. I had a few things to do today.
First stop was to the church to pick up a quilt we gave them and one that Linda Nelson did for us. She does such beautiful quilts for us.
It's a little short but it's awesome! I love this quilt!
Then I went to Safeway to get a few things. Stopped to say hi to Phillip.
With all that done, I was ready to come back home. I really didn't want ...
read moreI can tell by the window's light when it's time to get up in the mornings. By 6:30 there is a certain brightness creeping in that tells me it's time to start the day. How wonderful to be able to start my days by the light rather than alarm clocks. I am always thankful to be retired.
I got to a thrift store recently and had quite a good poke about. One of the things in my header photo was a real find. I'd commented before that sometimes I think things in those stores are ...
read moreAfter I went to Maker’s Market, I’ve been in the mood to spruce up my Spring decorations. When I went to a retreat last year, someone was there with cross-stitch goodies. There were patterns and finished stitched pieces. Apparently, her friend had passed away, and the husband asked her to distribute things to other stitchers …
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read moreWhen I was at a cross-stitch retreat last year, a lady attended. She had a friend who had passed away. The husband asked that she distribute the cross stitch patterns and supplies to people who might appreciate it. Friends took some items and then there were leftovers. She brought them to the retreat and encouraged …
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read moreMy stitching was a little weird this week. I got some done, but it wasn’t my usual week. As you are reading this, my daughter Kelli and I are off at the Stitchery Nook shopping. They have their Needlework Market open house, and I’m so excited to be going. I can’t wait to see the …
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read moreTomorrow morning, my daughter Kelli and I are headed over to the Stitchery Nook for the Needlework Market open house. I thought it might be a good idea to pull a few projects that I plan on stitching in the near future. I’d kit them up, and if I needed any floss, I would pick …
read moreLast week on Friday, I decided I needed to get some cross stitch items finished. With all that has been going on with me personally and health-wise, some things have fallen behind. One thing is finishing my cross stitch pieces. I have several things that need to be fully finished. I prioritized Spring things as …
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read moreWednesday of last week was a tough day for me. I told you all about Arnie and me splitting up. Then I told you I got the results back from my scalp biopsy, and it showed cancer. Off-da. It was a lot for one day. My daughter Kalissa’s boys were here, and Carver wanted to …
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read moreI got some stitching time in this week. Originally, I thought I would jump in and get started on the next block for my Garden Club series from Blackbird Designs…but that didn’t happen. I am stitching this on Atomic Ranch’s Frieze in 40 count. It has a bit of pink and green mottling. The colors …
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read moreNice day! I was able to sleep in but didn't. Patrick went golfing. That game me the morning to myself. I actually sat and watched "Virgin River" on Netflix. I did notice that some of the stuff in the books are different. But it is pretty close to the books.
Patrick got home and I went for my walk. I got a call before I went out from my Gastro team in Olympia. My doctor wants me to be on the care end. A nurse or PA will call me once a month and see how I am doing ...
read moreThis morning, I worked on the laundry. Getting all the loads I didn't get over the last week and running out of clothes. I still have a couple loads to do, but at least I was able to do quite a bit today. I ran the Roomba when Debbie called to head to the museum.
Debbie picked me up to head over to the museum to talk to Donna. I took over the 3 quilts I had as well. We stopped at DB and I got another $15 gift card, since I forgot the one I have.
Arrived at ...
read moreWe are already in the second week of Lent. Right on cue, the Lenten Roses are blooming, time marches on and spring is appearing sporadically. One day it's here and the next we're plunged back into winter.It's been a very sad time this past week, our dear daughter-in-law lost her precious mother to a horrible and aggressive brain tumor that appeared, so suddenly, just last summer. We will miss
read moreWe are already in the second week of Lent. Right on cue, the Lenten Roses are blooming, time marches on and spring is appearing sporadically. One day it's here and the next we're plunged back into winter.It's been a very sad time this past week, our dear daughter-in-law lost her precious mother to a horrible and aggressive brain tumor that appeared, so suddenly, just last summer. We will miss
read moreSewing and stitching took a back seat this month, as a big chunk of my time was spent poring over Texas’ six-page primary ballot, the election for which is next Tuesday. It was a slog, but we get the government we vote for, so it was an important slog.
In between ballot research sessions, I managed to make a little progress on my Hummingbird Garden cross stitch project: 11 mandalas stitched with one to go. Some back stitching needs to be added to each of the motifs, but it’s minimal so it shouldn’t be too tedious.
Can’t ...
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