Announcing a New Blog

This one is aimed at anyone with an interest in cooking. But especially at certain people with an interest in my cooking. Rae, pass this along to Al. Hiya, Memphis Boy!



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Further Organization

Okay. So all the projects that are started, or kitted even partially are in three bins. One for large projects. One for small Christmas projects, and one for small projects.

I just finished typing up a database of all the small projects. All 73 of the. I didn't count how many of these are actual UFOs. I'm saving that task for later. Boy, my hands are complaining.

I feel I'll be dipping into these bins frequently to keep up my pledge on no new projects. And maybe tomorrow I'll get around to the bin of large projects. That's the one that is gonna kill me. I want to do them all. That's why they are there.

Halloweeeeny Fairy

I'm making great progress. I've got her wings, leaves beside her feet, backstitching and beading to go.

A note about her wings: I think in the photo, the Dandelion Stem green looks stripey.
My plan, and this is not original with me, is to stitch each section of the wing between the backstitching separately in order to make it look more like a natural wing. Of course this adds fractional stitches to my work load. But Priscilla is such a pleasure to work on that I won't mind a bit.

Taken Down by a Bug

Help. I've got some darn pesky little thingies upsetting my digestive system.

At least this morning the Immodium seems to be working.

Poor DH had to make his own supper last night. (yeah, I know. It's good for him. Builds character and all. But I did feel bad for him. He's used to much better quality food.)

but I did finish organizing fibers, fabric, and kitted projects, UFO's, and miscellaneous stuff for stitching.

I went thru the ornament cuts and got ruthless. Way too many little pieces floating around with the idea that I could do something with them. Including plenty of Aida pieces from back in the day. They are no longer in my house.

I kept all large Aida pieces and I've got a rainbow of colors = blue, red, black, green, yellow, purple, all shades of white, cream, fiddlers and fiddlers lite. Lots of Hopscotch fabric. I've got Vinyl Weave, waste canvas. Prefinished items with Aida all set to have a design stitched on them.

And the linen. Oooh, the beautiful linen. Got a couple small pieces of 45 and 50ct. Italian stuff. I've got a rainbow of colors here, too. Belfast, Dublin, Lakeside, Picture This Plus. So fun to fondle.

All the DMC are back in order in their flossaway bags. Weeks, GAST, Crescents, silks, Needle Necessities, metallics, flower threads are all sorted. Their respective databases most likely need updating. But that is a project for another day.

Ultimate goal. Make a list of UFO's and kitted projects. Do not start anything new without finishing something from that list first.

Childless = not half bad

DD has the temerity to suggestion that without her presence DH and I will have nothing to talk about.

Phooey on you, girl!

Even if it has been more than 20 years since we had an extended period of time alone...

Mirabilia Halloween Fairy

 

I've named her Priscilla. And I'm saving her mask for last.

I'm enchanted. Can hardly wait to use some of the orange and greens.

Ginger and Spice

 

This is my butterlfy finish from 2 weeks ago. The design is in an old Ginger and Spice leaflet of Arts and Crafts designs. I changed the fiber from DMC to Crescent Colours. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this, but here it is.

why my directv experience sucks

If someone from this company will provide me with a technician willing to go on the roof and check signal strength from the front of the house, I will delete this post.

Update

DirecTv finally sent someone with a brain to solve my problem. He was wonderful. Personable, knowledgeable, and efficient. I wish I could say the same for the customer service runaround I got on the phone. I was on the phone, on hold from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00p.m. yesterday. I got cut off and hung up on numerous times. One lady refused to give me her extension in case we got cut off. Funny, it happened twice. She did not call me back. Either time.

My poor husband arrived home at 3:00 p.m. after driving from New Hampshire. He had flowers for me (our anniversary was Saturday.) I was in a rage. As he tried to hug me, I threw my planner and pens across the room. Poor guy. I think for a second he thought I was aiming at him. I had my hissy fit. And essentially gave up for the day. At 4:00 p.m. a customer service rep called me and said a supervisor would be at our house shortly. He showed up. Fixed all our problems. Amazing.

The side note: my second problem was a receiver that got caught in a loop. They shipped me a new one that arrived on Saturday. I hadn't even opened the box. DH opened it, hooked it up. And when I got through all the set-up menus and called DirecTv to activate the card, I got the following message: If you are calling to pay your bill, troubleshoot your system, etc. all our systems are down. All we can currently do is answer general questions. We expect to have this problem resolved in 2-3 hours.

So as I sat there at 7:30 last evening, on hold yet again with DirecTv, I realized that my issues had basically robbed me of an entire day. I only managed a dozen stitches on Priscilla. But now I've got a crystal clear picture.

Random Stupid Post

Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. It's a fun brain teaser!!

Your Name: Donna

Famous Artist/Band/Musician:

Dada/DaVinci's Notebook/Donovan

4 letter word:

DAMN

Vehicle:

DeLorean

TV Show:

Decorating Cents

City:

Denver

Boy Name:

David

Girl Name:

Dominique

Alcoholic drink:

Dom Perignon


Occupation:

Ditch Digger

Something you wear:

Dress

Celebrity:

Donny Osmond

Food:

doughnuts, mmmm

Something found in a kitchen:


dishwasher

Reason for Being Late:

drunk, can't drive





Something You Shout


JUMPING JAHOSEPHATS!!!!

Surprise SAL!

Dear Jenn,

Go for it!

Anyone else holding a Halloween Fairy kit by Mirabilia that wants to stitch along?

I've got 4 hours in and head, shoulders, one arm and part of bossom is finished. She is a fast little thing, this Priscilla.