Last night I finished the Blessing Sampler, well before the end of January (but it is fairly small). It's Only Once by Sweet Wing Studio. I mostly used the called for colors. I did change the white house to a pale lavender and outlined the sides in a bit deeper lavender. The birds were supposed to be white doves but the white wasn't showing up at all so I made them into blue ...
Why Do I Do Things Like This?
For hopefully the last "my entire family is crazy" post for today, here's one more. A week or so ago I wrote about finding the New Year Sampler that I had started in December, 2021. Another one from those very early days of cross stitching. When I came across this project bag, it had no floss in it. I looked everywhere for floss. I was pretty sure that when I bought this chart, I ordered ...
The Vet Visit
The visits to the vet are getting harder. We left and Vince said . . in 10 years Oscar will be 13 and we are not going to be able to handle him unless he calms down a whole lot. I'll start with the good news . . nine months ago when we were last there - for his annual visit - he weighed 21 pounds. The vet said that's an ok weight but don't let him gain more. Today, he was 17 pounds. That's a ...
An Early Workout
Nope, not a good, heart racing kind of workout but a major fight with Oscar type workout. I feel so bad for that dog with his anxiety issues. He has to be at the vet this morning at 8:30, which means he got a tranquilizer at 6 a.m. I broke it in half, put a half in a piece of cheese, got that down him. I only had one bloody spot. Got the second half down him, two more nips on my hand but it's down ...
Ready for a Garden
The garden beds are calling, even when covered in snow. You know, from our long relationship here on the blog, that I will be complaining about the heat and weeds and bugs but I love my garden and am anxious to get started. I save seeds from the previous year's crops but almost every year, I will add new varieties. I'm also going to have more garden space since I'm adding some mineral ...
Full Disclosure – A Purchase
One thing I've learned with this latest project, Only Once, is that I do NOT like stitching four stitches and changing thread. Give me a big red house with a grassy lawn any day. One of the major changes I want to make in 2025 is to buy fewer charts and only buy things I intend to start stitching within a week or two of purchasing them. No more buying, filing and never seeing or thinking about ...