First, let me just get this off my chest. I am NOT going to spend every day stitching on Farmhouse Christmas. I just don't want to do it. I'm going to start over on 40 count linen with Vikki Clayton silks. There are problems that I've mentioned before. First, I really dislike using two strands of floss. Second, there are many mistakes - things like instead of stitching over two threads, I stitched ...
A Good Day
Pretty much every day is a good day around here. Retirement is fun . . most of the time. The dogs, even though they're a lot of trouble and require almost constant attention, they're such a joy. I have my garden, knitting, cross stitching, cooking, canning. There are few days that I have to do things I don't enjoy doing so . . all that to say . . it isn't unusual for me to feel like I've had a ...
The Schwan’s Man
I just read that The Schwan's Man era is ending November 8. Someone said the local driver here (may be more than one) had already turned his truck in. I haven't purchased from Schwan's in many years but I used to purchase a lot from them. When we lived in Kentucky, Vince was gone with his job more than he was home. We lived a good ways from a restaurant and I didn't cook a lot when Vince was ...
Inexpensive Tablet
I hesitate to say "inexpensive" because what one considers inexpensive, another probably thinks it's over their budget so please, take this post as I'm meaning it to be - a recommendation for anyone considering a tablet for reading or stitching or some other "only one" type thing that isn't going to take a mortgage on the house to buy. Most of you probably remember the story about my "green" ...
Sweet Potato Feast
I seem to be feeding lots of critters - mice, moles, roly poly bugs (pill bugs). They feasted on the sweet potatoes this year. That's just what I found in one bed! There were many clumps of roots with no potatoes so I know they ate the whole thing. There's one still eating! When I would pull the potatoes out of the ground, there were thousands of bugs on each one that they were ...
Hibernation Time
For many years I've tried to do all the real shopping for everything we need by October 1 and not have to go shopping from October through December, and hopefully through January. I know that Vince will be going to the store many times between now and February 1 and I'm pretty sure I'll end up going with him a few times just because we're stopping at the store on our way to or from somewhere else ...