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Some days I feel like I have zero self-control. Other days, I feel like I don’t need to be so rigid with myself and my plans. For my weekly menus, it really doesn’t matter what happens, we’re having what’s on the menu. No changing it! If I go to the grocery store with a list,...

First, thank you responding on the “Things to Buy” post. Good ideas mentioned in those – about the flowers too. The new bins for storing the linen arrived yesterday, a day early. I had already been rolling some of the linen up on the comic book boards so I immediately got started adding the linen...

Lately I’ve seen more and more freeze drying folks talking about potatoes. I think I remember that once I tried freeze drying hash browns – grated potatoes, but they pretty much crumbled and by the time they got rehydrated, they became pretty gummy. The folks I’ve seen lately were freeze drying small cubes of potatoes....

Yesterday was my stitching day with Debbie. I love our days together! We have so much fun . . I do anyway. I hope she has fun too. We stitch. We talk. We laugh. Debbie always has new things to show me – something she has seen on Instagram or flosstube that she shares with...

I know – today is Wednesday . . and it’s getting late on Wednesday but yesterday, there was no stopping spot once I got started. Vince had been asking for Migas for breakfast so that’s what we had for breakfast Tuesday morning. Of course, they aren’t HARD to make but there’s a lot of chopping...

Tuesday the fish truck I like was at Junkerville’s parking lot. Junkerville is the flea market I like and where the chalk paint I like is sold. I took the black frame in but I didn’t bring the cross stitched piece because it’s still rolled up on the frame and I’m stitching something else on...

This morning I was moving some things around and spotted a frame in the stack of frames that I thought might work for Rose Hill Farm Sampler. I grabbed it, took it apart and I think it’s close to a perfect fit. The frame is a greenish gold and I think it is going to...

I’m supposed to be working on WIPs but I knew as soon as Rose Hill Farm Sampler arrived, I would have to start stitching on it. This was one of Stacy Nash’s new releases. As soon as I finished Mender and Maker, I spent one day working on The Lord’s Prayer, which is the WIP...

My goal was to get this finished by the end of March and I made it! Some of my colors are different – maybe all of them. I used Vikki Clayton silks and I did the conversion myself. I had to change a few colors (the letters in the verse) because the sulks that were...

The Maker and Mender will be finished before dinner today. I think I probably have about two hours left to work on it. There have been several pieces I’ve stitched that called for Algerian Eyelets. I’ve always started them but they looked bad and I would rip them out and make plain “X” stitches. In...

This will be finished by the end of the day on Saturday . . I hope. Speaking of Saturday and let’s add Sunday in there too . . the weather here may be scary. The news is kinda reminding me of how they were talking a few days before the Joplin tornado and that makes...

There’s no use trying to stitch until Oscar and Cooper are tired and sleepy. It usually happens between 7 and 8 p.m. It was 7:25 tonight. Look at sweet, little Cooper with his head on my tummy. He can be so snuggly but he can also be way too rough on Oscar. I hope Cooper...

This morning I sat down to stitch on The Maker and Mender and my heart just wasn’t wanting to stitch. I figured that for today I’d be better off doing something a bit more physical. I went out and worked in the garden for a couple of hours then came in and decided to get...

Yesterday evening I was able to finish stitching the mortar, finish the one window frame and finish the door on This is the Day by Plum Street. This one will now get put away for a while. I’ll start back on The Maker and Mender today and once that’s done, I’ll switch back to The...

This project was not on my list that I posted about the projects I would love to get completed but it’s one of them. It’s This is the Day by Plum Street. What’s one more finish? I know . . I’m dreaming but you never know what I might get done if I stay on...

Last night I was thinking about how much I enjoy cross stitching and how different it is from the feelings I got while quilting. I loved quilt making – especially when I was putting blocks together and making quilts from ideas I came up with but cutting fabric and putting it back together was always...

I have debated about whether to post this because you will all think I’m really crazy but then I figured . . you all KNOW I’m crazy so why not post it? I may have mentioned a while back that I could not find the project bag for Winter Rose Manor. I have it started,...

There is decent progress on The Maker and The Needle Progress and I am enjoying stitching it. Mine will look a bit different than the others because I obviously can’t count or read!

For those of you who cross stitch, what brand needles do you prefer? You can also tell me what count/type fabric you like and what size needle you prefer. This is NOT political so please don’t bring that up but with the chance of tariffs, whether the cost of things will go up and whether...

February, 2025 is almost ready for the history books. As far as stitching, I started and finished Hope and Love by Teresa Kogut. Once I finished Hope & Love, I went back to working on The Lord’s Prayer by Lila’s Studio. Speaking of Lila’s Studio, I’m all for supporting local needlework shops. Believe me, I...