More Progress...

On Fruit of the Spirit:

Here's a closeup- sorry for the blur- of the over-one crows:

I tried cropping this in Image Composer, but it retained the boundary box of the original. I need to learn some editing software.

I got a new phone today- my battery wasn't holding a charge- I'd make one 35 minute phone call & I'd get the low battery beep, plus pressing any function keys took so long to respond, I'd re-press, at which point I'd be 2 steps beyond the process I wanted - SO frustrating! So i left it at the Verizon store at lunch so they could check it out- the guy was just going to replace just the battery, but I offered to leave it for the afternoon. When I came back to pick it up, they had replaced the battery & the phone except for the battery cover! Evidently the software was corrupted in the phone and the battery "had some swelling". Yay me!

As far as my computer, I realized when trying to shut down, Xp had some updates to install; it's running good now, so hopefully that was causing "connection" difficulties as well as the click-lag. If there's nothing I can't stand (is that double redundant?) is loooong click delays! And my local area connection is "unplugged" again!! DAmn!

Not a Good Internet night..

well I was going to post, but my "local area connection" keeps being disconnected and i KNOW it has to do with a certain college student and her 24/7 internet socializing (please tell me just what kind of pleasant, cheerful, healthy, EMPLOYED people are doing awake at 3:45 in the morning typing acronyms and abbreviated text to each other instead of getting a good night's sleep so as to WAKE UP the following morning to go to WORK!!!!!)
Ahem............. i'm having a hormonal moment. If she's F#*%!D up this computer I'm so going to lose my top.
I gotta go before I smash something.
S & B tomorrow; hormonallly-challenged as I am, I haven't done any stitching since that last ornament (or F.O.S. that I didn't photo) due to over-tiredness. Which HASN"T in any way been influenced by someone going to bed at 4:00 in the morning............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Blog-o-versary to me!

I think it's been a year since I started blogging- go me! I'm finally getting readers, and commentators- thank you all very much for your kind support!
I stitched on Creepy Kids (FOS) on Thursday, but it didn't seem like enough visible progress to warrant a photo. And I must get back to & finish my Hawaiin Biscornu- it's laughing at me in my stitching tote because I threatend to use beads around the edges.
I made a pot of chili this afternoon; it came out very good - "it'll put hair on your chest" as my dad always said about such things; say - would you rather have hair on your chest or a uni-brow? I digress...
Usually my chili is weak, but I put in 3 or 4 of those little finger-size dark green chilis- are those jalapenos? And they had Rotel tomatoes in my little old white-bread suburban supermarket- with cilantro & lime juice. And 3/4 of a can of Budweiser, that other 1/4 can hit the spot at 11:30 in the am! Lip-smacking, I tell you! I used chuck stew beef cut into 1/2" cubes, plus some hamburger leftover from Em's tacos the other night. Bob had given me one of those "Vidalia Chop Wizard" (As Seen on TV) for Christmas- perfect on the onions & peppers. I definitely should write the recipe down before I forget.
Now I have a ton of dishes all over the counter- all holiday leftovers are removed from my house and I have all those containers to wash.

2nd Finish of the Year!

JBW Designs "Reindeer"

32 ct. Jobelan 'Lambswool"

WDW & Sampler Threads substitutions

I showed an angled view so you can see the beads; they're a little big, but they're what I had on hand.

Here's Aslan looking quite pleased with himself:

I know he's squinting from the flash, but that right eye looks a bit "off", doesn't it? He's ten now, and he's starting to show his age. Rosie (his sister) died a year ago. His fur is so "old cat" looking, or maybe because Delilah's is so lush & full in comparison. He loves his pats, though- even more than Chickie. I'm off to stitch on Creepy Kids (FOS) tonight.

Another Close One..

JBW Designs "Reindeer". I still have beads (snowflakes) and additional confetti stitches in that outer green border. And yes, I AM cutting it close on the fabric size.

I forgot to mention that in the middle of the night last night, Chickie jumped down off the bed, went downstairs, and came back up with one of her puffy toys, and then proceeded to cuddle back down next to me, with the puffy toy. Must have been a bad dream. Gosh I wish I could read her mind!!

Back to Work

It's going to be tough next week when it's a full week! I started another JBW Designs - the reindeer one.
I also went back & tried to label old posts in case anyone wanted to look something up. Over the weekend I tried to add a photo to my banner, behind the blog name & description, but it wouldn't format properly. Obviously, I wasn't doing something right, but since I have no HTML knowledge, I can't figure out what to do to make it happen. And I've seen more than several blogs disappear from trying to edit the format; they come back but with cautions of losing old entries. So I'll leave well enough alone for now, as bored as I am with the template.
No S & B tomorrow- Deb is taking a well deserved week off. I'll try to work on FOS.
LOST comes sback at the end of the month- I can't wait!!!

And in With a New Finish...

"Tiny Motif tree"

by JBW Designs

32 ct. Jobelan "Lambswool"

Sampler Threads "Pine" & "Cupid"