Putz

Like I don't have anything else to do...........Charlotte mentioned using her tags as Christmas ornaments so I ventured into Christmas tree lane (my attic) and had to try it. 

 

With all the work and mess I have here, like a little kid, I had to do it now. 

I can't figure out why the queen of Procrasti Nation couldn't put it off like she does with everything else.  But no.  Now I have several small trees in here, their storage boxes and bags, and one 3 footer decorated for Christmas on the last day of August.  Putz.

I think I'll grab my Spiderman pillow and rest in mom's La-Z-boy for a while. 

 

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Winner

Hi everyone. 

Here's a snip of the randomized list, and the number drawn was 69.  Jenny!    I have your email and will contact you for your tag design choice and address.  Once again, thanks to all who participated.

 

Right now I have two wild cats that snuck into the house and with all the furniture items shoved into piles, I can't find them, catch them, or remove them!!!

Will be putting things back into place tomorrow including the kitchen cabinets. 

Still not up to par but my Spiderman neck pillow with the little squishy beads feels SO good.  I'm even sleeping with it.  It's for kids, but the adult sizes are too bulky and this smaller size is just perfect for support.  I don't know what the tiny bead pillows are called but they smoosh around to form and fit your body and I love to play with them.   Great comfort too.

That's all.  I have to search for brats now. And what is that blinking colored dot in the photo upload?  Have to wonder if I'm seeing things!

Enjoy your weekend's start.  Hope to show more of Thankful in a day or two.

 

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Not another giveaway!

Yep.  Happy happy.  My car will be back on the road in several weeks!  So thankful that it will be fixed instead of junked. I am feeling a little better after a chiropractic visit, my sister made our dinner, and the final coat will be put on the floors tomorrow.  Happy happy.  It took me a while to find this little bugger, but I did, and since everything else is packed, boxed, thrown, covered, or lost, this is it.  Not much, but hey - it's free.  I  removed the rusty wire hanger and now it's a little pillow, not perfectly finished, but hey - it's free.  If you would like this cardinal, leave a comment on THIS POST ONLY.  I'll throw in a tag of your choice, and draw a name Friday (8/30) at 9pm EST. 

 

 

The boys are napping after a rain shower.

 

 

 

 

Make sure you leave your initials or email!

Have a great hump day!

 

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Hopeful that Thankful is a lucky charm

Hiya!!  I heard from the shop and if the frame isn't bent - my car will be fixed!!  YAY!!  Getting my hopes up too soon maybe.  He hasn't looked at the front wheel to see why it's sideways.  Doesn't sound good to me, but I'm hoping Thankful is a lucky charm.  Tomorrow I will see my regular doc and maybe I can be fixed too.  Gets worse every day! 

 Here's Thankful's progress and one other color change so it's more visible on the dark linen.  I have several errors but as always, the beauty of a reproduction is you can't tell!!  I'm not following the instructions for using one thread vs. two threads in many places.  My head isn't up for much detail so I'm just using 2 threads, but following some of Thankful's missed and half stitches.  So far, she's a joy to work on. 

I will take Mark to work tomorrow and drive his monster to look for the JCS issue that has NFF's Matilda Hornbuckle.  Just love her. 

That's all.  Got all the tag orders completed and in the mail, which took all day, so I need to get a few things done around the house.  I'll grab my ice tea and chew a few more Advil before I get started.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Note to CountryKathy - you're no-reply so I can only direct you to the bean posts.  Just type in "beans" at the upper left corner of the blog, hit enter, and you can see several posts showing bean progress.

Shopping cart is tag ready

We'll see how true that is!  I worked on it this morning after a few glitches and it seems fine now.   Continue to let me know if it isn't working properly so I can throw a fit.  I've been wanting to scream since Wednesday's accident and need another excuse.  The 82 year old that hit me has no one, and I couldn't scream at him.  He seemed so lost and afraid.  The police had to take him home with his walker because there was no one to call, and he was afraid to go to a hospital.  Turns out he is a friend's daughter's neighbor whose sister took care of him and she passed away 6 months ago.  He will certainly have his license revoked (and should) and his car is totaled too.  How will he get his necessities and meals?  It's obvious he is not well.  I asked DeAnn to please tell her daughter to call Social Services to come visit him.  He really needs some help.  As for the teen thugs that beat the 89 year old WWII veteran to death for fun, they need to be taken off this earth along with anyone else like them. Can you imagine how frightened and defenseless he felt?   Oh wait - the national news didn't want to mention it. They feel the thugs are victims of society and we should forgive them.  If I hear that crap one more time, my scream will be heard across the states.   I wonder if they would feel the same if it was their father that was alone and beaten, or their daughter was the rape victim that had Clorox poured down her throat to kill the DNA and then left to die in a garbage bag, or their son was shot in the back for no reason while jogging.  Whether the cart works or not, there's no stopping the scream now.  Sorry. This is a stitching blog and only menopausal rants should be inserted now and then.  Technically, this may be.  My emotions are wild, my head is pounding, I want to scream or rip a wall down, I'm soaking wet, tears explode and then fade.............I'm claiming menomadness as the reason for posting this rant instead of hitting delete.  Begging your forgiveness but sometimes it helps to take it out on the computer. 

Two finds

Greetings!  Hope your weekend is going well.  I just wanted to show you my new finds.  This is the first. 

I love anything with drawers and this little beauty flew into my hands before I even saw the price at my antique market.  Nineteen bucks.  YAY!!!  It's sitting on top of my floss box and I haven't decided if I will paint it to match, or leave it alone.  15" wide, 8" tall, 6" deep, perfect for GAST threads.

My second find is a stitching spot.  I made a hole in the mess and plopped into mom's LaZboy.  Damn.  What a comfortable chair compared to the more-my-style pieces I'm used to.  

 

 And here's some of the other colors in Thankful. 

 I changed 613 to 612 and 612 to 611 and 3023 to 3787.  Usually, I choose alternatives before starting the project, but I don't have time to mess around.  While stitching the chart's colors, if something is too similar to the linen color, I will try a darker shade at that time.  No sense wasting time picking new colors that I will inevitably change again.  This method is going to work well for me since I am stitching the change right then and there and won't want to remove it to try another shade.

The tags will be getting the Cart button today (Sunday), and I hope you will have some patience with me.  I don't have a work area and when the finishers come back for the floor's final coat, I will have to leave again because of the fumes so it may be a few days before I can ship.

Once again, put the # of the design you want (followed by cord or ring) in the text box above the Cart button, and change the number of tags you're ordering (after hitting the Add to Cart box) in the quantity box and click on "update".  You can change or remove any item before checking out.

 

Back to my hole in the mess.  Thank goodness my neck warmer is red or I would never find it.  BTW, I didn't want to go to the ER for my numbness so I called the auto insurer and they recommended Urgent Care.  The very pleasant doctor gently touched each of the vertebrae in my neck and claimed that I am fine.  ????  I stated that I have spondylolisthesis in C3 and C4 and I am concerned that the accident may have moved the vertebrae further into the spinal canal causing the jaw and arm tingling.  No, you're fine, no need for an xray or other tests,  just muscle tightness.  Really?  I hope you're right, but put that in my record, that I requested further evaluation and you felt it wasn't needed.  Then sign it.  I'll have my chiropractor order it for me.  Putz.

 

Thanks for visiting and welcome to new followers!

 

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