No baubles, no shine

 nothing fancy, nothing glittering, 

just soft fabrics and colored threads.

But if I had the patience and ambition,

 (or Lauren or Kathy's treasures),

I would be tempted to sparkle!

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A great start

to a warm sunny day.

Yesterday was a disaster, ending with my arthritic hand losing grip on a glass container.  The tiny shards were even twelve feet away.

Today started early with my last vein treatment 40 minutes from home.  Would I make it back for Carole's cardiology appointment at 10:30?  Would we have time to get to the store there for cannoli shells and jumbo pasta shells?  Yes and yes!  The cannoli shells were on clearance for $2 since the expiration date was today.  Not a problem since they will be filled and frozen tomorrow.  Not only was everything in perfect step, we didn't wait long for the exam, followed by on time pacemaker check, and everyone was very pleased with her checkup!  Called for transport, came in 5 minutes, we left, hubs had time to get ready for golf.  She is back home pleased with her results, hubs is headed to the course, I am sitting in quiet having an iced coffee and enjoying the sunshine.  Thankful, peaceful day.

Hung my fridge tree....

worked on Joyeux last night ...

played with a box display.

Since ornaments were not retrieved for display this year, I don't have the baubles to add to the box.  And the stitcheries all have hangers attached, not keen on removing them right now.  This was just playtime, trying to decide which designs would be best.  

I plan to just relax this afternoon, run the squeegee on my windows, do some stitching, and try Paulette's mystery chicken enchiladas for dinner.

Hoping your day will be as positive as mine!

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Done.

Major decision made after a week of anxiety.  Signed the papers to cancel my medigap supplement.  Second thoughts?  Of course, but it is done, no option to ever go back.

I actually have two WIPs now.  Highly unusual for me, but I set aside the samplers for Joyeux Noel.  The leaf on the lower left is one strand on this 32 count, I changed to two (using 3362).  After trying the lighter green for the leaves in the second outline, all was removed and I've decided to continue with 3362.  With all that settled, I can move on.  

The finished pillow will set on this chair, perfect spot.  (The top beige on window trim and white on wall are the finalists.)

What the heck is this you ask?  (My fingers are not this white!)

My hub's creation to solve Carole's problem. She needs a small pouch on her chair to hold remote, phone, paper, pen.  It is so wide, there is not one inch to spare through doorways so the pouch needs to secure on the inside of the arm.  No matter what we tried, it would slide beneath and end up in the way.  He bent this metal the width of the arm, painted it, drilled holes for brass bolts to hold it from tilting.  Those bolts will be inserted through the wood cleat inside the pouch, out through grommets on its back, into the metal frame, ending directly beneath the arm's underside.  Trying it out this weekend.

  Tomorrow I am getting more vein injections and need to see the cardio NP.  My BP is and has been perfect in every appointment, but after checking when the palps were bad, found over 175/90 each time.  Contining for days.  WTH?

  I saw Kathy Barrick's tree on IG and oh my.  Just gorgeous!

Info request - the Santas in the header are OOP Birds of a feather cards for each color.

Hope everyone is doing well.  Be safe.

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You know sweets are a problem ...

when you get all happy pants over an ad for a huge cinnamon roll ...

and then realize it's sausage.

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As every year, the decision to switch to a medicare advantage plan looms with only days left.  Can't go back to a medicare supplement if I do.  Pre-existing illness protection is not applicable to seniors.  

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I am disappointed the Sea Glass linen was put aside, but I may try to dye a small piece the brownish green shade.  

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Be safe! 

Well that's not going to work

Once again, I am seeing a sort of a honeycomb instead of a straight linen weave.  This has ended projects before, and I don't have an explanation.  Maybe the color throws me off, but it's too difficult to see where the over two is for me.  My needle has chosen the wrong hole too many times and I have very little stitched, so the natural linen will be used for this project.  No sense struggling.  Tried rotating the linen, didn't help.  Looking closely I can figure out the correct hole but needing to do that for every stitch is very time consuming!  And frustrating.

My $3.50 wreaths from HL hung with jute.  Could not find a narrow natural linen or jute ribbon, pretty ribbon is not preferred.

Enjoy your weekend. 

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Big change

 Hi folks.

Do not know the word to describe the way I feel, and maybe that's good.  If I can't name it, I can't dwell on it.  Certainly not physical, it's a mood thing.

Anyway.

It's really bugging me that I can't find items I know are here somhere.  While searching, I came across my last purchase of the simple design I had planned to start.  Can't start it if you can remember you have it.  The GAST called for is of course, not in my box since I have less than two dozen of the brand.  Shipping charge more than the cost of an item prevents me from ordering.  Silly, I know.   But I also have been disappointed with the color variations of GAST and have no idea what will arrive.  So the project is in limbo.  

While tossing linens from the drawer, I came across one of my favorites.  Sea Glass from R&R.  This is not green, it is not brown, it's a commingling of sorts.  It's darker than 829/830 but in that family of indescribable hues.  So.

This linen, with stripes of 347 and leaves of 3012 will, I think, be a knockout.  I could be wrong!  But I hope to test that this evening.  It is 30 count, and if this combo passes the test, would like another on the tan linen as charted.  Very very difficult to get this color in a photograph whether using the tablet or camera.  On laptop it looks brown, on tablet it looks green.  It ain't.

What do you think?

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