Merry Christmas to all

Wishing you a wonderful day and holiday week.  Relaxed or rowdy!  

We got Carole into the house, but had major problems getting her back into the car.  Her motorized chair is an ilevel which can elevate, but not be transported by car.  Her folding manual chair is much lower than car seat height and she couldn't pull herself up the sloped transfer board.  We used 4x6 post scraps and lifted her in the chair onto them, braced it, making the transfer more level.  A very small, low, compact model car may work, but the limited door swing and opening would prevent the chair from getting close to the seat.  Ours is lowest in the family, the others are suv.  She enjoyed herself, all snazzy with matching drop earrings and beads, new velvet top, first time in our house in over three years.

Dinner went well, was good, never again.  Anything from now on will be in crock or made ahead to pop in the oven.

Working on Fricking Frosty today.  I have removed more stitching than I've put in.  Everywhere.  Quite a few changes.  For such a little guy he's been huge aggravation.  

For Susan - Santa bag stitched from Prairie Schooler book 58.

Hope everyone is having a nice day whether alone or with way too many guests.

Be well, be safe!

Samplers and Santa

Having dinner here on Christmas Eve and already had to change the time twice and now the two that were going out of town to visit, are not.  We are getting Carole here and will probably do the dinner early.  Small, as always, either five or seven.  Kids will be with their mother (or dinner would not be here!) and we'll see them at Carole's on Christmas day.  They are quite loud, quiet messy, quite rowdy.  Just like the Great Dane so it should be relaxing and peaceful here, preparing us for the circus on Monday.

And yes I make lists for the medical appointments!  Always on brightly colored paper, but I forgot where I placed it.  This doc took care of me when my first covid bout left me too weak to walk, and also my second which was nowhere near as bad.  I still don't regret leaving the pompous condescending mocking young woman I went to for twenty years, but I do feel a woman over 70 needs a more thorough exam than my current offers. 

The ortho appointment resulted with an increase in medication dosage, and a lot of could be and possibly and wait another six weeks.  The hard fall I took on that healing knee could have re-opened the fracture, aggravated the bone edema, or damaged the meniscus even more. No idea how bad it would be without the injections.  I wanted a second mri, but Medicare will not pay for another within one year.  Maybe the therapist will determine the cause while rotating my leg until my foot faces south.  Grateful that it is not even close to the severity of this past summer, but I don't like this instability.  Surgery may be needed for repair but not a knee replacement.

I haven't had time for the needle until this evening and started Frosty on 36 Murky.  Quite a few changes so far.  Another welcome change - the snow melted today!

Enjoy the hectic weekend!

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Funny? Or not!

 First, the recipient of my final pear giveaway has returned it to me after ten years.  TEN years!!  That's how long ago, eleven actually, that I started the pear series.  Wow.  Anyway, blown away when I opened the package, took me a while to realize it was my actual finish and not one that she stitched for me.  My favorite, very meaningful remembrance of the swans and my two pups.

You know that doctor visit I had today, to discuss how bad my short term memory is and the problem with finding words?  ........

I forgot.  She asked how I was and I replied about the BP being too high and my knee is still requiring treatment.  She asked "is that it?".  I said "yep".  I forgot to ask about my forgetting!!

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Have you seen her shop?

 Since I'm not really a social media person, I miss a lot. 

But I do check IG daily and I came across a post from Sub Rosa designs.  Oh boy.

On Etsy, she's offering a discount over $30.  I have always loved her designs.  Thought I would share a few of the many Christmas charts she is offering, but so many others to love too!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSubRosaDesign?

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And then this happened.

So we broomed and shoveled.

And it was back this morning.

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My tiny red samplers are being hung in spots for a little bit of seasonal red.  It's the least I could do.  Yep.  With bare trees, least is the correct word!.

Enjoy your  day, be safe!!

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Stag source

 Request for the chart names.

1.  Helga Mandl The Stag free chart.

The link I offered years ago and her website is no longer available.

2.  The Primitive Hare's The Stag free chart

here

3. Tina Woltman's Comet's Feather Tree  (I reduced body width).

I haven't seen a source for her charts in a long while.

 4.  Fall 2015 issue of Sampler Antique Needlework Quarterly, taken from a large sampler.

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If you wait,

 all that happens is you get older.

That's from McMurtry.  Good reminder isn't it?  He would probably have liked this wreath.

I went back to Julia for a bit, trying to decide if I want any more Santas stitched.  

Love stitching them, but unless hung on a tree, way too many to find a place for.  Most designs are vertical, not conducive to box tops, but this little guy is a perfect choice for now.  

Made for a box and not a Santa.  I'll pull the threads and change one part for sure.  His scarf is too distracting, sort of confusing.  It will be darker and easily identified.

I am still searching for, unable to locate for months, my finish of Lizzie Peddie.  Where could she be?  I know I have a mess but finishes are draped over a rod and covered except for smalls to be sewn.  Many times I fail to remember a giveaway or sale of finished pieces, but she was recent and a favorite, never to leave me.

Seeing a doc this week because of short term memory problems and inability to find correct words.

 

That's it folks.

Be safe, be well.

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