Is it me?

 Truus suggested a tin for the little guy which did not work, but led me to check an oval box.  Yep.  He fits perfectly on this 5" box.  I have been very confused and feeling quite embarrassed with this project.  

I purchased the 4" paper mache box as in the supply list.

The design is 4.5 x 4.625.  ??????

How well did I pay attention to the chart?

 I didn't catch this, nor the supplied template for the drum being 4.5".  Impossible to fit inside or atop a 4" box. And I've been fighting this, oblivious as to why, and wondering what I did wrong.

So.  Am I missing something and this makes sense to you?  

Frosty has two finishing options, but I really can't work on him any more right now.

Working on a quick and simple sampler to calm my needle ...

I should use the charted colors but this was handy.  That's how flustered I have been!  Solid or additional colors that I find under a chair?  Depends.  Am I dusting the floor soon?

Be well, be safe, thanks for the visit.

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Barb R

 Please email me (click postcard at top right column) with your address and I will send the vintage stitched pieces to you.

Now about Fricking Frosty .... he is finished, except for removing the snowflake. Many changes in colors and the chart itself, some because the dmc conversion did not show.  And after all that aggravation, in my haste to end this, I failed to realize that 4" size and template did not include margins when cutting.  He will now be a little pillow with cord, a hanging reminder that all troublesome projects come to an end. 

Raining all day, going out to look for cake yeast and make a batch of nutrolls.  Stuffed cabbage casserole for dinner.

Hope your day goes well.

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Anyone?

Before I take these to Goodwill, would anyone be interested?  They were kits from American Home magazine (1928-1977), not known who stitched them.  Very large crosses on beautiful linen (?) with a nice sheen, probably stamped embroidery.  All are on the same cream colored fabric, design is around 8" tall.  Four birds and a verse.  The birds could work in an 8 x10 frame or be sewn into pillows.  Free to a good home!

I could mail anywhere, but if international I would like to verify shipping first.  

Let me know, email link at top right or comment.

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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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