I am so excited to join in Nicola’s celebration this year. I have been a bad blogger. And, my stitching has not been as frequent as I’d like because of work and family obligations this past year. Things have slowed down, and I was already making plans for December’s stitching and 2013 goals, when I saw that Nicola has decided to spur her fellow needleworkers on in a magnificent way. I’m just excited thinking about the progress updates that everyone will post.
I have three charts from The Scarlet Letter in my stash, and many more on my wish list. [I need to add that all the photos here are from The Scarlet Letter website.] The three charts I have are:
I may start one of the Twigg Miniatures just because they’re already kitted up! But, I really love Ann Harding. The simplicity of the American Quaker is calling me too. So, I’ll start one of the three very soon. I have a few things I need to finish first.
And, of course, this gives me a wonderful reason to pick up a few more charts on my wish list. Here are the top charts on my wish list right now. Of course, they change almost hourly as I drool over my list and the Scarlet Letter website.
Anniken Christensen Simensen 1768
My friend, Cheryl (who doesn’t blog), may likely join me in this endeavor this year. This is the first on her list:
I’m a sucker for alphabets, houses, peacocks… the Margret Lawrance sampler is a newer one from Scarlet Letter. I also would love to work on a variety of samplers from different countries, especially those countries where my family comes from. So, that’s why I have the choices I do at the top of my list right now.
I also wanted to mention that I’m now helping out a bit with the Swan Sampler Guild’s newsletter. If you’re not a member of a guild because there isn’t one in your area, the Swans are a great guild to join, because they are open to anyone in the world. I’m having a great time getting to know more of the people involved in the guild, and we have some fun things happening. Here’s a link to the latest newsletter: Swan Newsletter Q4 2012
I’m off to stitch a bit while I watch Harry Potter! I’m starting to watch the movies again. It’s so fun to see them all so young, and I’ll finish them before the end of the month. I think that will be a great help to my stitching too!
March 23, 2017
I’m alive…
Posted by Laura under faith, family, friends, life commentary1 Comment
I feel a need to resurrect this-here blog of mine. Really just as a place for me to dump thoughts and ideas and the extra brain-luggage I have. It’s been a while. Lots has happened. Some things are the same. I still know how to stitch and do that once in a while. I’ve taken up knitting a bit more than stitching, but both languish a bit due to life. I’m not a caregiver anymore, in the sense that the one person I was caring for moved on to that grand adventure in January 2016, where I know she is renewing relationships with family and friends who have gone before her. And, she’s skipping and running, and hiking and doing. And for that I’m very happy.
My little Chloe May joined her last December. It was clear that Chloe had cancer like her grandma-ma, and she passed in my arms. So, she’s running and skipping by my mom’s side in that grand afterlife. I’m not alone though. I have Buster and Bob Marley. Bob joined my family about a month after mom’s funeral, when he was found wandering the neighborhood. We found each other, and it has been said by many that mom sent him so I’d have another soul to care for. Buster and Bob rule the house and it takes me almost a full Saturday to bathe and clip them both. Buster is a mini-schnauzer mix, while Bob Marley is, I believe, what you’d call a Schweenie (Shi-Tzu and Dachsund mix). His hair never stops growing, and when I found him he had obviously been on the streets for some time, or greatly neglected in the dead of a Utah winter. He had dreadlocks and a matte on his back the size of an R.O.U.S. Thus, when I took him to the vet for some care, and they asked me his name, I told them Bob Marley. Bob recuperated at our house, and wormed his way into our hearts. He goes by Bob, or Bobby now.
I’m just recovering from a long, long time of getting by day-to-day. Finding those small moments of life that I can enjoy, and not feel guilty about them. And, dealing with the added responsibilities that are upon me in my professional life. I’m very blessed. Life is good. Truly it is. I’m working to get to where life is “gooder”.