tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41035200501191651972024-03-21T08:49:16.656-06:00 Alaska Wolf PackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger431125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-74296924500027127332022-08-31T14:34:00.003-06:002022-08-31T14:34:50.869-06:00Went Offline For Awhile<p style="text-align: justify;">Not that many people read my blog, but for me it is a way to remember things that I have done or thoughts I have had or projects I have started/completed or want to do. I still enjoy the community.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For those who do read, well I went offline. No FB, no dA, no groups, no Floss Tube, no real communication except for those very close to me. It was nice. Sadly while I was offline things freakin' changed. The whole FB thing! I go into groups and it's all different now! Do I dare go onto DeviantArt and see what monstrous changes happened there? Nothing like playing Learn-The-New-Way when you come back from a reprieve. The only thing I did sort of keep up on was Instagram.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm not really complaining, it's just amusing to see how things changed in what I considered a short time. Technology....it's here to hinder!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I haven't been stitching, except to start a new WIP that will be shared once I find a new place to live. I sold my RV in Idaho and am currently at my daughter's house in Washington State. It seems I am moving closer to Alaska as time goes by!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have been working on crochet projects. I started a temperature blanket at the beginning of this year which I am loving and have already planned the blanket for next year. 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No pattern, just granny square forever and then I picked a border from one of my crochet border books and it came out so pretty.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Temperature Blanket for 2022 picture I'm sharing was as of June 20th. It has definitely come along since then, but for now here it is from June...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkp3HVC68-E7o45c0einkH6nczYEiWx3miMJ2dyCa8FT97p3sVtMYjSl1l_KK0kn7xk3jnJDJMye3_iTzTfLsL44zdCaVb3jaIA4lYJwGJcCn-DJO-QCzNBU8NgnqIJIA8zfFomH6HJUqi_Yin5CBKUBxuDsy8WTD_K5_654M52yCIEzqq4bJ9dW6B/s3098/20220621_145122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="3098" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkp3HVC68-E7o45c0einkH6nczYEiWx3miMJ2dyCa8FT97p3sVtMYjSl1l_KK0kn7xk3jnJDJMye3_iTzTfLsL44zdCaVb3jaIA4lYJwGJcCn-DJO-QCzNBU8NgnqIJIA8zfFomH6HJUqi_Yin5CBKUBxuDsy8WTD_K5_654M52yCIEzqq4bJ9dW6B/s320/20220621_145122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I love the stripes! Once I get a newer picture taken this will be updated for your viewing pleasure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then I found a pattern by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KAMECrochetPatterns" target="_blank">KAME Crochet Designs</a> called "Aina Blanket". 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The yarn is a bit different than the cakes I used for the Granny Square throw, but still wonderful to work with.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also purchased another blanket pattern from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KAMECrochetPatterns">KAME Crochet Designs</a> and have the yarn ready for that once I finish the Aina Blanket. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hey, if you like reading post apocalyptic stories, check out Kyla Stone. She really does her research on things she throws into her stories. If you have Kindle Unlimited, the books are free to borrow. Highly recommend!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That's about all for this time. I do hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying their summer and creating new pretties.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-254694220474691162020-07-10T01:38:00.003-06:002020-07-10T01:38:59.533-06:00Okay, yes. I've been offline.<div style="text-align: justify;">
Since I've last posted, here are a few things that have happened:</div>
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I've been promoted at work again. Can't help that, I'm a leader and a good one :D</div>
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I've come down with the "sickness" during this crazy covid thing :(</div>
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Wearing masks and gloves at work sucks :(</div>
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Dealing with crabby, entitled idiots is a strain on my soul :(</div>
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My future daughter-in-law is so very wonderful :D</div>
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My children are all successful and healthy and for that I'm completely grateful :D</div>
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For my birthday I will have my daughters visiting :D</div>
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I have a four day, three night stay in Vegas for $100 which I'll do next year :D</div>
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Oh, I was promoted again...........yeah it happened for real and I can now move wherever I want to in the country with my beloved RV :D</div>
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I have not stitched a stitch in a few weeks :(</div>
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I have a plan to remodel my RV :D</div>
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Life is good :D</div>
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I really hope that for everyone reading this, you are safe, healthy and staying positive. Don't let the sheep and rotten press get you down!</div>
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Until next time......Keep on Stitchin'! (even if I have no time to do so, I fully expect you all to pick up the slack!) So much love to you all.</div>
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We are announcing early this year. We are starting early this year. We are going back to how we used to do it with a little twist this year.</div>
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For 2020 we are doing the Stoney Creek Pattern of the Month! If you would like to join our FB group please click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/154970091663874/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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In 2015 Stoney Creek started a little piece by piece Halloween SAL. The monthly patterns were free for the month they were released and you only had to pay shipping. There wasn't another one in 2016, but with all of the excitement surrounding the 2015, Stoney Creek decided to keep up the great work!</div>
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2017, 2018 and 2019 all had the monthly patterns. All of these patterns are still available, but the cost for each pattern is $3.95. We are unsure at this time what month the patterns will be released for 2020. It is safe to say it can be anywhere from March to May. When they are released, it will be posted here.</div>
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2015 - PM901, PM902, PM903, PM904</div>
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2017 - PM6001, PM6002, PM6003, PM6004, PM6005, PM6006</div>
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2018 - PM1301, PM1302, PM1303, PM1304, PM1305, PM1306</div>
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2019 - PM1501, PM1502, PM1503, PM1504, PM1505, PM1506</div>
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I also stitched up a cute little Lucky Star Stitches pattern a few days ago that could either be great for Valentine's or Easter. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/516091475/flower-cross-stitch-pattern-cross-stitch?ga_search_query=heart&ref=shop_items_search_7" target="_blank">Hearts and Flowers</a>!<br />
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Had to put the knitting needles aside in favor of completing January's Neglected Floss SAL and gosh this was WONDERFUL. Granted it is still too cold for my fingers to work properly but I did it just the same.</div>
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First up are the two borders. For the NFSAL you get two borders and then the sampler style year border in Magical's blog post from November 2019 entitled <a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/nfsal-2020-announcement-post.html" target="_blank">ANNOUNCEMENT POST</a>. Not knowing what the patterns will be like throughout the year may or may not cause some pre-pattern post stress, but fear not! I have determined that each month will go with each border if you chose not to do the year sampler type border.</div>
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Let us talk about the first border. Here we have what may look like interconnected flowers OR interconnected acorns. Because of the way they are stitched, I'm going with flowers.</div>
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This border is 65 x 65 stitches wide and high. It's quick, it's easy...........until you hit that snag in the middle that might throw off your stitching by a stitch if you aren't careful. Mind that middle flower!</div>
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I chose the Delft Blue combination as I love Delft blues. The Navy Blue really gives this some WOW as you can see. I have to apologize now for the darkness of the shot as it was night time and I couldn't seem to get a better picture.</div>
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Next up is the leafy border. It doesn't look intimidating in the least and pretty straight forward until you start stitching. Suddenly thoughts of WHY DID I? and THE DESIGNER IS EVIL! come to mind, but in the end it really <i>is</i> worth the time.</div>
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I will honestly inform you that this border pattern is time consuming, but if you enjoy leaves, backstitching and having a fabulous final border, THIS is the one for you. However............do not be deceived by either border. Each one will add flavor to each month's patterns.</div>
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I will be starting the 12 month border soon and since that has already been shared I can show it as I go along. Once it is finished I'll continue putting the monthly patterns in each square.</div>
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If you want to join the Facebook Group "Magical's SALs" clicky <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953649574959700/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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If you just want to follow "Magical Quilts and More" for all the patterns clicky <a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I recommend you join the FB group to see how everyone else is doing things in case you need inspiration. There are some AMAZINGLY creative minds out there and I'm constantly blown away by color choices and end results. </div>
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I'm taking some time away from stitching to rest my painful hands and have picked up my knitting needles again. I expect it will take some time to use up all the cotton, but I'm okay with that. Whatever makes you happy, right?</div>
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We are on the tail end of January and just around the corner will be warmer weather, spring, gardens being planted and the ability to be outside. I can't wait!</div>
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Last time I was here bleating about what's new I shared the story of the washcloths, how they were wearing out and how I was making more.</div>
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There I was knitting away happily when the video chat with my siblings happened and next thing I know they all want wash cloths. This makes me very happy as I really want to use all of the cotton I have to get it out of the yarn bags.........you know the joke about the yarn stash that reproduces while you aren't looking and next thing you know there's a major motion picture about THE THING eating everyone and everything and the world ends in a vast explosion in an attempt to eradicate it from the planet? That's how I feel about my yarn and want to get what I have made into the things it was meant for...........or die trying! </div>
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A cone of cotton was a brilliant and inexpensive way to make washcloths. I am guesstimating that a cone could make approximately 18 6"x 6" washcloths. Each ball can make 4. From the cone I made three terrible things that have since been banished to the garage for other uses, one too large cloth and 9 perfect ones with one being made on the needles currently with enough cotton left to make one last one. By the time I'm finished with all of my balls of cotton I should have about 35 perfect washcloths. </div>
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By now you are wondering if I have lost my mind......why yes I have! I just cannot stop knitting them! Not one, but all three siblings want some so why not?! I swear they are my biggest fans of all the crafty things I do and if they want washcloths, then washcloths they will get.</div>
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Because it's January 15th, I have gathered the necessary items together for my model stitching for the <a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/nfsal-2020-announcement-post.html" target="_blank">2020 NFSAL</a>. For those of you new to me or need a little updating: I came up with the idea for the Neglected Floss Stitch Along a few years ago and asked my friend Galdra if she would design the patterns. We first posted this on the first of every month on DeviantArt for our Stitching Pirates and Galdra has since been posting the patterns on her blog and now for her Facebook Group. I handed it all over to her since she is amazing at keeping it all organized on her blog and I was taking that needed break from the world of internet, besides, she really has been designing her butt off for this and does deserve the credit here for her beautiful patterns.</div>
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Fast forward to November 2019 where the first post for the <a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/nfsal-2020-announcement-post.html" target="_blank">2020 NFSAL</a> went live with borders for each monthly pattern. I have chosen the blues and will be using Sullivan's and Kreinik (hopefully). Some of the patterns have the potential for some fun with beads, but mostly just pretty Kreinik for that bling.</div>
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After some discussion of color matching Kreinik to the Sullivan's and also using a conversion chart, the challenge is on!</div>
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I cannot share any more than this with you as the first pattern will not be released until January 24th. I will be sharing my finished pictures with Galdra who will use them in her blog and after that I'll share them here and on the Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953649574959700/?multi_permalinks=2577627475895237%2C2576903659300952%2C2575399372784714&notif_id=1578917375731087&notif_t=group_activity" target="_blank">Magical's SAL's</a>. If you haven't joined yet, please do! I'm the silent, lurking admin, but it shouldn't take long to get you into the group once you click join. All patterns that Galdra creates are free. She has many wonderful SALs in her group you may have to either join them all or pick one or two.</div>
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I did splurge on some needleminders I've had in my favs list on Etsy for quite some time. The only reason I did the splurge is, believe it or not, I won $50 on the Colorado Lottery and felt I needed to do a little something to celebrate.</div>
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I have shared this on Instagram (@Akazaus if you are interested in following) and how could I resist nouveaux mermaids and had to have the set. For some reason Denkai creates these light, wooden minders in sets and picking just one is too difficult..........it's the set or death!! Her packaging is always a treat with the added candy and surprise minder. </div>
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For now I'll share my latest fun with Lucy. My son has been out of town for two weeks, will be back this weekend for two days and then gone again for another week which means it's Lucy with me all the time. We are old ladies and do old lady things...........one of which is keeping warm in the chair together while I knit.</div>
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...year if you can believe that. I am excited, but kind of blown away. I mean, how does a year fly by so quickly? Very much looking forward to 2020. When I was a kid I never imagined 2020, or 2000 for that matter!</div>
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There will be no boring end of year in review. It's the same old stuff anyway with three exceptions. The first is "<a href="https://www.unconventionalxstitch.com/anatomy-of-a-pew-pew-cross-stitch-pattern/" target="_blank">Anatomy of a Pew Pew</a>" by <a href="https://www.unconventionalxstitch.com/" target="_blank">Unconventional X Stitch</a>. I made this for my son (Veteran, US ARMY) in just a few short hours, hunted down some 45 ammo and glued it to the frame. He seriously LOVES it.</div>
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I work with young people and one of them is curious about the things I stitch, so I showed him the finished Pew Pew and he said, "I've seen that before but it was different" and he then scrolled around his phone and found yet another finished piece. Of course, I had to educate him on who created the pattern and so on, but to have youngsters who are gamers and have no connection to the cross stitching community, loving a pattern this much they get excited every time they see a new version of it, brings so much joy to my heart. </div>
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Then the snow storms started and my hands have been unhappy....my entire body has been unhappy...but I'm unable to hold the needle presently so I switched up to crochet and finally finished the main body of a Chickie Bag I've been working on for a year. It doesn't really take long to make these, but when you put it down in favor of other things....it takes about a year. I believe I started this one in January. It isn't completely finished. I'm still deciding on whether to keep the "different" placement of the strap where it is or change it to the more standard method.</div>
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After the Chickie Bag main body finish, I picked up those knitting needles and started working on my wash cloths again. I had to dig through some pictures to find the original gift, but back in 2012 I taught a co-worker to knit. For a gift to me for teaching and because she was moving away in May 2013, she knitted some wash cloths for me and found this super fun orange (literally looks like an orange) basket to put the cloths in.</div>
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As you can see, she did an amazing job and I had many lovely wash cloths that I used to death. I think I mentioned last year that I only had two left........well now I'm down to one. I seriously love these wash cloths and they last so long I'm shocked they have worn out. I've only had one dishwasher in one place I lived in, but still (out of habit) washed by hand. There's something ritualistic and relaxing about doing the dishes and at 54, it's safe to say I'll just keep doing them by hand. I need to make more to fill my basket. </div>
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In case you are wondering about my needles, here's how I made them: I'm using needles normally used for in the round with the attached wire. I have to many wires I thought, "Hmmm, I could cut the ends on one and then block the ends with something. I tried using the plastic ones that come with the wires and they were too bulky. Cut those off because the wire was still too long, super glued some shiny crystal beads and now I have the perfect length for knitting washcloths. This is a good thing since I have an ample supply of Sugar and Cream and Premier Home Cotton to make cloths with. Crochet a clam shell edging and you have perfect cloths. </div>
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The seed stitch is what I use for my cloths and had explained that to Melinda (the woman who made me the gift). The seed stitch doesn't go flat like the garter stitch will over time and one rarely needs a scrubby pad because of the seed stitch in the cloth. I'm hoping to make a ton of cloths and keep the last two that Melinda made in the bottom of the basket so I still have those precious gifts forever.</div>
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Some gifts really are that precious. If a person knows me well enough, a gift that I can USE is far more precious than a knick knack. Everything I own has a use EXCEPT for those dang knick knacks. Well those collect dust so I suppose that's a use!</div>
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New Year plans? Just keep working on one WIP at a time until they are all done. The only new thing I'll be stitching this year is NFSAL as the model stitcher. No SALs, no leaping up to do the next new thing.....my WIPs need to be done. I finished one this year for the Stitch9Challenge. Maybe next year will see more than one?</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-5112691187679108632019-12-15T00:44:00.000-07:002019-12-15T00:44:15.473-07:00Was Totally Distracted...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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House renovations thrill me as do some of the homesteading videos. Who knows when this new knowledge will come in handy, but having lived on a farm as a kid, it is a lovely reminder of things I already knew but haven't used in so long.......it's kind of a bummer I haven't had a proper veggie garden in forever.</div>
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Of course, January 1st will see a few things removed from this list and a new pie begun. Hopefully I can remember to take a screen shot of everything on December 31st for when I get back to some of the stuff I'm taking off.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-11842147273025576422019-12-13T14:14:00.005-07:002019-12-13T14:14:46.651-07:00I'm So Done With....<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I sent a rather large box to my brother who lives on his boat in Point Baker, Alaska. I did have two boxes, but had to combine those with the larger box so he could have a little tree on his boat this year. Here's hoping it arrives on time. The weather is not cooperating and the float planes don't fly in nasty weather. A fun fact for you: Much of what you see on the NatGeo show "Port Protection" is actually filmed in Point Baker. "Sam" and "Stewart" live there. Everyone else lives in Port Protection, which is about 3 miles by boat from Point Baker. If you watch the show, please enjoy it for the scenery and take what you are being told with a grain of salt...and maybe a beer...the BS gets deep on some episodes.</div>
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While I was taking the large box, package and smaller package to the car, I lost the one for my sister and still haven't found it. Where it went I have no idea. It was there. It was gone. I'm going to keep looking around for it since I know it made it out of the RV. I think I know. Maybe it fell off again on the way out the door. Now I have to look again.</div>
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Now that the ornaments situation has resolved itself, I grabbed up my Thordak (pattern by <a href="https://www.unconventionalxstitch.com/fire-and-ember-cross-stitch-pattern/" target="_blank">UXS called Fire and Ember</a>) and plan on finishing that. Since today is the 13th I still might be able to finish this by the New Year, but I'm going to be realistic and say sometime in January.</div>
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Another UXS pattern originally called <a href="https://www.unconventionalxstitch.com/cute-angel-mermaid-v2-cross-stitch-pattern/" target="_blank">Cute Angel Mermaid</a>. The lighting for that picture does not do it justice and hopefully I can snap a better shot before framing and mailing.</div>
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I'm going to start listening to The Gunslinger series by Stephen King today. I may be able to finish Thordak by the time I finish the Gunslinger series. That will be a fun goal!</div>
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Side one and side two. I tried really hard to get that stuffing in the bottom tip but it wasn't having it as well as I'd have liked. Time to make cording! I love making cording. I'll make it all day long.</div>
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Not too shabby if you ask me and now I can power on with the ornaments and package them up ready to send! I'll share that tomorrow.</div>
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I missed the last few days of blog posting because I was working. Seven days in a row is not a good plan when most of those shifts are 9 to 11 hours at a time. Next three days off so expect some good stuff!</div>
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...10 hours yesterday and didn't blog because I was so tired and forgot. A couple months ago I worked 17 or 18 days straight. We had lost two employees AND the five people we were training for the new store AND I also had to travel to another store to help set up the Christmas stuff.</div>
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After that things settled down until two weeks ago when one guy got sick and didn't work and the other guy just didn't bother showing up or calling. A new guy was hired on Friday and he kicked some freight butt. I think he'll be great.</div>
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I have not had time to work on the Santa ornaments, but am hoping to do so tomorrow. For now, here's a picture of Lucy for your viewing pleasure.</div>
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To say I was disappointed in the end result of the first Santa is an understatement. So I used a ruler and tried again doing it a little differently.</div>
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Interfacing in place, I try using a ruler to get things right and it's almost there!</div>
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Slightly off. But MUCH better than it was. By the time I managed to get that one done I was tired and needed a sit down. I ended up doing some crochet that I cannot share now because it's a gift but I finished that project quickly and happily.</div>
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After sewing it up, it is better but still not perfect. So I'm thinking these will be "rustic"...let's have a giggle about that for a minute.</div>
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Not my best ornament making, but the stitching is lovely! Once I get cording on the two that are pretty "okay" I'll hopefully be more satisfied. And then I tried to stuff the dang thing and that turned into a chore. It is obvious I shouldn't have made them so small. Maybe an extra inch of fabric all the way around would have been better. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!</div>
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Cording has been made and sewing it on began. I'm not going to say the cording fixed anything or made it so much better, but it's not as bad as I feared. This ornament will NOT be gifted to anyone this year, it was the practice run on stuffing and cording.</div>
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Still wonky, but more presentable. I'm supposed to send my ornaments today but it looks like that is not going to happen.</div>
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I'm at the point now that maybe instead of pointing the ends I just sew a rectangle and call it good. I'll try that and see what happens. Update on this progress tomorrow! If you have suggestions, by all means share! I have a bunch of these guys stitched as you know so testing ideas is always an option.</div>
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...things started happening in a wonderful way. So now I can show you all of the wonderful things that were stitched, mostly during October while we were heavy into competing. KLT vs Jodyri was at it again and between work and pulling my butt out of that intense ennui, it came out pretty good!</div>
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In July I found I have 5 days off in a row (it won't happen again but there it was) so I packed my stuff and headed home to New Mexico where I am from originally and most of my family is still at today. I visited my sister and her clan, my aunt and her clan and then drove up to the four corners and visited my other aunt and my sweet, sweet Grandma. I took along my Ink Circles Tapestry to show off.</div>
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A little back story real quick: After 9/11 happened I had a lovely visit with my Grandma and my Dad who came to see me in Eagle River, Alaska. Grandma demanded I come to Whittier to stay for a few days so I did. Before leaving, I wanted to show my Grandma (she is a master quilter) that I had learned how to quilt. I had a lovely topper finished with garden veggies and fun colors and she LOVED it. She then thanked me for it and I didn't have heart to tell her it wasn't a gift. She's so adorable how could I say no to her?</div>
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Fast forward to July of this year and I bring Tapestry to work on while we chat and catch up and she says, "Oh I couldn't accept this as a gift, I'm too old for things now." I giggled, remembering the topper she accepted years ago and gently told her it's for my BFF Dee Dee and Grandma looked a little bummed by that but glad at the same time. She's still spicy after all these years. She is 97. I spent an extra day with them because I could and wanted to be with Grandma a little longer. So, Tapestry got some love and was touched by the hands of my Grandma. I love that and it makes it even more special when that happens.</div>
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When the ho hums set in I still wanted to stitch a little at first but not on anything I had going on, so I grabbed one of the freebie butterfly patterns from World of Cross Stitching website and stitched up this little butterfly.</div>
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It will eventually be made into a little ornament and I think I'll put it with my Spring stuff to display around Easter. It turned out so cute!</div>
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Fast forward again (the gap of no stitching was going on) and now it's time to start the Halloween SAL, but I'm just not into it. I am one of the admins of the FB group Carla and Leonore's Halloween SAL, but all I could bring myself to do was go in, make announcements, give love to posts and leave. It was a struggle as you know from yesterdays post, but I did manage to start Durene Jones Haunting Night. I finished most of the outer border during the competition in October.</div>
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It is a fun pattern and I'll get around to finishing it next year. I now have three Halloween patterns to finish, but I'm betting next year I'll have these done no problem.</div>
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During the October competition, which started out slowly like it does, I had time to finish some odds and ends. The Spring Mystery SAL was finished and it's so pretty.</div>
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There's a backside I'll get to eventually but this part is complete. Then I moved on to the half finished #TeamJodyri large version and finished that.</div>
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Yes, I should have put that pinkie color by the letters, but I didn't and this is how it is, ha, ha. I also finished the October version of #TeamJodyri and I have to say I Love the cat!</div>
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That grey at the bottom is just the month and year and my initials for me in case I forget when this happened and it blends so nicely with the fabric it's annoying. But, it's done and I'm not changing it. I might make an ornament out of this one too so it's been put in the "to sew" basket.</div>
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We were challenged to stitch on a penguin pattern. I have never stitched a penguin pattern in my life and I've been stitching for over 30 years! So I found a little freebie on Pinterest and stitched it up. It's going to be an ornament for my sister since I was yakking on the phone with her while I stitched it.</div>
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To explain the picture: The challenge was to post a picture of the penguin, how many stitches and with a sock. Funny right? If you aren't part of this challenge you might want to be just for the pure fun of it. The October Challenge was full of socks: show us what socks you are wearing, put a sock in the picture, etc.</div>
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We were also introduced to Circus Stitches. The designer is the sister of either KLT or Jodyri, I can't remember which, but I did find a pattern that I LOVE and snatched it up, picked out fabric and floss and was so pleased with it because I was able to use this one pattern for several daily challenges throughout the month.</div>
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The fabric is more purple and the floss colors stand out more in normal light, this picture is just terrible but that's what I have at the moment. I LOVE this pattern....I'm a Firefly fan (brown coats for life!) and to be able to do so much stitching on this one pattern during the month was a treat. I might hold on to it for March's competition. It's the only unfinished thing I have from the competition because I kind of refused to do a new start. I have too many WIPs and didn't want yet another one, with the exception of this one.</div>
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After the competition ended, of course it was November and time to start stitching Christmas ornaments. I started out with a pile of patterns that I wanted to stitch and ended up doing one leaflet. Homespun Elegance "Santas Aplenty", but I decided to stitch three versions of each pattern.</div>
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They don't look like Santas, but more like Wise Men. but they all came out super cute. I'm on a time crunch with these guys and since I'm only sending out five ornaments, once I figure out how to make them perfectly, I'll be done with them for this year. More on that tomorrow.</div>
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I've still been using the cute little jar for my ORT jar. It's good for one project at a time. Not like my old one that broke which could handle a year's worth of orts.</div>
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As you can see, the ornament project has almost filled this jar! It's so darned cute! I am keeping it. It fits nicely in the glass thing I use to keep all of the stitchy stuff together so why not?</div>
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Not too bad for working on things so slowly. Today started out rainy but it's snowing. Winter came early this year and I'm thinking it will be a long one for sure. Never fear, I will be warm and dry here in my 5th Wheel with plenty of things to stitch, knit and crochet.</div>
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Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</div>
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...for a few months. Essentially, this is what happened to me. I even had a dream about it. Should I tell the dream first or the reality that happened? Better start with reality and then save the dream for last.</div>
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From the beginning of my being here in Colorado I have been battling a strangeness about myself that, up until recently, did not have a name. I had effectively ditched my old life. A life of security, a job, my condo, my beautiful Alaska. I lunged forward into the unknown to try and achieve a goal I had been planning for about six years. </div>
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The goal was tiny house living, a nice job, and happily ever after. What I ended up with was a giant 5th Wheel that was broken before it even arrived at my son's house, no job, and serious money issues.</div>
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Well, that's all my fault. I planned up to the goal and didn't think further than that. I really like my 5th Wheel, but the term "living simply" is very real in this case. No running water in the winter. My water tank has a broken nozzle so water won't stay in the tank. The hot water heater is fried so completely I have to replace it. Propane is expensive and without my electric heaters I would freeze to death (kind of like I almost did last winter when the propane froze).</div>
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On the plus side, I live in my son's back yard and can go in the house to shower, do laundry and get water. Of course, there is a down side to living in my son's back yard.....it IS his back yard. I can't blame my son for this. He wanted me here. He said it was his turn. He took my money and bought my 5th Wheel for me. Now he's suggesting I go on to other things....he's been suggesting this since he met his new girlfriend and I get it. I made the decision to move here, and I made every decision since on how to fail miserably at life. No one to kick but myself. So I kicked....harder and harder.</div>
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Knowing all of this now, you may begin to understand that mentally I hit a wall. I was pushing myself to get on with it. I pushed too hard apparently. One day I just..........stopped.</div>
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I went to work. I came home, sat on the couch and let movies play while I stared off into space. I felt useless, unwanted, unneeded, unnecessary.......seriously a waste of space. The honest truth is I had told myself that ceasing to exist completely would be the better action, but, more honestly I really didn't feel like ceasing to exist even if logically it made perfect sense.</div>
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You are now thinking, "Wow, she was so depressed!" It really didn't feel like true depression. It was just <i>nothing.</i> Kind of out of body most of the time, except I wasn't looking at myself from outside, I just wasn't inside. Seriously nothing.</div>
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I didn't cross stitch, sew, crochet, knit or get on the internet much. If I did it was just to see what chats were happening which really didn't do much for me. If someone asked me a question I would answer and then log off. I know being offline actually helped me since I wasn't "involved" with life on the internet and could continue to internalize about nothing.</div>
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It took some time to come out of that nothing and start socializing more, picked up some stitching, started planning my one WIP at a time situation and getting myself back together. </div>
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Some of you may be suggesting empty nest syndrome............totally not the case. It's more like my children are all adults (35, 31, 28 and 27). Three of them are married. Three of them own their own homes. They all live far away (except for son #2). Doesn't this sound like empty nest? Seriously it's not. I'm proud of them. They are successful adults living decent lives. I LIKE THIS. What I don't like is the part where I'm not needed or necessary. What do I do with myself now that I'm finally alone? My Baby Bird was the last to leave me and she waited until she was 25 to do it...pretty nice of her really.</div>
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Finally, feeling too pathetic about myself, and everything in life, I realized that without someone to take care of other than myself, I wasn't driven to excel or aim higher. I honestly don't want to. But is that true? I don't know what I want to be now that I'm grown up and alone! I doubt I'll ever know.</div>
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My children suggested I start doing charity work. The local places all have power craving lunatics trying to be in charge with no concept of what charity work is about....they just want to be the boss of something. We have to be real here. It's hard enough to get along with stronger personalities in the work place, but to try and do charity work with a rampaging controlling monster on the loose is just too much. So that is right out the back door.</div>
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I did find a little job at a store here in town. Minimum wage, was recently promoted to a lead position and it's generally fun. Not enough pay to move into an apartment or even rent a room. So, rock and hard place for now. </div>
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The financial mess I got myself into after I moved here has not helped my mental health whatsoever. With this little job I'm managing to pay off my debt and most of it will be done by April 2020. I'm at that part right now, like when we all are stitching and we are about 2/3rds done but can't see the end anytime soon and just want to throw it across the room...yeah, that's where I'm at financially and mentally. Soon I'll get that last wind in and will be able to breathe.</div>
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When I finally started dragging my butt off the couch and doing things again, that's when I had this dream. It made me cry because it was so.........strangely intense and sad. Describing the dream to you will be difficult. You all know how dreams can be........all over the place and incomprehensible, but I'll stick to the main parts.</div>
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<i>The dream begins with me standing in the lobby of this giant hotel. I'm alone but surrounded by people coming and going. I realize I'm waiting for the elevator so I can go to my room but the elevator only takes so many people up or down at a time so it will be a long wait to get on the elevator. i am not sure if I'm purposefully not being allowed on the elevator so I wait.</i></div>
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<i>I am across the street from the hotel in the lobby of another hotel where I am asked if I would like two standing lamps. They are either gold plated or brass, but pretty with the golden metal swirling around the frosted glass lampshades. I take them and go back to the lobby of my hotel.</i></div>
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<i>Standing there I see my friend Vanessa (a person I actually do know) and she is talking to me and trying to convince me to be her girlfriend (yes, this is pretty accurate too, and part of reality, although she's not my type, I don't date anyway but I still think she's great) and somehow she's gone and I'm still standing in the lobby with my two lamps.</i></div>
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<i>A man walks up to me and asks if I'm okay. (For you readers, he looks like Chris Pratt but isn't. This is so you have a good idea of the man talking to me) I look at him slowly and say, "I think I have lost my mind."</i></div>
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<i>It is at this point in the dream I realize that I was feeling nothing during the entire dream to this point. I realize I had completely lost my mind, my sense of self and was a walking ghost. I had been NOTHING. The man has lovely brown eyes that convey sympathy very well, honest feeling was in those lovely eyes. </i></div>
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<i>The man hugs me and looks at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen and I could tell he felt love for me and sorrow.</i></div>
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<i>After he stops hugging me I felt...FELT...better, like someone has re-lit the candle in my heart.</i></div>
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There's the dream in summary. I could go on with more of it, but that's it in a nutshell. If you are anything like me you would want to research the symbols in that dream to see what might be happening in my sub-conscious....and yes, research was done.</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Clothes</b> make a
statement about how we want people to perceive us. If your dream symbol is
shabby clothing, you may feel unattractive or worn out. Changing what you wear
may reflect a lifestyle change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Faulty machinery</b> in dreams is caused
by the language center being shut down while asleep, making it difficult to dial
a phone, read the time, or search the internet. It can also represent
performance anxiety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unification of unconscious emotions with conscious recognition, showing a new
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Lamp" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Lamp.</b> </a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To see a lamp in your dream
symbolizes guidance, hope, inspiration, enlightenment and reassurance. If the
lamp is dimly lit or unlit, then it suggests that you are feeling overwhelmed
by emotional issues. You have lost your ability to find your own way or see
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signifies a new state of mind or a shift in personal identity. You are
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Crazy as all of these symbols sound, they all have a bit of accuracy in how I was feeling and what I was thinking. The big NOTHING. It makes sense.</div>
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I read a book about parents who are estranged from their children that talks about loss of identity and it made sense as well. Luckily I'm not estranged in a bad way, just by life and distance. What the book absolutely was firm about is how it is now time for me to live my own life. No more service and sacrifice for my offspring, just make my own way from here on out. I like that very much.</div>
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So, I asked myself what I would like to do. Pay my bills, which I AM doing...check. Listen to more audible books while I stitch (I've gone through six recently)....check. I need to move, but where?</div>
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Ahhhh, THAT is a darned good question. Do I stay locally since I'm here? Do I go back to Alaska? Do I move to Arizona where I have friends? Research suggests that regardless of which way I go, it will cost money. Better make some money. Luckily I have a little job and once winter is over, I can get back to doing some contract jobs to make more money. I have time to figure out the where.</div>
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I have also challenged myself to planning some trips for 2020. I will visit my Baby Bird in Florida the end of January. Go to Seattle for a girl's weekend with my friend Cyndy in May. July I will be in a posh hotel in Denver for a convention and a lovely reunion with my friend Nancy who is coming down from Canada. Once again I will be her tour guide in the area in which I live.</div>
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You see? I have begun to plan MY life. The adventure begins so slowly you would think it hasn't even been planned! I actually like slow. Slow is fine.</div>
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And all of that, my dearest darlings, is where I have been.....nowhere, doing and being nothing. Luckily for me and for you, I am real again all thanks to a hug given by an imaginary man with incredible brown eyes.</div>
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Now, go get a candy cane, get your stitching and lovely warm drink and dry your eyes. It's time to continue living. </div>
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Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</div>
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Oh yes, another finish. Last time I mentioned this one was for the <a href="https://alaskawolfpack.blogspot.com/2019/03/gifted-gorgeousness-for-march.html" target="_blank">March Gifted Gorgeousness</a> post where I managed to get a nice start to Odd Clover.</div>
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Let's go back in time to New Year's Eve 2010 right before it turned 2011. My daughter, Baby Bird, was in her bedroom talking to herself. Put aside the fact that she looks like me a bit, that talking to herself is definitely a naturism thing right up front for all to see.</div>
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So she's in her bedroom, talking to herself ( like I said ) and she's getting a little more frustrated as the minutes pass until finally she's yelling at herself. I venture forth into her domain and ask my sweet, angry bird what is wrong. She says that she wants to draw a particular piece of artwork so when she goes to see her eldest brother (My Sweet First Bjorn) she would like his wife to tattoo this artwork on her body. So I ask what is it she would like?</div>
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Baby Bird explains she wants a clover, knotwork-ish style with the number 13 in the middle but she cannot make it work. I fling my hair back and take colored pencils in hand ( I am a fabulous knotwork artiste once in awhile ) and proceed to draw ( according to Baby Bird ) exactly what was in her head. The end result was this: </div>
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I also know that a great tattoo artist will make it better so I'm pleased that Baby Bird is pleased and know that my daughter in law will make it perfectly.......and she did:</div>
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She cleaned up the lines, made the colors blend better and I am so pleased with the end result I could cry. This is actually the second of my children to have my artwork on their body. Makes me feel....super gushy.</div>
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Onward to 2017 when my Baby Bird asks me to create a cross stitch pattern out of my artwork to make a patch for her vest. If you have been reading this blog for awhile you know that 2017 was a year of travel and re-location. I coordinated with a friend on a pattern, however, the Baby Bird did not approve, so I threw the darn artwork into PC Stitch and came out with something she DID approve of.</div>
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It was November of 2018 when I actually began stitching the clover. One year later I finished it. It is AWESOME!</div>
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The patch was then created with fabric glue and sewn on to my daughter's vest and promptly sent to her. This might be one of the good pictures I took that shows actual colors. The next picture is a bit washed out.</div>
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It really is a fabulous vest. Should have taken a picture of the front to show all of the other patches and flair. You get the idea here how wonderfully "her" this vest is. </div>
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I don't know if you noticed that my progress bar for Odd Clover is full, but it is! I'm leaving it until January 1st when the new WIP list with progress bars will be put in place.</div>
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I do hope your day is beautiful. Tomorrow may see a more explanatory blog about my absence from here and Floss Tube, so hopefully you will stay with me a little longer.</div>
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If I had been able to get home from work at a reasonable time, today's post would be far more exciting than it is. My apologies....good intentions and all that, ha, ha.</div>
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I will share a finish, however. <a href="https://www.kltcharting.co.uk/" target="_blank">GeoStar by KLT Charting</a>. This was a freebie if I remember correctly but I did purchase the GeoSwirl because that too is a lovely pattern.</div>
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...blogging every single day of the year. I'm laughing as I write this because it was my intention at the beginning of the year to blog every day.</div>
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My last blog, June 25th, had me finishing up the UXS stitch a thon. What followed was several months of not stitching anything. I just couldn't do it. Didn't want to think about it.</div>
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One day I picked up my Halloween SAL and started stitching. It wasn't what I wanted to stitch but I gave it a try.</div>
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October was the second installment of the KLT vs Jodyri competition which my team didn't win this time, but we are now at a healthy 1:1. I like that. Next time around #teamKLT better watch out, we may beat the pants off of them again.</div>
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Tomorrow I will write a more extensive blog with pictures of all the goodness I have managed to stitch and stuff.</div>
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Sunday afternoon I finished the page of Blue Mermaid. It was my hope to finish prior to the 7 pm start of the contest and it happened....just like that.</div>
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Something I had noticed yesterday was the color difference between the second page stitched (2016) and the page being stitched now. It was disconcerting and I thought I had used the wrong floss. Some inspection later revealed this fading on other old stitched parts to be faded as well. That was a relief as I thought I had to rip 656 tiny stitches. </div>
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This project has always been in a project bag and nowhere near the sun or any burning light source. The fading makes no sense. Once this competition is over, I'm going to stitch two swatches using the same color for DMC and Sullivan's and compare the fading over time.</div>
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I did fill out the paperwork for a little job at the local Dollar General here in my little town. The background check is what will take time to get done, so no working until that's completed. Being from the Country of Alaska, this could take a minute or a very long time depending on whether or not the security personnel who do the check believe that Alaska is actually the 49th state of America. It always shocks me how many people still don't believe Alaska is an actual state! I'm fine with it as many Canadian's claim me as theirs and that's fine by me. I love my Canadians and Canada.</div>
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An even happier note for you all; Sunday breakfast with my son, I explained the situation with my beloved ORT jar. He doesn't like Gin, even Sapphire Gin, so buying a bottle with the booze was not an option. He then got on his phone, found an empty for a few bucks. Total price of empty bottle with shipping: $11.00. He gets the good son award again this week.</div>
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I'm actually liking my new little one, but miss the big blue. Luckily that will be fixed in a few days time. Let's hope my glass cutting skills haven't been lost due to lack of practice.</div>
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Back to stitching I go........only 1344 stitches in and there's no time to get lazy or overly confident. Those quiet stitchers are the ones to look out for as they are very sneaking with their stitching and end up stitching more than I could.</div>
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It was bound to happen at some point. The jar already had two cracks in it. I loved that jar. I don't want to throw it out. Out it must go now.</div>
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My friend K came over yesterday with her two boys (D and E) and her man Z. It's a new place for D and E so exploring and touching and rooting around is what went on. Personally I think exploring is good for little kids until they start exploring my crafty stuff...then I get a little bitey. </div>
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It was my mistake really. I put my beloved ORT jar on the dining table. E decided he wanted to color. While I was removing my things from the table he knocked the ORT jar over and that was it for the ORT jar. </div>
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It cracked in a really cool way. Sadly, handling this with anything but care will see the shards separate and hands will be sliced....not a good plan when there's a stitch a thon for the win starting at 7 pm today!</div>
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This jar used to house Alaska pickled kelp which is yummy and great as relish if you chop it up finely. The jar is pretty cute too and may end up being the permanent ORT jar if it continues sitting there being cute.</div>
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I did not get the permanent position with the school. That was a huge bummer for me and I ended up throwing out all the plans...A, B and C and whatever else was in my head and figured I should keep my goals smaller for the time being.</div>
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I have received a pre-hiring packet from Dollar General. It's here in my small town, so no long distance driving. They pay isn't great but I honestly don't need much. So there's that.</div>
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This evening marks the beginning of the speed stitch portion of the UXS Stitch a Thon for June. I'm hoping to have a page finish on Blue Mermaid before that starts. </div>
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One of the boys visiting yesterday told me that Blue Mermaid was "creepy" when I showed him the original artwork. I suppose it could be creepy, but honestly I love it and my brother REALLY loves it, so it's being stitched. My brother is also going to rename his boat Blue Mermaid.</div>
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I have picked out his paint colors for when he paints his boat so it will be blue striped with the trim being dark blue and the cabin a pale blue. His boat is a definite work in progress....and no, he doesn't like that he has that ghetto fridge on his back deck. He's been waiting for the inside fridge he ordered to come in for six months now. The Alaska Bush...gotta love it.</div>
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My focus piece for this week's craziness will be my beloved Thordak (Fire and Ember). Once I finish that last bit on my Blue Mermaid, I'll prep Thordak and be ready for 7 pm. Can't wait!! If you remember from the previous stitch a thon, I came in second place. This time it will be first place, baby!</div>
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I'm going to breakfast with my son today (mom and son date) so I'll be happy and fueled for the stitching that will happen when I return. First I must bury the ORT jar and say goodbye to that old friend. It seems only right that there is a thunderstorm going on right now as I head out to do that deed.</div>
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Because I haven't been here blabbing away, I haven't checked up on you all in awhile. Here's hoping you all are safe, happy and healthy!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-72839794032921554552019-05-02T20:32:00.001-06:002019-05-02T20:32:51.082-06:00Why Are We Waiting?<div style="text-align: justify;">
As you may or may not know, I work for an temp agency, but we refer to each job as a "contract" because that's what it is. It was my hope,when I signed on with this company, to meet many people, get some networking in there, and get a good local resume built up with plenty of happy references.</div>
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I have been successful thus far. My work has been 100%, showed up on time, left the places better than when I got there.</div>
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My latest contract has been at an alternative high school and the first week there I knew I liked this job. The contract was for an undetermined amount of time (until someone was hired) which could be two weeks or months and months. The second week in I'm being told by everyone I should apply if I haven't and so I did. Two weeks after that I had my interview...yesterday as a matter of fact.</div>
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At the interview I was informed that tomorrow I should know who was hired. I find it very amusing that I was the person the other interviewee greeted when she arrived and I was the person who informed the principal and another employee that she was there for her interview. Several others think it's really funny as well. That interviewee seemed nice, she's middle aged, soft spoken. If I knew what her resume had on it and how the interview went I'd have a better feel for what news I may get tomorrow. Sadly all I could do was sneaky peeks through the glass into the room they were interviewing in and couldn't guess how it was going.</div>
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I get off work at 5:00 pm and by 5:15 pm my company will call me to tell me my contract has ended.</div>
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Here's option B for tomorrow:</div>
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I get a call from the school's HR offering me the job and at 5:15 pm tomorrow I get the call from my company telling me that my contract has ended.</div>
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Option B is preferred. The teacher's, counselors and the other Administrative Assistant I work with all want me to just be hired so I never leave. I love this, but have a tiny worry that they will be disappointed. Of course, we will continue thinking positively and continue doing my work like I own that job. LIKE A BOSS!</div>
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Tonight is Critical Role with Nancy and I'm stitching May's NFSAL which I cannot show you since it won't be released until Saturday on Deviant Art and five days later on Magical's blog. I'm antsy though. I want to know. I need to know. I'm dyyyyyyyyyyyyyying to know!</div>
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For now, let's just go stab some fabric with delicious Dinky Dyes silk floss and make something pretty.</div>
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Until next time......KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4103520050119165197.post-88519443685094952402019-05-01T18:35:00.001-06:002019-05-01T18:35:39.848-06:00May 1st!The crazy month of April and the KLT vs Jodyri competition is over! I do plan on doing a lengthy post about the second half of the month, but not today. Today marks the first day of daily blog posts again and I thought I would share one thing that went on during the middle of the month....two things really.<br />
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For seven days I suffered some horribleIhavenoideawhatitwascomingoutofmybutt issue. Seven days. Five of which were cause for concern and I was almost ready to go see a doctor about it and wouldn't you know it, everything settled down and I was able to get back into working and participating in the competition.<br />
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<a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/2019/04/spring-mystery-sal-2019-part-3.html" target="_blank">The Spring Mystery SAL</a> started on April 19th and pattern parts were released every few hours. What was I doing? Bed to couch to bathroom to bathroom to couch to bed to bathroom and then the bathroom again, rinse, repeat. I had the two pre-stitches done, but could barely consider stitching which hurt my feelings as I suffered yet another trip to the bathroom. The burning, liquefaction of everything I had ever eaten coursing through my body and exiting triumphantly while sweat gushed down my face...........WILL IT EVER END? Shaky legs carried me hither and yon, hither and yon for days and days.<br />
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<a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/2019/04/spring-mystery-sal-2019-part-3.html" target="_blank">The Spring Mystery SAL</a>. I completely missed out. It was all I could do to participate minimally in the competition! But the SAL! I wanted to participate in that so badly! But NO, I had to clean the bathroom four times. My RV smelled like an over flowing porta john left in the hot sun to percolate. Windows were opened, one at a time. Every time I used my body to do anything ended up in a race back to the bathroom.<br />
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Coughing and sneezing? Oh HECK NO. Might as well just wait it out in the bathroom. A few times I did.<br />
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One day I had tried to go to work thinking I'd be okay. Halfway to work.....IT slipped out without warning. Helpful tip about this situation: always have a plastic bag in the glove box for just such occasions. It's a barrier between my now full pants and the fabric of my car seat. I pulled into a parking lot and called out of work that day, crying, humiliated that my possessed bowels couldn't get a grip, or, at the very least, give some kind of warning. Drove home and stepped directly into the shower. More cleaning.<br />
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At the time this wasn't as funny as it is now. But then, even at the time I wasn't down in the dumps...so to speak. I did watch a few movies...thankful I could hit pause or rewind if I didn't have time to pause.<br />
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Did I lose weight? I'm not sure. I keep forgetting to step on the scale at work to see if maybe one or two of these sexy extra pounds may have fled my body.<br />
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Do you think this was one of those TMI or oversharing moments? You betcha it is!! But why not? If nothing else you giggled at my expense (it's what I aim for) and are now stuffing a plastic bag in the glove box!<br />
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Yep, it's that time of year again! This awesomeness is hosted by Jo. Honestly it's one of my favorite things to do every year and this year is no exception.</div>
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I'm showing off last year's Spring Mystery SAL (<a href="https://magicalquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this year's started today!</a>) because it is still so pretty to me. If wasn't working today, I'd already be begging Galdra to release the next section of pattern sooner.</div>
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That's right, I am a little competitive. Who knew that cross stitch competitions would be so intense? Trash talking, trying to maintain one's composure when we get the win and failing, wondering what the next challenge twist or spot challenge will be.....it's stressful in a good way.</div>
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Thought I would share my accomplishments thus far so you can see what ridiculousness we have been up to. Also, we are still in the lead as a team, but one person on the other team has more individual points than our teammate who <i>was</i> in the lead.</div>
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The number one rule throughout is the #teamjodyri (since I'm on that team) in your post. At first that wasn't an issue, but after a few days...</div>
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Day 1: NEW START</div>
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This was the 25 x 25 pattern SAL from Magical's Blog. That was a start and finish situation. My plan was to only do my SAL patterns, but dang it if the rules for each thing changed when they posted for the day...I'll show you that later.</div>
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Day 2: SHOW US YOUR STITCHING CORNER</div>
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So far, so easy right? We are all thinking: WOW, this is easy! We all had planned out our lists. The list was given prior to the start of the competition so we'd have an idea as to what we could expect...little did we know...</div>
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Day 3: WORK ON A KLT CHARTING CHART</div>
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I had to go quickly and grab a freebie from the KLT Charting Group on FB so I could get this done...technically a new start. I call it "the beginning of my new start frustration", but still keeping it positive I soldiered onward...</div>
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Naturally we have to post the starting picture and follow that up with an ending picture. It was this challenge that showed our team leaders a few things and later they fixed our wagon! By now it's a definite rule that all posts need to have the team hashtag or no points will be given. </div>
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Day 4: TELL US HOW MANY WIPs YOU HAVE</div>
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Day 4: Name that Floss!</div>
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Gorgeous thread isn't it? This wasn't a spot challenge. We had a few days to think of something. I thought of Rocky Mountain Sunset and shared a picture of why.</div>
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Gorgeous isn't it? I took this in September of 2017 when I happened to look out my window and see this pretty sunset happening. When I walked out into the street to take the shot, this truck stopped and allowed me to take the picture! That was super nice. But it does have the colors of that pretty floss doesn't it? More on that later...</div>
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Endangered Youngin's Bear Cubs. I have all the patterns and will eventually stitch them to make quilts for my potential grandkids, but this one was stitched after the birth of my second son..so I think it's 30 years old-ish. Still feeling confident, the challenge is still easy....</div>
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Arrrgh! I was at work when this one hit and couldn't possibly show anything! It's okay, I tell myself. Just breathe, it's fine. Right? It's fine! (seriously, just breathe you competitive jerk!)</div>
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Because I'm a serious jerk, I put the time in there to make sure all bases were covered. I'm using Jodyri July 2017 Limited Edition "Galaxy" floss. I have been saving it for something special and this pattern "GeoStar" by KLT Charting is perfect for it. (there's another geo pattern that would make a great sequel to this one I'm going to get and stitch later)</div>
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See what I mean? It's super pretty. It's my favorite floss out of all of the floss I have made by Michelle (she's the owner/operator of Jodyri).</div>
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Day 7: SHOW US YOUR STITCHING BUDDY</div>
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This challenge was so fun! We were shown pictures of dogs and cats, stuffed animals, best friends, husbands, children....a definite fun one! I was torn...do I show Roy? Do I show Lucy? Roy was hiding in the basket of biscornu, so I chose Lucy who is so adorable and I had just taken the best picture ever of her.</div>
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Dang it she's adorable! Just look at that happy face! I can hardly stand it she's so wonderful. After that bit of fun we were given the winner of Day 4's Name That Floss and it was my good friend Krystal! She came up with <i>Sunset Hibiscus</i>. A lovely name and the picture she shared was glorious. I think I was more happy she won than if I had, ha, ha.</div>
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Day 8: WORK ON A JODYRI PATTERN</div>
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Okay, so in the team chat room, Michelle created two patterns for just the team. We had also decided en masse that we would change our FB icons to be the same just to mess with the other teams head. That happened and it was glorious. We are borg. It was awesome. </div>
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For some reason, this particular morning I was tired, running late and had written the wrong date and time down so there were two start posts. Thankfully, by the end of my work day I was in even worse shape but did manage to throw in a few stitches for the end post.</div>
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Seriously, I was bone weary and that was all I could do. It would sit like that for a few days more. But then...scores came in and <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teamjodyri?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">teamJodyri</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">300 points </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teamklt?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">teamKLT</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">240 points<span style="font-size: 14px;">. </span>That's right...we are winning. But wait...</span></span></div>
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I shared this biscornu I had made for my friend Alonya who lived in Kamchatka (Russian Far East) at the time and it was the first time she and her family has received a post from anywhere other than locally. At that time Kamchatka was having some really hard times and living in Alaska it was news. I was happy to send them something pretty and it made the family very happy. I Frankensteined parts from two patterns and made up the rest. </div>
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Day 9: SHOW US YOUR STASH</div>
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Finally! A reprieve from new starts and messing around trying to take pictures and remembering to write things down correctly...</div>
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This is 90% of my stash and I have to say, looking at it like this makes me so very proud of myself. It took years to downsize from the room of giant totes to this and I couldn't be happier. Both teams tied this day.</div>
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Day 10: DO 200 STITCHES ON A BUTTERFLY CHART</div>
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As it turned out, here in Colorado was what these good people refer to as a BOMB CYCLONE. I'm like "seriously?" Someone at work said "another one?" and I was like "when was the first one?" and then remembered it was, like, that last time it snowed and was a bit windy. The lower 48 is definitely great for making a blizzard sound super scary. You go live in Alaska for 35 years and then tell me if that BOMB CYCLONE was really necessary as a name for that day's weather. Yes, the weather was not good to drive in. All these people have to do is say "the weather is making the roads very unsafe"...not cause heart attacks , strokes, anxiety and serious fear by calling it a dang BOMB CYCLONE. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">so stupid</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Drat</i></b>. Nowhere for me to go as I had neither. Not doing well on the spot challenges but luckily I have teammates who are. Our team is still in the lead and still winning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now this is where I, for some reason, start getting grumpy about the new start situation. There is a twist to this new start. It's getting brutal! The new start had to be on a clean, un-stitched on piece of fabric. I spent the day at work trying to think of what this could be. ALL DAY LONG, pondering. When I got home from work it hit me: I could stitch one of my Frosty Forest patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Yep, 63 stitches. It's all I could do because of time constraints. See, the challenge starts about noon UK time on the day of and ends noon UK time the day after so that everyone around the world can have the time needed. Pretty smart thinking on their part, but as you can see, I didn't have enough time to really go crazy stitching this one. We still won this round as a team though. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teamjodyri?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">teamJodyri</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">525 points, </span></span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teamklt?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">teamKLT</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">480 points.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The rules state you must own it and show it on something you are working on. My original plan was to show the one I owned (purchased from someone else) and show it with a picture from the KLT website as the same minder is now there as well, and it is my favorite on her site. Apparently, we are not allowed to be smarty pantsies about this. POOP. #teamjodyri did not win this round and closed the gap slgihtly on the total point difference between teams. We are still winning overall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pfft...too easy and I'm grateful! I almost had a hard time deciding which one as I now have a few to choose from.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I decided to blog first before giving this one a finish. I'm hoping to finish all of these new starts by the end of the month. My SALs are on the side line for this month. My current WIP rotation is on the sideline too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have another opportunity to stitch on this one later this month which makes me happy. However, there is yet another new start AND two TO BE ANNOUNCED situations in the competition. I'm nervous about those...what horrible torture will the team leaders come up with??</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For today, I'm going to the movies with a girlfriend to watch a chick flick and gorge on popcorn and soda. It will be a nice break from work and frantic running around doing things for the competition. When this competition is over I will go see Endgame....it only seems right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hopefully you haven't given up on this lengthy blow by blow of the KLT vs Jodyri competition! I will try to do a shorter version next time, maybe four days at a time to keep it interesting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Please help me to hope the snow away and let spring come on for real! It seems we deserve it after this winter being so heinous. Be safe my precious friends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</span></span></div>
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Oh my gosh! It's all I think about! I have to get up early so I can post the day's challenge and chat with my team (#teamJodyri). At work, I check into the team chat to see what crazy idea everyone has come up with and after work it's back to the chat and to the FB group to see what's been posted and get an idea on who won that day's challenge.</div>
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If you don't know, here's the story: Kim who (owns and operates <a href="https://www.kltcharting.co.uk/" target="_blank">KLT Charting</a>) and Michelle (who owns and operates <a href="https://jodyridesigns.com/" target="_blank">Jodyri Designs</a>) decided to have an all out brawl. Stitchers chose their team or were placed on a team and off we went to do the daily challenges.</div>
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There is a list of what to expect you will have to do each day, however, there are tweaks to the listed item. One day is NEW START. Post the before picture, but you have to write down the date on a piece of paper and take a picture of that and submit. Then later, after some stitching, you take another picture with handwritten date and reply to your previous post.</div>
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Let's not forget the spot challenges! I was at work when the spot challenges happened both times and missed out on that. But we all changed our icons to the same picture to show our solidarity for the team. </div>
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One of the best parts of all of this was "Name the New Floss" and my friend <a href="http://spitfirefae.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Krystal</a> won! That was an extra 10 points for the team! Overall we are winning, but there were two days in there where the other team won. Naturally we put a stop to that nonsense.</div>
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Between work and this challenge it leaves me very little time to blog everyday. This has been bothering me so much. Here I thought I'd have a nice break from frantic stitching and things after the UXS Stitch a Thon, but I was horribly mistaken. </div>
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For those of you who would like to get in on this fun, you can join us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/357389425122692/365846197610348/?comment_id=365854407609527&notif_id=1554803524282749&notif_t=group_comment_reply" target="_blank">KLT VS JODYRI</a> on FB and by all means.....join #teamjodyri! Today we are posting pictures of our stash, some of our stash or all of our stash. It's an easy one. Seriously, it's all fun and laughs. As the Cajun Cook used to say, "I guaranteee!"</div>
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Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!</div>
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