WELL, FOR PITY'S SAKES!

My goodness, but y'all could sell ice to the Eskimos. (Or am I supposed to say Northern American Indigenous Peoples? In either case I hope not to offend.)

It seems that we would be much better off if each and every one of you ran for Congress/Whatever the Elected Office Happens to Be in Your Corner of the World. That way, when someone proposes something (like a bill or a new law or something), y'all would say "Oh, I think what you're doing is just splendid! Now let's go have a snack." and we could all get on with it.

I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that the last bastion of civility in the world is "this place of ours", and that the rest of the world could take a lesson or two from us. We're happy and polite and supportive and constructive, and we know how and when to offer our opinion. We make the world a more beautiful place, our blood pressures are low, and we know the importance of proper organization and ort disposal. We keep the economy running, we support the Arts (capitalized on purpose, don't you know), we share, and (at least I'm assuming here) we don't usually run with scissors or put our pins in our mouth. We wash our hands frequently, travel with tools, look out for one another, and inspire, excite, and encourage anybody who sees our work and decides to try it too.

So thank you, my beloved StitchyFriends for such lovely commentary on the Floating Hearts canvas.

***And a big SHOUT OUT to the lovely Ms. Robin who found out that the designer of this piece is indeed Alice Peterson, and the design number is 1469. Robin, thank you. You ROCK!***

Now as for last night's stitchy progress....

I have decided that I will not change anything and will start working on the background tonight. For this, I will do something very very simple (maybe a skip tent?), so that the eye has a resting place. I'm still not too sure about the border, but methinks this will be simple also so that the hearts take center stage.

It cracks my heiney that I've had this thing for soooooo long and then all of a sudden I'm finishing it! I swear it was a lightning bolt that prompted me to pick this up after so many years, but I'm not going to question it. Maybe it will strike again and I'll finally get some other long-held WIP's finished before my deadline?

Do you realize that I've been at this since July24th! I don't think I've stuck with anything this long before. Now I'm on a mission to make it to the bitter end. November 1st will be here before I know it and I might actually get to go into 2010 with a manageable number of unfinished projects hanging over my head. Woo Hoo!

Thanks again for all of your comments and for taking time out of your day to stop by...I am truly not worthy to know such wonderful peoples!