MAKING PROGRESS...SLOWLY

 

This has been a...slow...summer. Rich has been in New Jersey helping his mom, and I have been here trying not to burn the house down.

(Just kidding. I am really quite capable of adulting. It just seems like I am much better at it when under the supervision of trained professionals.)

But I have been trying to behave myself on all fronts, and despite a few mishaps and continued 'ugh' days I'm still here with stitching and damn good and wonderful reading and the Mad Mens to keep me company.

I thought I might tuck the stitchy project away until next year, but I feel like I'm this far in it, I might as well finish, no? But I am starting to get a BIG hankering for Fall stitching, and my tiny little brain has been all pittypat since seeing some of the new things on the internets. I'm also wanting to get back to some Fall WiPs to see if I can add to my Fuppy box. (*)

As for the reading...King Lear and I are becoming old friends. I read it through once straightaway without the benefit of footnotes or an introduction, then a second time with footnotes, and now I'm reading the introduction before a final read through before seeing it performed on stage.

(Goodness! You'd think I actually had a plan! This is all just a happy accident...I assure you. Lear is being performed over at Notre Dame as part of their Shakespeare Festival, so that's the reason for the deep dive.)

I'm obsessed with two lovely YouTubers. The first is Helen from The Coffee Monsterz Co. Helen is the owner of the business selling stationery items for planning. I love her little emotis and am fascinated by how she manages to journal, plan, and run her life with such whimsy. She might also be the hardest working person on the planet, since I think she consistently logs 12, 14, and 16 hour days running TCMC.

The other person I'm following/stalking like a crazy person is Ruby Granger. She is a lovely young woman who vlogs all about her life as a student/lover of literature and academia. Ruby went to Exeter and then got her Masters degree at Oxford, so now I'm completely obsessed with the fantasy of going there. I've got my college all picked out, have decorated my room, selected my course of study, and already know what will be in my lovely plaid satchel when I head to the Bodleian for an afternoon of study.

Aaaahhhh...if only.

So that's the entire sum of my little goat rodeo at the moment, Dearies. Stitching, labworks, appointments, and a cardiac CT on the horizon for me, as well as vats of damn good and cold brew and some good books in there to keep me occupied.

What's new with you?

(*) A Fuppy Box is where you stuff/store your finished/unfinished projects...meaning you've finished the stitching portion of the program, but you haven't yet finished the thing into the final thing it's supposed to be...like an ornament or framed piece, etc.

(I cannot take credit for this term. It was shamelessly lifted from a fellow stitcher's blog many many years ago. If you are the originator, please come forward so I apologize to you as well as give you proper credit.)