MY INGREDIENTS FOR STITCHY NIRVANNA

28ct linen from Picture This Plus
Threads from Dinky Dyes or Colour & Cotton
A really good chart
11 inch q-snaps
A grime guard and matching project bag
A Bitzy Bob
Gingher scissors
A retractable sharpie
Piecemakers needles in size 24 or 26
A chip clip
A really great needleminder
Jeffrey Dean Morgan making waffles in the kitchen

Here's yesterday's progress on Plum Pudding:

And, after all this time, guess what I figured out!?:

Sure beats losing the darn thing in the Happy Chair (or my booosum!).

Happy Sunday, Dearies! I hope you are having a little bit of your very own Nirvanna today! Come tell me all about it!

SATURDAY ROSES AND THORNS...

The frog made a visit:

But I made delicious grilled chicken gyros for dinner:

Pita, lettuce, grilled chicken, feta cheese, red onion, and homemade tzatziki sauce! Delicious, and exactly what I was craving today!

HAPPY FRIDAY, DEARIES!

So after my very perfect Thursday, guess what I did?

Had bad dreams and tossed and turned all night.

Yup...my mini movie last night was me in the hospital dying and all I wanted was my mom and dad.

Yikes.

I'm sure Dr. Melfi and I will have a field day with that next time I see her, but for now it's a new day and I'm off to the d-chair armed with an extra cup of damn good and a few extra drops of CBD under my tongue.

Stitching was lovely last night...still working on Plum Pudding. I've almost completed the dark purple center and hope to make some really good progress on it today and over the weekend. We are expecting some wicked heat and humidities in these here parts, so aside from pool sploshing, methinks there will be lots of movie watching and stitching to be had.

And maybe a little laundry.

That's it for today, friends. I hope your very own Friday is wonderfully swell and that you'll come tell me all about it!

AND THEN SHE GOT STUPID HAPPY

THE RETURN OF RUMPLE SPINSTER KIN

Chello, Dearies!

Here we are on a Thursday, and I have just hauled my big fat self out of the big girl sleigh bed.

It's going on noon.

As in noon ter noon...a time when most people have been up for hours and are contemplating their second meal of the day rather than their second cup of damn good.

But you know what?

I'm not at all ashamed to admit that I had I good long sleep, because you are my people and (aside from Betty), you won't judge me one little bit for just being me today.

(If I haven't said it lately...I love you all for that!)

Here is the current state of stitchy affairs in this part of Hoosierville today:

I'm chugging right along on Plum Pudding and enjoying every stitch of it. Pulling silk through linen is better than any drug on the market, kids. Trust me...I've tried 'em all!

As soon as I get myself semi-presentable, I'm off to see Dr. Melfi, and then home for a splosh and a lovely healthy dinner. I had groceries delivered last night for the first time (because I had a coupon that covered almost all of the delivery fee thankyouvetymuch), so CS2 is stocked and ready for the foreseeable future, or the weekend.

Whichever comes first.

It's all about smoothies, salads, and grilled ka-bons for this here tubbykins, kids! I'm going to get these next hundred off if it kills me!

Happy Thursday! I hope you are doing all the things that blow your skirt up today! Do something decadent and naughty and come tell me all about it!

THEY REALLY SHOULD MAKE PILLS FOR THIS...

After all of the preparations today, guess what I just decided to stitch next:

Um...why yes...yes it is. 

That is Plum Pudding. Another in the dessert series from Glendon Place.

GRASSHOPPER PIE FEE NEE FEE NEE

Grasshopper Pie

Glendon Place

28ct Pampas by Picture This Plus

All silk threads per the chart from Dinky Dyes

Mill Hill glass seed beads

TUESDAY FUN

I slept in a little, had my damn good and read the paper, ate breakfast, and played in my studio. Four new projects in my stitchy basket for a few weeks of summer stitchy fun:

First up is a little needlepoint canvas by Melissa Shirley. This is a class from Family Needlearts in Phoenix that took place a few weeks ago. I am "ghosting" this and three others remotely:

Summer at Cherry Hill is a good d-chair project because it's a lot of solid color stitching:

With the upcoming holiday, I figured it might be fun to play with Star Spangled Banner from Northern Expressions:

Finally, only a few more beads to go on the lower left corner of Grasshopper Pie, and it will be officially finished,:

That's the report for the day, Dearies! It's hot and humid here in Hoosierville today, but I might slather on the suncreen and go splosh around in the swimming pool...I could really use the exercise and floaty therapy! I hope you are having your very own wonderful Tuesday! Come tell me all about it!

MONDAY VIEWS

EASY LIKE A SUNDAY MORNING AROUND HERE

S...AAAAAHHHHH...TURDAY

First I drank the damn good, then I played the golfing, and then FINALLY I had the first official 2019 splosh in the pool.

I am now home and in the Happy Chair ready to play with beads for a bit before tucking in with a library book.

A very good day, indeed.

FRIDAY STITCHING IN THE D-CHAIR

I'm feeling a bit punk, so decided to distract myself with a quick visit with my Dearies. This morning it was a bit of a mad dash to find something to tuck into my bag, but I'm happy with the choice, because I somehow managed to stitch all of those fill-in stitches on the dress. If my Starbucks kicks in when I get home, I might be able to complete the entire woman.

Yes, I am still treating myself even though I missed Wednesday, because my absence was doctor-induced and not me playing hookie.

Damn doctor. Four hours of waiting, an invasive and painful exam, and ten minutes of mumbling before he exited with nary a question answered. I will return to my original ophthalmologist and let HER tell me the results of the exam and next steps.

So phooey on him.

My hands and feet are sporting their summer fun, so I suppose I should follow suit and get in that darn swimming pool! I have yet to do so this year, and I just know that's the cause of my recent attitude problem. A little sun and some sploshing about with fix whatever ails me, I just know it.

So that's it for now. Another few minutes and I can unhook, bandage up, and go home.

What's on your agenda for the day?

HAPPY SUMMER, DEARIES!

Before:

And during:

WHOOPS, I DID IT AGAIN!

Grasshopper Pie

Glendon Place

28ct Pampas linen by Picture This Plus

Dinky Dyes silk threads

Well, Dearies, I did it again with the finishing of the stitching on something. Today I will REALLY finish her with her beads, but I was too excited not to share.

Quiet and trying to gather my wits today. I am heading over to get my nails done in a bit and then going to the library for another stack of books. Then, methinks it will be lasagna for dinner with a nice baguette and a salad.

Who could possibly be happier than Yours Truly?

CIRQUE DES COEURS FEE NEEEEE!

Cirque des Coeurs

Ink Circles

28ct Picture This Plus in Fog

WDW Julian

I think she is my largest finish ever, Dearies, and boy o boy did it feel good! The linen is really quite pretty despite my craptastic photo, and the thread is equally so. I started this on March 2 of last year, used exactly 15 skeins of thread, and put the final stitches into it at the stroke of midnight. 

The plan is to shop for a frame online and tackle this myself with the help of tutorials from Danielle and Vonna on the Flosstube.  Then, if I don't completely screw it up, I'm going to attempt a few other things that are snoozing in the Fuppy box.

No d-chair for me today. I had an unfortunate reaction to the trauma/nightmare/four hour hostage situation from yesterday, so it's back to bed I go. (Don't cry for me Argentina...it's just part of being me these days.) 

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A STITCHER WHEN...

You spend FOUR HOURS at the eye doctor, but you don't mind sitting in the eye doctor's office for FOUR HOURS because you were smart enough to remember your stitching and you spend the entire FOUR HOURS stitching happily away while everybody in the eye doctor's office asks you what you're doing.

FOUR HOURS later, I am happy to report that I have only one moteef to go!

TUESDAY...TUESDAY

MONDAY...MONDAY