Bday SAL update

UPDATE: my covid test came out negative! So all I have is the mother of all headcolds! Still hacking up a lung though.

Good afternoon all, from a balmy, front-door-is-open central Arizona! It's nice outside and I am home. I started getting sick last Friday with coughing, runny nose, and I thought oh no, not again! I've gotten worse, this coughing is nonstop and it's keeping me from getting sleep. BUT!! I don't know if I have covid again. I took a test on Monday and I have to wait for at least 4 or 5 days to get the result!! Onset of symptoms was really Saturday and they came crashing down, and I've been off work for 3 days now. Tomorrow I return to work because CDC guidelines have been shortened to 5 days with 24 hours of no fever of which today is the 5th day and I last had a fever Monday.

I really don't know what I have. I'm hoping it's just the mother of all headcolds. I have my taste and smell still, it's just been the congestion and the cough that's been rough. I did some reading on the Omicron variant and they're saying this version is more headcold-ish with less losing of taste and smell. So I hope I hear something today or tomorrow.

Alright, on to stitching!

I stopped my Bday SAL on 14 new starts, right about the time I thought something was up healthwise a week ago. I can't show #14 because I'm stitching it for the Valentine's blog hop that Jo is hosting. I'm about done, got some beads to sew in and then sew it together.

However, I did have a finish, the first of the year and a bday SAL start! A freebie from the Primitive Hare..

I used Ship's Manor Ganache floss on a mystery Dixiesamplar linen. I have the perfect backing for this piece and there will be rusty bells included.

After I finished Bells, to get my mind off of how bad I was feeling, I started this .

Bewitched Sampler by Willow Hill Samplings. I'm using the called for floss but may have to substitute a couple-GAST Tiger Lily and Ragdoll. Do any of you have those and what DMC do they closely match? I have used the 123stitch GAST into DMC conversion but I'm not happy with them. Let me know in comments. Oh, the fabric is a grapey gray color, 36ct, from Dixiesamplar.

I wanted to answer Jenn K who asks on the last post if I was going to a Celebration of Needlework retreat. No, I just signed up for participation in a monthly club. I'm not much of a retreat person. Introvert!

Here we are nearing the end of January and the end of my life, lol!! Just kidding, but I turn 58 on the 29th. I'm not sure what we'll be doing but I really don't want to get around people until I know what I'm suffering from. My daughter, her boyfriend, and I all have very different work schedules. Heck, even if she were to call in a pizza and have it delivered, that'd be fine with me!

Take care everyone, I hope you all stay healthy or get healthy. See you next time:))