The 'ber months!🏵️🌼🍂

Happy Sunday! I didn't think I had much to talk about and show but I do. Today, I have a finish, a new start, progress, a new purchase, and an actual win! Let's go!

In the last post, I talked about working on a big piece along with some smalls. Just yesterday, I pulled out my big Jane Southward. She was in time out but I sat down and frogged out all my wrong stitches. And then stitched the vine back in....

She's on 40ct WDW Cocoa. So far it's the one color. I'll go back in and stitch in the 2nd color for the vine. I probably could just keep the one color in and move on but I won't feel good about it! Some things I'm willing to 'cheat' a little but not on this.

Another WIP I just picked up today is Raven Moon from the JCS 2022 Halloween issue...

I'm not sure of the color of the fabric but it is 32ct. I'm doing 2 over 2. That moon, whew, was a humdinger! Five colors went into that. I followed the graph at first but toward the end, I was just throwing any colors at it, lol. It looks good though. This is one that I may 'cheat' on though. There's one more branch with 3 smaller branches at the bottom and the large branch under the Raven needs to be thicker with it coming off the trunk. I might leave off that lower branch. We'll see. I might decide to stitch it all in.

Now we're up to my finish! I think I worked on this since my last post. Dr Raven by Stacy Nash...

I think my fabric is Grey by WDW, 36ct. I used the called for floss but with 1 substitution. The instructions to sew him up seem easy enough. Flip him over and draw a quarter inch line from the stitching leaving it open at the bottom for stuffing. It's going to be tricky getting the mask stuffed. I'm not sure if I will hand sew or machine. I do terrible curves using my machine. My machine is good at straight lines! He stands 7 3/4". Stay tuned for the FFO of Doc. 

Next up is my new start, 

Merry Brew, on a 36ct fabric with called for floss. I love this design and it's the 2nd time I've stitched it. I wouldn't call it big so I'll work on it from time to time. 

My new purchase is for the Gingerbread display I want during the holidays. I saw it somewhere and just had to have it!...

From Buttermilk Basin. I saw it at the Country Sampler website but just the chart; they were waiting on the fabric which is 36ct Cocoa from Blackberry Primitives. It's now sold as a kit. The Cocoa is the same fabric used on the Stacy Nash Gingerbread Boy needlebook from Jingle Ball last year. I still need to finish that but my floss for it have wandered off!

In previous posts, I've mentioned liking October House Fiber Arts and that she has a newsletter that she releases every month. For July she announced a floss bundle giveaway and I entered. Guess what? I was one of the winners!🎉🤯

She announced the winners in this months newsletter. There are 51 skeins, unused, from GAST, WDW and CCW. There are a few limited colors. I can now put them on their respective rings.

But wait! That's not all! She also sent these:

32ct Flax, 2 note pads, and a chart. Just love it! It was great. The USPS had it going everywhere though😆 from Arkansas to Memphis and then AZ. Good things come to those who wait👍🏼

Take a look at how AI describes me and my blog..

Click on it to make it readable. Everytime I get on my blog to start a new post or to see if there are any new posts by bloggers, I see my dates of when I started this blog, and then I move on. When I see it described as "active for well over a decade", I think Wow!😆 It's different seeing it written out. I'm an Enthusiast!! Lol.

A new month is almost upon us and I've already thought of new stitching plans. I was looking through my phone pictures and came upon several Shannon Christine freebies that I took from her Facebook group. Many are little Gingerbread designs. You probably know where this is going! My Gingerbread state of mind commences on the 1st of September! Carol Stitching Dreams got me on this Shannon Christine binge😁 after seeing her 2 tiny Shannon Christine Christmas ornament finishes on her latest post. I'll go through my floss and fabric to kit up some of these Gingerbread freebies and get started on Tuesday the 1st. It's going to be fun. It'll get my mind off of how hot it's been around here.

That's the segue way into the weather. It has rained so much! I had to drive up to the old house a couple days ago and the hillsides are so green 💚 💚 

Click on the pictures to see the dark green on the hillside. My one brother and I had to go halfsies on a landscaper to cut down the weeds in the yard of the house, they'd gotten so tall. The thistle bushes act like trees but they had to come down. The purple flowers bring in a lot of bees, however. The yard now looks great.

It's still hot where I live but hopefully it'll start cooling off next month. I'd like to get out and do some road trips but it's too hot and I'd look like a drowned rat with all my sweating 😅 

Alrighty! I think this is it. Anybody joining the many SALs out there? I used to be good at Sals in the past but now I just do my own thing!

Take care and we'll see you in September.

Misbehaving WIPs

Yes, 2 WIPs are in time out! Two weeks ago after I finished the Blackbird Designs pin pillow, I'll show below, I went on a random sweep through some big WIPs. This one is Jane Southward 1836 by GigiR...

That pink flower is the middle. I already had the vine going to the left but just the one color. The vine is made up of 2 colors, yikes. So I added the 2nd color and stitched in the light pink flower and turned the corner! 

But!

I was off a stitch...

and now have to frog the stitching between my arrows, both colors! Ugh! Off to time out!

Last post I mentioned wanting to start this...

By October House Fiber Arts. I was going good, stitching 3 corners of the red white and blue star but once again I miscounted. I frogged out the wrong stitching and said "You're in Time Out!"😂

However, I did pull out the Grace Bridges Sampler by Stacy Nash and...finished the 2 rows of the bigger alphabet, right above the peacock. Also stitched in the tree top there on the right. 

No counting problems so far. I'm now where I call the fun times, no letters or numbers, just motifs. I wanted to stitch more of that tree so I can keep going to see if my fabric is going to fit. I will pick this up often in the coming weeks. 

Another WIP I picked up albeit smaller is...

Dr. Raven by Stacy Nash. I only had the 3rd row of buttons (stitched) on his lab coat. This thing will be big, maybe 7" or 8" tall. I'm missing a color in his ears which was WDW Sand. I finally just pulled out a DMC that looked sand-like. I will be picking up the good Doctor this coming week. I'd like to have him done and finished before Halloween.

What's next?🤔

I have a new start. It's a Heartstring Samplery design honoring Yukon Cornelis, the gold prospector who rescues Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Hermie in the 1964 Christmas show by the same name. I believe I bought it during the Jingle Ball in '24 or last year. I don't know if it's available on her Etsy. At my age of 62 I still have to watch it!

Two colors on a mystery 36ct linen, I substituted GAST Ruby Slippers and Piney Woods with GAST Chives, my favorite Christmas green, and Tomato. That top border is easy but there's more to the designs at the bottom. As I said before I'm not a fan of single stitches but I'm doing it. I could've left them off but it's good for character building, lol!

As mentioned above, I have a finish and that's Spring Green by Blackbird Designs...

One phone camera, 2 different colors! I used the called for 36ct Gingerbread by PTP and it's more brown/orange than how my pictures look. Perfect size for a pin pillow. My pictures don't do it justice. That's my initial there on the left side. 

So it was exchange time over at the FB group Homespun Needlework. I received my package...

Patriotic pieces are always welcome! I just love the needleminder with my name. I got stickers, needles, threaders and counting pins. As always, I forgot to take a picture of what I sent my giftee. I sent her a Blackbird Designs pin pillow, a piece of 36ct linen, trim, a little kit, and a piece of cotton fabric. The hanging pillow is by Primrose Cottage called Independence Quaker. Exchanges are fun!

I kind of fell into a stitching idea pulling out those big WIPs. I've decided to stitch on 2 or 3 pieces during the month, 1 big WIP and 1 or 2 smaller WIPs. I have another big GigiR sampler WIP that I'd like to get some work on. 

That's all for stitching.

Carol/Stitching Dream's mentioning audiobooks on her last post reminded me that I'm doing more reading. I'm on Goodreads and on January 1st I joined their reading challenge. I see others putting 50+ books for the challenge and I chose 3! I did meet my challenge though. Two paperbacks and a Kindle book from Amazon. I downloaded the app for my tablet and I'm currently reading #4. I'm a holdout for actually holding a real book but these 2 books are ebooks and they were 2.99 each. I'm liking them. 

How's the weather? Hot. It should be getting to 107 today. I just stay inside. I'm learning to do things in the morning. 

And that's all she wrote!

Thanks for your comments left on the last post. I'm enjoying them. 

Happy August! See you soon🙋🏻‍♀️

Sweat

Hi all, it's good to be back! Hope you're all doing well! We're on a crash course to the end of July so I thought I'd put in another post. Thanks for all the comments last time. I enjoyed reading them all. 

A little housekeeping -DJ couldn't find the Huzzah! freebie by Plum Street Samplers. I made an order to the Lindy Stitches shop back in May or June and included in my package was several 250th freebies of which Huzzah! was one. Maybe you could do a little shopping and ask for Huzzah! to be included? 

Several of you named the bright red tree that's near me at work as a Crepe Myrtle. I'm guessing they like a little heat. As Lee said, they don't grow up in Michigan. 

All sorts of things have been going on so I'll save that for the end, including why I titled my blog Sweat😆

Today I have a #marketmaynia finish, some progress, an exchange plan, and a future new start. Let's go!

My finish for #marketmaynia is Fang from Fang and Big Eye Gang by Twin Peak Primitives...

He's cute with his tie dyed shirt. Oops, I forgot to stitch handles for his skull candy bucket😁 I had run out of the orange floss and had to wait until I could drive to Hobby Lobby located at my former home. I made a list of needed DMCs for future projects. I got back and just now finished Fang. I first used 32ct but didn't like how it was feeling and it was going to be big. The model has all 3 of these finished on dowels and stuck into old thread spools. My plan is to FFO these similarly but glued into small painted metal buckets. In August, I'll start on the next Gang member which is a pumpkin head dressed as a clown. The fabric I'm using is 36ct Sanibel by Tropical Stitches. 

My FFO bug is missing so if you see him, send him my way please!😆

Next up is my start from June, Spring Green by BBD. It's from the Ooh La La book...

I went to town on this because I was sure I could finish it before the end of this month and I still think I can. It's 4 1/4" sq inches and stitched on PTP Gingerbread 36ct. That top picture is closer to the real color. 

What I forgot to mention last month was I joined an exchange in the Homespun Needlework group on FB. Yes, I got back on Facebook again🙄😄missed it! So my partner is from back east I believe, it's been awhile since I checked where she's from. The deadline is July 30th which is rapidly approaching. I have her piece stitched, it's a whatever season selection for this exchange. It's a Christmas ornament. I have a few other gifts to send along. I kind of want to send her a Christmas card to identify myself. What do you all think about that? Let me know.

Now that Fang is finished, I kitted up a freebie from October House Fiber Arts...

Not much to kit up! I didn't have GAST Dungarees so I substituted with DMC 931. I'm using 36ct Patriot's Brew from R & R. I usually avoid stitching long designs because I don't like how they look when I FFO them. Everybody's long finishes look nice, I don't like mine. I thought this design could work as Patriot and Christmas. You can find her patterns and freebies on her website. She also has a newsletter you can sign up with. 

Okay, I think that's it for the stitchy stuff. 

About my title Sweat!

The humidity has been out of this world, for us! Our Monsoon season hit fast and furious with rain every single day and/or night going on for a week. Right now the dew point is sitting at 65% and I'm not a happy camper!😂 My hair went Poof! and all I do is sweat. While I'm sitting and stitching, or just moving about. It's worse at work! 

But!

The rain has helped to put out a fire north of me. A few times the wind shifted and we ended up with a layer of smoke in the early hours here where I live. It's been worse for those living north and northeast of the fire. Maybe you've heard of Sedona?

It went on for an entire month. With those canyons, you can't get firefighters down in those. So, it's a trade-off with the humidity. I don't know how it would be if we didn't get this relief. Because the dew point is up our temps have stayed down. I don't think for a week we've gotten into the 100s, whew.

Here's a thunderstorm going on the other day when I drove back to my old home. It can rain on your front yard but be dry in your backyard! Monsoon storms are that way.

Speaking of Sedona, I had to drive out that way recently. I forgot how pretty it is there with the red rocks. I could do without all the roundabouts though🙄

And here's a fact of life in Arizona...

 This is how people in Phoenix drive, lol. They actually keep oven mitts in their cars because the steering wheel is super hot. I've even found that to be true here, especially if you park toward the sun. 

I think that's all she wrote. I'm starting to feel Halloween-ish for August stitching. Someone on a stitching FB group has a finish of a WIP of mine and it's a Halloween piece. I may pick that up in August to get it done.

See you soon and keep cool and safe out there!🙋🏻‍♀️

A First

Hi all🙋🏻‍♀️ I thought it was time to get back here before the month ran out. I have a finish, progress, and a new start.

First of all, thanks to Carol, Gracie, and DJ for commenting. 

Well, let's look at what I've been doing.

Shortly after my last post, I started a freebie from Plum Street Samplers and finished it. Huzzah!

On a scrap of 36ct linen using DMCs. He's cute! Here is where the title of my post comes in. I didn't have 3 DMCs. I looked through all my WIPs, kitted, projects, no such luck. So I ordered DMC from 123stitch! Never in the 29 or 30 years of stitching have I ever had to order DMC from another source. Haha. Way way back in the 90s, we had a Ben Franklin store nearby with a needlework section. I still have a few Week's Dye Works floss from there too. After the store closed, I started going to Joanne's clear across the town. I've always had a store nearby with DMC. So it's been a first!

Next time I drive back up to where I'm from, I'll need to bring my list of DMCs with me since there's a Hobby Lobby there! 

After Huzzah! I picked up this WIP 

I extended the bottom vine, stitched in the green and red sprigs, and stitched the word 'bright'. There are snowflakes scattered about too. It's now at the halfway point.

Then, just this morning I decided to start something new. Spring Green by Blackbird Designs and found in the Ooh La La book...

This has been kitted for at least a year! After I press publish, I'll start it.

I now have about 4 or 5 Patriotic finishes that I need to FFO before the 4th. The finishing bug is still ignoring me though! So I'm hoping that I'll get some inspiration from seeing some finishing being done by bloggers. Fingers crossed!

That's it for the stitching.

My new job is going well. This will definitely be my very last full time job for the rest of my life. I've decided to retire sometime this year. I have a couple of questions to ask though before I actually hit the button. So stay tuned🙂

While I was at work I saw this pretty tree. I have no idea what it is but take a look..

It obviously likes the heat! Here's a close up..

So pretty!

Speaking of the heat! It's been pretty warm. This coming week though it's supposed to get to 105. I now have AC so it's been nice. My kitties are comfortable. The thing about the heat is you go from your home AC to your car AC! Then into the AC inside your work or store! You also do things before it heats up. 

While I'm stitching I'm watching Landman on Paramount and it's pretty good. I started watching Turn also, the show about events leading up to the Revolutionary War. It's all good watching.

Alrighty! I may be back before the month is out, hopefully with some patriotic finishes. 

Take care, see you soon!

Bits of Patriotic

Thirteen days after my last post, I'm here for another. I hope this post finds you all well and stitching.

Today, I have 3 finishes, progress, stash, and a life update. So let's go!

First, I want to comment on a few things Carol Stitching Dreams said. I agree with you, Carol! All that driving took a bite out of my stitching before work. I woke up at 9am, took a shower, ate breakfast and got ready. Then I would sit down for a couple hours to stitch. With the nearly 1 hour drive, I couldn't really stitch for 2 hours but maybe 45 minutes and then I had to leave.

Also, Carol, the show Turn is on Roku Channel of which I have the system but also on Netflix and on their ad-free account. It's not on the ad account which is what I have and pay 8.95 a month, I believe. 

Let's move onto stitching. 

I have 2 WIPs that got some love. First is the Grace Bridges sampler by Stacy Nash...

I finished the top 3 rows of alphabets and numbers! I also stitched in a couple of letters in the 4th and 5th rows of MORE alphabets😁 I'm sure I'll pick this up again in the coming weeks. I apologize for the slight blurry-ness of my picture. Maybe it's just my eyes too. I'm needing an eye exam and new glasses soon. 

Next up is Dr Raven by Stacy Nash...

An animal cracker, the latest stitching is the black cape, and the arms/wings. The middle part is WDW Charcoal with 'buttons' and one eyelet stitch in white. I think the Charcoal area is a coat so I have more stitching of the same. Some of these animals crackers are big but this one is medium sized. 

Now my finishes!

I'm in a patriotic mood so I started AND finished 2 tiny stitches, the other finish is Christmas. Here we have Liberty Flag by LizzieKate, a freebie...

A close up shot that doesn't really show the blue in Liberty! I didn't have GAST Presidential Blue so instead I used GAST Brethren Blue. In real life the blue looks better than in my picture. I'm pretty sure the fabric I used is Country French linen by Wichelt, 32ct. In fact the next 2 finished pieces are on this same fabric. I went 1 over 2 and I think it works pretty good. It's cute and took me just 3 hours or so to finish.

Next one is Uncle Sam, one of The Littles by Bent Creek, copyright 2008!

Uncle Sam measures out to 1/2" sq. He didn't take long to stitch up, also 1 over 2. He actually looks like a Bald Eagle though! Haha! 

This next one is a Christmas ornament. I went back in my posts to see just how many ornaments I actually had so this one is my 4th, for April. This is Christmas Peace by Heart in Hand...

found in a JCS Christmas ornament magazine, I don't know which though but I copied it. All I know is it's an early issue, possibly 2003 to 2007? Same fabric as the others. I substituted the called for red for the words with another red that I cannot remember! 

Oh, a word about the John James needles that I bought! I like them! They feel good, and the best part is they're readily available😊

I'm trying to resuscitate the Christmas ornament SAL that Carol hosts every year. I now have the month of May to stitch and I'll be caught up! Easy peasy🤪 I don't have one lined up quite yet but I'm leaning heavily on this one...

From the 2003 JCS ornament issue, another copy. It's called Sleigh Bird. On 35ct it's 3 2/3" x 3 5/8" and I have several pieces of leftover linen in that count. My latest trip to the house to pack up more of my stuff, I brought home a hanging file organizer that I stuck several pdfs, freebies, and copies of stitching. The original magazines are here somewhere. I found other copies of Little by Little ornament patterns also and they're cute. 

Now we're up to my Spring Mingle stash!

I'm becoming a fan of HOD. That design I feel was a Nashville Market release. It sure is cute! The Lugana is 32ct called Gothic Mauve and I feel it'll work for the HOD chart. The backside of the fabric is lighter than the front which you can see in my picture. Halloween designs would look nice on it too. Then I snagged the tin of lotion bar. It smells wonderful.

I think that's it for stitching. 

Now a life update: I found a job here in my area! It's a 14 minute drive to work. What a relief! I basically took the first caller! Then my 1st choice job called and pending background check, I'll be hired. My background check usually takes 2 days at the most because it's squeaky clean! This job will take me 25 minutes but it's not on an interstate with huge trucks! I've decided to stick with this one until I retire. When I retire rests on when I pay off my car. Yes, I'm making payments and it's hefty. I have 2 more years to go and I'll be 64 by that time. As long as my 100 year old knees and back last me!🤣 but we'll see!

Lastly, I thought I'd show you all what kind of vegetation we have here in this river valley. We have a year round river that runs through here and ends at a reservoir that waters the entire Phoenix metropolitan area. In Arizona we don't have many year round rivers and streams because we're a desert basically. After heavy snowfall up north and lots of rains, the dry rivers run for a bit. Here's the weird vegetation...

That top photo is off a strange Prickly Pear cactus that is huge! It also blooms and then it fruits. Where I am from, the Prickly Pear cactus doesn't get that big because it's cooler there.

Next photo is another type of Prickly Pear. It's purple in places, also blooms and then fruits.

Last picture is of a Joshua Tree, I believe, or a type of one. They're pretty with the creamy colored flowers. These are mostly found in northwestern Arizona/eastern California. There they get pretty big. My mom and I once drove through a forest of these coming back from Las Vegas on AZ state highway 93 one December. I think there's a national park in California called the Joshua Tree National Park or Monument. If you go, go in the winter! That area is the Mojave desert and it gets hot hot in the summer, whew! 

What have I been watching? I just finished Hell on Wheels about the transcontinental railroad across the US. I hated the end! It just left me bummed. It's bloody to the point that when someone was going to get killed AGAIN, I'd look down! It was good but I won't watch it again. Just like Breaking Bad, I was saying things like 'shoot him!' If I was a director, my movies and shows would probably last 30 minutes!😆 After that, I decided to watch a lighter mood show/movie and that was Van Helsing, Dracula Hunter! Hahaha!

Alrighty! I believe that's the end, ladies and maybe gentlemen. Who knows what I'll get up to in my stitching. I am starting to feel that FFO bug buzzing around me and I do have time to finish my latest finishes before Independence Day arrives. So be sure to watch this space!

Until the next time, thanks for stopping by! See you in June🙋🏻‍♀️

Just stitchin'😊

Happy Sunday! Today I have more finishes that I forgot about, progress on a few things, etc. 

Let's go!

Last time I posted, I said I had 3 finishes in April but 1 of them I couldn't find. Well, I found it, in a box that had no stitchy contents in it🤦🏻‍♀️story of my life in the last month and a half😆

This is A Victorian Christmas by Samplers and Stitches...

The fabric in real life should be more gray. I think it's Confederate Grey but could be wrong. I've been slacking on labeling my linen remnants. Anyway, it's very nice. I'll turn it into a pin pillow when my finishing mood returns.

This finished WIP I forgot to show is A Bit of Spring by BBD...

I cannot, for the life of me, get a good straight picture! At least the color of the fabric is spot on and it's 36ct Patriot's Brew by R & R. She measures out to 11" x 8". 

One more finish to show is Santa's Ride from the 2019 Christmas-Winter issue of Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher magazine...

Sorry for the awful picture. Fabric is 36ct Ale by PTP using the called for floss except for what I used for the word Christmas. It originally called for GAST Endive but I was worried it would be lost on my fabric. The sack behind Santa is Endive. So I used CCW River Rocks instead, a nice silver grey. This is the 2nd time I've stitched this. My first one I finished into a cube and gave it to my daughter for Christmas after she admired it😁 It'll be turned into a cube also. Unfortunately where I live there are no craft stores. I have 3 choices-the Hobby Lobby in my old hometown, the Michael's in the town of Prescott, or the city of Flagstaff which is 50-60 miles north of me. Ugh.

I now have 11 finishes on the year, yay!

As I promised, I started Grace Doth Abound as soon as it made its way to me. It did take a side trip to Sedona though!

I'm using 36ct Maple Bar by Cedar Creek. My picture doesn't do it justice. I have all the called for floss. 

Another project I started is for #marketmaynia. I think Jem Stitcher the flosstuber started that SAL. This is Fang and Big Eyed Gang...

His head is taking shape. I posted to IG using a 32ct linen but hated it! Two strands of floss just wasn't happening. So I found a 36ct linen called Sanibel by Tropical Stitches in my stash and it's been so much better! I'm doing 1 over 2. The fabric is a cream color with a light beige tone running throughout. Designer is Twin Peak Primitives. On Instagram I said I could do all 3 designs but that's not going to happen. They're practically full cover stitching. I want to finish them the same way as the models and using the 36ct linen, they'll be a better size to finish.

And in between all that, I stitched in a few more letters and the rest of the top border of the Grace Bridges Sampler by Stacy Nash...

She's a big girl, 15 1/4" across the top. Sooo many letters but they're small and stitch up fast.

On the stashing front, I put in an order with Lindy Stitches for needles and a Spring Mingle T-shirt. Didn't need the T-shirt but oh well,! Lol...

Here I am wearing it. Back to the needles though! I have not been able to find my beloved #28 Bohin needles! So I went out on a limb and ordered# 28 John James tapestry needles. I've never used them and haven't since receiving the package either. I still have a few Bohin to use. If I went through all my bagged WIPs, I could find a few more. I also got this door hanger from Lindy Stitches...

Lol!

It's been the Spring Mingle virtual event all this weekend and I attended my class with Cathy and Mr HOD of Hands on Designs yesterday. Unfortunately I've misplaced all my floss of the Dragon fly project. It's a wonder that I get anything done with this brain of mine! It called for a few of those newer DMC floss with the 2 digit numbers like 08 or 21 and they are lost with all the other DMCs😆 The video was to finish the class piece together and it looks fairly easy to do a octagonal shape. 

Side note: Everytime I see the doc for labs, they say my thyroid numbers are still good🤷🏻‍♀️I'm not so sure about that!

I also hit the shopping hall at the Mingle and bought 3 things. A lotion bar, a HOD physical chart, and a piece of dyed Lugana. Even if I had a lot more money to buy more, there were items that sold out within a few minutes of opening. I'm happy with my purchases though. I'll show them on the next post.

That's it for the stitching.

As I'm typing out this post, Outlander is on the TV. I have Wi-Fi again and I signed up for Netflix and Starz. Outlander on Netflix goes to 7 seasons and on Starz it was the 8th and final season and I watched the last episode last night. I won't say what happened just in case some of you haven't seen it. I read the first book in 1997 and have since done several rereads so the characters I see in my mind stay different than the TV actors. I wasn't happy with the ending though. I don't know why but it seems like the last few episodes of an ending TV show or movie feel so rushed. 

I've caught back up with the Great British Baking Show, Outlander, and a few other shows. So much so that I fell behind in my flosstube watching. I knew that when I got WiFi back, no one could get me out of my home!! I still have to work and eat though!

I'm saving the show Turn for the month of June before our 250th birthday. It's about the Revolutionary War and the men where the term 'Turn coat' was coined for a traitor. It's a pretty good show.

I am still driving back and forth for my job. It's getting tiresome and with the price of gas, it's expensive. I've applied for jobs here in the Verde but haven't heard back from anyone yet. A gas station near me right off the interstate has gas for $5.19 a gallon! In town at a Maverick convenience store, the gas is 4.55 a gal. 

Temperatures were pretty warm last week here. Last Monday and Tuesday it was 100 and 102, respectively. I have AC now so bring it!! Haha!

We've come to the end of this here post. What am I stitching on as I watch Outlander. I don't know but I may pick up Grace Bridges and finish a row of letters or two. 

Thank you for your comments on the last post. Living in my new place is getting easier, the views are pretty. If I didn't have to drive so much for work, I'd go on a few small road trips. I'm not too far from Indian ruins near Flagstaff which is much cooler than where I live. It's a whole 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix. I love stitching though and it keeps me busy being at home.

Take care and we'll see you 2 weeks I hope😊