A Finish! A Finish!

Here is my Happy Dance! This is King Tut from the the kit, Egyptian Pair. There is also a Nefertitti but I haven't started on her yet. I think I got this kit back in 1997 as a Christmas present. Ha ha! Anyway, King Tut was on my WIPocalypse list so I am making progress on that list no matter how slow that may be going.

Here's some more Hibiscus photos for you to enjoy.

Excuses

I have not gotten much stitching done lately but I am starting to get back into it slowly.  Summer always brings super busy-ness with it. Right now, I just have the backstitching left to go on King Tut and hopefully I will have a finish photo soon. I picked up a book a couple of weeks ago and before I knew it, I was starting the 4th book in the series. So that is one reason I haven't been stitching much. So instead of a stitching related photo, I have a photo of one of my hibiscus blooms. So pretty! I have more flower photos that I will post later.

Anyway, I need to go find out when all the WIPocalypse and TUSAL dates are/were and get caught up.

I Am Surprised!

I had to go ahead and post this. I sent that note to Janlynn on Sunday. I received an email the next day from them with a pdf of the instructions that I needed. That's what I call customer service! I don't often like to use kits but I was really impressed.

I'm Back With TUSal and WIPocalypse

Where have I been? Between working, gardening, and other chores, I haven't been doing much blog reading let alone actually posting. I'm not complaining, it's just that spring/summer is always a busy time. I missed this months WIPocalypse so todays post is another "catch up" post.

Here are my lovely Orts for TUSal. I have managed to stitch a little as you will see below.

Here is my late progress report for the WIPocalypse. This is King Tut from Janlynn's Egyptian Pair. This is pretty much the only thing I have worked on since my last post. I have the border and back stitching left to do on this. However, I must have lost the instructions that came in the kit because I can't find where it says what colors and how many strands to use for the back stitching. I have sent an email to Janlynn and hopefully they will be able to help me. I think the kit is from 1998 but I'm not sure. If not, I'll probably just do my best at guessing.

My gardening has been taking a lot of my time. I have been getting a very nice harvest of purple hull peas, green beans, and cucumbers. My tomatoes are not doing so well. I am starting to suspect that I have some kind of tomato disease in my soil. Oh well. We got a whole bunch of rain that damaged my squash and zucchini plants but they were starting to come back. Then my chickens ran into the garden looking for bugs and just destroyed what was left. It was kind of funny to watch actually.

Speaking of my chickens, I could not be happier with "my girls". I have getting so many eggs that I have to give most of them away. That hasn't been too hard either! People go nuts over fresh yard eggs. I can't wait to hatch some chicks but I really don't need any right now. I must resist!

We went to the annual hibiscus sale and got a few more "exotic" hibiscus bushes. So hopefully I will have some pretty photos once they start blooming.

Ok that's all for now. I am going to try to get back to posting as normal but no promises.

Catching Up With TUSAL

Here are my poor ort photos for TUSAL. I have a little bit to it but not as much as I would have liked. Busy doesn't even begin to describe what my life has been. Of course, when I do get a little free time, it doesn't help that I've been playng a computer game instead of stitching. Hee hee, oh well.

Here is a progress of photo of Joan Elliott's Crescent Moon Dragon. It's slowly taking shape.

And here is my teeny tiny progress on King Tut. It's not much but there it is. Basically, I worked on the black on the side of his face. I plan to keep working on him till I am satisfied with my progress.

WIPocalypse April

Here's what I finished for this WIPocalypse.

I haven't put a stitch into anything since I finished this but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things over the weekend. Many of us stitchers use cross stitch as a way to relax, unwind, and de-stress. But often I find that the more stressful my life is, the less I am able to stitch. I can already predict that I won't get much done over the summer but I'm sure that's true for alot of people. Ok, enough complaining, I *will* have a progress photo to show soon. I *will* make it happen.

My Dream

I have not been able to even think about stitching let alone actually put in a stitch or two. I have have one of those couple of weeks. My Mom has had carpal tunnel surgery on both hands so I have been cooking all the meals, doing her laundry, and many other chores. I have also been working alot too. I finally got a day off Tuesday so I was able to go shopping, you know, a little retail therapy. ;-) Anyway, last night, I dreamed about cross stitch. I was actually stitching in my dream! I can only assume that this means that I need to get back to my stitching. I guess we'll see.