Incoherent Scribblings

Week 112 :: Unconscious Mutterings

1. I’m waiting :: impatiently
2. Speak :: friend and enter
3. Roger :: 10-4
4. Knock knock :: Who’s There?
5. Hybrid :: Car
6. Can’t believe my eyes :: or ears
7. Hooked :: on Phonics
8. Pontificate :: Fancy word having to do with the Pope
9. Slime :: Green
10. Unwelcome :: In-laws

Daylight Savings Time

Hello Daylight Savings Time!

I just watched my atomic clock “spring” forward. (For those of you in the US, Daylight Savings Time comes a week early here.)

Oh dear, it is now 3am: I must go to bed!

ABCs of Me

Just when you thought you knew everything about me, I bring to you…

The ABCs of Me:

• Animals: 3 cats (Mouse, Scooter, and Harley)
• Best Friend(s): My husband and Dawn
• Car: I want a 1967 ½ Red Ford Mustang Convertible with white leather interior. (In prime condition of course!)
• Desire(s): To live a long, happy life with my hubby.
• Eye Color: Blue
• Favorite Foods: Foods with FLAVOR! Indian, Mediterranean, Mexican, etc.
• Garden Stuff: I don’t have a garden but I try to grow pansies and Johnny-jumps up in a window box in the spring. I am currently trying to start an herb window-box garden.
• Hometown: Small Town, Iowa
• Ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip, Cherry Nut
• Job: Librarian by education and training, housewife by choice.
• Keepsake Favorite: A wooden stool, bookends, and a shadowbox made by my grandpa
• Languages: English, German, French
• Manias : Cross stitching, web design, reading, blogging
• Name: Renée (with two “e”s and an accent if you please!)
• Outfit I love: Jeans and Baby-doll T-shirts
• Phobia: Roaches and Medical Needles
• Quality I value the most: Honesty, Sincerity
• Relationship: Married since 2002.
• Suspicious of: Vegtables
• Television Show(s): Gilmore Girls, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Unsavory Characteristic: I can be very aloof at times.
• Volunteer: I have volunteered to volunteer at The Bookshelf (Munich’s English Langauge Library)
• Webpage: http://blondelibrarian.net
• Xylophone (or other instrument): I used to play flute and the piano.
• Year Born: 1974
• Zodiac Sign: Gemini

The Snowdrop Fairy

Here she is! The “Snowdrop Fairy” is complete! The backstitching definitely makes this piece in my opinion. Before the addition of it she was very abstract.
If I was to this pattern again (and I just might… I have been thinking about getting the book these Flower Fairies are in) I would most definitely do it on Evenweave rather than Aida cloth. (Since the rules of our robin indicate we must stitch on Aida, I didn’t have any choice this time.) The reason that I would stitch it on Evenweave rather than Aida is not because of the cross stitching itself, it was almost completely full stitches (there were a grand total of 4 three-quarter stitches) after all. No, I would stitch it on Evenweave because of the backstitching. Many of the details on the wings, the hands, feet, and especially the face of the Snowdrop Fairy required quarter stitches and trying to poke a hole into the Aida cloth on top of the stitching was a pain… not to mention that I was worried it would mess up the stitching.

She is finished and looks very good in my opinion. However, with this piece I have discovered a very disagreeable aspect of a Round Robin… I don’t get to keep her! I have to send her on and I will never see her again except in pictures. Boo Hoo!

A Heartfelt Gift

Today marks my third wedding anniversary and before you ooh and ahh too much over the nine (9!) beautiful roses that A. gave me, keep in mind I got them using this not-so-subtle hint:

We were driving back from the store yesterday and just so happened to see a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers down the street. I had been looking for a way to “remind” him that it was our anniversary and that I wanted some flowers.

Seizing the opportunity, I remarked, “Oh, that’s right. Tomorrow is Good Friday. If you want to get me any flowers for our anniversary you should do it today. Everything will be closed tomorrow.”

A. looked at his watch (it has a date) and exclaimed, “Damn! Is is that day already?!”

In my experience I have found that with most men, “subtle” hints don’t work. Don’t play around. Just tell them what you want. You will be amazed at the results!