Incoherent Scribblings

March Recap/April Goals

Well, I managed to survive my trip to the in-laws without putting one single stitch into anything! I took “Stiefmütterchen” along, but we were so busy I just didn’t have a chance to do anything.

And now it is almost 10:00 pm and I am itching to pick up a needle, but I am kind of tired so it might just have to wait until tomorrow. But since I am thinking about stitching I guess it is time to review my March goals and post my April ones, so here goes:

As a reminder, my March goals were to:

1. Finish and mail Laurie’s SBSRR to Dawn.
   ** Yep. **
2. Finish and mail Cathy’s Birthday Exchange.
   ** Yep. **
3. Start, finish, and mail Spring Exchange for XXX.
   ** Yep. **
4. Work on “Catch the Wind” at least on Tuesdays.
   ** Yep. I am getting close to being half way done with this too! **
5. Finally start Lavender and Lace’s “Celtic Spring.”
   ** With 16 hours into this project I think I can safely say that I met this goal! **
6. Start Mirabilia’s “Fairy Flora.”
   ** With 12 ½ hours into this project I think I can safely say that I met this goal too! **

Something that I forgot to put in my March goal list that I accomplished anyway was to start, finish, and mail Cathy’s RR back to her.

Now for April, I hope to:

1. Start, finish, and mail Dawn’s SBSRR back to her. (The due date isn’t until May 15, but since this is the last round I would like to get it done ASAP.)
2. Start TW’s “Above the Clouds” (This will go into my Monday rotation slot.)
3. Continue working on “Catch the Wind.”
4. Start Donna Vermillion Giampa’s “Four Seasons Cats.” (This will go into my Wednesday rotation slot.)
5. Continue working on “Fairy Flora.”
6. Continue working on “Stiefmütterchen.”
7. Continue working on “Celtic Spring.”
8. Get the groups organized and sent out for the next SBRR.
9. Stitch a birthday card for my step-niece. (She will be 11 on May 11.)
10. Participate in the FGBB’s April “Stitch-A-Thon” and “Broaden Your Stitching Horizon.”

I guess that is about it for now… Looks like I will have a busy month!

Cat Scratch Fever

For those of you who read the cat post a week or so ago, you are already aware that Mouse (my Maine Coon) has been known to have a bit of an attitude.

Well, yesterday when I was trying to carefully comb a really bad tangle from her underside she gave me a dose of that attitude: She sliced open the ball of the middle finger on my left hand through the leather gloves I was wearing in a display of protest! (Yes, I wear leather gloves when I comb her. I learned the hard way a long time ago!) Amazingly the wound didn’t hurt that much, but the tip of my finger was numb most of the day.

Now luckily I am right-handed so the scratch hasn’t affected my stitching too much, except that I support the hoop with my left hand and usually run the thread through my left index and middle fingers when I stab down. This wouldn’t necessarily be a problem either, except before I put a Band-Aid on I managed to stab the wound with my needle a couple of times… and THAT hurt!

Even so, I managed to spend some quality time with “Catch the Wind” today. Anna is coming along nicely and I am close to half way done with her skirt already. However, the best part is that once I reach the half way point on Anna I will also consider myself half done with the whole piece… and that won’t be long now!

I have also been busy getting organized to organize the second installment of the Stitching Bloggers’ Round Robin. Can you believe I have almost 20 people interested?!

Tomorrow Hubby and I will be leaving town to go to the in-laws for a couple of days so I think I will take along “Catch the Wind” and see if I can make some progress while I attempt to hide from my mother-in-law. (hee hee)

Round Robin Returned

I didn’t get any stitching done on “Celtic Spring” today as I spent the day with my hubby celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary. We didn’t do anything extraordinary… just went to the movies and out for dinner, but it was a nice day nonetheless.

However, when we got home this evening I quickly checked the mail because I half expected to receive a package from Dawn. I wasn’t sure if it would get here today or not, but when I peeked into the mailbox I was quite pleased to see a parcel that, according to the custom’s slip, contained none other than my fabric for the “original” Stitching Bloggers’ Round Robin.

The SBRR is quickly winding down: I know that Jo is getting hers from Cathy in person this weekend, I mailed Cathy’s to her last week, I believe Dawn’s is on the way back to her, and I am sure Vash’s isn’t far behind. However, I think I am the first to receive (or at least the first to blog about) my finished product.

After being stitched on by me, Cathy, Jo, and Vash, Dawn was the last person to stitch on my “Tea Time” robin and in all honesty I can’t think of too much else to say concerning this robin. Everything went super smoothly and everyone did an awesome job of stitching her teapot.

I would toot my horn given that I was the organizer, but I think that the main reason this robin went so well is because it was just a GREAT group of stitchers and by being able to follow the progress through our blogs we were kept motivated.

So in conclusion, I would just like to thank everybody once again for stitching on my robin and overall making it a great experience!

I guess it is time to start organizing the next one now…

Daily Rotation Report

It has officially been a week since I started my daily rotation system and I am sure you are dying to know how it has been going for me, so here is a quick run-down:

(Last) Thursday: Stitched for four hours on “Fairy Flora.”
Friday: Completed Pansy #6 on “Stiefmütterchen” and finished Cathy’s RR.
Saturday and Sunday: Stitched for 9 ½ hours on “Celtic Spring” as part of the FGBB Stitch-A-Thon.
Monday: Needed a little break, so I didn’t stitch at all. However, I did buy the floss I needed to start “Above the Clouds” and “Four Seasons Cats.” I also briefly fell off The Wagon as I succumbed to MLI’s “In the Arms of an Angel” while I was at my LNS.
Tuesday: Stitched on “Catch the Wind” as part of my SAL with Cathy and got a pretty good start on Anna’s dress.
Yesterday: Kitted up “Above the Clouds” and “Four Seasons Cats.” Wednesday will be my “Four Seasons Cats” day so I thought about starting it, but I worked some more on “Catch the Wind” instead.
Today: Worked on “Fairy Flora” all afternoon and finished the top part of Flo’s dress. (BTW: The fabric is not so dark in real life and the floss stands out quite nicely. I am not sure why the scanner is showing the fabric as so dark.)
Tomorrow: Back to “Stiefmütterchen.”

So far I feel pretty good about this rotation system. I wasn’t sure if I would feel like I was getting anything done by switching projects every day, but amazingly I think I am… and I don’t have time to get bored with any one project this way either!

1974 – What a Year!

Here is a quick and fun meme that I snagged from Christine: Do a search with your birth year using Google Image Search and choose a picture you like. Then do the same thing using your birthdate. Share them with us.

My year:

And on the day that my mother was busy bringing me into the world (May 22), apparently Nixon also had an eventful day signing the Disaster Relief Act.

Actually, many, many Nixon pictures came up when I searched for 1974. Gee, I wonder why? (Hint: If you aren’t sure, search for August 8, 1974. )