April is ending

 The month went by pretty fast. This week is rainy, and cooler, but that's ok.

At 11k stitches, and almost 3% done, Christmas Shoppes is starting to look like something. When doing colors with a lot of stitches, it goes pretty fast. I did 800 stitches last night, a dark brown and a black. 

I picked up my new glasses yesterday. I love the toppers to it. 

 I got a bunch of toppers, including a sunglasses one. Ralph likes the sparkly green the best, so I'm wearing that one right now. 

Every evening I've had the electric fireplace on, and it's so cozy!

And of course, F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and his band of grifters and pedophiles. 

 

Rainy Days

 We again went from shorts to long pants,  from the windows open to closed and the heat on. April.

 We started with this- the gas insert out, electric added.

To this! I like the ember look rather than the log look, and the orange rather than the blue or purple. It has so many color combinations! And it puts out heat when I want it to, the remote has a thermostat. We got it from the Fireplace Store where Reilly, my great nephew's fiancee works. Great nephew Connor did the installation for us, since he used to work there also. 

 

Two  percent done!

 I had seen these cuties on instagram, so Ralph added them to his Lowe's order. I'm not sure what I'll use them for, but they are just too cute!

Color me cynical about the latest episode of the tangerine twatwaffle and his merry band of grifters. F*ck them all. I'm not the only one to doubt the whole thing was legit.  

What's happening

 I can't believe it's been over a week since I posted! Mainly because I haven't done anything postworthy!

Spring in jersey- green pollen all over, stinkbugs emerging from lord knows where! 

Grandson Eddie will graduate from Stockton University with his BSN next month! He's had an interview at Atlanticare for the ER, fingers crossed! 

Steph and Dan cancelled their Scotland trip, due to the airline cancelling their flight. They got all but $5 back. And decided to come to jersey for Eddie's graduation party the end of May! 

1.87% of Christmas Shoppes done! I'm 22 days in.

 

Shaking my head, since Mom has been dead almost 9 years. 

The electricians were here yesterday to do the electric work to transform the gas fireplace to an electric one. 

And more than ever, F*ck the Tangerine Twatwaffle and his merry band of thieves. 

A gorgeous day

 Blue sky, sunny and 80! Perfect!

 I finished Steph's apron! I have to get my model to show the other side.

This is what 1% of a huge cross stitch project looks like! Yikes! It too me 12 days to get here, working on it every night!

Cardiology routine appointment this afternoon.

F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and his awful followers.
 

Another week!

 It looks to be a good one, springy temperatures and sunny.

 I named my Apple Neo laptop LaLa, after a character in NCIS Origins. I love the name. Heather made me the stickers in her cricut and applied them for me. 

My girls with grandchildren Amary and Garrett. That wild hair of Amary's! I love it! She's a hippie born too late, LOL.

 

My Facebook and Instagram has been flooded with these frames called Pairs. You get the frame, and the add ons are magnetized. We went this morning and I ordered the casper frame, a sunglasses add on, and a dark blue one. The rest I have to order from the website.

 A light easy read by one of my favorite authors. She's an automatic read for me.

 And granny chickens! I have to get the pattern, I love them!

And as always F*ck the tangerine twatwafflle felon and his band of grifting war criminals. 

Sunny Sunday

 After several colder days, this week is predicted to be warmer, yay!

 My Pacific Northwest girls met in the middle and had lunch with their families. When their rooms were next to each other, they fought constantly. When Manda moved to FL to go to school, and later to Houston to work, then to Seattle, best friends! They talk every day, which makes me happy.

Is this the best description ever? 

I'm working on Steph's apron. The pieces are hemmed, the pockets are hemmed and on, and the shoulder straps are added. Today I start sewing the front and back together.

I'm consistantly working 3-4 hours a night on the counted cross stitch. So much confetti in the area I'm on. Still not up to 1% done!

 

Cleaning!

 Maybe it's because spring is coming. I have the urge to clean and declutter. I did the desk in our bedroom alcove this morning, or at least started it. I recycled years of Christmas cards and shredding banking materials. I still have more to do in that area.

These are the fabrics Steph chose for her reversible criss cross apron. The apples are so cheerful! Manda declined an apron, she feels like they make her feel hot. Steph says she's messy so she needs one.

 

0.64% of the cross stitch! Yikes, definately a few years for this one. I originally thought I could do 500 stitches per night,  but it's more like 200-300. I do about 3 hours per night, while the TV is on.