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. 

 

Bittersweet

 Easter was bittersweet. Sweet because we had brunch and visited with Heather and family. Bitter because it was the 19th anniversary of my dad's sudden death.

Dad died 2 days before his 83th birthday. He had a good day that day, chasing squirrels out of his yard, and checking the gutters on the house. After dinner he told Mom he didn't feel well, and seemed confused. She called 911 and me. I went there, a two minute trip, and he was really confused. The ambulance came and took him. I called Mike, and mom and I went to the hospital, where Mike met us. Dad was dead within the hour. The ER doc offered an autopsy, which we declined. His guesses as to cause were a massive PE, a dissecting aorta, or a CVA. The cause didn't matter to us, he was gone. I relive that night so often.

The sweet was spending the day with Heather and Ed, and Eddie and Julianna.

We did a brunch instead of a dinner, and it was so low key. I took a blueberry french toast bake, and a spinach salad with strawberries. I even took the strawberry tops for the chickens! Heather made quiche, mac and cheese, tater tots, and a raspberry pastry. I also brought a dessert, which we almost forgot about! 

 

I took Heather's apron with us, and she modeled it. We stayed til about 2, which freed them up to have dinner with Ed's family at his mom's house. 

So, bittersweet. Such is life.

And a hearty F*ck to the Dementia Don, the grifting pedophile, and his band of spineless grifters. 

Brrrr

 After a gorgeous day Wednesday, Thursday was cold and misty. 50, but felt colder.

We went to brunch at First Watch, then to Aldi to get a few things. It was crowded, which we're not used to.

 This is the fabric for Heather's criss cross apron, called Hen House. So appropriate for her!

 This is what almost 600 stitches looks like! I feel like I'm getting into my groove now. 

And the F*cking Felon fired Pam Bondi. That won't release her from the supoena to chat with the house committee.  

Hello April!

 It looks to be another beautiful day! A good way to start a month.

 Our joint family calendar that Steph made! Pix of all of us, and we all have the same calendar.

My next project! I'm figuring maybe 2 years to complete- it's a big one. 550 wide by 750 tall. It's from Cross Stitch Studio. When we were transferring the chart from my flash drive to the laptop, first the Pattern Keeper app wanted to update. Then the google wanted to update the laptop. Then I had to watch a tutorial to refresh my memory about how to use Pattern Keeper. So all in all, I got a grand total of 71 stitches placed. I'm used either 18 or 20 count, I don't remember. But those squares are little! I bought the Chromebook specifically for Pattern Keeper, because it doesn't run on Apple. 

I'm waiting on Amazon to deliver my 28mm rotary cutter so I can finish cutting out the first apron. 

And my weight is exactly the same as it was March 1. Sigh. Better than gaining.

And the F*cking Felon is speaking tonight on TV. Yippee.
 

Goodbye March!

 March ends with my brother Mike's 70th birthday. It's going to be nice today, almost 80!

 And it's done! The backstitching really defined it well. It took 20 days. 

I had a Walmart grocery delivery this morning. The driver texted me that she'd be delivering the items in a box, due to the store being out of bags. It was a big, heavy box. I asked if she wanted some bags, and she was happy. I gave her a half dozen bags. First time that's happened! 

 

Housecleaner Lisa comes this afternoon, so I'll get something done in the sewing room to stay out of her way. 

And as always, F*ck the grifting, felonious pedophile and all who support the bastard.