Half the Year Is Over

Ok, not literally, as it is still just the end of April. However, I did put the last stitches into June on Saturday morning before I kept to my word and started with the first Spring Cleaning installment. I tried very hard to finish Friday night, but the sleep monster came calling and I just couldn’t get those stitches into the last flower and bee.

Saturday yielded more donations for Goodwill, a huge bag of trash and another bag of papers that will need to be shredded once I purchase a new shredder. My last one died of overuse! I have to be honest and say that I’m not very nice to my shredders and they don’t usually last very long. This time I will have to look into a heavy duty one that will take a beating.

It wasn’t long before it was time to get ready and meet my BFF for some fellowship and stitching. Neither of us had lunch so we met at Chic-Fil-A before heading over to her house. (Those waffle fries are my favorite!) Once we sat down to stitch, I pulled out my Shores of Hawk Run Hollow so that I could stitch along with my friends at The Attic. I think I made pretty good progress. I was able to finish Block 3 and then I decided to go ahead and start Block 2. (I’m jumping around on my blocks based on how I feel. Order is BORING!!)

I was able to get about halfway around on the inside border of Block 2 before I kicked myself out of BBF’s house. She would have let me stay all night, but I knew that home was calling. I was still in the stitching mood when I got home, so I picked up where I left off and this was the result after calling it a late night.

I found myself still in the stitching groove on Sunday, so I kept with the SoHRH theme. Block three really moves fast and I found myself ignoring my grumbling tummy. Eventually I had to stop and take nourishment. I couldn’t believe how far I was able to get on this block. One more good day like yesterday and I will have it finished.

In the afternoon/evening, I decided to be a good girl again and continue with the cleaning. YUCK! But, now I have a sparkling clean bedroom and bathroom. When I say clean, I really mean it. I even vacuumed the walls! I didn’t know there was so much dust and yuck in that room. Serves me right! Next weekend I will move onto the spare bedroom. That’s where all my stash currently resides. I think that I’m going to do a little de-stashing. Yes, I said it………de-stashing! I have so many baskets full of patterns that I know I will never get to. SABLE is the word for that room! I won’t be getting rid of much compared to what I have, but I will offer up those patterns that I know I won’t stitch either for sale or for trade in the near future. So, be on the lookout for an opportunity to enhance your own stash.

After all the cleaning activity I sat down for an evening with a wonderful Hallmark Movie on CBS. It was called “When Love is not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story”. For those of you who don’t know, Lois Wilson was the co-founder of Al-Anon. Her husband Bill was the co-founder of AA. If you have an alcoholic in your family or count an alcoholic as one of your friends, I encourage you to find an Al-Anon meeting. Do not be ashamed. These people have been through the same situation(s) and they know exactly how you feel.

While watching the movie, I also started a new project. Yes, another new one! After all, I am a serial starter! Can you guess what pattern this is????

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