I have another small (literally) finish to show off. This was a retreat keepsake piece created by Ann & Liz at Brightneedle. It was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of A Stitcher’s Retreat that I attended earlier this year. It’s stitched 1 over 1 on 29-count Glenshee linen using DMC and Anchor [...]

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Sorry for the long delay since my last update. Life has been kind of crazy for me the past couple of weeks. I’ve been taking some training classes to prepare for a professional certification exam I’ll be taking this Friday. I’ll be SOOOO glad when it’s over because I’ve been stress eating [...]

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Yep, I actually have a happy dance to share! I finished a piece last night while I was at the all night Stitch Inn hosted by my LNS (more about that later).
The piece I finished is the Spring Sampler threadpack from Little House Needleworks. This was my first time using the Crescent Colors [...]

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How much of a Michi-gander are you?

Pretty amazing since I’ve never actually lived in Michigan.

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Let’s start with the more important of the two topics du jour … the fires. Yes, things are starting to settle down somewhat here in southern California. We’ve had a definite change in weather today which should help a lot. The temperatures are 20-25ºF cooler than they were a couple of days [...]

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Yes, the fires are really bad here in SoCal right now. Thankfully, the worst I’m having to deal with is air quality issues. There aren’t any actual fires in my immediate area. To give you an idea of the air quality, here is a picture I took from my balcony midday today. [...]

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I had a great time at the Elegant Stitch Chocolat retreat. Chocolate was definitely the theme of the weekend. Jackie du Plessis is a wonderful teacher and Lois spoiled us rotten. She gave us each a pair of little scissors with a fob, an awl, a beautiful [...]

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I had my weekly WW meeting today and I was down another 1.2 pounds. I was really shocked that it was that much considering I’d dropped nearly 4 pounds last week. Generally speaking, whenever I have a nice big loss, I usually done see much of a drop the following week. To [...]

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Ok, so I’ve decided to make this a weekly feature on my blog now. Each Sunday I will post an update on my training for the past week. I’m a total numbers geek, so I love seeing my progress.
Bike: 50m – 10 Mi
Walk/Run: 2h 59m 53s [...]

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Wow, what a difference 6 months can make it one’s life. It’s hard to believe that 26 weeks ago today I underwent 2 surgeries on the same day — a multi-level spinal fusion and an ulner nerve decompression in my right arm. Those first couple of weeks after my surgery were so rough, [...]

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