Sept 11th Monday HUGE Update

Hey readers it's a Monday but not a normal Monday. I have been playing along with a Go Stitch challenge on Semi Sane Stitchers FB group and boy I have a ton of stitching report. So get ready and let's do this...

So as I explained a letter of the alphabet is called randomly from a wheel spin every morning. I am in the normal level so if you have a pattern that the name of the pattern starts with that letter you stitch 200 on that for a completed day. If you don't have that letter you have a penalty of 400 stitches. Awesome part it doesn't have to be completed that day. Just soon as possible. Entry into a drawing for every 10 days you complete. If you don't miss a day you get an extra 3 entries. There is also an insane version where they do 400/800 stitches for more entries. Not for me....this time haha. So let's see Week 1 of this fun challenge...

Monday - No Stitching. So exhausted from the weekend.

Tuesday - Makeup Day 1 - I got a ton done!!!

Day 1 Letter - I - It's a Mermaid Life from Tiny Modernist (200 stitches needed)

 Day 2 - Letter P - Peppermint Sleds from Lizzie Kate (200 needed)

Day 3 - Letter G - Grow Together from Heaven and Earth Designs (200 needed)

This is an old WIP from 2014. I even had to rekit it. I was happy to have it back into my WIP tote though. Means a lot to me. Jeremiah holding on to my hand to walk. Getting through life together. So many things. Plus I love the artist Jim Warren. It's funny it creeps some people out. But I love the meaning behind it for me.

3 Days Caught up. Wohoo!!!

Wednesday - Still trying to catch up. A lot done though...

Day 4 - Letter X - No X for me so Go Stitch. I picked Season 2 from Hands on Design so I could get a start on September. (400 needed) 401 added.

Day 5 - Letter A - I have 3 options for today Jeremiah picked All American from Primrose Cottage Stitches (200 needed)

 

I got 118 of the 200 added.

Thursday - More catching up why did I have to miss the whole starting weekend haha.

 

Finishing up Day 5...

Added the 82 needed to finish.

Day 6 - Wild Card - We could pick any piece and do the small number of stitches thankfully. (200 needed)

I kept working on Season 2 after posting the 200 for Day 6 toward Day 7. Got another 260 added before calling it for the day...

Friday - I finally catch up today!!!

Day 7 - Letter V - Go stitch day for me. Yep back to Season 2. (400 needed) So the 260 from Thursday...

Added the 140 to finish Day 7.

Day 8 - Letter P again - Peppermint Sleds from Lizzie Kate (200 needed)

So close! One more sled in this set and kitted up another P just in case.

Saturday - Constant Consonants - Several options for this wild card day. One option was to pick up WIPs that start with a consonant and do 100 each and get extra entries for every 3 worked on. 2nd option hit 600 stitches on any WIP in one 24 hours span and get an extra entry. Final option was to treat it like a normal day and do 200 on any consonant piece. I was overwhelmed mentally on Saturday and took the last option. I thought we would have a busy day. We had a busy day planned at least.

So I worked on Season 2. As the day progressed plans kept changing. We ended up having a very lazy Saturday and it was very needed. I just stitched away. As the day progressed I noticed I was nearing a finish on Season 2. So I noticed my needles started going faster...

643 stitches later it was finished!

Plus I got an extra entry accidentally haha.

Sunday - Letter U - No U so a Go Stitch day (400) for me. This time I picked up Hello Four Seasons from Soda Stitch (Summer Gnome) I would like it done by the start of Autumn on the 23rd. 

Added 406.

Wow that was a lot to keep track of and post. I found an error too and because of my crazy list keeping I was able to correct it. Just a problem logging in my stitching calendar thankfully. What a busy stitching week. Now I'm curious.... 3,039 stitches this week!!!! Wow! I ignored pretty much everything else haha. 

Sunday we did go up to the old house. I just get so depressed going up there. We did get a van of stuff at least. Just not the feeling of Wohoo we got a lot done. I was just overwhelmed with the junk. Probably 3 boxes I boxed up is trash or should be. My sorting brain wasn't working. I was just throwing stuff at this point. Just want it done. I get mad at how much trash and just junk I had. Like my computer desk. Full of junk. Grrr. Oh well it's done. Just need to sort the thrown together boxes but I told Fred at this point let's just get it out and be done. I will bring it to the cabin later sit down and sort it out. I found some postcards mom sent countless years ago. Yep tears were shed. Lots of tears. We are going back this coming weekend. Helping the homeowner move some furniture. Hopefully getting the laundry and dressers of ours which will be a huge accomplishment. Just need to get them downs the stairs, loaded on the trailer, and to the storage unit. 

Okay I'm off to stitch for week 2. Have a great week. Love yourself. Cry if you need to but then smile at how lucky we all are. No matter how bad it is....it could always be worse. Breath. Smile. We got this.

January WIPocalypse

For some reason I can't get Measi's blog to open. Today is the last Sunday of the month though so that means it's a WIPocalypse update. The idea of this fun blog check in started a long time ago. The purpose is to give us a push to finish all our WIPs before the end of the world. I think personally we hold the end of the world off by having so much to do still. I mean it wouldn't end with all this left to do right?? How fair would that be! I like to use this as a way to keep track of my progress with my stitching and how many days I've worked on what. It's a nice way to look back. The check ins are the last Sunday of the month. If we can get Measi's blog to work there are fun questions to answer too but I just can't get them right now. So let's see what I've been working on this month.

I've been having a blast stitching again. No stress. No push to do anything other than ENJOY my hobby. 

Iris (Rainbow Dragon) -- 9 Days. I started this beauty for my New Year New Start. Just LOVE the colors!!!

Here she is after the 9 Days...

It's a Mermaid Life -- 2 Days. Another new start. This was given to me for Christmas this year from mom. 

Here it is right now after the 2 days...

Christmas Jars -- 11 Days. I dug out this old WIP and finished off the last jar.

Salt Water Taffy -- 2 days so far. This one is staying out though so I will update my progress Monday. 

No Stitching Days -- 5. Not bad. I'll take it. I've really just enjoyed stitching again. 

See ya next month. Thanks for stopping by!

Monday Update

Okay I have an official announcement. Rainbow Dragon has now been named Iris. She was a goddess who rode rainbows between heaven and earth to deliver messages from Olympus. It's the greek word for "rainbow". Several of you thought she needed a name. How about that one? We thought it was perfect.

I worked on Iris (The Rainbow Dragon) 4 days last week. Here she is now...

Yep still in love. But I figured I would put her down for the weekend. Friday was my first non stitching days. Those are going to happen and that's okay. Still got all my workout goals that day.

For the weekend I picked one of my Christmas gifts from mom. It's a Mermaid Life. I found the perfect Caribbean fabric in my stash even.

Of course the beautiful color of the fabric doesn't photograph well. 

I've been sticking to my workout goals. I'm frustrated because I've plateaued at losing 20 pounds. Now I yo-yo back up and down. I got blood work done and found out my thyroid is way off again. (For those who struggle with it I went from a 1 to a 4 again. Grrr. Haven't been that high since like 2012!) So I've messaged my doctor to ask what's going on. I know it's not helping me out at all. Here's hoping he can help me get that figured out. 

Have a great week. Love yourself. My stitching mojo is going crazy. I want to work on EVERYTHING. So who knows what I'll work on haha.