Sunday’s progess

For the second Sunday in a row, I stitched on And They Sinned and made a little more progress on it. 

A trip to National Zoo

We wanted to do something this weekend that we hadn’t done in a while and I wanted to picnic, so Sean suggested heading down to the zoo with a picnic. We got up at 6AM yesterday, walked the dogs, showered, dressed, packed the cooler with fruit salad & tortilla rolls I made, fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies, chips and lemon squares and plenty of water. We got to the zoo about two hours before it officially opened and was able to walk around a bit before the heat and crowds. Then we picnicked there before heading to get frozen yogurt and home. I took tons of pictures and some came out pretty good. Here is a slide show of some of my favorites.

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Tomatoes!!

Hannah has been wanting to plant a tomato plant forever.  One year I bought one of those “as seen on TV” topsy-turvy tomato plants… it’s still in the box in the kitchen. I am not even sure if it is good still.   A few weeks ago, I stopped in Lowes and they had an upside down already started tomato plant.  I got one and hung it up outside.  A day or two later there were three of four little yellow flowers on them.  Two days ago after it rained, I went out to check the plants.  I have a couple that don’t drain and I have to tip them.  So while I was out there I noticed….

Today they look like this…

 

I also noticed that several of the flowers that haven’t bloomed in over a month are about to exploded with flowers.

And They Sinned progress

After last week’s STNA Blog Hop subject about floor stands, I decided to pull out the long neglected And They Sinned UFO and put in on the stand last night to stitch on while watching TV for a couple of hours.  I didn’t get much done.  I had to work out the floor stand situation.  It really doesn’t work keeping it by my chair, but I finally managed to get it where I could work on it, but if I am going to be using the floor stand I need to store it somewhere else in the living room when I am not using it.  To much work to pull it out and set it up with it being next to my chair when not in use.  Did any of that make any sense?  I can’t maneuver it from where it is by my chair easily to get it in a comfy stitching position without having to move my recliner from its spot and then putting it back.  Anyway….

Framed!

My friend who does my framing stopped by today with two of my pieces she is framing for me.  She also took another piece to frame.

Actual stitching

So, I have been busy with stuff around the house, in the garden, reading, volunteering at Hannah’s old school, things like that but I have still been stitching a little here and there.  I thought I would share a progress picture of what I am currently working on as a gift for a friend having her first baby in August.  This is Bent Creek’s Baby Row.  I have changed the one color from Galvanized to Antique Rose.

After answering the STNA Blog Hop question the other day, I decided… I am going to get back to stitching on And They Sinned.  I think I am going to make Sundays the day I stitch on it.  I think I should finish it in about…. 10 years.     Here is where I am as of right now.  I honestly can’t recall when I last worked on this project. 

And just for the fun of it… a couple of photos from the garden.

New Furniture

A couple of months ago, I noticed that our already worn looking chair was looking even worse.  It hasn’t been comfy to sit in for a long time.  So a couple of weeks ago, we went to the store and picked out a new La Z Boy.  Monday I cleaned and rearranged to living furniture to get ready for Tuesday’s delivery.  The couch had been on the opposite side since November when we switched it around while cleaning the carpets.  We liked it, but since the new chair is also a recliner, we needed to switch it so that it will recline without hitting the wall.  Plus I think it looks more open this way.  I also moved our sofa table that had been under the window to the half wall that separates the the dining room and living room. 

Before…

After….