| Oct. 29th, 2009 @ 01:34 pm Snowing and Stuff |
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It's a nice soft white-out outside; people are sliding off the roads and rolling their cars all over the county. Today's SUPPOSED to be the last of it, though, and the weekend is supposed to be warmer...
On a roll with some new, non-"period" -specific blackwork patterns for things like samplers, table linens, etc. I <3 playing with my virtual "crayons"! :-D I'm considering on some things with traditional "folk" cross-stitch patterns too - or combinations of it all...
On the food front, today there is a big hunk of sirloin on the stove, simmering away in tomatoes, onions and chilis for the kind of chili Himself likes best. Will add beans and corn later, when the meat is cooked to shreds - and don't tell me about "REAL Texans don't put beans". Every Texan I ever knew had kids to feed - you better BELIEVE there were beans, very often more beans than meat! Besides, gotta get the innards warmed up for Advent.
Decorating - still at the "almost" point in the front room. Got a "big picture" up on the big thing wall, have a few family photos left to find a place for, and that leaves a bit of room for more icons, and for framed needlework (will need to do models of the new patterns, and then gotta do something with the models - some can be given as gifts, but some will live here forever and ever...) Also need to get on the stick with the lap quilts for the backs of our chairs. The tops are pieced, the backing and the batting are handy, I'm just having my usual attack of "fear of scissors" - hate making that first cut!
My youngest sister just got her first grandbaby, which makes her as "old" as me... :-)
And I FINALLY finished reading all the "Harry Potters". Thanks for a good read, J.K. - kept me busy for a goodly while. Sorry it's over, really, but once Voldemort was gone, what was left to say?
And now off to stir my carne, and play with some blackwork.... |
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