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Blogging About Nothing

...I really don't have a topic on deck today and I didn't spend my week off from this place writing blog entry after blog entry to have a stockpile for when I have days like this.

There's nothing really important going on, unless you count that A is going to be 9 in 6 days and I don't have any party plans or ideas for birthday presents.

Nothing significant is going on at work (at least nothing that I can talk about, since there *is* something going on that I can't talk about at all) - everyone's healthy and happy, except my boss' daughter who had a seizure (she was the one with the aneurysm last year that suddenly happened and dropped her while she was rollerblading).

I've not stitched in a couple of days, but that's because I've been so darn tired getting back into the swing of actually going somewhere to work instead of going downstairs in my jammies and working for a couple of hours. But I did finish framing Above the Clouds and FutureCast and they're happily hanging in my office now.

Nothing good has been on television (and I stopped watching Lost, through no fault of my own), but that will change tonight as Alias starts up its 4th season. Ooooo I can't wait! 24 will be starting up too.

Oh, I'll be reprogramming this blog template too - I've been playing with a design for over a month, but I did something horribly wrong (I hate CSS, I hate CSS, it's so damn easy, but I hate CSS) so I'm back on the drawing board. It *will* be a totally different look than what we've got here, that's for sure.

Take heart, the author is still the same. It's just a redecoration of the room, not a metaphysical overhaul of the author (although, maybe that's overdue too).

That's about it from here for today... see ya tomorrow.

The 2004/2005 State of the Stitching...

...well, it's time to look at a year in review, and to set the goals for next year.

Let's start with the year in review....

New Starts:
Well, there wasn't much in the way of new starts in 2004, unless you count an RR that I'm in, and a couple of very small pieces. Mini-Mystery H (a birthday gift from someone with acreage and TW's Futurecast, as well as TW's Knotwork bookmark were started this year. Oh, and Dracolair's Phoenix - which would be the only big start. The Knotwork bookmark almost doesn't count as a start - it's got a whole 8 stitches in it, and is my work project for when the systems go crash.boom. But they've not done that since I brought it in - just my luck.

Finishes:
I had about a dozen finishes throughout the year, if you include the RR pieces, and don't include those items that I spent time framing.

The finishes include a Mill Hill ornament kit, 5 bugs for the RR I'm in, Victoria Sampler's 'Butterfly Garden', 'Because Nice Matters' (which still needs framing), Blackwork Acorns (that I did as a shop model for PawPrints), my CATS nametag, B's Christmas Stocking (the Angel Stocking from Just Nan), 'Above the Clouds', and Mini-Mystery F, which I managed to finish on the last day of the year.

I can't believe I let Mini-Mystery F sit until the last day of the year... I only had a couple of treasures to put on it. That took all of two minutes.

I was so proud of finishing 'Above the Clouds' because it was a piece that I had named as a goal to finish in the very first State of the Stitching and I actually made it. There really wasn't any progress on any of the other WIPs that I had, but hopefully that will change in the coming year.

Goals for 2004... met or missed?
The original goals were to finish Guardian and Above the Clouds and to make significant progress on Fortunate Traveller and Desiderata. I was supposed to be supporting someone else with her goals (and she with mine) but it just never really happened.

Despite that.... I finished Above the Clouds, and I made some progress on Guardian. I didn't touch Desi or Fortunate Traveller, however. I've decided to change out the fabric on Desiderata from the bone lugana that I had it on to 30 ct white or ivory murano (I have lots of it due to hoarding), but I'm still counting it as a WIP since I've waffled on it long enough and haven't de-kitted or frogged the old one yet.

So, in short, I missed most of my 2004 goals.

2005 Goals
Well, I already stated my 2005 goals in a thread on the Wagon but I'll restate them here with a small bit of editing.

I want to start and finish the BHG Holiday Workshop stocking for DH. He's been waiting long enough for a handmade Christmas stocking from me.

I want to do Chatelaine's Mini-Mystery H - I'm already in the class, I just need the supplies (but I'm on the Wagon, and I'll start stitching late). That shouldn't take too long.

I'm going to finish Shimmering Mermaid and The Phoenix. The Dimples RR finishes in a couple of months, and I'll have that piece home to stitch a buggie on and do the borders for the buggies. I can't wait to see it when it makes it back to me.

I intend to make significant progress with Guardian (I know, I say that every year) and at least one more TW (tbd). I'm thinking that the unknown piece will be 'Castles by the Sea' which should be out in February at Market (which was part of the reason the Wagon Challenge came into existence)

I found out that a dear friend is going to be a dad come September, so there's a project that I need to put together for him (same guy that I stitched and framed the Wedding Sampler for)

Any of this could be derailed by a certain dragon model job (also tbd) which would eat 3 months of stitching time.

So that's the year as it stands at the moment. 2005 is going to be the year of finishing big pieces for me. Well, finishing at least 3 big pieces.

So that's the current state of the stitching and the goals for the coming year. I'll see you in 3 months and we'll see where I am.

Until then, Happy Stitching!

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More Internet Quizzes...

...Lots of them today because I have nothing else to discuss at the moment..

This one was found a while ago at a Gathering Place

What File extension am I?


Which File Extension are You?

That quiz gave me a link to What OS am I?



Which OS are You?

Well, as long as I'm not XP SP2 - then I'd be unstable and non-networkable.

..and from there... I found What Nigerian Spammer am I?


Which Nigerian spammer are You?

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A mad woozle woman had this recently:


You are water. You're not really organic; you're
neither acidic nor basic, yet you're an acid
and a base at the same time. You're strong
willed and opinionated, but relaxed and ready
to flow. So while you often seem worthless,
without you, everything would just not work.
People should definitely drink more of you
every day.


Which Biological Molecule Are You?

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Also from that same woozle woman:

You are 47% Cancer

How much do you match your zodiac sign?

That's a little scary - I was born smack dab in the middle of the cancer cycle for the sign, and I'm only 47%? Wonder what sign I really *should* be....

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..and then, in my travels, I found this on a Paler Shade of Pink:

Hazel Eyes


What Color Eyes Should You Have?

Ok, I'll admit the freak thing, but I definitely have brown eyes. They're bright, with a golden hue to them, but they're definitely brown.

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And one last one from the woozle woman again...

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence

You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You are also good at remembering information and convincing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary. You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

Very interesting, considering that I was a business major and play with numbers all day and am good at it. But I suppose it's not surprising considering the verbosity that I exemplify in this blog.

So there.