April A to Z Challenge - Cross Stitch "A" x 2

Yea! It's time for the very first day of the April A to Z Challenge! I've done a theme reveal, I've done a prep post, and I've even done back-stories for the shows, so I guess it's now time to get down to business!

All in all, both cross stitch projects went well, but it's early days yet and we're starting off a bit easy (which is probably a good thing considering I've been living in headache land).

I may have mentioned once or twice (or a hundred times) that Sleeping Beauty is my all-time favorite Disney movie and it's what drew me to art. I am VERY protective of her and of "the brand", so to speak and, as much of a OUAT fan as I am and how ever easily I may overlook their takes on characters and the subtle (or even sometimes drastic) changes from their Disney origins, the handling of all the Sleeping Beauty characters is my biggest (and probably only real) sore spot with the show. But I'm still hopeful that they will rectify it eventually, especially since Maleficent has such a strong presence in the second half of the fourth series.

Project #1: Once Upon A Time
"A" stands for Aurora, OUAT's spoiled, naive, selfish, scared little Princess (definitely not like the cartoon version). She and Phillip finally got their happy ending (although the details are a bit sketchy since he died when his soul was ripped from his body and dragged to the underworld by a wraith, they haven't explained how it was returned...yet), they have a baby on the way (last time we left her), and has no idea that Mulan is secretly in love with her. I haven't seen her in Storybrooke (yet), but word is, she's there and about to meet her old nemesis once again!

Project #2: Veronica Mars
"A" is for Aaron Echolls, movie star extraordinaire, father (and beater) of son Logan, cheating husband of Lynn, adoptive father of Trina, and murderer and attempted murder of...well, let's keep that a spoiler for those that haven't seen it, shall we?

Granted, the pictures are a bit blown out, but it's not only macro'ed, but cropped as well, so that's why. I'm so glad the V Mars project was easy...I'm not sure I could have handled something more difficult today.

Happy 13th Blogoversary to the worst blogger ever!

Yep, I'm still here. This is the first time I've touched any blog in months. My focus has been in the "me" world. I have a new therapist and it's still early days, but I'm doing much better both mentally and physically. Work always sucks, so that's already a dead horse. And both pups are still hangin in there. My last post was probably the last time I stitched or at least my last Instragram post was. Maleficent still isn't framed, she's still in her ziploc baggie on the kitchen table. Bad me all around. I'm getting worse at this whole social media thing, what little I do. My job is tech burnout, so by the time I get home, the only tech I touch is my TV. The thought of creating a blog post or human communication in any way is just too much. I do have two vacations coming up, so that's exciting, right? I haven't felt like sharing, so very few people around me know about these. The first is a birthday trip to Boulder, j...

A to Z Challenge - B

PART 1 - JANE AUSTEN ALPHABET-COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BRANDON A much better hero than Edward Ferrars in my opinion PART 2 - MY DISNEY COLLECTION-BOOKS Obviously the age limit on books means very little to me: Do magazines count as books? Well, they are on the book row and they are Disney related, so there you go! There are several more shelves of these and they get more movement than anything else because their weight tends to kill bookshelves rather quickly. It helps to shuffle them around upon occasion to give the poor shelves a breather.

A to Z Reflections Post

I'm going to try not to be as wordy as previous years (but no promises). I did two challenges this year, my Jane Austen Alphabet Cross Stitch project, which is now complete: I haven't gotten it framed yet...heck, I still haven't gotten last year's framed either, so there is no telling when it will get done. Thanks to my friend Tiff for her suggestion of the blue fabric over the brown...she made the right choice I think! There is really nothing more to add on my second challenge, My Disney Collection, other than I have realized that my OCD apparently isn't strong enough to focus me in one particular direction. I like to think I have a Duck Room and a Princess/Villains room, but it's more like a Duck/Stitch/Parks room, a Mickey Bathroom, a Disney-themed kitchen, a living room filled with various objects, and a Princess and Villains bedroom. I don't think as a whole, they look so bad, it just looked a bit hoarderish when I divided them up into categori...

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