Keebles World

Darn my stupid paint-by-numbers app! All day at work, all I want to do is go home and stitch, but once I get there, all I do is PBN on my iPad! I did manage to switch out Faces 167, I really just wasn't into her, so the rotation is back at the beginning with The Bride Doll Making (or Dollmaker, depending on which part of the paperwork you look at).  I only started stitching on her Saturday, so again, this is ONLY two days worth of work (so don't get excited), but I will say, I felt much better stitching her than I've felt about stitching in general for a long time. I would just end up taking a break and say, "well, just one PBN..." and four hours later, I'd still be doing them.  Anyway, I left off on The Bride back in January of this year (I've actually circled a rotation in the same year, that's an accomplishment I haven't done in years in itself, so yea me on that one!): And I got a lot filled in, considering it was barely two days: Forgive th...

It sucked. Three little days worth, most all of which was done on Sunday, and even that was sparse. I gave up on Suteki and went back to Faces 167. This is the last one in my rotation so, after this one, I can go back to The Bride Dollmaker and start over again. I'm kind of looking forward to that! But anyway, in case you guys have forgotten, this one is difficult because it's my first on 32ct, so it's VERY tiny (it will be 7x7 when finished), although at least it's not dithered, and it's also on Lugana, not my favorite. But since they don't make Monaco anymore, guess I'll have to get used to it. Anyway, it actually hasn't been that long since I last worked on her, June of 2019 to be exact: And, like I said, very little progress, but here is where I left off Sunday night: Whether or not I continue on her for another week or go ahead and shift back to the Bride Dollmaker, I haven't decided yet. I'm still having issues dragging myself away from p...

I just didn't have it in me to stitch last week. I instead, had a panic attack picking up my groceries at Walmart (that's a first...in the safety of my OWN vehicle!), several on the way to work, several in the car once I got to work, and even one in the car once I got home from work one night! What a FANTASTIC week! I have stayed away from the news though, so at least that's something (although, these days, that's still a difficult thing). I did take my "wishful thinking" gingerbread house out of the freezer (if you remember, I put it in there to remind me, every time I got food out, that I had a goal of building a house this year): I put it in a big ziplock and beat the hell out of it (because there is no way in hell I'm going to be able to financially build a house this year): And I've been nibbling on it ever since (because gingerbread is good for like, forever!). I'll try again next year maybe. I also went to Tilton Crafts and got ...

On Thursday, my Sister told me to stop watching the news, it was making me worse, so I did. And going home and watching hours and hours of news of social unrest on TV, of people hurting, not only emotionally, but with all of the violence on both sides, has also taken its toll on me. I don't want to stitch because I don't feel like I should stitch. I shouldn't sit and enjoy myself while the rest of the world is fighting for basic human rights (something I could never go out and do myself for obvious reasons). I spent months working myself to the bone, practically sequestered at work. I pushed past the limits of exhaustion and came out the other side, not exactly ready for social activity (a difficult feat even before that began). Then, within less than a week after go-live, we have a tornado less than 400 ft away from my trailer...not the safest place to be in the South anyway. THEN, almost immediately after that, I see that that the world is heading towards a pandemic, s...