Saturday Stitching

Because my shoulder feels like it is January in New York.  Yes, I know it is January in New York right now, but I'm not in New York, thank goodness.  16F when I pulled up my iGoogle today.  Yes, I still have Rochester, NY weather on my iGoogle.  Mainly so I can point and laugh.

Anyway, I've been working on my winter cross stitch. This is from two weeks ago.

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Not much progress, but I filled in some of the blue and worked on some of the back stitch.

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The thing with Stoney Creek patterns is that every thing is back stitched.  It's what makes them pop.  Unless, you are one of those freaks that really, really likes to do back stitch, you really need to keep up with it as you go along.

I also pulled out my Cirque des Cercles and worked on that while I had daylight and before I go totally blind. I'm doing over one on 28 count black, it may actually make me go blind.

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The colors are actually a bit darker than shown.  I'm using Vicki Clayton HDF silks Yonder Sky, Sue-Purple-Ous and Alpine.

I realized last night I didn't give any particulars about the Evil Silk while asking for pattern suggestions.  It's two-ply lace weight actually size 20 about 1100 yards.

My shoulder is a bit better today. Just a bit.  Rudee suggested a lidoderm patch.  Thanks for the suggestion, however, in the last 6 years I've developed an allergy to most adhesives they use on patches, band aids and tape.  Though I have to admit an itchy rash sounds like the least of evils.  I'm taking generic Advil and switching between a hot pad and ActivOn Topical Analgesic, Ultra Strength Joint & Muscle .2 oz (5.67 g) (like Icy Hot in a stick). The last two not at the same time.  Not knitting seems to be helping. I knit one row on the socks Wednesday and felt like my arm was going to fall off when I set it down.  So I just glare at the socks now.  Maybe it was all that knitting I did for Christmas that started the aggravation and like a dumb ass I kept knitting.

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D did all the dishes last night and made this for dinner.  It was his day off.  Plus, he started my turkey carcass soup for me.  I let the bones simmer for days for maximum flavor.  The best part was he cleaned his dishes as he went along for the most part.  Sometimes he gets to cooking on his days off and I think he thinks he has those assistants on the Food Network and tries to dirty every dish in the place.

What is that picture of?  Doctored up Zatarain's New Orleans Style Jambalaya Mix, .  He added a few jalapeños,  some leftover corn on the cob (we get it year round here), leftover chicken and pork he had cooked on the grill, smoked sausage and shrimp, and fresh carrots.  Spicy but not so hot that you can't tell the individual flavors.  Pillsbury Flaky biscuits because why go through the hassle when Pillsbury does it so good.

Birdie naming contest will be sometime next week.  Last night Herbie taught Three how to flap wings.  Then Herbie climbed all the way up the side of the cage to his Mom's perch on top of the mirror.  He climbed back down and chased his parents around the cage, like he was saying, "Did you see what I just did? Did you see?"  Funny little birds.

Tonight, I will work more on plying the BFL/silk and watch British shows on PBS.  Someone asked last week what I watch.  The current selection is Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Monarch Of The Glen, After Your Gone and Vicar Of Dilby.  I wish they would bring My Family back, we loved that one best.  The oldest son Nick, reminds D of my oldest son when he was living with us.

Hope you all have a relaxing weekend doing just what you want to be doing.