Reflection on the past quarter

Well, it is now been several months since I've posted. My how time flies. We moved to Michigan in the midst of a snowstorm on October 12th. I was assured by the natives that this was not normal. Considering, there was no snow for Christmas I'm inclined to believe them. I guess the man upstairs figured that I needed a little additional excitement thrown into the mix. . . or maybe it was for my boys, who thoroughly enjoyed it I might add. Once we unloaded the truck, I unpacked the majority of the stuff. Pictures and all the stuff from our old basement were packed into a corner of the basement here. A contractor was hired and renovation on the basement begun! We opted to have me do some of the work to save on expenses. I tell you those little projects aren't as much fun when you have to do them in X days because the next contractor is due and your part must be finished. Several of my projects went back to the contractors just because I couldn't meet the timing deadlines. The carpet and final inspection was on Dec. 18th. We are done before Christmas. Well, almost. . . The washer/dryer have been moved down to their new place, the pinball machine is in place, and the dart board up. We need to install a large counter top for the computers. Once we get that in, I can move the computers and set up a proper office. Then reclaim the bedroom - for a stiching room! Can you believe it, a whole bedroom for crafts and stitchy stuff!! Now that the washer/dryer are in a more reasonably sized area, I can claim their old location for a mud room. As I found when we actually did have snow, a mudroom is real practical up here. So , I guess the short version of all this is that I haven't stitched much, nor have I looked into a school to begin a career change.

Here is a little bit of what I did get done in the last 3 months -

* The Groundhog by Bent Creek. I did this for my mom for Christmas. She is the only person that I know that sends Ground Hog cards and personally stands behind her regional ground hog. This little guy is cute so I did one for myself as well.

* Finished the Bleu de Chine pattern. I plan to finish this off as a pillow. Of course, I now no longer have a nautical room in the house. At this point an addition is out of the question, LOL!

* On Christmas Day I finished The Nativity by Shepherds Bush. This was a freebie pattern tha t I thought was cute. I plan on finishing this with some barn wood shaped into a manger.

I've been tagged by StitcherW, so I need to go contemplate 6 weird things about myself. Actually, it will be difficult to pare the list down to 6! LOL Hopefully, it will not be this long before I post again.