The kitchen sink, Spring, and blue screen of death

First off, I apologize that this is late. I'm aiming to post at least once a week. However, the blue screen of death had gotten me and I was unable to boot my machine. I finally have gotten it back and last night could turn it off and on without ever seeing it again. However, today when trying to turn it on the grab a recipe for dinner, it's back. So, hopefully, I'll be able to keep up my weekly postings. If it goes on too much longer, I may just have to reformat and reload, but I really really do not want to do that. Is it Spring yet? . . .


According to the groundhog, not anytime soon. By the looks of the snow on the ground, I tend to agree with him, although I would rather not. My Christmas cacti knew I needed some cheering and is producing some beautiful flowers! This is the first time that I have ever had one bloom. I really need to put it in a larger pot, but then it won't fit nicely behind my kitchen sink. Something else to add to my to do list . . .


I didn't get out in time to take a picture, but I got quite a chuckle the other day when I looked out my kitchen window and saw an ear of corn sticking out from a tree branch! It had the husks pulled down just like it was ready for eating. The guy behind me leaves buckets of corn out for the squirrels. Once it gets filled they are bounding through the snow with ears in their mouths. I guess one of the little guys wanted to make sure that his latest prize didn't get buried in the snow that was falling. It's gone now, so I guess the (not so little ) fella came back to claim his prize.

It has been a rough week so I haven't gotten much stitching in. I ended up putting a number of stitches in on Monday and then frogging them all on Tuesday. At least it is a net gain from what I had last week. I've been making a little progress on the place mats, but I won't post a picture until I get a top done. I figure I'll make all of the blocks for the four of them before I start putting them together.

I ran my son back to the doctor today since his right wrist is feeling better, but his left is not. It hurts when he even moves his thumb. Sure enough when they redid the Xrays today they found a fracture along the thumb that they didn't catch during the original visit. At least this doesn't mean any additional healing time as the fingers should heal up more quickly than the wrists and the splinting would be the same. I'm really becoming more and more convinced that if you feel something isn't right, take it back to the doctor. You know your body and what is "normal".
Stay warm, grab some tea, and stitch happy!