WE'LL BE BACK AFTER A WORD FROM THESE SPONSORS...
Hey, kids! While you're waiting for some Olympic stitching updates, please enjoy a rant that percolated in my tiny brain last week.....The new pope of the Catholic Church is a real pip. He's got this...
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FURTHER EVIDENCE OF WHY IT'S NOT EASY BEING ME...
Welcome back to prime time coverage of the Spinster Stitcher Stitching Olympics. I'm your host, Stewey Willowswamp, coming to you live from Happy Chair Stadium.Well, it's been a rough week for our...
View ArticleAS USUAL, IT'S ALL MY FAULT
OK. We finally have an answer to the question "REALLY?" as it relates to this crazypants weather of ours.You see, it's my fault. Entirely. No. Really. I mean it. And once you realize that it truly...
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NESTING...THE SATURDAY EDITION
The view from the Happy Chair on a cozy Saturday evening....Supplies for the "as yet to be completed" Olympic project:And here's the progress...I really am enjoying this immensely, so even though the...
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INTER MET ZO
It's not quite Spring, but Winter seem to be gasping her last breath. The sun is shining today, but based upon the shivering Stewey that I see toasting his buns in front of the fireplace, methinks...
View ArticleDAMN, DRAT, AND FREAKIN PHOOEY
On Tuesday, I awoke at the crack of dawn with a bright idea."Stewey!" I said, "Mommie Dearest is feeling particularly motivated to get organized this year. Let's make a list of all the chores we need...
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WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY
Chelloooo!Stewey and I are having a quiet, yet lovely Wednesday morning. The sun is shining, but it's cold. I think the thermometer said it was in the 20's before she muttered "Later, kids" and...
View ArticleHOLEY SCHMOLEY!
So there I was, daydreaming about this thing of ours, when I happened upon a comment on this here blog by the lovely JP. In my last post, I mentioned that Stewey and I were captivated by the costumes...
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A LITTLE NOTE FROM ME TO YOU, BY MASTER STEWEY ANGUS WILLOWSWAMP, HISVERY...
My mo-ther can't come to the blog right now. I've sent her to the market on a fool's errand of looking for a very special organic dog food that I read about online. We'll just keep it between us...
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NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO, BY THE SPINSTER STITCHER HER VERY SELF
I shamelessly boosted this from a fellow stitcher's page on the Facebook. Isn't it genius?Seriously, though, kids...all is well. Just trying to keep my crazy on the inside. Stewey and I are getting...
View ArticleAND THEN THE HAPPY CHAIR GOT A BATH
So there I was, minding my very own business, when it occurred to me that there might be a solution to the Stewey "issue" here at Chez Spinster. "I can call people!", I thought to myself. "I can call...
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THEY REALLY SHOULD MAKE PILLS FOR THIS
My mo-ther can't come to the blog right now. She's collapsed (yet again) into a hysterical mess of a heap over this:As I'm sure many of you are aware, my stupid mo-ther is a self diagnosed agoraphobic...
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THE WAY BACK?
I've been so frustrated with my lack of stitching (and reading and writing and cooking and blogging and sleeping) that I decided to go back to basics. A lovely little needlepoint canvas done all in...
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MY POOR BUBBIE....
We've had a sports-related injury here at Chez Spinster. As of this morning, the Doozie Ball World Champion has stubbed his little toe. From the sounds of things coming from You Know Who, you'd think...
View ArticleBLOG? WHAT BLOG?
So there I was, minding my very own business, when I looked up."Holy crap, Batman!" I exclaimed to nobody in particular. "It's almost the end of June! How the h-e-double-toothpicks did THAT...
View ArticleFIREWORKS
Happy 4th of July to all of our U.S. friends.....Stewey and I are gobsmacked by the tons of emails that we've received in the last few days asking if we weathered the storms OK. The short answer is,...
View ArticleSTEWEY/MO-THER VERSERY
Mo-ther's version:"Nine years ago yesterday, Aunt Chrissy and I traveled to the wilds of Indiana to pick up my two and a half pound bundle of joy. I knew the very moment I held that little creature in...
View ArticleIT'S LONELY OUT IN SPACE....
I think there's a line in Elton John's "Rocket Man" that says something about "I miss the Earth, I miss my life".Or, maybe it's supposed to be "wife". I don't know. Either way, all I know is that I...
View ArticlePOKED...
I poked something, all right.Myself.Right in the eye.No, seriously....I sat down to start stitching and promptly reached up to brush a forelock from my forehead and poked myself in the eyeball with the...
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