DANG. DRAT. PHOOEY.
If I could give one piece of advice to any stitcher, it would be this:Write. It. All. Down.When you start a project, take a piece of paper and a pencil and write down the name and designer and the...
View ArticleSUNDAY...IN WHICH WE DISCOVER THAT HALF-ASSING IS APPARENTLY OUR NEWNORMAL
It's done, Dearies. Not at all how I envisioned, but I did the very best I could with the very little energy I have in me today. I remarked that it's a good thing Stewey isn't here to inspect my...
View ArticleOVER THE TUNDRA AND THROUGH THE WOODS...
Well, here we are...all present and accounted for on a snowy Monday chair time! It was a bit dicey getting here today, but nevertheless I persisted and here I am.I did stitch last night, but alas, do...
View ArticleTUESDAY...COUGH COUGH...IN WHICH WE ARE...COUGH COUGH COUGH...COZY
I just can't shake this silly cough, so I am going to stay here in the Happy Chair today and rest my head off.Here's my progress thus far on LJP's Christmas Quilt:I've been going through these crackpot...
View ArticleI'LL TAKE INANE FACTS AND TMI FOR A THOUSAND, ALEX
This is the display that greets me when I enter the lobby of the dialysis clinic. Fluid fluctuation is a big deal when you are a kidney patient. You limit your intake, try as hard as you can not to go...
View ArticleIN WHICH MAGOO ASKS A QUESTION...
We're at the Notre Dame women's basketbsll game watching my #1 Irish take on the Iowa Hawkeyes when Magoo leans over and asks "Con, how come the broads don't have male pom pom dancers?"A question to be...
View ArticleSATURDAY...SATURDAY
Well here we are...Saturday once again. Â It's very drizzly here in Hoosierville, so I have the crackpot spinster fireplace going, the Christmas lights blazing, and potato soup bubbling away for...
View ArticleSON OF A...TREBIZOND!!!
Remember that easy going happy go lucky let's hold hands and sing kum ba ya and be happy and thankful for everything she has ever done or received spinster?Yeah.Well.She's in time out.As you know, I...
View ArticleAND...WE'RE BACK
It never ceases to amaze me, but every single time I get frustrated with something, Laura J. Perin Her Very Self has a way to bring me right back to square.After my tizzy fit last night, I gently...
View ArticleTHIS. IS. SINFUL.
I'm watching the Notre Dame girls lose to Connecticut, and decided to pull out my "I'll put it away later" basket of threads.Word of advice...Just don't do it if you expect not to completely foul a...
View ArticleCHELLO, MOJO!
Finally! A good stitchy night!This one came as a complete surprise, because it was lurking in the very back of The Official Spinster Stitcher Fun Old Fashioned Family Christmas Basket of Fun.If memory...
View ArticleIN WHICH WE ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL PUDGE POT
I don't know how I did it, but I somehow managed to gain 4.3 kilos in betwwen treatments this time! That's more than 8 pounds...almost 9!There has to be some explanation other than me being bad,...
View ArticleCANNOT. STOP. LAUGHING.
There are hundreds of these on the Pinterest. I found the first last night at about 9pm and I don't think I've stopped giggling since.I did a little stitching Tuesday night, but was too wiped out to do...
View ArticleTMI...WARNING...GRAPHIC PHOTOS AHEAD
Betty seems to think that the whole Buzzy/dialysis thing is a scam and asked for proof.Um.OK.But first...here's a picture of my fancy holiday nails and my favorite cover on my Erin Condren date book...
View ArticleFRIDAY!
A little more progress on the Prairie Moon piece last night:And, for your Friday giggles, another one of these little sillies:I would love to give credit to the creator of these, but all I know is that...
View ArticleIN WHICH I REMEMBER HOW TO TREAT MYSELF
Remember how I used to have to bribe and reward myself at Chez Spinster to do things like laundry or dust? I stopped doing that when my entire life upended and changed, but I decided to re-implement...
View ArticleBIZZY, BIZZY, BIZZY...THE SATURDAY EDITION
As soon as my second cup of damn good is dispatched, I need to get to it. I have a long list of things that I'd like to finish this weekend...both fun (stitchy-related)...and not so fun...
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