Good grief, the month is over all ready, the cat is back home, and I still have cleaning to do. The weather was best experienced looking out the window at the rain with occasional inserts of sunshine.
On the practical front, I finished four stitching projects this month including the last two – Taurus & Gemini – of the Zodiac Girls stitched in 2022. The Cottage was both started and finished. Vampryum & Deadly Aquariam are both multiple month SALs which have joined the Dragon Field Guide SAL as long term projects. My other two long duration projects are No Time Like the Present (Modern Folk Embroidery) and 324 (Works by ABC). It certainly is enough to keep me entertained – and allows for a couple of short term projects – the Fabulous Houses & a fancy folk to be inserted each month.
I probably should calculate out how many stitches a day it would take to keep up with everything, but that might take all the fun out of it. My simple goal is to end the year with no more projects than I currently have on hand (the eight in rotation) and to have finished the five SALs left over from previous years,
Otherwise, things have been relatively quiet. I am tolerating the oral chemo although it is really messing with my calcium metabolism. Leave it to me to get a rare side effect. But at least I have so far skipped all the really nasty ones.
The adult offspring are all doing decently, the two grandsons are full of smiles and energy. George is keeping busy with all his consulting, meetings, and mentoring.
Me? I am enjoying a slight return to isolation and spending more time with others over Zoom & FaceTime than in person.
