Saturday, January 13, 2024

2023 Wrap up

 Hi,

Hope you all are doing well. I am doing this post to document what I accomplished in 2023.

We went on camping trips  - back across to California, Pennsylvania and Ocean City MD. In California it was the coolest, wettest winter there in a long time. The weather was bothering me. I was hoping for warmer weather but we persevered. On our travel home we stopped in Las Vegas and saw Luke Bryan. Great show. 

I completed stitching the following projects.












I read the following books.

  1. The Holiday Feeling -  Silver Bells Debbie Macomber - The Perfect Holiday Sherryl Woods - Under the Christmas Tree Robyn Carr

  2. Holidate Monica Murphy

  3. Beachfront Bakery A Murderous Macaron Book 2 Fiona Grace

  4. Small Town Christmas Return to Promise Mail Order Bride Debbie Macomber

  5. Code Black Charles Ryan

  6. Veils of Silk Mary Jo Putney

  7. Dakota Born Debbie Macomber

  8. The Bookstore Sisters Alice Hoffman

  9. Trojan Odyssey Clive Cussler

  10. Inadmissible Evidence Philip Friedman

  11. Lucky in Love Jill Shavis

  12. The Whittiers Danielle Steel

  13. Without a Trace Danielle Steel

  14. You are My Sunshine Sam Dietrich

  15. The Family Next Door Sally Hepworth

  16. The Scam Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

  17. Pros and Cons Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

  18. The Lost Key Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison

  19. Lie by Moonlight Amanda Quick

  20. The Shadow Factory James Bamford

  21. Death, Taxes and Peach Sangria Diane Kelly

  22. Worthy Opponents Danielle Steel

  23. The Rumor Elin Hiderbrand

  24. Black Alley Mickey Spillane

  25. Tailspin Sandra Brown

  26. Beyond that, the sea Laura Spence-Ash

  27. A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark

  28. Hellburner (Clive Clussler) by Mike Magan

  29. The Wedding Planner Danielle Steel

  30. The Perfect Couple Elin Hilderbrand

  31. A Summer Affair Elin Hilderbrand

  32. Small great things Jodi Picoult

  33. Knit Fast, Die Young Mary Kruger

  34. The Castaways Elin Hilderbrand

  35. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern

  36. Shopaholic & Sister Sophie Kinsella

  37. It Had to Be You Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  38. Swamp Gas Nicole Paolini

  39. Baby I'm Yours Susan Andersen

  40. Palazzo Danielle Steel

  41. Owning Violet Monica Murphy

  42. The End of a Dream The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up and other true cases Vol 5 Ann Rule

  43. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married Marian Keyes

  44. Hot Ice Nora Robert

  45. Vahalla Rising Clive Cussler

  46. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus

  47. Needlepoint Samantha Chase aka Ruth Glick

  48. It Happened One Week Joann Ross

  49. She Dreamed of a Cowboy Joanna Sims

  50. Happiness Danielle Steel

  51. Dune House Cozy Mysteries Box set Books 1-10 Cindy Bell

  52. Daisy Jones and the Six Taylor Jenkins Reid

  53. Ripped Katy Evans

  54. Criminal Karin Slaughter

  55. Gizelle’s Bucket List Lauren Fern Watt

  56. The Bookstore Murder Merryn Allingham

  57. Miss Understanding Stephanie Lessing

  58. The Brothers Hawthorne Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  59. Bad Summer People Emma Rosenblum


Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Wrapping up 2022

 Hi,

2022 was some what a productive year. Lots of traveling  - cross country to California, twice to Orlando Fl, Miami Fl, Pennsylvania, Western MD.

I did stitch and finished








I finished






I made


Read 52 books - I was ahead in 2022 of reading more books - but some books took longer to read. 

  1. Widow's Revenge Lynda LaPlante

  2. How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry

  3. Pieces of Her Karin Slaughter

  4. The Lost Daughters Elena  Ferrante

  5. Flying Angels Danielle Steel

  6. Invisible Danielle Steel

  7. War Party Louis L’Amour

  8. Just Desserts Patti Massman Susa Rosser

  9. Dire Threads Janet Bolin 

  10. The Good Sister  Diana Diamond

  11. Orchard Valley Grooms Debbie Macomber

  12.  The Lost Years Mary Higgins Clark

  13. The Body Farm Patrica Cornwell

  14. When the Wind Blows James Patterson

  15. Christmas with Tucker Greg Kincaid

  16. The Right Side Spencer Quinn

  17. Predator Patricia Cornwell

  18. Swimming Lesson Mary Alice Monroe

  19. Renting Dirt Andy Zipster

  20. High Stakes Danielle Steel

  21. Beach House for Rent Mary Alice Monroe

  22. Saltwater Cove Amelia Addler

  23. Sand Castle Bay Sherryl Woods

  24. Hidden Summit Robyn Carr

  25. Beautiful Danielle Steel

  26. Early Bird Rodney Rothman

  27. Redwood Bend Robyn Carr

  28. Full Speed Janet Evanovich Charlotte Hughes

  29. A Dark and Stormy Murder Julia Buckley

  30. Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich

  31. Beach House Reunion Mary Alice Monroe

  32. Death on Dark Blue Julia Buckley

  33. How to Knit a Wild Bikini Christie Ridgway

  34. On Ocean Boulevard Mary Alice Monroe

  35. The Summer of Lost and Found Mary Alice Monroe

  36. Think like a Pancreas Gary Scheiner 

  37. A Dark and Twisting Path Julia Buckley

  38. Bed, Breakfast and Bones Carolyn L. Dean

  39. Death Waits in the Dark Julia Buckley

  40. The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer

  41. Death with a Dark Red Rose Julia Buckley

  42. Where is He Now Jennifer Greene

  43. Just Cause John Katzenbach

  44. Suspects Danielle Steel

  45. Whistling Past the Graveyard Susan Crandell

  46. The Challenge Danielle Steel

  47. The Final Gambit Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  48. Last chance and Beauty Queen Hope Ramsay

  49. The High Notes Danielle Steel

  50. A Shoe Story Jane A Rosen

  51. Mrs Miracle Debbie Macomber

  52. Brown-Eyed Girl Lisa Kleypas

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Just a little FFOing

 Hi,

Hope you all had Happy Thanksgiving. Ours was good, spent with family. Some stitching was done the month of November, but I spent a lot of time playing video games. Some reading was done also. Yesterday (Dec 5) I FFO'ed two stitches that I had finished a long time ago. 

Merry Christmas



A duck. (80's) .......




Not much else is going on in my little world. Loving being retired.


Til next time

Sue in DE

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

September_October Update

 Hi,

It has been a couple of months since I posted. This has been a productive time for us. End of camping season in Central PA  - Halloween weekend and then - winterized camper.  Did little stitching but started and finished the Stitch and Zip SZ122Sunflower Alice Peterson (1999). Started August 29 2022 and finished 31 Oct 2022. Put the backing fabric on the stitches today. 



Sometime during the month of September I FFO'ed the Snapper from Bent Creek Road Trip into a small pillow. That I stitched in 2011. 






I hope to FFO more projects so that they dont languish in  the completed project box. 

Have a great day

Hope you are able to stitch. 

Til next time,

Sue in DE

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

What a Find Dimensions Hope Ornament Cardinal

 Hi,

My sister and her husband and my husband and I went on a trip to the Finger Lakes for Labor Day weekend.  We were looking for a place for breakfast in Bath NY. On the restaurant window was an advertisement for a Church rummage sale. We went to check it our and a bag was for a dollar. I found three card games, a whole bunch of aida scraps, a few aida pieces and some waste canvas. 

When I looked through the pile of aida some had stitched 99% of this pattern (needed the beak finished and the French knot for the eye). I finished stitching yesterday (6 Sept 2022) and FFO'ed it today. I also used Vonna Pfeiffer's tutorial on making your own labels for the back. I made a label with the abbreviated tale above. 


What a find. Glad I was able to rescue!

Til next time 

Sue in DE