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

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

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

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

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