Just Checking In

Yes, I'm still here!  I've been taking a big break from blogging, facebook, and other computer things that were using up time (not wasting, mind you, just using).  I am amazed at how much I accomplished.  I organized closets, spruced up bathrooms, had a houseful of family at Christmas time, took stuff to Goodwill, and even read a book!  Now tax season is starting so I might not post again for awhile, but here's some stuff I've been up to.

The book I read was "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay.  It was wonderful! I highly recomment it.

I was down sick the week after Christmas.  I knitted and watched the movie "Young Victoria" about 8 times!  I'm knitting an afghan for myself (really).  I'm doing simple garter stitch squares and will sew them together.  Here's what I have so far.

Bob and I took a day and went to a great antique mall.  There was so much cool stuff, I wanted to buy everything.  I was frugal - all I bought was this 25 cent card of old  buttons.  But I love these buttons!  They'll embellish some handmade pincushion I imagine.

I worked some on my Long Dog sampler.  Here's an update:

Oh, and here's a shameless plug:  I've also been working on liquidating my Berri Patch inventory on ebay.  I have 99 great bargains out there.  If you want to take a look:  http://shop.ebay.com/berripatch/m.html End of commercial!

Hope all of my blogging friends are doing well.  I'll get caught up with my blog reading pretty soon.  Happy stitching!

Movies and TV Shows to Stitch By

I like watching movies and television when I stitch. Especially now that we have our new fireplace, an HDTV, and a Roku box for Netflix. I know I'm not the only one, so I thought I'd share some of of what I'm watching lately and hopefully my readers will comment with the same.

I'm still on my Dark Shadows marathon. I think I've watched 1,042 episodes and am up to 1970. I actually think I've caught up with where I started watching when I was in junior high, but I really don't remember a lot.

There's such a vampire craze lately, but Jonathan Frid's portrayal of Barnabas Collins back then was fabulous. Of course, in junior high I didn't quite get the sensual nature of the vampire, but between Jonathan Frid and Robert Pattinson, I'm starting to get the picture! Whatever am I going to do when Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins in the Dark Shadows remake?

But I digress. . .

This afternoon I watched Brideshead Revisited. It was, well, interesting! I'm a big Emma Thompson fan and it did have a captivating story. This is one that Bob didn't want to watch with me, so it was perfect for an solo stitching afternoon.

Now, this IS something that Bob likes to watch with me. The A&E production of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is the very best - we can say that because we watch whatever other versions we can find just to compare. Actually, I think Bob likes looking at Jennifer Ehle :) We've probably seen it 6 times!

Speaking of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, I absolutely love him in Bridget Jones's Diary. I also love Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant and this movie is definitely a favorite for stitching. Followed immediately by Bridget Jones-The Edge of Reason, of course.

We watched Philadelphia last week. I think I had never seen the whole thing all the way through. Wow! Tom Hanks did an excellent job - his academy award was well deserved.

Some TV sitcoms are also great to stitch by. I think Golden Girls tops that list.

So what do you like watch while you stitch?