Week 26 Update

 

There is really nothing new to show you today.  I added another 12 rows on the Lego blanket and 10 rows on the sock.  There was a tiny bit of diamond art done but nothing spectacular.  The ends on the finished dishcloth, I showed last week, were weaved in and it is now in use.  So, with that being said, I wanted to take a bit of a look back over the past 26 weeks to see where I am at.

LEGEND

WIPs

COMPLETED

FROGGED

KNIT

MKAL Gnome 4/20/24

Dishcloth x 2 6/26/25 - 7/5/25

Dishcloth x 1 7/7/25 - 7/12/25

RCR 7/8/25 - 8/6/25

RCR 8/6/25 - 10/9/25

RCR 8/6/25 -10/10/25

Baby Hats X5 9/22/25 - 9/29/25

Grammies Blanket 9/13/25 - 10/19/25

Grammies Dishcloth 10/2/25 - 10/11/25

Dishcloth 11/1/25 - 11/3/25

Grammies Blanket 11/1/25 -

RCR 11/29/25 - 

Dishcloth 12/10/25 - 12/10/25

It makes me happy to see I have not frogged anything this year............so far.  The one thing I need to change up is to STOP making blankets in this category.  They take such a long time and I do get bored with them long before they are completed.

CROCHET

Shawl We Wear 6/2/25 - 7/7/25

To The Point Shawl 10/19/25 - 10/22/25

To The Point Shawl 10//22/25 - 10/26/25

To The Point Shawl 10/27/25 - 10/28/25

To The Point Shawl 10/29/25 - 10/31/25

Lego Blanket 11/1/25

As much as I love crochet, I am starting to get a bit burned out on making the same shawl pattern.  I have made a total of 48 of this pattern over the years. It is a quick project, which is why I continue to make it.  Our prayer shawl ministry is crying for more shawl and lap blankets.  We sent out over 1150 shawls and lap blankets in the past 6 months.  They do not just go to the US either.  We also sent them to Australia/Oceania, Asia, South America, Europe, Canada and Mexico.  OK, so I guess doing the same quick pattern is not such a bad thing.

CROSS STITCH

Madonna & Child 8/7/20

Madonna & Child 6/18/24

Someday I will want to pick these projects back up.  Just not today.

DIAMOND ART

Our Lady of Grace 6/13/25 - 7/7/25

Perpetual Calendar 7/2/25 - 7/2/25

Glass Cases X 5 7/11/25 - 7/12/25

Glass Case 7/14/25 - 7/14/25

Jesus Christ 7/17/25 - 7/25/25

Book Mark X2 7/24/25 - 7/24/25

Nativity Scene 7/26/25 - 9/11/25

Faith 8/15/25 - 8/23/25

English Cottage 9/3/25 - 10/8/25

Cross 10/9/25 -

Once I no longer was on Josh duty, this kind of fell to the wayside.  I started back on it again last night and remembered why I liked it.  In my craftroom storage, I have over 20 more of these to do.  Time to get busy on them again.  They are perfect to work on while Hubby is watching football.  I can be in the same room with him but do not need to watch the TV.

LEGO

Notre Dame 6/1/25

This poor project..........I may just need to sit down and really study it to find out where we went wrong on it.  I would love to get it completed, put the lights on it and get it in it's acrylic show case.  Life Goals!

PUZZLES

Barn Dance 8/13/25 - 10/14/25

Happy Halloween 10/15/25 - 10/23/25

General Store 10/28/25 - 11/2/25

Loading the Wagoneer 11/4/25 - 12/15/25

I love me some puzzles.  There will be a new one put out after the first of the year.

SEWING

Hemming Pants for Tiff 10/14/25 - 10/14/25

I have 2 more pairs of pants to hem for Tiffany as well as 3 dresses to hem for Jaxon.  I really do not enjoy hemming items for others.  But because I love my family, I do it for them.  I would rather be sewing items to wear or use, from start to finish.

BOOKS

Through a Glass, Deadly 6/22/25 - 7/6/25

The Watchmaker's Daughter 7/15/25 - 7/18/25

The Mapmaker's Apprentice 7/18/25 - 7/29/25

The Women 7/20/25 - 7/22/25

Crowned and Moldering 7/29/25 - 8/6/25

Home for Christmas in July 8/6/25 - 8/10/25

The Apothecary's Poison 8/10/25 - 8/15/25

Booked for  Christmas 8/15/25 - 8/17/25

Bones and Roses 8/19/25 - 8/24/25 

The Lies We Leave Behind 8/24/25 - 8/30/25

Snow on the Tulips 8/31/25 - 9/5/25

Hidden Blessings 9/6/25 - 9/9/25

The Secret War of Julia Child 9/9/25 - 9/19/25

How To Age Disgracefully 9/25/25 - 10/16/25

The Frozen River 10/7/25 - 10/12/25

Hooked on Murder  10/12/25 - 10/20/25

The Magicians Diary 10/22/25 - 10/31/25

Tom Lake 11/1/25 - 11/8/25

Dying to Read 11/11/25-/11/22/25

Home Front 11/22/25-/11/24/25

Inheritance 11/28/25 - 12/10/25

The Mirror 12/10/25 - 12/18/25

The Seven Rings 12/18/25 - 12/25/25

A Girl Like Janet 12/25/25 - 12/27/25

This was an excellent year for reading for me.  This is just the list of books since July 1.  I had also read another 14 books before this.  I find many of my books by reading others recommendations.  So, thank you fellow bloggers who write book reviews.

That sums up my past 6 months of crafts.

We had a wonderful Christmas.  Lot's of fun, food and family love to go around.  Hubby and I will be spending New Year's eve and New Year's at home with our lovely Enrique dog.  We leave the partying to the young people.

Until Next Time..................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!

 

Goodness gracious!  I have been absent for much longer than I planned on.  I thought I would only miss a couple of weeks but not over a month!  Well, I am here and I am doing quite well.  Before I get into what I have been up to, let me show you my projects I have been working on.

Knitting

Made another dishcloth for me!  Sometimes you just need a quick project to make you feel accomplished.

My daughter requested socks and picked out the yarn for them.  This is sock #1 of the first pair.  It gets a bit of love late in the evening when I do not need to think about what I am doing and can just knit.

Still working on the lapghan for the prayer shawl ministry.  The marker shows where I was back in November.  I only work on this one day a week for about an hour.  It is not my main focus at the moment.

Crochet

This is my main focus.  I need this completed before warm weather comes back to Arizona.  I am 1/3 of the way completed.  At the rate I am moving on it, it looks like it may be done by April!  Need to speed things up as by April we will be in the high 80's and sometimes 90's.  Heck, we are going to hit 81F today!  Crazy mother nature.

I had a puzzle out and it is now back in the box and given to my friend.  I never completed it as my brain just could not get into it.

Reading has been my jam lately.  I have finished 4 books in the past month.  Nora Roberts and Kristen Hannah are my best friends.

Personal Life

Thanksgiving came and went.  The family gathered at a restaurant for dinner and then came to our house for a little family time.  Another first gone for us.  There have been other activities I have participated in....................

Josie and Stacie have done a bit of traveling so I have had the privilege to go and sit with Thor for a few hours during the day while his dog sitter is at work.  He seems to be adjusting to no longer having Josh full time.  Now he is adjusting to just having Stacie there.  Josie moved out into her own apartment a couple of weeks ago!  She was so excited for this next adventure.  She has also been accepted into nursing college and starts on January 5th.  It is a 3 year program.  She will graduate with her BSN (Batchelor of science in nursing).  With that she can start her counseling career as she goes on to get her Masters.

Stacie and I went to one of our local Casinos and played Bingo.  It was a lot of fun.  I think Stacie had the most fun as she one a very large Bingo jackpot!  Me, not so much LOL

Joe got our front yarn decorated for Christmas.  He does such a great job each year.  My job is the inside of the house.  Well, I did manage to put decor on the tree and that is it.  Just having a hard time this year with really getting into the spirit of it.

I had a bit of issue with my blood pressure the first of this month.  My Cardiologist added a couple of new to me meds and I am now back into the normal range.  The meds do make me a bit tired so if I want to do anything it has to be in the morning hours as by 1pm, I am wiped out.  The Dr said it will pass in a couple of weeks.

Hubby and I had a date last Sunday.  We went to Queen Creek Olive Mill.  We took the tour of the olive oil factory they have.  Now I know why olive oil is so expensive!  We learned so much.  I want to go back again, if nothing else for the ability to taste the different olive oils they offer.  We did pick up several different oils as well as balsamic vinegars.  I wanted to pick up some of their skin care products but it was so busy as it was their harvest festival weekend.  I think half of the state was there!

Jay and Tiff are hosting Christmas this year.  We are really trying to do things differently than we have done in the past to help with the grief.  Speaking of grief......I am doing much much better.  I now can make it all the way through Mass without any tears.  I am back to making dinners every day for hubby and myself.  Baking has resumed again too.  I try to get out into the out of doors most days whether it is day or night.  Just need to breath fresh air.  Movies are about the only thing that can get my emotions rolling.  But darn it....I love all those sappy Christmas Movies.

This 'planner/journal' has been taking up a bit of my time this past week.  It is so different from the ones I have used in the past 3 years.  It has pages for goals in many areas of life.  There are monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals to fill in. There are month calendars for appointments, then weekly pages to keep track of daily goals and places to write your thoughts for the day. I am almost done with setting it up, which is a good thing since it starts a week from Monday!

And that my friends is what has kept me busy for the month.  All right, it has been 6 weeks. 

This little meme reminded me of Josie's newest kitten (meatloaf)

Until Next Time...............Happy Crafting and Merry Christmas (if you celebrate)!