Goodness where did the time go?

 Goodness has it really been over a month since I last posted?  I think two post I typed up in February went the way of the interweb black hole.  

Anyway it's International Women's Day 

My son was married on February 27th, the ceremony was held at the Margaritaville Resort Hotel in Kissimmee Florida.  A lovely full moon hung above during the wedding reception , the weather perfect and clear the entire day.

I had the angiogram on February 11th, unfortunately one of the arteries in the abdomen was fully calcified and the other one was too narrow to put in a stent, the 3rd wasn't as clogged as it was first thought so that was left alone,  Next option is to treat with blood thinners to see if it helps, and it not possible bypass surgery.  First before any surgery I need to know if it's the cause of this illness that has had its grip on me since last March.  I am at the point where I don't even want to see another doctor because all I get is I have heathy organs which is great and no answer to what is causing the pain.

On the stitching front I finished the February Goddess for my personal goddess of the month embroidery project.

I chose to do The Cailleach, a fitting choice because she is as unpredictable as the winter weather, this is how she progressed through the month:

 I used DMC Etoile floss in C798, using the etoile floss to give the appearance of ice on her clothing, I added a quartz crystal to the staff and a twisted jump ring as a buckle on her belt.  She is stitched on 100% cotton with tone on tone  white spiral, The last photo is before the wrinkles were ironed out.

I haven't started the March goddess yet, not even sure which one I will do next, I am leaning toward Hecate, Airmid or Kali.  Linking here at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching check out what other talented bloggers are slow stitching https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2021/03/slow-sunday-stitching.html

I finished reading the latest Janet Evanovich book, as always lots of laughter throughout the pages, it 

will be entered as a book for  both the Crusin thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2021

and the TBR 21 in '21 challenge.

I just finished A Thousand Days in Tuscany for the European Reading Challenge 2021

I haven't chosen the next book for the European Reading  Challenge yet so I'm not sure where I will arm chair travel next, but I did enjoy A Thousand Days in Tuscany  it's non fiction and I felt I myself was in Italy enjoying the taste of foods and wine that filled almost every page.  She has written a few other books which I plan to read as well.

Reading, Stitching and New Glasses Oh MY!

 I have been keeping up with my reading challenges this month putting in a few chapters for each book I'm reading until I get to that point where it's time to finish the book.  Once I get to that point all books get put aside and I read through until it's done.

For this last book it wasn't much that the story was good and I wanted to finish it, this time it seems the book lost a few pages or chapters for that matter and it just felt chopped and then the end was rushed and it was quite disappointing.  

A friend of mine sent me the first 7 books in the series, this is number 3 which started off  with a good story and then it wasn't so good and just felt there was a chunk of the book removed, as I was reading I kept checking page numbers to see if there were missing pages.  This has happened before with other books I have read where the story falls apart and the ending is rushed to finish the book.  I often think bad editor. Oh well I'll try the next one and see what happens only because a friend sent them to me knowing I like cozy mysteries. 

I went to have my eye exam on Saturday since it's been about 4 years since my last upgrade in glasses. I picked out new frames and was told it would be up to two weeks before they were ready, well 4 hours after I got home don't I get a text message my glasses are ready to be picked up, I knew I had taken a long nap but I didn't think I slept that long.  So just now while typing this I get a call from LensCrafters my glasses are ready, I asked how is that possible when I was told up to two weeks that the lenses weren't in stock when I was there Saturday?  Needless to say she wasn't able to answer me and just said they are ready to be picked up at my leisure.  

On a stitching note here is the piece I briefly gave a peek at last week, another hand embroidery of Brigid's Cross I started last Sunday.

It's another coloring page from the Celtic Cross coloring book by Dover Publications, this one is not a free coloring page it's a page from the coloring book which I scanned and then printed onto Pellon's Stick and Wash Away. 

My progress as of last night for my slow Sunday Stitching, I'm a day late with my link up over at Kathy's Quilts https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2021/01/slow-sunday-stitching-old-friends.html

Another Reading Challenge and A bit of Stitching

 I'm trying to get my ducks in a row but some how I seem to have a wayward herd of goats going willy nilly.  After being sick for months I feel so disconnected from my life and the world around me.  I don't remember ever being so disorganized.  

I have another reading challenge I've joined, it's one I was searching for and finally found,  it's the 

2021 Cruzin through the Cozies Reading Challenge, here's the link if you are interested

https://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2020/11/cruisin-thru-cozies-reading-challenge.html

I read quite a few cozy mysteries so I thought why not join up this gives me a chance to find other cozy mysteries I don't know.  The first book for this Challenge is by Bailey Cates Charms and Chocolate Chips, I love cozy mystery for pure escape especially when I read a gruesome mystery or when I need to relax and picking up needle and thread isn't working for me.

 

Speaking of needle and thread one of the next projects I'm going to be working on today is in the Q-snap frame and ready for my to decide what color to start with.  Here is a little peek at what I'll be hand embroidering starting today. I'll be linking to Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching today 

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2021/01/slow-sunday-stitching-my-oldest-ufo.html

I am planning the February goddess for next month I have 3 designs in mind, one is the Cailleach, one is Airmid and the other is Cerridwen all 3 are Celtic goddesses oh and I've been playing around with a Kali but I keep messing up the extra arms, I've seen photos of her with 6, and 8 and sometimes 10 arms, so who knows.