LFR update

Just thought I should check in with y'all.  (Y'all?  Where did that come from?)  Well things did not go as planned this weekend.  I wasn't feeling too well, so begged off going to the Orioles game on Saturday.  It was Hawaiian shirt night give-away and it's a yearly tradition with the O's.  We rarely get there in time to get one, but this year the kids and Mike got there in time.  The kids were so kind to give me one of theirs!  I'll have to take a picture of it one day so you can see.  I think I have another one from a few years ago...they are just fun to wear!  Mike rode into Baltimore with them, and when Little Miss Sassy Pants saw the ballpark, she did a fist pump and said, "Yeeeesssss!!".  She loves her baseball!!  From the sounds of things, Little Miss Suzy Q did what her sister did at her age, and slept through most of the game...haha.  She's going to love those games like we all do!  It's such a fun outing for the family...I'm so sorry I missed it.  Sunday we had plans to go to the Christmas in July Craft Fair at the Howard County Fairgrounds, but again, I didn't feel up to it.  There were a few scattered showers going on as well, so I'm not really sad about missing it.  I love going to the one in November, the weather is much cooler then too.  So hopefully I'll make up for it then.  So what does a person do when they are stuck at home missing all the fun?  Well, I cross stitch of course!  As you know I've been working on Let Freedom Ring by Lila's Studio.  My first thought for this SAL was to stitch two full pages a month for the first couple of months, with hopes of finishing it off by July 4, 2026.  I must say, it's difficult to put down!  LOL   Here is where I left off last night.  

There are so many lovely parts to this pattern, I really enjoyed the horse drawn carriage.  Then I started the building.  With page 15 completed, I'm nearly at completion of page 14, but in my wandering through the pattern, I have decided to finish off the tops of the building on pages 9 and 10.  It's pretty concentrated stitching, but it's fun putting the windows together, the little archways, and the trees.  I love the little eyelet stitches, it's just so hard to put down.  

On Saturday night, though, the fever was a little worse, and I just couldn't concentrate, so I picked up a little Christmas ornament I had scheduled for this month.  This is Friendly Joy by Needle Bling Designs from the 2024 JCS ornament issue.  This is the July pattern for the JCS SAL that I participate in each year.  I'm stitching it on Nova 40 ct. over two.  So cute, but ALOT of stitching in his face!  Haha...so even though I spent a good portion of Saturday stitching on him, I'm nowhere near getting him finished off!  

Little Miss Suzy Q has an appointment today, so Little Miss Sassy Pants will be visiting for a couple of hours.  I'm looking forward to getting some hugs and "Oh, Gigi" comments from her.  Haha.  I usually do or say something to get that response.  She still thinks I'm funny with my old fashioned sayings (a friend of mine used to call them "Debbie-isms").  I learned them from my Grandmother and after hearing them over and over, I guess they just stuck.  I wonder if Little Miss Sassy Pants will continue on the tradition?  We will see.  

So I guess that's all the news.  I don't expect to get much stitching in today or tomorrow.  I've been asked to help wrangle the girls tomorrow while they have some work done around their house.  I really need to get a haircut sometime soon, I'm beginning to look like the wild woman from wooley (as my mother used to say) and at my age, longer hair is looking a bit ridiculous on me...haha.  So here I go.  I hope you are having a wonderful day, and here's to getting lots of stitching in whatever project you are working on today!  Take care!