Day 15 and Day 18

Thanks for your comments on doctors, old ladies, and eyeball traumas. It's comforting to hear your stories.

I know you can't tell how long it took me to type this tonight, but I am typing without using my left ring finger (SWX). Today Stella leapt from the car to chase a squirrel. (She is usually uninterested in squirrels.) As I grabbed for the leash, one finger got caught in the loop. It ain't pretty. In fact, I'm starting to worry they might have to cut off my wedding ring. Stella is out of the proverbial doghouse,  however, because she is so damn cute. And she nuzzled my neck. Awwww.

Click here to see where we started.

Star Light Star Bright was my weekend project. I worked on it on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I got about an hour's worth on Friday at Old Lady Stitching. And then I did the usual afternoon chores. When I was picking up Stella from daycare, the dude called. He had procured tickets to his coworker's Phillie Fringe play. It took place in the Penn Museum with a 12-ton sphinx for a backdrop. As usual, his work was quite good. (Though I could have helped him trim off a bit at the end.) But it didn't give me a chance to stitch. On Saturday, we went to Longwood Garden to see the Light exhibit. Amazing! But it didn't give me a chance to stitch. I had hoped that I would finish this project on this pass, but as you can see my efforts were pathetic.


Less pathetic was the effort put into Love Me, Love My Dog (Mill Hill kit) over the last three days. (Here's where we started.) There are two oranges in that bottom section, and as I stitched it I thought, "why didn't I substitute an overdyed floss here?" Probably would have made that section go faster, and produce the same effect. What are you gonna do?

I have an all-day interview tomorrow, and I spent most of today prepping for it. So that's two days lost on my Emerald Mermaid. Still any love is good love for this poor mythical fish who has not seen the light of day since January 2011. Yikes!