Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Year in Review

I saw this on Whiz’s blog who saw it on…

Instructions: take the first sentence (or 2) from the first post of each month of 2005. That’s your year in review.

January:
Getting close to another finish
After all my knitting in the month of December and finishing my sweater I decided to switch back to stitching.

February:
My Niddy Noddy is Here!
I came home from band last night to find a package waiting for me on the kitchen table.

March:
We’re homeowners…
And it’s moving day!

April:
Thank you
For all the suggestions.

May:
Isn’t it nice…
When everything just falls into place.

June:
What a mess!
Ezboard has been down and limping along since it was hacked yesterday morning.

July:
Happy 4th!
I don’t have big plans for the weekend.

August:
Not as Productive…
As I was hoping.

September:
Frogs have toes
But not eye balls, yet…

October:
Weekend Round-Up
Saturday was the Waterford Fair.

November:
When I went MIA

December:
Long time no see… hear?
I’ve been reprimanded by Scott (DH) and Sue for not posting.

Pictures!

I’ve noticed in the past that people respond well to pictures. And it seems that I have more stitchers reading than knitters since it is my stitching pictures that draw the most comments. So, here are some pictures from November that I never got around to posting…

Progress on TW’s Noah’s Ark (which I’m trying to finish by Christmas)… I finished all the X’s! The pictures is a bit out of date. I’ve finished backstitching all the blue bits in the border. I have all the animals up to the Musk Ox (who is at 90%) backstitching. But I’m almost completely done the border! It is looking more and more possible to get this finished by Christmas (let’s not even talk about framing quite yet).

Turtles and things with my house also seem to draw lots of comments. I don’t have any recent turtle pictures, but I do have some kitchen ones. Here is the before, where if someone was on the other side you only saw them from the neck to waist.

But just after Thanksgiving, it took me about an hour to do this…

And probably one of the more exciting things happening at home… My orchid is blooming! This picture is also out of date. All three blooms have been open for at least a week now. I received this orchid almost four years ago at my bridal shower. This is the first time it has bloomed since I got it. I think it likes the new house. DH wants to get me more orchids now.

Long time no see… hear?

I’ve been reprimanded by Scott (DH) and Sue for not posting. I’ve been actually thinking about taking down the blog, still not sure. But I guess I’ll give this blogging thing another try.

So, what have I been doing since I last posted? Well, DH’s grandmother passed away so we ran to Oklahoma for the funeral. I’ve been juggling two satellite programs and last week helping out with a third. We have a certain customer that is considered a “hard” customer. Most people don’t even want to work one of those programs. Lucky me, I get two. And the two satellites launch within six months of each other (in 2008).

Home life is good, I tore out some cabinets in the kitchen to open it up to the dining room more. I called and emailed a guy about taking oboe lessons and he responded once but never told me a time or anything and I’ve heard nothing since. I guess I’ll call back in January after I get back from vacation. Because I’m going to Honduras again next month.

Crafting wise, I’ve been concentrating on finishing up Noah’s Ark as a Christmas gift. I also knit some really cute cupcake hats for the younger nieces. I missed last month’s weaver’s guild meeting since I thought it was the third Wednesday of the month and I didn’t find out until the second Wednesday that it was really the first. Tomorrow is supposed to be the next meeting, but I haven’t gotten the newsletter yet and I have no idea where the meeting is being held (it is held at people’s houses).

I guess that is about all I’ve done last month. It seemed to fly by really quickly.