Don't mind me. I'm over here thoroughly enjoying my time off during this oddball time of the year.
This was me out in the she shed a few days ago. My husband saw me out there and thought I'd appreciate a photo. I did. ☺️ It's not often I get out there and spend quality time doing this and that out there.
How are you? How am I? Well, I'm doing fine. I've been resting and relaxing as much as I can during this transition to the new Year.
2026. Wow. Back when the calendar year turned over to 2000 (Y2K) I don't think I ever imagined I'd see this far over on this side of the year 2000. Did any of us?
Crazy.
I know a lot of people are using this time to reflect on the past year and thinking about all they want to do in the upcoming year. I haven't done any of that yet. Not really. I have a couple things percolating, but nothing really definite.
Which is probably part of why I haven't written for a while. I didn't know what to write.
I do know that I'll be approaching the new year with caution. The last two years have been a bit of a beast on the health front. I tried to make plans and goals for the garden and my crafting. The universe laughed heartily at me, and blew up most of my plans.
So, yeah. ... I'm being cautious right now.
What will I chatter about?
I'll tell you what a good job Furby Jr and her boyfriend did guarding the gifts and making sure no one snuck a peek.
Christmas was a nice day for the three of us. It was a quiet day with good food. Such good food. Surf and turf. I know, totally not traditional. We are starting to make our own traditions now. And so far I suppose our tradition is to be non-traditional. Ha!
I've noticed a trend across social media. People commenting about how different the holidays are now for them. Kids growing up, moving away. It's an adjustment for them to not have a houseful of people.
We might sort of resemble that, a little bit. Our son is an adult. He's in a relationship and he wants to spend time with her, and spend time with friends. It's a new chapter in all our lives.
We all received lovely gifts. I forgot to take a photo of what I received. My SILs sent me garden things and a cross stitch book. My son gave me a gift card to Hobby Lobby. I don't mind say that he spoiled me something fierce with that gift card. I received a tablet from my husband as an early Christmas present, so I've been using that for a while already. What a game changer! (I can't remember if I mentioned it on the blog already)
What else ... I feel like the perpetual broken record ... "It's been quiet." There's been work, crafting, snow ... Flosstube, and not much else, really.
Oh! We *finally* received the new appliances. There wound up being a bit of drama around the delivery. Ugh. ... The appliances were set to be delivered on a Saturday. The coldest day of the year, so far. ... The delivery never arrived and there was no communication about it. It wasn't until I called customer service a second time at 3 p.m., wondering what was going on. Allegedly the delivery people called me 20 minutes after I called customer service the first time around 11 a.m. No. They did not.
To say we were annoyed with how the whole day went is putting it mildly. Especially that there was no communication about the delivery being rescheduled for a few days later.
Finally, *finally* the appliances were delivered.
The one delivery guy was pleasantly surprised at how *everything* was ready for them to make it as easy as possible for them to haul everything in.
While I was making general chit chat I was told the guy who was running the truck for the original delivery had his diesel gel up and ALL the deliveries that day were rescheduled.
After being without these appliances for a while (A week-plus without a stove) it was SO nice to have a fridge and stove again.
The chickens finally allowed themselves to be sweet talked in to going outside of the coop.
And once they were comfortable with being outside, some decided they needed to play supervisor.
I almost forgot the best part!
The girls have started laying! They were hatched out later in the season so it felt like it took FOREVER for them to finally give us the first eggs.
I did receive some fun mail in the last few weeks.
I won a giveaway over at Stitching With the Griffin's channel. Kat was celebrating a channel milestone with a few giveaways.
Isn't it darling?
Coggie, over at The High Fiber Diet Podcast was clearing out some of her bags and I said I would love one. She sent me two bags from the retreats she used to hold, plus a little extra. So sweet of her!
Jessica, over at Lumi Stitch contacted me and said she wanted to send me an ornament. She also asked if I would be interested in a cross stitch kit that she had but decided she wouldn't have time to stitch. I said yes and that I think I already had a spot in the kitchen for it.
The ornament is beautiful. As I'm typing this I'm kicking myself for not putting the ornament up on the tree for a photo. Yeah, as I look at this again I realize what a horrible photo this is. Well, I'll be sharing this stuff on my next flosstube/podcast so if you watch, you'll see them displayed in a better way.
Since my last flosstube last week I basically stopped working on any projects except the crochet granny square blanket I've been working on as a CAL with Kat, at Stitchin With the Griffin. As mentioned in my videos, I've been slightly frustrated with some of the squares, so I've been swapping granny squares out that cause me fits.
Well, this afternoon I completed it!
Project: Granny Square CAL with Kat
Designer blog post: https://www.madamestitch.com/2025-granny-stitch-sampler-blanket-free-crochet-along/
Started: October 2025
I wasn't sure I was going to like this blanket once it was done. ... As I'm typing this blog post, I'm draped in the blanket.
Okay, my laptop battery is getting ready to die, so I suppose I better quick get this proofed and published.
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