I'm still here...

I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful holiday season. Couple of days ago I woke up to a gorgeous winter scene. It was white everywhere! The snow came a little late so we didn't have a white Christmas and since it is disappearing quickly I don't think that we'll have white New Year either... Oh well, while living on the north I had not just white Christmas and a New Year, the Easter was white too.

Usually this time of the year I'm reflecting on the past and making plans/setting goals for the next year. For some reason I have a feeling that I'm holding on to the past way to much so this year - screw the past, it's a long gone and will not come back. I will not dwell on glories and failures of the past, instead I will try to set my sails for the bright future.

As my stitching goes... I'm NOT DOING January Crazy Challenge in 2016. I have so many WIPs that it is almost impossible to count them. Well, it is possible but I will not do it as it will take me too much time. I prefer to use that time to stitch. So here are my goals for 2016. It is a working project for the next few days so it can change a little.

Health: be healthy and fit
Career: expand my Mary Kay business and move to management
Hobby: Finish at least sixteen stitchy projects, read 60 books, discover one new hiking trail a month.



I will finish this post with the update on Double Delight. I started stitching this project 27th or 28th of October and now it is 90% done. I'm aiming to have it finish by the end of the year - still (counting today) there is four days left. I hope I can do it...

 So long my friends,
Evalina

Another full moon and another WIPocalypse time!

I wasn't blogging for a while but I was stitching. I always liked HAED charts and always have some WIPs going but lately I've got addicted to them. A month ago or so I bought a Double Delight by Rosario. It is a small pattern, just 24,325 stitches and I'm already 1/3 done.

Here is my progress pic:

So long my friends,
Evalina

Divine Grace update

It looks like I'm dedicating all my stitching time to HAED projects. I've got hooked on Divine Grace and for some reason it's impossible to put that one away. I really would like to do a rotation and work some more on Alicia and Guardian Angel and Hecate and Strawberry Thief  but I'm glued to Divine Grace for now. Last week I finished first page and this Monday I've started the second one. I'm really happy with the progress.

So long my friends,
Evalina

Supermoon and more!

It's time to dust off your small telescopes and binoculars, track down an observatory event or webcast, or invite some friends for a moon-cake party. Don't wait too long — if you miss it, the next one isn't until 2033!

The supermoon lunar eclipse of 2015 will occur tomorrow, Sept. 27, and is a confluence of three events: a full moon; a lunar eclipse, in which the Earth blocks the sun's light from hitting the moon; and lunar perigee, when the moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth. The last time such a confluence happened was in 1982; there were just five instances of it in the 20th century. This time around, viewers looking from the Americas, Europe, Africa, western Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean will have a chance to see the show. Check the video:  Rare Super 'Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse Coming, Last Until 2033

During lunar perigee, the moon appears larger and brighter in the sky, which is why a full moon coinciding with perigee is known as a "supermoon." (A "minimoon" is when the full moon is at its farthest point from the Earth.) This large moon will present the perfect canvas to watch the Earth's shadow slide over and block the moon's light.

I guess all that influenced me to start another project (progress pics are coming soon).

So long my friends,
Evalina

I'm going paperless!

OMG, I'm so excited! Yesterday we had a little SAL at the Stitchers Muse (some very lovely stitchers are meeting there every Sunday from noon to 4 PM) and I noticed that Nancy (unfortunately no blog) and Rachel from Stitch, Please! were tapping their tablets instead of marking charts and they had so much more room around them... You know, curiosity killed the cat, I glanced over Nancy's and Rachel's shoulder to see what they are up to... they were working from digital charts! Wow!!! I absolutely loved it. I learned from my dear friends that I need to apps

Dropbox is free and is installed on the iPad (tablet) and your computer. Then you can drop your .pdf file to it and it will miraculously appear on the iPad. Then you can open it in GoodReader (only 5 bucks with change) and then, voile!

I bet that my progress on Guardian Angel and Strawberry Thief will be tremendous this week. Who knows maybe I will put a few stitches in Strawberry Pirate too. All my HAED designs are in PDF format.

So long my friends, I'm back to stitching!
Evalina