Day 31 - Tuesday

Daily Tasks

photo - bench:  I found this statue today on my walk to work.  It's off to one side of a building, mostly hidden from the street.  I'd never seen it before, but caught a glimpse today out of the corner of my eye when I was looking for something to take a picture of.  There's a man sitting on a bench opposite this lady.

stitching:  1 hour, 1 minute on Mother's Arms (by Mirabilia).

Day 30 - Monday

A major accomplishment today - see below under Stitching!

Daily Tasks
photo - intruder:  This black cat likes to hang out on the bank in our backyard - at least until Fred comes out and sees him. 

de-clutter:  45 minutes on organizing my scrapbook supplies.

stitching:  1 hour, 40 minutes on Summerland.  After 301 hours of stitching, I have FINISHED the cross-stitching on this one!  I started this project in 1996 (no typo).  I have about 2-3 hours of backstitch left, but the end is in sight. 

Beautiful, isn't it!?  Done on 14 ct. sky blue Aida, 3 over 1.

Day 29 - Sunday

Daily Tasks
photo - planter:  They put new flowers in the planters outside the front door at Merrill Gardens.  A nice bit of color in the winter.

stitching:  1 hour, 12 minutes on Summerland.  I actually finished the cross-stitching!  This project was started in 1996, so this is a major achievement.  Probably 2 hours worth of back-stitching left to do, and we can cross this off the WIP list.

Yearly Tasks
layouts (1/24):  finished a layout called "Relax".  It's pictures of Charissa and her Papa in the hot-tub.  I didn't take a picture of it - maybe tomorrow.

Day 28 - Saturday

Didn't get much done today -- I seem to have down with a chest cold.  Coughing a bit, but just generally feel crummy.  Hopefully I'll feel better by Monday.

Daily Tasks
photo: garden:  This is the rock/garden arrangement Mom sees outside her windows.  I've circled her living room window; her bedroom is to the right of the living room, hidden by the carport roof in this photo.

stitching:  1 hour, 12 minutes on Summerland.

Days 25, 26, 27 - Wed, Thurs, Fri

So, for these three days I was either traveling or with clients.  Wednesday and Thursday in Chicago and Friday in Calfornia.  These days, all I managed to accomplish was my daily photo.  But, that's better than nothing!  I'm back on track today, so I will be posting my Saturday entry tonight at the usual time.

Daily Tasks
Wednesday photo - court:  So this is the frozen basketball court of our hotel, north of Chicago.  I'd been on the plane almost all day, and this was my last chance to snap a picture.

Thursday photo:  sign:  The freeway sign directing us to O'Hare.

Friday photo:  view:  My first time taking a photo out the plane window.  I think it came out pretty well.  I'm not sure what mountains these were - we were flying over northern California at the time.

Day 24 - Tuesday

Daily Tasks
photo - traffic:  Well, this pic did not turn out as planned.  I was standing in the park-and-ride, trying to get a picture of the traffic on the road I take home, and my line of sight wasn't what I hoped for.  Oh well.  Tomorrow's (and Thursday's) pictures will be from Chicago and hopefully those will be better.

stitching:  1 hour, 2 minutes on Summerland.

Yearly Tasks
layouts:  Got some paper cut for a layout.  I'm working on some pictures of Charissa and her Papa in the hot tub.

Day 23 - Monday

Daily Tasks
photo - posies:  Today was a blue sky, white fluffy cloud day - a welcome change from the snow/rain.  So were these posies in a planter found a block from my office.

stitching:  1 hour, 1 minute on Summerland.
de-clutter:  15 minutes (or more) on my email inbox at work.  Nothing at home - took a break.