no stitching......just more packing

I have not touched needle to thread in over a month.  We are in the midst of moving and when you're old, it takes you a lot longer to pack those boxes!!  We have shipped 2 containers "home" and they will be put into our house next week, another container will go in a few weeks and the final will be when we make the actual move.

All of my stitching stash has been sent in the first shipment.  I do have some of my WIP's still here, below is a list of my best guess what I have started but not finished.  I think I've kept maybe 5 or 6 of them so if the mood strikes I will have something to do.  I know the SB stocking is still here as it's sitting by my stitching chair.  My Nancy Needle - Starry Night is still here because it's in the room where I've been packing - it didn't find in anything that has gone, so waiting it's turn to be packed and shipped.  I'm not sure what is in my foot stool in the living room or the guest room/ aka packing room.  I'm pretty sure I have some of my L&L angels - Peace and EarthDancer and maybe Ice Angel.  I'm hoping my Family Tree and my SB Angel's Song, but since I've been looking for something to pack my lights in, not sure if I will do anymore stitching at all.  Also I'll be sending my storage foot stools with the next load, which means I'll only keep what I can put in my stitching bag.

I love large projects and normally I'm more proactive on stitching and getting them done, but not being able to really have my floor stand out where I can actual use it has been hard.  Once we are moved, I'm fixing the basement area for my office and stitching area.  I will have my sewing machine and cutting table up and hope to get both of my king size quilts done.  I will also have my stitching stands (I have 2 floor and one lap) up and near my stitching chair, so I can work on those large projects.  Also will have my threads where I can get to them and maybe even get them organized again.  My middle daughter is excited to go to Ikea and helping me find all kinds of storage things.  I tossed out most of my plastic 3-drawer bins because they just weren't in shape for another move, so I will need something and would like something a little bit nicer than plastic.  I would love to find a map drawer for my canvases, so will be looking for that once I've moved too.

So for now I'll need to be happy with looking at what others are doing and not being swayed into buying anything.  By fall I'll have a finish :)  because my first task is taking some vacation time to unpack, and get settled.   I can't wait to start this new phase of our lives, and for the first time since 1992, well the second time, we'll move someplace there we won't need the GPS to find the grocery store!!  we are going HOME and boy is that a good feeling.  CA is nice, but Home if where the heart is, and mine has been longing for Home for a long time now.

Oh it would be nice to be young and know I could pack everything in a few days, but I have to admit, being older gives me a much better stash :)  wish I was richer so I could hire out the packing and moving, but I'm OK with that too.

Sandy

	Designer	Project	Type	Start
1	Rosewood Manor	American Flag Quilt Sampler	X-stitch	2015
2	Laundry Lady	Amish Quilts w/ Lady	Needlepoint	2000
3	SB	Angel's Song	X-stitch	2014
4	Rosewood Manor	Autum Quakers	X-stitch	2015
5	Indigo Rose	Dash into It Fearlessly	X-stitch	2019
6	Leigh's Designs	Dragon	Needlepoint	2009
7	TIAG	EarthDancer	X-stitch	2014
8	Gay Rogers	Elizabeth I	Counted Canvas	2015
9	Sweetheart Tree	Elizabethan Floral	X-stitch
10	Dragon Fire Designs	Family	X-stitch	2015
11	Strictly Christmas	Florida Santa	Needlepoint	2000
12	Unknown	Hippos	Needlepoint	2016
13	L&L	Ice Angel	X-stitch	2004
14	Maureen Appleton	Inspire Others	X-stitch	2015
15	Nora Corbett	Letter A Mermaids	X-stitch	2015
16	Song of the Season (3 Parts)	Little House Needlework	X-stitch	2016
17	Cheryl Schaeffer	Mine Light Bulb-Gingerbread	Needlepoint	2014
18	Cheryl Schaeffer	Mini Light Bulb-Penguin	Needlepoint	2015
19	Cheryl Schaeffer	Mini Light Bulb-Santa	Needlepoint	2015
20	Defunked Round Robin Names	Misc - books	X-stitch	1995
21	Family Afghan	Misc books	X-stitch	1991
22	Round Robin - Poem	Misc. Books	X-stitch	1995
23	Needle Delight Originals	Oh My Stars	Needlepoint
24	L&L	Peace Angel	X-stitch	2015
25	Courney Collection	PeliCan	X-stitch	2015
26	SB	Peter's Patch	X-stitch	2013
27	Terry Drisend	Safari	Counted Canvas	2010
28	Wee of the Needle	Spookie Cat Ornament	Wool Felt
29	Heart's Content	Spring Sachel	X-stitch	2015
30	Nancy's Needle	Starry Night	Counted Canvas	2016
31	ANG YEAR Long	Stitch of the Month-2010	Needlepoint	2010
32	Scarlet Letter	The Four Angels Mourning Sampler	X-stitch	2016
33	As You Like it	The Wiz	Needlepoint	2000
34	Indigo Rose	Walking to St Ives	X-stitch	2015
35	Plum Street	Vexation Sampler	X-stitch	2017
36	Thistles	Family Tree	X-stitch	2018
37	Raymond XX	Glenda	Needlepoint	2018
38	SB	Anna's Stocking	x-stitch	2018
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