YOP Week #42 Year 12

 Holy cow!  We're heading towards the end of Year 12 of YOP!  Where has the time gone?  I didn't get a lot done this week as there were lots of other priorities.  One of my skylights broke during  the last storm so I had to get that fixed before the next storm which I did!  Whew!  It stormed last night and no leaks!  Yay! I also needed to get grub killer spread before it rained and I did that too (otherwise the armadillos come and dig up your lawn looking for them) There were other things too; like arranging to get a ride to and from the car place as my Tahoe has to go in for an entire day.  She's 21 years old but still doesn't have 100,000 miles on her.  I'm hoping to keep her in good running order.  It is expensive but still lots cheaper than buying a new car!  Plus, I did my taxes and paid bills.

I did do some "making" this week.  Two things I worked on but will not show, as there isn't that much difference from last week, are Blackbird Design's Midnight Ride cross stitch that I work on Saturdays, and my Sabbath Stitch which hasn't changed much either.

I did finish sock #1 of my Christmas socks....finally and I started sock #2...........

My focus piece for the last 5 days was Kittens by The Cricket Collection....it's a big piece and will take years I'm sure but I got a healthy start anyway..........I'm working on the  middle kitten at the moment.......

I started working on Lori Holt's panel project bags but you have to watch her video and running back and forth from the video and my sewing machine is a slow boat to China.  Hopefully, if I can finish one it will make the rest of them go faster and easier.  I find she contradicts herself sometimes which can be confusing to me anyway.  People rave about her and I like her but these bags are way more complicated than I think they need to be but then what do I know?  Here's my progress and I am hoping to finish this one today.........

I had another unidentified bird at the feeder....is it a purple finch?  This looks a lot more red.....

This morning I made Taste of Home's Cinnamon Crescent Twists...so tasty with a cup of coffee.....I've learned to add some flour to the filling so it doesn't run out onto the cookie sheet and I also add more powdered sugar to the glaze else it is too runny.  I've been able to add mashed sweet potatoes, bananas, and the cinnamon twists to my diet.  These were all foods that I did fine with before.  I still only add one at a time though just to be on the safe side.

Well, I best get to sewing so I can finish that project bag.  I also want to cut out blocks 3 and 4 for my BOM quilt, finish practicing some embroidery stitches and give some love to my Sabbath stitch.

Happy Trails!!!