Stitch Freak

It's been too long since I blogged last. I'm finding this new Blogger to be a pain, I have to add the photos before I write the text not after like I'm used to. I don't think Blogger should be taking that decision for me. And it took me a few tries to figure out that this was the problem. If I add the photos after I write the text it doesn't publish and I just get an error message and get thrown out of Blogger.com and can't access it for an hour or so. Well, maybe not that long but it feels that long when you got something you want to post and everything disappears. Yeah, that's the worst thing, everything you've done goes out the window and nothing sticks, it's not even saved! And you can't save coz you added the photos after the writing part.

There are other issues I'm having but this is the one that bugs me the most and makes me not wanna post. Well, that and I don't have anything to blog about. I haven't picked up a needle in who knows how long, I've been feeling blue and restless. I hope it's going to pass coz I have that Winter Wonderland Exchange to finish and finish :-)

Well, thanks for tuning in, I hope I'll have something more interesting next time :-)

Efnisorð: blogger troubles, exchange, Life

Hi everyone, or those still reading this blog. I'm sorry for abandoning it for so long. I've just not been stitching much lately or feeling like updating this blog.

My mother passed away on October 27th and I've been struggling a bit since then. I'm trying to find comfort in stitching but my mind is racing all over and even if stitching is calming me it only works for a moment or two and then I'm all over again and not finding the peace I'm looking for so I give up.

I'm going to come back but at this moment I'm not sure when that will be.

Efnisorð: Life

Ég verð bara að biðjast afsökunar á þessu ófyrirgefanlega hléi á útsendingu undanfarna eina og hálfa viku. Spurning hvort það sé einhver eftir til að lesa þessar setningar :-D Allir farnir annað að finna myndir af saumadóti ;-)

En já, í þessu hléi hef ég gert ýmislegt, aðallega ekkert samt. Ég fór reyndar í bæinn þar sem mér var vinsamlegast bent á það af vinkonum mínum að ég hefði ekkert látið sjá mig í bænum frá í ágúst í fyrra og það var víst óásættanlegt. Sem ég og samþykkti. Þannig að það var brunað í bæinn og farið á Bubba-tónleika og Todmobile ball á Hótel Selfossi. Eða Stelfossi eins og sá staður heitir núna meðal minna vina. Löng saga, en það var sem sagt tösku stolið af vinkonu minni en sem betur fer fengu þjófarnir lítið upp úr krafsinu nema gemsa, meik og eyeliner. Já, og lykla, sem var verra, og hefði mátt sleppa að stela þeim. Taskan fannst aftur.

Þetta er nú það markverðasta sem gerðist. Ég hef ekkert saumað. Ég er opinberlega komin í saumalægð og sér ekki fyrir endann á henni. Það virðist samt hafa lítil áhrif á kaupaæðið.. Sem er soldið skrýtið.. En mér er ekki treystandi til að fara á ONS án þess að setja eitthvað í körfuna (sem ég kaupi síðan ekki því ég má það ekki! Og ég hef ekki efni á því :-D Það er kannski meira það sem stoppar mig). Reyndar gerði ég eina mynd sem ég á eftir að ramma inn og gefa. Engar myndir þar sem manneskjan les þetta blogg eftir því sem ég best veit. Síðan sú mynd kláraðist hef ég ekki haft löngun til að taka upp nál. Ég ætla bara að leyfa þessari lægð að renna sitt skeið, vonandi er þetta bara stutt tímabil.

Sorry for the unexpected absence

I know it's unforgivable to leave without saying anything and I apologize. It will not happen again. Promise. I wonder if anybody still reads this :-D Everybody's gone elsewhere to find pictures of stitching stuff.

In my break from blogging I didn't do much, I went on a pre-weekend trip to Reykjavík (thursday to saturday, only half the weekend, I had work on sunday). My friends pointed it out to me that I hadn't been to visit since the beginning of August last year and that was unacceptable. I agreed and got in my car and drove there. I went to one concert and one dance in Selfoss. My friends bag got stolen with keys and cell phone and beauty products in it. Thankfully she had her plastic fantastic in her pockets, not the bag, so no money was stolen but the stolen housekeys weren't what she bargained for. The bag was found.

I haven't stitched at all lately. I'm officially in a stitching slump which has no end in sight. It does however have no effect on my buying frenzy.. Which is weird.. But I'm not to be trusted to go to an ONS and not put things in the virtual basket (which I don't buy because I'm not allowed yet! And I can't afford :-D Which is more the reason why I empty the basket eventually without buying). I did actually start and finish one design last week but it's a gift so no pics till the receiver has got it. I still have to frame it though and then it's going to it's owner. Since that project I haven't picked up a needle. Have no longing to do so. I think I'm just gonna let this slump take it's course, hopefully it will be a short one.

Efnisorð: Life, other

Ég ákvað að pósta þessu hérna, af hverju veit ég ekki en þið hafið kannski gaman af þessu :-)

Á þessari mynd er Maja, kisulóran sem var að eignast fjóra kettlinga á mánudaginn, og með þeim í kassanum er Brandur, hálfstálpaði kettlingurinn minn. Hann verður ársgamall í maí, en hann er búinn að vera svakalega forvitinn um kettlingana síðan á mánudag og núna í kvöld fann ég hann ofan í kassanum að þrífa kettlingana! Stuttu síðar vildi Maja greyið komast að til að gefa þeim að drekka en hann Brandur hreyfði sig ekki þannig að Maja þurfti að troða sér þarna ofaní einhvern veginn.. Samt fór Brandur ekkert og þá ákvað ég að festa þetta á stafrænt form. Hann er enn ofan í kassanum og lætur eins og hann sé mamma þeirra eða eitthvað..

One happy family..

I decided to post this pic here, why I'm not sure, but maybe you'll enjoy this :-)

In this photo you see Maja, my female cat who gave birth to four kittens this monday. In the box with them is Brandur, my almost grown up kitten. He'll turn a year old in May, but since the birth he's been so curious about the kittens and I've found him sneaking around the box before. This evening I found him in the box cleaning the kittens! Shortly after that Maja wanted to get in there to feed the little ones but Brandur wouldn't move so she squeezed herself in there.. Brandur still wouldn't move and then I decided to take the picture. He's still in the box acting like he's the kittens mom or something..

Efnisorð: Life, other