Update

Here's pg 6 & 7 along with the total picture of what it's looking like. I'll have to say these last couple of pages have been pretty boring just doing trees and foilage. Looking forward to stitching the fairy. :)

Project Update

Here are pages 5 and 6. I feel like it's taking me longer than expected, at this rate it will take me like 3 years to complete. Only one page to go on the top row.

Project update

Here is an update of my progress. I've done three more pages. The pictures are arranged with the close up of the page then the after shot of what the whole thing looks like after that page was completed.

It's stitching up very nicely. It's so fine it almost looks like a painting from far away. It's such a beautiful pattern.

My huge project

So I just started a new cross stitch or I guess I started 3 weeks ago. This thing is massive over 200,000 stitches and the pattern is 30 pages long. I figure I'll throw it up here to track my progress and keep track of how long it takes me. Hopefully it's only a year but if I don't pick up my pace it'll be closer to two. 8-|

The material is evenweave size 25 over one which is tiny little squares but creates amazing detail.

This is what it will look like when it's done.

This is my page one work. It's the top left corner.

WHAT THE?!?!?!

has anyone else been having weird messed up days lately?

just the highlights:

dark outside and had to wait for a bicycle rider with no lights or reflectors to peddle her ass past my gate so i could pull into my drive way to find out she's talking on her cellphone... who talks on their cellphone while riding their bike in the dark with no lights?

stuffed mushrooms came out after dinner and tasted hard core of coffee. (not my imagination others agreed)

went to a seafood place for lunch and ordered oysters on the half shell... waitress said no go however, they had oysters tempura. friend and i thought "hey why not?"... incase you don't know tempura means fried in sushi lingo. now ask yourself, why would you a fry an oyster? i put it together, its because you don't get a fresh shipment in until thursday and probably not a good idea to sell week old oysters raw. (confirmed with waitress friend and 95% sure i'm right. this was not the same place as the stuffed mushrooms, one was lunch and the next was dinner same day)

truck tried passing my in the right hand lane while i was going 55 mph on a road where the limit was not that. wtf? (i'd call them redneck hillbillies but more like dwi - if you don't know what i mean ask and i'll tell you... if you're a good enough friend of mine)

out with cousins and had to physically go get our utensils, seek out the waitress for refills on drinks, and find wet one packets... pretty sure the restaurant would have let me bus the table if we stayed.

birds have shit all over my car. i mean massive diarrhea, i didn't know birds made that kind of mess. i'm too lazy to clean it off. makes me sad. a piece of my soul has died and i have let it.

going on a business trip tomorrow. did online check in. usually first come first serve. input my info first and get boarding group A57 (the max is 60). my associate who is traveling with me gave me the wrong confirmation number. takes me an additional 10 minutes to look it up. after 12 minutes i figured he's screwed and in b class. he gets A 25. later i find out that one of the reasons we are going on this trip is too see a shop that we won't be able to see because we are supposed to be there at 1:00pm... our flight doesn't get in until 4:30pm. way to go... way to go...

itunes screwed me and doesn't show my sons of anarchy download... i miss sons... bastards.

i dropped my redbull which exploded all over the shop floor. first off, i never drop things, maybe has happened twice to me in my whole life. second, redbull doesn't explode even if you put it in the freezer and forget it, go "oh shit" and think its going to be a root beer like mess, it does not explode.

Today

Work is hard and frustrating however, very rewarding on days. people are entertaining and more time should be spent enjoying them and yes that includes the idiots of the world. just remember you can't fix stupid. sons of anarchy is a great show. redbull is what you should be drinking (water too at least 8 glasses). livestrong app is cool and worth $2.99 no matter your feelings on armstrong. root beer is not a great way to cool yourself off in a car seat, just ask kayley. there is a witch and a story. if you would like, you can help me drop a house on her later. my wife is beautiful (these two things are unrelated). xbox is fun. the people in mad men are cool. i miss commercials. they keep you in touch with the world. it's gotten so bad i youtube them on my phone. i know sad. the hangover is funny. the dark knight is cool. terminator salvation was ok. good enough i'll watch the next one... in theaters... in 3d... with the stupid glasses... even if it costs me however much more it will cost me... btw... 3d movies aren't worth the money... just my opinion prove me wrong. drivers in abq are scary and cruise around with crazy eyes. i ran out of things to say right now.

Did you ever have a pen pal?

So the other day this strange thought hit me. back in the old days when i was little and living in the witch's lair, some how i got a pen pal. his name was ben and he was from california and him and his friends were building an under ground fort in his back yard and had dug about 3 feet down. never knew if this was real or not considering the witch wouldn't let me dig a hole in the backyard. don't know why i was thinking of ben but was wondering what happened to him and what he does now sort of thing. anyways, did you have a pen pal growing up?