tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34531573925955075412024-03-12T02:40:19.348-07:00Vanya SulieCross stitch and movies, a perfect pairkatjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-24097378576536842582024-03-03T16:14:00.000-08:002024-03-03T16:14:07.965-08:00Just a Little Update<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> It's time (or slightly past time) for the February WIPocalypse and the question on the month is</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><b>What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year? </b>Well this one of course, and technically Bellatrix is sort of a SAL as my friends are doing it as well, but not really in any sort of order or plan. There might be more to come, who can say</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">I do plan to do the focus month for March, strangely I always seem to miss this, but March looks good for me this year. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">So here is my progress on Bellatrix, I'm skipping the ornament this month as I'm on a roll with her and don't want to leave it. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51e9rzr1mPj_BzN5ZbH_IYBqAGQ-yrP8X_12BxT7k-g8TIHoVp4b0w1PWKji_ytfiZlMSBN4ERKXwfZRBny1hL6VskAPQ7rRPseduLZKih-cXdMuB9t3lsnhteB0myCpb6MPoQG5OOBT0umsWMIgR8X89j_oBo2CjW6skhBHR77bMKLxSPBpy-HIGty0/s4000/20240228_160100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51e9rzr1mPj_BzN5ZbH_IYBqAGQ-yrP8X_12BxT7k-g8TIHoVp4b0w1PWKji_ytfiZlMSBN4ERKXwfZRBny1hL6VskAPQ7rRPseduLZKih-cXdMuB9t3lsnhteB0myCpb6MPoQG5OOBT0umsWMIgR8X89j_oBo2CjW6skhBHR77bMKLxSPBpy-HIGty0/s320/20240228_160100.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">As for what I watched</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Critical Role</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Doctor Who - starting a rewatch. I do love Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">WKRP in Cincinnati Season 1</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Avatar the Last Airbender - Live action - Just watched the first couple episode and really enjoyed them, while not as good as the original, it is fun</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Barbie - It was a playing again and a friend wanted to see it, so back I went</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Argylle - This one was really good, a lot of fun unexpected twists and turns, The trailer that seemed to show the whole movie actually hinted at very little of what was going on, so good</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Dune Part 1 - Rewatch to prepare for Part 2</span></p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-17616207643133297422024-01-28T16:38:00.000-08:002024-01-28T16:38:07.996-08:00WIPocalypse January 2024<p>Will I actually keep up with this blog on a monthly basis this year, only time will tell. But going on tradition it's unlikely. On the other hand it a new year and I'm off to a good start </p><p>This months WIPocalypse question is Tell us about the oldest WIP you have in your stash.</p><p>That would be Bellatrix, from Bella Filipina, she's been my back up project for a while now, but as of the first of the year, she will be getting all my love, except for the one week a month set aside for ornaments.,</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsuFuYbt0p-NW2_p-NTO71kqyk_Yq60u-Eg44kVZ2qWTQi3-l0TYJAi7KRuZavpuHn8eX5u0IsYnVq6k_9sCc5Iad-fYrOlIrKEJrXH6-kkoH9_RDQvkbhlOPjFTvxJq4RMOEZ06F8BaORnSLEMAnged2WknU6dfmiIcFMIG3u2qgHt0yKM8_Mj2XTmg/s320/devzqd7-1843ceaa-9eea-4c6e-8b05-d61f8def6284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="133" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsuFuYbt0p-NW2_p-NTO71kqyk_Yq60u-Eg44kVZ2qWTQi3-l0TYJAi7KRuZavpuHn8eX5u0IsYnVq6k_9sCc5Iad-fYrOlIrKEJrXH6-kkoH9_RDQvkbhlOPjFTvxJq4RMOEZ06F8BaORnSLEMAnged2WknU6dfmiIcFMIG3u2qgHt0yKM8_Mj2XTmg/s1600/devzqd7-1843ceaa-9eea-4c6e-8b05-d61f8def6284.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I had to look back and found that I </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">actually</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> started Bella in January 2022, what have a been doing the last couple years? She is suppose to look like the first image, but my friend <a href="https://www.makeitpink.net/" target="_blank">Pinky (Make It Pink) </a>revamped her so our friend group could do there own versions. As you can see, my Bella is heavily modified, and here's where she is now.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsfHG0gShnbw6i3cOAkLCliaL9f9wVqXIMvz2VHApCk_Bbm1e0EPjf0nGevSD-YqZpuGsE_lNmqAwrY-3TfqJZywR-9df3gFNGxnyQ2qVqYfBxPqoxdOuiKwkBiih4tOAavg7V7OjIeicotQeCtoXNOCT2qPBCWsfuTMFzOioFskTeD_juZsBJnZmq4w/s4000/Ballatrix%20Jan%2031%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsfHG0gShnbw6i3cOAkLCliaL9f9wVqXIMvz2VHApCk_Bbm1e0EPjf0nGevSD-YqZpuGsE_lNmqAwrY-3TfqJZywR-9df3gFNGxnyQ2qVqYfBxPqoxdOuiKwkBiih4tOAavg7V7OjIeicotQeCtoXNOCT2qPBCWsfuTMFzOioFskTeD_juZsBJnZmq4w/s320/Ballatrix%20Jan%2031%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As for what I watched</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-49df3bea-7fff-5a49-de35-3c48d913f3a4"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Critical Role</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Random stuff from Dropout TV including the start of Fantasy High</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His Dark Materials - Season 3 - This was my least favourite of the books and so it is with the show, but it’s still and enjoyable adaptation and very well done, I’ve just never liked the final end plot point.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Godzilla Minus One - This is the new Japanese Godzilla movie no connection with the Kaiju series with Kong. I heard a lot of great reviews so off I went, all the gushing was correct, this was an awesome movie. I highly recommend it to people who like disaster and/or monster movies</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-90151073721137555642024-01-12T14:42:00.000-08:002024-01-12T14:42:44.937-08:00January 2024<p>Another year of WIPocalypse - the one thing that keeps this blog going, as usual posting on a Friday as that's my day off</p><p><b>Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!</b></p><p>I'm Nancy, known on most random sites such as Deviant Art as Katjakay, I'm a baker in British Columbia, Canada and have been stitching for 18 years or thereabouts. I'm also a two at a time stitcher and almost always finish one before starting another, in other words my only WIP's are the one's I am currently working on. I have no UFO's, yes my stitching friends find this strange. Last year I started doing Christmas ornament for one week a month and enjoyed it so much I'm implementing that again.</p><p> So my projects at the moment are to finish <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/894924337/bella-filipina-bellatrix-halloween?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_ca_en_ca_-non_domestic-not_ready_to_ship-craft_supplies_and_tools_b&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiA44OtBhAOEiwAj4gpOdU6sbj8hnoRZfTr66SyJBpAiTkMerRryg0KvfAC2xmgKqtgUdSkABoCQ1gQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_18265483348_141454006296_620827864511_aud-2081989379405:pla-1793329811180_c__894924337enca_554811869&utm_custom2=18265483348&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA44OtBhAOEiwAj4gpOdU6sbj8hnoRZfTr66SyJBpAiTkMerRryg0KvfAC2xmgKqtgUdSkABoCQ1gQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Bellatrix</a> by Bella Filipina designs. She's been my back up piece for a while, so this year she takes the lead and shouldn't take too long at this point</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/894924337/bella-filipina-bellatrix-halloween?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_ca_en_ca_-non_domestic-not_ready_to_ship-craft_supplies_and_tools_b&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiA44OtBhAOEiwAj4gpOdU6sbj8hnoRZfTr66SyJBpAiTkMerRryg0KvfAC2xmgKqtgUdSkABoCQ1gQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_18265483348_141454006296_620827864511_aud-2081989379405:pla-1793329811180_c__894924337enca_554811869&utm_custom2=18265483348&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA44OtBhAOEiwAj4gpOdU6sbj8hnoRZfTr66SyJBpAiTkMerRryg0KvfAC2xmgKqtgUdSkABoCQ1gQAvD_BwE" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNdNNgqJYmNSWZHmJLUILNKIeZatKE_ZDWvcppuyz1ZmqsBXHt9G1fRnqVI4o5gInyc7CHejVSZYNQ7EBo2Nvi9cK1ioz2bJ902ZIBfKjwHmtqUf0jfXh8CWsX7_tnQqME-bi3XOi9pR5MM_OY93Urj_wq_R4RvBdaqDz6Ix0ETHHEfdQiCP2CrjvS-g/w141-h200/il_1080xN.4299297517_5tb5.jpg" width="141" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBwTkLeIU3E_XHCob2ExyWMkeHye4vlCwNfkEBNgdHNNwtyMKqJJP4CRVSaCpls9I4jF-Wb-tSPk4q2U0vUnI4WbZ77Wu-ZD1YDpFhe-0bremEclZUTLJ3YwDZV_LewS9W87HNL4vwYJlV7zd8oPZREbQJjPq7dX8Fp0IZlFIVk_HpMy5BTxDYRxb608/s4000/20240110_050419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBwTkLeIU3E_XHCob2ExyWMkeHye4vlCwNfkEBNgdHNNwtyMKqJJP4CRVSaCpls9I4jF-Wb-tSPk4q2U0vUnI4WbZ77Wu-ZD1YDpFhe-0bremEclZUTLJ3YwDZV_LewS9W87HNL4vwYJlV7zd8oPZREbQJjPq7dX8Fp0IZlFIVk_HpMy5BTxDYRxb608/s320/20240110_050419.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p>My ornaments are mainly Mill Hill ones, but other things might slip in as well, I just finished the final one of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1366574479/polar-pals-animal-cross-stitch-pattern" target="_blank">Polar Pals by Durene Jones</a> and will fully finish them when I get around to it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCjILUKaxsqhVxfD1wv8vFs3yOMu1fPgvdXUubCcSS_K0Z6_E3PXAnrhW-FaT2P3dGvxxYTJAj5tVybaIOoIHQT3u5-jRGDGiFMNNwnFp22U9-udOYsICsveqk3FtDNaSoGcNIwQddcpDgk2vxgwhHnOvezQvFlh55uQbOeP73a9OhPdtjt2te8qWRg0/s3580/20240104_205138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3580" data-original-width="2810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCjILUKaxsqhVxfD1wv8vFs3yOMu1fPgvdXUubCcSS_K0Z6_E3PXAnrhW-FaT2P3dGvxxYTJAj5tVybaIOoIHQT3u5-jRGDGiFMNNwnFp22U9-udOYsICsveqk3FtDNaSoGcNIwQddcpDgk2vxgwhHnOvezQvFlh55uQbOeP73a9OhPdtjt2te8qWRg0/s320/20240104_205138.jpg" width="251" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS5-XOdFB8F40w66KInkQX3DFrp1On7fWXsQyXTY2yYthKmkQIsFV91USiWZa1tzac_Y4nU5rICVx1ytQZpmvlRtqAaSjrvZREdd3r0n7wpJpAnyJVuvq0ENKWQmndwEh7-ZJdbM8OQjmJSKkdBcfenJaJhuhRpEXhDu-Se6egnun9rwv9z1BbfVASDE/s3694/20240104_205457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3694" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS5-XOdFB8F40w66KInkQX3DFrp1On7fWXsQyXTY2yYthKmkQIsFV91USiWZa1tzac_Y4nU5rICVx1ytQZpmvlRtqAaSjrvZREdd3r0n7wpJpAnyJVuvq0ENKWQmndwEh7-ZJdbM8OQjmJSKkdBcfenJaJhuhRpEXhDu-Se6egnun9rwv9z1BbfVASDE/s320/20240104_205457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p>My secondary piece is Mill Hills Fairy Garden that I started on the cruise last year and set aside. This will be picked up again as soon as I finish the jigsaw puzzle that is on my working table</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapu2QL_UuPjR17WN_DZqAjuotGRH0pyeMGkBz1989yFq1rMAB4rDBUU4Epp8o8n4Cdt1KudD-XyxQZDSsaomFx5CAAUuB6FblwlPipnmOPBFTSSU2GqxgHE2Dc7fTZE0do_gH-SCL0NRlgzb9yHZwzfffm5cS-0dF4Sgl60mGK_Fy4dEYIWFXsyrqvwE/s400/MH14-1921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="400" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapu2QL_UuPjR17WN_DZqAjuotGRH0pyeMGkBz1989yFq1rMAB4rDBUU4Epp8o8n4Cdt1KudD-XyxQZDSsaomFx5CAAUuB6FblwlPipnmOPBFTSSU2GqxgHE2Dc7fTZE0do_gH-SCL0NRlgzb9yHZwzfffm5cS-0dF4Sgl60mGK_Fy4dEYIWFXsyrqvwE/s320/MH14-1921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I also want to try diamond painting this year and bought myself one with a Christmas gift certificate. I'll probably work on it during the Olympics this year.</p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As for what I watched</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Critical Role</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Game of Thrones Season 8 - True it wasn’t as good as previous seasons, but it also wasn’t bad.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 - This was one of my favorites growing up and it holds up surprisingly well </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">His Dark Materials - Season 3 - This was my least favorite of the books so we’ll see how the season goes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wonka - So it was movie night and I didn’t know what to go to, so I went back to this, it was still good a second time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Cinderella - The jukebox musical one from 2021 with Camilia Cabello it’s light hearted and a lot of fun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Migration - Cute little animated comedy about a family of ducks</span></p><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-81722771449934637382024-01-01T15:12:00.000-08:002024-01-01T15:12:11.483-08:00Year End 2023<p> It's been a surprisingly good year for me, despite losing my father at the end of 2022 and having a summer of smoke (B.C. Wildfires, luckily none that close). I did finally get to go on my trip to the Antarctic and it was everything I had hoped for and more. I assumed that that one big trip would be it, but no, then I went to Vancouver for Stars on Ice and Matchbox20 and September was Bryan Adams in Kamloops and my nephews wedding in William's Lake</p><p>The WIPocalypse question of the month is: Recap your accomplishments for the year! (Your finishes, your final before/after photos, etc).</p><p>I had a really good stitching year, finally finishing The Lion King after 3 years<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHk7Dgs5EwoFTEs7C4gKWk9-O8_Dis9Ra1dVUidphTh3DGBSSzsRr7AuyI7Gmf9XUc3IXfCW1Cs6cUnKiQ9ViuxWblH-4sSgPK43RFwVEjIYm9W0-oTZOPFV2KoheNBjhjZec56unq7itaI7YgJpjyatfjN2sXbDmjA5_4Nib1Z4K8OTafA67r8pt15w/s2781/20230505_091413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="2781" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHk7Dgs5EwoFTEs7C4gKWk9-O8_Dis9Ra1dVUidphTh3DGBSSzsRr7AuyI7Gmf9XUc3IXfCW1Cs6cUnKiQ9ViuxWblH-4sSgPK43RFwVEjIYm9W0-oTZOPFV2KoheNBjhjZec56unq7itaI7YgJpjyatfjN2sXbDmjA5_4Nib1Z4K8OTafA67r8pt15w/s320/20230505_091413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I was gifted the patter for the Gothic Cathedral Temperature stitch and finished it today (that's why this is a day late) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusWP8-HIZWSHHXq-WJuMwKa4KEGf-4oeTsKhaby3i_HMSEum2oUhK8ZG2GLZqeKXaI95Yhdhk_PWO3K1xqVOwWNOSSZmSckTUadtl2Q05MabIs6-a_HPxDx2kPDb-SjxPWurieSTDT2_IGlu1qnSgrDj7uj388wnoDBZmPSw_WC9soiFNgVXRkyrct2o/s2981/20230104_203213.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="2588" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusWP8-HIZWSHHXq-WJuMwKa4KEGf-4oeTsKhaby3i_HMSEum2oUhK8ZG2GLZqeKXaI95Yhdhk_PWO3K1xqVOwWNOSSZmSckTUadtl2Q05MabIs6-a_HPxDx2kPDb-SjxPWurieSTDT2_IGlu1qnSgrDj7uj388wnoDBZmPSw_WC9soiFNgVXRkyrct2o/w174-h200/20230104_203213.png" width="174" /></a></div><br /><p>I need to find a new blogging site, this one drives me nuts with how it does photos, any suggestions?</p><div><div>Also I won a year long pass to the local theatre so my what I watched section should be full of new stuff this year</div><div><br /></div><div>As for what I watched</div><div><br /></div><div>Critical Role</div><div><br /></div><div>Dimension 20</div><div><br /></div><div>Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</div><div><br /></div><div>Game Of Thrones Season 7 and 8</div><div><br /></div><div>The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - I really enjoyed this, the story was intricate and had a lot of unexpected twists. I need to get the book now, and maybe even reread them all.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Polar Express: The annual christmas movie watch</div><div><br /></div><div>The Muppet Christmas Carol - The Best Christmas Carol movie, accept no substitutes….. Actually there several really good versions, this one just happens to be my favorite</div><div><br /></div><div>White Christmas - It’s not Christmas without it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wonka - I was a little leery of this given how much I disliked the Johnny Depp version, but this was actually fun and charming, and I’ll probably go back to it.</div></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-9419842821714220202023-11-24T17:51:00.000-08:002023-11-26T19:00:49.314-08:00Three Months Later<p> Somehow I keep getting later and later at this blog, so I'll get this months up early, of course that will have to include the two months before as well</p><p>September question: A<b>re you a seasonal stitcher? If so, which seasons do you find yourself more productive or less productive?</b></p><p>I am not a seasonal stitcher in the slightest. </p><p>October question: <b>How do you begin planning for the next year with your stitching? Tell us your process.</b></p><p>I honestly don't plan a lot, it's just a case of finish the one I'm working on, and sometimes I have a vague idea of what I want to do next, sometimes I just wing it.</p><p>November question: <b>What is your favorite way to finish ornaments and/or smalls?</b></p><p>Whenever possible I like to have it two sided and finish with whip stitch, this does work best on biscournu style or Mill hill snowflakes. After that I will look up a method that will work best. </p><p><br /></p><p>So progress for the last few months has been mainly on the Temperatures stitch and once November started I dropped pretty much everything and started in on ornaments, I'm having such fun with them.</p><p>So here is September and October of the Temperature stitch </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCurCFpkH4ru5REw2IzazItah8IEgLpHbJH8emSBHbQSN23vmOoQTDsHfA8YJKFf6L3moKNB_RiFSsb_ZPEpkoEh3BWIdqjeZQ-E2Bj1v4X5h-AYqtzVPITjiOi01nFKESskFMi2hsiO0ZQbzFTRuPjwEijgKAzJOhHJMZ_bgSlvAv0tPiatjNe3oOuc/s2048/386840073_831015175245558_902106590511557932_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCurCFpkH4ru5REw2IzazItah8IEgLpHbJH8emSBHbQSN23vmOoQTDsHfA8YJKFf6L3moKNB_RiFSsb_ZPEpkoEh3BWIdqjeZQ-E2Bj1v4X5h-AYqtzVPITjiOi01nFKESskFMi2hsiO0ZQbzFTRuPjwEijgKAzJOhHJMZ_bgSlvAv0tPiatjNe3oOuc/s320/386840073_831015175245558_902106590511557932_n.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivD0q3jcAiviIuH8cBHksdvyV2QNZIuztQFiJTy9qqcjCPi671rQZhTgRkMB0eZ9MBCpnKKZ7j_yUhaAx2NIDzCzB993HpY8VCQTDrcAV3veSiLHfntz_QhRXCeXvtkX3nYba3fzhGhm86NJ5AcW_fPx3a3Vn71XzUqkS6g0PDUExnDsiOqyc4Spo36DY/s2247/20230904_052249.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="1628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivD0q3jcAiviIuH8cBHksdvyV2QNZIuztQFiJTy9qqcjCPi671rQZhTgRkMB0eZ9MBCpnKKZ7j_yUhaAx2NIDzCzB993HpY8VCQTDrcAV3veSiLHfntz_QhRXCeXvtkX3nYba3fzhGhm86NJ5AcW_fPx3a3Vn71XzUqkS6g0PDUExnDsiOqyc4Spo36DY/s320/20230904_052249.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star Crystal</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPGHV4JLVuFwMjvZ0LCT-Hhr6e2Z8FfKMUsmv6PmyB_dvrljMl4ahN1UFZCXSNb8Fxkma4o_LREOcte35kPRMOE9fExcotTaSBhFxuCpVuu7hKK7zxDExB5mE4l8LAhvS-cTVj8WjesWVcmnAQLBZNXn7DKa53DukDu0r8rR-hJhyphenhyphenyIVJSiMEPCSx7yo/s4000/20231014_052956.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPGHV4JLVuFwMjvZ0LCT-Hhr6e2Z8FfKMUsmv6PmyB_dvrljMl4ahN1UFZCXSNb8Fxkma4o_LREOcte35kPRMOE9fExcotTaSBhFxuCpVuu7hKK7zxDExB5mE4l8LAhvS-cTVj8WjesWVcmnAQLBZNXn7DKa53DukDu0r8rR-hJhyphenhyphenyIVJSiMEPCSx7yo/s320/20231014_052956.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Snowflake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5K76_iROVcbwyxS0rypxFBxL3EwIADZtVHKAmNxMeka9Kx3NEDCBGDb7l3iCTkGZ_cR91MYXoHmAJ027N1hCuUpPA27P7klHHm8JGsQgpUENejE0HW8aEzO8XM0Csqy2uyzTOCsKZgO14BcndL6XpkLpaV0g1LuEQvDOb_gonvMewniJif9XTm-4bCA/s4000/20231109_210157.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5K76_iROVcbwyxS0rypxFBxL3EwIADZtVHKAmNxMeka9Kx3NEDCBGDb7l3iCTkGZ_cR91MYXoHmAJ027N1hCuUpPA27P7klHHm8JGsQgpUENejE0HW8aEzO8XM0Csqy2uyzTOCsKZgO14BcndL6XpkLpaV0g1LuEQvDOb_gonvMewniJif9XTm-4bCA/s320/20231109_210157.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal Snowflake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure I have some progress on Bellatrix, but I put her away for ornament season and forgot to take a progress shot, I'll have one next month.</p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">As for what I watched</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Critical Role</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dimension 20</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Game of Thrones Season 5 and 6</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Now I’m caught up to where I watched originally </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"><b>Men with Brooms</b> - This Canadian movie about curling is as ridiculous as it gets, it’s so fun.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Mulan</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - An absolute favorite I love the story and the music and everything about it.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"><b>Mulan 2</b> - However I’m not sure why this even exists, but I got it in a two pack so it had to be watched.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Barbie</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - I enjoyed it so much I went back</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>The Martian - </b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">one is brilliant, it’s smart and funny and heartwarming, everything I love about a disaster movie </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Also it has been determined that the movies have spent up to 900 million USD rescuing Matt Damon. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">My Big Fat Greek Wedding - It’s so hilarious and romantic, the perfect summer foil to action movies, which is why it did so well when it first came out, kind of like the Barbie movie this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 - It’s a decent sequel for a movie that didn’t need one</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">A Haunting in Venice - I rather loved this, Kenneth Branagh isn’t my favourite Poirot at all, but the movie itself is wonderfully atmospheric, he directed it brilliantly and the cinematographer was amazing</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Branded - My brother leant me this, possibly to get it out of his house quicker, this is a weird movie about the evils of advertising that weirdly takes place in Russia and morphs into a strange alien movie, it actually sounds better than it is.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">My Fair Lady - This was the first movie I ever bought, way back in the 80’s on VHS, rather appropriate that it’s one of the few Blu-rays I own now. There is a reason this is the last movie of my movie project, it has always been my very favorite there is so much joy to this movie and I can’t even count the number of times I’ve watched it, but I love it to death every time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> And that is it. I have now watched every movie (not series) I own, it only took me 10 years </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Ba’al: The Storm God - Another low budget disaster movie my brother leant me. This one has a decent storyline and a supernatural aspect that made it quite enjoyable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">And Then There Were None - Another one from my brother, this one the truly excellent most recent version of the Agatha Christie book</span></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-5288646213951027132023-09-01T13:41:00.003-07:002023-09-01T13:41:34.212-07:00Summer of Smoke: Part who knows<p> Once again my fair province is covered in forest fires, and therefore most of August has been hiding indoors avoiding the smoke, good thing I've never much liked summer anyway. Note, none of the fires are a danger to where I live (at the moment) though one is a little close for comfort,. </p><p>The July WIPocalypse question is: Which are your favorite and least favorite fabrics to stitch on?</p><p>Least favourite would have to be 14 count Aida, I just find it so stiff and bulky. In general I prefer linen and evenweaves, and my favourite would have to be 36ct evenweave though I have a lot of 28ct.</p><p>The August question is: What is your comfort zone regarding the number of projects to have kitted and in progress at any one time,</p><p>I have 3 projects on the go at the moment, which is about one more than I like to have, and none kitted, I very seldom kit anything in advance. </p><p>So in the last couple months I did a couple more ornaments, one more of the Durene Jones Polar Friends series, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO8rZ4RehnUNQ8TOP3EDs0S_5FN_g4xXpdKvCaRK7SRJICybo370Yvk8xRoL5ZwXCAz_wsNVFHtvoWR2sDL3v-C6AvcfwMLl94v6nq46-ZWjiHN7hxcOQXJlayS2rc-3rcUoQa1C8nPOU7wza7wfTZdisgLDnFmCnjW2yt0IqTTUz5tvO7HuBW6mx3nc/s3423/20230713_093442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3423" data-original-width="2820" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO8rZ4RehnUNQ8TOP3EDs0S_5FN_g4xXpdKvCaRK7SRJICybo370Yvk8xRoL5ZwXCAz_wsNVFHtvoWR2sDL3v-C6AvcfwMLl94v6nq46-ZWjiHN7hxcOQXJlayS2rc-3rcUoQa1C8nPOU7wza7wfTZdisgLDnFmCnjW2yt0IqTTUz5tvO7HuBW6mx3nc/s320/20230713_093442.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />I will finish finish these when I have completed them all. And one Mill Hill Ornament, Holiday Polar Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-PpbUaIQJGAne2mZzL4zU-gVIONw31sXUtcFbLEsVIRCwLKg7Sh6vq7SAUnKPAMg7s26ct5219pZhA1JWI7Yon_0PQG2ZZVjRm5F_RlFuFL3wKUi-av4gIzEallPon_tBYSx0vgcqwFWDT7Cv3c1y0He9YMNHIB37D2tKNy0AYHylyxRlY7Y7ohKIsw/s4000/20230809_172110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-PpbUaIQJGAne2mZzL4zU-gVIONw31sXUtcFbLEsVIRCwLKg7Sh6vq7SAUnKPAMg7s26ct5219pZhA1JWI7Yon_0PQG2ZZVjRm5F_RlFuFL3wKUi-av4gIzEallPon_tBYSx0vgcqwFWDT7Cv3c1y0He9YMNHIB37D2tKNy0AYHylyxRlY7Y7ohKIsw/s320/20230809_172110.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I also caught up on the days for the Gothic Temperature stitch and will now just fill it in a week at a time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rZQOyXEBeRYwwrvqR3WCLXVWumIUUJwKaEOavbkuIV6f5DXDZDIjQtPple9ZGLS_-2VUbTWS6QZahf2237dunx5gek_1DXqzrJNrQBfGZtHRKCgmLaKAx5bZe_pRqD9CLmuEXmNKyeAFukoNptSDLF7HaMvLaa8YKY0Urig6fiGZWWNHM2SZvlzDIcI/s2435/20230901_091504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2435" data-original-width="1739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rZQOyXEBeRYwwrvqR3WCLXVWumIUUJwKaEOavbkuIV6f5DXDZDIjQtPple9ZGLS_-2VUbTWS6QZahf2237dunx5gek_1DXqzrJNrQBfGZtHRKCgmLaKAx5bZe_pRqD9CLmuEXmNKyeAFukoNptSDLF7HaMvLaa8YKY0Urig6fiGZWWNHM2SZvlzDIcI/s320/20230901_091504.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p><br /></p><p>Critical Role</p><p>Dimension 20</p><p>Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</p><p>White Collar Season 6 - It was a short season to wrap up the show, and had an acceptable ending, but the first couple years were my favorite</p><p>Game of Thrones Season 4 - I thought this was the last one I saw, but I must have lost track in the middle of 5. So much happened this season. It was awesome</p><p>Game of Thrones Season 5</p><p>Good Omens Season 2 - Such fun and such a cliffhanger ending, can’t wait to see what happens next, but that may take awhile.</p><p>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It’s nice to see Indie swashing buckles again, it was a satisfying addition to the series and I loved his goddaughter </p><p>Men In Black - This one is so much fun and still has really satisfactory effects after all these years</p><p>The Maze Runner - This is a great twisting mystery of a movie, it has a cool premise and leaves a lot of questions</p><p>The Scorch Trial and The Death Cure - Unfortunately the answers to those questions were zombies and the second two movies do not live up to the promise of the first, I do enjoy the main actors though</p><p>Pokemon: Detective Pickachu - I heard a lot of good things about this, but have almost no interest in pokemon, but I found this in a bargain bin and thought “Why not?” and boy am I glad I did, this was so much fun, and rather beautiful as well.</p><p>The Man from Snowy River - This one is always sensational, great story about the old west in Australia. It has soaring scenery and music as well. In fact I sometimes find myself humming it randomly and have done so since 1982 when it first came out.</p><p>Return to Snowy River - A very good sequel to the first.</p><p>Spearphishing 3 - Now I have never seen, nor heard of 1 and 2 and would have no reason to even know about this low budget independent film out of Edmonton. Except that an old friend from high school that I hadn’t seen in 30ish years stopped by and handed it to me as he’s the star of the show. And it is a fun cops vs Russians in an attempt on the PM's life movie, maybe I can find the other two somewhere. And apparently they are going to make a fourth.</p><p>Miss Congeniality - Always a fun watch, Sandra Bullock is one of my favs and this one is a hoot, there is a second, but I wasn’t that fond of it.</p><p>Barbie - As a Barbie collector I was a little leery of this one, but was it ever good. It told both the positive and negative aspects of Barbie without demeaning those that liked to play with her. It had great social commentary and a brilliant soundtrack, I especially enjoyed the cover of Matchbox Twenty’s “Push” given that I saw them live in May.</p><p>Moana - I didn’t see this one until years after it came out, and it is a fun Disney with the usual great music.</p><p>Monster’s University - Another one I bought sight unseen, but it was very worth it, a nice prequel that actually did add to the story of the original</p><p>Monster’s Inc - I love this one and a lot of that is because in general I do not enjoy children in movies, they tend to be written as rude and/or smart alecs but my beloved Boo is not. She is adorable, and I may have a lovely porcelain figure of her and maybe a doll in my car as well. The movie itself is great as well.</p><p>Mary Poppins - It’s a lovely piece of my childhood, so much fun, and as I have said previously. I adore Julie Andrews</p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-71695835794201115692023-06-30T11:55:00.003-07:002023-06-30T11:55:56.021-07:00Half Year<p> It's been a fairly uneventful couple of months except for a quick trip to Vancouver in May to see Stars on Ice and Matchbox 20, they were two days apart and I couldn't resist. </p><p>The WIPocalypse question for May was What project brings you the most joy and why?</p><p>This would have to be Wentzler's Stroke of Midnight, she was so intricate and fun to stitch as well as a beautiful gift for my mother.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J4UE0eZN9H4RBVGXVebt00wxG-qpX6Vb5kUv69Vb652jWFDKIKnRFpHECynkABb6Du6F-JmO_G4be_vP4EIg190r726J_if82Q9tKuluVmP0uLV0nLH-0uJSrprAJbzSxMhkBi_BDtJyWTdaIrP-L9xBoQFdk_6X-OMWmwX2bN8kvVW5mFr4SqS4eE0/s2048/IMG_6241a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J4UE0eZN9H4RBVGXVebt00wxG-qpX6Vb5kUv69Vb652jWFDKIKnRFpHECynkABb6Du6F-JmO_G4be_vP4EIg190r726J_if82Q9tKuluVmP0uLV0nLH-0uJSrprAJbzSxMhkBi_BDtJyWTdaIrP-L9xBoQFdk_6X-OMWmwX2bN8kvVW5mFr4SqS4eE0/s320/IMG_6241a.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The question for June is Half-year recap: How are you doing with your goals so far this year?</p><p>I've been doing really well on my goals, the main thing I wanted to do was finish Lion King and work of ornaments a bit more often and I've done both. The week once a month for ornaments is working well for me and I have finished one and started another, I'm having such fun with this polar bear/penguin creations by Durene Jones. They will make great and very appropriate charismas gifts from me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0XyeOYi1enop-Vxgli6du2Ou3iONBIpxGmyE8akC4JItBr-KxSscmy__8EBAed-ar6jgLIKDLA7mpD31EB9Vin7EjD8xucovj4QG8_emCfoYOfIdLViiiV1ncJ6s9GIDUSRXM4L8mTCy8NiEAIeEiKMFDN-HBxRXoWDlPj4HkxJNolRea-khyUxnxwc/s4000/20230607_210751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0XyeOYi1enop-Vxgli6du2Ou3iONBIpxGmyE8akC4JItBr-KxSscmy__8EBAed-ar6jgLIKDLA7mpD31EB9Vin7EjD8xucovj4QG8_emCfoYOfIdLViiiV1ncJ6s9GIDUSRXM4L8mTCy8NiEAIeEiKMFDN-HBxRXoWDlPj4HkxJNolRea-khyUxnxwc/s320/20230607_210751.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I've done a bit more on Bellatrix, but I also ripped out all the green vines and redid them in a darker colour, so while a lot was done, it doesn't really look like it<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfsNSJ0NyeR_86OQf2rjQMGbBTTCOIWNb4emu2NI86uLKXDbVXx2GOvZOH5oV3Bc3f2NHBeJgOJ8Gb87GuG05sJOxwleB4Ag9MdAyewodij3XrV9vLMwCDJtG_jwAgf_jbvRQBju7FbceLY4LsuEklLaElGJ03W2BlKnsXP_JA1nVA_LoZBNIXmf7bSQ/s3900/20230615_090503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3900" data-original-width="2898" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfsNSJ0NyeR_86OQf2rjQMGbBTTCOIWNb4emu2NI86uLKXDbVXx2GOvZOH5oV3Bc3f2NHBeJgOJ8Gb87GuG05sJOxwleB4Ag9MdAyewodij3XrV9vLMwCDJtG_jwAgf_jbvRQBju7FbceLY4LsuEklLaElGJ03W2BlKnsXP_JA1nVA_LoZBNIXmf7bSQ/s320/20230615_090503.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I am concentrating on the Gothic Cathedral temperature stitch at the moment since it's so much easier to do the repeating complicated patterns all at once. I suspect this won't take me too long and then I'll get back to Bellatrix and the ornaments. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcULWzux0k3nuT_sfSrargVdn__IlzObts-N_oqBnHE3RejBo7clgYH8SLf5pUInUT2OKU4SYvgGhjm3xX0Rt6lJXPKuPV6xgFztA64gMuWyeWlovrpoC8Yy67VVP1ePY8oHGbFQga0BUTl6Qw2cqN7VMk2TcjBMgy9AHyiFnXMun-MAFKwp4bsImPeVs/s3627/20230630_102020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3627" data-original-width="2793" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcULWzux0k3nuT_sfSrargVdn__IlzObts-N_oqBnHE3RejBo7clgYH8SLf5pUInUT2OKU4SYvgGhjm3xX0Rt6lJXPKuPV6xgFztA64gMuWyeWlovrpoC8Yy67VVP1ePY8oHGbFQga0BUTl6Qw2cqN7VMk2TcjBMgy9AHyiFnXMun-MAFKwp4bsImPeVs/s320/20230630_102020.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p><br /></p><p>Critical Role</p><p>Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</p><p>Carnival Row Season 2 - Takes off nicely from where the first season left off, I really enjoy this series.</p><p>White Collar Season 5 - Not as good as previous seasons but still a fun show</p><p>Gambit - A satisfying heist movie with Colin Firth, </p><p>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - Not sure this needed a sequel but since they did one you would think they would follow the history that was so clearly laid out in the original, but nope. On the other hand there is still great music and fun to this.</p><p>The Mummy (The good Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weiss version) This is one of those rare perfect movies, it has the best balance of adventure, humor, romance and horror, something that seems to be very hard to do</p><p>Major League - As previously stated I love sports movies and I think this one is my favorite, it has the perfect blend of scrappy underdogs and humour, unfortunately it has a completely unnecessary almost creepy stalkery thing going on that passes for romance in the 80’s, but that’s it’s only downfall everything else is perfect</p><p>My Science Project - This is a fun little 80’s flick about a couple students who raid a military trash heap, find some alien tech that warps time and space and try to use it as their science projects, it’s not a great movie, but it is a good one.</p><p>Much Ado About Nothing - Typical Shakespeare comedy of misunderstandings. this is the Joss Whedon version that has an amazing cast.</p><p>Monte Carlo - This was a bit of fluff aimed at fans of Selena Gomez in 2011, but it’s a very fun piece of fluff about mistaken identity and romantic shenanigans.</p><p>The Matrix - I remember the first time I saw this, opening night in the theatre and thinking that it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I still think that, it’s such a fun stylish movie, accept none of the massive amount of copycats. This is still the best.</p><p>The Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions - It’s well known that the sequels are nowhere near the original, but I bought them as a set so I have them all, accept the newest, might pick that up soon out of curiosity</p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-56586378307231204932023-05-05T10:06:00.004-07:002023-05-05T10:06:48.457-07:00Finally Finished<p> The best news of this month was that I finally after three years. finished The Lion King </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindKaYmACEQHksZd0i-x472X9eUDiZEhfrn0i_OJ01C1PWTuy-Ur7B-HBftFRc-TuJdooYBu6dw8yGz2pzl6fITD0YHV1jbusSTAowHNhJdQ4OTQuvo2uoR_h8_hkcTD3H2Vip57TZkWwVTlpqFpO0ef4zKYl_hePH8tgRV1z4suysCCHGZsmf3cal/s2781/20230505_091413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="2781" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindKaYmACEQHksZd0i-x472X9eUDiZEhfrn0i_OJ01C1PWTuy-Ur7B-HBftFRc-TuJdooYBu6dw8yGz2pzl6fITD0YHV1jbusSTAowHNhJdQ4OTQuvo2uoR_h8_hkcTD3H2Vip57TZkWwVTlpqFpO0ef4zKYl_hePH8tgRV1z4suysCCHGZsmf3cal/s320/20230505_091413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The bonus of that means that I get to work on Bellatrix more </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC7odeZ0Jt3jXSrAPx3FRJ20uUFiM9V_Mtfl2Ym5FCCQTIb_bS4PH9p32kXgPV3mFC0f8kZe1BM17aKn-oL7bVGf7yp_Xkii8zTSwCn5ecaH-Zco7XOYlJlylAh7XWJXyNQ0hnb_uWKAXcMr5xLMYylJ7P7okUquXhpnHBFeEVqa5PAogbqKbmRIe/s4000/20230505_091632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC7odeZ0Jt3jXSrAPx3FRJ20uUFiM9V_Mtfl2Ym5FCCQTIb_bS4PH9p32kXgPV3mFC0f8kZe1BM17aKn-oL7bVGf7yp_Xkii8zTSwCn5ecaH-Zco7XOYlJlylAh7XWJXyNQ0hnb_uWKAXcMr5xLMYylJ7P7okUquXhpnHBFeEVqa5PAogbqKbmRIe/s320/20230505_091632.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>and I've started to do my ornaments throughout the year, this won't look like much until the backstitching goes in. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHzUdcoP7JB0B36aNuHihxGnl0FbjyrHtaHz5Jkl-yXMTJn1v35gmRPsNJ1Le7U_7VwR9G-_C17hN1S_EDs5wJmGMKawoWUEreTMMQlu1yWvJK89HIQDMtK8jGLm8CRO4U3bigbAZvQTRaZzQJhXLf8BwLevWBsY5U8sVJ25eiiBlHhjNqa7GwrfZ/s3000/20230503_205848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="3000" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHzUdcoP7JB0B36aNuHihxGnl0FbjyrHtaHz5Jkl-yXMTJn1v35gmRPsNJ1Le7U_7VwR9G-_C17hN1S_EDs5wJmGMKawoWUEreTMMQlu1yWvJK89HIQDMtK8jGLm8CRO4U3bigbAZvQTRaZzQJhXLf8BwLevWBsY5U8sVJ25eiiBlHhjNqa7GwrfZ/s320/20230503_205848.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p>I also started the Gothic Cathedral temperature stitch</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1LtbPJh4WkzYhDAgb3CUTEw7f4DrB-6y6KSAdj97hgH4MI4d4fqxUNNaIq0bclQY3zw85tEpnDl9h3DBh_0KcRFYpKnSnbI-uv8Y2DXdB4LY_pc_ajBfdBHQ0OkVa2nQVhXcyQdh0qAm1hOIxJXS0OXSYnKhZCQ-QgUM53oz6pGxauYPzS5PqM_u/s2188/20230504_212706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="1931" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1LtbPJh4WkzYhDAgb3CUTEw7f4DrB-6y6KSAdj97hgH4MI4d4fqxUNNaIq0bclQY3zw85tEpnDl9h3DBh_0KcRFYpKnSnbI-uv8Y2DXdB4LY_pc_ajBfdBHQ0OkVa2nQVhXcyQdh0qAm1hOIxJXS0OXSYnKhZCQ-QgUM53oz6pGxauYPzS5PqM_u/s320/20230504_212706.jpg" width="282" /></a></p><p>and I finished these little daffodils that are from a keychain kit a friend gave me</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHw7Z60dgnzhXF0H5uTph-RZqVGc6hSEWa3D4PGoS4gqUwXUORrg69vQ2xSz-NzSmCUO_lpv7pc3ejlFaZ57YDYxVnXjkdfYCzi7-LHHj8mVe4JtWOqXuatDqXvmxrqEXcfbd5DKMIqMwRO_MQVZIFqcYNizTJH_2-xANUyWHcbsoyN-cEdD9Kpp0S/s1514/20230410_161302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="1514" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHw7Z60dgnzhXF0H5uTph-RZqVGc6hSEWa3D4PGoS4gqUwXUORrg69vQ2xSz-NzSmCUO_lpv7pc3ejlFaZ57YDYxVnXjkdfYCzi7-LHHj8mVe4JtWOqXuatDqXvmxrqEXcfbd5DKMIqMwRO_MQVZIFqcYNizTJH_2-xANUyWHcbsoyN-cEdD9Kpp0S/s320/20230410_161302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And after assuming that I woulnd't be doing anything else this year after my trip, I bought tickets for two shows in Vancouver in May</p><p>The WIPocalypse question of the month is</p><p><b>Give us five projects in your stash right now that you’d really love to start – and why you haven’t yet</b>.</p><p>And I don't really have an answer to this one. It implies a level of planning that I just don't have. At this point I'm not even sure what my next start will be after I finish Bellatrix.</p><p>As for what I watched</p><p><br /></p><p>Critical Role</p><p>Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs</p><p>Carnival Row Season 2 - Takes off nicely from where the first season left off, I really enjoy this series.</p><p>The Mighty Ducks - I do love sports movies and this was my first introduction to Josh Jackson and I’ve followed him through a bunch of shows.</p><p>The Mighty Ducks 2 - Whoever wrote this movie seems to know absolutely nothing about sports</p><p>The Mighty Ducks 3 - This one is actually pretty good, much better than the 2nd </p><p>Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among thieves - This one was a whole lot of fun, good storyline and follow the rules of D&D in a clever way</p><p>Matilda - A wonderful kids movie that is very satisfying for non-kids </p><p>The Merchant of Venice - I knew very little of this Shakespear play and while I can’t call it a favourite if I had the chance to see it live, I’d probably take it. This was the Al Pacino version from 2004</p><p>Mamma Mia - This movie is just pure joy.</p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-27493108512636466392023-03-26T15:22:00.001-07:002023-03-26T15:22:40.378-07:00Time of my Life<p> Once again I skipped a month, but for good reason as I was away all February on the trip I booked three years ago and have been planning for around 10 years and it was completely worth it, I went to Argentina, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbTsld6mZzdlgZyGlLaPzkFpLWbbTtPWZGYXkHdZsO-Sz68vggkUSDClO-v-NDjSLXZKCxnGrjVAKWYBtfEU3gX9g1f7uwxNlDcM6pmju_kECkWAHOomHFDvPA-09DxA0ZsW-apz-ImuKG9FclezTTtKLxUqloCESJDusiFoixxj79LwXoCOYBY4q/s5184/IMG_5124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbTsld6mZzdlgZyGlLaPzkFpLWbbTtPWZGYXkHdZsO-Sz68vggkUSDClO-v-NDjSLXZKCxnGrjVAKWYBtfEU3gX9g1f7uwxNlDcM6pmju_kECkWAHOomHFDvPA-09DxA0ZsW-apz-ImuKG9FclezTTtKLxUqloCESJDusiFoixxj79LwXoCOYBY4q/s320/IMG_5124.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Uruguay,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="5015" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-XWdyvsQlljAD-EQJIrRg7SbpISBzI_8FC1u_Q2DqL4JagwBZ_vljvjqEqrgflBA0NdIhsSy9o-aQ2l0YMzWLqCPtxjSdnITqypa68EDkOGuIiy0alqByKGHkHJcu558Q8PzJ7cExrWDVDo8qqNe2l6NbourevB7dRf8neMWogMn6bJ3MTxGT4Zj/s320/IMG_7383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />and spent 5 days in the Antarctica, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eSwQHb-3Ywmf0-dvsu63xfwV6b0n-e89AacxG20TJpVzppf86H6nKIRMrRlwsfEHLMlKxD87_SoMkGAb6V0-Ias3kRdn6RzcoLgi5KkftMQEp_WfTG1onVzFapKjRH6lxWaGvos_iD1aNExFjmJ2rLGjM9L-owYkvLE4ozKguhVOEYdUBPF-Z2yY/s3236/IMG_6450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="3236" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eSwQHb-3Ywmf0-dvsu63xfwV6b0n-e89AacxG20TJpVzppf86H6nKIRMrRlwsfEHLMlKxD87_SoMkGAb6V0-Ias3kRdn6RzcoLgi5KkftMQEp_WfTG1onVzFapKjRH6lxWaGvos_iD1aNExFjmJ2rLGjM9L-owYkvLE4ozKguhVOEYdUBPF-Z2yY/s320/IMG_6450.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCeJ6CYOAqFGSHQqUYlOBruSsbuNW3U_Qip2yTQ9MJTwI3EMjbo-y8TPGKWuFDfvA7UOdVFLt3elpwskTmTM3vExYfT9AibKTsPr3AD3Rywd_8sm9_I4Ro_rpCjNP7GfdYphGJ1b53uC7YwQ5p6ySmptX2Rh_sl8AqF3ilKjld-mpgqct1iK9lVSy/s320/IMG_6018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>So February's question was What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year?</p><p>Other than this one, I don't have any going this year.</p><p>And March's question is Tell us about your favorite places to buy stitching supplies.</p><p>Online I try to support Traditional Stitches as it's one of the few Canadian supply stores that deliver and locally I love a shop in Kelowna called Yarns and Needlecrafts, they are mainly a knitting/crochet store but carry a decent amount of cross stitch stuff and at least a couple of the people there stitch themselves so a good conversation often happens</p><p>As for this months stitching, I did take a Mill Hill kit along on my trip, I don't think I stitched more than 50 stitches on it the whole trip, but here's proof of Antarctic stitching</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOKO_vrN9ZYwASEtxKRj37qv5c3pvekijVSmP7AHw3IKaKvIiwBh4tHAj0EzlVmVGyrMPxw4oTeukAgXvLT9kPFoLiSZ2X0-tSQxm6hFmJpCXoVgCi62w76zGHNtG1JMoSt6ebzK6EboGNMCWY3XiR-W97FNTbTFUw3vWTN24YFdcjdg379uOLQVY/s4000/20230214_172326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOKO_vrN9ZYwASEtxKRj37qv5c3pvekijVSmP7AHw3IKaKvIiwBh4tHAj0EzlVmVGyrMPxw4oTeukAgXvLT9kPFoLiSZ2X0-tSQxm6hFmJpCXoVgCi62w76zGHNtG1JMoSt6ebzK6EboGNMCWY3XiR-W97FNTbTFUw3vWTN24YFdcjdg379uOLQVY/s320/20230214_172326.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Once I got home, other than organizing my pictures, my focus was on The Lion King, and I finally got everything done but the backstitching, I will definitely finish in April</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6Gzmok3vK0EMqWodHWMWwYwB_2oJ52fj-fAAVNz3_JbqbZvN4KTv-Uh4Mayb8O9Y2lGLgb4iWOb_JwRHI_mVBiil_8ATvtNVtroPhVctY5CHz9XnhZiyMditS_VEPmU25T4jj6_6JanCjMVzUkAz0BUhNX-BKVSCONpH0EKKNzfJxq6d1YhtOfbB/s4000/20230321_174844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6Gzmok3vK0EMqWodHWMWwYwB_2oJ52fj-fAAVNz3_JbqbZvN4KTv-Uh4Mayb8O9Y2lGLgb4iWOb_JwRHI_mVBiil_8ATvtNVtroPhVctY5CHz9XnhZiyMditS_VEPmU25T4jj6_6JanCjMVzUkAz0BUhNX-BKVSCONpH0EKKNzfJxq6d1YhtOfbB/s320/20230321_174844.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p><br /></p><p>Critical Role and the last 6 episode of Legend of Vox Machina season 2. Critical Role has been my main focus, I have a month to catch up on</p><p>A Star is Born - the new one, pretty good but not really my style, though it did kill time well on the plane</p><p>Everything Everywhere All At Once - This one was weird by good, also watched on the plane and the sound was not stellar, so I think I need to watch it again to see what I missed</p><p>Crazy Rich Asians - Another plane movie, and really typical romantic comedy, didn’t really stand out at all</p><p>Maid - The final of the plane shows, I wanted to see this one because I follow the cinematographer on Instagram and it’s filmed on Vancouver Island</p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-29015434616206617492023-01-28T19:37:00.001-08:002023-01-28T19:37:13.595-08:00January, bleak and drear<p> It's a day early for the WIPocalypse but for good reason, tomorrow I leave on my TRIP. I have taken along a little Mill Hill kit, but I don't expect much stitching to get done, as I've never managed to stitch while on a moving vehicle, I like to spread out to much. And I suspect once I get on the cruise ship I'll be doing other things, but you never know I might have a quiet night here or there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArfmXxBgcvAB0cyeASd-ZRXVQrjbSA70-6criSudz5ltfMTjinpyOAi7egGPdhCe94Vf3xufuGa6teb83i9wsXpsRzzcEWJUjumw2Eckn-P4J25YdDBzykqibV6rgv6ErTdVj5CPoiILmV4znfKicLvFjRHCjf7Kyf7Y-Ep34Y179hReDmqbvjN9M/s714/map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="714" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArfmXxBgcvAB0cyeASd-ZRXVQrjbSA70-6criSudz5ltfMTjinpyOAi7egGPdhCe94Vf3xufuGa6teb83i9wsXpsRzzcEWJUjumw2Eckn-P4J25YdDBzykqibV6rgv6ErTdVj5CPoiILmV4znfKicLvFjRHCjf7Kyf7Y-Ep34Y179hReDmqbvjN9M/w200-h191/map.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The question of the month is: <b>If you have been to retreats, what are your must-bring items and supplies?</b></p><p>I have never been to a retreat but it sounds fun, so I shall watch for everyone else's answers to find out what to bring when I get to one</p><p>I've made quite a bit of progress on Lion King and now I set him down till March, and then maybe finish him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKl17vofLFC0CuJWC0HeT3vdD0bzNSaNVVIR6e-tUy3IVdnWIeGkJEcy0KWwdU-nq5HS6eJNokWAwY9RWwPt92MFSfCOu3_PAVAMaMYQ8ZVYebviN9fNQWgbLrzCEkq-S_TC1csyQkvJmFaD_08XfnC_HIxIcRH_rE37Qh9y-SciK-0MLAQhe2eAn/s275/328207086_706860644270185_5515206692222712996_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKl17vofLFC0CuJWC0HeT3vdD0bzNSaNVVIR6e-tUy3IVdnWIeGkJEcy0KWwdU-nq5HS6eJNokWAwY9RWwPt92MFSfCOu3_PAVAMaMYQ8ZVYebviN9fNQWgbLrzCEkq-S_TC1csyQkvJmFaD_08XfnC_HIxIcRH_rE37Qh9y-SciK-0MLAQhe2eAn/s1600/328207086_706860644270185_5515206692222712996_n.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role and the first 6 episode of Legend of Vox Machina season 2</p><p>Bridgerton Season 2 - I do love how they have done this series, can’t wait for season 3 to come out</p><p>Avatar: The Way of Water - This movie was so pretty but I suspect the plot will be fairly forgettable for me, like the first one one, but so pretty</p><p>Jurassic World: Dominion - I know this one got panned, but I liked it, it’s a solid entry to the series and I really enjoyed the melding of the Park and World characters. </p><p>Les Girls - I adore Gene Kelly and this is perhaps my favourite of his, it’s a story told three times with three different viewpoints as a former dancer sues one of her old roommates over a tell all book, and the truth comes out in flashbacks with lots of great music.</p><p>The Lion King - As always the first 5 minutes are worth anything to watch. This show is amazing and beautiful and obviously I’m talking about the original, accept no substitute (except the broadway musical, it’s pretty awesome too.)</p><p>Labyrinth - Why do some many good shows start with L, especially 80’s fantasies </p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-85895826487441627672023-01-10T17:38:00.000-08:002023-01-10T17:38:13.634-08:00Hello 2023<p> It's 2023 and it's going to be a good year, I insist on it. Mainly because this is the year I'm finally going on the trip that has been postponed twice. But I have other plans as well. Let's start with the WIPocalypse Update, I'm not sure how long I've been doing WIPocalypse now, at this point it's probably the only reason I maintain this blog at all, so on to a new year we go</p><p><b>Question of the Month</b>: Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!</p><p>Hi, I'm Nancy and I live in western Canada if you search for me around the internet I lurk here and there as Katjakay especially on Deviant Art, Tumblr, and Instagram I've been stitching for around 15 years now and have a tendency towards doing bigger projects, I am predominantly a one or two at a time stitcher and seldom rotate, I like to finish before I start something new. I've strayed from that a little the last couple years which is why I'm starting my third year on The Lion King, but this will be the year I finish, I'm aiming for April</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLEjp12q7wGUMjhMAmurS2KHsrLOtbS8LD2AMZrgCEw6H-1SOmi0wFePS8MIr92vzG9LInc7c0x14DKn2NzpLb_xmEFyEqDWGo8WEs9gQPu2IKGYj-lIpfcs95qe2CcMRjlkh5Vp9XUItGfkzw9NvlgJc2opYItVUelzGdVVyau0OOPEvr20iRgMV/s4608/20221110_214709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLEjp12q7wGUMjhMAmurS2KHsrLOtbS8LD2AMZrgCEw6H-1SOmi0wFePS8MIr92vzG9LInc7c0x14DKn2NzpLb_xmEFyEqDWGo8WEs9gQPu2IKGYj-lIpfcs95qe2CcMRjlkh5Vp9XUItGfkzw9NvlgJc2opYItVUelzGdVVyau0OOPEvr20iRgMV/s320/20221110_214709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Other projects I have planned is to finish <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1079241315/bellatrix-by-bella-filipina-designs" target="_blank">Bellatrix</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNpgTAOv_VaspAb_jRqw-w-EAymio9aSrYWB64v_pJCOyyUHPt0PQd97P2JVWYkJHPYcCfAfOVW7vKReUee4XPYTU95M0soD9dD7MzM3MvUJmsQPaXrYQ1SyVszH0pHi_gM4bEQuRw8GkKzw4JrNBWUvn1N6grwmzTUcs2eRtbQeIFIy3LcNwLdiJ/s4096/20220622_202115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNpgTAOv_VaspAb_jRqw-w-EAymio9aSrYWB64v_pJCOyyUHPt0PQd97P2JVWYkJHPYcCfAfOVW7vKReUee4XPYTU95M0soD9dD7MzM3MvUJmsQPaXrYQ1SyVszH0pHi_gM4bEQuRw8GkKzw4JrNBWUvn1N6grwmzTUcs2eRtbQeIFIy3LcNwLdiJ/s320/20220622_202115.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> and to start the <a href="https://circlecross.net/product/goth/?fbclid=IwAR0qpcymfSnPj-IKPpoUiVlo8HIBe30T6Aa59q5Ff4UqcGQdBmm5eync0dE" target="_blank">Gothic Cathedral Temperature</a> stitch. I'm already keeping a record of the temps this year.<p></p><p>I'm also thinking of putting aside a week each month to do a Mill Hill ornament, I want to give them away at Christmas I did finish one already this week </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgbzoUjDFRLSgKv8E7_htAds1n7yL4SWud2GUeMC7-K47Aswito0ijQHNlFa9RzBOY6ueyRcVrNCJwjpxHunAR0eONM2wzm7a2CxAVtkPWJh9fnHKKy50PxcP5Mo4cksN3G2CZl6pQgSz6-l1lUTDaRDCqGlgfIDrJ2JaJx7gm4pQzPQy01-cJEAm/s2981/20230104_203213.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="2588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgbzoUjDFRLSgKv8E7_htAds1n7yL4SWud2GUeMC7-K47Aswito0ijQHNlFa9RzBOY6ueyRcVrNCJwjpxHunAR0eONM2wzm7a2CxAVtkPWJh9fnHKKy50PxcP5Mo4cksN3G2CZl6pQgSz6-l1lUTDaRDCqGlgfIDrJ2JaJx7gm4pQzPQy01-cJEAm/s320/20230104_203213.png" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The other thing to know about me is that when I started this blog in November of 2013 I also started watching every movie I own in alphabetical order, but starting at each end and working towards the middle, I will also finish this this year, possibly also in April and it is the source of the What I Watched section of this blog</p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role</p><p>Bridgerton Season 1 - This was a lot of fun and while it differs greatly from the books it still maintained the feel of the series.</p><p>Legally Blonde 1 and 2 - The first is the best by far, it has such a good sense of humour,but they came as a set so I had to watch both cause that’s my rules</p><p>Ladyhawke - So here I am in the middle of the “L’s” and I only have Ladyhawke, one of my all time favourite movies on a very old and faded VHS. It seemed like the perfect time to replace it with DVD, but none was to be found, apparently it is only available in North America, on Blu-ray - so did I buy myself a blu-ray player just so I could own a better copy of Ladyhawke - you bet I did. </p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-75894013787194842862022-12-31T09:37:00.002-08:002022-12-31T09:37:39.258-08:00Year End Wrap Up<p> I haven't blogged here since September and it's been a long few months. I did get to go on my weekend holiday to Halcyon Hot Springs, just two nights of doing nothing by driving around in beautiful scenery and soaking in a hot spring. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GNaRZyAsg_NXozV437Ycr2ET4tXJk7-YkrWHw2PNOAgY6g0FC_6DfA0pWcXvHC1rSb_LWERv0vSLBmvWeUYO4u8rkMtvR_BCqQlYDN7Uhe39gLrGE-TiJIuoewkp8A64mpynejbKfDnSsfYELHXZsAczQVq2N-SZ0R1Pj587g2Y92wF2VNqeMWRk/s5184/IMG_4941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GNaRZyAsg_NXozV437Ycr2ET4tXJk7-YkrWHw2PNOAgY6g0FC_6DfA0pWcXvHC1rSb_LWERv0vSLBmvWeUYO4u8rkMtvR_BCqQlYDN7Uhe39gLrGE-TiJIuoewkp8A64mpynejbKfDnSsfYELHXZsAczQVq2N-SZ0R1Pj587g2Y92wF2VNqeMWRk/s320/IMG_4941.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>But the rest of the time was not happy, my father went to the hospital at the end of October and passed away on Christmas Eve, he was 94 and mainly cheerful till the end. He was an amazing Dad.</p><p>WIPocalypse questions that I missed were </p><p><b>Do you prefer Halloween or Christmas stitching?</b>. I love both, but Christmas ornaments are just so much fun to make.</p><p><b>When do you begin planning your stitching goals for the next year?</b> Honestly I don't plan much of anything and when I do I usually change it. But I usually plan what's next when I start something new. </p><p>And the December question </p><p><b>Recap your accomplishments for the year! (Your finishes, your final before/after photos, etc).</b> Time for the pictures, I actually go a lot done on Lion King this year and will definitly finish it in the next couple months, note February does not count this year as I will be away for all of it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdlHsLHTEMehgrayRWJi2_rvA9uwyfRodFePQTpigeO8-4qgWZ9dXU3xEYC_esQuUbWlZ-PCi960CITia8paKHMWehafgeQd_hkwdpYel2wbG2_Y-snZa3tbelDEg-RwrjGcfZc3zwNZm_-gD11cwOk62j52RgxcZCw-iOuFtgfZc1SuOdPtwSeky/s4608/20221110_214709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdlHsLHTEMehgrayRWJi2_rvA9uwyfRodFePQTpigeO8-4qgWZ9dXU3xEYC_esQuUbWlZ-PCi960CITia8paKHMWehafgeQd_hkwdpYel2wbG2_Y-snZa3tbelDEg-RwrjGcfZc3zwNZm_-gD11cwOk62j52RgxcZCw-iOuFtgfZc1SuOdPtwSeky/s320/20221110_214709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I also got a good start on Bellatrix by Bella Filipina </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PgKKI44OgxWf2kUZtpoNQtK1RtXZFJzZXukJekcqryX7vYNOHoYz39ChKBTnuDS8vh9pjOi2JXQn4uvw3P9EH9pYHERH_oO5RMpxtY-EQS1NSh0PvwchOwf5M4-dxyw70d1BgvfENbl3uVWzBovSU3rHa1kV3mUYd857kXY69lbGzB3YEeER_383/s4096/20220622_202115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PgKKI44OgxWf2kUZtpoNQtK1RtXZFJzZXukJekcqryX7vYNOHoYz39ChKBTnuDS8vh9pjOi2JXQn4uvw3P9EH9pYHERH_oO5RMpxtY-EQS1NSh0PvwchOwf5M4-dxyw70d1BgvfENbl3uVWzBovSU3rHa1kV3mUYd857kXY69lbGzB3YEeER_383/s320/20220622_202115.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>And as usual did a bunch of ornaments, one is still to be finished, which might even happen later today</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiCD75dPUr6SHzenYTj67KQTq2CPiigi6sJqtn-FrxtWOaPIcxvbyMM5eyfOFQGgG_bd7oh4_wpmGvp9NVno6au1xRXXwgMD08rUen_9FfIeEYmx0827P83k0-6gUkajSsOfGU2fL8lcWXxyEp3QAMSiOCWEu_hIg7HzoaMHuUexUiVq4Xbt5Zb2k/s4000/20221229_164130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS29aC5LHa3R5AMQVgTT39X5SspN0tRXbe0SYw_eomFq9MSs0TLKSBUpALbQSWVehYCiXYsvlSG33YRKgFH8xNku3SfvAxFlk6s5OUavF5fSUJ9RleI8N4CNUAeQ3WJ20vxWhjOVrtx21TqV4jgG5JzY_oHOLcb2DYhfCkwEc7r0LJ2hXifD0ot8z/w150-h200/20221207_201648.jpg" width="150" /></a><p></p><p>Critical Role</p><p>The Legend of Korra - Season 4 - This has been such a good series I can’t wait to watch it again</p><p>White Collar Season 3 - 4</p><p>Brigerton - Finally got to this, I read all the books years ago and so far it seems fun and in the spirit of the books</p><p>Love and Friendship - Based on a Jane Austen novella, I can’t say this was a favourite, not a lot of very likeable people in it and kind of choppy as well.</p><p>Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 - These are very dated now, but if you ignore that, they are still great action movies. I always disliked the ones that came after this as they turned a dark gritty action series into a comedy, I was highly amused that in 2 the subtitles censored the swear words of a 18A rated movie. Why? I don’t understand.</p><p>The Show Must Go On: The Queen and Adam Lambert Story - I’m not a big documentary watcher, but I’m a fan of both and wanted to see how they got together, it’s a really interesting show with of course phenomenal music</p><p>The Lego Movie - Another one I bought sight unseen because it was cheap and friends recommended it, and I see why, this one is a ton of fun.</p><p>Little Shop of Horrors - I haven't seen this since it was in theatres and remembered it as quirky and fun, which it is, and it has great music, but I doubt I’ll want to watch it again soon so I don’t think this one is a keeper</p><p>L.A. Confidential - This is an amazingly done, dark and gritty mystery, I always forget how good it is. Especially since I’m not a fan of most of the actors in it</p><p>The Losers - I bought this one just because I liked the actors in it and it was well worth it. It’s a fun and smart action adventure type that should have been a bigger hit that it was.</p><p>The Divergent Series - I reread the books recently so of course I had to rewatch the movies</p><p>Howl’s Moving Castle - I’ve heard amazing things about this movie over the years but had never seen it. But the local theatre has started doing Anime nights and this was the first show so of course I went, and it was a good if not better than I had heard.</p><p>Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: A fun adventure about owls which I love and is why I bought this one sight unseen, and it’s worth it. </p><p>The Cincinnati Kid - Old Steve MacQueen movie about a gamble trying to make a bigger name for himself, some of this move is very very dated and some is really good.</p><p>The Towering Inferno - My brother is on a Steve MacQueen kick so he’s lending me ones he thought I would like, and this one is perfect for me, it’s an amazing disaster movie, I think I’ll have to add it to my own collection. </p><p>The Little Mermaid - Always a fun one with such catchy song, Under the Sea was running through my head for days</p><p>Les Miserable - There seems to be a lot of musicals in “L”</p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-55113770061385911742022-09-30T12:59:00.001-07:002022-09-30T12:59:31.156-07:00Fall is the best<p> I love Autumn the colours are pretty, and the weather is cool and sunny, Definitely my favorite season. It's been a good year so far, I've been to four shows, two holidays, one weekend holiday to come and it looks like I will finally get to go on my big Cruise in February, nearly three years since I originally booked it.</p><p>So the WIPocalypse question of the month is <b>Are you a seasonal stitcher? If so, which seasons do you find yourself more productive or less productive?</b></p><p>I'm not, I stitch fairly equally all year, the only real change is when I switch to Christmas ornaments in mid November. But it's still the same amount of stitching, just the size of the project changes.</p><p>I have stuck to only stitching on the Lion King until I finish it (though the aforementioned Christmas season will upset that) and it does show a lot of progress</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKQhk3OTLeRkL3nLvhH5tYVChqeERHggMxzUO5d-PrkN3sMbi-X5nfQivfxZhjkbqUo9UAOArQb_xo0FFlWazzeYFNhevacinqbiozlbwX_JwUmJsnKukoF__uEOVM5ktvo68E6pcGFN1fVc-Ra-rJo0w5L3DaiGKZ7Hdqob99NZsPSPDYC-wHw3m/s3190/20220930_113902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="3190" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKQhk3OTLeRkL3nLvhH5tYVChqeERHggMxzUO5d-PrkN3sMbi-X5nfQivfxZhjkbqUo9UAOArQb_xo0FFlWazzeYFNhevacinqbiozlbwX_JwUmJsnKukoF__uEOVM5ktvo68E6pcGFN1fVc-Ra-rJo0w5L3DaiGKZ7Hdqob99NZsPSPDYC-wHw3m/s320/20220930_113902.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As for what I watched </p><p>Critical Role</p><p>The Sandman - I read these comics when they were first published in the 80’s and 90’s and I remember being enthralled by them, so I approached this with a little trepidation, but it was not needed. The show is brilliantly done</p><p>Game of Thrones Season 3: The one with the Red Wedding.</p><p>North And South: This miniseries was all anyone at school was talking about when it came out in 1985, and I had very fond memories of it. It’s about two families who are great friends and the build up to the American Civil War. I was already fascinated with the subject thanks to the miniseries from 1981 The Blue and The Grey, that had a very very similar storyline, But I had forgotten how long this one is and it has now been moved to the series wall and will be treated as such for the two sequels.</p><p>Noble House - Another mini-series also from the 80’s starring Pierce Brosnon. This is a wonderful story of Hong Kong and corporate espionage </p><p>Now You See Me 1 and 2 - The first is a brilliant mix of fun and surprises with a ton of twists and turns, the second is good but doesn’t have quite the same magic, but a decent show nonetheless </p><p>The Lord of the Rings (1978) - This is only the first half of the story, going up to Helm’s Deep, and as such is a rather rushed story when you are used to the Peter Jackson one. But it is fairly faithful to the book. On the other hand it is one of the weirdest animations I’ve seen, in particular the ring wraiths are live action and then drawn on top of in some way, I remember finding them very creepy as a kid when I first saw this.</p><p>Lord Of The Dance - Despite Michael Flatley’s immense ego being on display this is amazing I love the music and dance. I’ve seen this one live a couple times and prefer it that as the dancer playing the lead (Flatley’s role) is usually more of a team player. Also live is always better</p><p>Lensman - This is an anime from 1984 and is a direct ripoff from Star Wars but a well done one. My brother gave this to me for my birthday when I was 13 or 14 along with another anime movie knowing nothing about them, just that I like anime and it was very hard to find at the time. </p><p>Lovely to Look At - I grew up on Howard Keel musicals as my mother was a huge fan, though I only found this one a few years ago. Standard musical storyline: Three performers inherit half of a failing fashion house and decide to put on a show to save it.</p><p>See How They Run - A friend invited me to the theatre to see this one, I had not heard of it at all, but I’m glad she did cause it was fun. A murder mystery set around The Mousetrap play in the 50’s, some great acting and quite a bit of comedy make this one I’m likely to buy in the future</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-7506062182442414292022-07-31T13:00:00.002-07:002022-07-31T13:00:54.639-07:00I hate heat<p> It's time for another WIPocalypse update this time for June and July </p><p>But first may I complain that it's hot out, not scorching the eyeballs like last year but still over my comfort level of 25C so I'm hiding in the basement and stitching, and icing my knee since I hyperextended it and let me tell you that sucks, though the icing is nice to combat the heat</p><p>So the questions of the months :</p><p>June: Half-year recap: How are you doing with your goals so far this year? I did well on the weekly rotation until about a month ago when I got tired of not finishing Lion King, which did time well with the focus month of July. so I have put aside Bellatrix until I have a finish, unless I change my mind again</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPCH-aiwYdQ1bu1CMHePhuL9w0OqfXmBuH5dqt_ipPxh3ozuRTeyvqhIcafsJAtT3xVBKZyffVj4PW6p67QGrtO9xfk9YtVtFp9eynuh7klVRDXOHcpEoQz6ysvccjFI84OmXWVKEoBJynU-6Cw9u1W3ahOdJ3pyleDg7CwkrM-B26hqfNI9aNubhd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPCH-aiwYdQ1bu1CMHePhuL9w0OqfXmBuH5dqt_ipPxh3ozuRTeyvqhIcafsJAtT3xVBKZyffVj4PW6p67QGrtO9xfk9YtVtFp9eynuh7klVRDXOHcpEoQz6ysvccjFI84OmXWVKEoBJynU-6Cw9u1W3ahOdJ3pyleDg7CwkrM-B26hqfNI9aNubhd" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi07Fo_4KIIqFnFD2Z0LNsskd5l_ozDt9bef-Ci5r7XQjDz5XR70WrymM1CthekIB6WJ_xyOakOODCzEU_Yp_e3KEFbUstw-JPOzLbjgD6F2bv_qKchvnnwuRlfkA87eLoODEKyJ0VPXpxF000gedtTYbrJdFv_-ci7E_lH2nm8ebN3BODJ7vwBjZwG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIruyvMZiCqyeUdj19dL-U0Z-ightXZjvLUvnQ1aovE_kbNgpr7GxAtVrK1MtABq4Q7VnzDIMUYDULDDTHC99_rWbs1Cn1rCXrnRZgQKkYjIaxtVCj9lLkLFiUDf6Mk_ksvBwkkI_ZSbVNBkOL_Tsngrt__Z9yCkDybELhlfif2IEkqDk_3fWtjgJT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="442" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIruyvMZiCqyeUdj19dL-U0Z-ightXZjvLUvnQ1aovE_kbNgpr7GxAtVrK1MtABq4Q7VnzDIMUYDULDDTHC99_rWbs1Cn1rCXrnRZgQKkYjIaxtVCj9lLkLFiUDf6Mk_ksvBwkkI_ZSbVNBkOL_Tsngrt__Z9yCkDybELhlfif2IEkqDk_3fWtjgJT" width="177" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Life is a Dance by Unconventional Cross stitch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjocC_DuQheDnrz-AZq2eZHzXmeXW_CYkSJq3ytaMjfIsXkSQEtA1w1dKdT2svJYXJkiVbc9ZbBx94NbsuGw0tAV_9Wzl2TAOo4lWOsQxDww-mFs4p95J8QNRv9BZPyF8HF7atRhUHEYVCC1p-EAoy1oRRoTe5O4vFfZ6cki1rKDuGHwdP2QncuqvO0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="570" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjocC_DuQheDnrz-AZq2eZHzXmeXW_CYkSJq3ytaMjfIsXkSQEtA1w1dKdT2svJYXJkiVbc9ZbBx94NbsuGw0tAV_9Wzl2TAOo4lWOsQxDww-mFs4p95J8QNRv9BZPyF8HF7atRhUHEYVCC1p-EAoy1oRRoTe5O4vFfZ6cki1rKDuGHwdP2QncuqvO0" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Buy: Fairytale Dragon by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/755916905/fairytale-dragon-cross-stitch-pattern?click_key=3b0e1880c3559f6360417034be02d07a4f69de66%3A755916905&click_sum=a6cf0c90&ref=user_profile&sts=1">NonStopStitch</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvsKB5RbPNwcDCgh3NF5tF9zou7P9AwKfS-6evnIGEMXzC09knSBLB2ypI6uUmH6jpqSX9RaN9McXNHqILwPr1eEL7EhWieitM8JNMkru4jrJQnMowAmgNUXD7S6gQBGj6dW9rc3fi5kv9DzQrmeEowxNeH6pX5JPb2tCgEdpWywMypT8Dv4I1skGe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="794" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvsKB5RbPNwcDCgh3NF5tF9zou7P9AwKfS-6evnIGEMXzC09knSBLB2ypI6uUmH6jpqSX9RaN9McXNHqILwPr1eEL7EhWieitM8JNMkru4jrJQnMowAmgNUXD7S6gQBGj6dW9rc3fi5kv9DzQrmeEowxNeH6pX5JPb2tCgEdpWywMypT8Dv4I1skGe" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Falling Snow by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1156591293/falling-snow-by-shannon-christine?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=shannon+christine&ref=sr_gallery-1-14" target="_blank">Shannon Christine</a> (to go with the one I did last year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAWL5EY0cRNkwJ332cIw5-lLCHdPXtCKE8xUsCr4WlLv-8VTDmIX7rHsuDWrZupw-stJxICTUxQ_n8wZp3XQjs8QVcR-jUXUabFFpymflGg1MmV1Lr3bj9ke19uQF_1Oo3lTgPg3_bLJS7Er0e-zJyRC9JZ6h8e0zhuwlYkq83o1yLlnUwy7_WQvf6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="794" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAWL5EY0cRNkwJ332cIw5-lLCHdPXtCKE8xUsCr4WlLv-8VTDmIX7rHsuDWrZupw-stJxICTUxQ_n8wZp3XQjs8QVcR-jUXUabFFpymflGg1MmV1Lr3bj9ke19uQF_1Oo3lTgPg3_bLJS7Er0e-zJyRC9JZ6h8e0zhuwlYkq83o1yLlnUwy7_WQvf6" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ace &Aro Pride Froggy by <a href="https://studioansitru.bigcartel.com/product/aro-ace-pride-froggy-digital-download-only" target="_blank">Studio Ansitru</a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqS0iVlJx5491imTGBMWEy4AVYkBMnNS7FdRzrAax9LjNpO6dO87otCp0akQoj12nJrq7Tt1yFxMiSFwOvLSrnyOgiI9fLKkuCg6C-jO8Va5tD9fkdevCi9GOF7u_dhkAw4Ngr6oMWBsNPjrgFue5hwBMGls7Rp7vPYYtHyf-OwhT-34ZzwIqSoXDV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="800" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqS0iVlJx5491imTGBMWEy4AVYkBMnNS7FdRzrAax9LjNpO6dO87otCp0akQoj12nJrq7Tt1yFxMiSFwOvLSrnyOgiI9fLKkuCg6C-jO8Va5tD9fkdevCi9GOF7u_dhkAw4Ngr6oMWBsNPjrgFue5hwBMGls7Rp7vPYYtHyf-OwhT-34ZzwIqSoXDV" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As for what I watched</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Critical Role EXU- Calamity - This Critical Role miniseries must be one of the best things they have ever done, it was amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blindspot - Season 5 - This was not planned but then I got an email from netflix saying it was taking Blindspot off June 14 so I had to watch it quickly. This is why I prefer to buy shows, then they can’t be taken away from me. Also I loved this show and now have to buy the last 2 seasons but so far I can only find them as region 2 shows, something that is happening a lot these days. Maybe I should just get a region free Bluray player</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Game of Thrones Season 2 and 3 - At least I own all of these</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Legend of Korra Season 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Umm Actually - this a game show for nerds on YouTube, and like Jeopardy there is a lot of satisfaction in getting something right that the contestants got wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wreck it Ralph - Found this for $2 in a second hand bookstore and I had heard good things about it, very standard storyline, but it was super cute</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Notting Hill - A quiet romance that in a twist follows the man’s side not the womans I’ve always enjoyed this one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Name of the Rose - A twisty medieval murder mystery that is fascinating </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thor: Love and Thunder, this one is very silly but fun and the use of music is glorious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chasing Mavericks - This is a fictional movie about Big Wave surfing but it goes very nicely with one of my favourite documentaries, Riding Giants. Anyways it’s a good movie with great scenery</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nanny McPhee - It’s a wanna be Mary Poppins and doesn’t measure up to that glory, but it is fun in a lighthearted way</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">National Velvet - I’ve watched the “sequel” International Velvet many many many times, but this was the first time I’ve watched this one, and other than a few names and a very few plot points there is no connection between the movies. In no way does that change that International Velvet is an absolute favourite, or that this one may become a new favourite, it was so good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Neverending Story 1 and 2 - Some children's movies have enough wonder and magic to appeal to adults as well, some don’t. The first movie does and is a beautiful tale, the second I find rather boring, I got them as a set though otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered with the second, but my rule was to watch all the movies I own. A rule I will break when I get to the Lethal Weapon series I’m sure as I thoroughly dislike 3 and 4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe , Prince Caspian, and the Voyage of the Dawntreader- So Narnia was the first books I ever bought with my own money, I spent my saved up allowance for a boxed set at a second hand bookstore, I believe the set cost $11. To this day it is still one of my favourite stories. And these latest movies do the books justice, there are some differences, but they do actually have the children the right age, most of the other productions have Peter, Susan and Caspian too young. Voyage is my favourite book and that still holds for the movies. </div><div><br /></div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-79619539802366596852022-06-03T12:16:00.000-07:002022-06-03T12:16:11.825-07:00June<p> A blog every two months seems to be my thing now, I keep telling myself to be less erratic, but I apparently don't listen well. </p><p>It's been a good couple months, nothing really new except I've been working a lot of graveyard shifts which really puts a crimp into the stitching. BUT I did finally get to a show after two years, I've missed being in a large venue so much. It was Stars on Ice and it was wonderful, I also have a Cirque du Soleil show to go to in a week, things are looking up .</p><p>WIPocalypse questions are </p><p>APRIL - What is your favorite store (either online or brick and mortar) to purchase your supplies?</p><p>Online I tend to use 123 Stitch for variety and dependability, as for my local store, there is one in town that carries some supplies for an emergancy, but I really love going to Kelowna Yarn, it's only a 100km away and Kelowna is where most of the shows I like to go to are so I get there a few times a year.</p><p>MAY - Retreats and seminars – have you ever been to any stitching events? If so, tell us about them!</p><p>I have not, but they sound fun, so maybe someday.</p><p>I've been fairly good about doing my weekly rotation though I have had to get my friends to encourage the switchover a couple times, I think that rotations are really not my thing and I'm not likely to do it in the future. </p><p>So here is my progress on The Lion King </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AQV_JdXNxYa0xUGc0jqSnjwqKHiO_YiHcpoKCCwiZS1VKIV8EqVQgmR0Jwg_bWxEHrsC3OfmCYbA2tnMpsV_yrtF8umQ5jDTbgxxga_ere85_iop7hIVraJuIpGb2XQfu_p7wrXxt72vwZOcYJUv7KDYaX1UH6Kh4rjdF9WJLfl23NJH4XYu6hiu/s1920/received_371015451759184.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AQV_JdXNxYa0xUGc0jqSnjwqKHiO_YiHcpoKCCwiZS1VKIV8EqVQgmR0Jwg_bWxEHrsC3OfmCYbA2tnMpsV_yrtF8umQ5jDTbgxxga_ere85_iop7hIVraJuIpGb2XQfu_p7wrXxt72vwZOcYJUv7KDYaX1UH6Kh4rjdF9WJLfl23NJH4XYu6hiu/s320/received_371015451759184.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div>And Bellatrix<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlKKxsdgYqFQNUaZvAHmN8BIrzp5ZDI2gb63amWTAgiq6rhrVxn0KjFyMYleX2_AGj4WvUxdy1NC7hdxtPolko2u2WXu0Iku4zkH2VjprHbfMK21yb4FRvRQlDDdeK6T-XagBIBbtVBQkOpYoJBMQCedaVnvcw8rOqhNbJIIZuRlam7ZIGqhHyaJZ/s4096/20220525_203618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlKKxsdgYqFQNUaZvAHmN8BIrzp5ZDI2gb63amWTAgiq6rhrVxn0KjFyMYleX2_AGj4WvUxdy1NC7hdxtPolko2u2WXu0Iku4zkH2VjprHbfMK21yb4FRvRQlDDdeK6T-XagBIBbtVBQkOpYoJBMQCedaVnvcw8rOqhNbJIIZuRlam7ZIGqhHyaJZ/s320/20220525_203618.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role </p><p>Galavant Season 2 - So much fun</p><p>Blind Spot Season 4 - Had to get Netflix back to be able to watch this, seasons 4 and 5 are hard to find on DVD</p><p>Game of Thrones Season 2 - Have to watch the commentaries first.</p><p>Turning Red - There was a lot of hype about this one, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn’t my favourite Pixar storywise, but it is important in the way it addresses teenage girls and different cultures.</p><p>Onward - This on the other hand seemed to get very little hype and it’s so good.</p><p>The Karate Kid - The 1984 original, these movies were such a big thing when I was a kid and it still holds up as a great movie today.</p><p>Cyrano - The new musical one, really good, but it is of course a tragedy so not a feel good movie, but Peter Dinklage is magnificent as Cyrano.</p><p>The Karate Kid II - This has always been my favourite of them, part of that is just that Daniel does not act as a dumb american in a foreign country, but instead is respectful of the customs and people. It’s such a change from most teen movies. And adult ones as well.</p><p>The Karate Kid III - This one is essentially a rehash of the first, but it has some fun bits. </p><p>The Next Karate Kid - An early Hilary Swank movie, and actually a decent addition to the franchise </p><p>Terminal - Weird movie, half is a conversation between a waitress and a dying man, half about assassins and a lot about revenge. Not sure if I actually liked it but the cinematography was magnificent.</p><p>Kingdom of Heaven - I didn’t like this one when I saw it in theatre but ended up with the DVD anyway and have watched it a couple times, for some reason I like it much better on the smaller screen, weird that but I do enjoy this more each time I watch it.</p><p>A Knight’s Tale - This one is just pure fun, a feel good movie that make me smile every time I watch it.</p><p>Kubo and the Two Strings - While the basic story is a standard fantasy kids story, it’s told in an interesting way and the visuals are frankly stunning. I really enjoyed this one.</p><p>The Outfit - This one was great, lots of plot twists and wonderful acting. Honestly the only reason I went to this was that it had a great trailer and it lived up to the billing so I was happy</p><p>Nouvelle Experience - I think this was the second Cirque du Soleil show and it shows, the costuming and story aren’t as grand as later ones, but it’s fun to see how it all started. </p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-55815179710311983502022-04-07T09:34:00.003-07:002022-04-07T09:37:33.458-07:00Always time for Vacations<p><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"> I'm a month behind as per usual, but the reason is better this time. I was on vacation last month, I went to the west coast of Vancouver Island to a fancy hotel near Tofino and spent several days just enjoying the ocean, </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bgf2h8cT52MT7UXRD3Fi_xUusWbkzx4QcqRfnM2K8oojniPA78hP_864GTIl-vKuQJNf2N--lwLqWAeruGgFtgeIQDIWD84cY3vSvu6WojPEWlCt_-PK420dI_1ksdf7pEu7-xu4YLRRMFRszu0dYTRCLVmt8QVCFhBmrfF8PQRNSRvhbDNQPR4m/s5184/IMG_3333.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bgf2h8cT52MT7UXRD3Fi_xUusWbkzx4QcqRfnM2K8oojniPA78hP_864GTIl-vKuQJNf2N--lwLqWAeruGgFtgeIQDIWD84cY3vSvu6WojPEWlCt_-PK420dI_1ksdf7pEu7-xu4YLRRMFRszu0dYTRCLVmt8QVCFhBmrfF8PQRNSRvhbDNQPR4m/s320/IMG_3333.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span 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class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The WIPocalypse questions that I have missed are </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">February 27 – What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">So far the only SAL I am involved with is the Bellatrix one that I'm doing with my small stitching group of friends, she's going fairly well so far </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaneiRl9uBH75WaHr9ZzHVZegODr1ejC1AwDqKn1Esv6WOrYXIeHn3rtzBMg4yF2lnpaq1t6knBTnYrKVaZOsbZ7aTetga8pbdYGHWT3dIuXGoUXs8Yjwy9tDO_7-pbJM9lLGXT3jXBDubtM5_H00cYCaoi2fDKY6KNjrtnjKa5REdloVisTEVF1VK/s4096/20220406_210317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaneiRl9uBH75WaHr9ZzHVZegODr1ejC1AwDqKn1Esv6WOrYXIeHn3rtzBMg4yF2lnpaq1t6knBTnYrKVaZOsbZ7aTetga8pbdYGHWT3dIuXGoUXs8Yjwy9tDO_7-pbJM9lLGXT3jXBDubtM5_H00cYCaoi2fDKY6KNjrtnjKa5REdloVisTEVF1VK/s320/20220406_210317.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">March 27 – Tell us about a technique, designer, pattern, or anything else in stitching that you’ve been nervous or afraid to try</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">I don't think I really have any, I'm far more adventurous in my stitching life than in my real one.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">I do have an actual<br /> finish as well, finally go done all the baby things for the foreseeable future.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aPm1mx7GVJN61j7Kbm9_HVNEhD9ncHHqZBN3qdNplUrl_5U4VgtJyRROUQhlGBvNx1z-48GOMxiA3Lhefydmnxo7sIaiFdmf9c7DrqAWVtbRyH1ha7T46RiLxaOpiRlpZ3_xsI4DYZqFiZEtjLfOuGrFGI523FblkzbnVAKsaQhQ2mvQBYjV6-fZ/s4096/20220407_085857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aPm1mx7GVJN61j7Kbm9_HVNEhD9ncHHqZBN3qdNplUrl_5U4VgtJyRROUQhlGBvNx1z-48GOMxiA3Lhefydmnxo7sIaiFdmf9c7DrqAWVtbRyH1ha7T46RiLxaOpiRlpZ3_xsI4DYZqFiZEtjLfOuGrFGI523FblkzbnVAKsaQhQ2mvQBYjV6-fZ/s320/20220407_085857.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Which means I can finally go back to working on Lion King, so expect an update on that the next time I remember to blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">As for what I watched</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Critical Role </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">The Legend of Vox Machina - This was so good and made me kind of proud since I had a teeny tiny part in making it happen (I backed the kickstarter)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Legend of Korra Season 2 - This one is all about spirits </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Galavant - A mediaeval musical comedy series, I have no idea how they managed to get this made, but boy is it fun.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">The Olympics - Of course, I’ve mentioned my love of the games many times on here</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Oblivion - This is such a solid SciFi movie with really good unexpected twists and turns</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">The Osterman Weekend - Cold war thriller, I remember liking it more back in the 80’s when I first saw it, but it’s still not bad</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ocean’s Eleven - The original from 1960 this is such a fun caper movie, it’s competence porn at it’s finest, the one that set the bar for all caper movies to follow, and I’ve seen a lot of them.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ocean’s Eleven - The new one, and it’s as much fun as the original, nothing like it at all, only a couple basic concepts are the same, but that makes it no less good.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ocean’s Twelve - I always found this one to be the weakest of the three, but I did enjoy it more on this rewatch than before. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ocean’s Thirteen - Really good, though still not the original, but still a much better heist than the second movie</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ocean’s Eight - This is my favourite next to 11 a fun and well thought out heist </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Uncharted - Based on a game but don’t let that stop you, I really enjoyed this one, not stellar but still a fun adventure movie with some unexpected twists</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Olympus has Fallen - Same storyline as White House Down, but I like this one better. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;">Encanto - Just as charming as everyone says.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-36071971817465865772022-01-30T13:34:00.000-08:002022-01-30T13:34:11.483-08:00A new year, same old late blog<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been doing this SAL for a few years now and it's probably the only reason I remember to keep up this blog, but I'm still very erratic and tend to skip months, such as I missed the introduction question earlier this month</p><p>The early January question is from last year, because my computer refused to let me see the questions. <i><b>Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!</b></i></p><p>Hi, the name is Nancy or if you search for me around the internet I lurk here and there as Katjakay especially on Deviant Art, Tumblr, and Instagram I've been stitching for around 15 years now and have a tendency towards doing bigger projects, not HAED big (though I do have a couple patterns of theirs I just haven't done them yet) but usually over 8x10" </p><p>Currently my WIP is The Lion King from the Disney Dreams Thomas Kinkade kit, and I've been working on it for 2 years, the longest I've ever worked on anything, but I do tend to get distracted lately, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsUfadYGSYSdYlRWK3GVi95DkADLFc5QPGoP1DGH_qWot0lUPps1yGSVKpHODegECHFh8Qz_OnJ2X9zpstPtljFjiP6hdhKVUzR1jLV1E9EmD3MW7lZW5uDfZoS4YXUH7pFSWH85ep3xdP7t0IAd7M7xIFnQdvnBI3usEQLufy0hfEsBuvEx9YLJbX=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsUfadYGSYSdYlRWK3GVi95DkADLFc5QPGoP1DGH_qWot0lUPps1yGSVKpHODegECHFh8Qz_OnJ2X9zpstPtljFjiP6hdhKVUzR1jLV1E9EmD3MW7lZW5uDfZoS4YXUH7pFSWH85ep3xdP7t0IAd7M7xIFnQdvnBI3usEQLufy0hfEsBuvEx9YLJbX=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I just finished (yesterday) this baby announcement thing for my nephews new baby </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzhJ_NShKOuhPD6Ibwa66X9WxS2aiHsdd7who5H76ggw53ikJHM01OADAJ3t2huvIEL24RBmUK4ONT58uxTeF_7zjDYXqa3722dl6EXeUErTaylUryCYiipGwynQRx32tIi9lOQ5xCICe74gzihPg4Kke6zm3HFyZEZk0oKpiyWfYXiIWwsAeWnJa_=s3094" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3094" data-original-width="2409" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzhJ_NShKOuhPD6Ibwa66X9WxS2aiHsdd7who5H76ggw53ikJHM01OADAJ3t2huvIEL24RBmUK4ONT58uxTeF_7zjDYXqa3722dl6EXeUErTaylUryCYiipGwynQRx32tIi9lOQ5xCICe74gzihPg4Kke6zm3HFyZEZk0oKpiyWfYXiIWwsAeWnJa_=s320" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And have started another for my niece's new son <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw8GA86tpMHJQ9-03qri8DApG-d3Dad1cTwR_GC2IWRZHcLE1ZXV4_dRbN-Ty8eaz73EokXpfdswie708PNkQGVZVQeK6g9wDsso1RiKAwoV64_5O_2_pzanSEF6u0hn1rKMyMlIA3KvQJrTVxaU11Hv3qNIOMxHbaGso5Wix5P55FgI_k9C4-MQfk=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw8GA86tpMHJQ9-03qri8DApG-d3Dad1cTwR_GC2IWRZHcLE1ZXV4_dRbN-Ty8eaz73EokXpfdswie708PNkQGVZVQeK6g9wDsso1RiKAwoV64_5O_2_pzanSEF6u0hn1rKMyMlIA3KvQJrTVxaU11Hv3qNIOMxHbaGso5Wix5P55FgI_k9C4-MQfk=s320" width="320" /></a></div>and this one will serve as my focus for the Olympic stitching<p></p><p>I don't usually have more than two projects on the go, but this year is strange and I have also started Bellatrix from Bella Filipina designs, this is a SAL with my friends, one of which, <a href="https://www.makeitpink.net/">Make it Pink</a>. has done a recolors for the rest of us. Details on her insta page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKdG95vH9u/">here</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ-3qBoXCs_sMyVIsItIJXf3KE5WeIcnp1T61yVMUSu_rRLc8JVi9jEJoa7ncXh9FXWR2-ddtBE68zQgZS7L__xEJWlAJEPWAfxOUIFPhyUxT10k3yWzANYxlZUkKY3tkdAKt4CjMr5t-YOKCvjTr2UlvGJZIbiIWjPHrH_iqtdT6X69Ny-l3I7pdm=s3596" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3596" data-original-width="1496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ-3qBoXCs_sMyVIsItIJXf3KE5WeIcnp1T61yVMUSu_rRLc8JVi9jEJoa7ncXh9FXWR2-ddtBE68zQgZS7L__xEJWlAJEPWAfxOUIFPhyUxT10k3yWzANYxlZUkKY3tkdAKt4CjMr5t-YOKCvjTr2UlvGJZIbiIWjPHrH_iqtdT6X69Ny-l3I7pdm=s320" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have barely started this one but it is a start nonetheless </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiwpHZ6X6YgHzTPjdpWdFPQwPlgn7tVsCY2UQlzf8m-nOZ3yrXsZzva5SaFXNb7cIra3pAdD3MJoWDxR828XQXqufTQVS-BwwSYmzx6YAo9m8oCynSQaWNlmbsOWu2z_tyQlsaXZ8MKIe_DFT5p_CisaWSFs73AipX1tQsaw_PQkiqIjzQ6tdhT4S2=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiwpHZ6X6YgHzTPjdpWdFPQwPlgn7tVsCY2UQlzf8m-nOZ3yrXsZzva5SaFXNb7cIra3pAdD3MJoWDxR828XQXqufTQVS-BwwSYmzx6YAo9m8oCynSQaWNlmbsOWu2z_tyQlsaXZ8MKIe_DFT5p_CisaWSFs73AipX1tQsaw_PQkiqIjzQ6tdhT4S2=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I'm also an avid photographer so don't be surprised if a waterfall or two show up sometimes.</p><p>The late January question (grabbed from another blogger)<b><i> Describe your stitching style – are you a one-at-a-time stitcher? Do you stitch on rotation? Are you a chaos wrangler? Are you comfortable in your current stitching style, or are you still searching for that stitching zen?"</i></b></p><p>I am a two at a time stitcher traditionaly it used to be one upstairs and one downstairs. The downstairs project is usually my big one and upstairs was a small. It was what I worked on while watching Jeopardy with my parents, but the light started bothering my dad's eyes and I brought the small dowstairs as well. Now I work on one project on Thursdays as that's Critical Role day and the other the rest of the week. Working on three like I am at the moment is a little frustrating, but people keep insisting on having babies.</p><p>The other thing I throw on this blog is what I've watched while stitching,</p><p> Critical Role </p><p>The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 Episodes 1-3 I got to watch the first to eps of this a couple of days before it was released on Amazon Prime thanks to backing the kickstarter, and it was sooooo good </p><p>Legend of Korra Season 1 - A really solid continuation of the Avatar series</p><p>Good Omens -Got the DVD so I could watch the commentaries. Worth it. </p><p>The Shannara Chronicles Season 2. I enjoy this series, but not as much as a should since I grew up on these books, but the actors look like they belong in a CW drama more than a fantasy series. But the storylines are decent</p><p>Jupiter Ascending - This movie is truly stupid and unhinged, but I really enjoy it nonetheless</p><p>The Jungle Cruise - Mom hadn’t seen it yet so it was a fun thing to do on Boxing Day. </p><p>Raya and the Last Dragon - Ohhhhh I loved this one, both pretty to watch and a good storyline. </p><p>Jurassic Park 1-3 - I don’t think I’ve ever watched them back to back before, in fact I think I’ve only ever watched three in the theatre. While the second two aren’t as good as the first, it’s still a brilliant series. </p><p>Jurassic World 1-2 I love these ones too, and very much enjoy the themes and storylines that run through all 5 movies, can’t wait to see where the 6th one leads</p><p>Over Beautiful British Columbia - This was made in 1996 in conjunction with a coffee table book for Beautiful British Columbia magazine, so it’s an hour of calming music and pretty scenery.</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-2969472919481367062021-12-26T09:43:00.000-08:002021-12-26T09:43:28.916-08:00December WIPocalypse<p> Once again it's been two months since I posted, but nothing much happened in November so no loss. </p><p>This months question is <b>Recap your accomplishments for the year! (Your finishes, your final before/after photos, etc).</b></p><p>So let's start with the ornaments I always do in winter, I had two from Mill Hill kits</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnw6I_LvjfOHp9dL_6IPXxOu2nEEuydPuWvniDHxSGyvKhl26NZKUckNJ8LMScsmmU0inxEA-Ug4Z9mCP6zlrh9nwnbna9fK8l14s6reYk23CKdUY-y6PMX-shtpKBEPCSCuPmj3OTie6zKFx1DQvtoif7Uyv2-dzCNEi7pLTWVPfvBqcp1KwuqHCP=s4053" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4053" data-original-width="2824" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnw6I_LvjfOHp9dL_6IPXxOu2nEEuydPuWvniDHxSGyvKhl26NZKUckNJ8LMScsmmU0inxEA-Ug4Z9mCP6zlrh9nwnbna9fK8l14s6reYk23CKdUY-y6PMX-shtpKBEPCSCuPmj3OTie6zKFx1DQvtoif7Uyv2-dzCNEi7pLTWVPfvBqcp1KwuqHCP=w139-h200" width="139" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-TECbLxBdCnPOXdktHg4_s8KNgA0TjFSoP085ecf19QncOg8a07q9Y2KBEsNhNKr4TR7NTNzGraK7GOa_WwH19EmZ3YjQT2XlN08F6eBi6BZCa5ebTJxWAquhL7k0PHfk1PnUJN_ZY-ND-R4T6MVzALYgXZTv0mNAzOtySiNcNY6H98vm8vSzumnV=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-TECbLxBdCnPOXdktHg4_s8KNgA0TjFSoP085ecf19QncOg8a07q9Y2KBEsNhNKr4TR7NTNzGraK7GOa_WwH19EmZ3YjQT2XlN08F6eBi6BZCa5ebTJxWAquhL7k0PHfk1PnUJN_ZY-ND-R4T6MVzALYgXZTv0mNAzOtySiNcNY6H98vm8vSzumnV=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">One from Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBEaKqvjsHkgHnKhVWVWWc-qO_gUUpwDr83XpCGTb6JaDW0C1mvgl09-xzhbjgtLP4JX1eyncHRbPxXmarFbcrC3vNwQpgVHRSHbf1XxyFMb9kog9SOFXSJc6jmfQFy1Yjvw3yj1aFdtH1w7xES6gP6TqAQvac0bMsbboSjHtgh914uXbcFp9YL_FX=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBEaKqvjsHkgHnKhVWVWWc-qO_gUUpwDr83XpCGTb6JaDW0C1mvgl09-xzhbjgtLP4JX1eyncHRbPxXmarFbcrC3vNwQpgVHRSHbf1XxyFMb9kog9SOFXSJc6jmfQFy1Yjvw3yj1aFdtH1w7xES6gP6TqAQvac0bMsbboSjHtgh914uXbcFp9YL_FX=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p>And this one which is a gift that didn't quite get finished in time form Irina Zagordskaya on Etsy</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9jv_8y3TcAMtuS196wB98rPx0OcIaNbl6kcJGgswrzAt8UgqArrLvh3U1jrkvfYQZuf97BlZ-jdxdTQeV7n-Mde6Yjzy38ghJFiAt31EBXb8N6CI9P1bd10HVIxhB3cPcNPXOYVWg9H5Pp3Lbfi-MekFuHrTSh0fvdI2PFbId-4EVXMG_GHgoo8td=s4096" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9jv_8y3TcAMtuS196wB98rPx0OcIaNbl6kcJGgswrzAt8UgqArrLvh3U1jrkvfYQZuf97BlZ-jdxdTQeV7n-Mde6Yjzy38ghJFiAt31EBXb8N6CI9P1bd10HVIxhB3cPcNPXOYVWg9H5Pp3Lbfi-MekFuHrTSh0fvdI2PFbId-4EVXMG_GHgoo8td=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I also did a cute Halloween Mill Hill Kit</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Hg9OtJw2TAsiXR4TYC1S6Er9xXw_2o-0ZyeXYfVaKGU8FBas-KpZIzc8JJFqcF2tAmN9O05V71OTcuzRD-QmZ8aZ8PTpa2TdMndZPmUorgizpdi3Ig0DgxC3hvFrhxQK1_vkIazzjsHcH6aJlPrTzrxVFgkEYs1ie-shKTcdw-ybztyl92xG5grF=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Hg9OtJw2TAsiXR4TYC1S6Er9xXw_2o-0ZyeXYfVaKGU8FBas-KpZIzc8JJFqcF2tAmN9O05V71OTcuzRD-QmZ8aZ8PTpa2TdMndZPmUorgizpdi3Ig0DgxC3hvFrhxQK1_vkIazzjsHcH6aJlPrTzrxVFgkEYs1ie-shKTcdw-ybztyl92xG5grF=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Other than that. my year was mainly focused on Winter Snowfall </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidvCZHLfsoJdG9iz1QdNwMj1VYMt4mt60iJ6-EdSK7UNuLFfG2sr5P8YQsH92lhbx2rX65bD7d3oXQfoNAlT36t8THaftybRy9r9JJSkiY7wS0oaz01rejny5qXube689pt18nvDu_oKHmiuRuUJqZHJyhW7C1MCn20IXwFkczuXH3JzOdfM3BfWOM=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidvCZHLfsoJdG9iz1QdNwMj1VYMt4mt60iJ6-EdSK7UNuLFfG2sr5P8YQsH92lhbx2rX65bD7d3oXQfoNAlT36t8THaftybRy9r9JJSkiY7wS0oaz01rejny5qXube689pt18nvDu_oKHmiuRuUJqZHJyhW7C1MCn20IXwFkczuXH3JzOdfM3BfWOM=s320" width="285" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>and Lion King <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkiI58_DIPoyHPTCO2zkjVdxq2uvSVR_CcyrcK3F6F_q40YusnlUwrYAn81EB5OsIVRDoCz6gd0M_ug3BW8SZlrnIjLCS85hhfqLpvUthbjRbzqCvVzULIlnz05qZX9u005cB44YyqzVKf7bsANVfJ65u0WHY8nM2mlWUSHBKppl7V2UBzG7Xq-eeU=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkiI58_DIPoyHPTCO2zkjVdxq2uvSVR_CcyrcK3F6F_q40YusnlUwrYAn81EB5OsIVRDoCz6gd0M_ug3BW8SZlrnIjLCS85hhfqLpvUthbjRbzqCvVzULIlnz05qZX9u005cB44YyqzVKf7bsANVfJ65u0WHY8nM2mlWUSHBKppl7V2UBzG7Xq-eeU=s320" width="179" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of 2021<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjna0PXuJwPhqW0CJxWxKlu2vXee2d3xKUFbbIW8Jw_2Y2OHgnTV80DhoFX8Tnc78-M83100ZxY42Yetgy3XEWT0Lw0_3a2DnV_-0gprCzIq1c9IeXhYJQucRQ6uTlOUYoPYGd1vsy74UKnooO-gMk7M8Liv5_c791Akv1jmNmHJQv2KRfMv2kIXTr3=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjna0PXuJwPhqW0CJxWxKlu2vXee2d3xKUFbbIW8Jw_2Y2OHgnTV80DhoFX8Tnc78-M83100ZxY42Yetgy3XEWT0Lw0_3a2DnV_-0gprCzIq1c9IeXhYJQucRQ6uTlOUYoPYGd1vsy74UKnooO-gMk7M8Liv5_c791Akv1jmNmHJQv2KRfMv2kIXTr3=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd3dc21c-7fff-85b2-5232-bed0f6c17e6e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As for what I watched (two months worth)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Critical Role Campaign 3 has started!!!!!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sleepy Hollow - Season 4: They really should have stopped at three, but the series finale was satisfying </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arrow Season 2 - I’m going into the unwatched episodes, considering I bought the whole series I better like it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Legend of Korra - Season 1 - This looks so good</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Princess Diaries 2 : Just as charming as the first</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune (2021) - A really good adaptation, I was glad that I had watched an earlier version not long ago so the storyline was familiar as Dune is a very dense story. Also Timothee Chalamet made a surprisingly good Paul.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Puppet Masters - One of those really good alien invasion movies that no one has heard of. It’s a bit more subtle than most but a good cast and really good storyline, though it does have some of the expected clichés.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The January Man - A dark comedy murder mystery starring Kevin Kline and Alan Rickman, it’s kind of great. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johnny Mnemonic - It’s always fun to see a near future dystopian movie that takes place in the far off year of 2021 and realizing that because of the way technology has evolved the whole plot is rather pointless. This movie has not aged well. However if you turn your mind off to that problem, it is a fun action movie.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Journey to the Center of the Earth - The Brendon Fraser one - I’ve always liked that this in not a remake or adaptation but more of an homage, and a really well made one too.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julie and Julia - The story of Julia Child and of Julie Powel who baked her way through Julia’s cookbook, the stories are meshed seamlessly and its a fun watch</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack the Giant Slayer - Nothing spectacular but it’s a fun romp</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jumanji - The original, I always preferred Zathura, but this came in a pack with the new ones so a rewatch was in order, and I actually liked it better than I remembered.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jumanji - Welcome to the Jungle and The Next Level - These sequels are so much better than the original. They are fun and funny and so good in all ways</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Nightmare Before Christmas - I always meant to watch this and never got around to it. But a show I want to watch soon references it a lot so I thought it was time, and I really did enjoy it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jumper - It’s a decent show, the concept is great but the character of the lead is not that likable and the female love interest behaves profoundly stupid. But it does have it’s fun moments,</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island - I grew up with the original show so it was pretty easy to imagine it as a horror. And this movie does the job pretty well actually. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-29090527015887536672021-10-31T19:03:00.002-07:002021-10-31T19:03:39.187-07:00October (and September) WIPocalypse<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> I somehow missed September so you get it now but I haven't got a whole lot of stitching to show. But first the questions </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">September: </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">List five projects you have unstarted in your stash that you’d like to start in the (relatively) near future. I don't know if I can come up with 5 but the 2 I think of immediately are Bellatrix by<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/894924337/bella-filipina-bellatrix-halloween?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=bellatrix+cross+stitch&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1"> Bella Filipina </a> that will be recoloured by <a href="https://www.makeitpink.net/">Make it Pink</a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.etsystatic.com/25127345/r/il/37dbda/2622133988/il_1140xN.2622133988_3ayx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="563" height="200" src="https://i.etsystatic.com/25127345/r/il/37dbda/2622133988/il_1140xN.2622133988_3ayx.jpg" width="141" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif">And Waiting by Tilton Crafts, art by Victoria Frances <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaedf39a9uTMYUEaH5LIN_wxylSqMy2VTO9xCpfUP4OJ6DnyJ3Vw0o3D9QnZsj-dByr3HZ-etRRM3Fw-69dykTgY0qHoa8qWkN5AUZfjMbiKGkDH-wIGjF7jtoMdpIgyd3LEb2dBdVqA/s600/a2079171438998d94d88bc_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="442" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaedf39a9uTMYUEaH5LIN_wxylSqMy2VTO9xCpfUP4OJ6DnyJ3Vw0o3D9QnZsj-dByr3HZ-etRRM3Fw-69dykTgY0qHoa8qWkN5AUZfjMbiKGkDH-wIGjF7jtoMdpIgyd3LEb2dBdVqA/w148-h200/a2079171438998d94d88bc_l.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /> I've had this pattern for years and it's likely to take longer than the Lion King is taking, also it is huge, but so, so pretty. I also have several different dragons I want to do.</span></span><p></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">October: Do you prefer Halloween or Christmas stitching? Christmas gets the edge on this one, but only because I like making ornaments so much</span></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">It's been a good couple months, I have even managed to go waterfall hunting a couple times. and found one I'd never been to before, Moses falls in Revelstoke</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pMx9scu7R8ZUrvsljO2s70Bjq0eu6PnmdH7UmVG6WwhXRu8AQfqF6RFnUvMcSH8of1XadYsXOte8zTyiknO4KmkXNeYplxjqjljV2UJO5Iz4hmn_DRKQgybD9Gs8prQuKTn7877rEL0/s2048/IMG_2649_8_50_Localtone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pMx9scu7R8ZUrvsljO2s70Bjq0eu6PnmdH7UmVG6WwhXRu8AQfqF6RFnUvMcSH8of1XadYsXOte8zTyiknO4KmkXNeYplxjqjljV2UJO5Iz4hmn_DRKQgybD9Gs8prQuKTn7877rEL0/s320/IMG_2649_8_50_Localtone.jpg" width="238" /></a></span></div><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Stitching has been good, but I don't have a lot to show as one thing I was working on is a gift, but I did do this little Mill Hill kit </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_2wuyqMz9N4U2qz8IwsTxlQDE_JdXBNYf_4sYZzusxAeix-2XPbyLLu0b95Fgd-Ereo__UEy6mY2enA_E80NHRBxFNdwBHg_zxHVcbwhey52qsqd-MUZrgAtQNtyXz9GpHAhKHhvGrY/s4608/20211021_102510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_2wuyqMz9N4U2qz8IwsTxlQDE_JdXBNYf_4sYZzusxAeix-2XPbyLLu0b95Fgd-Ereo__UEy6mY2enA_E80NHRBxFNdwBHg_zxHVcbwhey52qsqd-MUZrgAtQNtyXz9GpHAhKHhvGrY/s320/20211021_102510.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br />have made a bit of progress on Lion King</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyZzTvpv6HqKmptunb6tRqfpZEvo6NZHSJpMmhuBqGhe07Jv8os9QWyQAVobZ9Uw0AOeK-digBl1RhNuIfWLdEflqCh3Mb17k8l_MMik4VWm9BieJCcyBJNw_IRtW-d3yK23V9GO2ZTE/s4608/20211031_061050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyZzTvpv6HqKmptunb6tRqfpZEvo6NZHSJpMmhuBqGhe07Jv8os9QWyQAVobZ9Uw0AOeK-digBl1RhNuIfWLdEflqCh3Mb17k8l_MMik4VWm9BieJCcyBJNw_IRtW-d3yK23V9GO2ZTE/s320/20211031_061050.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">As for what I watched</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Critical Role and the start of Campaign 3 </span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 3 - Such a wonderful series</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">American Gods Season 3 - Such a weird and yet great show.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">His Dark Materials - Season 2 - It’s so well done, can’t wait for season 3</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Sleepy Hollow Season 4 - This was kind of a reboot, they ended it fairly well in season 3 and it seems they weren’t sure where to go for 4,</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Pitch Perfect - The Trilogy - There are parts of these movies that go a little over the top for me, but other parts (like the music) that are wonderful. The good definitely outweighs the bad for me. </span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Pompeii - Disaster Movie with Gladiators, can’t go wrong there.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">The Princess Bride - I mean, it’s the perfect movie, it’s “inconceivable” that there is anything more to say. </span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Poseidon - Cruise ship capsizes and a ragged assortment of people try to survive, in other words a typical disaster movie, and a decent one at that.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">The Emperor’s New Groove - It’s so different from most of Disney’s animated stuff, but so much fun. One of those movies that is made so much better by the quality of the villain</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - While there are very few actual Persians in this movie about a mythical version of Persian, it is still a great adventure movie. Lots of unexpected twist and a great deal of fun.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Angels Fall - A made for TV romance based on a Nora Roberts novel, which I’ve read, but long enough ago I wasn’t picking this apart too badly, Could have been better, could have been worse, wasn’t a bad way to kill a couple hours.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Reign of Fire - Dragons take over the world in the near future - 2020. It’s a pretty good adventure movie and was the first thing I saw Gerard Butler in, been a fan ever since.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">The Prince of Egypt - Epic without being preachy, And the music is phenomenal </span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Top Gun - The Commentary, I watched the movie not long ago, but finally got it in DVD and thoroughly enjoyed the commentary, which was done 18 years after the movie was released.</span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">The Princess Diaries - There’s no other way to describe this other than charming.</span></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Open Sans, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"></span></p><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-91596348264416245152021-09-03T11:25:00.001-07:002021-09-03T11:25:40.846-07:00August WIPocalypse<p> I have a good reason for being a little late, I really wanted to finish Winter Snowfall which was my piece for the Olypmic marathon And I did, then I washed it and had a minor heartattack wehn the red fabric (which I had prewashed) ran, and made my lovely white stitches, pink. Well a full day of soak rinse repeat got it back to where it should be and this and it's thousand plus beads was finished. Haven't decided how to frame it yet, but I usually have to think about that for a while.</p><p>So here it is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbm4p1cUStayd2-XU8OOxkrYctTLtMMzuU9x_c5VDGAHja8zVasaysVgBPLqUHlpSIBgDrZjXFoUvJxw1DMH4zUjsDmZ_HQ6_CUSHqNIEZMuk58BQKetSm_S6Llk550a2mEjunuX5rMpM/s2048/IMG_2607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1825" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbm4p1cUStayd2-XU8OOxkrYctTLtMMzuU9x_c5VDGAHja8zVasaysVgBPLqUHlpSIBgDrZjXFoUvJxw1DMH4zUjsDmZ_HQ6_CUSHqNIEZMuk58BQKetSm_S6Llk550a2mEjunuX5rMpM/w356-h400/IMG_2607.JPG" width="356" /></a></div><p></p><p>Winter Snowfall</p><p>12"x13.5" on 32 count Laguna</p><p>Pattern by <a href="https://shannonchristine.com/">shannonchristine.com</a> </p><p>Now it's back to Lion King which has been horribly neglected this month. but I also have to find patterns for a new great nephew, and another great nephew on the way. </p><p>The question of the month is Which of your project finishes made you the most proud? The most relieved?</p><p>Relived would have to be this Elephant baby announcement, for some reason it fought me the whole time. and it was so nice to be finished it. Luckily it was loved by the parents. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U2bwPXbGK7j6uSkcg2l_nAqlwyt0pl1iyznuOKeE3ef_N-ccUy7oax1IGPkRz44SLM4y5KBOJd5wU1X7et21ZJKfYtjE8wQiZXYVR1xr-1KU6LVlim485Sc8_85SEa3-0CwvojFQQwc/s935/baby_elephant_and_mom_by_katjakay-d6s7zdr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="855" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U2bwPXbGK7j6uSkcg2l_nAqlwyt0pl1iyznuOKeE3ef_N-ccUy7oax1IGPkRz44SLM4y5KBOJd5wU1X7et21ZJKfYtjE8wQiZXYVR1xr-1KU6LVlim485Sc8_85SEa3-0CwvojFQQwc/s320/baby_elephant_and_mom_by_katjakay-d6s7zdr.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Proud is a harder choice, I have a lot that I adore but I suppose I have to go back to Theresa Wentzler's Stroke of Midnight. It's so detailed and beautiful and my mother, who I made it for and is a huge all things Cinderella fan, adores it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJrWo4BHyVCUfeFuAf_6-IRLrYwEuHYKp-3SH_r7BRJ5BhV59HuWYDt1oEUxc__y0zNQ_eGZl4q0DjsSxUAstr51SkZtyh_X6An41dP4nhYWgwFy3f_Eg3LGVqLhMp8Xx2Qr_20-eDLM/s2048/IMG_6241a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJrWo4BHyVCUfeFuAf_6-IRLrYwEuHYKp-3SH_r7BRJ5BhV59HuWYDt1oEUxc__y0zNQ_eGZl4q0DjsSxUAstr51SkZtyh_X6An41dP4nhYWgwFy3f_Eg3LGVqLhMp8Xx2Qr_20-eDLM/s320/IMG_6241a.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role - Exandria Unlimited a summer mini series while they prepare for Campaign 3</p><p>Blind Spot: Season 3 - it looks like this is the last season I can get on DVD which is distressing</p><p>Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 3 The Commentaries</p><p>Olympics - It’s an obsession</p><p>The Jungle Cruise - This one is a lot of fun, very reminiscent of 1999’s The Mummy with a dash of The African Queen</p><p>Pirates of the Caribbean: 2,3,4, and 5. - I love the original trilogy with all my heart, I find four enjoyable but very forgettable, and 5 has some of the old magic, but still not quite up to the first three. </p><p>Dune and Children of Dune - The TV miniseries and a really well done show, though not as flamboyant as the one from the 80’s. Can’t wait to see the new one and compare.<br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-4833367409668563472021-07-30T10:03:00.001-07:002021-07-30T10:03:35.061-07:00July WIPocalypse<p> This one will be short because the Olympics are on and I get obsessed and am not willing to spend spare time on the computer.</p><p>The question of the month is <b>Have you ever attended a stitching retreat? If so, tell us about your experiences.</b></p><p>I have not, but it sounds like fun so maybe someday.</p><p>Due to my Olympics obsession I am doing the Olympics challenge and have, of course, chosen <b>the Marathon – pick one piece, and dedicate yourself to progress on that single piece for the duration of the Olympics.</b></p><p>And at the halfway point of the games I am here on Winter snowfall</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX029xT5HKyxFA8z8H1zboClrow7_rchTydArN7yDxYYCaALx5joJoyq1QAKALWMChkCjioYzD32LqVgmYll4JjyiTgZTjSuaQUXSh3VLDK7HU7Qug_P267x4sCHJuwsReNbOSopUfDS0/s2048/20210730_091951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX029xT5HKyxFA8z8H1zboClrow7_rchTydArN7yDxYYCaALx5joJoyq1QAKALWMChkCjioYzD32LqVgmYll4JjyiTgZTjSuaQUXSh3VLDK7HU7Qug_P267x4sCHJuwsReNbOSopUfDS0/s320/20210730_091951.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p><b>Critical Role</b> - Exandria Unlimited a summer mini series while they prepare for Campaign 3</p><p><b>Game of Thrones </b>Season 1 - Such and epic start to the series.</p><p><b>Blind Spot </b>Season 3 </p><p><b>The Pirate Movie</b> - Back in the early 80’s Canada had a Movie Channel called Showtime, which like all movie channels of the time played the same movies over and over again.. This was one of them, and I watched it every chance I got. I still have the thing memorized. It’s a spoof on Pirates of Penzance with some of the original songs and some new ones, and it’s fun and hilarious and I adore it.</p><p><b>Pixar Shorts Volumes 1 & 2</b>: Just what it says, a collection of the short films from Pixar, I prefer the ones that aren’t movie tie-ins, but they are all cute, and For the Birds is amazing.</p><p><b>Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl</b> - When Disney first announced it was going to make a movie based on a ride, everyone thought it was a joke and would be horrible, instead they produced this cinematic masterpiece </p><p><b>The Hidden</b> - A low budget thriller from the late 80’s, and it’s a really smart one.</p><div>And of course the aforementioned <b>Olympics </b></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-61605771696559378512021-07-09T09:41:00.001-07:002021-07-09T09:41:26.315-07:00June WIPocalypse<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> This is very late as I didn't want to post until I got to a certain point in Lion King, and then I forgot. I blame the heat, the very, very hot heat. Now I get cranky and tired if it goes much about 25ºc so needless to say the 40º+ weather made me very unhappy and to tired to even stich, and that was for nearly a week at the end of June. This town has never been that high before. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">But eventually it cooled down and I'm happy and stitching again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Question of the month is <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Half-year recap: How are you doing with your goals so far this year</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Which is just my regular update actually, I still am stitching Winter Snowfall </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOSnam6RVUo80djDXV9wNY3Gr-xo48Snod5Cx-589M2I0QwfxPSzc-_a6uHI7FLqvWHhStXuBz8JtIHtfAw9bx7KgzJxm0FCAXZLeO58CO9i7u2qJc-4t1D_MC8bDB2fBsov9DYUo9aI/s2048/20210709_091319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOSnam6RVUo80djDXV9wNY3Gr-xo48Snod5Cx-589M2I0QwfxPSzc-_a6uHI7FLqvWHhStXuBz8JtIHtfAw9bx7KgzJxm0FCAXZLeO58CO9i7u2qJc-4t1D_MC8bDB2fBsov9DYUo9aI/s320/20210709_091319.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">And the good news is I got to the half way point in The Lion King. it only took me a year and a half.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaudKvScYLTCODWRGCRnvqc_KoTEH5zHNkjrCKI5e13-1P5EZWb9hcu10t54BeAWurHkY5T5WmJoEjm0O36IsDU1EgKm0SZV9FmU1Hirt2sH-LCs0qzHeaFnw-gBJOxhFFYDklAcvZDA/s2048/20210706_180358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaudKvScYLTCODWRGCRnvqc_KoTEH5zHNkjrCKI5e13-1P5EZWb9hcu10t54BeAWurHkY5T5WmJoEjm0O36IsDU1EgKm0SZV9FmU1Hirt2sH-LCs0qzHeaFnw-gBJOxhFFYDklAcvZDA/s320/20210706_180358.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As for what I watched</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Critical Role - The end of Campaign 2 and the beginning of Exandria Unlimited a summer mini series while they prepare for Campaign 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sleepy Hollow Season 3 - A surprisingly solid season with a decent bad guy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Game of Thrones Season 1: Watching the commentaries first as I like to do</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pacific Rim - I grew up on Mecha so this movie hits all the right buttons</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pacific Rim: Uprising - As enjoyable as the first, probably because the leads are so likable</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inferno - Another Robert Langdon movie and but I have not read the book of this one. It’s a solid adventure movie with some good twists and turns, but I’ve never been a big fan of Tom Hanks playing Langdon. There is apparently a new version coming I wonder how the new guy will be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paint Your Wagon - This is a westernish musical starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, and involves such things as the California Gold Rush, kidnapping prostitutes, a women with two husbands and a really unique way of mining gold, it’s silly and fun and Harve Presnell singing Mariah is amazing </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Patriot Games - This is my least favorite of the Jack Ryan movies, partly because it’s just a revenge thriller with far less of the political intrigue of the other movies and partly because I never did like Harrison Ford for the roll of Jack. On the other hand the music is gorgeous. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief - This is a great example of how not to make a movie based on a book, but if you turn your brain off and disregard that there was source material, it’s not half bad, at least it’s fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters - You have to admire the gall of a series after killing of the books main bad guy in the first movie and then realizing you need him for the second by explaining away his death with the line “ I can swim”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pete’s Dragon - This one is an old school Disney movie, very sweet, the good guys win, the bad guys get run out of town and everyone ends up happy. I haven’t seen the remake yet. I’m a bit leery of it since I love this one so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Philadelphia Experiment - An experiment to make a 1943 warship radar invisible goes awry and the ship disappears completely, two of the sailors onboard are sent to 1984. It’s a pretty smart movie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Phantom Of The Opera - The movie of the musical, this was a well done adaptation and as always the music is phenomenal </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Police Academy - One of the few slapstick comedies I really enjoy, but it is very dated now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In The Heights - A solid musical and more importantly the first movie I’ve seen in a theatre in a year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-1034818423312257582021-05-30T04:52:00.007-07:002021-05-30T04:52:40.302-07:00May WIPocalypse<p> It's hard to believe May is over, the month has been a chaotic one for me thanks to work. One of the graveyard shift cut her hand not serirously, but then decided to take the whole month off, or possibly forever she hasn't really specified, but when the graveyard is short I am the one who replaces people. so my schedule this month has been 6am on Saturday, 5 am on Sunday, midnight on Monday and Tuesday and 6 or 7 on Wednesday. Needless to say I've been tired and confused. </p><p>The question of the month is <b>What was the first project you ever stitched? (whether you finished or not)</b></p><p>My first project was a Learn to Stitch kit I found at Micheals, I desperately wanted to do this huge dragon pattern from Dimensions and knew I better learn how first. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWju_ZwShHtzx6KKcUQqJgsCJuJuHPOFld9A1rHj71EfPUurbikkbw2gWrMCTI7hJ1CN8-Sxn9WsNgk51ZYa_jTRG3GUrh_Ib5-DC3S1IHys9io7hsFn0nXB5-cuv1DufHJn2wnefeC0/s2048/20210529_165803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1845" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWju_ZwShHtzx6KKcUQqJgsCJuJuHPOFld9A1rHj71EfPUurbikkbw2gWrMCTI7hJ1CN8-Sxn9WsNgk51ZYa_jTRG3GUrh_Ib5-DC3S1IHys9io7hsFn0nXB5-cuv1DufHJn2wnefeC0/w180-h200/20210529_165803.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This did eventually lead to me doing the dragon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq533bNG__OHW7ZO_h_AFyBKhS_RDS_jEq099I4AdD-ZYskm2_PWRD4PveCdYunLXSpgvOR5mJgROCb24OSu50L-_fpUdYN5fwoG13LkifpG_wJbMKympXmzth-GILQs2uTpgzvnKLkE/s2048/magnificent_wizard_by_katjakay_d1x3hgw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1838" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq533bNG__OHW7ZO_h_AFyBKhS_RDS_jEq099I4AdD-ZYskm2_PWRD4PveCdYunLXSpgvOR5mJgROCb24OSu50L-_fpUdYN5fwoG13LkifpG_wJbMKympXmzth-GILQs2uTpgzvnKLkE/w179-h200/magnificent_wizard_by_katjakay_d1x3hgw.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I'm still going strong on my two projects, Winter snowfall looks like it will be done before fall though there is half a ton of beads to add to it when the stitching is done</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWcYmlvmGXQev7Ws4giWbYymJqx9OkOSE0Tko0oEqm3hlusnZHxCSClA5tCIyVp0BHxgJ4Cxu_AW8ThaT4gMphULAUl0aEfB1hr6wUkUM1xwE4Gcm4CoRVk3ZPK3CfqIaMo5eFQDVIvE/s2048/IMG_2537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWcYmlvmGXQev7Ws4giWbYymJqx9OkOSE0Tko0oEqm3hlusnZHxCSClA5tCIyVp0BHxgJ4Cxu_AW8ThaT4gMphULAUl0aEfB1hr6wUkUM1xwE4Gcm4CoRVk3ZPK3CfqIaMo5eFQDVIvE/s320/IMG_2537.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And I have officially finished a page on Lion King (1 of 4) and when I reach the bottom this time I will officially be half done</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwZLxOS8wexojvlS3eSph7JfGiU9BMmFczBon7OqvVIDnUM9IYCvJmqhIf7l46UdEQU3w7SAoOkGzzKXTVAEJOHn-XfW92j7y3WcojCp1fEGUT4MXi9Ut2qOVt9zDYfp1h2ftCpl0iS4/s2048/IMG_2542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwZLxOS8wexojvlS3eSph7JfGiU9BMmFczBon7OqvVIDnUM9IYCvJmqhIf7l46UdEQU3w7SAoOkGzzKXTVAEJOHn-XfW92j7y3WcojCp1fEGUT4MXi9Ut2qOVt9zDYfp1h2ftCpl0iS4/s320/IMG_2542.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role - Including the final boss fight of this campaign, on more episode to go and then Campaign 3 to look forward to</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Arrow Season 1 - As good as I remembered<p></p><p>Shannara Season 1 - I started reading the Shannara series when I was 10 so it<br /> lives pretty strong in my heart, the show does not do the books justice. That being said, it’s not a bad fantasy series at all.</p><p>Spartacus - Vengeance (Season 2) <br /></p><p>Into the Storm - Pretty much the same storyline as Twister but with documentarians instead of scientists. Pretty corny at time but a solid disaster movie so it makes me happy.</p><p>It - The 90’s TV Miniseries, I have a special bond with the book but have not read it in decades, but this is a good adaptation though not as detailed or gory as the new movies. </p><p>Pippin - This is a dark musical stage comedy that was filmed in 1981. They did a lot of stage films from Canada around that time, but not many of them came to video and are lost somewhere in time. Weirdly I found this one for sale in Los Vegas on VHS in 1998. </p><p>Pavarotti and Friends 2 - I think Pavarotti did several of these concerts in the 90’s, this is by far my favorite mainly because of the pure joy on Bryan Adams’ face when singing with Pavarotti.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Peacemaker - A really solid action movie from 1997 starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, and they are both written as intelligent people who actually listen to each other while there is a obligatory romance it’s barely there and instead all the focus is on the action and twisty storyline that starts with nuclear weapons been stolen from a train in Russia, in fact Clooney and Kidman don’t even show up until 15 and 20 minutes into the movie.<p></p><p>Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - It’s just a bit of fluff really, not much to this movie but fun to watch when you want to concentrate on other things.</p><p>Pleasantville - A couple teens from the late 90’s find themselves in a 50’s sitcom, and change everything, this is a cute social commentary, not particularity hard-hitting but with wonderful cinematography and effects</p><p>Phoenix 2772 - Anime from 1980 I think I got this as a gift 30 years ago and have only watched it once before and couldn’t remember a thing about it, with good reason, it’s all style and no substance. </p><p>The Parent Trap - It’s cute and really well done once you get over the cruel notion of separating twins at birth. Also interesting to see and remember that Lindsey Lohan was a really really good child actor.</p><p>The Pirates of Penzance - There are two nearly identical versions of this, both starring Kevin Kline, Rex Harris and Linda Ronstadt. one is from the stage and the other a movie based on the stage play with the same cast, I prefer the movie version but that may be because I saw it first. </p><p>Prelude to a Kiss - Technically this is a rom-com, but it’s subtler than most, an old man kissed the bride on her wedding day and they accidentally switch bodies, what I’ve always liked about this one is how quickly the groom figures it out. </p><p>Pocahontas - Not one of my favourites, but still a good movie and it’s visually gorgeous </p><p>Pride and Prejudice - The Keira Knightly version, I grew up on P&P as it is my mother’s favorite book and this is a solid screenplay for something that got condensed so much, if you want more dedication to storyline (and the dreamiest Mr. Darcy) watch the Colin Firth one, as I will be soon. But I really enjoy Keira as Elizabeth </p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-51301581736215110122021-04-23T15:52:00.002-07:002021-04-23T15:52:25.349-07:00April WIPocalypse<p> I feel like April flew by, but also like I was in some sort of holding pattern waiting for something to happen, I miss movies and concerts and going shopping in another town on a whim(which I almost never did, but the fact that I shouldn't just makes me want to) And I want to get my shot and B.C. has been slow about that and I NEED to get it so I can go on my trip in February if that actually happens. Maybe today wasn't the best day to blog, I'm just feeling so blah about life. But stitching is great so lets go to that </p><p>April's question is: <b>Have you found yourself to be more or less productive in your stitching during the Covid-19 pandemic. </b></p><p>Probably more, though not by much I still have the same routine for before except for movie nights, in truth my life didn't change a lot, despite my rant above, I have always been a stay at home and stitch type person, no social gatherings for me. But I do miss being alone in a dark room with a bunch of people that love the same things I do, as long as I don't have to talk to them.</p><p>Stitching done this month is of course The Lion King and Mufasa has shown up </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrc1wHA8KAkTPUzL-KJEPcNJQF_23_pCk_ZDPy7IY0KbQQy5XVHFDbhaFgmMaY3qKDzD1RWneoUwEj531sXsURTI-Lvn2YjrPN804-PrFNCdIgrRN79OZYwA8KLDLqcwGYDb5UdO941A/s2048/IMG_2510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1561" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrc1wHA8KAkTPUzL-KJEPcNJQF_23_pCk_ZDPy7IY0KbQQy5XVHFDbhaFgmMaY3qKDzD1RWneoUwEj531sXsURTI-Lvn2YjrPN804-PrFNCdIgrRN79OZYwA8KLDLqcwGYDb5UdO941A/s320/IMG_2510.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>And Winter Snowfall still gets love once a week and is coming along nicely</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4LFuCZPRQ_0Cue6heg0Lv6FxVICKcNoU9sJvR2G8kc8LpRdoLbXPs8_N-K9GYku0n75QtTa0UfgBMObv3UyB9PmDtoDHlqUDbbXK7HhAMLZd5B3Ij_RNJ7-1J77_4tFIsQb4MBCTvAU/s2048/IMG_2509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4LFuCZPRQ_0Cue6heg0Lv6FxVICKcNoU9sJvR2G8kc8LpRdoLbXPs8_N-K9GYku0n75QtTa0UfgBMObv3UyB9PmDtoDHlqUDbbXK7HhAMLZd5B3Ij_RNJ7-1J77_4tFIsQb4MBCTvAU/s320/IMG_2509.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucJ9_DzBwcj1aBM470UI-2ZgL7EZgFeaprAsTocA7vhfo5aDmljhQDIs2qc4ztI7Z7ZXqDsRqmGNXeRpXoCzGRUfLbFi58d5-KE7VufQY1-4L9reEkqDgOr7dBGhYd5P35WrJOSpOx0o/s265/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="190" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucJ9_DzBwcj1aBM470UI-2ZgL7EZgFeaprAsTocA7vhfo5aDmljhQDIs2qc4ztI7Z7ZXqDsRqmGNXeRpXoCzGRUfLbFi58d5-KE7VufQY1-4L9reEkqDgOr7dBGhYd5P35WrJOSpOx0o/w143-h200/download.jpg" width="143" /></a></div><br />Avatar the Last Air Bender Season 2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnbyJtS7k9AfcrU3U10xO_cOwshzIGgayd8hdVrPrNCYNWYM9rchh0MLcKLQZ_VBTn8KIEq4Wbh1gaI4aEcZzfcvm-W-RpCg_rALtqL4wIj5qk6FRsU5oEHjcM4_iVX_H21cOqORT1bk/s1500/91iV48abjkL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1058" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnbyJtS7k9AfcrU3U10xO_cOwshzIGgayd8hdVrPrNCYNWYM9rchh0MLcKLQZ_VBTn8KIEq4Wbh1gaI4aEcZzfcvm-W-RpCg_rALtqL4wIj5qk6FRsU5oEHjcM4_iVX_H21cOqORT1bk/w141-h200/91iV48abjkL._SL1500_.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><p></p><p>Arrow Season 1 I only ever watched about half of the first season when this<br /> aired, the time it was on was all wrong for me so I just figured I’d buy it and watch it then, well I have all the seasons and am finally getting around to it, and it’s as good as I remember</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3znfuZct0yo23Q9Sk2OOtM_vjCHzlIykus4wtp3hsFfoPoTXt5QReMK8u8-a-A_oBy2ZmZV3KqN-BYRjP1_9B4UqNK6aVW2kQ2ydiUAheNUHDpbp3hsZjoAq7xgwuq55tZrbsCC2tkU/s275/download+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3znfuZct0yo23Q9Sk2OOtM_vjCHzlIykus4wtp3hsFfoPoTXt5QReMK8u8-a-A_oBy2ZmZV3KqN-BYRjP1_9B4UqNK6aVW2kQ2ydiUAheNUHDpbp3hsZjoAq7xgwuq55tZrbsCC2tkU/w133-h200/download+%25281%2529.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br />Independence Day - My absolute favourite disaster/sc-fi movie - I love it when they start with people all over the place that eventually end up gathered to fight for a common goal and no movie does it better than this one. It also has the best presidential speech in movies and possibly real life.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5l7G3TurivGaVrNqZuap2I7pvL_rsV3MI4j1dR-PgzDBnMftYi09wu9OiF43qJm2_PeK39PSueccQvbqf-l-ixLTclyfjhXPgGfWB9IttrR0NbhDYRMpkQWW8Ov6HoZYsCKnmVum5fK4/s270/download+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5l7G3TurivGaVrNqZuap2I7pvL_rsV3MI4j1dR-PgzDBnMftYi09wu9OiF43qJm2_PeK39PSueccQvbqf-l-ixLTclyfjhXPgGfWB9IttrR0NbhDYRMpkQWW8Ov6HoZYsCKnmVum5fK4/w139-h200/download+%25282%2529.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><br />Independence Day: Resurgence - This is a worthy sequel, different enough to be it’s own movie but enough recurring characters that it’s obviously not forgot it’s origins<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRP4CrN_UMzs-Dc7vO9Mu4oPevf6fWgkiavQazcc8r6FUrJrA23bTa24c5XvqO_GE-i3rxYD-FpDQmZ_Y_JMU09f4_9plrlFeDfKMvtAPSwNWwTkIUC1sC3ZY2Ycie-5VICVcsZVRxtA/s270/download+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRP4CrN_UMzs-Dc7vO9Mu4oPevf6fWgkiavQazcc8r6FUrJrA23bTa24c5XvqO_GE-i3rxYD-FpDQmZ_Y_JMU09f4_9plrlFeDfKMvtAPSwNWwTkIUC1sC3ZY2Ycie-5VICVcsZVRxtA/w139-h200/download+%25283%2529.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><br />In Time - A smart twisty sci-fi action movie formulaic at times but a good concept and well acted, I watched this one first on Netflix but when I found it really cheap I realized it’s one I’d enjoy watching again, and it was.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNckUYSNWd4bAu2K3a0BYakHtUno_-aA3Qv2hyphenhyphenLkN542R4wyL2CoJJY4jNVExvPQdPPi-BgTdA-ASsFkbll_mKxRGoKDnVW0xirPddqnVXxy4JWVpmVOVA-N_-0gk9qNO8FGtHNV5gMg/s289/download+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="174" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNckUYSNWd4bAu2K3a0BYakHtUno_-aA3Qv2hyphenhyphenLkN542R4wyL2CoJJY4jNVExvPQdPPi-BgTdA-ASsFkbll_mKxRGoKDnVW0xirPddqnVXxy4JWVpmVOVA-N_-0gk9qNO8FGtHNV5gMg/w120-h200/download+%25284%2529.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><br />International Velvet - When I was a kid - 40 years ago, our local theatre would play Saturday matinees, and they had around 20 movies they rotated, this was one of them, and for around five years Mom would drop me off at the movie and go shopping, or home, or sometimes come with me. I never missed this movie when it played, not once, and to this day it still remains a favourite. Given how few people I’ve met that have even heard of it, the show has a stellar cast, including Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins. Anyways this is a horse movie, and a coming of age movie and a movie about the Olympics, and I can almost quote it word for word.<p></p><div><br /></div>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453157392595507541.post-69824081788777655902021-04-07T17:18:00.003-07:002021-04-07T17:18:55.500-07:00March WIPocalypse<p>This month's question <b>What is your process for working on WIPs? Are you a one-at-a-time stitcher, a rotation stitcher, or something else?</b></p><p>I am very much a two-at-a-time stitcher, one big one and a random small, I used to do the small while watching Jeopardy but having enough light to stitch by was bothering my father's eyes and that is the one show we always watch together. So now my second project is done only on Thursdays, this is a new thing for me this year and seems to be working well</p><p>Second question is <b>If you participated in it, please tell us how your One Month Challenge went! What did you work on, and did you accomplish what you’d hoped? </b></p><p>I think this is the first time I've done this kind of challenge where I actually succeeded in stitching every day. Usually something interrupts the schedule, often a concert or show. which of course is why I succeeded, sighhhhhh I miss concerts. I worked on The Lion King and that is why I'm running late on this one. I wanted to reach the bottom of Lion King before I posted it and then was so excited to start at the top again that I didn't take an official progress pic and lost track of the month as well So this is is a tad wrinkly</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6wiIRtlMVhVH3M3tPpvYPMaWnYBs3JvGc8BgJF7LcOCk-LyrBTnhj_2wFru_lALNF0aTjeuMkuKEQEqxI8QcRoUnvhbHqR_2Ce4e_XlNvhEmQya31nQFlyQEgzGw8dYpK1WfDef8SWM/s2048/20210404_202546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6wiIRtlMVhVH3M3tPpvYPMaWnYBs3JvGc8BgJF7LcOCk-LyrBTnhj_2wFru_lALNF0aTjeuMkuKEQEqxI8QcRoUnvhbHqR_2Ce4e_XlNvhEmQya31nQFlyQEgzGw8dYpK1WfDef8SWM/s320/20210404_202546.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>As for what I watched</p><p>Critical Role</p><p>Quest and Chaos plays Pandemic Legacy - I watch Season 1 and 2 a while ago but then they played Season 0 and I got hooked again so I’m back to watching them all (on Youtube)</p><p>White Collar - Season 2</p><p>Quidam - Cirque Du Soliel - I wish they still put out DVD’s of their shows, I miss seeing them live, but this helps</p><p>The Indian In the Cupboard - A simple but sweet story about a boy who’s cupboard is magical and turns toys alive, in particular a plastic Indian who he becomes friends with. I think it’s the music that keeps me coming back to this movie, the score is phenomenal.</p><p>If Looks Could Kill - A spy spoof from the early 90’s, this is a ton of fun. </p><p>I Am Number Four - I watch this and think about finding the book, cause I’m sure there is a lot more story to this story, that been said this is still a decent teen sci-fi.</p><p>I, Robot - This one is such a solid sci-fi movie, interesting story, good special effects and really well acted,</p><p>Ice Age - Fun little animated movie, not stellar, but not a bad way to spend an hour, also Scrat is adorable</p><p>Inception - Twisty smart storyline, and great effects. </p><p>The Incredibles - One of the best Superhero movies out there.</p><p>The Incredibles 2 - Also a smart Superhero movie that deals intelligently with everyday life</p><p>World Figure Skating Championships - Happy to see it come back though having no audience made me feel sad for the skaters. Especially the Swedish man who had the skate of his life on home soil, he deserved an amazing standing ovation and there was just scatter applause and silence.</p><p>The volcano in Iceland - It’s so interesting to follow a volcano from birth, I pop in and watch the live feed several times a day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>katjakayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747314656450153553noreply@blogger.com1