WIPocalypse 2019 - The Beginning

I love this SAL , if it wasn't for WIPocalypse I'd never remember to blog at all, so this forces me to update at least once a month in the most enjoyable way possible.

So the first question of the year is :

Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!

Hi, I'm Nancy, I'm that weird beast known as a one-at-a-time stitcher, well two at a time really, but I have no UFO's.  I very rarely set something aside to work on something else, it's only happened when I need a gift or something for the fair.  So I live in a two story house and have a small project upstairs that I work on during Jeopardy and curling and any movies that I watch with my parents.  Downstairs is where the BAP lives, cause that's where I watch movies and Netflix and most importantly Critical Role.
At present my small is a Polar Bear Mill Hill kit, and my BAP is Mr Tumnus

from Cross Stitch Gold Magazine,  It's a smaller than usual BAP for me, but when  I finish him, I'll be moving on to Angel of the Harvest,

which at 12"x15" is more my usual size. She is my oldest pattern, the first thing I bought that wasn't a kit around 10 years ago, it's about time she got done.
That is actually my only plan for this year stitching wise, I have other travelly plans been planned, more on that when they actually get planned. Also waterfalls, every year has plans for waterfalls
Also I keep track of what I'm watching on this blog, mainly when stitching, but also things I went to see at the theatre

So as for what I watched


Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

The Librarians S3 E01-05

The Scarlet Pimpernel - This has been filmed a ton of times, but my favorite is this, the Anthony Andrews - Jane Seymore movie from the 80’s while they deviate from the books some, they characters are true to the story far more than other versions.

Silk Stockings - Watching Fred Astair and Cyd Cherisse is never a bad way to spend and afternoon, this is a musical remake of Ninotchka and while not the best musical out there it is certainly amusing.

Mary Poppins Returns - This was charming and exactly what it should be, the perfect movie to start the year with. Also I loved Lin-Manuel Miranda, he looked like he was having so much fun.

WIPocalypse Year End

Apparently I was so busy stitching ornaments in November that I forgot to blog at all, so this will be very photo heavy. This months question is:
Recap your accomplishments for the year! (Your finishes, your final before/after photos, etc).

I had a really good year for stitching I started off the year with the goal of finishing the Fractal, which I did,

I originally planned on starting another big project (Angel of the Harvest) right away but then decided that maybe this was a good time to back off a bit and so some more small stuff, So I did.  Including a ton of ornaments. Also note, I have never managed to make the photo's sit properly on this site, I give up, they are everywhere.

My favorite of the ornament binge was the Nutcracker Suite from Satsuma Street, I loved these ones so much I bought a tree just for them.

Another thing I just finished was the blackwork SAL Mini-Mandala-a-Month from  Brodeuse Bressane of course I had to be a little extra and provide an appropriate border for the lovely things

At the moment I've got my usual two things on the go, Narnia

And a Mill Hill Polar Bear kit, been doing this one a while, soooooo much white.

As for what I watched


Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

We’re Alive: Frontier - Another role playing game from Alpha this one is a futuristic Zombie survival game

The Librarians S01 and 02   Watching all the commentaries first as like with Leverage, these are wonderful commentaries and a really good adventure                                                           series in general

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines - Second Movie in the trilogy, also a lot of fun.

The Librarian III - The Curse of the Judas Chalice - I think this is my favorite of the three movies, good story and the characters are far more fleshed out

Footloose - For me, this is a perfect movie, I feel good anytime I watch it.  Also I believe this was the start of my life long crush on Kevin Bacon

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - Not bad, but not great either, it’s pretty, but the story doesn’t really track a lot of the time,  it’s kind of a cross between The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and Santa Clause 2.

For Your Consideration - By the same people that made Best in Show, it’s not a good as that one, but still a fun movies about an indie film that starts getting oscar buzz and the way the actors react to that knowledge

Frozen - Still magical as ever

The Full Monty - Unemployed steel workers decide to earn money by stripping, this is a British movie so that means this isn’t about some hot young studs but just some average blokes and it is all sorts of awesome

Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald - A solid addition to the story, my only complaint about this is that I took my mother who is a huge Harry Potter fan but a little hard of hearing, and both Eddie Redmayne and Johnny Depp (in everything, not just this) tend to mumble and speak without opening their mouths which made it very hard for her to follow the story.  She says the she’ll just wait for the rest of them to come out on DVD and watch with subtitles.

All the regular Christmas movies, nothing new this year so refer to previous Decembers

Mortal Engines - A good post apocalyptic movie, made me want to find and read the book, so job done I guess

October, but in November

Oops, missed that deadline, good thing it's not a strict one. 
So here is the October WIPocalypse blog,  The Question of the Month is
Do you prefer to stitch on a rotation or one project at a time?
I am very much a one project at a time person, though technically I usually have two, one upstairs which is usually a small project as I really only stitch upstairs when watching Jeopardy or Curling.  I do most of my stitching downstairs where the light is better so that is where my BAP usually lives, and I almost always finish one thing before I start the next. There are exceptions to that rule such as the Mandala of the Month

 I've been doing this year which I do the first Thursday of the month, the Halloween SAL will cause my to set aside my BAP until they are finished, and sometime in November I set everything aside to make ornaments, because I love them.

I've been pretty busy for October, I finished the two Halloween SAL projects, both from Lucky Star Stitches 

Worked more on Mr. Tumnus

But have now officailly put that aside to do ornaments, already finished this one which is two sided. 

I have two Secret Santa exchanges that I will need ornaments for and then the rest will just be for fun, and probably gifts.

As for what I watched


Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

Between the Sheets - an excellent interview program of the Critical Role cast

Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Wow this series was a good as I’d heard.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - I’m not sure what I
think about Johnny Depp being in the Potter franchise but other than that I love how this expands the world,

Field of Dreams - So a man builds a ball field in the middle of a crop of corn because a voice tells him too, and then it gets even stranger. But on the other hand, this movie is perfect in every way

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - The story has great heaping plot holes but it’s still a good way to spend an afternoon, also it’s kind of fun to see what was cutting edge graphics 17 years ago

Finding Nemo - Is Pixar capable of putting out a bad movie? This is so fun and sweet and lovely and I will forever adore the “Mine” seagulls

The First Knight - I’ll be honest, the only reason I own this is because it came with A Knight’s Tale. I saw it in theatre in 1995 and haven’t watched it since until now.  It’s claims to be a story of Camelot, but the only resemblance to the legend is the names, but if you set that aside, it’s not a bad romantic adventure movie.

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear - First movie in the Librarian trilogy that went on to be a delightful TV series.  It’s Indian Jones light and on a budget

Flight of the Navigator - A fun family friendly sci-fi from Disney in the 80’s and actually the story and special effects hold up quite well