February WIPocalypse

It's starting to feel like spring outside which means we are due for a good dump of snow.  Sighhh I'm ready for winter to end.  

This month WIPocalypse question is  What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year?

I don't have one at the moment, but my friends and I have one tentatively planned for around Halloween, now the last time we planned to start the same project at the same time, was when we planned to all stitch The Lion King, that was 2016 and so far I'm the only one who has started it and that was in 2020.  We shall try to do better this time

As for Lion King, I didn't get as much done as last month, but still some good progress,  I plan to make this my One Month Challenge where you "pick one of your WIPs that you’d like to focus on, and put a minimum of one stitch per day, every day, in that project for the month of March" 

I'll still do Winter Snowfall on Thursdays but will start at noon so I can fulfill the challenge requirements 

On other news, I have rebooked my vacation that I should be on right now, for next year, hopefully travel is back on the menu by that point. 

As for what I watched

Critical Role

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)

His Dark Materials Season 1 - So well done, I can’t wait to find a copy of season 2

Under the Dome Season 3 - They should have stopped at two, it was a pretty week season, though the finally was fairly satisfying, glad I watch it, but don’t think I’ll keep the series.

White Collar Season 2 - A fun series to watch given how many dark and depressing things I’ve been watching lately 

The Hunger Games - You don’t watch these to be cheered up, but damn is it a good story.

January WIPocalypse

 The technical day for this was Sunday, but my weekends are Thursday  and Friday so expect me to be late a lot, luckily the creator of this SAL doesn't mind late.

The Question of the Month is Tell us about a WIP on which you’ve really struggled to make progress. Explain its history. What appears to be the reason you’re struggling?

And the answer is that I don't have one, the Lion King is taking a bit longer than usual, but that's because I decided to do a bunch of random smalls last year.  but this year it is all Lion King all the time

 

Except Thursdays, that's when Critical Role is on, and as it runs around 4 hours  I decided that would be when I focus on Shannon Christine's "Winter Snowfall" 

Other than that it's quiet at work, which mean experimenting, anyone have any good cookie ideas? They have to be feasible on a large scale, for example our chocolate chip cookies take 4.5 kg of both flour and chocolate chips.

As for what I watched

Critical Role

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)

Sleepy Hollow Season 2 

His Dark Materials - Season 1 - Now this is an excellent adaptation.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 & 3  - Much better sequels than most movies have,  I adore this series.

Great Expectations - PBS version from 2012, a decent version, I’ve never read it so I don’t know how faithful it is, 

The Hunt for Red October - The first of the Jack Ryan movies and by far my favorite, most of the other ones try to hard into making him an action hero, also Sean Connery is wonderful as the Russian sub captain, actually the whole cast is great.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - I have never quite figured out how Disney got away with doing one with so many sexual overtones.  A much darker story than some and the music is glorious.