Still in the Red

Not only is everything still red, I have some major problems to fix: that big blob of red on the bottom right is one stitch off to left.  I'm not doing it over because it won't really make a difference in the long run.  I just need to make sure that when I put the black in again, I remember the problem!

More Colors!

It feels good when I add more and more colors to a piece!

Potable Presents

All the liquors we received as gifts this Christmas.  So far.  We now live in a country where there are two Christmases.

It's not looking bad.  I have most of the top done, and truly, much more than at the beginning of the year.

Cracker from New York

 Neither of the crackers I received so far this year had any indication of who they were from!  All I know about this one is that it had a return address in upstate New York.  It was packed with stuff!  These two pictures show it all.  Thank you!

One more is on the way, but it's not the sender's fault it's not here.  Evidently Turkish Air has decided not to move mail for pretty much all of December into January... I have no idea when I'm going to get my mail.

End of Year Totals

I added up my finished projects this year, and here is what I ended up with:

22 cross stitch projects
21 crazy quilting projects
44 temari
5 needlepoint
1 crewel

The temari were mainly for presents and donations; few of them stretched my abilities due to time pressures.  I'm hoping to get a better handle on that next year.  I'm also hoping to get more needlepoint and crewel done.

Early Evening in Downtown Chisinau

Christmas lights and the cathedral lit up at the main square downtown.  Although it was only between eight and nine in the evening, people were already packing up and going home.  Chisinau has -no- nightlife.  The city does do itself up proud for Christmas, though, and since there are two Christmases here, the lights won't come down until some time after January 8th.