Snow videos

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January 6th - snow and more snow...

Pics taken by my daughter today on her snow day. It is still snowing continuously. I wasn't able to get down my street let alone in to work today but have since heard that the office has been closed and all staff sent home due to deteriorating conditions.

Charlie the Westie loved his outing in the snow though he came back covered in lumps of snow. I have uploaded some videos of him to YouTube and I'll be posting those in the next blog entry.

The first pic is the local football field/recreation ground about 150yards from our house.

My first Finish of 2010

My Peacock Stitching Chair is finished, here are pics:











I use AVAS silks and Gloriana Wood Pond

January Goals

Breaking my goals down, here is what I want to achieve in January

1. Peacock Stitching Chair (50%) - To finish this one
2. Wild Menagerie (32%) - To get this 35%
3. Pam Kellogg's Christmas Mystery (20%) - To get this 25%
4. Sweet Summer Sampler (20%) - To get this 25%
5. Flamenco Dancer (15%) - To get this 20%
6. Earth Dragon (14%) - To get this 20%
7. Midsummer Night's Dream (10%) - To get this 15%
8. DMC Teddy Bear (8%) - To get this 15%
9. Emperor Penguins (3%) - To get this 10%
10. Four Horses of the Apocalypse (3%) - To get this 5%
11. Celtic Spring (1%) - To get this 5%
12. Blumen in Raster (1%) - To get this 5%

I know these goals are probably totally unrealistic but hey aim high and i might get somewhere! I am confident that I can get achieve the first 3.

My goals for 2010

These are just stitching goals, I may make a list of other goals at some point

Finish These Projects:
1. Peacock Stitching Chair (50%) Finished 03/01/2010
2. Wild Menagerie (32%) 50% complete @ 05/01/2010
3. Pam Kellogg's Christmas Mystery (20%) on hold until I can find the charts

Get the following projects to 75%:
1. Sweet Summer Sampler (20%) 71% complete @ 08/01/2010
2. Flamenco Dancer (15%) lots of unstitching done so still at 15% @ 31/01/2010
3. Earth Dragon (14%) still at 14% @ 31/01/2010

Get the following projects to 50%:
1. Midsummer Night's Dream (10%) 12.4% complete @ 13/01/2010
2. DMC Teddy Bear (8%) Finished 17-01-2010
3. Emperor Penguins (3%) 10.4% complete @ 31/01/2010

Get the following projects to 25%:
2. Four Horses of the Apocalypse (3%) had to start again 2.9% @ 31/01/2010
3. Celtic Spring (1%) didn't stitch on this one in January
4. Blumen in Raster (1%) at 1.4% @ 31/01/2010

To this end I have put in place my 10 hour rotation again and will see how things go! This would end the year with only 9 WIPs though to be honest I'd rather it were 5 or less.