Flosstube #25: SALs, a finish, and a wild Jelly Bean!

[@HeritageStitching]

Oh thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so happy to hear that you also enjoy traditional stitching. 🥰Your cats are adorable! Thank you for sharing your projects ☺

[@NightshadeNeedleworker]

So glad you're feeling better! And the cats sure seem to be feeling good lol. I haven't started the Aquarium frame either, the fabric I chose I decided wouldn't work once I saw the frame so I'm waiting on a new order to come in! I can't get over how cute my bag is 😍

[@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj]

I got the fabric for the Aquarium SAL, but just haven't had a chance to start it yet. Hmm, could I have taken on too many SALs? 🤣 It also didn't help that i got hung up on the F&F frames. I'll get your bag in the mail as soon as I get well enough to go out again. Ugh! I haven't been this sick since I stopped working in the schools!

[@missinginastitch]

Your cats are just so cute

[@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj]

I admit, my naughty little Jelly Bean is my special little boy! ❤️ He definitely keeps me on my toes. 🤣 Yes, I think I've lost my mind signing up for so many SALs. So far, I'm doing okay with them, though. We'll see if I can do them all. As for weeds, my back yard, front yard, side yard, ALL the yard is full of weeds. I'm so tired of pulling weeds. I just want to be able to go outside and plant lots of things without having to spend 3 days clearing the weeds out of a four foot square area first. I'm starting to feel better. I told my husband if he gets me sick again, I'm going to whack him with my rolling pin. 🤣 The pollen will die down as the temperature goes up. We'll go from allergies to heatstroke. 😬 I hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself. ❤️

[@sunrise49738]

Hi Sherry and Jelly Bean! So lovely to see all of you today. So much amazing entertainment provided by the kitties. I am so sorry that you and your daughter are ill again. I can so relate to how tired you are of it. I am currently 1 day away from the third round of the third antibiotic and I don't feel much better. Had a CT on Wednesday so awaiting the results. I am still feeling very tired, very much still with mucus and sore throat as well as cough. I will probably end up having to refill the antibiotic. Sorry your refrigerator got fried by the storm. Sounds like you have definitely had a rough week. Congrats on finishing the tomato! Love your The Herbalist SAL stitching so far. Your stitching is beautiful, as always. The frames for the Femurs and Fungi SAL are looking so good. I watch Heritage Stitching as well. Have you watched the Hathaway Sisters? They have a really entertaining floss tube. May is also Mental Health Awareness. If you want more info on it, go watch Kanday, The 614 Stitcher. Basically you stitch a piece about mental health or stitch on something that brings you joy. All the bags you showed were gorgeous. You always do beautiful sewing. Love the innocence of the sleeping boys. I hope you feel better soon. I will be so glad when things are done pollinating this year. Take care of yourself and I hope you have a much better couple of weeks than the last couple have been. Happy crafting and gardening. Dawn

[@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj]

Hi Dawn! I'm SO sorry you're still fighting this illness!!! ❤️ Big hugs! You know, this year has just been awful with pollen and sickness. My husband NEVER gets sick, yet he is still fighting this stuff. I haven't been this sick since I stopped working in the schools, but this stuff just keeps lingering. My red car looks orange from all the pollen, which doesn't help at all. I hope the doctors can get you all fixed up and healthy soon. You're in my heart. These kitties! The boys are a handful, and Jelly Bean is a holy terror. 🤣 My husband left several canning jars on the kitchen counter Thursday night instead of putting them away. Yesterday morning, there was a huge crash. I'm sure you can guess what happened. Jelly Bean swatted them off the counter, so I got to sweep up a bunch of broken glass. I really hope he outgrows this phase soon. We've tried using a spray bottle full of water to get him to stop, but he loves water, so it made him just want to play more. 🙄 I sat him down yesterday and told him I was going to turn him into a fuzzy little egg roll if he didn't behave. He purred and rubbed his head against my chin, then immediately attacked Snickers when I put him down. Soooo, my husband got in trouble for not putting the jars away. 🤣 So far, the SALs haven't stressed me out too much, but Owl Forest just released this year's SAL, and it's MUSHROOMS! I'll have to do that one, of course. I'll probably just download it and do it later. I can't overload myself anymore! 😅 Take care, my friend! I hope the scan gives answers and good news! ❤️

[@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj]

Oh, and I'll check out those other flosstubes! Thank you! 👍

[@sunrise49738]

@@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj OMG, that Jelly Bean! Have you tried adding a bit of vinegar to the water in the squirt bottle for the cats discipline? Our cats all hate the smell of it and it does more good than anything else we have tried. My mom has made the hard decision to have her senior cat, the one that looks so much like Cheeto, down later today. The poor cat is just miserable with continuous vomiting. She is always hungry. They did blood work on her which came back as normal a couple of months ago. They gave her medicine which seemed to work for about 2 weeks and now she is throwing up 4 or more times a day and not small amounts, so it is a sad day here. Hope you have a great week.

[@HecatesNeedle-ei6xj]

We've tried everything with Jelly Bean. We'll just have to be patient until he grows out of it, I guess. We've also been trying to wear him out by playing with him a lot. We'll see. I'm so sorry about your mom's cat! 😥 It's always such a heartbreaking decision. We had a similar issue with our gray tabby last year. She was 15 years old. She couldn't keep anything down, and she was wasting away. The vet couldn't find any issues. The meds helped for a bit, but finally, she just got too weak to even walk. My heart is with y'all. ❤️