Stitching on lots of things...

 Finish #5 for 2023.  Heart In Hand - Bluebird Sampler.  Used the suggested Chesapeake Bay floss on Colour and Cotton Spiced Honey, 28 count lugana, one over one..  

Finish #6 for 2023.  The freebie pattern from Hello from Liz Mathews website.  Stitched on just a scrap of white 28 count lugana, one over one, using Classic Colorworks Bandana floss.  

I tried adding more to this... Brick House Sampler - With Thy Needle and Thread. 

Not much got added, this is where it was when I picked it up again.

This is Violets & Verses - Mary Woodrow.   A new start.  Done on Dove Gray jobelan 28 count, one over one, using dmc 3799.

Another new start - Teresa Kogut - Nature, on 25 count white lugana, one over one, using the suggested floss colors.  So far, this one is a fun stitch.  

Another new start - Marjorie Massey - Quaker Street.  On PTP Gingerbread 28 count, one over one, using Anchor black.  I am one stitch wide on the right side....  I think.  I don't want to start over.  I'm not sure how much being off is gonna confuse me.  I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the results of this start, so there might be a restart on this.  But I just love the pattern.  Might just need a different color combination. 

Time to change again...

Worked on Brick House Sampler for a little bit.
Below is where it was when I put it away last time.
There is a cream floss that runs up the building sides, the window frames, sheep.  But it's gonna just disappear into the fabric.  I did a bit of that on the building right side - in the zig-zag section.  Rather than be frustrated with that, time to change projects.

I grabbed the Pelican again.  Still have 7 pages to do on Pelican. 
This week was a test for my wanting to buy new charts.  So far I have resisted. 
I have been donating platelets, and I went 12 times in 15 weeks.  The guy that stabs me prefers my left arm, so it's all been in my left arm.  And I am left handed.  I should have maxed out my yearly amount of 24 times in a calendar year - somehow I didn't, but I can still give whole blood a few more times, so I am gonna do that - cause those women will stab my other arm.  My sleeping hours and my energy is crap, trying to change that.  I can't seem to lose weight and give platelets, although that was the plan.  Sometimes we all need to just try a different plan.