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This is going to be just a very quick update of what I have been up to lately. But first, let me say thank you to all of you lovely ladies who have been taking the time to drop me a line, asking me if I'm okay. I feel a total oaf for not replying to you at the moment, but I'm being a bit of a cyber recluse. Those of you who have known me a bit longer will know that in times of emotional turmoil, or in times of Post-Translatic Stress Disorder (which occurs in the days following the completion of a translation) I tend to shy away from the computer and just sit and stitch in silence. And since this is a time of both emotional rumblings (so much so that I couldn't even see the humor in my own soap opera for a couple of weeks, which is not a good sign, and certainly not a good basis to go blogging), and of a serious case of Post-Translatic Stress Disorder, please pardon me for not writing to you right now, but know that I am comforted to know that so many of you are thinking of me (and Amy).

So... sitting and stitching quietly. And what, pray tell, have you been stitching? I hear you ask. Well. This:

This is Katrina's Neighbourhood RR, with my addition at the bottom on the left. This is a design by Primitive Traditions, and some of you may recognize it as one of the ten samplers that formed A Most Noble Pursuit. This lovely neighbourhood is now on its way to Kathy, and then it heads back home!

I've also been working on this:

This is Kathy's Neighbourhood, the last one (officially) for me. After this, I have to finish Michele's Halloween Neighbourhood, but at the rate Kathy's is going, I wouldn't be suprised if I could finish both of them before Christmas! Honestly, I've never been so inspired to work on a neighbourhood as Kathy's, which boggles the mind (or at least it does mine), because I don't particularly like working with pastels (don't mind them, but they're not my fave) AND out of all of the four seasons, summer is my least favourite, while Kathy's is definitely a pastelly, summery kind of neighbourhood. And I can't wait to get back to it! This wee house in the middle block was the work of two evenings, and now I've started on the right hand side in the middle for the second block (I'm stitching two blocks for Kathy). The house in the middle is by Brightneedle, and it's a fragment from Summer Cottage on Blueberry Lane. The other one I'm doing is also by Brightneedle, and it's a smidgen of the Key West Sampler. Love it, love it, love it. All of it.

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Soapy Twist; Part 3: The Bollocking

Amy is due in court next Thursday. An unfortunate date, since it is the day before Amy's most favourite holidays, Sinterklaas. She's extremely miffed at Jane for ruining Sinterklaas for her and Petey, even though she isn't even around. Amy realizes it is a tad unfair blaming Jane for something like this, but doesn't give a rat's behind anyway. And which judge invites parents round for a nice bicker about the kids the day before Sinterklaas, for God's sake? Well. With a bit of luck, the ruling will be made known a couple of days before Christmas. Fa-la-la-la-laaaa, la-la-la-bollocks.