The Finished Product

I still can't believe it, but this is it.  All done.  And for about 12 cents an hour and five months of my life.

This is Miss Stitch, signing off.  

Thanks for following the journey!

Serious Technology Malfunction

Well folks, the day after my last entry an event occurred that put a giant damper on the Christmas Cross-Stitch chronicle.

I spent a couple of days in New York and while it was a great trip, my computer's hard drive died.  Without a computer it was impossible to write updates, but without the temptation to piddle on the internet for hours on end, it did afford me the opportunity to buckle down and finish this baby.

Yes, you read it correctly.  I finished this baby.

Dove-tailing perfectly with the arrival of my new hard drive which my husband deftly installed into my lifeless laptop, I stitched my final stitch and put this Christmas Cross Stitch to rest.  I can still hardly believe it, to be honest.  All day I have had to remind myself that I don't have to work on it, so clearly I'm going to have to retrain myself to do other things.

My first order of business post-cross-stitch?  Volunteering at our public television studios.  They're doing a pledge drive and I'm going to sit at the phones and take pledges!  It's exciting in a sense because I have been trying to get a job with our public radio station and since they're not hiring due to the crappy economy, I'm going to offer my time for free.  Of course I hope I can build a report with the folks there and be one of the first ones they think of when they start hiring again, but it will also be an excellent way to do a good service to my community!

Thanks to all who kept up with this project and read this blog.  I'm so thankful I finished it!!!  

(My husband is even more thankful.)