Yardwork

 Before the second phase of the storm hits us (and this is the nasty part with freezing rain predicted for our area), I thought I better do an update.

The house is finished, the trees are planted, the numbers stitched, and I've started on the fence around the front yard.

I truly did not think I would get the house filled in before the end of the month. I know there are a lot of sampler stitchers who love building houses. They find filling in all those walls rhythmic and soothing and peaceful.

Filling in makes me bugnutz crazy. 

That may be why I haven't succumbed to all the precious Animal Crackers designs. Don't get me wrong. I think they're adorable and I would love to have the entire menagerie in my house. The problem is that there are a lot of areas that have to be filled in. I know I would get one halfway done and then it would disappear into the bin of Projects That Make Me Feel Guilty Because They Aren't Finished But Not Guilty Enough To Make Me Finish Them. 

There are quite enough projects in that bin already.

Anyway, I am going to work on getting the fence around the front yard stitched today while hoping the power stays on and the dead tree we reported to the HOA in November doesn't decide to fall down.

This is the kind of excitement I would happily avoid.