Re: How Long Is 'To Do' List?

Posted by Pirjo Ilvesvuori on April 23, 2006, 12:23 pm

Hi!
Well, I have many USOs aka UnStarted Objects or something like that...I have
not counted them...I think there are more than 10 but less than 200...so
there are rather much.
Best: Pirjo

Posted by Gill Murray on April 23, 2006, 12:34 pm

Pirjo Ilvesvuori wrote:
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Well, dear, you are young and have YEARS and YEARS to start them, or
change your mind about them.

When you are "lots" older, like 50 more years, then your question really
takes on a new meaning!! I found a box under my bed, that has about
40-50 kitted up items, or kits, and at 70 (almost, Lucille's birthday is
before mine) it makes me wonder how long the eyes will be able to see to
stitch them up! This, naturally, doesn't include UFOs and WIPs. Of
course there are some things that I put together, or started, fifteen
years ago that I am not the least interested in, anymore.

Gillian

Posted by Pirjo Ilvesvuori on April 24, 2006, 6:44 am

Hi!
Years ahead, yes...but my eyes are already miserable...I won't see a thing
if I do not wear glasses...and I am less than 30. Argh...I hate thinking of
that...When I got to my 20th birthday, I felt like I had been 30 years old.
When I hit that big 30, I must feel like I am 50 or....40...or...I do not
know. But needlework won't leave me as long as I live....Oh, so many
projects, so little time. But I keep stitching and knitting.
Best: Pirjo

Posted by headway on April 26, 2006, 11:06 pm

I have been wearing glasses since 6th grade - which happens to be the
same year I first learned to embroider! Age is definitely a number....
I am now 51 and feel better and happier than I have in YEARS - of
course, a lot of that is due to divorce...lol, but the point is - be
happy with who and what you are now, rather than mourn what cannot be
regained.... I am another stitcher with file bins full of patterns I
may never do, but I will continue to buy what I like and get to what I
can. Current WIP's are TW's Noah's Ark, a Taz bookmark for my son,
Creative Accent's Butterfly Expressions, Roger Reinardy's Cat's Eyes,
Bucilla's God's Promises, and Shepherd's Bush's Bee Happy... a really
nice mix to stave off stagnation but not enough to let any one of them
languish for lack of progress.... lol Next up will probably be The
Storyteller by TW, and I have a beautiful kit of The Enchanter from
Dimensions that is calling to me...

It will all get done eventually - if not by me, then by my daughter or
sons (who all stitch) after I am gone... lol

Dee

Posted by Brenda Lewis on May 1, 2006, 7:54 pm

Corrective eye surgeries are getting much better. Perhaps you could
have that done to extend your stitching years. I couldn't read the
two-inch tall numbers on my alarm clock without glasses and could not
safely drive at night before LASIK. I had the surgery seven years ago
(at age 31) and am still glasses-free today with no complications.

I do recommend an extensive search to find a good surgeon and talk to
his/her patients if possible. Not all who perform the procedure are
highly skilled. While there can be a substantial chunk of money
involved, it is a worthwhile investment.

Pirjo Ilvesvuori wrote:
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Brenda
Tickler of Chuzzles

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