Rotation, Cinderella's Castle, and A Video

I'm trying the five-day rotation Tama of Stitching Daze is doing, and, so far, I've been pleased. I didn't get much done on my last piece, but I did work on it. From June 25 to June 29 I worked on the Disney Alphabet Sampler from Clouds Factory.

Where I was when I started:

Where I am now:

I only added a character and a half, but at least it's something.

My next five day rotation piece is my start from yesterday, a blue and green chevron coaster from the summer issue of Cross Stitch and Needlework Magazine. I just wanted to work on something small and simple.

Part of the reason I didn't work much on the Disney Alphabet is because I was working on my Cinderella's Castle for A New Stitchy Start; I added about 600 stitches in four days.

I dream of the day when I'll work with a color other than blue. It's a long time from now.

I leave you with a video of Alex having fun giving the couch raspberries. Yup, the couch. Please pay no attention to the messy house behind her. Enjoy :-)
Edit: I accidentally had this on Private settings. Thank you, Heather, for letting me know! It should be fixed now. 

SFS February, IHSW, New Yarn and Starts #52-54

It's check-in time for Stitch From Stash hosted by Epic Stitching. I spent more this month but have two finishes to count.
Month: February 2015
Spent: $29
Earned: $8
Total: $21

My two finishes are my smalls for January and February.

I bought two charts
Calvin and Hobbes Making Faces from Hornswoggle Store

and Hooties 12 Days of Christmas from PinoyStitch

and I bought some Aida fabric.

I enjoyed my first IHSW hosted by Random Ramblings. I was able to finish my smalls SAL early as well as make progress on three charts.
I worked on start #46 the most, Calendar Girls January from Little House Needleworks.
I started out here:

and ended up here:

I worked on one of my Turtle Trot pieces, and I worked on the Castle SAL I'm doing with Linda for A New Stitchy Start.
Here's where I was last week:

and where I am now:

I honestly didn't think I would be able to make as much progress as I did. Our church had a yard sale Saturday morning, I had a jewelry show Saturday night, and I spent half of Sunday sleeping off a bad cold.

I'm also making progress on start #14, Socks and Underwear by Lizzie Kate.
Here's where I was when I started:

and where I am now:

Today, we woke up to this.

Since we homeschool, we rarely take days off due to bad weather, but I made an exception today. It's a good day to curl up with some yarn and hooks. I have a couple of pairs of slippers to make, a scarf to finish, and a couple of blankets to start for new babies being born into the family.
When I was at Walmart buying groceries, I wandered over to the yarn aisle (of course) and found this delightful new color.

It's called Panther Pink. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but I had to have it.
Wherever you are, I hope you're happy and warm.
Thanks for reading and looking.
Blessings :-)

Starts #52-54 for SDUCJFC (all online freebies, just click the title to take you to the chart):

#52: Flowers of the Month: May

#53: Deck the Halls

#54: Tea For 2

Today's Inspiration

Recipes and Castle SAL

It was on the cold side today; the thermometer didn't get above 30. It was the perfect day for some hot cocoa. I make my own mix using this recipe from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.

I tried a new recipe yesterday for the church fellowship. It was Italian theme, so I made baked ziti.

On a scale of 1 to 10: 6

What I liked: It had a good flavor. It was relatively easy to make, very similar to a lasagna recipe I use. 

What I'll change for next time: I'll add some spices or use a spaghetti sauce with seasoning.

 I started this castle chart for the New Stitchy Start SAL blog. And now, because it's always more fun to stitch with friends than alone, I'm working it with Linda as our own SAL. We work on it every Sunday, so I'll start posting progress pics on Mondays.

This is where I was three Sundays ago:

And where I am now:

I'm not sure if I'll continue with the same blue this Sunday (I still have a lot of that color to do) or start filling in all those holes with the other two blues.

Today was start #46 for the SDUCJFC:

This is a freebie chart called Whoo-hoo? Me too? from Kincavel Krosses. You can click on the link to see the finished chart. The rest of my starts for this month are all freebies; I'll include the link each day.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)