Whippy Wednesday

 Hello friends.

Here are my WIP's for this month.

First up is Antique Birds and Angel

by Quaint Rose Needle Arts.

Day 2 had me 3/4 of the first bird completed.

I did change the called for DMC 310 (black)

for Gentle Arts Raven.

Raven is a blackish green which I thought 

would look better with the DMC 500 green.

Day 3

I finished the bird and some flowers.

I think next I will work my way up.

Start on the flowers at the top and then

work down to the bird on the right.

Or I may work halfway and then start the angel.

Will see once I get there.

Day 4

I worked up stitching in more flowers.

This is going to be one colorful piece

once completed.

Day 5

Took me one day to stitch this pinkish flower 

and the greens below it and to the right side.

Lots of confetti stitching.

So glad it is finished.

Am loving this piece thus far. 

Even though it took one day to complete

that huge flower.

Also this sampler has no alphabets.

I am toying with the idea of adding 

in my own letters at the bottom.

Will see when I come to that part.

One more thing...when I say

this has taken me 5 days thus far...

this is my Sunday stitch only.

Next up is Sarah Casey Unwin.

Last month I had finally finished

most of the upper half.

I began stitching on the vase.

I only stitch on Saturdays with this pattern.

Am almost finished with the vase,

but not a lot accomplished in this past month.

Too much going on these past few Saturdays.

This is where I am at with the whole piece now.

I think it will be more fun for me once I get

to that big ole house and motifs.

Next up Strawberry Faire.

As you know I HATED doing this

big strawberry.

I finally figured out there was a pattern to it,

and started stitching all of the squares.

I finally finished that dang strawberry.

 Now on to the fun stuff.

In other news,

Bob has out patient surgery today

to take out the loop they put in

to check on A-fib when he had his stroke

almost three years ago.

Well our insurance company was going

to start charging for it, and Bob said

no frickin' way....well that's not 

what he told me but you get the gist.

They have NEVER detected A-fib,

so his doctor agreed it was not necessary 

to keep it in.

Michael goes to the doctor this week.

Hopefully he can return to work.

He is the one who joined us in Frankenmuth.

He was wearing a boot on his foot,

which has to wear when going out.

His tailbone is getting better and he can

sit longer now.

I got spoofed yesterday by someone claiming

to be my bank telling me I had fraudulent charges.

Clue #1 Phone number not a toll free one.

Clue# 2 They had only my 4 digit information

and wanted more.

Clue #3 Transferred me to someone else and

said they had to to clear up my credit report.

Clue #4 The new person told me I had

red violations on my credit report and the only

way to remove them would be to close out

all of my open accounts and then they could

re-open them with half the balances at zero

percent interest.

After that lie I was done.

I yelled at the guy telling him I would not 

be closing out my accounts and hung up on him.

As a banker myself...NEVER give out

 any information to anyone.

Your bank would never transfer you to

another company, nor would they want you

to give out your personal information.

Scammers want you to be nervous so you

will give them the information they need.

Please do not be fooled.

You can always call your bank to verify

anything suspicious, which is what I did

after hanging up on the guy.

The bank that supposedly was calling me

was not the same bank I work for.

I have accounts with a different bank,

because my bank has no branches in my 

home town area.

Don't Get Spoofed Blessings To All!

Janice