Thoughtful 24 hours

Last night I sat reviewing my blog habits, and wondering whether I should change the way I post, or the way my blog is set up. What started this is that I received a request on my home email via this blog, for a work-related issue, asking for a favour to fix something for them ... To be honest I felt quite shocked that this should happen, as it was an intrusion bringing work into my personal life ... I mulled over whether I talk about my work too much, or do I give too much detail, perhaps I shouldn't talk about work at all ... but then again, it is a large part of my life - I didn't think I give too many details, but perhaps the limited amount I do write is too much? I also considered removing my email address from my blog profile ... and may still do this - but then again, part of me thinks I shouldn't have to change things. I'm not sure why this small action has made me feel so uncomfortable ... but after all, this is a personal blog, and I am a person just like everyone else, and I'm sharing all facets of my life for those who care to read - especially family that are offshore and interested in all aspects of my life. Like most people, I work for a living to pay my bills ... but when I leave work at the end of the day, I don't take it home with me, and I felt shocked to have it delivered to my doorstep. I still feel uncomfortable a day later ... I don't know why, but I do ... It wouldn't have been too bad if it was from someone I'd already built a rapport with via our mutual blogs ... Perhaps I'm more sensitive to it due to being tired from my shifts ... Anyway, moving on ...

I'm on the homeward stretch of my ducks RR - I was hoping to get it finished today, but I ended up sleeping in until midday after not getting to sleep until 2am (I just love trying to get back into a routine after night shift haha), then lay in bed reading Dean Koontz until 2.30pm ... oops, there went a big chunk of my stitching time today! I have about 2 hours left before I head out the door for a dinner near work ... but hopefully I'll have the final piccie to share some time tomorrow. In the meantime, here's an archival Stitching Meme question to close:

1. What is your favorite count and type of fabric?
2. Do you use hand-dyed or tried them at all?
3. Any favorite fabric colors, hand-dyed or regular?
4. Have you tried opalescent fabrics and do you like them?

1. Favourite count is 32ct, and love linens, but also love Lugana evenweaves - not overly fond of Jobelan, although I have some in my stash to use up. Am stitching on 36ct for the first time with the Bordeaux Mystery Sampler, and enjoying it so far, so I might try some more of the higher count linens in the future.

2. Yes, I've recently started using hand-dyed fabbies - again, I prefer linens though as I find the Lugana hand-dyeds tend to be harder to stitch on as the holes appear smaller to me. I bought a custom piece of Lugana for Egyptian Garden Mandala, but I just couldn't find the holes easily, got fed up and ended up ordering another piece in linen instead.

3. Favourite colours, hmmmm ... not yet - I like the more neutral colours, as I guess they're more versatile, but I don't really have one clear favourite yet.

4. I tried an opalescent fabric for the Love needleroll ornament by Jeannette Douglas, and I love it - I'm also stitching Egyptian Garden Mandala on an opalescent Belfast, and like that too.