I did it! I broke out of my shell, kind of

I was on a full tear to gut and clean every inch of my kitchen.   I cleaned, sorted and purged the coffees, the teas, the spices, the snacks, the cereals, the pots and pans and had a general mess all over the counter.   I was about to head to the tupperware and my DinL came in.   She wanted help hemming and hanging curtains!  Boom!  I was out of here.   So I can be spontaneous.  At the same time I was diligent....I could have stayed and would have liked to have stayed at my son's house for longer but I knew I had left a mess and that no one but me would clean it up and if I didn't leave when I did, the mess would still be there this morning when I woke.   I think I have stumbled across something.........I don't allow enough time to do what I have to because of what I want to!  and therefore I wake up and feel like I am already behind the 8 ball before I step one foot on the floor.   

OK, so far today, I have stitched for 1 1/2 hours (would have liked to continue but see below), I walked on the treadmill, vowed to eliminated all soda from my diet, I picked up the living room and kitchen.  I am now off to conquer my bedroom and my spare room upstairs and I feel good!    OK,  ok, let's not get carried away.....2 days does not a success story make. 

Stitching continued:    It was time to stop.   I have too many stitches in to frog and have found out my count is off.   I am doing some compensation.   Once I vowed to compensate and not frog I have convinced myself only myself and Ellen Chester will ever know the difference.  Somehow even after counting three times, the central stem is too short and then I don't know what I was distracted by, but the flower pot is about 5 stitches too wide.   Like I said, since I have already started the border, I am compensating!