While at work last night my mind wondered to something pretty serious for me..... my STASH. Sometimes, I feel that I might have little too much set aside for my future stitching adventures. Have I reached SABLE(Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy)??. But when I see something I gotta have, it quickly goes into a cart from an online site, credit card info entered and ta da, a few weeks later it arrives at my door.... my next S.E.X. (Stash Enhancing Experience).
Like most people I have UFOs (Unfinished Objects) and WIPs (Works in Progress) and even a few WISP (Works in SLOW Progress), all waiting for that forever elusive HD (Happy Dance). Maybe my UFOs have had too many FROGs (rip-it, rip-it) and have been shamefully been set aside for years?
Overall, it never fails, for some reason, somehow, I manage to see something that I just got to have even though there are so many things in my STASH (Stitching Treasures Aqcuired and Still Hidden) sitting there. My charts, fabrics, and threads are just waiting for their time to shine on my Q-Snaps or Scroll Frames, but someone out there has enabled me and so they remain in their bins and boxes hidden from view. I do believe I am fairly easily enabled and I suspect that others reading my blog might have been enabled a time or two themselves. I mean, really, all it takes is seeing a picture of a project that you really like than off to the LNS/ONS (Local/Online Needlework Store) we go.
Some of us have been on the wagon and have done very well at it. I know I make the same vow every year, to stitch from my existing stash. Maybe if there was some sort of real punishment for S.E.X. than I would refrain from adding to my ever-growing STASH. Some have even tried to STRIP (Stash Reduction Implementation Plan)! Shocking, I know. And then there are others that try being PRUDE ( Person Resisting Unnecessarily Diminishing Existing stash) and so look to the enabler to help them figure out what to add to their STASH so they can have their next S.E.X. experience.
These are the odd things that go through my mind in the wee hours of the morning while at work on an overnight shift. After feeling the guilty pleasures of another S.E.X. experience this week when my order from Picture This Plus arrived, I started to think about SABLE. Which lead me to think about all of the other lovely stitchy acronyms we have and ones that should exist and don't. What do you think of all of our lovely stitching acronyms? Can you believe that STASH doesn't seem to have an acronym? At least I couldn't find one. After some careful thought of my own STASH I came up with Stitching Treasures Acquired and Still Hidden. My STASH is hidden away in baskets and bins, under my bed and in my closet. So, I guess it works quite well for me lol. What are your thoughts? What does STASH mean to you? My mind sure does wonder at work sometimes hehe. :)
Oh, and I apologize for all of my crazy talk above. This is what happens when I write posts without sleep! I promise that my next post will be much more sensible and won't have a single acronym in site and will hopefully include some pics of my newly acquired STASH.
Happy Sunday!
Karen
Like most people I have UFOs (Unfinished Objects) and WIPs (Works in Progress) and even a few WISP (Works in SLOW Progress), all waiting for that forever elusive HD (Happy Dance). Maybe my UFOs have had too many FROGs (rip-it, rip-it) and have been shamefully been set aside for years?
Overall, it never fails, for some reason, somehow, I manage to see something that I just got to have even though there are so many things in my STASH (Stitching Treasures Aqcuired and Still Hidden) sitting there. My charts, fabrics, and threads are just waiting for their time to shine on my Q-Snaps or Scroll Frames, but someone out there has enabled me and so they remain in their bins and boxes hidden from view. I do believe I am fairly easily enabled and I suspect that others reading my blog might have been enabled a time or two themselves. I mean, really, all it takes is seeing a picture of a project that you really like than off to the LNS/ONS (Local/Online Needlework Store) we go.
Some of us have been on the wagon and have done very well at it. I know I make the same vow every year, to stitch from my existing stash. Maybe if there was some sort of real punishment for S.E.X. than I would refrain from adding to my ever-growing STASH. Some have even tried to STRIP (Stash Reduction Implementation Plan)! Shocking, I know. And then there are others that try being PRUDE ( Person Resisting Unnecessarily Diminishing Existing stash) and so look to the enabler to help them figure out what to add to their STASH so they can have their next S.E.X. experience.
These are the odd things that go through my mind in the wee hours of the morning while at work on an overnight shift. After feeling the guilty pleasures of another S.E.X. experience this week when my order from Picture This Plus arrived, I started to think about SABLE. Which lead me to think about all of the other lovely stitchy acronyms we have and ones that should exist and don't. What do you think of all of our lovely stitching acronyms? Can you believe that STASH doesn't seem to have an acronym? At least I couldn't find one. After some careful thought of my own STASH I came up with Stitching Treasures Acquired and Still Hidden. My STASH is hidden away in baskets and bins, under my bed and in my closet. So, I guess it works quite well for me lol. What are your thoughts? What does STASH mean to you? My mind sure does wonder at work sometimes hehe. :)
Oh, and I apologize for all of my crazy talk above. This is what happens when I write posts without sleep! I promise that my next post will be much more sensible and won't have a single acronym in site and will hopefully include some pics of my newly acquired STASH.
Happy Sunday!
Karen
6 comments:
This is LOL hilarious Karen! And totally educational. I didn't even realize that I had S.E.X. last night when I went to Michaels :)
And I love your STASH acronym; I'm all for Stitchy Treasures, both already Acquired and those Still Hidden ;)
What a great post! I love your STASH acronym...Just perfect! And I will have to adopt the WISP acronym since most of my WIP's are definitely Works in Slow Progress!
Loved this post, it's just too funny! Your acronym for STASH is perfect!! Having worked night shifts I know what kind of strange thoughts go through one's head.
As for SABLE, I'm there! However that doesn't seem to stop me as I just keep getting enabled time and time again. I can't help myself!
I'm right there with Lynn--I reached SABLE quite a while ago. And who knew that I've been having so much S.E.X. recently. Maybe that's why I feel so good! Clever post!
What a fabulous post and very clever . My first visit of many I think, as I too have reached SABLE and am on the downhill slope. Just no hope.Thanks for sharing your thoughts .
What a truly clever and fantastic laugh-out-loud post! :-D x
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