My New Computer Review

I am typing this on my new computer, a HP Envy dv7.  I was a little mad because I had intended to hurry up and get a new laptop before Windows 7 was gone. I waited too long and now I have Windows 8.  I've been using it for like 4 days and it isn't as bad a I thought it would be.  You can pretty much make it behave like the old Windows if you just ignore the ap screen.

I will miss my old laptop because I don't think I'll spend that much time with this one.  I can see it is going to be a good computer but now we are using our phones to look at stuff more and I don't sit for hours online like I did in "my youth".  Haha.  I have noticed that while I've been typing this, the keys don't always punch what I'm typing if I don't tap hard enough.  I guess I will have to get used to that.

I didn't get a touch screen version because I didn't want to spend the extra cash.  I think this will be fine though.

Finished - "Colors by" Crossed Wing Collection

So, I just finished this cross stitch design called Colors.  The designer makes mostly bird cross stitch patterns and dyed materials.  I chose to stitch this on white linen.  There was also a saying along the bottom of the design but I opted to omit the saying and just continue the border pattern all around. This was the largest cross stitch project I have ever done.  There were 9 pages in all for the pattern.  I think I've never done any design that was more than 3 pages.  It was really epic.  Here are some pics of the progress of the project. 

There was so much green in this picture.  It seemed a little tedious at times making all of the leaves.  The birds were also very small and detailed.  So, I think I took longer than I should have completing this.  Now that it is done though, I am looking forward to moving on through my stash of patterns and going on to the next project.