Congratulations on all of your milestones. I love your floss tube and your campfire stories. I do not camp, much less make campfires. Your stitching and designs are beautiful. Keep up the awesome work. Nancy
Hi Chris, your FFO's were all so beautiful and I love your color choices for the Emily Call designs! Of course you enabled me to go purchase! We had 2 tornadoes pass just to the north of our house last night, less than 1/4 mile from our house in eastern Iowa. We had terrible storms and several of our neighbors had extensive damage, roofs gone, corn silos gone, etc. Thankfully no one was hurt. A tornado roars as well but most likely different than an earthquake. We could hear the roar in the upper atmosphere so close above us... We spent at least an hour in the basement last night, I would have given alot to be sitting in front of a roaring campfire than that! Glad you are all safe from that ground shaking! ☺
Congrats on 5000 subscribers! Your finishes are all so pretty. Your throw is looking good, love that stitch. I love to sit by the campfire at my nephew's camper. Marilyn
Congratulations on 5000 subscribers! And a new release. You are putting out some great patterns!! The best part of a campfire is just relaxing and watching the flames.
Congratulations on your anniversary! I love the Adam and Eve collection you have. It may be my favorite. Oh what fun perfectly matched a pattern I stitched with Santa pulling a sled with the animals taking charge. Thank you!
Wow love all your finishes. Your pillows are awesome. I kept on hearing your birds chirp in the back round and I thought it was my birds so I kept on stopping your video and going to see what they were chirping about and it turns out that it was your birds. It sounds like you have Cockatiels like I do. I watched Helen's video and she is right you change as you get older. I just ordered from 123 Stitch also and I just got all the floss for them and now I can not wait to start them but I will wait until the right time. Congratulations on your Anniversary & 5K subscribers. I am a crocheter too and I have RA so thanks for the tip on the crochet hooks. Happy Stitching.
First of all your pin cushion “pillow” is absolute perfection! I’m in TN and I’ve never experienced an earthquake. If I ever do I hope I remember your campfire story and ask “did the heat cut on”. 😂😂 I laughed out loud at that. I definitely appreciate his humor in a stressful situation!
Congrats on 5k! I miss the campfires we had many many times with kids as they were growing up when we first tent and then trailer camped; hubby recently bought a small fire pit so we can reminisce on the patio! One of sweetest campfire memories was of oldest (now 37) when he was about 5 watching the embers fly up and saying Look! Fire crumbs!
We love having a campfire at our cabin in the woods. It is a hunting cabin. The bats come in the trees near the fire and are fun to watch. One day a bear walked by in the woods just behind the bats and the bats flew away but came back shortly. Glad you are ok after earthquake.
Hi Chris. My campfire story... first time camping with my husband was in the back of the pickup on an air mattress. We were fishing at the lake (we'll, he was) and when it was dusk, he decided to cook hot dogs. So we ate dinner and went to sleep to the sounds of the lake waves lapping on the shore. And then my dream started. My husband caught a 6 foot piranha (in a lake in nevada in the desert). He and the natives (?) were beating on the water and yelling at me to get the fish in the bed of the pickup. Meanwhile, this fish is snapping at me and I was struggling to keep it's teeth away from me. Moral of the story: don't eat hot dogs after 10 pm and we now camp in our 5th wheel. Love your stories. ❤
Congratulations on 5,000 subscribers! Great job on all those finishes!! One campfire story my husband likes to tell is about how he went on a missions trip in 1995 to Japan to build a church. While there they had that big earthquake in Kobe. He said he woke up and all the buildings were undulating. He says it was the weirdest feeling. Because of the earthquake ports were shut down and the building supplies for the church couldn’t be delivered. So they spent a lot of time sightseeing and he went downhill skiing for the first time.
Lots of fun finishes 😎 I love everything you are working on ❤ thanks for the campfire story about the earthquakes. It must be a bit unsettling. And as to the USPS problems, I live in Ohio and it is happening so much! Mail and packages just disappearing! It definitely needs investigating by the government. Congratulations on your 5,000!!
Love your flosstube! I have a Campfire story for you! We were camping at FunValley in Norfolk Colorado. We always travel with our dachshunds- we had four at that time and needless to say you have no free hands. So at night I would put on a headlight- the kind that has elastic and you can place it on your head. I had my glasses on but it was pitch black at the camping ground and as you know that the quiet hours are after 10 pm. (It was about 11-12). One of the dachshunds started barking and pulling on the lead- I kept shushing her but she just would not let up so I just gave up and took them in. My husband was out early the next morning and a camper in a tent across the way said. “ wow your wife was lucky she got your dogs in quickly last night. She was almost nose to nose with a big bear- I could clearly see it because of her headlight.” Sure enough all the trash cans around us had been ransacked and the park ranger was handing out warnings about the bear. 😂😂😂😂 I never even saw the bear- didn’t even think anything of the fact that our dog was trying to warn me- I just thought she was letting everyone else know she was outside doing her business. 😅 Oh boy! From then on my husband always goes with me to take the dogs out after dark. My guardian angel was with me that night! Thank you for sharing! Happy Stitching!
Genius idea on using an exacto knife on the frame back! I looked at those frames too but passed on some because of the flap. Congratulations on both your milestones my friend!
I love your videos!!! We were camping one time with my brother’s family. We would always have a campfire, my sons would do skits, have s’mores, hot dogs etc and a great time. Everyone had gone in their tents, our black dog (really could not see him at night)was tied outside our tent. My sister-in-law had gone to the outhouse which was a little distance from the tents. She comes running back, dog starts barking, scares her to death, she starts screaming then tells us a opossum had jumped on her in the outhouse. She was not a happy camper!!! I think by the next summer they had a camper.
My campfire story is very old. I was raised in Vancouver, WA and we had a Columbus Day storm. There were two cars parked in the driveway. A brand new car next to a big maple tree, and an old car next to it. The top of the maple tree broke off in the wind, flew over the new car and crushed the old car, leaving only a couple of scratches on the new car! I remember my mom cooking stew and other things in the fireplace!
Another fabulous video. Love the wee cushions. Your backing fabrics are all such a perfect match. Love your labels. Good to see another person that doesn’t always add trim to their wee cushions( I don’t always add trim)
I so look forward to your videos and campfire stories and glad to hear you didn't have damage from the earthquake. My campfire story from years ago. We camped high in the Rocky Mountains in a relatively remote area next to a lake. After 3 days of fishing and not catching a single fish or having a nibble new campers set up across the lake. And the guy yelled across the lake..."there aren't any fish in this lake! The lake was so high in elevation the wildlife service didn't stock it. 😂
I enjoy your videos and soothing voice. We had many campfires when we lived in Alaska. Wonderful memories. We experienced earth quakes when we lived in Alaska and in Japan!!! I did feel the recent one here in New York State.
Our crochet origin stories are almost identical. My great aunt Cora taught me to crochet when I was 4. She would come to stay with my pepaw every summer (Washington State to Oklahoma). She would bring her camper and stay a month to 6 weeks or so and I was always fascinated at her crocheting by the campfire at night. Serious story!!
Hi Chris, it’s funny that you were talking about a campfire story. We just made reservations to go camping and I’m so excited. Haven’t been in almost 3 or four years 😬. I’ve had two knee surgeries,a back surgery, so I am ready to get back out there, but I loved all your patterns today gorgeous pillows , you made don’t have a sewing machine so that’s kind of rough. I have hand stitched them for the great grandkids for the Christmas tree ornaments, but that’s about it. Anyway, loved all your work. Enjoy your week and your stitching.
I live in eastern Pennsylvania and the post office is messed up here too. Everything gets sent to Harrisburg and then sent out. I had a large envelope sent from Plainsboro, NJ sent to Harrisburg, then Lancaster, back to Harrisburg, said it was delivered - NOT- then it said it was sent back to Harrisburg then I got it. It's gotten worse in the last 3 years. WOOHOO over 5K!!! My campfire story is about what happened to me during the earthquake. I'm stitching on the sofa listening to an audiobook and all of a sudden my dog Daisy starts barking and it feels like someone is behind me, shaking the heck out of the back of the sofa. I knew what it was because I have felt earthquakes before. I called my husband who was in his shop about a 100 yards from the house and he and the 2 dogs with him did not notice it at all. Our younger daughter in Charlotte NC felt a little tremor and texted me right away. Thank you! Love your flosstubes.
So love watching your videos! All of your finishes are gorgeous! You’ve motivated me to get some of mine finished. Thank you! Not a campfire story but listening to you speak about the earthquake brought back memories for me. I was in San Jose, CA during the 1989 earthquake that brought down the Cyprus bridge in the Bay Area. I had grown up there so had experienced many earthquake drills all through school. However, when the event actually happens it startles you. I remember being 7 months pregnant throwing myself in-front of my heavy oak entertainment center and tv so it wouldn’t fall. Yikes, thankfully nothing happened, but immediately thought what the heck am I doing? I knew better! It took 3 hours for my husband to get home from work which was only 7 miles away. There were so many downed power lines blocking the roads. It felt as if Armageddon had happened. I now live in Ohio, we left about a year later in 1990 and won’t be returning!
I grew up in Los Angeles until I was 9 years old. We had earthquake drills frequently at school. We basically had to just crouch under our desks. I remember one but not the sound or movement but being yanked out of my bed and stuffed under the dinner table! That's where we all spent the night. My Barbie was on the fish tank and in the morning she was swimming with the fish 😂 glad you all were fine.
I didn’t know you lived so close to me. I’m from Bethlehem, Pa. I drove thru Lebanon when I was going to work in Somerville. Congratulations on your 5000 subscribers!!!
I'll be back! Your video was wonderful - so full of content. Keep up the great work. You are such a prolific stitcher. I would like to get to that point. Happy Stitching.
Loved your campfire story this time. I grew up in Southern California, so I KNOW what earthquakes feel like. I now live in Maine. Your finishes are awesome. I also crochet like you do. I make blankets to donate to project Linus. I love the Moss stitch blanket idea, and have checked out Emmacmakes. Thanks.
Congrats on your growing numbers of floss tube followers. I love and enjoy so very much all your Campfire Stories. Our tastes are so very similar, many additions to my wish list tonight and a new purchase, I adore the Proverbs 21 sampler cross stitch. Just had to have it, couldn’t resist. Thank you for sharing your crocheting with us. I went to her uTube and she has beginner instructions on how to knit socks. Many moons ago I had promises from ladies I knew that they would teach me …..sadly none did….I have very expensive yarn and needles in my resource center that I hope to put to use finally. My campfire story …way back, I am now 76 years young so it was quite a while ago when I was about 18 years old my best girlfriend and I rode our horse many miles to attend a horse show and show our horses at the county fairgrounds. We were assigned outdoor stalls for our horses in what were called shed rows. They had wall up so far and then sturdy cyclone type fence the rest of the way up. Lots of fresh air. Anyway the stalls were quite clean and heavily bedded down with straw. My best girlfriend and I were so tired we layer down in her horses stall with the horse munching on his hay. We talked for a while and fell asleep . When we woke up now only were we taking naps but so was her horse all nicely curled up next to us.
Congratulations on your 5k subscribers. The one thing I remember about camping with my family is my dad would build the most beautiful campfire by cutting up a rubber garden house, use a piece of copper tubing, but those two together place in the fire and it was just beautiful. I really miss those days. Such a great memory. Thank you for always sharing stories, your beautiful stitching and your WIPS. Have a great stitchy weekend.
I just found your channel and that makes me very happy!! I ordered the Robin pattern - yours is so cute!! We live on the beach so we have lots of campfire time - no interesting stories I can think right now.
I agree with you about the crochet hooks. My hands use to cramp up every time I crocheted! I switched to the kind you got. MAN O MAN!! What a difference! I’m making a lapghap now using the moss stitch too. And I camp too! Are you my long lost (younger)twin? Lol. Love your stitching too. Glad I found your channel! I crochet around the campfire too
You were exceptionally hilarious today! I laughed so many times!! Great video! I love your campfire stories! We used to camp a lot when we were younger. My husband had a large family and his sisters, nieces, nephews, everyone seemed to come camping with us. One time my husband was chopping some kindling for the campfire, and his sister was walking behind him looking at the ground. She saw the hatchet out of the corner of her eye, thinking it was closer to her than it was. She jumped back, falling over the log that we had placed to sit around the campfire, got to laughing so hard that she peed her pants. She had such a great sense of humor and, of course, the harder she laughed, the more she peed. We laughed about that story for years and years. Such great memories.
So many wonderful finishes, and your new Spring Blooms chart is lovely. Did you know that LaLaDee Stitches is hosting a SAL for the Pollinators pattern? It has been a long time since I’ve sat around a campfire, but I have fond memories of Girl Scout campfires and sing-a-longs.
Loved your campfire story! I live in SoCal so have been through plenty of earthquakes. When I heard there was one in NJ you were the first person I thought of! Glad all is well.. back to catching up on your episodes....I got behind when my newest grandson was born!!!
Loved hearing your campfire story! I live in California and have felt a number of earthquakes. The thing that you call "thunder" I have always described as a deep rumble. Sometimes you get it before the shaking, but not always. I'm very glad you are all right and no damage! Loved seeing all of your finishes and I really want to stitch your new design!
Before we retired from camping, my family had always camped and had a campfire all the time! We have several stories that get repeated every year. One is: When I was little, I attended a one room schoolhouse and had to walk 3/4 of mile to and from school daily with my siblings and neighbors. One day in the early spring, we decided to walk the fence row home - it was shorter. I stepped off the firm fence row into the field up to my knee - and when I pulled up my foot, my shoe was no longer attached. Despite digging, we never recovered my shoe. My husband thinks that is the funniest thing he had ever heard. Congratulations on 5,000 subscribers.
Congrats on 5k subscribers! Yes Vertical & Horizontal stitches to form a square. In an earthquake stay away from outer walls, windows, fireplaces and get under a desk or table in your craft room. One of our camping trips while my hubby was out hiking, it was getting colder, so "I" made the campfire, he was impressed when he returned. He always makes them, so I can't tell ya the last time I made one prior.
Congratulations on 5k viewers! Loved your finishes 😊 Campfire…we camped as a family when I was a kid…always enjoyed sitting around the campfire at night.
Happy Flosstube Anniversary and 5k subscribers! I love to hear your campfire stories. I am glad you showed Plum Street Proverbs 31 sampler. Knowing it is smaller, I will have to do it 😊
my campfire story is we were camping and we had a mess tent over our picnic table. We had raccoons and skunks that got into some boxes (that were closed) that were on the table, They got up marshmallows out of the box and eat some then put it back into the box and closed the lid to the box.
Hello from southern NJ! I could tell a campfire story similar to yours. On the morning of April 5th, I was working in my upstairs home office when I heard a noise like a loud truck or a low flying helicopter getting closer & closer, louder & louder and then moving away. The house was vibrating, although I doubt we felt it as strongly as you did. My son works a night shift and was just going to bed. It shook his bed enough to make him come out of good bedroom to see what was happening. It was a bizarre experience. We did not feel the aftershock later in the day. Spring Blooms is lovely!!
I always enjoy something about your videos 🙂 I want to say pish to 4.8...but I know when it happens it feels like the big one!! I grew up in CA, and in 1971 I was in a 6.9 earthquake in Sylmar, CA. I thought the roar of the earthquake sounded like the massive roar of a train. I'm glad everyone and everything is okay! Campfire.
We are so much alike, similar taste in patterns and finishing. Not a campfire story but I too have gone back to crochet in the evenings, at my age my eyes are too tired by the end of the day.🪡🧵
Congrats on your 5k subscribers! Great video! Beautiful finishes! My first craft was also crochet. I have always crocheted and been doing it for over 50 years. Love the way your moss stitch throw is coming out. Like you my favorite hooks was Boye until I discovered the Clover Amour hooks a few years back. Even though I still buy and try other hooks I always use my Clover. The 7 hook has always baffled me too. It’s a size between the alphabet hook sizes but why the number 7. I don’t have any campfire stories. It’s been so long since I’ve been camping.
Wow, such great finishes! Way to catch up with them. Your WIP's are beautiful too. Earthquakes are crazy. I live in Utah and the only one I've experienced was right after lockdown in 2020. We were sleeping and it woke us up. Same kind of thing, what was that? I love your campfire stories. Congrats on 5k. We were camping on our property once and went for a hike. We got close to the cliff edge to find the path down, and this full grown bald eagle came up over the ledge and flew right over us. I couldn't believe how close it was and how huge it was with it's wings fully extended like that. I've never experienced something so close and amazing with wildlife before. The size 7 crochet hook is from European sizing. We have a G which is 4mm and an H which is 5mm, but nothing in between. A European 7 is 4.5mm so it gives us an in between size.
Congrats on reaching 5,000 subscribers. Your finishes are beautiful. I’m with you about sticky board. I would never put my stitching on the board itself. I always use batting under my stitched pieces when finishing. I really like your new spring design. I may have to purchase it. I live in the land of earthquakes in SoCal. They are all so different. I understand the rumbling sound you hear from below. In 1971 we had the big Sylmar earthquake north of Los Angeles early in the morning. I had a bird cage by my bed with two little finches in it. All of a sudden they started flapping their wings which was strange. Then the ground began to shake. I didn’t live anywhere near the epicenter but it shook. A couple of years later I was in college at UCLA and I lived in the dorm on the eighth floor. Early one morning the dorm building started swaying back and forth. I had pictures hanging above my bed and I jumped up to keep them from falling on me. It turned out to be an aftershock of the Sylmar quake. One summer I was camping in my trailer at the beach. I was sitting outside and the ground started moving. I looked up into the trailer to see my recliner rocking back and forth by itself. It was kinda creepy. Your talking about your recent earthquake has brought back many memories. If you aren’t used to them I can see why that lady managed to rip her $20 bill in half. I always enjoy your campfire stories. I wouldn’t miss them for anything. Have a good two weeks.
Great video today! I also just watched Helen D about “ auditing “ our projects ! I need to check mine project bags ! I love both of those Emily Call charts , beautiful stitching Chris ! I just wrote myself a note to check out” Cluster Stuff” at Hobby Lobby. You design such beautiful charts, I want them all. I grew up in upper state New York and camped at Saranac Lake , many Campfires with cooking hot dogs on a stick and followed by S’mores , great memories 🥰 I’m in Rhode Island and we felt the earthquake as well , plus a couple of the aftershocks! !
Love your campfire story. We had a grain elevator explosion in my town back in the 1980's. My classroom was on ground floor on the SE corner of our school. We were in the classroom when we felt a large shake to the building. I actually thought a semi had scraped the side of our brick building. Several staff went outside to check things out. Then we heard lots of sirens and could see lots of smoke 8 blocks away near the river. Because of the smoke and decreasing air quality, we had to take our classes in the tunnel under the school and church over to the cafeteria/gym. Parents were notified to come and pick up their children. At this point, we weren't even sure what had happened. 4 or 5 cities sent fire trucks to help secure the area and put out the fire. It was all captured in photos, as our town newspaper was just 3 blocks south of the explosion. Something one will never forget.
Those same FFO fumes cause me to take months in between final finishing!😂I'm working on Jack's Bash by Plum Street Samplers and I too ran out of a floss, GAST Raven. I was worried about the dye differences but no problem. I was a latch hooker for many years before I discovered cross stitch. I made about 4 or 5 latch hook rugs. Gorgeous FFO's by the way, you were in the zone! Happy stitching😊
Ah Chris what a great idea for the campfire stories, I’ve loved reading them. Some fantastic tales. I would’ve been terrified if I was near an earthquake. Seems like scary stuff 🙈 pleased everything was ok though and it was just a scare for all rather than any damage 🙏🏻
Here is a campfire story of my own. We were camping by the river at a very popular campground that was also crowded. We were in the water and I had my elbows on some rocks with my legs floating out behind me, right past the rocks it drops off and the water was still up to my neck. Then I felt something on my shoulder and looked and saw a big snake swimming over my shoulder! I screamed so loud they heard me all over the camp ground 😂 I’m terrified of snakes
So many beautiful finishes, this flosstube was wonderful to watch and thank you so much for the nicest mention ❤ Yay for your 5K subscribers that’s awesome 🎉
YOU are a pure JOY to watch! You really, really ARE!!!! Thank YOU for such blessings! I love everything you choose to stitch and to show us! Your excitement is contagious as well! I love to see all your posts on Instagram as well! We all get double the pleasure! Thank you, for that also! The interviews you've done with friends, are ALL excellent! WOW!!!! Yes, I am so happy I found you! I have subscribed and am binge watching other videos of yours also! Enjoy your days especially when you get to stitch!
Congrats on 5K subscribers! I remember going camping with my family when I was young. My favorite part was to sit around the campfire at night enjoying each others company and roasting marshmallows! Your finishes are beautiful!
I still wish you were my neighbor! Thanks for keeping me company today. Campfire story: so some 45 years ago my husband and I were camping in an out of the way campground in Yellowstone for our first time . We had a pickup camper on our red pickup camper and we always leave the tailgate down and use that as our porch. I am about 6 months pregnant and really having a hard time with the not feeling well for the whole 9 months kind of deal. Poor me. They had told us to use bear bells wherever we go and make lots of noise! Got it, I can do that. After we had gone on a mile hike I was as getting kind of tired so when we got back to the camper I said I was going to go lie down and try to nap. My husband loved to visit with people. So off he went to find someone to bend their ear. He didn’t feel like taking his bear bells so hung them from the door knob outside. We didn’t have a bathroom in the camper but my sweet husband had bought a portable camping potty and it fit just perfect in the small closet by the door that goes in and out the camper.The only way to use it was to drag it out of the closet onto the main floor area. I did that so I’d be all ready for that fast trip to the potty after my wonderful nap. It was so quite and I slept so good I didn’t hear when my husband came back to our camping spot and was visiting with people from two campers over and they were sitting at our picnic table telling stories. He was sitting on the tailgate of our truck and they at the picnic table. I was going to join them after I quietly wrestled my pants down, but when I sat down, that shifted the camper enough it popped door open and those bear bells banged on the frame of the camper and I screamed and half the campground had to run over to help the stupid lady who was banging her bear bells and screaming . I could not get up fast enough and my dumb husband was so busy laughing and everybody’s mouths was 😮hanging open and laughing. I’m yelling at him to close that door! Soooo embarrassed. He smiled at me and quietly shut the door. I stayed in the camper for a good 5 or 6 minutes before I hear my sweet husband say,hey Dar there’s some of our neighbors out here that want to meet you. I yell out of the window, hi everybody so nice to meet. I think I’ll just sit in here for a while. Jeff opens up the door and most of the neighboring campers had brought chairs,drinks and munchies over to enjoy the rest of the evening with that noisy pregnant lady and her husband. It, later, was very funny. We stayed up late talking about every body else’s most embarrassing stories.. great fun sorry so long…… great memories
The earthquake sound you heard depends on the soil your area is built on. At my old house the area was very rocky, so earthquakes sound like a train coming. Where I live now, you can’t hear them coming, it’s more of a quick jolt. I was in Hawaii, big island during the eruption in 2018, went thru a 6.9 that I was right on top of. No sound but it lasted about 45 seconds. I was in the backseat of a minivan. I thought my friends were jumping up and down on the bumpers. The cars driving around me were having a hard time staying on the road. The next day, the lava that moved as a result of the quake busted thru Leilani Estates, and destroyed 700 homes. Including the one I was staying in at the time. It lasted till the first week of June but it’s noe under 70 feet of lava. The earthquake back in your area I am sure was surreal. Native CA, been thru a bunch.
I’m not a fan of earthquakes 😮. As for a campfire story, we’ll I’m not a camper type so forgive me for being naive. But when our kids were little we thought we’d take them tent camping. I got supplies for food, popped some corn. We settled in for the night and I had the popcorn in the tent. We were awakened by scratching on the tent by a badger or a skunk! My husband asked me if I had food in the tent and I confessed I did well he grabbed the popcorn, unzipped the tent and flung the popcorn out. Needless to say, I now camp in a hotel. 😂
I live in CA and have been through quite a few earthquakes and they are very unsettling especially because they come out of nowhere. It usually takes me a day or two to stop waiting for the next aftershock. I'm glad you are all ok. My campfire story is one of when I was about 8, my parents and brother and I were camping in Yosemite with a few other families. My dad and brother were sleeping in the camper shell over his truck and in the middle of the night my Dad heard a noise. He got up to check on my Mom and I and when he leaned on the tailgate, it was not secure and he fell forward, onto the watermelon (which broke in half) and then came eye to belly of a bear. He remembers being so scared, he didn't move. The bear just turned around and started walking away.
Congrats on so many milestones at one time! I do love watching your content…I would really like to grow up to be just like you; hubby and I love camping but the dang work gets in the way!!!😮 One of my favorite campfire stories was a long time ago when our babies were little. Our daughter was about 6 and son was 2. I had camped my entire childhood with my parents and wanted to start making those memories with my babies. Being young parents, we decided to start with a tent to make sure we wanted to do this before investing in a camper. We got everything set up that first night and had a small campfire. When the babies had settled from the excitement, we all went to bed. I took out my contacts and was asleep before my head hit the pillow and slept soundly. The next morning I woke up and noticed we were missing a “lump” (without contacts I couldn’t make out actual people)! I was immediately in panic mode and screaming at hubby that someone has kidnapped one of the babies! He jumps up and realizes our 2 year old son is missing, and there is the tiniest of space in the zipper of the tent. He rips it open and we find our son in the middle of the road (gravel campground road) playing with his trucks. He looks up all innocent and says “I play rocks!!” That was the day we realized we were gonna need something with locks!!😁😁❤️❤️
We felt the earthquake here in New Hampshire. It amazed me how far away people felt this one. I have a campfire story, but I hope to tell you in person some day. 🐻
Great campfire story! Glad y'all are ok!
Congratulations on 5000 subscribers. Love your new design.
Congrats on 5000 subscribers! Your Butternut House is beautiful!
Congratulations on all of your milestones. I love your floss tube and your campfire stories. I do not camp, much less make campfires. Your stitching and designs are beautiful. Keep up the awesome work. Nancy
Congratulations on your 5000 subscribers!! Love all your stitching. To old for campfires.
Great video. Your finishes are wonderful. I like your fabric choice on Butternut House. Congratulations on 5K.
Congratulations on reaching 5,000 subscribers! I don't have a campfire story. However, decades ago, I was a Campfire Girl.
Wow sew many great finishes. Campfire. Congratulations on all your numbers. Like the addition of your crochet.
Hi Chris, your FFO's were all so beautiful and I love your color choices for the Emily Call designs! Of course you enabled me to go purchase! We had 2 tornadoes pass just to the north of our house last night, less than 1/4 mile from our house in eastern Iowa. We had terrible storms and several of our neighbors had extensive damage, roofs gone, corn silos gone, etc. Thankfully no one was hurt. A tornado roars as well but most likely different than an earthquake. We could hear the roar in the upper atmosphere so close above us... We spent at least an hour in the basement last night, I would have given alot to be sitting in front of a roaring campfire than that! Glad you are all safe from that ground shaking! ☺
Congratulations on 5,000 subscribers!!! Love your campfire stories! We felt the earthquake here in Saratoga County, NY too!
Congrats on 5000 subscribers!
Your finishes are all so pretty.
Your throw is looking good, love that stitch.
I love to sit by the campfire at my nephew's camper.
Marilyn
My parents had a StarCraft popup camper that slept 6 when we were kids in the 60’s & 70’s. We had many campfires of course. I loved those days.
Congratulations on 5000 subscribers! And a new release. You are putting out some great patterns!! The best part of a campfire is just relaxing and watching the flames.
Thank you very much!
Congratulations on your anniversary! I love the Adam and Eve collection you have. It may be my favorite.
Oh what fun perfectly matched a pattern I stitched with Santa pulling a sled with the animals taking charge.
Thank you!
Your finishing is gorgeousness!❤
Campfire are so cozy. Every enjoyable to help one relax😊
Wow love all your finishes. Your pillows are awesome. I kept on hearing your birds chirp in the back round and I thought it was my birds so I kept on stopping your video and going to see what they were chirping about and it turns out that it was your birds. It sounds like you have Cockatiels like I do. I watched Helen's video and she is right you change as you get older. I just ordered from 123 Stitch also and I just got all the floss for them and now I can not wait to start them but I will wait until the right time. Congratulations on your Anniversary & 5K subscribers. I am a crocheter too and I have RA so thanks for the tip on the crochet hooks. Happy Stitching.
I love my backyard campfire!
First of all your pin cushion “pillow” is absolute perfection! I’m in TN and I’ve never experienced an earthquake. If I ever do I hope I remember your campfire story and ask “did the heat cut on”. 😂😂 I laughed out loud at that. I definitely appreciate his humor in a stressful situation!
Thanks for sharing 🎉and congratulations on the milestone 🎉 I enjoy a campfire no matter where we are ❤
Congrats on 5k!
I miss the campfires we had many many times with kids as they were growing up when we first tent and then trailer camped; hubby recently bought a small fire pit so we can reminisce on the patio! One of sweetest campfire memories was of oldest (now 37) when he was about 5 watching the embers fly up and saying Look! Fire crumbs!
That is awesome!
Love your campfire stories... and your releases. You are very talented.
Thank you so much!
We had our first campfire this last weekend. Congratulations on 5k.
We love having a campfire at our cabin in the woods. It is a hunting cabin. The bats come in the trees near the fire and are fun to watch. One day a bear walked by in the woods just behind the bats and the bats flew away but came back shortly. Glad you are ok after earthquake.
Hi Chris. My campfire story... first time camping with my husband was in the back of the pickup on an air mattress. We were fishing at the lake (we'll, he was) and when it was dusk, he decided to cook hot dogs. So we ate dinner and went to sleep to the sounds of the lake waves lapping on the shore. And then my dream started. My husband caught a 6 foot piranha (in a lake in nevada in the desert). He and the natives (?) were beating on the water and yelling at me to get the fish in the bed of the pickup. Meanwhile, this fish is snapping at me and I was struggling to keep it's teeth away from me. Moral of the story: don't eat hot dogs after 10 pm and we now camp in our 5th wheel. Love your stories. ❤
Congratulations on 5,000 subscribers! Great job on all those finishes!! One campfire story my husband likes to tell is about how he went on a missions trip in 1995 to Japan to build a church. While there they had that big earthquake in Kobe. He said he woke up and all the buildings were undulating. He says it was the weirdest feeling. Because of the earthquake ports were shut down and the building supplies for the church couldn’t be delivered. So they spent a lot of time sightseeing and he went downhill skiing for the first time.
Love your campfire story & your jibber jabber.
Lots of fun finishes 😎 I love everything you are working on ❤ thanks for the campfire story about the earthquakes. It must be a bit unsettling. And as to the USPS problems, I live in Ohio and it is happening so much! Mail and packages just disappearing! It definitely needs investigating by the government. Congratulations on your 5,000!!
Love your flosstube! I have a Campfire story for you! We were camping at FunValley in Norfolk Colorado. We always travel with our dachshunds- we had four at that time and needless to say you have no free hands. So at night I would put on a headlight- the kind that has elastic and you can place it on your head. I had my glasses on but it was pitch black at the camping ground and as you know that the quiet hours are after 10 pm. (It was about 11-12). One of the dachshunds started barking and pulling on the lead- I kept shushing her but she just would not let up so I just gave up and took them in. My husband was out early the next morning and a camper in a tent across the way said. “ wow your wife was lucky she got your dogs in quickly last night. She was almost nose to nose with a big bear- I could clearly see it because of her headlight.” Sure enough all the trash cans around us had been ransacked and the park ranger was handing out warnings about the bear. 😂😂😂😂 I never even saw the bear- didn’t even think anything of the fact that our dog was trying to warn me- I just thought she was letting everyone else know she was outside doing her business. 😅 Oh boy! From then on my husband always goes with me to take the dogs out after dark. My guardian angel was with me that night! Thank you for sharing! Happy Stitching!
Genius idea on using an exacto knife on the frame back! I looked at those frames too but passed on some because of the flap. Congratulations on both your milestones my friend!
Love Brenda Gervais designs.Great floss tube,so glad I found you
Awesome! Thank you!
I love your videos!!!
We were camping one time with my brother’s family. We would always have a campfire, my sons would do skits, have s’mores, hot dogs etc and a great time. Everyone had gone in their tents, our black dog (really could not see him at night)was tied outside our tent. My sister-in-law had gone to the outhouse which was a little distance from the tents. She comes running back, dog starts barking, scares her to death, she starts screaming then tells us a opossum had jumped on her in the outhouse. She was not a happy camper!!! I think by the next summer they had a camper.
Campfire. They are the best. Thanks for sharing .
My campfire story is very old. I was raised in Vancouver, WA and we had a Columbus Day storm. There were two cars parked in the driveway. A brand new car next to a big maple tree, and an old car next to it. The top of the maple tree broke off in the wind, flew over the new car and crushed the old car, leaving only a couple of scratches on the new car! I remember my mom cooking stew and other things in the fireplace!
Another fabulous video. Love the wee cushions. Your backing fabrics are all such a perfect match. Love your labels. Good to see another person that doesn’t always add trim to their wee cushions( I don’t always add trim)
I so look forward to your videos and campfire stories and glad to hear you didn't have damage from the earthquake.
My campfire story from years ago. We camped high in the Rocky Mountains in a relatively remote area next to a lake. After 3 days of fishing and not catching a single fish or having a nibble new campers set up across the lake. And the guy yelled across the lake..."there aren't any fish in this lake! The lake was so high in elevation the wildlife service didn't stock it. 😂
Your designs are beautiful
I always love your campfire stories. Congrats on 5000 subscribers.
I enjoy your videos and soothing voice. We had many campfires when we lived in Alaska. Wonderful memories. We experienced earth quakes when we lived in Alaska and in Japan!!! I did feel the recent one here in New York State.
I was in an earthquake once in New Zealand. Very odd feeling when the BUILDING is moving! I love a good campfire!
Our crochet origin stories are almost identical. My great aunt Cora taught me to crochet when I was 4. She would come to stay with my pepaw every summer (Washington State to Oklahoma). She would bring her camper and stay a month to 6 weeks or so and I was always fascinated at her crocheting by the campfire at night. Serious story!!
Hi Chris, it’s funny that you were talking about a campfire story. We just made reservations to go camping and I’m so excited. Haven’t been in almost 3 or four years 😬. I’ve had two knee surgeries,a back surgery, so I am ready to get back out there, but I loved all your patterns today gorgeous pillows , you made don’t have a sewing machine so that’s kind of rough. I have hand stitched them for the great grandkids for the Christmas tree ornaments, but that’s about it. Anyway, loved all your work. Enjoy your week and your stitching.
Great FFOS,Camping is awesome especially here in NZ,Congratulations on your 5,000 Subscribers 👏,have a good week Thankyou for sharing 🇳🇿❤️🪡
I live in eastern Pennsylvania and the post office is messed up here too. Everything gets sent to Harrisburg and then sent out. I had a large envelope sent from Plainsboro, NJ sent to Harrisburg, then Lancaster, back to Harrisburg, said it was delivered - NOT- then it said it was sent back to Harrisburg then I got it. It's gotten worse in the last 3 years. WOOHOO over 5K!!! My campfire story is about what happened to me during the earthquake. I'm stitching on the sofa listening to an audiobook and all of a sudden my dog Daisy starts barking and it feels like someone is behind me, shaking the heck out of the back of the sofa. I knew what it was because I have felt earthquakes before. I called my husband who was in his shop about a 100 yards from the house and he and the 2 dogs with him did not notice it at all. Our younger daughter in Charlotte NC felt a little tremor and texted me right away. Thank you! Love your flosstubes.
So love watching your videos! All of your finishes are gorgeous! You’ve motivated me to get some of mine finished. Thank you! Not a campfire story but listening to you speak about the earthquake brought back memories for me. I was in San Jose, CA during the 1989 earthquake that brought down the Cyprus bridge in the Bay Area. I had grown up there so had experienced many earthquake drills all through school. However, when the event actually happens it startles you. I remember being 7 months pregnant throwing myself in-front of my heavy oak entertainment center and tv so it wouldn’t fall. Yikes, thankfully nothing happened, but immediately thought what the heck am I doing? I knew better! It took 3 hours for my husband to get home from work which was only 7 miles away. There were so many downed power lines blocking the roads. It felt as if Armageddon had happened. I now live in Ohio, we left about a year later in 1990 and won’t be returning!
I enjoy your flosstube channel and all of your patterns are beautiful. Congratulations on over 5000 subscribers!!! I love sitting around a campfire. 🔥
I grew up in Los Angeles until I was 9 years old. We had earthquake drills frequently at school. We basically had to just crouch under our desks. I remember one but not the sound or movement but being yanked out of my bed and stuffed under the dinner table! That's where we all spent the night. My Barbie was on the fish tank and in the morning she was swimming with the fish 😂 glad you all were fine.
Love your flosstubes and your campfire stories.
I didn’t know you lived so close to me. I’m from Bethlehem, Pa. I drove thru Lebanon when I was going to work in Somerville. Congratulations on your 5000 subscribers!!!
I'll be back! Your video was wonderful - so full of content. Keep up the great work. You are such a prolific stitcher. I would like to get to that point. Happy Stitching.
Loved your campfire story this time. I grew up in Southern California, so I KNOW what earthquakes feel like. I now live in Maine. Your finishes are awesome. I also crochet like you do. I make blankets to donate to project Linus. I love the Moss stitch blanket idea, and have checked out Emmacmakes. Thanks.
Congrats on your growing numbers of floss tube followers. I love and enjoy so very much all your Campfire Stories. Our tastes are so very similar, many additions to my wish list tonight and a new purchase, I adore the Proverbs 21 sampler cross stitch. Just had to have it, couldn’t resist. Thank you for sharing your crocheting with us. I went to her uTube and she has beginner instructions on how to knit socks. Many moons ago I had promises from ladies I knew that they would teach me …..sadly none did….I have very expensive yarn and needles in my resource center that I hope to put to use finally. My campfire story …way back, I am now 76 years young so it was quite a while ago when I was about 18 years old my best girlfriend and I rode our horse many miles to attend a horse show and show our horses at the county fairgrounds. We were assigned outdoor stalls for our horses in what were called shed rows. They had wall up so far and then sturdy cyclone type fence the rest of the way up. Lots of fresh air. Anyway the stalls were quite clean and heavily bedded down with straw. My best girlfriend and I were so tired we layer down in her horses stall with the horse munching on his hay. We talked for a while and fell asleep . When we woke up now only were we taking naps but so was her horse all nicely curled up next to us.
Congratulations on your 5k subscribers. The one thing I remember about camping with my family is my dad would build the most beautiful campfire by cutting up a rubber garden house, use a piece of copper tubing, but those two together place in the fire and it was just beautiful. I really miss those days. Such a great memory. Thank you for always sharing stories, your beautiful stitching and your WIPS. Have a great stitchy weekend.
I just found your channel and that makes me very happy!! I ordered the Robin pattern - yours is so cute!! We live on the beach so we have lots of campfire time - no interesting stories I can think right now.
Happy Flosstubiversary! Congrats on reaching the 5K. Always a good time
You go with all those finishes! No wonder the finishing fumes are fogging your mind! 😂 A huge congrats on 5K!!
Thank you!! 😁
We love to go camping with horses. Campground that is my favorite costs a whopping $10/night. Called Jorgans Hollow in North Dakota. Total peacefull.
I agree with you about the crochet hooks. My hands use to cramp up every time I crocheted! I switched to the kind you got. MAN O MAN!! What a difference! I’m making a lapghap now using the moss stitch too. And I camp too! Are you my long lost (younger)twin? Lol. Love your stitching too. Glad I found your channel! I crochet around the campfire too
You were exceptionally hilarious today! I laughed so many times!! Great video! I love your campfire stories! We used to camp a lot when we were younger. My husband had a large family and his sisters, nieces, nephews, everyone seemed to come camping with us. One time my husband was chopping some kindling for the campfire, and his sister was walking behind him looking at the ground. She saw the hatchet out of the corner of her eye, thinking it was closer to her than it was. She jumped back, falling over the log that we had placed to sit around the campfire, got to laughing so hard that she peed her pants. She had such a great sense of humor and, of course, the harder she laughed, the more she peed. We laughed about that story for years and years. Such great memories.
Lovely finishes Chris!
So many wonderful finishes, and your new Spring Blooms chart is lovely. Did you know that LaLaDee Stitches is hosting a SAL for the Pollinators pattern? It has been a long time since I’ve sat around a campfire, but I have fond memories of Girl Scout campfires and sing-a-longs.
Loved your campfire story! I live in SoCal so have been through plenty of earthquakes. When I heard there was one in NJ you were the first person I thought of! Glad all is well.. back to catching up on your episodes....I got behind when my newest grandson was born!!!
Thank you so much for thinking of me!!! Congratulations on your new Grandbaby!!
Loved hearing your campfire story! I live in California and have felt a number of earthquakes. The thing that you call "thunder" I have always described as a deep rumble. Sometimes you get it before the shaking, but not always. I'm very glad you are all right and no damage! Loved seeing all of your finishes and I really want to stitch your new design!
Before we retired from camping, my family had always camped and had a campfire all the time! We have several stories that get repeated every year. One is: When I was little, I attended a one room schoolhouse and had to walk 3/4 of mile to and from school daily with my siblings and neighbors. One day in the early spring, we decided to walk the fence row home - it was shorter. I stepped off the firm fence row into the field up to my knee - and when I pulled up my foot, my shoe was no longer attached. Despite digging, we never recovered my shoe. My husband thinks that is the funniest thing he had ever heard. Congratulations on 5,000 subscribers.
Congrats on 5k subscribers! Yes Vertical & Horizontal stitches to form a square. In an earthquake stay away from outer walls, windows, fireplaces and get under a desk or table in your craft room. One of our camping trips while my hubby was out hiking, it was getting colder, so "I" made the campfire, he was impressed when he returned. He always makes them, so I can't tell ya the last time I made one prior.
Congratulations on 5k viewers! Loved your finishes 😊 Campfire…we camped as a family when I was a kid…always enjoyed sitting around the campfire at night.
Happy Flosstube Anniversary and 5k subscribers! I love to hear your campfire stories. I am glad you showed Plum Street Proverbs 31 sampler. Knowing it is smaller, I will have to do it 😊
my campfire story is we were camping and we had a mess tent over our picnic table. We had raccoons and skunks that got into some boxes (that were closed) that were on the table, They got up marshmallows out of the box and eat some then put it back into the box and closed the lid to the box.
Hello from southern NJ! I could tell a campfire story similar to yours. On the morning of April 5th, I was working in my upstairs home office when I heard a noise like a loud truck or a low flying helicopter getting closer & closer, louder & louder and then moving away. The house was vibrating, although I doubt we felt it as strongly as you did. My son works a night shift and was just going to bed. It shook his bed enough to make him come out of good bedroom to see what was happening. It was a bizarre experience. We did not feel the aftershock later in the day. Spring Blooms is lovely!!
Love the Teresa Kogut Faith, Hope , Peace and Love! I also love the old campfire songs we used to sing in camp.
Campfire-- your stories are great. I really enjoyed this video and all your finishes. thank you
Happy Flosstubiversary and congratulations on your subscriber milestone! 💝
Thank you so much!
I always enjoy something about your videos 🙂 I want to say pish to 4.8...but I know when it happens it feels like the big one!! I grew up in CA, and in 1971 I was in a 6.9 earthquake in Sylmar, CA. I thought the roar of the earthquake sounded like the massive roar of a train. I'm glad everyone and everything is okay! Campfire.
We are so much alike, similar taste in patterns and finishing. Not a campfire story but I too have gone back to crochet in the evenings, at my age my eyes are too tired by the end of the day.🪡🧵
Congrats on your 5k subscribers! Great video! Beautiful finishes! My first craft was also crochet. I have always crocheted and been doing it for over 50 years. Love the way your moss stitch throw is coming out. Like you my favorite hooks was Boye until I discovered the Clover Amour hooks a few years back. Even though I still buy and try other hooks I always use my Clover. The 7 hook has always baffled me too. It’s a size between the alphabet hook sizes but why the number 7. I don’t have any campfire stories. It’s been so long since I’ve been camping.
Wow, such great finishes! Way to catch up with them. Your WIP's are beautiful too. Earthquakes are crazy. I live in Utah and the only one I've experienced was right after lockdown in 2020. We were sleeping and it woke us up. Same kind of thing, what was that? I love your campfire stories. Congrats on 5k. We were camping on our property once and went for a hike. We got close to the cliff edge to find the path down, and this full grown bald eagle came up over the ledge and flew right over us. I couldn't believe how close it was and how huge it was with it's wings fully extended like that. I've never experienced something so close and amazing with wildlife before. The size 7 crochet hook is from European sizing. We have a G which is 4mm and an H which is 5mm, but nothing in between. A European 7 is 4.5mm so it gives us an in between size.
Congrats on reaching 5,000 subscribers. Your finishes are beautiful. I’m with you about sticky board. I would never put my stitching on the board itself. I always use batting under my stitched pieces when finishing. I really like your new spring design. I may have to purchase it. I live in the land of earthquakes in SoCal. They are all so different. I understand the rumbling sound you hear from below. In 1971 we had the big Sylmar earthquake north of Los Angeles early in the morning. I had a bird cage by my bed with two little finches in it. All of a sudden they started flapping their wings which was strange. Then the ground began to shake. I didn’t live anywhere near the epicenter but it shook. A couple of years later I was in college at UCLA and I lived in the dorm on the eighth floor. Early one morning the dorm building started swaying back and forth. I had pictures hanging above my bed and I jumped up to keep them from falling on me. It turned out to be an aftershock of the Sylmar quake. One summer I was camping in my trailer at the beach. I was sitting outside and the ground started moving. I looked up into the trailer to see my recliner rocking back and forth by itself. It was kinda creepy. Your talking about your recent earthquake has brought back many memories. If you aren’t used to them I can see why that lady managed to rip her $20 bill in half. I always enjoy your campfire stories. I wouldn’t miss them for anything. Have a good two weeks.
Thank you so much! That all sounds pretty scary to me!
I’ve never had a campfire 🔥 but I do have a fireplace..but I don’t use that either. The weather has been crazy..stay safe.😊
Happy flosstub anniversary thank you for sharing.
Great video today! I also just watched Helen D about “ auditing “ our projects ! I need to check mine project bags ! I love both of those Emily Call charts , beautiful stitching Chris ! I just wrote myself a note to check out” Cluster Stuff” at Hobby Lobby. You design such beautiful charts, I want them all. I grew up in upper state New York and camped at Saranac Lake , many Campfires with cooking hot dogs on a stick and followed by S’mores , great memories 🥰 I’m in Rhode Island and we felt the earthquake as well , plus a couple of the aftershocks! !
I wish that I had a campfire story….but I flunked camping when I was in Girl Scouts 😅
Love your campfire story. We had a grain elevator explosion in my town back in the 1980's. My classroom was on ground floor on the SE corner of our school. We were in the classroom when we felt a large shake to the building. I actually thought a semi had scraped the side of our brick building. Several staff went outside to check things out. Then we heard lots of sirens and could see lots of smoke 8 blocks away near the river. Because of the smoke and decreasing air quality, we had to take our classes in the tunnel under the school and church over to the cafeteria/gym. Parents were notified to come and pick up their children. At this point, we weren't even sure what had happened. 4 or 5 cities sent fire trucks to help secure the area and put out the fire. It was all captured in photos, as our town newspaper was just 3 blocks south of the explosion. Something one will never forget.
Those same FFO fumes cause me to take months in between final finishing!😂I'm working on Jack's Bash by Plum Street Samplers and I too ran out of a floss, GAST Raven. I was worried about the dye differences but no problem. I was a latch hooker for many years before I discovered cross stitch. I made about 4 or 5 latch hook rugs. Gorgeous FFO's by the way, you were in the zone! Happy stitching😊
Chris I love hearing your campfire stories, and I love your cross designs too!
Chris!! I love those Emily Call pillows!! You always do such beautiful work!!!
Thank you so much - Emily has hit it out of the park with her designs, I love them!
Ah Chris what a great idea for the campfire stories, I’ve loved reading them. Some fantastic tales. I would’ve been terrified if I was near an earthquake. Seems like scary stuff 🙈 pleased everything was ok though and it was just a scare for all rather than any damage 🙏🏻
Here is a campfire story of my own. We were camping by the river at a very popular campground that was also crowded. We were in the water and I had my elbows on some rocks with my legs floating out behind me, right past the rocks it drops off and the water was still up to my neck. Then I felt something on my shoulder and looked and saw a big snake swimming over my shoulder! I screamed so loud they heard me all over the camp ground 😂 I’m terrified of snakes
So many beautiful finishes, this flosstube was wonderful to watch and thank you so much for the nicest mention ❤
Yay for your 5K subscribers that’s awesome 🎉
All the finishing fumes! LOL Great finishes - very inspiring! I love your Spring Blooms design!
YOU are a pure JOY to watch! You really, really ARE!!!! Thank YOU for such blessings! I love everything you choose to stitch and to show us! Your excitement is contagious as well!
I love to see all your posts on Instagram as well! We all get double the pleasure! Thank you, for that also!
The interviews you've done with friends, are ALL excellent! WOW!!!!
Yes, I am so happy I found you! I have subscribed and am binge watching other videos of yours also!
Enjoy your days especially when you get to stitch!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your watching my channel, however I do not do interviews.
Oh my gosh your robin piece is SO CUTE! Maybe I need to plan to trip to Home Goods ASAP. Pam
My favorite thing about camping is sitting around the campfire. Congratulations on reaching 5 k subscribers!!
Congrats on 5K subscribers! I remember going camping with my family when I was young. My favorite part was to sit around the campfire at night enjoying each others company and roasting marshmallows! Your finishes are beautiful!
Love your floss tube and your campfire stories! Can’t wait for the next one!
I still wish you were my neighbor! Thanks for keeping me company today. Campfire story: so some 45 years ago my husband and I were camping in an out of the way campground in Yellowstone for our first time . We had a pickup camper on our red pickup camper and we always leave the tailgate down and use that as our porch. I am about 6 months pregnant and really having a hard time with the not feeling well for the whole 9 months kind of deal. Poor me. They had told us to use bear bells wherever we go and make lots of noise! Got it, I can do that. After we had gone on a mile hike I was as getting kind of tired so when we got back to the camper I said I was going to go lie down and try to nap. My husband loved to visit with people. So off he went to find someone to bend their ear. He didn’t feel like taking his bear bells so hung them from the door knob outside. We didn’t have a bathroom in the camper but my sweet husband had bought a portable camping potty and it fit just perfect in the small closet by the door that goes in and out the camper.The only way to use it was to drag it out of the closet onto the main floor area. I did that so I’d be all ready for that fast trip to the potty after my wonderful nap. It was so quite and I slept so good I didn’t hear when my husband came back to our camping spot and was visiting with people from two campers over and they were sitting at our picnic table telling stories. He was sitting on the tailgate of our truck and they at the picnic table. I was going to join them after I quietly wrestled my pants down, but when I sat down, that shifted the camper enough it popped door open and those bear bells banged on the frame of the camper and I screamed and half the campground had to run over to help the stupid lady who was banging her bear bells and screaming . I could not get up fast enough and my dumb husband was so busy laughing and everybody’s mouths was 😮hanging open and laughing. I’m yelling at him to close that door! Soooo embarrassed. He smiled at me and quietly shut the door. I stayed in the camper for a good 5 or 6 minutes before I hear my sweet husband say,hey Dar there’s some of our neighbors out here that want to meet you. I yell out of the window, hi everybody so nice to meet. I think I’ll just sit in here for a while. Jeff opens up the door and most of the neighboring campers had brought chairs,drinks and munchies over to enjoy the rest of the evening with that noisy pregnant lady and her husband. It, later, was very funny. We stayed up late talking about every body else’s most embarrassing stories.. great fun sorry so long…… great memories
Oh my goodness! lol that’s a great story, thank you for sharing it!!
The earthquake sound you heard depends on the soil your area is built on. At my old house the area was very rocky, so earthquakes sound like a train coming. Where I live now, you can’t hear them coming, it’s more of a quick jolt. I was in Hawaii, big island during the eruption in 2018, went thru a 6.9 that I was right on top of. No sound but it lasted about 45 seconds. I was in the backseat of a minivan. I thought my friends were jumping up and down on the bumpers. The cars driving around me were having a hard time staying on the road. The next day, the lava that moved as a result of the quake busted thru Leilani Estates, and destroyed 700 homes. Including the one I was staying in at the time. It lasted till the first week of June but it’s noe under 70 feet of lava.
The earthquake back in your area I am sure was surreal. Native CA, been thru a bunch.
Congratulations on 5k! 🎉
Thank you!!
I’m not a fan of earthquakes 😮. As for a campfire story, we’ll I’m not a camper type so forgive me for being naive. But when our kids were little we thought we’d take them tent camping. I got supplies for food, popped some corn. We settled in for the night and I had the popcorn in the tent. We were awakened by scratching on the tent by a badger or a skunk! My husband asked me if I had food in the tent and I confessed I did well he grabbed the popcorn, unzipped the tent and flung the popcorn out. Needless to say, I now camp in a hotel. 😂
I live in CA and have been through quite a few earthquakes and they are very unsettling especially because they come out of nowhere. It usually takes me a day or two to stop waiting for the next aftershock. I'm glad you are all ok. My campfire story is one of when I was about 8, my parents and brother and I were camping in Yosemite with a few other families. My dad and brother were sleeping in the camper shell over his truck and in the middle of the night my Dad heard a noise. He got up to check on my Mom and I and when he leaned on the tailgate, it was not secure and he fell forward, onto the watermelon (which broke in half) and then came eye to belly of a bear. He remembers being so scared, he didn't move. The bear just turned around and started walking away.
Thank you and wow - I don't know what I would have done if I had come that close to a bear!!
Congrats on so many milestones at one time! I do love watching your content…I would really like to grow up to be just like you; hubby and I love camping but the dang work gets in the way!!!😮
One of my favorite campfire stories was a long time ago when our babies were little. Our daughter was about 6 and son was 2. I had camped my entire childhood with my parents and wanted to start making those memories with my babies. Being young parents, we decided to start with a tent to make sure we wanted to do this before investing in a camper.
We got everything set up that first night and had a small campfire. When the babies had settled from the excitement, we all went to bed. I took out my contacts and was asleep before my head hit the pillow and slept soundly. The next morning I woke up and noticed we were missing a “lump” (without contacts I couldn’t make out actual people)! I was immediately in panic mode and screaming at hubby that someone has kidnapped one of the babies! He jumps up and realizes our 2 year old son is missing, and there is the tiniest of space in the zipper of the tent. He rips it open and we find our son in the middle of the road (gravel campground road) playing with his trucks. He looks up all innocent and says “I play rocks!!”
That was the day we realized we were gonna need something with locks!!😁😁❤️❤️
Thank you - and thank you for sharing your story - boy kids can really scare the pants off us!
We felt the earthquake here in New Hampshire. It amazed me how far away people felt this one. I have a campfire story, but I hope to tell you in person some day. 🐻
It really was widespread! And I look forward to that day!