Sooner than expected

I didn't think that I'd be putting the post up as soon as I have, but I've managed to finish the second page after a surprisingly productive day yesterday. I'm quite excited because when I start the next page I'll start to stitch Lancelot & Guinevere, which is quite exciting.

The problem I'm having now is that as I've finished my page, as per my new rotation plans it's time to move on to another project, and I can't decide what to work on next.

Happy Stitching!

I love Lance & Gwen

Progress is slow, but I'm getting there. I've finished all the white (woohoo) and am now finishing up the wall. I was hoping to get this finished before the end of January, but I don't quite think that's going to happen, although I don't think that it'll be too far off. And there's a football match that Ben wants to watch this afternoon, so that'll give me a bit of stitching time anyway. I keep looking at the wall thinking that it doesn't quite look right, there's a slight curve in it that looks odd, but I keep referring back to Selina's original art work and the curve is in there as well. It's one of those one where I think that a couple of other pages will make it look a bit more settled.

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend and World Book Night!

Did everyone had a good International Hermit and Stitch Weekend? I didn't get as much done as I meant to, but I still got a fairly decent amount done, more that I expected to so that's okay. It was a pretty busy weekend, so I can live with it. And I managed to get some more white done, which is in itself an achievement, because it's evil and I hate it. Excuse the bad picture by the way, I got a new computer this weekend (so happy, it actually works, I've started being able to comment on peoples blogs again), but I don't yet have picture editing software to trim my pictures like I normally do.

For the Brits, has anyone heard of World Book Night? Part of it is that you can volunteer to be a book giver (there are 24 different books to choose between) and give out 10 books to random people to encourage them to read.

This year World Book Night hasn't yet reached it's target number of givers, so if you fancy signing up then why not give it a go. World Book Night Giver I actually can't remember which book I've signed up for, it was either Small Island, Good Omens or Remains of the Day, I think it was Small Island by Andrea Levy (an absolutely brilliant book by the way). I've also convinced my other half to sign up, he's a chiropractor so he's going to give them out to patients if he gets it, which I think is cool.

Back in Love with Lance & Gwen

Again, the title says it all, I'm loving working on this again, even if there is a lot of white on white at the moment... grrrr!

However, I'm loving the little flast of green which is some leaves outside the window.

So I've mostly finished the arches now, and am back to working on the wall, and am continuing to fill in my windows, white joy that it is.

It's International Hermit and Stitch this weekend, so I'm hoping to get some work done, although I'm not sure how much time I'll get.

Happy stitching everyone.

I passed my driving test!

That is literally all I'm posting to say, but I'm quite excited about it, so it gets a mid week post all to itself! I really didn't think I was going to, so much so that when the examiner told her I had I answered her with one word, but I screetched it at the poor lass and all I said was 'WHAT?' My instructor had to get out of the car so that she could laugh!

I'm also developing a bit of a Joan Elliott addiction, but been into town to buy Cross Stitch Gold because I wanted the 'At the Stroke of Midnight' Chart that was in that, and there are another two in that series. And I've just discovered that Blue Geisha and Summer Geisha are both much more vibrant than I thought they were when stitched. Oh bother!

Anyway, I'm off to celebrate with some stitching.

Don't forget International Hermit and Stitch this weekend! Head on over to Random Ramblings if you want to sign up!

Starting to come together

It's starting to come together and look like the two pages are actually related in someway, which is nice. Although I'm not sure about one of the patches of white, now that I look at this picture I can't quite work out why it's there. But if I look at the full picture it does kinda make sense, it just looks odd at the moment. It's been another surprisingly productive week actually, even though it's included white on white (which I'm trying to do a bit at a time, if I did it all at once I think I'd go crazy). Hope I can keep this kind of productivity up, it's quite nice actually being able to see progress happening.

Ben's out this evening so I'm thinking that I'm going to have a dvd and stitching evening. Hope everyone else is having a good weekend.

Latest acquisitions (A Little Picture Heavy)

I've had a couple of requests from my last post to give in and show my new HAED charts, so here goes. I'd like to point out that I didn't buy all of these at once, these are my last three sets of buys, all in the sale, but I haven't shown any of my new ones recently, so I'm just showing you everything new.

Rachel Anderson - Ruby

Marta Dahlig - Light

Marta Dahlig - Love (really reminds me of Miss Havisham)

Rachel Anderson - Emerald

Selina Fenech - Nephalina

Linda Tso - Ice Winds 2

Selina Fenech - Bewitched (want to do all three of thses)

Selina Fenech - Mab

 There's a bit of a theme, lots of Selina Fenech (love her work), and I've recently become quite obsessed with Marta Dahlig's designs! Also very fond of Rachel Anderson's birthstone fairies. Anyway, there are all the latest acquisitions, now do me a favour, don't tell Ben!

The Return of Lancelot and Guinevere

I'm so happy to see the return of Lancelot and Guinevere. I am completely back in love with it. I ought to point out that at no point did I fall out with this piece, I just had other projects that I had to/wanted to work on, but now that I'm in the New Year I've got nothing that I need to work on, I'm completely allowed to work on what I want, so I went back to the long neglected Lancelot and Guinevere.

I've had a quite productive week actually, which is partially assisted by the fact that I thought I was ushering on Thursday, got to the theatre to find that I'd got my week wrong and it's next Thursday I'm ushering instead, so I suddenly had a free evening. I've managed to get a lot more done than I normally would I think, although I am aware that it still doesn't look like much. It is and will be a window, and there will be some little flowery bits when I get that far, but I haven't started stitching those yet.

I've decided that I'm actually going to change my rotation plans slightly this year (although you know my rotation plans never last for long anyway). My plan is that I'm now going to work a page at a time instead of a week at a time. I'll work on a project until I finish a page and then work on another project until I finish a page and so on and so forth. I don't think it'll achieve me actually stitching any faster, but I think it'll give me more of a sense of achievement because I'll see page finishes more often and actually get to see the progress. That's the plan anyway, it might not work like that.

And the Heaven and Earth Design sales were very dangerous for me, I'm not even admitting to what I got, that's how bad it was!

Hope everyone who celebrates is had a brilliant Christmas and New Year, we were really busy, I went back to work for a break! Hope everyone is good. Happy Stitching!

Updated Bucket List

Unfortunately the Bucket List has grown a little bit since I originally created it, it's now a little longer.

Ben seemed to think that a Bucket List was quite a depressing thing to do, but I look upon it as quite positive, because it means that I've got to last forever to finish everything that's on the list.

Technically I've managed to make the list go down because I've managed to cross 4 off as completed, unfortunately I've added nearly a hundred on that I want to complete, so I'm basically in big trouble.

Happy Stitching!

I'm now up to 126, and consequently am in a lot of trouble!

HAED: Lancelot and Guinevere (Fenech)

HAED: Dragon Rider (Spangler)

Maia: Winter's Majesty

Dragon Dreams: Fairy Tale Sampler

Bothy Threads: Kings & Queens

Bothy: Cut Thru Castle

Cross Stitch Collection: Heathcliffe

Cross Stitch Collection: Robin Hood

Cross Stitch Collection: Regency Ballroom

Cross Stitcher: King Arthur Sampler

Cross Stitcher: Medieval Lady

Dimensions Gold: Elegance of the Orient

Dimensions Gold: Enchanting Geisha

Dimensions Gold: Japanese Maiden

Dimensions Gold: Jewels of the Orient (again)

Dimensions Gold: Mighty Samurai

HAED: A Source of Admiration

HAED: Dahlig: Avarice

HAED: Dahlig: Envy

HAED: Dahlig: Gluttony

HAED: Dahlig: Hope

HAED: Dahlig: Light

HAED: Dahlig: Love

HAED: Dahlig: Lust

HAED: Dahlig: Ophelia

HAED: Dahlig: Pandora

HAED: Dahlig: Sloth

HAED: Dahlig: Vanity

HAED: Dahlig: Wrath

HAED: Hannah Lynn: Alice Lost

HAED: Hannah Lynn: Annabelle

HAED: Hannah Lynn: Glacier Lily

HAED: Hannah Lynn: QS Genevive

HAED: Hannah Lynn: Runaway Princess

HAED: JJB: QS Alice in Clockwork

HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mask of Colours 1

HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mask of Colours 2

HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Rapunzel

HAED: Linda Tso: Ice Winds 2

HAED: Meeting on the Turret Stairs

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Alice in Wonderland

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Blossoming Spring

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Fall Fire

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Queen of the Night

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Raven's Treasure

HAED: Meredith Dillman: Summer Sun

HAED: Nene Thomas: Deidre

HAED: Rachel Anderson: Emerald

HAED: Rachel Anderson: Garnet

HAED: Rachel Anderson: Ruby

HAED: Rachel Anderson: Sapphire

HAED: Randal Spangler: Flights of Imagination

HAED: Randal Spangler: Hit any Key

HAED: Randal Spangler: Medieval Shelf

HAED: Randal Spangler: Sundae Delight

HAED: Randal Spangler: Train of Dreams

HAED: Randal Spangler: Treasure Quest

HAED: Rebecca Sniz: Enchanted Evening

HAED: Rebecca Sniz: Gothic Lament

HAED: Selena Fenech: Bewitched

HAED: Selina Fenech: Bright Skies + Dark Waters + Centre Section

HAED: Selina Fenech: Bubbles

HAED: Selina Fenech: Gloriana

HAED: Selina Fenech: Hide & Seek

HAED: Selina Fenech: Impossible Love

HAED: Selina Fenech: Jinxed

HAED: Selina Fenech: Lady of Avalon

HAED: Selina Fenech: Mab

HAED: Selina Fenech: Nephalia

HAED: Selina Fenech: Titania

HAED: The Soul of the Rose

HAED: The Tempest

Heritage Craft: John Clayton: The Grand Ball

Joan Elliott: Earth, Water, Air and Fire Goddess

Joan Elliott: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Fairies.

Joan Elliott: The Renaissance Ladies

Lanarte: Geisha

Lanarte: Indian Beauty

LOTR: I've got for Lord of the Ring Charts by Fluffy Kittens (I kid you not), I'd like to do one of them, don't mind which)

Maia: Geishas

Maia: Hutari Mai

Maia: Kihaku

Maia: Tsubaki

Maia: Yumezakura

Maia: Zojoji Temple

Memoirs of a Geisha

Mirabilia: Autumn Queen

Mirabilia: Midsummer Nights Fairy

Mirabilia: My Lady of the Mist

Mirabilia: Spring Queen

Mirabilia: Summer Queen

Mirabilia: The Kiss

Mirabilia: Three for Tea

Mirabilia: Venetian Opulence

Mirabilia: Winter Queen

Passione Ricamo: Autumn Fairy Spirit

Passione Ricamo: Fae Eyes

Passione Ricamo: Fairy of Dreams

Passione Ricamo: Mediterrano

Passione Ricamo: Moon Fairy Spirit

Passione Ricamo: My Lady of the Snow

Passione Ricamo: Once Upon a Time

Passione Ricamo: Selene, the Moon Goddess

Passione Ricamo: Serendipity Fae

Passione Ricamo: Spring Fairy Spirit

Passione Ricamo: Summer Fairy Spirit

Passione Ricamo: The Night

Passione Ricamo: Winter Beauty Princess

Passione Ricamo: Winter Fairy Spirit

Penguin Parade (can't remember the make)

Pixel People: Firefly

Pixel People: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Pixel People: The Princess Bride

Self Designed: Princess Bride

Self Designed: Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)

Self Designed: Wicked

Pixel People: Big Bang Theory

Bothy: Dictionary of Tea

Kustom Krafts: Little Snap Dragon

Birth Sampler

First update of Fairy Tale Sampler

Here's the first update of Fairy Tale Sampler, which I'm rather enjoying working on. The fabrics lovely and sparkly, but I can't get the camera to take a picture of the pretty sparkles.

Due to a slight moment of stupidity on my part this is on 32 count rather than 28 count, which is what it should be on, but I didn't notice until I'd already started sewing, so now I'm crossing my fingers that the beads fit okay despite the fact that the fabric's the wrong count, I think it'll be okay.

I can't do much more on this now because I'm waiting on teh beads and threads that I had to order, including some very nice Caron Waterlilies dyed threads which look beautiful. Can't wait for them to arrive so I can carry on with it. It'll look great when it's finished, lots of speciality stitches that I've never done. Can't wait!

2012 Stitching Plans

Okay, it's that time of year where we all start making plans about what we're going to stitch in the next year, and having seen the gorgeous (and ambitious) list that Joysze's set herself for this year, I thought that it was probably about time I thought about doing mine.

So, I'd love to say that I'm going to finish my first Heaven and Earth Design, but I think that that might a little unlikely. Instead I'm going to aim to achieve the following.

HEAD: Lance and Gwen: The top row, so that's 3 pages to complete

HAED: Dragon Rider: The bottom row, so that's 7 half pages.

Maia: Winter's Majesty: Next row, so that's actually only two pages

Dragon Dreams: Fairy Tale Sampler: Complete

Pixel People: A chart off the bucket list, there are 3 to choose between

Cross Stitcher: King Arthur Sampler: At least the first page.
Joan Elliott: Start a Joan Elliott chart
Dork Stitch: Come to the dark side

I think that's more than enough, but I think (maybe) that it should be just about achieveable, I hope!

I know I've seen that a few people have already put their lists up, but for those that haven't, go on, give it a shot.

Right, I'm off to order the speciality bits that I need for my Fairy Tale Sampler.

Happy Stitching!

Final TUSAL of the year

The final, slightly blurry TUSAL of the year, with the threads from Little Snap Dragon and Big Bang Theory in it.

Hope everyone has had a good year, has a good Christmas and is looking forward to the New Year.

and it all started with a Big Bang!

A quick little Pre-Christmas finish.

I wanted a little project to work on this week having finished Little Snap Dragon last week, and this little chart was calling out to me.

This lovely little chart is by Wee Little Stitches and I just loved it. In fact I recommend a quick visit to her site if you are in any way a geek, cos she's got loads of charts in this style, there are at least three others that I want to do, Princess Bride, Monty Python and Firefly!

I have to admit that I don't normally like working on little charts, I don't know why, but I have enjoyed this, although Leonard is a little cross eyed, but I'm willing to admit that that probablyt has something to do with my stitching rather than the charting.

I hope everyone has an absolutely lovely Christmas, I'm sure I'll get another post in before New Year, but just in case I don't, I also hope that everyone has a lovely and happy New Year.

IHSW and a finish

Well, I had a productive International Hermit and Stitch weekend. Much to my surprise I managed to finish Little Snap Dragon, and I think he's rather sweet.

I've been working on him (on and off) for fifteen months, although there was a seven month gap in there, so I've actually only been working on it for about eight months.

I didn't enjoy it very much when I started, and I wasn't quite convinced with the shading, but in the last few weeks when I've been working on it the shading's all started to make sense and it seems to have stitched much faster, possibly because I was finally pulling everything together.

I've also promised Ben that I'll mention him in this post and how the fact that I finished it is partially down to him.

Having had quite a busy Saturday (his final family Christmas shopping, a two hour power cut which involved me trying to finish off a stitched Christmas card as part of his secret santa for his works do in the evening) on Sunday he glanced over my shoulder while I was looking at other blogs and noticed that it was International Hermit and Stitch Weekend. As such he declared that I wasn't allowed to help him with the chores that he had to do and that instead I had to stay home to do some Hermit and Stitching as the weekend declared. He also then agreed to watching Miracle on 34th Street while I stitched later on in the day. Which I thought was very sweet of him and meant that I got Little Snap Dragon finished around 10 o'clock yesterday evening.

I hope everyone else had an equally lovely and successful International Hermit and Stitch Weekend.

Now I'm debating what to put on the frame to replace him, I think I've decided that it's going to be the Fairy Tale Sampler and fabric that I bought a few weeks ago from the stitching fair, but mum's agreed that I can have these off her for Christmas (I couldn't really justify buying it), so I can't do anything with that for a week.

Happy stitching!

Another week... hopefully!

He's getting there, and I'm hoping that one more week (I've got next Friday off and currently nothing planned) will be long enough to get it finished!

He's got a a torso now (do dragons have torsos?), and he almost looks like he's attached to his wings now.

The flowers and stalks are all finished, so all that's left is the dragon himself, which is very exciting because it means that I can see it all coming together now.

Oh yeah, and it's International Hermit and Stitch weekend. I don't know how much time I'm going to get this weekend, but I'll give it a show.

Happy stitching!
Oh yeah, and I'm still useless with commenting (think I might have to cave in and get a new computer in the new year), but I'm going to make a concerted effort to comment on as many blogs as I can over Christmas and New Year, just to prove that I haven't forgotten anything.

The end is in sight

I've done two weeks on this and was going to put it away to work on something else, but when it's so close to being finished I haven't got the heart to put it away. So hopefully, in the next couple of weeks I should be able to show a final finish for the year.

I was planning to get a lot more done yesterday because I had a half day. Unfortunately I had the half day because I had my wisdom teeth out, so I spent more of yesterday feeling sorry for myself than I meant to, so I didn't manage to do quite as much stitching as I was hoping to, but I did a little bit, so that's better than nothing.

There's a definite dragon shape appearing here, but right now he doesn't quite seem to be attached to his wings, I'll have to work on that this weekend, so it looks like it's actually all the same thing. There's not much left to do, the last couple of colours to finish the stalks, half a flower above his snout and of course the rest of the dragon. End of the year? Yeah, no problem!

Little Snap Dragon is Growing

I can't believe how quickly this is stitching up. More to the point I can't believe how slowly I used to be working on this. I've only got a page and a half left to do and I'm done, and I've done three half pages this week. It's completely possible that I'll have this finished by Christmas. Why was it taking me so long to stitch this last time? Getting used to working on HAEDs has obviously done wonders for my stitching speed cos I'm suddenly so used to working on quite fiddlyh stitching. The only thing I'd say about this is I seem to be changing colour all the time, even more often than I feel I do with a HAED, don't know why that is.

Oh yeah, for HAED fans, have you seen Selina Fenech's three new pin up witches? I really hope they get charted, they're just lovely. Oh yeah, and I crumbled on the HAED sale again, I am a bad person!

Anyway, I better get my ass into gear and out of the house, I'm a volunteer usher at my local theatre and it's my first shift doing the Panto today, so I better get ready for that. Happy stitching everyone.

Oh yeah, and I apologise for not commenting much at the moment. I've complained about the vagaries of my computer in the past, so I won't go into that again, but I'm also having some problems with blogger that when I try to comment it tells me that I don't have permission. It's happening quite randomly, some days I can comment on one blog and not another and the next it's the other way round, so I apologise for not being more chatty, but chances are I've tried to comment and the computer's refused to let me!

A little bit of Stash Enhancement!

Okay, so I said I wasn't going to be anything at the Knitting and Stitching show, but lets be honest, we all knew that that was a lie, I had good intentions, but it just wasn't going to happen. So here's what I got, a chart called Fairy Tale Sampler which I fell in love with, and its going to be my new year challenge because it's got some speciality stitches in it which I've never done, so I'll do that.

I also bought some beautiful fabric to stitch it on, from a company called Sparklies I recommend her, she's got some absolutely gorgeous fabrics, they're lovely!

Finally, I fell in love with another Bothy Kit, called Kings & Queens. It's gorgeous! What do you think? Isn't it great! I'm going to have to get it at some point.

Little Angel is FINISHED!

 Right then, a miracle has happened, I've managed a second finish in 2011, I really didn't think that that was going to happen. Here's Little Angel by Maria Diaz.

I've got mixed feelings about this one. It was quite an easy stitch, although I really did get sick of the sight of cream, as it felt like that was all I worked on for two or three weeks. It does look really effective now that it's finished, although I do have to say that it's really not to my taste, I've only stitched becuase it's a present for some friends who are due to have a day in new year! In fact Ben's even declared that the mum on this looks a bit like our mum to be, although I'm not as sure that I can see it. But it does make it look even more thoughtful than it actually is, so I'll go with it if that's what he thinks!

Of course, the fact that Little Angel is finished means that the frame is freed up and Little Snap Dragon can finally go back on to a frame and I can stop feeling guilty about the fact that I've been neglecting him for nearly an entire year! I love this piece, I settled down to work on it again last night and am back in love with him. It's such an easy stitch. I have a vague memory of thinking that was a bit confetti based when I was stitching it originally, but after working on a couple of HAEDs this is suddenly really simple to work on.

I was going to work on Dragon Rider this week, (Ben's away so I've got a day of stitching goodness ahead of me) but now that I've got Little Snap Dragon back I just want to keep working on it, I reckon I can get the wings page finished today, and hopefully the stalks on the bottom page as well if I put my mind to it and really work on it today (and this week of course, but it may be a busy week this week).

In other news, it's the knitting and stitching show in Harrogate today, and seeing as I live about 5 minutes walk from where it's being held I couldn't not go, so before my stitching marathon can start I'm going to see if I can test my will power and see if I'm capable of spending an hour or two in a room with that much stitching stuff and not buy anything... I suspect that I can't, but you never know, I could surprise myself.

TUSAL

I forgot TUSAL again, I'm useless.

Here's this month, it's mostly light blue and cream from Winter's Majesty and Little Angel this month!

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

Good evening all, did everyone have a good International Hermit and Stitch Weekend?

I got quite a bit done, although it's not really looking like much because all I've done it add more cream. I'll be honest, I'm getting a little bored  of cream, but I know it'll be worth it in the end. I've still got to do mum's top, her neck and face, babies sleeve and face. I'll get there, I'm hoping to get it all done this week, then all I've got is the darker colours and the backstitch. The aim is by the end of the year. Two finishes in one year, can such a magical thing happen?

I haven't had a chance to check out everyone elses proress yet, but I promise I will, and will leave comments on as many as I can.

Filling in some blue

I'm a bit late posting this week. I somehow ended up covering for one of Ben's receptionists when she couldn't make it into work this morning. Gulible? Moi? I guess I must just be a loving girlfriend.

I've managed to make a fair bit of progress though, there are who sections that I practically filled in now. Although there are also whole sections that don't actually have any stitches done. But, as predicted with the end of the evil little flowers, my love of this piece has returned, and I am rather enjoying seeing the shape of her actually appearing now.

And now, for International Hermit and Stitch weekend and the following week I'm back on to Little Angel, which contains a lot of cream. I've just had to go and buy a second skein!

Cream, cream and more cream!

There is a lot of cream in this piece, so that's pretty much what I've been stitching this week, as the title says, cream, cream and more cream!

It is starting to look a lot better with the extra colours filling in. I think that there are only about four colours left, but I think it's time for a break, I'm getting fed up of the all the cream.

Hope everyones stitching is going well, I'm enjoying everyone's progress and am starting to manage to comment on other people's blogs, so all is good in the world!

I can see it!

Now that I've got a third (start or a fourth) colour in here, the shading's starting to look better. I'm hating the darker colour less now that it's all fading in a bit better. I'm pretty comfortable that I'll be able to get this finished within time. Little dude is due in January, and it'll probably be a couple of months after that little dude is christened so plently of time. But I'm aiming to get it finished in time for the birth so I've just got to get it framed for the christening.

So, now I'm debating what to work on next, I think I will take a week off from this, but I can't work out what's calling to me the most. I do love Dragon Rider which is technically what I'm due to work on. But my love for Winter's Majesty is returning and she has seen periods of neglect this year. Also, Lance & Gwen has seen a drought this year, so it'd be nice to work on that. But if I work on Little Angel then when it's finished I can get back to Little Snap Dragon. Basically I just can't decide. I'm sure that I'll make a decision at some point in the next 24 hours!

Oh yeah, in other news we went to see Bill Bailey in Sheffield last night, he was absolutely brilliant, really funny!

Nearly finished the flowers!

I know, it actually doesn't look like much, but this is a big step for me, I've nearly finished the evil flowers on this section, which means that my love of this piece has returned, because that's the bit that I really don't like working on. You can almost see this page taking shape, so it's a start!

I actually want to make a bit of an apology today. I'm not commenting on people's blogs at the moment. My computer is going through a bit of a tempremental phase (I think it's telling me that it's going to break soon - must remember to back everythin up!) whenever I try to open a second page then it keeps freezing my computer, so I am reading most people's blogs I think, but I'm always worrying that clicking another link to comment will be the one that causes the freeze! I'm debating gettin a tablet for internet browsing, but I'm undecided at the moment, so generally I'm just potterin along.

Also, I may go a bit quiet through out November. I've signed up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writin Month), which means that I'm meant to try and write 50 000 words in November. To be honest, I'm not convinced that I can see it happening. But if by some fluke it does, if I disappear, that's why!