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I am slow<\/em> at cross-stitch! It’s soothing and precise, though. A good thing to do while watching The Pink Panther<\/em> too. The funniest thing about watching the Steve Martin version is probably hearing my mother-in-law laughing so hard she nearly falls out of her chair!<\/p>\n

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I am slow at cross-stitch! It’s soothing and precise, though. A good thing to do while watching The Pink Panther too. The funniest thing about watching the Steve Martin version is probably hearing my mother-in-law laughing so hard she nearly falls out of her chair!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-vh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1064,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-battleaxe\/","url_meta":{"origin":1939,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Battleaxe","author":"Kir","date":"23 February 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspired by hubs\u2019 recent axe purchases, D&D, and various weaponry on various shows my family\u2019s been watching.Then my sister E said, \u201cThat picture looks like a mom quietly watching her children.\u201d\u00a0Should I worry?","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1016,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-perspective-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":1939,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ perspective practice","author":"Kir","date":"1 June 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As i post this, i have this trickle of memory\u2014 drawing this while sitting on the couch next to R, watching a show. 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