Progress on HAED Literate Dragon

I know, I know. I have been MIA since february. I have been stitching, honest I have.
Here is my progress

I am hoping to get back into blogging again. I sure do miss it. Not much else going on here. Same thing lol. I know a boring life. I have decided to to do TUSAL and IHSW. Just stitching for fun now and I don't think I will do more HAED SALs except for maybe the ones by artist. But not the yearly ones. I am missing out on my other stitching this year. But you ever know if I will change my mind lol. After all this is only April of this year. There is also a sale on the HAED site for Mother's Day and I am thinking of buying me a few charts. Not like I need any more. I have enough for a lifetime.

Progress, new start and stash

I have been working away on HAED Literate Dragon. It is a SAL with the BB.

There is a lot of confetti stitching so it is taking me forever to work on. I am stitching this 1x1 on 25 ct evenweave.

I started an ornament from the JCS 2003 ornament issue. It is I love Christmas by Gloria & Pat designs. I am stitching this on 28 ct evenweave.

I decided to stitch on a Christmas ornament on Sundays to give me a break from HAEDs.

I also received 3 HAED charts in the mail.

 HAED QS Night at the Pumpkin Patch- Ching-Chou Kuik

 Mini A Pale Comparison - Jasmine Becket-Griffith

Mini Village Bookstore - Randal Spangler

I have no idea when I will get to stitch these but I love the charts and collecting the HAED charts is addictive.  

I finished reading The Long Quich Goodbye by Avery Aames and it was a cute cozy mystery.

I am now reading The Gin and Chowder Club by Nan Rossiter and I am enjoying it.

I also have been cutting back on tv shows as I want to get back into watching movies. So I no longerDVR Live with Kelly & Michael, or Home & Family. If General Hospital keeps up with the vampire stories then I am done with that too. Don't get me worng I loved The Twilight series and I watch The Vampire Diaries, on Thursdays, on the CW. But not on my soaps. I also stopped watching Revenge and I am getting bored with Pretty Little Liars. Next season is the last for a couple of my shows, I believe.

Happy Stitching!

IHSW progress

I didn't get to stitch Friday night but I did all day yesterday and today. I made pretty good progress on HAED Literate Dragon.

Friday night Scott took me out for our Valentine's dinner. Very good meal. Second time at the restaurant. Tillman's Inn and it is in Albion. Corners of 98 and 104.

Dylan had my car today so Justin took me grocery shopping. I don't like our town's store called Tops. I LOVE Wegmans so we went there. Anyways we load up the car and they key won't turn at all in the ignition. It did this the other day and he got it to work. We even called Dylan to come save us and he got some tools and still couldn't fix it. We transferred the groceries into my car and left Justin's car there. He will take care of it tomorrow.The store is open 24 hours and well lit so it will be ok there. Dylan found out that there is a recall on the ignition of the car so hopefully it will be fixed without a problem.

So I ended up watching all this past week's Home & Family shows from the Hallmark channel, while I stitched. I am hoping this week I can get more progress done on this piece.

February TUSAL and a HAED progress

Sunday was TUSAL and here is a pic of my orts. In it are the threads from HAED Aurora's Garden and HAED Literate Dragon.

I also have a progress pic of HAED Literate Dragon

This weekend is also IHSW and I will still be stitching on this. Who else will be joining?

Does anyone else watch General Hospital. If you do what are your thoughts on the the show now? I do like that they have brought back some of the characters but the storyline with the vampires is losing my interest in the show. I have already stopped watching a couple of night shows ecause they are just dragging things out.

Reading wise I did finish listening to Fatally Flakey by Diane Mott Davidson. I am ready to listen to Crunch Time by her. I am still reading The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames.

Had quite a bit of snow last weekend but the temps came up so most of it is gone.

Happy Valentines!!

Major Happy Dance

I finished HAED Aurora's Garden!!

25 ct evenweave

DMC

4/19/09 - 2/3/13

I stitched this for one of Dylan's ex girlfriends , when they were together. I am still friends with her and she gets to choose if she wants it framed, put onto a tote bag or made into a pillow.

Next on my rotation is to finish page 1 of HAED Spangler's Literate Dragon. It is a SAL with the HAED BB.

Sorry that I haven't been reading anyone's blogs. I am now working fulltime and just haven't had the time like I used to.

I am reading a Long Quiche Goodby by Avery Aames. On my ipod I am listening to Fatally Flakey by Dianne Mott Davidson.

Well I had to give up my craft room since Dylan moved back home. So I got rid of a lot of items. I found homes for most of them.

Justin is now done with College and ready for a full time position. Since he took business classes as part of his accounting degree, and since he has worked at Target for a few years, the managers are helping him to get a job as an ETL (executive Team Leader). He won't be able to work at the Target he has been at. He knows everyone so has to go to a different store. He is up for anywheres and I know he wants to move to N. Carolina or Colorado.

Puppy training is still a big pain. She is housebroken and is a year old now. She is such a stubborn dog. She knows all the commands but will only follow them when SHE feels like it. We keep butting heads with her. 

I am hoping to find time to post once a week to let you all see what I am stitching on.

January TUSAL and IHSW

I have been stitching but not as much as I would like. Work has not slowed down and I am tired when I get home. Then there is cooking and cleaning to do lol.
Anyways here are my Orts for TUSAL

They are Orts from HAED Boo by Spangler

HAED Literate Dragon, which is the SAL for 2013

Also I stitched on HAED Aurora's Garden, which was also what I stitched on for the IHSW

Happy New Year

I wish you all a Happy New Year.

I have a new start to the New Year. I am doing a SAL with a few other stitchers on HAED Boo by Randal Spangler. I did quite a bit today and it is being put away for it's next rotation.

I will be stitching on HAED Aurora's Garden til it is finished. I also have another SAL to start this week. It is with the HAED BB and is Randal Spangler's Literate Dragon. Just waiting for the first page to be emailed to me.

Did anyone watch the Tournament of Roses Parade? Beautiful floats and a moving float with the military and a husband was on a float to see his wife and son.

I took down all holiday decorations and ornaments off the tree. I did leave up snowmen and winter items because winter is still here til March.

Then I pulled out my Wii and worked out with Sports for 40 minutes. Felt pretty good. My favorites are bowling and boxing. I get right into the boxing and get a good workout.

I have also been watching a lot of Christmas movies that I had DVRd from Hallmark and Lifetime channels.

Well I am heading to bed with my book and hopefully can read a little bit before falling asleep. I am also hoping to post more on my blog.

Night all,
Shelleen

December Wipocalypse

This is the last of WIPocalypse report. I do not plan on doing this next year as the Apocolypse was for this year and I did have fun being in it. Thank you Measi for having me.

For this last post I had finished Best Witches

I have done quite a bit on HAED Aurora's Garden

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Mine was filled with family. Hope you all have a Happy New Year.

TUSAL and IHSW

I needed to catch up on my blog. So here is the pic of my TUSAL and the orts are from:
HAED QS Fragile Heart
Best Witches
HAED Aurora's Garden

This past weekend was also IHSW and I stitched quite a bit on HAED Aurora's Garden. This is stitched on 25 ct, 1x1

I finished page 3 and don't have much left to do but I have some confetti areas so will take a little longer than I was expecting it to. This is going to one of Dylan's ex girlfriend's. I started it when they were dating, 3 years ago and we still talk to each other and is looking forwards to receiving this. My goal is to finish it this month.

Does anyone have any stitching plans for the new year? I am stitching on 3 SALs. HAED Boo by Spangler and the new SAL on the HAED board and I chose QS Literate Dragon by Spangler. I also am doing the SAL for Country Cottages Santa Village. They will go into my rotation for the new year. I also still plan on finishing as many of my WIP/UFOs as I can.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Best Witches is finished

Here it is all done. This was part of the Crazy January Challenge.

Best Witches- Cross Stitch & Needlework Oct. 1998

18 ct Fiddlers Cloth, DMC

1/3/12 - 12/4/12

Are you all ready for Christmas? I am not. Still have not decorated the house. 

The lab is work in is a satellite lab and the main lab is in Maryland. Tomorrow is their Christmas Party. So my boss has invited the 3 of us, from our lab, to go to the party. The boss has bought us the airline tickets and will pay me back for the car rental from the airport to the church. I have never flown before so I am looking forwards to that and it is only an hour flight. We leave at 9am and the airport is 1 1/2-2 hours from where the party is. The party is noon-4. We leave the airport for back home at 8:50pm. So will be back home lat tomorrow night. 

Has anyone been watching all the wonderful Christmas movies on Hallmark and Lifetime? I have DVRd quite a few of them and have watched a couple.

Well I need to pull out HAED Aurora's Garden, plan on finishing her next, and watching TV before heading to bed.

Sweet Dreams,

Shelleen

November WIPocalypse

The end of November is here. A week ago,tomorrow, was Thanksgiving, where does the time go?

So for November's WIPocalypse I finished HAED QS Fragile Heart

 25 ct
1x1



Then I pulled out Best Witches from the Cross Stitch & Needlework October 1998 issue. This is done on Fiddler's Cloth.

This was started in January and was one that I started for the Crazy January Challenge. I am hoping to finish it this year.

New 2013 SALs

Yes, I will be having 2 new starts and fitting them in with my other WIP?UFOs.

With my Serious-UFO-WIP-Stitchers Yahoo Group. I will be stitching Boo by Randall Spangler

Then on the HAED BB I will be stitching QS Literate Dragon.

I will grid the first page of each as soon as I can. Aren't they adorable!

Thank you for all the comments on my last finish. Made me smile :-)

I finally finished!!!

HAED QS Fragile Heart. I started her for a SAL on the HAED BB. I loved stitching on her and am thinking of putting her on a black tote bag.

1/1/11 - 11/23/12

25 ct 1x1

I am now going to finish Best Witches from Cross Stitch & Needlework Oct. 1998 issue. It shouldn't take to long.

November TUSAL & IHSW

I missed the TUSAL by a couple of days but here is my ort container. The only thing I have been stitching on is HAED QS Fragile Heart.

This weekend is IHSW so I will be stitching as much as possible and hoping to finish HAED QS Fragile Heart by Thanksgiving.

This is how far I am right now.

Thanks for looking and the comments. Sorry I have not had the time to look at anyones blogs. Work hours have been crazy and when I get home, eat dinner and do some laundry all that I want to do is stitch.

October WIPocalypse

It is time for this month's WIPocalypse. Since last month, I stitched on:

Rocky Mountain Christmas

Finished Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy

put in about 4000 stitches in HAED QS Fragile Heart

Thanks for reading my blog. Hopefully Fragile Heart will be finished for the November's Wipocalypse.

Myrtle Beach Pals Fall Fling #15

This was the 15th annual Pals Fall Fling and I have gone to 10 of them. I am getting ready to save for next year.
First stop was in Manning, SC to Amy's from Down Sunshine Lane. We all sat out by her pool.

Laurie, Beth, Char, Theresa, me, and Amy

Then Tuesday we left to for Myrtle Beach and this was the view from my room. We stayed at the Springmaid resort.

I walked the beach every morning

One of the nights as the sun was going down.

 The Pier that was part of the resort. It had a gift shop and restaurant at the beginning.

Now onto the stitching fun.

 Laurie

 Myra

Theresa

These are all the grab bags that we brought. Each of us brought stitching goodies and extra goodies in them.

Some more stitching friends

All the stash that I came home with. Most of it I bought lol

 Inside my grab bag. It was perfect!!

 From the freebie table

 Fat Quarters bought at the Quilt store

 Big piece of fabric from the free table. Black velvet with silver metallic spiderwebs

 Praiseworthy Stitches had a table set up and I bought these

 Primitive Hare had a table set up and I bought these

 Bought these from Down Sunshine Lane

 This designer had a table set up 

 Sue Hillis was there and I bought these

 Blackberry Lane had a table set up and I bought these 2 wonderful items

 I bought these 2 project bags by Stitch a Gift and a scissor fob and needle minder by Puffin Company

Pretty purple fabric, a needle minder and overdyed floss that I bought

That is it for my trip. I had a blast and did not want to go home.