July Goals

stitch a section of TW The Storyteller
Stitch on HAED Aurora's Garden
Finish a Page on The Night Before Christmas - Did 3 pages
Finish Quilt sampler did
Stitch on Halloween Fairy
stitch a JCS ornament
finish 2 smalls

Saturdays doings

Yesterday i finished listening to Beach Road by James Patterson. Awesome, had a twist to the end. Didn't see that coming.
Today I will be starting Whispers At Midnight by Karen Robards.

Cross Country Stitching June 2008 issue
S is For Stitcher
28ct Antique Monaco , DMC

I started something new, can you believe it? I actually have a pretty good start to this. This will be my Saturday stitch.

Friday SAT

went to Michaels yesterday to buy more bobbins and was looking at the DMC and didn't realize that they now had some colors in satin so I grabbed a skein of red and am using it on this piece. Very nice to work with.

I started this yesterday. it is JBW Designs Sweet Nothings Evergreens. It is done on 25 ct Lugana.

Scott took me out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. We tried a new to us restaurant. it is Delmonicos Italian Restaurant. It was sooo good. we each had the 24 oz Delmonico steak. OMG was it big but oh so tender and tasteful. We will go back there again. When I g back to work then I am going to take him out.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is also Scott's and my 21st wedding anniversary.
Today's audiobook is Beach Road by James Patterson. I am on disc 3 of 6.
Tonight's Netflix movie was The Upside of Anger. I gave it a 3/5 stars.
This week I ended up stitching 3 pages of Night Before Christmas. My goal for the month was 1 page so I did really well. This is what I did today and...
This is what I have done so far.

More Night Before Christmas

Little Old Me Designs

Night Before Christmas

This piece is so big. I stitched on another page today but I didn't finish it.

This is a close up of the page I was working on.

I also was listening to Judge & Jury bu James Patterson and should finish it tomorrow. I love it.

Netflix movie tonight :
The Haunting In Connecticut - pretty good

Justin grabbed his keys at 9 pm and says "I am going to the movies with CC" I said " what are you seeing?" He said "nothing". Now I know he is keeping something from me so he yells HARRY POTTER and then ran out the door as fast as he can. The little brat and I told him the locks will be changed when he gets home. He has been going to the movies a lot and seeing movies that I want to see. like Transformers 2.

Night Before Christmas

Today I started listening to Judge & Jury by James Patterson. Wow what a great beginning.
I finally finished reading Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult. Now I have read quite a few of her books and have loved them but I was not fond of this one.
I have been stitching on Little Old Me Designs Night Before Christmas. I got another page done and below is what I have done so far.

Tonights movie was on my DVR and was a Lifetime movie from 2 years ago called A Family Lost. Was very good. I have 7 more movies left on the DVR woohoo!!

Nothing else going on here. Still being careful around the house.

Thank you for reading my blog and for those that leave comments. You are the best :-)

UFO night

Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason was the movie tonight. it was ok.
I read keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult, for about 1 1/2 hours today. I started it back in March and really want to finish it.
I finished listening to The House by Danielle Steel and I really enjoyed it.
I stitched a few hours on TW The Storyteller. I am hoping to finish this top border next monday .

Well things worked out at work. The manager got his paperwork from my doctor. I go back to work on the 27th.

I had Justin take down my curtains, in the living room and family room, so I could wash them. Then I had Scott hang them up. But I was naughty and reached a couple of times while he was hanging the curtain rod and my tummy hurts a little bit so resting the rest of today and for tomorrow.
Tues, wedn, & Thur I will be stitching on Little Old Me designs Night Before Christmas. Hoping to get quite a bit done on it.

Halloween Fairy

I stitched quite a bit on this today. Enjoying it very much,.

Decided to try getting into my car and was slow about it. Took Dylan with me to get groceries so he could load and unload the car. Washed some laundry and the boys helped with the baskets of clothes, so I didn't have to carry them.

Listened to The House by Danielle Steel and I think I have 5 chapters left. Also watched True Blood, on HBO.

2 finishes!!

Woohoo!!! Quilt Sampler is done! Thank you for all that have been watching my progress on this and posting comments.
Friday night I started Bent Creek Zippies I Love My Country. I finished it last night after I finished the Quilt Sampler.

Friday night I watched Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith and I really enjoyed it!! Last night DH(Scott) and I watched Here On Earth. Last week he had only seen the beginning and I had only watched the last half so we watched it all last night. Awesome movie.

I am still listening to The House by Danielle Steel and am halfway through. Very good.
Yesterday i also went to my Bookcross meeting. I had a lot of books for the others there and I took 3. Scott carried my bag of books inside for me though.

Today is Halloween Fairy and I am hoping to get a lot done on that. I am also going to see if I can get into my car today and then Dylan and I are going grocery shopping.

Quilt Sampler almost done

I stitched on this quite a bit today. I should be able to finish it on Saturday :-)
I listened some more to The House by Danielle Steel and it is very good.
Tonight's movie was one that I had DVRd 2 years ago from the Hallmark channel. It was McBride:Dogged. I always enjoyed that series of movies, sorry that they don't have them on anymore.
I am working on my trade/sale list and have an update on my sale/trade blog . I also would love to trade for audiobooks preferably on CD.

The Idiot called me again today. Seems that the doctor's office is not moving fast enough for him on faxing my return to work papers.

Quilt Sampler

I stitched some more on Quilt Sampler. I finished the last block and then stitched the little squares at the corners plus the PE.
I finished listening to Bungalow by Danielle Steel and I loved It!!
Started listening to The House by Danielle Steel, only up to chapter 3.
Tonight's Netflix movie was Knowing with Nicholas Cage. I gave this 5 stars. Kept me very interested from the beginning.

The Idiot(manager) called me today and He is so full of crap! Things have been straightened out for now. He probably won't even remember tomorrow and then it will start all over again. He seems to do that a lot at work. Thank god he works at the main lab so I don't ever see him.

Nothing else going on here. Just resting and walking and doing what i can.

Pissed off mood

I work at a forage lab that is a satellite from the main lab in another state. It is just me and the manager and someone filling in for now. Anyways we have a main manager at the main lab in the other state. Now I like the owner , my manager and what i do. I hate the main manager. he is such an idiot!! Today he called my manager and asked why i wasn't back at work yet. That according to HIS calendar I should have been back to work this week. He now wants a form faxed to him, from my doctor about my surgery and why I have to be out longer. I called him but of course he was out of the office so I left a very terse message for him. I had surgery and I have only been out for 3 weeks and I am to be out for 6 weeks. I will also have my doctor fax him when I will be back to work. Not only is this manager an idiot but they won't even pay me disability because I am only part time. So this put me in a very upsetting mood all afternoon which made me tired and ended up making my stomach hurt from the stress. I couldn't even pick up my cross stitching so I could relax. it took me 2 hours to calm down enough to sit and stitch. So I did work on Quilt Sampler for a few hours.

I am hoping to stitch on this tomorrow and Thursday and also to finish it on saturday. There is a reason i want to finish it on saturday and not any earlier. I stitch this as part of a SAL with Only One Ewe. We stitch together on saturdays and if we finish the piece on saturday then our name gets put into a drawing.

Anyways I also listened to Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel. What happened in the book also depressed me because what happened in the storyline I was praying wouldn't and then it did. That didn't help my mood any LOL.

early afternoon I watched a movie with Scott called Here On Earth and we missed the beginning so I just ordered it from Netflix. The movie was so good. Then tonight I watched Gray Matters and I enjoyed that one as well.

I hope I can get sleep tonight and be calmed down in case the manager calls me. I can't even tell you all the crap that he has given us. He is supposed to be the owner's right hand man but they don't talk to each other so the owner will tell us one thing and the idiot tells us another.

Thank you for not stopping to read my vent. I don't do it often and I do appreciate all of my cyber friends.

The Storyteller update

Tonight's Netflix movie was Happily n Ever After. it was cute.
The audiobook I listened to today was Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel. I am enjoying it but hoping that it doesn't end up the way I think it will.
I received this ornament exchange from Nicole. I love it , thank you soo much!
Today I stitched on TW The storyteller and worked on the top border. I really like the colors in this but hate all the color changes.

This is a new pic of Molly. Since my operation I am supposed to keep a pillow on my stomach, which is a good thing since she loves to be on my lap all the time. So it is a challenge to cross stitch. I also have to train her better because she likes to yank at the floss and fabric when I am stitching. She doesn't do it often. She also wants the wires to my ipod, from my headphones. She will learn with time.
Today I finished listening to Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel and I loved this book.
I will be starting Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel , tomorrow.
Yesterday I worked on Quilt Sampler and my goal is to finish it this month.
Today I stitched on Halloween Fairy by Nora Corbett. I got quite a bit done on her and I also want to finish her this month.

Not much went on today. Scott worked the morning shift at the station and Dylan worked the 2nd shift. Justin had to be at his job twice today but he still managed to hang out with friends and as of now, 11pm he is still out. He is pretty good at being home around midnight even though he doesn't have a curfew. He also will wake me up to let me know he made it home.

Thank you for reading my blog and for those that leave comments. That means a lot to me.

Happy 4 weekend

So what has everyone been up to for the weekend?
Friday night was with our Sweazy friends. My family lived on Conesus Lake since 1977 and I moved out 1987 and bought a place with my husband(fiance at the time) and all that time we lived next door to the Sweazys. My mom and Dorothy were best friends and my sister and I grew up with all their kids. My parents moved several years ago and then the Sweazys moved last year.
Anyways The lake always had the lake of fire on the 3rd and lots of fireworks going off all over. Us kids would go swimming, boating and jet skiing. So we have done this for 31 years. This year was a new tradition at Sweazy's new house, which is gorgeous!! They are way out in the country and up on a hill and their view is magnificent. So all of us minus my sister and 2 of my friend's kids and my oldest , were there. The new generation of kids were riding 4 wheelers, as they have almost 100 acres of land. Lots of food and laughter. I met their new neighbors and they were so much fun. My 17 year old had the 4 wheeler out with his girlfriend and came back muddy. The fireworks always close up the evening. Thanks Dick and Dorothy for new memories. Dylan did say it was not the same as the lake. His 17 years have always been at the lake for 4th. Looking forwards to next year :-)

Stitching front- not much going on. I had a quick stitch to do Friday before heading out, but Molly and I slept most of the day. I did stitch on quilt sampler yesterday and will post pics later. Today is Halloween Fairy and I am hoping to get quite a bit accomplished on it. Let's just hope that Molly cooperates. Seems the past few days she is on my lap all the time.

June Goals

JUNE GOALS

finish MAW Patriotic Exchange finished
finish Sally's RR finished
Stitch a section on TW The Storyteller
stitch on HAED Aurora's Garden did
finish a page on Little Old Me designs The Night Before Christmas did
finish 2 squares on Quilt Sampler did
stitch on Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy did

listen to 2 audiobooks did

It's July already?

I listened to Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel and am at chapter 11 , I think. Pretty good.
Tonight I watched I'm Reed Fish. It was ok. Not something I would watch again.
I also stitched a lot more on HAED Fly Butterfly. I am done with this for a while and I don't know when I will get back to it.

Nothing thrilling happened here today. Same old thing lol.

ok girls

I am tired of sitting here stitching all by myself. Time for a vacation day for you and come to my house and stitch all day. :-) You know you want to. it is just so lovely here in western NY.

(((hugs)))
Shelleen

Thank you to all of you that read my blog and those that leave comments.

More HAED

I finished listening to You've Been Warned by James Patterson and I loved it!
Then I started listening to Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel and I am enjoying it.
Tonights Netflix movie was Inkheart and I gave it a 4 star rating.
I stitched away on HAED Fly Butterfly and have almost 2 columns done. I will finish the column tomorrow. Then I don't know when I will get back to it.

More Fairy Day

I have been listening to You've Been warned by James Patterson and am almost done.
Tonight I watched Wind Chill from Netflix. I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.
I also stitched a lot today and have this much done on HAED Fly Butterfly.

Nothing else going on here. The kids chipped in cleaning. Been raining quite a bit and supposed to for 5 days.

stitching away

I finished listening to 7th Heaven and I loved it!
Friday night I finished Just Nan Kari's Snowflake. I did this as a Stitch a Thon with the Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

Saturday I didn't stitch at all. I was so mad at my family and their lack of helping me around the house. So I set my foot down and bitched them out. Things got done then.

Yesterday went to a graduation party. Not many people but that was my first outing so that was good.

HAED Fly, Butterfly

I finished listening to The 6th Target by James Patterson, right before the battery died on my ipod. Another great one. 7th Heaven is next.
I stitched some more on HAED Freebie, Fly, Butterfly. Love the colors in this.

RIP Ed McMahon earlier in the week, still looking for my check in the mail :-)
Farrah Fawcett, you fought hard.
Michael Jackson, loved your music despite all your problems.

To all my friends who have been looking at my blog and/or commenting, thank you so much
{{{{}}}}
Shelleen

a finish and a new start

I finished The Patriotic Snowman and I think he is cute. I actually went through my small stash of buttons and found the star and carrot.

Today is Fairy Day and in honor HAED made a freebie and I started it. it is called Fly, Butterfly. I 2will be stitching on this til next Wednesday,

Finally!! an ornament

Most of my stitching friends know that I stitch an ornament every month around the 25th to keep Christmas alive. But this year has been very bad and I think I stitched 1 in January. I don't count exchanges. This is Patriotic Snowman by The Stitchworks, LTD from the 2003 JCS ornament issue.

Faeries and Dragons, OH MY!

Sunday I stitched on Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy. I also watched Friday the 13th (2008) and finished listening to 5th Horseman by James Patterson.
yesterday i slept a lot so not much stitching. I did a couple of hours on TW The Storyteller. I also started listening to 6th Target by James Patterson and watched Evening , which was pretty good.

Today i want to stitch on an ornment.

Quilt Sampler update

Yesterday I stitched some more on this. I am hoping to finish it next month.

My parents stopped by for a visit. It was nice to see them as their health hasn't been the greatest.

Today is Halloween Day so I will be stitching on Halloween Fairy.

I am BAAACK!!!

My surgery went as planned and no complications. The hospital stay was fine and they have a great staff of nurses and techs. loved them all. They also were quiet at night so I could sleep. My surgery was on Thursday morning and I was released at noon on Saturday. While there I finished an exchange on friday night and I stitched a little bit on the Quilt Sampler on Saturday. One of my nurses loves to cross stitch and she fell in love with the quilt sampler. She also told of a craft store in the city that sells used charts and DMC is .10 a skein.


Sunday, between naps I stitched some more on Halloween Fairy by Nora Corbet. I really enjoy stitching on her.
Then Monday & Tuesday I stitched on the Quilt sampler and now I only have 2 more blocks and some of the border left.
Wednesday was HAED day for me and this is freebie Aurora's Garden. I have 1 column done on page 1. I love the colors.
Today I stitched another page of Twas The Night Before Christmas by Little Old Me Designs. This stitches up quick.
Yes, I am getting a lot of rest. Sleeping when I need it as well.

I also finished listening to My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and gave it a 5/5 rating. I just loved this book. I am now listening to The 5th Horseman by James Patterson.
In the evenings I watch a movie as well.
This week I have watched:
Gran Torino - it was ok- very slow
Baby on Board- good
Spring Breakdown - good
Georgia Rule - good

True Blood also started its second season on Sunday and I ended up watching it on Monday since I couldn't stay awake.
Tomorrow is my doctor's appointment.

Now I plan on picking up Christmas Ornament stitching since it has been neglected all year. Now I remember why I loved being a SAHM for 19 years lol. I sure do miss it. But I also like my job and having stash money.

WIP pics and pet pics

I stitched some more on Hallween Fairy on Sunday. So 1/4 of it is done.
Saturday I finished another square on Quilt Sampler.
I took pics of our new cat but took one of the dog as well. This is my baby Dreyx. He is 8 1/2 years old, rottie/shepherd mix. Him and the cat hit it off as soon as she came out of the pet carrier.
This is Molly. Her eyes get runny once in awhile. The shelter wasn't sure if it was allergies or stress. They were giving her a cream for it. The first 2 days we brought her home they were bad but seem to be getting better. if not then I will have to call our vet and see what they can do for her. She is such a lovey cat and sleeps all night with me.
She is a little butterball and has a small head for her big body LOL. I call her Miss Molly and Dylan calls her Molly Moo.

I had preop this morning. They drew blood and took chest xrays. Tomorrow afternoon i have to call to see what time my surgery is and when to get to the hospital.

Tonight I listened to more of My Sisters Keeper while stitching on the RR
Tomorrow will be my last day at work for a few weeks. The only thing bad about that is no pay. I work 27-32 hours a week and am part time. My employer only pays disability for full time employees. So no stash buying for a while.

I have a bunch of audiobooks downloaded into my computer and have 6 more sitting here to put on my computer so I am hoping to get a lot of them listened to while laid up. Plus movies in the evenings. Also lots of stitching time in. Maybe a couple of big finishes. But I will not make any promises :-)

cleaning and organizing

I have books galore and some that I have had for over 10 years. Sooo I bagged up a lot of them and gave some to Justin's boss and some I will take to work tomorrow. Then I tried to put my favorite web sites on my laptop but my laptop needs a major overhaul and the cd rom drive is shot. I don't have the money for a new laptop so Dylan is going to try to work on it this week. I wanted to take it to the hospital or at least get it running so I can use it while on the couch for a couple of weeks.
Washing all of the dirty laundry so that will be out of the way. Otherwise I did pick up and Dylan will vacuum and clean the kitchen floor.

Ok enough of that. Time to go stitch and listen to My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

Strange but good day

I had an appointment with the surgeon this morning. He agreed that I need a hysterectomy. He said he couldn't get me in until the beginning of August :-(. The fibroid cyst is resting on my bladder. Even though the cyst has no pain it causes problems with my bladder. Also work gets real busy in September so I was hoping to have it done sooner. I was told that once the schedule was made that someone would call me by Monday. Ok.
In the mean time, Sunday I had gone to Petco in our area and they have cats & kittens up for adoption. I fell in love with a 3 year old female named Molly. I also like a kitten and another 6 year old female. I haven't been able to get Molly out of my heart and Scott told me to get her. Remember I already have 3 cats and a dog. So last night I emailed the animal shelter. I told them I was interested in her and I have 3 cats and a dog. They emailed me back this morning saying she would fit in with us and to go to Petco and fill out the adoption papers and it would take a day to find out if I could have her. I picked up Dylan after school and we head over to Petco. Since Sunday all of the other cats were adopted but Molly and the other 6 year old cat, who is very sweet. I fill out the application and leave it at the store. On the way home the shelter had picked up my application and approved me, woohoo! I could get her now. So I went home and grabbed the cat carrier and away we went to pick her up. Meanwhile I got another phone call from the doctors office. They fit me in for my surgery next Thursday, hooray!! So I have tomorrow and next week Monday and Wednesday left to work. Tuesday is preop day.

Dylan and I picked up Shelbi and we went and got Molly. She is very sweet and gets along with my dog, rottie and shepherd mix, he likes her as well. But she is hissing and yelling at my cats lol. I am sure they will be fine. This works out well though as I will be home for a few weeks to help her transition here. Also Justin is home from college and Dylan has 2 weeks left of school so I will get a lot of help around the house. Dylan's girlfriend Shelbi also said she would help me.

Keep me in your prayers and thoughts.

May Goals

I used to list my goals but haven't done so in a while. My one main goal is not to sign up for so many exchanges. I had 5 all at one time and it took me away from all my WIPs/UFOs

Goals:
Finish Sweetheart Tree PaPa Bunny finished
Finish M Designs Halloween Tree finished
Pals Spring Exchange finished
Gail's RR finished
Section of TW The Storyteller did
stitch some on HAED Aurora's Garden did
finish a page of The Night Before Christmas 1 page done
finish 2 squares Quilt Sampler did

GOALS ACCOMPLISHED

WIPs

Last night I worked some more on The Storyteller. I was doing it as a SAL with Connie to keep motivated but she has to bow out for a couple of months so I have to be really good and keep pulling this out on Mondays.
Sunday is Halloween Day for me so I pulled out Halloween Fairy by Nora Corbett. I did change something already though. The Kreinik #4 braid says 2 strands but I thout it looked bulky so I took it out and used 1 strand and I think it looks better.
Then Saturday was my SAT(stitchaThon) with Only One Ewe BB and Stitching Sisters yahoo group. I stitched on another square of Quilt Sampler. So this square, 3 more and then the border and it will be done.

I also stitched quite a bit more on HAED Aurora's Garden but I didn't update a pic like I thought I did.

Also watched a few movies:
My Bloody Valentine - Netflix
Underworld: Rise of The Lycons - Netflix
Bride wars - Netflix
Storm Cell- Netflix
A Valentine carol- on the DVR- Lifetime movie
Marley & me - Netflix

Finsihed listening to the audiobook:
Phantom Prey by John sandford
Started listening to:
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

Charts for Trade

These haven't been used
Mirabilia- Cinderella
Whole set of Heart In Hand Alphabet Mania
Thomas Kinkade Spring At Stonegate
Thomas Kinkade Stepping Stone Cottage Kit
Just Cross Stitch August 1999 - has TW The Tapestry Cat
Just Nan Be Scary with Embellishments - I had 2 copies so this is an extra.

let me know if you are interested in a trade.

stitching like crazy

I had a bust few days. I also met my May Goals.


I stitched on HAED freebie Aurora's Garden all weekend with the HAED BB SAL. I got a lot done and am so enjoying this.
Then last night I stitched on TW The Storyteller , for 2 hours and got the section done.
Tonight I got another square done on the Quilt Sampler . I have 4 more squares and the border left.

Thank you for those that read my blogs and leave comments. They mean a lot to me
Hugs,
Shelleen

Aurora's Garden for Saturday

I stitched on this most of the day yesterday. Scott and I went and visited my parents. My mom is doing much better and is now pain free. But she has to wear a plastic neck brace for 9 months.
Came home and did some laundry. Then sat and stitched and watched TV.
Netflix:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Dish:
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
The Brave One
half of Sixteen Candles.

As you can see on my stitching that I have learned the parking of the thread method. I am not sure if I like it and with HAED designs the stitchers use a quilters pen and mark 10x10 squares and i believe I will do that in the future with the HAED.

Quilt and HAED

During the week I stitched on Quilt sampler. My goal this month is to stitch 2 squares and I did one and have another one almost done so i should meet this goal.
This weekend, Friday- Monday night is a SAL with the HAED BB. So I have pulled out the freebie Aurora's Garden. I stitched 2 hours last night and love working with these colors. This is also today's SAL with the stitching sisters yahoo group and Only One Ewe BB. This is also a goal piece for this month to stitch a little bit on this so I have already accomplished that :-)

Netflix movies watched:
Fatal Rescue - very good.
Hotel For Dogs - cute!

I also finished the audiobook, Invisible Prey by John sandford and have started listening to Phantom Prey by John Sandford.

2 WIPs

Last night I stitched 4 hours on TW The Storyteller. While I watched General Hospital, 24 season finale and Medium. This is part of a UFO blog SAL and a SAL with an online friend.
Then tonight I finished cross stitching another square on Quilt Sampler. Tomorrow night I will do the backstitching on this square and then start another square. Tonight I watched general Hospital and then I pulled out a Netflix movie and watched The Uninvited. Very good movie.