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HAED SK Butterflies Galore

25 ct 1x1

I have been enjoying stitching on her. She is quick and not to bad on confetti. Only 1 week left to stitch on her so I am hoping to get maybe 2 columns done.

I read/listened to:

10th Anniversary by James Patterson and this is from his Women's Murder Club series. I enjoy the characters and how they are friends.

Poison by K. R. Whitaker - the 5th book in his Jason Turner saga. That is it for now for this saga but he says he isn't done with it. He has a few stand alone books and another series and right now he is writing a series which sounds like it will be a lot of fun to read. Nothing like his other books. You can only get his books in the Kindle edition. He is a friend of mine so I get to discuss his books with him.

Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell. This is a part of her Kay Scarpetta series. I have been reading her books forever and keeping on with this series.

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. I just started this one and hopefully can finish it this week.

I haven't watched any movies the past week.

Saturday Dylan and Amber moved to another apartment so I got to watch Carson. He was soo good and can't wait to see him again. I had dinner for them, when they were done moving so they didn't have to unpack all the kitchen stuff and they wouldn't spend their money ordering out. They now live 10 minutes from me and I drive right by their road every day.

Still waiting for Spring to show up here in WNY.

Busy weekend!

This was a crazy weekend.
Dylan came home Friday so I got my car back, yippee!!
Saturday
Scott and I went to Shelbi's (Dylan's ex) Grad party. It was nice to see her and we are proud of her. I did very well there with my eating. Parties are for socializing and not the food.
Then we had Scott's 30th class reunion , that evening. Had a great time. Also did very well with my eating but I did have 2 drinks.

Sunday
We had Scott's best friend's son Grad Party. Saw a few people we haven't seen in a while. Ate healthy there as well.
Then we had Allie's (Dylan's girlfriend) Grad party. Well I didn't do to well there. I had 4 drinks and the meatballs and baked ziti were awesome. So I went for more. I didn't eat any junk food though and not any cake. So I may have gained a lb or 2 and will not get mad on Thursdays weigh in.

Today
I wanted a family day today with Scott and the boys and of course Allie. So I had pork going in the crockpot all night and we ate at 1 today. We had pulled pork sandwiches , potato salad and grilled zucchini. It was nice all being under the same roof again, even though it was only for a couple of hours.

When they all left ,and Scott went to bed, since he had to work tonight, I pulled out my laptop. Read emails, facebook, BBS and a few blogs.

Then I pulled out my stitching.  HAED QS Fragile Heart was calling my name. I will stitch on her for 2 weeks and then go back to Rapunzel. I watched 3 days worth of Live with Regis and Kelly and 3 episodes of General Hospital.

I forgot to tell you what else happened to me over the weekend. Friday night Allie dyed my hair. I wanted something different and most of you know I am blonde. I have been blonde since a child. My hair was getting darker in my 20s but I continued to keep it blonde. Well I had her dye it brown and then put blonde streaks through it. I LOVE it! Will have to get a pic taken and post it. It is a lot different than what I am used to.

Well thank you all for reading this. Hopefully I will have more progress pics tomorrow night :-)

Shelleen

Halloween Sunday

I finally picked up my needle after 2 weeks of no stitching. Felt pretty good.
Scott has started working on my craft room. Taking out the closet and we are going to put shelves up.

Friday night we visited Scott's mom and the family all got together to eat in the cafeteria. She is now in a nursing home for rehab. She can walk with a walker and needs to get her strength back. Thanks for the prayers. I appreciate them
Saturday morning I went to the Farmer's Market and bought a bunch of veggies and fruit. Didn't really do anything else. While doing laundry and cleaning around the house I finished listening to Playing For Pizza by John Grisham. The next Audiobook is The Shack by William P. Young.

So today I finished the laundry and pulled out Cat-O-Lantern. I got quite a bit done on the pumpkin. Really love stitching on this piece.
While I stitched I watched Tv:
General Hospital - 9/9 , 9/10
The Vampire Diaries
Nikita - new CW show
True Blood Finale

some questions for stitchers

1. Do you use the loop method? why or why not?
2. Do you railroad your stitches? the top and bottom stitch or just the top?
I have tons and tons of mags but only like a couple of charts but hate to cut up just the ones that I like. Do you cut yours up or just hold onto the whole mag?

I keep wanting to change my rotation. I really want to finish Quilt Sampler, Night Before Christmas , and Christmas Angel. So I am thinking after this RR, and 2 exchanges I need to stitch up, that I will work just on these 3. Plus my regular weekend WIP. How many times do you change your rotation?
so week 1 would be Quilt Sampler, week 2 Night Before Christmas, and week 3 Christmas Angel while week 4 would be a JCS ornament or 2. I joined 3 Christmas Ornament SAL groups but have only stitched one ornament this year. I need to stop the RRs and exchanges so I can get my things finished.

I also read another blog on where has the time gone. She talked about her son's birthday and how they grow up. I can certainly understand that. Last week was both of my boys' birthdays. Justin turned 19 and Dylan turned 17. What happened because I know I didn't age any. I feel the same :-).

Tonight I am just rambling so please forgive me. I did stitch for 3 hours on a RR and am hoping to finish it tomorrow night. I also want to play a little bit with my blog and get it ready for April/Easter.

I also watched:
House
24
Medium

I totally forgot to watch General Hospital that I had DVRd.