Towel is finished

For the past 2 days I worked on this and finished it Monday night. It is from The Cross Stitcher February 2001.

I also started JCS 2001 Carol Emmer Aschenklaus but haven't scanned a pic yet.

While stitching this week I have watched:
The Reaping
Slither

I also finished listening to:
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz

Today I had high speed internet installed. I am using WildBlue Dish , which is through Dish network. It is faster than my dial up so I can read blogs and see pics much quicker. We got a router for it as well so all of us at home can use it. I also plan on leaving all of my instant mesengers on so I can see who is on.

WIP pic

Since yesterday was August 1st I had decided to pull out all my August projects that I want to work on. I still have to stitch up a JCS ornament for June and July along with Augusts.

I stitched on this towel while watching the DVR. I watched Thursdays and yesterdays General Hospital. Then I watched Garfield: a Tail of Two Kitties. That was cute!

Today we have a Surprise retirement party for one of my Aunts. I have to take pickles and olives :-)

After the party I plan on either going to The Rez with DH or sitting home stitching and watching TV.

JULY GOALS (

Books:
Dean Koontz - Forever Odd finished
Dean Koontz - Brother Odd finished
Dean Koontz - The Husband
Dean Koontz - The Good Guy listening to

Movies:
Lucky You watched
Dumb Luck watched
Children of Men didn't finish, didn't like
The Memory Keeper's Daughter watched
Hard Candy watched
American Dreamz watched
The Spiderwick Chronicles watched
Sweeney Todd watched
Reservation Road watched

Stitching:
Finish Fishing Santa Stocking Finished
Boomark finished
Summer Pattern finished
JCS 2001 Carol Emmer Aschenklaus
Finish Butterfly & Fruit Towel stitching on

kreativblogger award and a sad night

I have received this award from a few bloggers:
Mary Ann
Karen
Janice

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The 5 that haven't received awards yet and whose blogs I visit:
AmySC

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Incoherent Scribblings

Ruth

Nancy

Now onto my sad news. We had to put my 15 year old cat to sleep tonight. He has joined the Rainbow Bridge. He has been losing weight for a couple of months now and I knew just by his symptoms what the problem was. He has Kidney disease. We had another of our cats put to sleep 2 years ago with this. She was 18. With her we were able to do IVs in her skin a couple of times a week and we got 2 more wonderful years out of her. But Sundance is a very ornery cat and I knew there was no way that he would let us do any kinds of treatment for him. Dylan had cried out tonight that Sundance was falling over when he was walking and when he got on out bed he was wobbling like a drunk. Then he sat and pooped right on the bed. I looked at Dylan and at DH ( Scott) and I said it is time. he can not go on like this. So we called the vet and it was a little bit past office hours so we had to pay emergency fee as well. He is in a better place. I held him while Scott and the boys watched as the Vet put the injection in him. We are very sad to have seen him go but he led a good life. He was born on our bed March 24, 1993.

WIP

This towel is a desing from The Cross Stitcher February 2001 issue. it is Butterflies and Grapes. I started it a couple of years ago and was stupid really. I joined a bird exchange, any design as long as it had a bird but for some reason I started stitching this piece and said DUH! This is a butterfly. I had started the wrong design LOL. So I put it away and will give it to a friend when it is done.
I watched Star Wars III while stitching tonight. It was the only one I hadn't watched. I enjoyed it as much as the other ones.

weekend piece finished

I stitched this piece as a SAL with the Cross Stitch Pals and was a summer SAL. I can't remember what the fabric was but I used all Weeks Dye Works except for one color. I was almost out of it so I used DMC in its place. While stitching I watched Sweeney Todd and Reservation Road.

Tomorrow I will pick up a UFO towel that I would like to finish up and send to a friend. I plan on watching Star Wars III

I am also hoping to listen to more of The Good Guy by Dean Koontz.

a bookmark finish

I stitched this bookmark as part of a SAL through the Cross Stitch pals site.
Last night I watched The Spiderwick Chronicles , it was pretty good.
yesterday I finished listening to Brother Odd by Dean Koontz and I am now listening to The Good Guy by Dean Koontz.
I am now stitching on Lizzie Kate Summer ABCs Snippet.

It is supposed to be hot and humid all weekend so i will get more stitching time in and watch some more movies. Scott is working 1-9:30 today so I can watch TV all I want lol.

Stitching a bookmark

I have been stitching a few hours here and there on My Bookmark. Maybe I can finish it tomorrow :-)
it has been a busy few days here. My Supervisor is on vacation so I have had to work a little extra time , which makes the paycheck nice.
Last night was my Bookcrossing group meeting with the local group. There was 4 of us and it was nice. I didn't bring home any new books.
Justin started housesitting tonight. He is doing that for our Pastor as her and her son went on vacation for 2 weeks.
Not much else going on here except for the heat and humidity is coming back, ewww.

So is anyone going to join me in any SALS?

Very HOT and humid day!

Tuesday I went to a LNS to pick up Glory Bee's BYOB(Bring Your Own Broom) I also have a Summer Sal to stitch so I also bought Lizzie Kate's Summer ABC's Snippet. I took Dylan and my mom with me since an old five and dime store is by the LNS. It is called Vidler's and is very popular and HUGE! My mom had always wanted to go and Dylan loves their candy selections. Mom wanted to know where vanessa (Dylan's girlfriend) was so we called her and picked her up on the way. We all had a good time.

I am also stitching a bookmark for the same SAL group through Cross Stitch Pals . So I started My Book from an old Jeannette Crew design. I am hoping to finish it today since it is so hot out and I plan to staying in the a/c family room all day.
I am also listing SALS that I plan on doing , in my sidebar so if interested let me know.

a Finish

I kept a little busy yesterday. Ran some errands and then watched a couple of movies and stitched on the stocking til it was finished. I watched : Loverboy, and Epic Movie. Neither one was all that great. Then the kids and I played a really fun game called Apples To Apples. I have never played it before but they have had it here a few times. So as you can see I was happy dancing.

The heat was horrible today and not supposed to be any better tomorrow but even worse. I had to have Dylan to work at 6 and then I went back home for a little bit and worked out at Curves at 8 for the first time in over a month. it felt great to do that and see everyone again. I started work at 9 and was done at 2:30. To hot at work. I picked up Dylan on my way home and then we went and got some groceries. When I got home I crashed and took a nap for 2 hours. Dylan wanted to play Guitar Hero III with me so we did a couple of songs.

Tomorrow I am going to the LNS to pick up a chart by Glory Bee called BYOB (Bring Your Own Broom) I am hoping to get a stitch a long going on that.

I am here, finally

These past 2 months have been crazy. I have had to go in early at work. Dylan got a new job so I have had to drop him off on my way to work and pick him up at supper time. Justin had his awards night and then graduation. I was working on his scrapbook on and off for several weeks so it would be ready for his party. His party was yesterday and was very small. Not many people showed up but we had quite a bit of food and a great time. Lot of work and money to pull off. Seems like all I did was shop and prepare things for the party and work on the scrapbook.
July 3rd is when we get together with friends. I grew up next door to these friends for years and we always had combined parties on Conesus lake, where we lived. They had the ring of fire every year. A couple of years ago my parents moved and we still celebrated the 3rd with the former neighbors. Well they just sold their house so after 30 years of these parties it was the last one and bittersweet. No more visiting the lake where I grew up. Everyone has moved away.

This week is catching up mailing things out of exchanges, RRs and books that I owe people. Thank you everyone for being patient with me.

I should be finishing Fishing Santa Stocking within the next day or two. Maybe even tonight woohoo!!

I haven't been reading much but I have been listening to audiobooks , which count in my book haha. Right now I am listening to the last 5 of Dean koontz's books. I am on Forever Odd right now.

My freebie exchange

I received my freebie exchange from Laura. We thought it was lost in the mail and then i found out she had sent it UPS weeks ago. Then I remembered that there was a UPS box on my porch but I thought it was the one that DHs cell phone came in. Boy do I feel like an idiot. I love the pillow that she finished with the pocket in the back and all of the little goodies. Thank you for a wonderful exchange.

May & June Goals

Lets see how well I did in May:

May goals

Read:
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Goes To washington - finished
Jennifer Chiaverini - The Christmas Quilt - finished
Jennifer Chiaverini - Circle of Quilters - finished
Jennifer Chiaverini - The Quilters Homecoming - started
Carol Higgins Clark - Laced
Mary Higgins Clark - I Heard That Song Before
Patricia Cornwell- Predator
Patricia Cornwell- Book of The Dead

Cross Stitch:
Fishing Santa Stocking - put in a lot of time
M Designs-ornament class - finished a couple
JCS 1998 Mosey 'n Me - A Gift For a Friend - finished
Needleroll exchange - finished
freebie exchange - finished

Movies:
27 Dresses - watched
No Country For Old Men - watched
The Golden Compass - watched
Alvin & The Chipmunks
The Surfer King - watched
The Insatiable

NOW for my June Goals:
Books:
Jennifer Chiaverini - Quilters Homecoming
Jennifer Chiaverini - New Years Quilt
Maddy Hunter - Alpine For You

Movies:
Alvin & The Chipmunks
Fantastic 4 Rise of The Silver Surfer
Underdog
The Insatiable
The Orphanage
Secrets of The Summer House - Lifetime
The Memory Keepers Daughter - Lifetime
Knocked Up
Nightmare at the end of the Hall - Lifetime
The Tenth Circle - Lifetime

Stitching;
Fishing Santa Stocking
Bookmark
JCS 2001 Carol Emmer -Aschenklaus

a little of this and a little of that

I have been stitching a lot in the month of May. I finished 2 cards by M Designs from the MB class that I took. I stitched up my monthly JCS ornament from the 1998 issue. The design is Mosey 'n Me's A Gift For a friend. There is supposed to be a little white bird button on the snowman's nose but I don't have any bird buttons in the house so I will have to pick one up sometime.

I also got quite a bit stitched on Fishing Santa Stocking. I am almost done with it.

Also is a pic of Justin's prom pic. They had a blast. He asked to use my car for the night and he was home by 11:30 as he did not want to go to parties as some had alcohol there. Smart kid. Justin is the one with the glasses on.

While stitching during the week I watched a bunch of movies.

The Waterhorse - Legend of the Deep

Umited 93

Disturbia

Stay Alive

X-Men :The Last Stand

Juno

The Secrets of The Summerhouse - Lifetime movie

I also finished an audiobook: Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini and I started another one by her called The Quilters Homecoming.

I won't be stitching much this month. Justin graduates on the 29th and I STILL have to put together his scrapbook. So I am finishing a square for a RR and then working on the scrapbook as much as possible. I will try to post pics of the pages.

I picked up a magazine. Cross Country Stitching June 2008. After reading on Becky's blog about the S is for Stitcher Sampler. I had to see the magazine in person and fell in love with this sampler and ,Peace,Love,Joy & Life Quilt Sampler and , Bee Kind , Bee True ABCs. So Does anyone want to do any SALs with me in the future. I want to do S is for Stitcher in the fall. The Peace Love and Joy in the winter and do Bee Kind in the spring. Just email me if interested.

M Designs Survivor Tree

this is being given away on the Think Pink blog. Enter to win on her blog.

Stitching on fishing stocking

I did stitch on 2 more cards from the M Designs ornament class. I am not taking pics of those though. I am getting alot done on Fishing Santa Stocking.

MIA again

I have been staying busy and now I am sick with a sinus infection. Has me down and out and I don't feel like doing anything but came here to say hi and I need to post a pic of the progress on the fishing santa stocking. Hopefully I will get that done within the next couple of days.
Our tax refudn check came in and we needed a few things. Dylan went to the really nice used clothes for teens. They carry Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, American eagle and Aeropostle clothes. So Dylan got 3-4 pairs of jeans, 4 shirts and a little under $100. Can't beat that price for those designers and they don't look worn. Scott and I got a pair of sneakers. We have always bought New Balance but the last couple of pairs we bought, hurt our feet at our jobs. So I got Oasics gel sneakers and Scott got Nike. They were on sale. Justin wasn't around but he told me he doesn't need anything. Then the 3 of us went to The Outback , for dinner. We had prime rib , which was a little tough for some reason. Got home around 8:30 and I went on the computer and played SimCity4 Deluxe Edition. Scott channeled surf, drives me up the wall when he does that lol.
Today I just want to veg in front of the TV and stitch on some more things from thr M Designs ornament class.

May goals

Read:
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Goes To washington
Jennifer Chiaverini - The Christmas Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini - Circle of Quilters
Jennifer Chiaverini - The Quilters Homecoming
Carol Higgins Clark - Laced
Mary Higgins Clark - I Heard That Song Before
Patricia Cornwell- Predator
Patricia Cornwell- Book of The Dead

Cross Stitch:
Fishing Santa Stocking
M Designs-ornament class
JCS 1998 Mosey 'n Me - A Gift For a Friend
Needleroll exchange
freebie exchange

Movies:
27 Dresses
No Country For Old Men
The Golden Compass
Alvin & The Chipmunks
The Surfer King
The Insatiable

April Goals met

Reading:
Kelley Armstrong - Haunted finished
- Broken finished
- No Humans Involved finished
Evelyn David - Murder off the Books could not get into
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Goes To washington

Cross Stitching:
M Designs Halloween Fob - fimished
2006 JCS Brittercup Britty Christmas Puppy - finished
LK Spring Boxer finished
2007 JCS Brittercup Poinsettia finished
work on Fishing Santa Stocking put in a few hours

Netflix movies: some are on long waiting lists
Enchanted watched
In The Land of Women watched
I Am Legend - watched
August Rush watched and the best movie yet
Evan Almighty watched
Alvin & The Chipmunks
Atonement watched
Catch and Release watched
Nancy Drew watched
Tin Man Disc 1 watched
Tin Man disc 2 watched
No Country For Old Men
The Surfer King
The Insatiable
Lucky You
Children of Men
Dumb Luck

How was your weekend?

My weekend was fun. Friday I didn't have to go to work so my car got washed. The bugs were horrible on the windshield and front bumper.
Went out with 8 other women from Curves. We do this once a month. We ended up going to Margarita's, which is a Mexican restaurant. We had a lot of fun.
I always stitch an ornament on the 25th of each month. Well Friday was pretty busy so I didn't get to my ornament til Saturday. This is JCS 2007 Brittercup Poinsettia. I am not sure how I want to finish it yet.
This card was from a ornament, etc kit class that i took in Myrtle Beach, with the Cross Stitch pals. The class was with M Designs. I started it back in October and finished it up today. Then I kitted up another card to start next weekend.
During all of this stitching I watched quite a bit of TV
DVDs:
Catch and Release - really good
Nancy Drew- was ok
Ratatouille - cute
VCR:
Grey's Anatomy
Lost
General Hospital
Ghost Whisperer
TV:
some Nascar today
Desperate Housewives

I even had a chance to read a little bit. I am reading Kitty Goes To washington by Carrie Vaughan

This week I will be stitching on Fishing Santa Stocking.