Aurora's Garden

I almost finished another column. I will try to get another column done today.

TV watched:
Vampire Diaries 11/19
Supernatural 11/19

Movie:
The Kite Runner - awesome and I hate having to read the lines because of another language.

I played Sims2 but not for long. My computer needs more memory.

November Goals

I bought these scissors 26 years ago and they were my first pair. They say Marks and Stainless Steel on them. The fob was from an exchange several years ago.

STITCHING:
The Night Before Christmas - Little Old Me Designs
Aurora's Garden - HAED
JCS ornament
TW The Storyteller
2 smalls
Shelleen's Tree Ornament - M Designs
Nora Corbett Halloween Fairy


READING:
Audiobooks:
Shadow Man - Cody McFayden
Odd Hours - Dean Koontz

Friday SAT!

I stitched a few hours on HAED Aurora's Garden. I finished column 4 and am on column 5 of page 1. I will be working on it again tomorrow. This was part of my Friday SAT with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

TV Watched:
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
parts of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2 hours of Dollhouse
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

HAED Aurora's Garden

I stitched on this last night and will continue to stitch on it as I really want it done for Christmas. Tonight is a SAL with the Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group so I will be stitching on this.

Bones was on last night and TVguide.com said that Private Practice would be on for 2 hours, but oh no a football game was on. What the hell?

We are supposed to get some snow tonight and Buffalo is getting nailed today.

Tonight I will be watching Dollhouse as it is on for 2 hours and then next Friday is the last episode, yep another show cancelled.

A finish and a WIP

The Night Before Christmas
Little Old Me designs
28 ct white Monaco
DMC, Kreinik, MH beads
11/30/08 - 11/30/09

Yeah it is done!! I can't believe it. The words were the easy part, believe it or not. I had fun stitching this and it was a freebie to members of the Needleworkers Haven BB.

HAED Aurora's Garden
25 ct white evenweave
DMC

Then last night I pulled out HAED freebie Aurora's Garden. I really want this done as a Christmas gift but I don't think it will be possible. Maybe if I didn't work or clean or eat. I will try to post a progress every night.

Is everyone ready for Christmas? I have half of Justin's gifts bought. I gave money to my sister to pick up our parent's gift. I stitched the quilt sampler for my MIL but still have not had it sewn into a pillow and realize it is to late to have it sent out to a finisher.

The Night Before Christmas will be sewn on top of fleece and then have the fleece made into a blanket. This will be a Christmas gift but I can't say for who yet. Not sure if that person reads my blog. Although I don't believe so

a finish

Little House Needleworks
JCS 2004
28 ct jobelan
DMC

I finished this tonight. I think it came out cute.

So is everyone ready for Thanksgiving? We go to my parent's house at 2 and we are eating around 3 or 4. I am taking a broccoli dish. Plan on eating a lot and playing games :-)

more stitching

I stitched some more on Little House Needleworks. Watched Pretty Woman and Sex Drive. I am hoping to finish this ornament tomorrow night.

a new start

I am stitching Little House Needleworks ornament from the JCS 2004 issue. It is done on a 28 ct bone with DMC. it stitches up pretty quick.

I watched House tonight, which I always enjoy.

Not much else tonight.

lots of stitching

Wednesday:
I pulled out Night Before Christmas and stitched some more on it. I also listened to Shadow Man by Cody McFayden. I really like this audiobook.
Thursday:
I pulled out TW The Storyteller as it was UFO night. I did quite a bit more on the border. I also watched Bones, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.


Friday:
I didn't stitch at all on Friday. My sister invited me to her house for a sleepover. Just her and I. We had wine, sushi and watched movies. We watched Up ,which was cute. Then we watched The Women , which we enjoyed.


SATURDAY:
I stitched on my name tree by M Designs. DH and DS#2 were out hunting so it was a day of stitching and movies. I watched: WALL-E and The Dark Knight. Both of which I enjoyed.

Stitched a little

Tonight was UFO night and I put in some stitches of TW The Storyteller. I am to tired to take pics and upload so that will have to wait.

Tomorrow night I plan on going to my sister's new place. She invited me to spend the night and have a night of drinking wine, eating sushi and watching movies. I do plan on taking my stitching but she told me lots of luck with her 2 little kittens LOL.

sleepy tonight

last night I didn't post a progress pic because I was watching Eagle Eye and it is so full of adventure that I didn't hardly stitch.
Then tonight I sat down with my stitching again and my ipod. I was listening to Shadow Man by Cody McFayden (awesome book) and stitching on The Night Before Christmas but I kept nodding off. I don't want to miss anything on this audiobook. So all I managed to get done in 2 days is 2 little cherries and the top part of santa. So I may post a progress pic tomorrow. I am just to tired tonight and it is only 9 pm. Pretty sad for me.
Tomorrow I will be pulling out TW The Storyteller.

Good night all,
Shelleen

Mondays progress

I worked some more on Night Before Christmas. I am hoping to finish another page tonight.

Had a fight with DS#2, who is 17. He doesn't like living by our rules so he packed and left last night. He has spoken to me since and will be back today. Teenagers are so much fun lol.

name tree and Halloween Fairy

Yesterday was Saturdays SAT with the Stitching Sisters yahoo group and Only One ewe Yuku board. So I pulled out M Designs Name Tree (Shelleen) and got 1/4 of it finished. it is also a stitched incentive piece with the Only One ewe board. This pattern was given to me in 2005. It was in my registration package for the Pals Fall Fling.
Today I went to a stitch in at my friend Jill's house. I hadn't seen her in 2 years but her sister, Karen and I get together once in a while to stitch. So Karen met us there as well. I stitched on Nora Corbett's Halloween fairy. This should be finished this month.

Tonight I watched Desperate Housewives. Anyone else watch this?

Starting next Saturday is deer season with a gun and DH and DS#2 will be gone all day Saturday and Sunday so I have a lot of time to stitch. So my home is open next Saturday for any stitchers and it is pajama day so you can come in your pjs and stitch all day long or join me online.

a finish

Waxing Moon
Snowman's Christmas
28 ct mauve evenweave
GAST and DMC floss

I stitched this up last night while watching TV. It was a SAT(stitch a thon) with the Stitching Sisters Yahoo group and the Let's Stitch blog. Plus I counted it as my QSW(Quick Stitch Weekend) piece with a couple of groups. Love getting back into my stitching routine.

While stitching I watched:
Ghost Whisperer
Medium
Smallville
General Hospital
and parts of The Notebook

TW The Storyteller UFO night

Thursday Nights are UFO nights now.. I stitched on TW The Storyteller.

This is my progress so far.



Tonight I stitched on the motif corner. Finished backstitching and added the eyelets.


Then I started on some of the border on another page. Will work on this again next Thursday.

I watched today's episode of General Hospital. Ok Carly, forgive Jax already. I also watched Bones, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice

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Night Before Christmas

I was able to put together 4 ornaments. They are for exchanges and I still need to buy goodies to go with them. Since I have to go to the city Saturday morning then I will get the goodies and be able to mail on Monday. So now I can concentrate on my WIPs, which are now UFOs.

Tonight I pulled out The Night Before Christmas by Little Old Me Designs. I only have a couple of more pages to stitch of this. I am hoping to finish it this year. Now that I am back into a routine I am sure it can happen.



I watched all 3 episodes of this week's General Hospital and it was good.

Tomorrow will be UFO night for me. Since I watch TV from 8pm-11pm I thought that 3 hours would be great. I will be stitching on TW The Storyteller.

I have NOT forgotten about my blogiversary Giveaway. With being sick I had put it on the backburner. I will be writing the names down tonight and having one of the boys draw a name.

Busy Stitching

I finished one RR and have the backstitching left on the last RR. Then I will be putting together Christmas ornaments for exchanges. I am sooo excited that the RRs are done and exchanges for a couple of months. Now back into my rotation and showing pics again, woohoo!!!

I am also feeling so much better. I cough once in a while but no more coughing fits. Life is good :-)

Feeling Better and stitching away

I had the flu last week and missed 2 days of work. My manager even had it so we shut the lab down on Monday. I just have to get rid of this stupid cough.
Yesterday and today i stitched on 2 Rrs. One is done and almost done with the other one. I watched a lot of my DVrd TV shows and today was movie day.
I watched:
Watchmen - didn't like it
Duplicity - it was ok
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - liked it

Nothing else new here. Just slept a lot last week and went to bed around 9 every night. Getting back into my routine. Caught up with laundry.

Too many Christmas commercials on TV. I love Christmas but by the time Thanksgiving is here I end up being sick of Christmas. I turn into a scrooge by the time December 1 gets here and then don't even feel like decorating the house. I understand needing it in the Craft stores but we don't need it now in other stores. Does anyone else feel like this?

October Goals

Finish:
Halloween ornament for exchange - done
4 Christmas Ornaments - 1 done
Stitched Surprise piece - done
RR
The Night Before Christmas - Little Old Me Designs

stitch on HAED Aurora's Garden

Audiobooks:
Kiss Me While I Sleep - Linda Howard - done
Cross Country - James Patterson - done
Odd Hours - Dean Koontz

Books:
Bake Sale Murder - Leslie Meier - done