Stitch a Thon Friday

Today was stitch a thon with the Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I put in a few hours on HEAD Aurora's Garden.

I also watched:
Ghost Whisperer 1/8, 1/15
Medium 1/8
Dollhouse 1/15
Fierce People - movie I watched last weekend but didn't see the ending til tonight.

Scott had to go in for OT tonight so I had more stitching time. Tomorrow we are going to see Avatar in 3D. I can't wait!!
I plan on stitching on M Designs Shelleen Tree Ornament. That will be a SAT for Only One Ewe BB and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

Paula mailed me the beads that I needed to finish Halloween Fairy so I am crossing my fingers they will be here tomorrow so I can finish it on Sunday.

Thursday's progress

We have been busy at work and can't figure out why. It is usually really slow January thru May. our other labs are but we aren't. job security and I am not complaining as my hours and pay is great. At work I listened to Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich and I finished it when I got home. Really good book. I will be starting Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance, next.
Yes , I have almost another column done!! I stitched on this while I finished Plum Spooky. Then I watched 2 episodes of General Hospital and then tonight I watched Bones, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice.

Does anyone have any plans for the weekend? I plan on going to see Avatar3D. I told hubby I would pay but I really want to see it. So hoping to see it Saturday afternoon. Other than that just stitching. I will stitch on HAED tomorrow night and then Saturday M Designs Shelleen Ornament. I don't know if Paula got the beads mailed out for Halloween Fairy. If they are here on time then I will finish it Sunday. if not then I will start LK Boo Flip Its.

Good night,
Shelleen

HAED Aurora's Garden progress

I stitched on this a little bit last night while watching Hancock and then listening to Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich. Tonight I pulled her back out and stitched on it while listening to Plum Spooky , again. I am on disc 5 of 7. If I keep up this stitching she may be done at the end of the month. Especially since tomorrow night all of my shows are on. That is 3 hours of stitching :-)

This is supposed to be our slow season at work but we have been really busy.

So far this year is not going so well. Problems at the bank which caused a lot of problems with my checking account. The bank realized what they did and fixed it all , thank god.

Well good night everyone,
Shelleen

Mondays meanderings

Dylan took me into work since my car is in the shop. Had a busy day at work. Dylan picked me up then we ran a couple of chores. While at work I finished listening to Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich. Loved it. Then I started listening to Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich.
Tonight's stitching was HAED Aurora's Garden.


I watched House and the end of the movie Monsters Inc. I was flipping through the guide on Dish Network and got laughing so hard that the boys came out of their rooms. They now have a Barbie channel. Can you believe it?

Well I have to get ready for bed. Tomorrow night is more Aurora's Garden. I want it done by the end of the month :-)

Hugs,
Shelleen

Halloween Fairy update

Halloween Sunday! I have all the beads done but one color. I thought I had it but I don't. I do have someone picking them up for me and don't know if they will get here by next Sunday. If they are then I will finish this then. Otherwise I will start LK Boo Flip Its. I can't wait to start those :-)

Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy
Cross Stitch & Needleworks mag
32 ct. Tumbleweed , DMC, Kreiniks, and Mill Hill beads

This is what I have done and it was so much fun to stitch up.
Here is a little bit of a close up shot.

I am not sure if there is something else in the catalog that I want to stitch up. If not then the magazine will be up for grabs and maybe I will do it as a give away.

I also started listening to Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich. I lol a few times. My husband asked what was I listening to and Justin said oh it must be Janet Evanovich because her books make mom lol. I said yes, I am :-) I am almost done listening to it. I am on the last CD so I will finish it tomorrow. Next is Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich.

Tonight I also watched Desperate Housewives and then Durham County.

I didn't post here yesterday as I didn't put in even 1 stitch. Having a family crisis at the moment with a teenage son so if any of you pray please say some for us as we go through a tough time right now. Can't wait til graduation at this point.

Stitching and TV

My day started out crappy. I had Dylan start up my car to warm it 10 minutes before I was to leave. He drives to school and leaves before I do so this works out well. Anyways I get out to my car and open my driver's door and there is a terrible smell and smoke in my car. Dylan and I have smelled this a few times but can never figure out what it is. It smells like burnt rubber or something similiar to that. So I call Scott to come get me and take me to work. I then ask Justin if he had to work today and he said no. So I asked him to pick me up from work at 3 or 4. So Scott says my car smells like an oil leak somewheres. It was supposed to go in the shop but they were busy today.
So I get to work and we were swamped and I ended up having to work over.
I have stitched on the bookmark tonight and watched all 4 episodes of this weeks General Hospital.
Not much else going on here.
Anyone have any plans for the weekend? I have a BookCross meeting Saturday. Other than that just stitching and some cleaning.

laundry day

Yes I had to do some laundry today as I was behind and needed more detergent. The last load is in the dryer now. I did stitch today. I started a bookmark for an exchange I have on Saturday. it is with my Book Crossing meeting. Some of them do read my blog so I can't post a pic.
I also watched some General Hospital episodes that I am behind on. I watched :
12/23 12/28 12/29 12/30 and started to watch 1/4 but Dylan wanted to watch something else while folding laundry. That is his chore.

Tomorrow night I will stitch away and hopefully listen to Finger Licking Fifteen by Janet Evanovich.

Nothing thrilling going on here

I didn't get much stitching time in so no pic. My manager was still out today but she will be back to work tomorrow. My other coworker came back today. It had been lightly snowing all day and then around 2 it got heavier and the wind picked up.I called home to see how the weather was there and Scott said it was fine. I knew Dylan was leaving after school to head to the town where I work so as I watched the weather get worse I called Dylan to pick Scott up and drop him off at my job so he could drive me home. I am so glad that i did that and Scott doesn't mind at all. He works the 3rd shift so he is available during the day. Tonight is also family night with the boys. I fixed a Digourno pizza and we watched Definately, Maybe. Justin and I gave it a 5 star. I did stitch on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep but that will be the extent of stitching on it til the first week of February. I have to stitch a bookmark for an exchange on Saturday with my Bookcrossing group. Then back to my rotation for the weekend and then finish HAED Aurora's garden by the end of the month. it is supposed to be a birthday gift since it didn't get done on time for Christmas.

Well I hope you all aren't yawning and didn't give up on reading this post.
if you are still reading thank you so much!

Mondays meanderings

I had to work by myself again since today was the funeral for my manager's dad and it is also the grandfather of my other coworker. I am not sure if they will be back tomorrow. I got home and fixed a little dinner. fried chicken and sweet mashed potatoes. I then went through all the BBs that i check, there is 4 of them. Posted a few things, checked my emaill and played Fairyland on Facebook . Then sat down and stitched.

HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep
25 ct white 1x1
DMC

I put in about 300 more stitches on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep.I also watched some DVRd shows: Dollhouse 12/18 2 episodes, Eastwick 12/30 and 2 episodes of Durham County that was on last night. That is pretty much it for today. Had some snow flurries and warmed up to the teens haha.

Halloween Fairy progress

I had a productive day today. Got up and read emails and caught up on blog reading. Left comments on quite a few. While doing that I also colored and highlighted my hair. My hair is a medium brown with blonde highlights. I am usually blonde. But I had some grey coming in so I needed to color anyways.

Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy
Cross - Stitch & Needlework September 2008
32 ct Tumbleweed linen
DMC, kreiniks and beads

The boxes of decorations are back in the closet and the tree is out of the house. Then took the shop vac after my carpets. I have found this works better than using my vacuum cleaner for all of it. The needles have always plugged up my vacuum so a few years ago we started the shop vac for this chore.
I sat down and stitched on Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy. I have just a little bit of backstitching left and then the beads. I am really hoping to finish it next Sunday. While stitching I finished listening to Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. It was really good and I rate it 4/5. I also watched the new episode of Desperate Housewives. It was really good and there are some deaths but I will not spoil it for those who haven't watched it yet.
Tomorrow I will stitch on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep.
My manager's father died on Thursday so she wasn't in nor was my coworker is as it was also her grandfather so I worked by myself. Tomorrow is the funeral so I have another day by myself. Prayers to the family.

Shelleen Tree Ornament

Yesterday was a SAT with Only One ewe BB and my stitching sisters Yahoo group. So I stitched on M Designs Shelleen Tree Ornament. I got quite a bit done on it.

DH and I also went to Walmart. I had gotten a GC from my boss so I bought 2 sets of Pjs, gel pens, pads of paper, haircoloring with highlighting. Then we went to BJs to get some groceries.
Came home and undecorated the tree and house. I have decided to leave up things that say winter, snow and even my snowmen things since winter is still the season. I will have to buy a storage container for my winter items.

I also did some stash shopping at Down Sunshine Lane. I like to change my project bag, scissors, fob, needleminder, pads of paper, bookmarks, needle holder (tin or small book) and floss ring tag, for every month. So I ordered a project bag and needleminder for February and scissors for January.

While stitching I also listened to Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. I am on CD 6 of 9.

We have a storm warning til 6pm tonight. Right now it looks fine out. But it is only 8 degrees out and below 0 with the wind chill.

As you can see I have been playing with my blog and now have it the way that I want it.

Happy New Years

Today was stay in Pjs all day and stitch. No makeup or fixing the hair. So I gridded my fabric for my new start. That took an hour.

HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep
25 ct evenweave 1x1
DMC

Then The Tournament of Roses Parade started. Hubby fixed me a cup of Stash Tea called Holiday Chai and my needle started my first start of the year :-) The parade was nice. Then I watched Ghost Whisperer from 12/4 and Medium from 12/4.
Then I pulled out my ipod and listened for a while to Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. I am enjoying this book. It is part of the J.P. Beaumont series.
We are also getting a snow storm that is supposed to last til Sunday.
This HAED piece is part of a SAL on the HAED BB. But tomorrow I have decided to stitch on M Designs Shelleen Tree Ornament. It is a SAL tomorrow on the Only One Ewe BB and this is also my incentive piece on that board.

Did everyone have a nice New years Eve? I had to work til 4. Then Hubby and I went and got munchies for the night. At 9pm our time had fireworks. It is called First Night Celebration and this is the second year that they have done this. Then we came home and then Dylan and his girlfriend, Shelbi came home for the night. We watched the ball drop and then went to bed at 12:30. Of course hugs and kisses at midnight for all of us.

Tonight's ornament

I did it. I finished the last ornament for the year.

Little Old Me Designs
Twas The Night
28 ct Silkweavers Solo
dmc
12/27/09 - 12/28/09

Tomorrow night I would like to finish them into ornaments. I also will stitch on Aurora's garden again.

Today I started a new audiobook. Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. I like it already and is part of a series that I had started a few years ago.

Tonight I watched the last episodes of Private Practice before the holiday hiatus.

We are getting hit with snow, wind and very cold temps. The windchill is supposed to get below zero and the winds will cause whiteout conditions. Scott took me to work today and he said probably again tomorrow and he has heard that we have snow just about all week. Anybody live in a warmer state that has an extra room for me? All I need is my stitching and my ipod and a couple of books. :-)

a finish for the weekend

LOMD Not a Creature was Stirring
28 Ct Silkweavers solo
12/26/09-12/27/09

I started this last night and finished it tonight. Then I started another one which will be done tomorrow night.
I did not give Aurora's Garden to the recipient. Her birthday is the end of January so I have more time to finish it.

I had a really nice Christmas with my family. Got some pretty jewelry from my sister and parents. Justin got me a GPS, I was surprised. Scott got me candles , Katy Perry CD , and stuff from The Body Shop plus he filled my stocking for the first time in years. Dylan also bought me a Katy Perry CD with a DVD of MTV Unplugged.

Today I finished listening to Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. I gave it a 4/5 stars.

Tonight I watched The Velveteen Rabbit which had me in tears. Yes I am a sap for children's movies.

I have been stitching

I didn't stitch at all on Friday or Saturday. But I did last night and tonight. I have almost another column done, woohoo. As you can see I will not be done for Christmas. So I will wrap it as is and then finish it.

We finally got our tree yesterday. So the boys and I decorated it. I also put up some decorations around the house. I wanted to do more today but we were so busy at work that I crashed. I did watch some of my DVDs: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon), Horton Hears a Who(Cartoon) and A Year Without a Santa Clause. Now I am ready for bed.
Today I also listened to some more of Odd Hours by Dean Koontz.

Started page 2

I have stitched a little bit on page 2. Since Christmas is almost a week away I now know that I can not have this done on time. I will wrap it as it is on that day and then get it back to finish it.

Tonight's Netflix movie was Julie/Julia. I enjoyed the movie very much.

Work has been dead all week and dreading what tomorrow's day will be like. Either another dead day or we will get slammed.My one coworker is going through a tough time right now. Her birthday is Saturday and we usually order out for birthdays but her favorite thing is taco salad so I made that to take in instead and the manager is buying the tortillas and pop. I can't wait lol.

Well as most of you can see I love Heaven and Earth Designs. Mostly Faeries and dragons. I always ask for a fairy calendar for Christmas and for this year I had Linda Ravenscroft's calendar. Well the new ones are out for 2010 and Rachel Anderson has one out so I ordered it :-) It was shipped today and I should have it in 2-3 business days. I wanted to order more things from her website but I have to be good :-( Her Queen Of Hearts is one my favorite patterns and I recieved it from a member of the HAED BB. I am trying to finish Aurora's Garden and I have Fly, Butterfly started and starting in January I will be joining their SAL for a storykeep (bookmark). So I do not want to start another HAED. I have about 12 charts though and some of their freebies are really cute. Aurora's Garden and Fly, Butterfly are freebies.

Well time to read a couple of blogs and then off to bed.

Thanks to those of you who read my ramblings and to those that leave comments. You are all the best.

Woohoo!!

Page 1 is finished! I have been busting my butt on this piece but I don't think I will make the Christmas deadline. I still have page 2 to finish and then 2 or 3 more pages that just have a little bit of stitching.
Friday:
I watched 2 hours of Dollhouse. This Friday is the last 2 hours, since it was cancelled.

Saturday:
Went Christmas shopping with Scott at Walden Galleria Mall by Buffalo. Love that mall. I finished Justin's shopping. Then I stitched some more on this.

Sunday:
Took Justin to Bed, Bath and Beyond to buy 2 pillows. Scott and I needed new ones badly so they were Christmas gifts to us. Then we went to Target, since it was in the same plaza. Now I have never liked Target and always walk out of the doors empty handed. Well I got all of Dylan's shopping done and half of Scott's, ran out of money.
Came home and watched movies while stitching.
Watched:
A Carol Christmas - Tori Spelling version
Holiday In Handcuffs- saw it last season
Santa Baby
Santa Baby 2

Monday:
I listened to Odd Hours by Dean Koontz, at work.
Had my bookcross meeting at Wok For You and had sushi, mmm. No stitching or TV.

Today:
Started with wet snow in the morning and by 2pm it was just plain snow. The roads were wet but no snow was sticking. I left at 4 and everything but the roads were covered. Dylan was in town picking up a movie for family night and he said it was nasty out. We had junk food(jalapeno poppers, pizza rolls and buffalo wing nuggets)
Movie: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Stitched for a couple of hours.
Scott left here around 9pm for work. I talked to him when he got to work and it is snowing so hard that he couldn't see and was only going 20 mph. Said if it is like that in the morning then he will take me to work. Love that man.

crappy weather

It started snowing when I got up and we had high winds all last night through tomorrow morning. Anyways the school were closed because they were calling for whiteouts throughout the day. The morning cleared up and no matter what i had told my 19 year old he figured the weather was done and the whiteouts started around 11 am. Is he home, oh no he is not and had to drive not knowing where he was. Scott had taken me to work because I knew what it would be like later. He ended up picking me up at 12:30. We werent busy at work so my manager said I could leave before it got worse out. I don't know if it could have been any worse except for maybe driving at night. We had 3" within 1 1/2 hours. The vehicle in front of us hit a car that was pulling off a side road and didn't see us on the main road. No one was hurt and not much damage that i know of, because were only going 35mph.
Scott works nights at his full time job. Got up and went outside to warm up his truck and ended up calling in to work. No way was he going in. Still whiteouts and we have a foot of snow and it is still coming down.
Dylan (DS#2, 17 year old) was at work in town. His girlfriend lives a block from where he works so he crashed there for the night, So we are all safe and warm for the night but I wouldn't be surprised if power goes out and I do not believe there will school again tomorrow. We are supposed to get a few more inches of snow over night.
I did stitch about 2 hours on HAED Aurora's garden but I am not taking pics tonight. I will be taking them tomorrow though.

TV watched:
couple of General Hospital episodes
Bone

FYI As The World Turns is being cancelled. The last episode will be September of next year. I used to watch that show every day but haven't watched it in about 10 years. Sorry to see another soap going.

Wednesday update

I have been stitching a little on HAED Aurora's Garden. For some reason on have been playing Sim City Societies and losing track of time. But tonight I stitched and watched 5 1/2 episodes of General Hospital.

Also today I started listening to Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. I am on the second CD.

Last night was family night. One night during the week the boys and I watch a movie and eat some kind of junk food. Last night was Night At The Museum 2. it was ok. I loved the first one.

Please keep us in your prayers as we have a winter storm heading our way. Morning won't be to bad with only about 2" of snow but we are supposed to get 4"-6" more during the day with high winds and gusts of 60 mph which they are saying will cause whiteouts. So I already know that DH is taking me to work. I better take some stitching to do though in case the electric goes out.

Still plugging away

I finished the column I was working on and stitched some more on the next column. My goal is to finish this for Christmas.
I also washed the linens on my bed and went grocery shopping. The bed smells good and we have food for the week :-)

TV watched:
Smallville 11/20
The Forgotten 12/1

I have a lot of PC games and I haven't touched them in months, Mostly due to the fact that I need more memorie. So I used Justin's gaming PC today and played Sim City Societies. Justin bought this for me last year and freezes on my computer so I played it on his. Seems to be fun. I have set aside the weekends for my games and will change what I am playing on every weekend. Anyone else like PC games?

Well time to go play Fairyland on Facebook and then to bed.

Night all!