IHSW & TUSAL

This weekend was the IHSW weekend. I stitched on HAED SK Sunny.

I also stitched on Mirabilia Halloween Fairy

Today was TUSAL and here is this month's ort container. All the threads in this are from the Halloween Fairy and Sunny.

Yesterday and today were very hot and humid. We even had an air quality alert today.

Lots of beads have been coming in the mail, from ebay. I am hoping to make more jewelry next weekend. I would have made some this weekend but I wanted to do the IHSW instead. Nothing else going on in my part of the world.

row 1 of page 3 done

I have been stitching as much as I can on HAED SK Sunny. This is moving right along and this page doesn't have a lot of confetti stitching.

This week has had quite a few series and season finales. They have all been emotional.
I watched:
Once Upon A Time
Desperate Housewives - ending was emotional
Bones
House- finale is next week
Private Practice
Revenge- finale is next week
tonight's Grey's Anatomy- could not believe who it was that died.  I won't spoil this for those who haven't watched it yet.

I got back the results of my CT scan, I do have a hernia but they want me to lose 10-20 lbs by mid July before they do surgery. There is also some other health issues that showed up but these specialists don't deal with them and don't really understand them so I see my regular doctor next week, to deal with them. I am sure everything will be fine though. Will post more after that appointment.

I finished listening to Point Blank by Catherine Coulter and will start listening to a Sandra Brown audiobook. I will also be starting to read Double Take by Catherine Coulter.

Thanks for reading and leaving comments. I appreciate all of you.

Page 2 is finished!!

I did it, I finished page 2 of HAED SK Sunny. I then gridded page 3, which is the final page, and put in a few stitches.

My goal is to finish her by the end of June. Since there is a lot of block stitching without changing colors I should be able to do it.

I had my CT scan this morning. So not only didn't I care for the doctor's office or the doctor and his assistant , I also was mad today. I went to the building for the CT scan. I gave my name and they have no folder on me. The doctor's office never sent over the acquisition forms so there was nothing there. They had to wait for them. It didn't take long but at this point if I need surgery do I really want those yahoos touching me?

So today I went through all my blogs in Google Reader and got rid of the ones who haven't posted to their blogs this year. I left comments on quite a few.

Then I watched:
General Hospital
Witches of Oz - miniseries I DVRd from Encore
The Vampire Diaries season finale
Grey's Anatomy

I also read some more Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

Have a good night.

Wednesday's progress

Took Dylan out for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Then bought some groceries, came home and stitched. I made some more progress on Sunny.

I watched:
General Hospital
Red- with Bruce Willis- very good

Reading: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Audiobook: Point Blank - Catherine Coulter

Tomorrow is my CT scan. Wish me luck.

I found out that some ladies from the 123 board are meeting Saturday, at the LNS in E. Rochester and spending the day there so I have decided to join them. I have never met any of them and it should be fun. I told DH that I am taking the Saturday off from his parents so he is on his own :-). He was fine with that.

Thanks for reading and leaving comments.

Another update

I walked for 30 minutes today and used weights for my arms. Felt good.

Sat down and stitched on more of Sunny.

Tonight's movie was the mini series of Stephen King's Bag of Bones. I had DVRd it last year. Then I watched Private Practice.

Also read quite a bit more of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

Thanks for reading my blog and leaving comments.

2 more squares finished

I didn't go into work today as I had a doctor's appointment. Did not go the way I expected and not to fond of the doctor I saw.
Anyways I called into work to see if I was needed but was told no. Not much work anyways. I was able to stitch for a few hours and finished up 2 more squares.

I also read quite a few blogs and left comments on a few. Trying to read a few a day. Also getting an exercise routine going again.

I read some more of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I want to read a little bit more tonight.

Everyone have a great evening. Thanks for reading and leaving comments.

May's WIPocalypse

I have done very well stitching on HAED SK Sunny and she has been my main focus for the WIPocalypse.

I have 1 more row til page 2 is finished. Then Page 3 is the last page.

I did stitch a little bit on Mirabilia's Halloween Fairy.

Sorry I have been MIA. The past 2 weeks has been on ebay buying a lot of beads for making my jewelry. Plus my main focus has also been SK Sunny. I haven't read blogs or been in my forums. This week I hope to do some catching up. I have to stop buying beads as I bought enough to make jewelry for the rest of the year. I am hoping to do mainly home parties with a couple of cheaper rental craft shows. I also will post some on here and you can buy from me as well.

I am on the 3rd book of The Hunger Games, Mockinjay. I love this series. I am also still listening to Catherine Coulter's FBI series and am listening to Point Blank.

Dylan is still job hunting. He has had a couple of nibbles and they like him and he waits for them to call him back plus he calls them.  Hopefully he will get hired real soon. Right now he is at Walmart because he got transferred from the one he was at in PA.

Well hopefully I will blog more and read yours.

4/27 Friday Bead Night

Allie and I went to Michaels, in Batavia, for Bead Night. I mad the 2 bracelets on the left and then came home and made the other 2. The one on the left is mine. The other 3 are for sale.

A big thank you to Amy, the instructor.

Sunny is moving along

I have been stitching on HAED SK Sunny all week. I finished a row and halfway through another row. Nearing the end of page 2 and then onto page 3, which is the last page. Which also has less confetti stitching.

Since my last post I also finished reading Dark Lover by J.R. Ward. A Vampire book and some erotica in it. I enjoyed it. I also finished the audiobook, Blow Out by Catherine Coulter. I am now reading the 2nd book of the Hunger Games, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Hard to put down. I will be starting the audiobook, Point Blank by Catherine Coulter, tomorrow.

Tonight Justin and I went to the movies and saw The Lucky One. Really good. I read the book when it first came out so not sure how accurate the movie was compared to the book. But 1 of my co workers read the book last week and saw the movie over the weekend. She said it didn't follow the book very well.

Well that's it for now. Have a good night and thanks for reading.

April IHSW

This weekend was IHSW and I stitched on HAED SK Sunny Saturday.

 Then today I pulled out Mirabilia Halloween Fairy.

I also watched 2 movies:
White Water Summer - older movie with Kevin Bacon
Water For Elephants - awesome! tearjerker

I also watched Friday's General Hospital and Live With Kelly!

I also was reading Dark Lover by J.R. Ward.

April TUSAL

Ok posting to my blog has a whole different look. Anyone else have a change? Yesterday was April's Tusal (Totally Useless Stitch A Long) Here is a pic of my ort container.

Sunny is moving along

I have been stitching on her all week and moving along. Page 2 is almost complete. About 2 more weeks. Page 3 is a full page but most of it has large blocked areas of 1 color and not alot of confetti.
HAED SK Sunny:

Today is a sad day in the entertainment business. Dick Clark has passed away, at the age of 82, from a massive hear attack. You will be missed!

Today I listened to quite a few chapters of Blow Out by Catherine Coulter. It is hard to turn off.

Today I broke down and ordered from Fire Mountain Beads as I want to make a few of these bracelets.

I love bracelets so I want to make a lot of them and sell them plus my scissor fobs. Trying to use up what beads I have so I can get better quality beads.

My cat, Ruby, is doing a lot better. She has an upper respiratory infection but her lungs are clear. Scott and Dylan took her to the vet yesterday. She is on antibiotics. Plus I have had her locked in my bedroom at night, with me, and the vaporizer going. Today she is perky and playful and getting into trouble. She even asked for food and she hasn't eaten much in a few days. Thanks for all the concerns.

Today's movie was The Rite, it was ok and based on a true story.  I also watched Live With Kelly! and General Hospital. Also tonight was Revenge, very good.

Time to go to bed, 6am comes to quickly lol.

Progress pics

Last week I stitched a little bit on HAED SK Sunny.

Yesterday I pulled out Mirabilia's Halloween Fairy.

On Friday, April 13, my son, Dylan, graduated from Universal Technical Institute (UTI). This is in Exton, PA and it is to be an auto technician. We are very proud of him as he almost quit twice.

I have a kitty with a cold right now and she is eating a little bit and drinking water. Her nose is stuffy and she sneezes a lot but less than she has been. I have been playing nurse. I steamed up the bathroom and took her in there and then she slept in my bedroom last night, with the vaporizer going. She has had it since Thursday and is not running a fever. May have DH take her to the vet tomorrow if she doesn't feel any better.

April WIPocalypse and another row of SK Sunny done

I do have some catching up to do but first for the April WIPocalypse.
Since March's I have finished 2 projects:
LK Halloween Rules

Then I finished JCS Halloween Collection Brittercup's Halloween Cat Tree

My 2 other WIPs that I am working on til done is HAED SK Sunny. I have finished a lot of this. Yesterday I even finished another row.

My other WIP is Mirabilia Halloween Fairy.

I had my birthday on April 2. My manager and the other young woman at work ordered pizza out and when I wasn't looking had decorated our breakroom. Made me feel special. Scott bought me a George Michael CD. Justin took me out to see Hunger Games and then went out to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. Loved both things. I have an awesome family. Wednesday I finished another book. Goody Goody Gunshoes by Sammi Carter. I am reading the last book of the series now called Sucker Punch. I am also listening to Blow Out by Catherine Coulter.
Last night I fixed a ham dinner for my inlaws, which they enjoyed. I also fixed another ham dinner today for my family.
I have been watching movies on TV too:
I am Number Four - Good
The Dilemma
Due Date - stupid funny
Fair Game
Beastly

I have been DVRing a bunch of movies for the evenings when my shows aren't on and when they are on hiatus this summer.

Thanks for reading,
HAPPY EASTER!

Won an award

I was given this award from Erla Bjork . Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
I know the rules say a new blogger and someone with less than 200 followers but I have been blogging since 2005? and have over 200 bloggers. So I will search who I blog with.


The Liebster award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting.

1. Choose 5 up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog.  List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites.  Leave comments on their blogs so they know about the award.
4. Share 5 random facts about yourself that people don’t know about you.”

Here are the five people and blogs that I’ve chosen to share this award with, I could have chosen so many more …. Hope you all like your award

Kitten Stitching

Shut up and stitch!

Ambitious Stitches

Connie's Misc.

Faithfully Stitching;)

Well I now need to tell you 5 things about me….

1. I played the clarinet for 8 years in school 

2. I have sarcoidosis

3.I love to dance

4. I have OCD - everything has to be organized, CDs, DVDs, all in alphabetical order. Books alphabetically by author and their book by published date.

5. I am a sims3 addict

Jewelry and scissor fobs.

Last night was bead night at Michaels. So I only made 1 bracelet and 1 necklace. Justin had txt me that it was getting nasty out and he works in the same plaza where Michaels is. So I left a little early.
First I set up the little table and put the bracelet and necklace on it, so I could take a pic but look what happened!

This is Ruby and I adopted her from my son Dylan. She is 2 years old and loves attention.

Now down to business. I made this necklace for Allie(Dylan's GF), sshhh don't tell her. I am hoping to give it to her today. I made the bracelet that goes with it last November for her birthday. But she asked me to make a necklace to go with it. The bracelet I made for my MIL. She likes my bracelets and asked me to make her one for her birthday, which is in April.

Then when I came home I still felt like making things. So I made 3 more bracelets. The pastel pearly one will have a matching necklace. I will do that today. These will be for sale.

Then I made 3 scissor fobs, which I also will be selling.

Cross Stitch kit review

Yiota from Yiota's XStitch had emailed me asking to review one of her cross stitch kits and then posting on my blog. I was honored to do so. The kit came in 2 weeks ago and I was sick the first few days so couldn't do it.  I have a lot to blog today so wanted to let Yiota know that I love the kit. The pattern is in large print so it is very easy to see the symbols for stitching. The floss is already wound on bobbins for easy use. I asked for evenweave. Her kits are in aida and 28 ct evenweave. The instructions are very easy to read even for a beginner. There are just 2 very minor things and no big deal but being honest in my review. 1 is the picture of the design is slightly blurry but not very much. I have problems taking my own pictures lol. The 2nd thing is the fabric wasn't cut evenly on one side so I will just fix that before I begin stitching it. Like I said 2 very minor things. I highly recommend checking out her site and ordering from her. Oh and very fast delivery. Her business is in the UK and I am in western NY. She mailed it on a Monday and I received it that Saturday. That is faster than some services I get from online stores IN the US. Please go check out her site as she has a lot of themes to offer.

Oh and I don't have to stitch this up any time soon. She just wanted me to review the kit. But since it is a cute little snowman then it will fit into my stitching sometime this year :-)

A row is done

I have been making pretty good progress on HAED SK Sunny. My goal is to finish page 2 by the end of April. Hoping I can do it.

Both of my boys have had their birthdays this week. Justin turned 22 on Sunday and Dylan turned 20 today. My baby is no longer a teenager and I am sad about that. They grew up to quick :-(

Today I listened to more of Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown and I am on the last CD. I also read more of Hunger Games, which I really like.

Tonight I watched:
General Hospital
Ringer - gets better with every episode

Thank you for all the comments. I was also awarded a blog award and will post that another time.

HAED progress and 2 Halloween finishes including Crazy January Challenge #1

I managed quite a bit of stitching this weekend.

Saturday I managed a few hours and 200 stitches on HAED SK Sunny .

Today I did dishes and then listened to my audiobook for 6 hours while stitching and doing laundry. I am listening to Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown. I have 3 CDs left to finish it. Anyways after that I watched Once Upon A Time and then Desperate Housewives - 3 more episodes til the series finale :-(
Anyways I finished LK Halloween Rules

 LK Halloween Rules

28 ct Amber linen

Crescent Colours, GAST, WDW, DMC

7/17/11 - 3/25/12

Then I pulled out Crazy January Challenge #1 and finished it right at the end of Desperate Housewives, perfect timing for the blog.

JCS Halloween Collection - Brittercup's Halloween Cat Tree

30 ct Belfast Antique white linen, GAST, Kreinik

1/1/12 - 3/25/12

Pretty good stitching day for me.

Thank you for visiting and the comments, I appreciate all of you.

March TUSAL and HAED progress

This month's TUSAL has threads from Marty Bell's Rocky Mountain Christmas, LK Halloween Rules, HAED SK Sunny and JCS Collection's Halloween Tree.

Tonight I stitched some more on HAED SK Sunny. I am thinking of skipping this month's Rocky Mountain Christmas week. I really want to finish page 2 of Sunny by the end of April.

TV watched today:
General Hospital
Private Practice - from last week
Supernatural - from last week
The Vampire Diaries

Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate them very much.