December Wipocalypse

This is the last of WIPocalypse report. I do not plan on doing this next year as the Apocolypse was for this year and I did have fun being in it. Thank you Measi for having me.

For this last post I had finished Best Witches

I have done quite a bit on HAED Aurora's Garden

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Mine was filled with family. Hope you all have a Happy New Year.

November WIPocalypse

The end of November is here. A week ago,tomorrow, was Thanksgiving, where does the time go?

So for November's WIPocalypse I finished HAED QS Fragile Heart

 25 ct
1x1



Then I pulled out Best Witches from the Cross Stitch & Needlework October 1998 issue. This is done on Fiddler's Cloth.

This was started in January and was one that I started for the Crazy January Challenge. I am hoping to finish it this year.

October WIPocalypse

It is time for this month's WIPocalypse. Since last month, I stitched on:

Rocky Mountain Christmas

Finished Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy

put in about 4000 stitches in HAED QS Fragile Heart

Thanks for reading my blog. Hopefully Fragile Heart will be finished for the November's Wipocalypse.

September WIPocalypse & other news

Can you believe it is the end of September already? Tomorrow is October already. Autumn is my favorite season and I am loving the temps, colors and smells :-)

So for this second WIPocalypse for the month I stitched on HAED - Lusk- Aurora's Garden and I finished page 2.

Then I finished the top half of S is For Stitcher out of June 2008 Cross Country Stitiching magazine

Now I am stitching on page 4 of Marty Bell's Rocky Mountain Christmas. I only have a little bit left of this column for the page to be done.

Next in my rotation is to finish Mirabilia's Halloween Fairy.

This week hasn't been a good one. Last Saturday DS#1 started out with a sore throat which left him on Sunday only to come down with a horrible cough. Monday I came home from work and could smell gas in my house. My oven wasn't working right so DH had put in a new part. He thought he had it taken care of. I woke up around midnight because I could smell gas again. Called DH at work. I opened all the windows and had the fan going. We don't have natural gas, it's a propane tank. Anyways we shut off the tank so no more gas. Tuesday DH came down with the cough. Wednesday I come down with a scratchy throat a couple of hours before leaving work. By Wednesday night I felt really sick and plugged up. I woke up in the middle of the night and realized that my dog had labored breathing. So I comforted him while falling asleep and our cat Molly was rubbing against his face to love him up. I woke up again and the dog now has collapsed on the floor and his breathing is worse and he will not get up. He is an 11 1/2 year old Rottie/Shepherd mix. I have owned him for 10 years and adopted him at a shelter. Best dog you could ever want. Called DH at work, need to come home Dreyx is dying. DH gets home and still can not get the dog up. I call the vet and we take him in. We had to put him on his blanket and then put that on a sleeping bag to drag him gently through the house and lift him into the truck. Anyways, vet can't hardly hear his heartbeat. He is having stomach contractions, which we believe are tumors. We could have xrays done and if he has tumors not much we can do and the vet and I are really concerned about not hearing the heartbeat. So leaving DH and I alone we make the decision to let him go. You can tell in his eyes that he is done. They are not bright and he always lets me love him up and he was turning his head away from me. The vet came in to ask if we had anymore questions and she wasn't rushing us. I told her since she believes he has tumors in his stomach or something around his heart, and with his age that we did not want anything else done for him. He probably wouldn't make it through any operation anyways. So I laid curled up on the floor with him while saying goodbye to my beautiful dog. We took him home to bury him.
My day gets worse with being sick that by the time it is nighttime I am pretty sure that I have bronchitis. DS#2 and his girlfriend came over to mourn Dreyx and they ordered pizza and wings. I really couldn't eat much and Allie was getting concerned about my breathing.
Friday I went to the doctors and I have asthmatic bronchitis and an ear infection. I am on 4 meds, yeeha. This weekend was Naples Grape Festival and I am so upset that I couldn't go. Friday DS#2 also came down sick. He went to Urgent Care yesterday and he got there as it was turning into bronchitis. So meds for him too. DH still has a cough but Robitussin is helping him. I had been so sick that I hadn't been mourning Dreyx much til yesterday. It has hit me and Molly is looking for him through out the house. The other 3 cats looked for him but Molly really loved him. She is having a hard time of it.
DH still needs to fix the oven so everything is either sandwiches or anything that I can cook in the microwave.
Well I am going to go stitch some more and watch another disc of season 1 Party Of Five.

Here is Dreyx:

August Bue Moon WICapolypse

This is the 2nd WIPocalypse for the month. Since the last one I stitched on more of Faces of Faery 66

I also have been stitching on HAED Aurora's Garden. I want to finish page 2 before putting it back into rotation.

I do not know where the month of August went.
True Blood season finale was last Sunday and what a blood bath that season was. Then Tuesday was the season finale of Pretty Little Liars, shocking parts on that. Now the new shows are on for September. General Hospital is being moved to an hour earlier. Live With Kelly will reveal her new cohost this Tuesday.
Oct 1 is a new show I am dying for. In The 90's and some of 2000s there was a show on ABC Family called Home&Family. It had Christine Ferrari and Chuck Woolery as the hosts. Then Michale Burger took over for Chuck Woolery. It was on for 2 hours in the afternoons and was full of tips and all kinds of things. Well it is back on and will be on the Hallmark Channel from 10am-noon est. It has Mark Steines, who left Entertainment Tonight and Page ? from Trading Spaces. I watched Home & Family faithfully every weekday. I was so upset when they changed the format of ABC Family and let the show go. It is still going to be produced by Woody Frasier. That is one thing I am looking forwards to this fall season.
As for evening shows, I have decided not to pick up any new shoes. I was going to watch Green Arrow and the Beauty & the Beast. But I would rather watch what is left of my shows and then watch more movies/read/listen to audiobooks. I am having a void of not being able to watch Desperate Housewives anymore and the very ending of that was sad.
I have a feeling it is the last season for a few of my shows: Supernatural, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice. They are long running shows and PP has a few major actors/actresses leaving the show.  No, I haven't heard any rumors. Just my take on the shows.

Have a Happy Labor Day!!! No plans except to go see the Balloon Festival in Dansville, NY.

Aug. 1 WIPocalypse

I don't know where July went. Flew on by. This month there are 2 WIPocalypse to report on.
This time I have 3 pics to share since last month's Wipocalypse.
I finished HAED SK Sunny

I stitched a little bit on Marty Bell's Rocky Mountain Christmas.

Then I joined the bandwagon to have a new Olympic start and only stitch on this during the Olympics, then put it back in my rotation.
This is HAED's Faces of Faery. It was RAKd to me as well.,

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I finished listening to Knockout by Catherine Coulter. Next up is Whiplash by Catherine Coulter. I am also reading the Chocoholics mysteries by Joanna Carl.

Thanks for visiting and for the comments

July Wipocalypse

How did I miss this the other day? I know it has been a hot and busy week. Anyways since last month's all I have been stitching on is HAED SK Sunny. Same picture as the last post. I am hoping to really get a lot accomplished on her this week. Go check out July's Wipocalypse on Measi's Musings.

Today I also set up my jewlery supplies and made a lot. I will post pics this week.

I also finished Fifty Shades of Gret and Fifty Shades Darker. I am now reading Fifty Shades Freed. The author is E L James.

June Wipocalypse

It's that time of the month to post what I have stitched on since the last Wipocalypse
HAED SK Sunny

Mirabilia Halloween Fairy

I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted. I have been stitching though. I have put aside Halloween Fairy so I can finish Sunny.

I also have been busy making jewelry so I can start doing home parties. I am excited about that.
I really don't have any other news from my end. I have been reading and listening to audiobooks. I finished The Hunger Games series, still on the Catherine Coulter FBI series. I also started a new book by a new author. She is married to my cousin and I am enjoying this book very much. It is called The Fairytale Keeper and is book 1 of a trilogy. It is by Andrea Cefalo. It just hit the bookstores and Amazon June 1.

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.

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!

March WIPocalypse

It's that time of the month. Actually I was supposed to post on Thursday night but I was tired and I went out for dinner last night and then vegged out.
So since last month's post I have stitched on:

A Colonial Garden - Elizabeth Designs

Finished

LK Halloween Rules

 

HAED SK Sunny

 Marty Bell - Rocky Mountain Christmas

Brittercup Halloween Cat Tree

February WIPocalypse

I did really well since last month. I had started a few more Crazy January Challenges.
I stitched on:

LK Halloween Rules

HAED SK Rapunzel

2 finishes:

Joan Elliott - Christmas Angel

SamSarah Designs The 1892 Pledge

WIPocalypse 2012 - January

I have started 9 new ones this month. So this is what I have done.

 Cross Stitch & Needlework Oct. 1998 - Jack

10ct Hickory Heatherfield

 Cross Stitch & Needleworks 1998 - Best Witches

18 ct Fiddlers Cloth

 Cross Stitch & Needleworks 1998 - Frank

 10 ct Hickory Heatherfield

 Cross Stitch & Needleworks Oct. 1998 - Drac

10 Ct Hickory Heatherfield

 JCS Halloween Collection - Brittercup- Halloween Cat Tree

30 ct Belfast Antique White Linen

 Lizzie Kate - Bugs & Kisses

28 ct silkweaver Lugana Smoky Blue

 Lizzie Kate - Ghouls Night Out

25 ct Wedgewood Blue Lugana

 Margaret Lee - Fraidy Cat Basket

28 ct Jobelan Twilight Blue

Mirabilia Halloween Fairy

32 ct Silkweaver Jobelan Days Gone By

Next month will have other WIPs pics. Hope everyone else had a productive Full Moon.

I will sleep good tonight!

Our new mattress set arrived. Mine was very old. Scott works nights so when he got into it earlier today he said he wanted to cry. It was so comfy and he wanted to know why we didn't get a new one sooner lol. Justin also has a new one so I am hoping he enjoys his as well.

I am very sore and tired again. Another super busy day at work. Tomorrow looks as busy already.

I didn't get a chance to read anyones blogs, sorry. I am not sure if I will tomorrow either.

Anyways I did manage to stitch a couple of hours on HAED SK Rapunzel. I put in over 100 stitches so I did accomplish a little on it.

I received an email from a stitching friend. It explained about a SAL so I joined. It is called 2012 WIPocalypse and is at Measi's Musings. I was already going to do something like this anyways so may as well join others. I am hoping she accepts me.

I am also doing a UFO/WIP challenge with my Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

Tonight I watched:
General Hospital
Live with Regis and Kelly
Ringer

Audiobook: Scarpetta Factor-Patricia Cornwell

Well that is it for today. Thank you for reading and the comments. They are always welcomed and appreciated.

Shelleen