IHSW and catching up

First off this weekend is IHSW and I plan to do a lot. It has been a crazy 2 weeks at work and I need to veg all weekend. Supposed to be cool this weekend, can you say Autumn? My favorite time of year.

I know that I haven't been on here lately. So let's back up and see... oh yeah I finished page 2 of Aurora's Garden

Next rotation I will finish her.

Sept. 2 DH and I went to the NY State Festival of Balloons in Dansville, NY. They also had a car show that day. I love the muscle cars and will show you a couple pics and since you know what hot air balloons look like then I will post pics of the unique ones.

I have also been stash shopping. I know, I said no more charts til I finish everything that I have started. But who can resist HAEDs and trying to support them this week.
So the past few weeks I have ordered 3-4 pieces of Picture This Plus fabric for some charts in the JCS Halloween issue. Then I ordered a years subscription to Stoney Creek Magazine. I received the JCS Christmas Ornament issue. So for HAED I have ordered and received Boo from Randall Spangler during the Labor Day sale. I am starting that January 1 with a few other stitchers. Then yesterday for HAED appreciation week I ordered:
Minis:
Felicity
Hannah Lynn

QS:
Rosita
Sea Star

Faces of HAED:
Faces Rae
Faces of Faery 135
Faces of Faery 88

I pulled out S is For Stitcher from a Cross Country stitching magazine. I started it a few years ago and will post a pic on Sunday night.

My manager was out on Medical leave from Sept 4 - Sept. 12. She came back yesterday. We were very busy while she was gone and when she is gone then I am in charge. So more hours and very tired when I got home. Busy season has hit us hard and way more work than 3 people can handle. But my paycheck is nice :-)

Have a great IHSW!!

Say goodbye

To Aurora's Garden , for a while. I started this in April last year and I need a break. It wasn't done for the 2 goals that I set and I don't care but am ready to work on there UFOs and WIPs.
I redid my yearly & February goals as well. That is ok too. Tomorrow I will pull out HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep and can't wait.

Today i also listened to Damage Control by J.A. Jance and I am on the last disc.

Tonight's TV shows were:
Bones
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice

Been busy

I have had a pretty busy few days.
Thursday:
I got home and a check Justin was waiting for came in. So I borrowed money to buy myself a new laptop. It is an Asus and has windows7, which I am still learning how to use.


Friday:
I told hubby that I wanted to stitch all night and watch my TV shows but that didn't happen as none of the shows were on due to the telethon for Haiti. So I finished listening to Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance while stitching on HAED Aurora's Garden. This is her so far.

Saturday:
I took hubby to the movies as I really wanted to see Avatar 3D. The Imax is sold out til who knows when but the Regal had the 3D. I have never seen a 3D movie before and it was awesome! I loved the movie and afterwards hubby informed me that he didn't really want to go but was really glad that he did as he enjoyed the movie as well. Then we went to Five Guys for a burger and fries. I had been to the one by Myrtle Beach and just found out that one was here. Love their cajun fries. Came home and played on my computer. No stitching for the day.

Today:
went and got some groceries. Then stitched on LK Boo Flip Its. I also watched The Final Destination, Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. Then I started Damage Control by J.A. Jance. As you can see I did pretty well on progress of the LK Boo.
Tomorrow is JCS ornament day and in honor of Christmas I will either play a little Christmas music or watch a Christmas special on DVD. Anyone want to join me?

not feeling to well

I left for work this morning and got halfway there when I started feeling ill. I called into work and turned around. I am starting to feel a little better tonight but I am really tired now.

This is my progress on Aurora's Garden. I stitched quite a bit today. I watched Sunday and Mondays episodes of 24, they were great.
Then General Hospital came on so I wound more floss on bobbins. I am getting there :-)
Back to stitching and this time listened to Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance. I am on CD7 out of 9. I am hoping to listen to more of this tomorrow but Thursday nights are my busiest with TV shows.

Good night,
Shelleen

a good day

My day started out with putting ingredients into the crockpot to make sausage gumbo.
Got to work and hardly anything to do so I got to leave at 1:30. I ended up doing some laundry and cleaning the living room. Then I worked out for 35 minutes with Wii Fit. That felt so good. We had problems with the remotes and I haven't touched it sine before my surgery, in June. I only gained 1.5 lbs since my surgery but I would like to know why then, are my jeans tight? It felt good to get back into a cleaning and work out schedule again. After reading emails and BBs, and of course playing on Fairyland :-), I then pulled out floss. That is right I still have bags to put onto bobbins. last year I was on a roll doing this and then stopped. Well I have made it my vow to do this again every day while watching General Hospital.

After I ate the yummy supper, I pulled out Aurora's Garden and listened to Dead Wrong by J. A. Jance. I got a few more squares done on it. I just don't think I will meet the deadline of the 27th. I am trying my best though.

So I am hoping to keep up with my daily routines tomorrow. Tomorrow's room to clean is.. the kitchen. Clean out the fridge and one cupboard.

See you then.

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

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!

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

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

HAED & news & a giveaway

a giveawayMy 17 year old son got his license today. But I was an ASS. We get to the road test site and we are 3rd in line so I get out my wallet to have my license ready to hand to the instructor. I panicked because my license is not in my wallet. My son has a potty mouth, says don't f*** with me mom, I need to take this test. So tears spring to my eyes because he failed his first road test and he really wants his license. i told him I wasn't kidding and I have no idea where my license is. So he calls my husband, get your butt here quick, mom doesn't have her license. Scott calls and says he is now 5 minutes away and the instructor walks up to the car and I tell him we have a small problem and explain. He says he will take the kid behind us in line and then take Dylan when Scott gets there. Scott gets there on time and I take off in his truck. They called me and said Dylan passed. Well I have a nice little sports car that I never owned when I was younger and Justin wasn't allowed to drive it without me for the first few months of his license. He bought a car so he had one. Dylan doesn't have one and wants to take mine, I had a really HARD time letting him take my car to work. But he was home a little after 7 and just left again at 10pm to go pick up a friend to spend the night. I needed to color my hair but now I need 2 boxes for the grey LOL. Anyways more on what I did today.

I listened to 2 more discs on Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs.
Tonight's Netflix movie was Without a Paddle which I had seen a little bit of before but not the whole thing. I enjoyed it very much.
I put in another 300 stitches on HAED Aurora's Garden I had to start putting in a grid. I had an air soluble marker for fabric but the mark would fade away before I finished the 10x10 square so this should be easier. I am done stitching this til next month.

I am on Facebook and am addicted to playing Fairyland, Farmville and Farm Town. Don't know how much time I will get to play after this weekend since I go back to work on Monday.

Jan is having a giveaway on her blog in celebration of her first grandchild. Go check it out.

Awards

Heartfelt Award: I received this from Suzanne, thank you so much!

So what is the Heartfelt Award about?


Do you reach for a cup of cocoa or tea when your relaxing, seeking comfort, sharing a plate of cookies with family and freinds? You know the feeling you get when you drink a yummy cup of cocoa, tea, or a hot toddy? That is what the Heartfelt Award is all about, feeling warm inside.
Rules:

• Put the logo on your blog/post.
• Nominate up to to 9 blogs which make you feel comfy or warm inside.
• Be sure to link your nominees within your post.
• Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

There are way to many blogs that I read that make me smile and laugh. So I am just passing this on to all of you who read an comment. You are all the best.




Friendship Award: I received this from CindyMae , thank you so much!! I am supposed to pass this down to 8 friends but as I mentioned above , it is way to hard so I am passing it on to all of you.

I am still listening to Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs. I am about half done with it.
Tonights movie was He's Just Not That Into You. It was ok. A little slow and boring at times.
I put n 600 stitches , today, on HAED Aurora's Garden.

We never did get the rain or thunderstorms that we were supposed to but it ended up getting muggy and around 5 pm I had to turn on the a/c. Weatherbug says it is 65 out but it is still muggy.

HAED

I finished listening to Whipsers At Midnight by Karen Robards. Suspense and romance with some steamy sex. Pretty good.
Then I started listening to Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs. This is #9 in her series.
Tonight't movie was a cheesy but funny movie. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle.
Today I put in about 600 stitches on HAED Aurora's Garden. I will continue to stitch on it tomorrow and Thursday.

We had rain and a severe thunderstorm tonight. The power went out for a few seconds.

I have an award that I will share with you later. Thanks to all who read and leave comments.