cross stitch finished

on San Man 2011 Winter Snow. All that is left is some backstitching.

Stitched on 28 ct Monaco. DMC thread.

In between folding laundry and washing laundry I managed some stitching in. Then the young man who was building my computer came over to finish it. So tonight I loaded all my Sims2 and Sims3 games on it. Stitched whole doing that.
Fixed lasagna for my in laws and  stitched there while watching Starz westerns with my MIL. Scott watched TV with his dad in the other room.  Justin also went with us.
Well time for bed.
Night all!

Friday SAT

I haven't gone out for dinner, with my husband, in a long time. So tonight we went to one of our favorite restaurants that serves a great Prime Rib. I had a glass of wine, shrimp cocktail and cajun prime rib. MMMM.

Then we came home and I sat and stitched all night. I watched a movie on LMN and it had John Stamos in it. I don't know what it was since it was a Viewers Choice movie and that is all it gave for info. It was really good.
So here is San Man 2011 Winter snow freebie SAL

Depending on how tomorrow goes, I plan on finishing this. I do need to run 2 errands tomorrow and I have to make lasagna for my inlaws dinner. I also have the computer guy coming to finish my computer. Oh and I realized I have a couple loads of laundry to fold yet lol.

San Man start

I picked up my first pair of glasses today. They are for reading and cross stitching. I wear them on the perch of my nose so I can look up over them to watch TV. Wow, what a difference. I still had perfect vision in my left eye. My right eye was just a tad off. He said I didn't need bifocals yet so this was good. I wore them tonight and my eyes don't feel strained now.
I went to Weight Watchers and lost 4.6 lbs, woohoo!!! Hoping for close to 1 lb next week.

Tonight I started San Man 2011 Winter Snow freebie from the San Man board. You have to be a member to get the freebie. It is done on 32 ct white evenweave.

I watched The Vampire Diaries and then Nikita tonight.
Also today I listened to my audiobook, Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris.

Weekend musings

I had a busy weekend. Went to a dinner at a church, to listen to Jill Kelly. She gave an awesome speech and I bought 2 of her books with prayers in them. She even signed them. The dinner was served to us, by the men of the church. They also did an awesome job and I was very impressed. Thanks so much for my manager in inviting me to this event. When I got home I crashed. It had been a busy day at work.

Saturday morning I slept in longer than I had planned to. I picked up Dylan's ex, Shelbi, and we went Christmas shopping. I am done shopping for my parents and my sister. I need to get 1 more thing for Justin. Next time I have to shop for Scott. Dylan still hasn't gotten a job so I am helping him pay his rent so that is his Christmas gift. I do plan on buying stocking stuffers though.
Then I went to a house where 2 friends, from high school, had an Open House. It was at one of the women's houses and it was for Mary Kay and also for jewelry , that my other friend makes. I bought me some lipstick and a Christmas gift.

Came home to find DH sound asleep. It was the first day of hunting season and the wind bothered him and he had a headache all day so wasn't out hunting for long. While he slept I pulled out HAED SK Sunny. I watched a cute movie called Igor.

Today DH took me grocery shopping, before he went out hunting. I came home and did laundry, caught up on dishes and watched TV all day while stitching. This is San Man Originals Witchy Boot freebie. I am hoping to finish it next Sunday.

Today I watched:
Fly Me to the Moon- cute movie
LMN Sandra Brown's Smoke Screen
DVR TV Shows:
House
Smallville
Supernatural
General Hospital

Playing catch up

I thought I have been posting but obviously not. Today I had a stitch in at my house and 4 stitching friends all showed up. Karen, Jill, Char and Laurie. None have blogs but I have known them for 11 years thanks to The Cross Stitch Pals. We had a great time and can't wait to do it again.

So I started a new halloween piece since it is Halloween SAL Sunday. I am thinking , starting in January, to also do Fall and Thanksgiving on Sundays. Anyways here is Witchy Boot by San man Originals. Done on 28 ct jubilee Mint Green.

Thursday is Weight Watchers , after work. I always go to Coffee Culture and get a cup of tea and a muffin but this time I wanted to try their Ultimate Grilled Cheese sandwich. Since I eat lunch at noon and don't get out of the WW meeting til 6 I do have to eat something. Anyways when I was done there I headed to the parking lot and still had 10 minutes, til the doors opened. So I started a new Zentangle. I started with a few hearts. I then pulled it back out last night and finished it. I think it is cute. I started a new one today and forgot to scan a pic so will do that when I finish it. By the way I lost .8 lbs so I have an average of a lb a week.

All week I stitched on HAED SK Sunny. I got one column done and started working on another one. I am hoping to finish this page this month.

Monday night my local library has knitters and crocheters come in and sit at the table to work together and I was told I could bring my stitching. So I finished Quaker Halloween by San Man Originals. I don't know what is up with the San Man freebies but I have stitched a lot of them and still have quite a few more.

Thank you all for looking and appreciate the comments.

{{{hugs}}}
Shelleen

a new Halloween start

It was a busy day at work today. Then I had a bunch of errands to run. Came home and cleaned, laundry and finally sat down to stitch. This is Quaker Halloween by San Man Originals. It is a freebie if you belong to the San Man BB. I started it last night and continued on with it tonight. It is stitched on 28 Ct Tumbleweed. Since there is a pumpkin in it then I will also count it towards my Pumpkin challenge.

While stitching I watched an awesome movie on Lifetime. It was called Lying to Be Perfect.

Since my 20 year old son knows me real well he came up with a great title for my blog. I will keep my blog here but change the title and some of the look. Thank you for the comments that I received.

Have a great night!

{{{hugs}}}
Shelleen

Pumpkin Kitty finished

Work was very busy today which made it a long day. Plus I didn't sleep very well last night. Came home and checked things online. Too tired to cook and Justin told me he wouldn't cook so he ordered pizza and wings if he could use my car to pick it up. Sure, my car needed gas in it anyways so handed him the money and the keys.

Pulled out my laptop, my audiobooks are on it. I listened to and finished The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer. Loved it and am looking forward to the next one in the series.

While listening to it I finished Pumpkin Kitty. Another Pumpkin Challenge done :-)

Pumpkin Kitty - San Man Originals
32 ct linen, oyster DMC

Then I started my next Pumpkin challenge. This is Halloween Kitty by Jennie Young. I printed this from online and by reading the paper it says I printed it in December of 1999. So looks like I am finishing a lot of freebies. Of course it has a pumpkin in it :-)

Halloween Kitty - Jennie Young
32 ct linen oyster, DMC

new pumpkin start

Last night I started this but didn't get much stitched. Today I sat and stitched it while watching 2 movies and a TV show.

Pumpkin Kitty- San Man Originals
32 ct linen, oyster
DMC

Movies:
How To Train Your Dragon
Letters To Juliet
TV:
Desperate Housewives.

Yesterday I also listened to The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer. I am hoping to finish it this week.

Tuesday update

Stitched some more on One Eyed Jack.
Dh had worked a little bit in my craft room so my file cabinet is now where I want it to be and I put some files in it, of my charts and patterns. Then I found everything else that I have had kitted up, and put them in the rightful bins. I will have to take pics this week.
Sat down with One Eyed Jack and an audiobook. I am listening to The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer and so fair it is really good. I would have liked to have stitched more and listened more but I kept nodding off for a second and so I gave up. Going to bed now.


Thank you for all the comments, they mean a lot to me.

{{{hugs}}}
Shelleen