more Queen progress

Today did not start out well for Dylan. he had been complaining of his ear hurting. So I told him to take today off from school and make a doctor's appointment. he said he would wait a few more days. The ear started hurting last Saturday and it is now wednesday with a big snowstorm on the way. He ended up getting an appointment this afternoon. Meanwhile this morning, he was running an errand for his dad. The car in front of him slammed on their brakes and Dylan hit them. They took off. Dylan still called the cops. he doesn't have collision on his car and there was minor damage. No ticket as the other people took off and no witnesses. He also was not hurt. He did make it to his appointment and he has bacteria in his ear from humidity. Well DUH! he sleeps with a bedroom window open which is above his bed. he has a prescription for antibiotics.

I have been listening to Fire & Ice by J.A. Jance, very good. I also stitched a for a couple of hours and met my goal for the month on this piece.


We are in a winter storm watch til Friday night. 1-2 feet and blowing snow. Supposed to start early morning. Scott will be taking me to work so I don't have to drive in it on the way home. I made sure my ipod is charged so I can listen to audiobooks. I also charged the battery for my laptop so I can play games on it or watch a DVD, in case the power goes out.
We have plenty of food and water. I also have a gas stove and can use that to cook.

A Queen's Evening

I pulled out Mirabilia Winter Queen for today. The last time I stitched on this was March of last year. I didn't get a lot done but a little bit is better than nothing.
This week's Tuesday movie was Whiteout. The boys and I enjoyed it. Then I watched Lost and The Forgotten. Can't believe it is the last season of Lost.

Well we are supposed to get a storm starting Thursday and lasting through Saturday. Coming down heavy and supposed to be heavy snow. Good weekend to just stay home :-)

2 WIPs and answers to questions

Last night I stitched on Rocky Mountain Christmas , for 3 hours. So many color changes.
I watched General Hospital, 24 , Medium.

Tonight I stitched on Winter Queen and added some more white to it. I didn't get as much done as I wanted to. I listened to Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.
Work was a little strained today. There is only 3 of us that work there and the supervisor has been out since the last Friday in January. She had surgery and came back yesterday. The owner showed up today and fired her. making the other lady the new supervisor. I was shocked that this happened and felt bad for her. So some new changes will be happening.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS:
Maren- Night Before Christmas is by Little Old Me Designs and I am not sure if you can get it as you have to be a member of her BB.

Danni's Thoughts - Quilt Sampler is a Jeremiah Junction from the Cross Country Stitcher June 2008 issue.

Craft-i-leigh - I always used aida til I got online in 1999 and found all the wonderful linens and evenweaves. I like evenweaves the best but I do stitch quite a bit on linen. Mostly 28 count but I do stitch on 32 count as well. evenweaves is monoco , jobelin. Linens I like cashel. Buy a piece and try it. I don't think you will go back to aida.

lots of WIP and 2 finishes and a NEWS!!!

I have some good news but I am going to make you wait and read my progresses first. Now stop groaning and no you better not be scrolling down to read it. I knew you would, you just can't resist. LOL


Last Thursday I pulled out Night Before Christmas and worked on Santa in chimney. I just need to do the backstitching on it. That will get done tomorrow night.
LK Hoppy Easter is finished. Well not the way the chart shows it. I did this for my RR with the Belle's. My RR is Easter. I am using 2 pieces of fabric. 1 is for a bellpull and the other piece will be for a pillow.
Then Sunday I finished Brittercup's Trick or Kitty Treat. The pic came out darl but I think it is cute.
Monday night I stitched on Rocky Mountain Christmas by Marty Bell. I started this many years ago and love the piece but the changing of colors all the time is as bad as a TW.
Last night I stitched on Mirabilia's Winter Queen. I finished the 1 section, that was my goal. I can't wait to stitch on her again.

I am also thinking of changing my rotation. Quilt Sampler and Night Before Christmas are 2 SALs with 2 different groups and Quilt sampler is supposed to be done in February as part of an incentive. I do enjoy stitching on them. So I was thinking for february to stitch one week on the Quilt and then another week on Night Before Christmas and alternate the weeks. Then go back to daily rotations in March.
I started an ornament - JCS 2003 issue- Rosie & Co. - Santa's on His Way. I will finish it this weekend.

I finished the aaudiobook New Moon by Stephenie Meyer and I enjoyed it very much. I will be starting Eclipse, tonight.
We have been getting a lot of snow. We have been in snow warning from 10pm last night until 1am Thursday morning with a foot of snow when done. Roads have been horrible but schools didn't close because of state mid terms.

Ok so now for the good news. Are you ready?
JUSTIN DS#1 is on the Dean's List at college. I am so thrilled for him and so proud. We got the letter in the mail yesterday and he happened to be home. I handed him his mail and he opened it and the surprise and grin on his face was priceless. He started giggling and told me what it said. Way to go Justin!!!!!

Tuesdays Rotation

I stitched on this during the evening. Mirabilia's Winter Queen. I love stitching on her.

Work was slow the past 2 days. We have to rely on mail for work. Well no one picked up Saturdays mail and the PO was closed on Monday so we had 7 samples to work with and I left work at noon. Today we only had 30 and I was done by noon so I left at 12:30. I wasn't feeling good anyways so I caught up on emails and BBs , picked up Dylan's girlfriend and then took a nap for 1-2 hours. I am feeling better now. I watched last week's and tonight's episodes of 90210 and wanted to watch General Hospital that I thought had DVRd only to find out that the soaps were not on. Bummer as it was getting good. I don't get into all the hoopla of the inauguration, sorry if it offends anyone. This country has money problems and to spend it all on that just was upsetting to me. My opinion and I am entitled to it :-)

progress pics

I stitched last night on Mirabilia's Winter Queen while watching General Hospital and then 90210. I got a little bit done on her.
Tonight I stitched on The Cross Stitcher Christmas Angel. I loved working on her.

I have been listening to the audiobook of Twilight and I love it. I have New Moon and Breaking Dawn sitting here as well. I will listen to them in order.

The weather here has been crazy. We got freezing rain, sleet and then rain which lead to a bad commute this morning. Scott took me into work. Right now Scott just got to work and he called and said that the roads are worse tonight than they were last night. We are getting snow tonight and tomorrow and have a weather advisory until 5 tomorrow. I think maybe Scott will be taking me to work tomorrow as well.

I am trying to get caught up on blogs as I had taken over a week off because of the holidays. I also want to thank all of you who have been visiting my blog and for those that have taken the time to leave a comment. I knpow how much time that takes as I have been reading a ton of other bloggers posts and haven't been posting many comments.

Tuesday's Winter Queen

This is Mirabilia's Winter Queen and I started her a couple of years ago. I have decided to stitch on her on Tuesdays, when I can. Mirabilia is one of my favorite designers and I can't wait to get back to her.

We have a winter weather advisory until noon on Wednesday. 4-6" of snow and will get worse after midnight and traveling for work in the morning will be treacherous. It is 10:26 pm and my car is already getting covered.

Tonight I watched General Hospital and the ending of Legend. Not much else going on today. I wish I had gotten more stitching time in but it is better than nothing.