I won an award

I won this from Carolyn NC , thank you so much. You have been a great friend.
I am supposed to list 5 of my addictions and name 5 bloggers who I think are "Fabby."

So here are my 5 addictions:
1. cross stitching
2. auidiobooks
3. color purple
4. Fairies
5. music


Here are the 5 people I have nominated for the Fabby award:
1. AmySC
2. BeckySC
3. Yvonne
4. Golden Angel
5. Nicole

Now there were way to many other bloggers out there that I enjoy and I have given awards to them before and if I haven't well all of you that I read and leave comments deserve an award because each one of you inspire me with something.

thank you

all that leave comments and those that just read my blog. I have been really tired this week, after work, so not much getting done. I am working on a RR right now and am hoping to finish that tomorrow night. The weather here has been nasty. Snow and winds making things difficult. Today was a high of 10F and tomorrow around -2 and wind chills of -20. Plus more snow tonight. 4"-6" of new snow, yuck!!
I am FINALLY caught up on everyones blogs. I haven't had a chance to just sit and read them for almost 3 weeks now. But I got through all of them and even left some comments.
Laurie, the snowman pillow that i did was a long time ago but I do believe it is called Snow and is by Bent Creek. It was a fun stitch.
I keep seeing SALs that others are doing and I really want to join in but I promised myself no new stash til 25 projects are stitched and finished. I am breaking that rule for the new LK Halloween Flip Its. Yes, I am naughty sometimes. I really would love to join in on the Peppermint Twist that everyone is doing but I really don't want to start something else either. Oh decisions, decisions. Guess I will sit it out. I have so much stash already kitted up that i really want to start soon.
Well I finished my glass of wine and reading blogs so time to go to bed.

progress pics

Saturday I stitched on the Quilt Sampler. It is moving along slowly. I also finished listening to Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Even though I did enjoy it and am listening to the whole series I do not see what all the hype was about.
Today I pulled out Just Nan's Batty Jack and finished him. He is so cute.
Then I started Brittercup Designs Trick or Kitty Treat. This was also from JCS October 2008 issue.

Today I watched Mama Mia and just loved it. I want to buy it now.
I also watched shows on the DVR:
Thursdays and Fridays General Hospital, which is getting good. I also watched The Barbara Walters special with Patrick Swayze. I also heard today that he was taken to the hospital for pnemonia.
I started listening to New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
Oh yeah and I watched 24 tonight.

progress pics

I stitched on Night Before Christmas , on Thursday. This is a SAL with Needleworkers Haven BB.


Then last night I did the Friday night SAT with the Let's Stitch blog and I stitched on TW The Storyteller.

Today is a SAT with Only One Ewe BB so I will do the little bit of backstitching on The Storyteller and then stitch on Quilt Sampler.

I have been listening to Twilight and enjoying that. I have the next 3 on audiobook as well.
Another storm is on the way starting anytime and we will get 4-6 inches of snow, yuck!! So a nice day to sit and stitch and drink some wine :-)

Thank you all

that have been posting to my blog. I really appreciate it.
Vanessa, You asked where I lived. I am between Buffalo and Rochester. The author of Twilight is Stephenie Meyer and the movie is out now.

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.

another start

I am stitching a Halloween piece. It is Batty Jack by Just Nan out of the JCS Premiere Halloween Issue. I will add another color tomorrow night and then move onto Rocky Mountain Christmas which is my Monday stitching piece.

I stitched while watching the 2 hour episode of 24. I am so glad to see that it is back this season.

FAL pics and a WIP

I did get to stitch a little last week and I work on Twas The Night Before Christmas by Little Old Me Designs. I have this in my rotation for Thursdays.

I finished 18 projects. Can you believe it? 2 I can't show as they are for exchanges. I also didn't start til early evening Saturday and finished around 6:30 tonight. Yes I did sleep last night and went to bed around 11:00. Some of these pieces I stitched in 2000 so it was good to see them and since some say Winter, snow or have snowmen on them they will stay out til Spring. Some will get put away for Christmas gifts this year. I know a family member who will love the one little pillow that has a bird on it. The canvas bag was from a stitching retreat that i went on in 2006 and we did a SAL of the porcupine and I fused that to the bag. Now I can't wait til next month's FAL. The only thing I hate is not having a craft room so I have to put everything away and then pull it all back out again next time. I am so glad that I have a huge family room that I can set up a TV tray, 6 ft table and a card table and still have room to walk around in here. So who wants to join me next month? The dates for all of this years FALs are in the sidebar.

KarenP

I tried going to the HalloweenSAL Yahoo group but it says I can not access and is for members only and I would like to join.

FAL weekend

This weekend I am doing as many finishes as possible. I have a table set up with the iron and I have ironed everything that needs it. Now my pieces are all set up in groups, stuffed ornaments, pillows, Needlerolls, cubes, flat ornaments. Another table is set up with fabric , ribbon and felt.
Anyone else want to join in?
I will put a FAL weekend in the sidebar of dates every month so you all know when I plan on doing them.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

I haven't been stitching much as Christmas was approaching. Christmas Eve, Scott , Justin, Dylan and I baked cookies and watched Christmas shows. We had a lot of fun. Justin had to work Christmas morning from 7-10 but his replacement did not show up til after 11. So the rest of us ate breakfast since we were hungry. Justin got home and then we unwrapped gifts. Scott and Dylan bought me a beautiful fairie figurine. Scott also bought me a GC for The Body Shop and Dylan got me a GC for Yankee Candle. Justin got me a GC for the Body Shop. Then we headed to my parent's house. My sister was there as well. We ate too much and I drank too much lol. My parent's bought me a beautiful silver necklace with diamonds. My sister bought me skull candy(headphones) that were on my wish list. Yesterday I went and spent my GCs and got 3 different fragrances at The Body Shop. Then at Yankee Candle I got a tart burner. I already had one but it for Halloween and I wanted one for everyday. Then onto the Calendar store. I bought a Fairie calendar and then a small one with cat naps, soo cute. I use this for monthly budgeting and paying bills.
Oh yeah we had high winds really bad on Christmas Eve and when I woke up Christmas morning I let the dog out and our shed had blown right down, nothing left to it. I have to take pics tomorrow and am hoping nothing was ruined that was inside. There are a couple of bikes, our riding lawn mower and our snow blower. So we have to remove the debris and take pics of what was ruined.
Today we celebrated Christmas with Scott's side. it was nice. I had made different cross stitch pieces for the family members. We each recieved money from Scott's parents. The other family members didn't exchange. I knew that but still wanted to give them something. So this week I want to got to Joanne's with my money and get the styrofoam burning tool that they have for the cubes. I also received a GC for walmart from my boss. I did use a little of that to buy new cookie sheets for Christmas Eve.
I finished listening to The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini and am getting ready to listen to Wicked by Philip Margolin. Then I have Twilight and New Moon on audio.
I am stitching Christmas Day Play by Lynn's Prints from the JCS 2003 issue. I stitched a litrle bit on that tonight while watching Nora Roberts' Montana Sky that was on Lifetime and I had on the DVR. Since my shows aren't on this week I am hoping to get the rest of the movies watched on the DVR. I have 9 movies left and 1 dog show from Thanksgiving. When I started 2 months ago clearing what was up on my DVR I only had about 10 hours left on the DVR and I now have around 78 hours left. A lot of my TV shows are being moved around and some coming back midseason so it will get used a lot again.
Well I need to get to bed. I just wanted to post and let you know we survived the snow storms and we had over a foot of snow but the last couple of days have been in the 50s and 60s so not a spot of snow is left and flooding has begun. Supposed to be cold all week and chances of snow again.

Looking for

any Halloween SAL blogs or Yahoo groups. I have searched but didn't find anything. Anyone know of any?

weather pics and stitching

This is what my yard looked like on Friday at 4pm. My little car was getting buried and is still buried even more. Scott had to plow at the station and he couldn't keep up with it so he was there all day. Justin came home from work at 7pm and pulled slowly into the driveway and ended up in the yard lol. They shoveled him out. Then Saturday morning Justin went to work and he couldn't get his car out. a neighbor plowed the end of our driveway so he could get out. Then later on another neighbor used his snow blower in our driveway and sidewalk. We have a snowblower but something is wrong with it, I think Scott said a bearing. So yesterday I stitched on my quilt sampler and got a small section of it worked on. I watched 3 movies: Sex & The City, Premonition, and Christmas in Wonderland.
Today has been snowing and so windy that you can't see some times. Scott worked til 2 and then took me to the grocery store. The snow is still falling and parts of our road have high snow drifts. I hope that the plows keep them down so Justin can get home.
The rest of the evening will be laundry , stitching and listening to The Winding Way Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini.
Today I am stitching a snowman ornament. I should be able to finish it as well.

Snowy day

The day started clear and Scott took me to work since we knew the storm was coming. We got to work at 8:00 and him and Dylan took off for the Rez to get cigarettes. Schools had already closed all around us for the oncoming storm. Well I got a txt message that they didn't make it to the Rez. Within 30 minutes the roads were already dicey and they saw a car flipped over. My supervisor decided to close the lab so Scott picked me up. Got home and did a little straightening up. Got caught up on blog reading and started stitching The Storyteller with the Let's Stitch blog. I managed to finish stitching up one section with the backstitching and then stitched up another section. This is my Friday piece in rotation.
I also took pics of the storm but need to upload them onto my computer. My car is pretty buried out there. Justin actually came home around 7:30 from work and slid right into the yard.
Watched:
General Hospital
A Dennis The Menace Christmas
Ghost Whisperer

and listened a little bit to the audiobook.

Night Before Christmas

I am stitching this piece on Thursdays. I finished the santa face and stitched the words. The design is by Little Old Me.
I watched General Hospital, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Oh and The Miser Brothers Christmas , which I didn't like. it has the characters from a Year Without a Santa Clause but if they had the same people doing this show they did a lousy job. Not only were the voices different but you would think they would use the same santa, Mrs. Clause and Mother Nature. Very cheesy graphics on this one.
Keeping an eye on the weather as we have a severe storm on the way in the morning. Scott already said that he would take me to work because it will get worse during the day. They are expecting 4-9 inches and will get 1-2 an hour for about 4 hours.

UFO Christmas Angel

This is Christmas Angel from The Cross Stitcher December 1996 issue. I started her a couple of years ago and have added her to my Wednesday night rotation. I forget how many angels are this series but I want to do them all.
I am glad that i can fit my UFOs into quite a few SALs and will get them finished much quicker.
Please say a prayer for one of the women that I work with. her dad had bronchitis and it got worse, he now has pnemonia and heart failure. I know he is an elderly person and I believe also has diabetes. My coworker did not come into work today and don't know when she will be back. They are a very christian family and could use the prayers..

Tonight I watched the new Muppet's Christmas- Letters to Santa. it was really cute and then i watched Private Practice.

I also listened to The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini.

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.

Rocky Mountain Christmas

I started Rocky Mountain Christmas by Marty Bell on January 1, 2001. I haven't stitched on it since 2006. I am putting it in my rotation for Mondays. The top half is almost done.

I started listening to The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini and enjoying it like I have all her other books in the series.

Tonight I watched General Hospital and then I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown.

FAL pics and my WIP

These are what I had finished last weekend. The 4 on top are in acrylic picture frame magnets. I decorated them up. I have so many little frames but not enough little finishes. So far I used the ones in the middle. The Mill Hill ornaments are the ones that i had stitched up. I still have TONS of ornaments to finish up and will do a few every month.



The Night Before Christmas is a SAL with Needleworkers Haven BB and the design is by Little Old Me Designs owned by Michelle Harper. This is a huge piece and will work on it once a week.

I have decided to work on a different project every day of the week. I need to get a rotation going and I am in a few SALs and they will all fit in them. I am also trying to get back into blogging every day. Was stitching a lot lately instead.

I finished the audiobook Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen and am now listening to The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini.

Tonight I watched a cute movie on abcFamily. it was Snow2 Brain Freeze and I liked it as well as the first movie just called Snow.

Yesterday we got our tree and today it is decorated. Now to put up the rest of the decorations around the house. Last night we went to a Christmas party that was put on by the owner of the gas station where Scott is manager. The owner also owns a company that delivers fuel and propane so we always get invited to that party. We had good food and chatting with others.

Tomorrow is Rocky Mountain Christmas day and it is my oldest UFO and around 1/2 done. My goal is to finish it in 2009.

FAL weekend 12-5 through 12-7

anyone want to join me at my house or online? Pull out your sewing machines, fabric, styrofoam, fiber fill and everything else that you need and post pics on your blog on Sunday night through Monday night. I know you probably need a few gifts to finish.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Shelleen

How is everyone?

I have been MIA! I have been stitching an ornament for an exchange so i couldn't share any pics. My FAL weekend didn't go as planned. I usually start on Friday night and end Sunday night. My sister came over Friday night and spent the night. Then Saturday didn't go as planned. I did get together a few things today and i will post pics tomorrow. I am just to tired tonight.
So did any of you get any finishing done?

Busy, Busy, Busy

I haven't had time to post for a few days. Thanksgiving was at my parent's house with all 4 of us plus Alex and my sister.
I ate to much of course but it was really good :-)
Friday I went to a mall with Justin and I got some shopping done and we went to the movies and saw Australia with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. it is a 3 hour movie and was awesome!! We want to buy it when it comes out on DVD. We went out for dinner at the mall and we didn't get home til almost 9.
Saturday we had Thanksgiving with Scott's side. Everyone was there but one nephew who is in Iraq. My SIL's cat had 4 kittens and Scott said I could have 1 but I wanted both champagne colored kittens but he said no, only 1. Well guess what? I didn't even get 1. My 16 year old niece was almost in tears and really couldn't part with any of them and I already have 3 cats so I told her I wouldn't take one.
I came home and watched some TV and finished Star of Wonder by SamSarah Design out of the JCS 2001 issue. I want to finish it into a cube.

SNOWY day

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Star of Wonder - SanMan Originals
JCS 2001 ornament issue

I woke up to about 2 inches of snow on my car. So took a few minutes to get it warmed and uncovered.
Things have been weird at work. About 3 weeks ago a new microwave, that I thought I had left on for too many minutes had burnt a forage sample and turned everything black. Last week I went to empty the freezer on one shelf to make room for that days samples. Well nothing was frozen so we thought it was broken but it is now working. Today I was grinding and that room is so freezing that my fingers were numb and most of the sample that i ground I lost through the collection grate. Twice one of the women came in and was looking in the closet. I found out that a circuit breaker had turned off 2 microwaves while she was drying. She turned the breakers back on but it took out one of the microwaves. Also Monday the furnace was making weird noises. I have no idea what is going on but I hope Monday is much better.
I was driving home from work and Scott calls me that I will have to go home a different way as there is a car accident and we don't have power at home. Well I go to work that way but I don't go home that way so no problem. So it is light enough outside that I sit and stitch and listen to Blessings by Anna Quindlen. It is 4:30 and just to dark to stitch and all of a sudden the power comes on. Thank god.
So I come online and get everything done. I sit and watch TV with DH and we watch The Day After Tomorrow. When at 7:45 the power goes out again. Great , now I go around the house lighting candles. I am mad because I will miss my TV shows. But at 7:58 the power comes back on. Back to stitching and watching Bones and then Private Practice. Turn the news on at 10 and they are talking about the terrorist attack on India. I hope that the hundreds of injured will be ok.

everyone have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Thanksgiving Tuesday

I sat and stitched for a couple of hours. Akk I have left to stitch is the white of the snowman. I watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving because I just had to. What is this week without that show plus the newer one of Charlie Brown. Then I watched a Netflix movie called Iron Man. Pretty good effects.

We were busy at work today and only 2 of us. I did finish listening to T is For Trespass by Sue Grafton and am now listening to Blessings by Anna Quindlen.

Snowy day

Work was busy and then one women had to leave early because of an emergency. It seemed pretty nice out since the daycare next door had the kids outside. Well about 1 I noticed it was getting dreary out. About 2 it was raining a little bit then turned to snow. Next thing it was sleeting. I left at 3, which is my time. I had to go to the library and pick uo the audiobook The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. Well the closer I got to home the worse the weather was and sleet and snow all over the roads. I drove slow and made it home knowing that I won't be levaing for the rest of the day. It kept getting worse.
I started JCS 2001 SamSarah designs Star of Wonder. I watched general Hospital and then abc Family had 2 Christmas movies I watched: A Holiday To Remember and Unlikely Angel. Both were real good.
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is on tonight so I will watch that.

a finish

I stitched on this Mill Hill today, called Kringle Wreath. it was a QSW for 2 groups. Now all I have to do is assemble it.
I watched DVR shows again:
Nora Robert's Angel's Fall
Seventeen and Missing

I washed 2 loads of laundry. I had Justin wash the dishes as my hands have been real dry and cracking. I even went grocery shopping :-)

SAT Saturday

I stitched on the Quilt sampler all day Saturday while watching movies. This is now 1/4 done.
I watched DVR:
An Accidental Christmas - Lifetime movie
Holiday Switch - Lifetime movie
Demons From Her Past - Lifetime

Dish:
The Holiday

Today Scott & Dylan are out hunting again so I will be doing QSW and stitching on Mill Hill kit.

a little of this and that

Thursday I got home from work and sat at my computer to read emails. I turned around and Dreyx and rascal were laying next to each other cleaning themselves. I asked then if they had hot dates but not a response at all.
I stitched on the Quilt Sampler all wee and have almost 1/4 of it done. I am stitching in this all day today as part of a Saturday SAT.
my Friday night SAl with the Let's Stitch blog was The Storyteller. This is slow moving with all the color changes plus the frog cam a courting last night for 10 of my stitches. I made sure he got booted out in the snow right after that. I do not know how he got past the 3 cats and the dog. I told them they need to be on better alert to this creature. he is not welcomed in this house. All that I got was a yawn from all 4 furry family members. I see they listen real well.

I have been watching some of my TV shows:
General Hospital
Smallville
Grey;s Anatomy
Supernatural
Ghost Whisperer

Looks like a lot of my shows are not coming back til January. I cann see my DVR being used a lot since I have quite a few movies on it to watch>

I have been tagged

I forgot who tagged me but here it is:
The rules:
Find the 6th folder in your photos folder and then the 6th photo in it.
* Pray that you remember the details *
Post it on your blog
Tag 5 others, leave a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged.

This is from the 6th folder but it is the only pic in the folder. it is Christmas Angel that i started a couple of years ago and is from a The Cross Stitcher magazine.

I know alot of bloggers have been tagged already so if you haven't been and would like to be then consider yourself tagged :-)

A finish and a WIP

The hunters were gone all day again on Sunday so I stitched away. I stitched this Mill Hill Gifts Galore kit for my Quick Stitch Weekend, with a couple of groups. Then moved onto...




My Quilt Sampler. This is section 1 of 4 and am moving right along.This week I will be stitching on a snowman for an exchange so no pics.
While stitching Sunday I watched on the DVR:
Fallen - abc family miniseries
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
McBride:Semper Fi

Watched Desperate housewives last night as well.
I also finished reading Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke and will be starting Key Lime Pie Murder , next. While doing dishes and cleaning up I listened some more to T is for Trespass and the the batteries got real low in my MP3 player so I charged it.

new background

I found this new site for changing the background and her instructions are so easy! Please see my sidebar for her logo and check her out.

Stitchy Saturday

Scott & Dylan were out hunting all day so I did a SAT with OnlyOneEwe BB. This is my Quilt Sampler that is also my incentive piece on the same board. I don't know why the one block is blurry. Maybe I need to clean my scanner?


While stitching I had the TV on and was watching DVRd shows:
True Blood
General Hospital
Ghost Whisperer
90210
Fallen - ABC Family movie

I did manage to do 2 loads of laundry and I think I will do even more today. So after reading blogs it will be DVR time again. Today I will stitch on a Mill Hill ornament and then back to this Quilt Sampler.

Quilt sampler progress

I wasn't sure how much cross stitching I would get done today but I did pretty well. I was so tired all day and lost energy halfway through the work day. I got home and started laundry, washed dishes and cleaned the bathroom with Dylan's help. I then fixed dinner which was stuffed clams and sauteed shrimp. Read emails, BBs and blogs. Then got to stitch

I worked on the Quilt sampler tonight while watching TV. I watched Bones and then yesterdays and todays episodes of General Hospital. This sampler is stitching up pretty quick even though I have a long ways to go.
Tomorrow when I get out of work I am taking Dylan to go get new sneakers and I need some new jeans and/or other pants. So not sure if I will be stitching.

I called my mom tonight and she said dad was doing well. Giving the nurses a hard time, which is so like him. I guess he won't have to go into a nursing home for rehab as they are sending a machine home that helps bend his knee. My dad has high blood pressure but today it was low so I believe my mom said they were giving him blood. They weren't to concerned about it I guess. Just please continue to keep him in your prayers, thank you so much.

I was tagged

from Carolynnc and so here are the rules:


1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

Random Facts -
1. I was born at at the Marine Base Cherry Point in NC but was raised here in western NY
2. I played the clarinet for 8 years in school and a college wanted me but I wouldn't leave home because of a boyfriend, knowing what I know now boy was I stupid LOL
4. I can wiggle my nose like a rabbit
5. Autumn is my favorite season because I love the smells and colors
6. I am addicted to Sims2 PC game

I am not going to tag anyone since most of the bloggers I know have done this. if you haven;t done it and want to then you are tagged :-)

Thank you all

for the prayers for my dad. Everything went well and I am really tired so I am going to bed. I just wanted to say that you are all such wonderful friends with the prayers and posting comments. I appreciate all of you.

{{{hugs}}}
Shelleen

please say a prayer

My dad had a knee replacement surgery a year ago and had a lot of problems and a horrible infection. So this past spring they took the knee replacement back out. Talk about horrible doctors and not listening to patients. His leg was double the size it should be and beet red and very hot. But the doctors kept telling him, no infection. DUH! We are not doctors and could tell it was infected. Well when they took the replacement back out they could not believe that it was so infected. Morons!!! Anyways he goes back today to have the replacement done again. I also hope that he follows all orders this time as he didn't always follow orders last time , which may have caused some of his problem but still the doctors should have known that it was infected. So I took the day off to sit with my mom at the hospital. Last year I was in Myrtle Beach when he had the operation and my sister's job wouldn't let her have the day off since they said it wasn't major surgery, stupid people, any surgery is major. She started a new job about a month ago so she didn't ask to take today off so at least I could sit with my mom this time.

a little of this and a little of that

I had a busy day at work. Came home and found this great package in the mail. Thank you so much Ellen for the Christmas Ornament exchange, I love it. This exchange was for the HOE Christmas ornament exchange . The fabric is called Boo, how perfect for me.




Then I did dishes and cleaned the living room. read emails and BBs. Then sat and stitched on Quilt sampler. Got a little bit done on it while watching TV. I watched General Hospital and then a movie I had DVRd called Troubled Waters on Lifetime. The only problem that I have recording these movies is it cuts off the last couple of minutes of the movies and I always give it 3 extra minutes to record.

FAL weekend

It is FAL(Finish a long) weekend again. Anyone want to join me in person or online? I have a few Autumn and Thanksgiving pieces to sew up and I will add in a couple of Christmas ornaments.

My FAL pieces and a WIP

So how did you all do this weekend? I only got set up today so I didn't get as much done as I wanted to. KarenNY joined me at my house. This is what i finished. I am missing a Christmas cube that I forgot to put in the pic and an ornament for an exchange.
Karen and I had homemade soup and bread and she brought over dessert that no one got to and most importantly a bottle of wine. I opened it and it has a cork. Do you think I could find my corkscrew, nooo. I had to ask my 16 year old son lol and he had one on his pocket knife. he got it open for us. Smart boy.

Can't wait for next month's FAL! anyone want to join? :-)



I also stitched on this piece for my Saturday SAT with the Only One Ewe BB This is a Quilt sampler from a Cross Country Stitching magazine.

an ornament finished

I was still sick when I woke up Friday morning so I called in sick. Scott came home with crackers and peppermint tea and I was feeling a lot better around noon.
So I stitched and finished listening to Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich, which was awesome. I tried to watch Gossip Girl as Alex(Justin's boyfriend) had the first season on DVD. I don't care for it.



Last night was the SAT with the Let's Stitch blog. and I finished this ornament. It is Chessie & Me - Chessie & Friends out of the 2001 JCS ornament issue.
I watched General Hospital and Ghost Whisperer. Does anyone else watch Ghost Whisperer? OMG it was so good and could have been a season finale. I can not believe that they killed him off. I did read an interview by him, yesterday. He did hint that he would be killed in last nights episode and will be on for a little bit more.

Well today is part of the FAL weekend and I still need to pull out my fabrics and ribbon. Might have to run to the store real quick this morning for Fall ribbon and/or fabric.

A finish and a WIP

I was home sick from work yesterday and today. I have been sleeping and then when I wake up I watch TV and stitch. I finished Glory Bee BYOB woohoo!! I just have no idea how I want to finish it though. I watched True Blood, General Hospital, Smallville, Grey's Anatomy, and Supernatural.
I also started listening to Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen. Love it!!!

After I finished BYOB then I picked up Chessie & Me ornament from the JCS 2001 issue. I am hoping to finish it tonight. With the Let's Stitch SAT (Stitch A Thon)

BYOB progress

I am moving right a long with this. I am hoping to have most of it done tomorrow night.
I stitched while watching General Hospital, Bones, and Private Practice.

I voted and I had a first time voter

with me. My son, Justin is 18 and was very much into the politics this year. He came home from college so he could go and vote with me. Scott works 3rd shift so he had voted in the morning.

I stitched on BYOB today but no pic but I did get done "Bring Your Own " and then started the other B.

I watched today's epsiode of General Hospital and Friday's episode of Ghost Whisperer, tonight's episode of 90210. Also have had ABC on for the election.

Well it is almost 11pm and I am really tired.

BYOB progress

I worked on BYOB most of the evening and got quite a bit done.



before


after

I had a busy day at work today. Came home and caught up online. Then stitched and watched Thursday's , Friday's and today's episodes of General Hospital. I am hoping to get quite a bit more done on this tomorrow.

I received a great package from Michele since I wasn't in MB. I didn't take pics yet but I want to send her a big THANK YOU!

Thanks to all of you who read my blog and/or post comments.

November/October Goals

November Goals:
Stitching:
finish Glory Bee - BYOB
Finish JCS 2001 Chessie & me ornament
a section of TW The Storyteller
Little River - On Harvest Moon
work on Love, Peace Quilt Sampler
4 Mill Hill kits
RR Square

Reading:
Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke
Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
Blessings - Anna Quindlen
Key Lime Pie - Joanne Fluke

Movies:
watch 6




October Goals:
Stitching:
Ruth's RR - finished
Chris's RR - finished
Christmas Ornament - Make a wish Board - finished
Christmas Ornament - HOE -finished
Finish Glory Bee - BYOB -
Finish JCS 2001 Chessie & Me - Chessie & friend-
TW The Storyteller - 1 section - did

Reading:
Kitty Takes a Holiday - Carrie Vaughn- finished
Joanne Fluke - Key Lime Pie - no
The Winding Ways Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini- no

Movies:
Deja Vu - watched
December boys - didn't finish
Made of Honor - watched
6 other movies - watched 6

Barb

I still have not received an email from you for the fob that I gaveaway before. I don't know what our email issues are. I have 2 emails you can send to.
needeleratgmaildotcom
tolan2atjunodotcom

Fob Giveaway winner

I had Scott draw a name and the winner is Karen. I already have your address so I will get this mailed out to you. Congrats.

A giveaway

I see a lot of Bloggers are celebrating their blogiversarys. Well I looked and mine was last month. So here is my giveaway. it is a Autumn beaded scissor fob. Whoever leaves a comment to this post through November 2 will get their name put into the drawing.

BYOB Progress

I stitched a little more on the border and stitched the W. I watched General Hospital and Private Practice tonight.
Had a little bit of a busy day at work. Came home and caught up with everything online and then downloaded 2 audiobooks onto my MP3 player. They were:
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Blessings by Anna Quindlen

At last a finish

This is LK Autumn Boxer and it was a weekend Quick Stitch a thon but it was more than I thought for stitching and didn't finish it til tonight. I did this with Cross Stitch Forever Yahoo group and a seasonal piece with the Let's Stitch Blog and the Pals Delights Board.
I stitched as much as I could last night while watching General Hospital and True Blood, Then tonight I watched general Hospital, House, and 90210. I also watched a DVR show of 20/20 that had the interview with Steve Irwin's wife a few weeks after his death. My family was a big fan of his and I miss his show. I couldn't watch the interview right away as it would have been real painful then. But I watched it tonight and am glad that I waited.

Tomorrow I will stitching on Glory Bee's BYOB.

To whoever mentioned to me to take 2 Aleve twice a day and to up my Vitamin C, because of my elbow. Thank you. The ibuprofen wasn't touching it but I started taking the Aleves on saturday and today was my fist day without any pain at all.