This weekends events

FRIDAY:
Happy 22nd Anniversary to my sweet husband. Unfortunately he had to work.
I stitched for the SAT with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I stitched on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep.
I also watched General Hospital and the movie Fred Clause.
This is how much progress that I made.

SATURDAY: I stitched for a few hours on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. I watched 2 movies. Speed racer , which was cute and then Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
The SAT today was with Only One Ewe BB and stitching Sisters Yahoo group.
Scott took me out for dinner for our Anniversary. We went to a new place to us in Clarence. It is called Old Red Mill. Scott had Prime Rib and I had Surf-n-turf= Prime Rib and snow crab legs. It was excellent food and Scott said the best Prime rib he has had in a while. We will go back there again.
SUNDAY:
Dylan and I went grocery shopping then I took off with Justin and we saw a local theater group do the musical for Footloose. It was at a high school an hour away from me. Along the way there was a Quilt store so we stopped. I was looking all around and making comments to Justin. I don't know if it was the owner or just someone that worked there , but she was really nice. I told her that I didn't quilt and I was a just a cross stitcher and wanted fabric for my finishes. She said we are not just cross stitchers but we are fiber artists. I liked that and had never heard us referred as that. I told her that my husband would have a fit if I got into another craft lol. She said that he can't be to bad if he brought you to the store. LMAO!! I told her Justin was my 20 year old son and not my husband. She said no way. I do not look old enough. I told her yes, I am 45. She wouldn't believe me lol.
So we found the school with no problem and the musical was great. Justin had 2 friends in it , and that is why we went.
Came home and started a new Halloween piece for Sunday SALs with Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. This is called Cat-O-Lantern by Springberry Kreek Designs. I bought this 10 years ago during a Cross Stitch Pals retreat. I can't wait to work on it again.
I also watched Tale of Despereaux and then True Blood.

more mermaid progress

I didn't stitch yesterday as I love stitching with the ceiling fan light and I broke it Monday night. When I pulled the chain it turned out the lights but didn't retract back in. Scott took it apart to see if he could fix it instead of buying a whole new ceiling fan with light. This one is old. But it is fixed and I got to stitch tonight :-)
So last night was movie night with my 2 boys. We watched The Werewolf with Anthony Hopkins. We rated it a 1/5. It was boring, slow and stupid. We could not get into it at all.
I then watched General Hospital and wound more floss on bobbins. I am almost done doing that , woohoo!
I also finished reading The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. I rated that a 5/5. As with his other books you will need kleenex.
Today I watched General Hospital and wound floss on bobbins. Then a new Charlie Brown special was on so I watched that. It was cute. I also listened to a couple of chapters of Web of Evil by J.A. Jance. I have enjoyed these chapters.

So here is what I accomplished stitching on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. I really want to finish this. I started an incentive piece with Only One Ewe BB and it is supposed to be done in August and I don't think I will make it but I will stitch on that next. I am really trying to finish things that have already been started.

WIP and new TV series

I had a pretty productive day. Got home from work and did a few things online. Then sat and watched General Hospital while winding floss on bobbins. Then end is near for that.

Read for 2 hours. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. Really good and am about 3/4 of the way through it. I also started an audiobook today. Web of Evil by J.A. Jance.

Then tonight I watched True Blood, that I had DVRd last night. A new show on TNT called Rizolli & Isles. It is based on the books by Tess Gerritsen. Angie Harmon plays the detective. Her character is pretty much like her character when she was on the Women's Murder Club based on the books by James Patterson.

So while watching those 2 shows I got in some more stitching time on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep.

Halloween Sunday and a finish

A lot was a accomplished today. I found out how to get to a Hobby Lobby and it is an hour away so I looked up our grocery store chain to see if there was one close to Hobby Lobby and there is. So Justin and I head out. Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays so that employees can spend the day with family and worship. I wish more stores did this. So I treated Justin for lunch at the store's cafe. Got the grocery shopping done and came home.
Last night Justin and I had the TV on and saw a new summer series on ABCFamily called Pretty Little Liars. I look it up and we missed the first 5 episodes so we watched them online today. Love the show. I ended up finishing the beads and backstitching on Mill Hill treats Collage. This was a kit and I am glad that it is finished. I started it several months ago.

Mill Hill Treats Collage
Perforated paper, DMC, beads

SATs

Wednesday night I stitched some more on HAED SK Sunny. This is the new SAL with the HAED BB.
Thursday night I didn't stitch at all. I got out of work and took Justin to the movies. We saw the new Twilight movie, Eclipse. We enjoyed it. It was nice because neither of us want the popcorn and pop. It gets to expensive. So we ate at home afterwards. We are thinking of going to the movies every week. Just the 2 of us. We want to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice , which starts this week.

Last night was SAT with Let's Stitch Blog and Stitching Sister's Yahoo group. So I pulled out HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep and got some more done on that. I watched Wednesday, Thursday and Friday's episodes of General Hospital and then watched a movie from Netflix, Remember Me. It had Pierce Brosnan in it and the girls who plays Claire in Lost, and the actor who plays Edward in the Twilight series. Was slow at first and then it got better and the ending was a big surprise and needed kleenex.

More progress

on HAED SK Sunny. This is part of her hat. So glad that I bought the water soluble marker instead of using the air soluble marker that I did have. Also don't have to worry about ruining stitches when pulling out basting threads.
While stitching on her I watched General Hospital (naughty Noah Drake) and then watched Coraline , which I did not like. Loved the book.
Very hot and humid with air quality warning and including tomorrow.

Playing catch up, new start, Dylan's prom and grad pics

This is Dylan's senior prom. He had a good time. It was at a Country Club and he said some of the food was good and some wasn't. Danced quite a bit.

His graduation day was nice but Hot. Thank god it was inside with a/c. Scott, me, Dylan, and Justin. Love my guys. We then took Dylan out for dinner at a steak house called Delmonico's.
My new start. HAED SK Sunny by Myka Jelina. This is a freebie SAL with the HAED BB. I got quite a bit accomplished today. Watched 1 1/2 weeks of General Hospital and am FINALLY all caught up :-)
I plan on stitching on this piece all week. Then I have an RR to stitch on and more of HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. Not much stitching happened in June and no reading. Played Sims 3 a lot lol.

Friday June 2 Scott, Justin and I went to my cousin Liz's house for a party. had a great time. Really good food and then the local school had fireworks so we all went there to watch them. Saturday July 3 we went to friend's of the family. It is a tradition to spend the 3rd with them. We always have a good time and they have their own fireworks. Then Sunday July 4 we celebrated Dylan's grad party and combined it with my sister's 40th birthday. We had a pig roast and a lot of other food. I drank all weekend lol. Had Smirnoff's, Twisted Tea and some other new alcoholic thing with blueberry lemonade, mmmm. Scott and I had today off so I spent it cleaning up my computer desk and table tops. Then gridded out the fabric to start the HAED and as you can see above started stitching on it.
I was supposed to go to calling hours tonight but the weather just kept me in the house, Hot and humid and we had an air quality warning. It is also in effect for tomorrow and Wednesday. Back to work tomorrow.

June Goals

I am going to make this simpler and try to meet most of them.

Stitching:
HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep
Mill Hill Treats Collage
JCS ornament

Books/audiobooks - 4

organize floss

June Stitching Bloggers Question

From Lake Stitchers Blog

So many great things happen in the month of June. Graduations, lots of weddings, the First Day of Summer (for those of us in the northern hemisphere, anyway). Flag Day in the U.S. and St. Jean Baptiste Day for our Canadian friends. And for many of us, the third Sunday in June is Father’s Day and it’s a pretty big deal. We celebrate our fathers, or we remember our fathers or we try to treat our children’s fathers to a special day. So I decided that this month’s SBQ was going to have fathers in it in some way.

And here we go:

Tell us about something that you have stitched or plan to stitch for any father in your life. Maybe it’s for your father, your father-in-law, your children’s father, your grandfather, your godfather, or someone who was or still is an important father-figure in your life. Why did you choose this particular piece of stitching? Tell us the story behind it.

I don't have any plans to stitch anything for Father's Day. I am so busy with graduation and birthday parties and have been in a stitching slump.

And because a simple one part question is never adequate, let’s go some more:

Often times we identify our love of needlework and our skills with our mothers or grandmothers or other women. It’s understandable because often they were are first teachers or role models. Now let’s think about our stitching life as it relates to our dads. Is there anything about our approach to stitching that we can recognize as traits of our fathers? For instance, does your dad (or any other important man in your life) have an approach to one of his interests that you can observe and think, “Hey….if I substitute the word “needlework” for “fly fishing”, we’d be pretty darn similar!” So tell us about it.

Actually my dad used to do leatherwork on purses, wallets, belts, etc. So he had many tools for his projects. He also was into oil painting for a few years. I don't know why he stopped doing any of it unless it is because his arthritis made it hard to stand and do things. He also was an avid deer hunter and a fisherman. He spent a lot of time doing his hobbies like I do with mine.

Page 1 is finished

I finally finished the first page. I also started the 2nd page. My goal was to finish it by the end of the month because I am starting the new SAL July 1. Oh well.

HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep

Justin and I watched a good movie tonight. Working Miracles was the movie I got through Netflix and was a hallmark channel movie.

HAED little bit of progress

I stitched a little bit here and there all weekend, on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. I am getting there slowly. I watched quite a few episodes of General Hospital on the DVR. I am still about 2 weeks behind.
Tonight was the new season of True Blood on HBO. Anyone watch it? Pretty good show.


I don't think I will get any stitching time in. I have my book crossing meeting and when I get home I will either read or *gasp* play Sims3.
Yes I played that quite a bit this weekend as well.

I did go to Party City and bought things for Dylan's grad party. We are combining it with my sister's 40th birthday. So I ended up buying decorations for both. It is on July 4th and is a pig roast and a crock pot full of sloppy joes. I ordered the cake today and I rented a tent for that day so have to mail out the check for that. Then I just have to buy the buns for the joes , pop, and chips. Family and close friends are bringing their own drinks and a dish to pass. I hope that the weather cooperates and that some of Dylan's friends come.

Well off to facebook before going to bed.

Thanks for those who read my blog and who leave comments.
{{{hugs}}}

Finished another column

I stitched on this for a few hours as a SAT(stitch a thon) with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I am hoping to finish the last column of page 1 , this weekend.

HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep
25 count evenweave

I watched 5 episodes of General Hopsital while stitching and then played Sims3 for a couple of hours.

HAED stitching and 24 finale

Friday night I stitched on a RR so no pics.
Yesterday I pulled out HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep and watched 24's episodes from 5/10 and 5/17
Today I pulled out the HAED and watched the finale of 24 and cried at the end. This is it, no more after 8 seasons of what has kept me on the edge of my seat. I know that a movie is in the makings and can't wait to see it when it comes out.

Anyways when I wasn't stitching I was playing Sims3. But there is a picture below of some more progress.

HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep

sorry I have been MIA

I have been missing and wanted to check in. I have been busy with Dylan (18 year old son). He got accepted at UTI in Exton, PA and will be moving there in September. His prom was a few weeks ago and graduation is June 27. Plus my car broke and was going to cost to much money and after 2 weeks of car shopping I found one that I love. I haven't stitched in a few weeks because of all this plus playing Sims3 non stop. I am trying to get back into a routine again.

So the '99 Cougar is for sale and I bought a 2007 Scion tC. Has a moon roof, spoiler and is Black Cherry Pearl. Very pretty and very fun to drive. I still have to take pics to post. I also will post pics of Dylan's prom.

Tonight was the first time in about a month that I sat and stitched. It is for a RR so no pics but hey at least I stitched on something.
I also watched the season finales of The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural. They were on the DVR. I still have to watch Smallville and 24. I may do that tomorrow night while doing a SAT (stitch a thon)

I promise to TRY and post more often. I have a LOT of reading of blogs to do and may just have to skim through them til I am caught up. I will read them all though. Supposed to rain most of the weekend so that will be a good idea for the weekend.

Well now that I have done everything that I planned on I can play Sims3 for the rest of the night :-)

MAY GOALS

I did not meet any of May's goals

Friday night SATs:
Stitchy Kitty paw fobs - Valentine, St. Paddy, Easter

JCS ornament

Finish:
LHN Glory To God JCS 2008
MH Treats Collage

Stitch on:
HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep
Joan Elliott - Spring Angel

Books/Audiobooks - 4

organize floss

May Stitching Bloggers question

Lee of Lake Stitcher is going to post a question on the first Monday of the month for all stitchers. So I am putting the question here as well. I will give my answer and let her know that I have done so.

May Question:

Suppose we say that there are two types of stitchers.

There are those who enjoy the “process” of stitching. They stitch for stitching’s sake and if something gets finished, so much the better, but it’s not necessarily the end goal. Primarily, it’s the application of needle and thread to cloth that makes them happiest.

Then there are those who are “project” stitchers. They move steadily through their projects, certainly enjoying their stitching time, but finding their greatest joy in the completed stitching.

If you had to pick one to describe yourself, which type of stitcher would you be? I imagine that we could all say that we fall somewhere in between, but really think hard about this and try to pick just one. And once you’ve decided whether you’re a Process or Project stitcher, tell us if your recognize that approach in other parts of your life.

I would have to say that I am a little of both. I start a project with the intention of finishing. Sometimes I get bored with it so then it turns I am a process stitcher. I pull it out just to put in a couple of stitches. I also like t o clean the house to get it done til next time and then sometimes just to get the worse of it out of the way.

Movie night Tuesday

Tonight the boys and I watched Bandslam, from Netflix. Awesome movie and music. It has Lisa Kudrow in it.

Tonight was also a new episode of Lost. Very sad as 2 of my favorite characters died. I won't ruin it for those of you who haven't seen it. But have kleenex ready for the end. I can't believe only a couple of episodes left.

I also stitched on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. Got a couple more squares done on it.

Well Scott has informed me that he will be working Friday nights for about 2 months. So I will get a lot done on Friday night SATs.

Dylan just got done filing the callouses on my feet. Then put mint lotion on. When he moves away I won't have anyone to do my feet. Justin says no way and Scott has no clue what he is doing, but he tries.

Mermaid Monday

Today I read some more of The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener. It is ok.
Then pulled out HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. Stitched for 2 hours while watching House and then 24.
I will be dropping my car off at the shop tomorrow morning so I can find out exactly what is wrong with my car. it is going back to the mechanic that I have always trusted. it will no longer go back to where it has gone for the past 2-3 years. Everytime it comes back with more problems.

Sunday Halloween SAL

Answer for Jackie. You asked what I stitched Snow Bunnies on. It is 32 ct linen Lana Blue.

Scott and I went grocery shopping this morning. Usually when he goes with me I spend way more than I plan on. he was really good and never put anything in the cart. I was impressed lol.

Then we went to a surprise 60th birthday party for one of the men that works at the gas station where Scott is manager. I knew 1 other person there. Stayed for 2 hours and had a good time.

We are getting humid days already. I didn't stitch at all yesterday. My hands were clammy and just could not function in the heat. it is 72 now but is still humid. Have fans going in the house. I guess a/c will be going in soon lol.

Sat down to read The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener. I didn't get far with that. Justin got out of work at 7 and was a chatter box. We haven't just sat and talked about anything for quite a while. It has felt like he is slipping away. Turned 20 and probably wants his own place. I tell him his time will come. He still has 2 more years of college.

So Desperate Housewives came on and I pulled out Mill Hill's Treats Collage. Put on small petite green beads.

APRIL GOALS

Start:
Joan Elliott Spring Angel - started
Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon - finished
JCS ornament

Stitch on:
HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep - stitched on

Finish:
Stitchy Kitty Valentines Kitty Moon - finished
Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon - finished
JCS 2007 LHN ornament - finished

Audiobooks - 4
finished 2

Organize floss - did some

Friday night SAT

It got warm today. Beautiful day outside.
Tonight was my SAT with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I put quite a few more stitches on LHN Glory to God out of the JCS 2008 issue.
I watched a lot of TV while stitching:
General Hospital
The Vampire Diaries
Supernatural - 1/2 of it was frozen on the DVR so will finish it online
Smallville
Medium
Ghost Whisperer

A finish and a new start

I did it! I finished Little House Needleworks Snowbunnies. This was a lot of fun to stitch up.

Little House Needleworks JCS 2007 Snow Bunnies

Then I started Little House Needleworks Glory to God.
Little House Needleworks JCS 2008 Glory to God

I started reading the Memory Thief by Rachel Keener, I have about 70 pages read and I am liking it so far.

TV shows watched:
General Hospital - today's episode
Bones
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice

all good shows tonight.

Tomorrow night is a SAT with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. Anyone else want to join in?

Thank you to all my readers and those who leave comments. They mean a lot to me.

LHN JCS ornament

I am trying to finish LHN Snow Bunnies from the JCS 2007 issue. I got the 2 bunnies done, some leaves and more of the border. I am hoping to finish this tomorrow night.

I got out of work at noon so I decided to catch up on General Hospital. I watched episodes:
4/21, 4/22, 4/23, 4/26, 4/27, and half of todays.

Tonight I watched the new show Happy Town. Interesting show.

Tuesday night , movie night

Another Tuesday movie night with my boys.

First I took Dylan to get fitted for the tux , for his senior prom. We were in and out in 10 minutes. he wanted a black tux. Looked through the book and said they all look alike. I tried pointing out the differences with the lapels, pockets, coat tails and such. He saw none of it. ordered a basic black tux. Long tie and vest in Aqua since his date's dress is that color.

Came home and I cooked linguine in clam sauce and then sat down for tonight's movie. From Netflix we watched The Lovely Bones. We all liked it. After that Dylan and I watched The Animal.

I also stitched on LHN Snow Bunnies from the JCS 2007 issue. Maybe I can finish it tomorrow night.

Is anyone going to watch the new show tomorrow, Happy Town? Justin and I plan on watching it.

pic of finished St Paddy's Kitty Moon

Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon
28 ct Millenium Blue cashel linen
DMC & Kreinik

St. Paddy's Kitty Moon is finished!

Unfortunately I don't have a picture. My scanner is giving me a hard time and only would work on the ornament below. I will try to scan another pic tomorrow.

After I worked on that I pulled out this ornament that I started in March. LHN Snow Bunnies from the JCS 2007 issue.

While stitching I watched TV:
Private Practice
General Hospital - 4/19, 4/20
House
24

I am hoping to finish this ornament tomorrow night. I am taking Dylan to get fitted for a tux. His senior prom is in 2 weeks.

Mill Hill Treats Collage

Dylan and I decided to go grocery shopping this morning. Then we picked up his ex, Shelbi. I miss her and she always liked shopping with me. My car acted up on the way home. We got home but my car is not good. I can't afford a new one and I really love my car and 130,000 miles is not a lot of miles. So I will be saving to get it fixed. Could be 1 of 2 things wrong with it so Dylan is going to take it to Boces and have his auto teacher hook it up to see exactly what is wrong with it. So I have had a pity party for myself all day. I know, it is just a car and there are worse people off than me and going through grief and other things. To me this is my big thing at the moment.

I pulled out Mill Hill Treats Collage and stitched away. I am now adding beads to it so it should be done next Sunday. Today was Halloween SAL with Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

I also finished listening to Rough Country by John Sandford. I gave it a 4 out of 5 star.

Tonight's TV was Desperate Housewives. Next weeks looks really good.



Tomorrow is back to Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon. Hopefully will finish it.

Saturdays SAT

I went to the LNS in the morning. I needed Kreinik gold but they were out of the silver. So she had one car of something else to substitute(mind is blank right now)it with. I know I need more of this but she said I had enough. I don't think so.

Came home to stitch on Joan Elliott's Spring Angel. It was a SAT piece with the Only One Ewe BB and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. Plus it is my incentive piece with the Only One Ewe BB. I got quite a bit stitched on despite that i am working with Kreinik BF.

I watched:
DVD - Tinkerbell & the Lost Treasure
DVR- Bones
Smallville

Stitch In Friday , April 23, 6pm-midnight

at my house. Smoke Free home but I have 4 cats and a dog. You are all welcome :-)

Friday 4/23 SAT

We were pretty busy at work so I had to stay over.

I borrowed Tinkerbell and Tinkerbell 2, Videos and watched the first one tonight. Then I watched Avatar! So I should have finished this tonight but I watched the movie more than I stitched. Plus I had to leave for an hour. This is how much progress I got done. Should be finished Monday night.

Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon

Thursday progress

Thursday I got home from work, read emails and did a little Facebook. Decided to take a nap. it was 3:45 when I looked at the clock. I heard my cell phone go off for a txt message, thinking it is about 5:00, I read the txt and then look at the clock. it is 7:00. Holy moses, where did the time go? I slept hard! I got up had some dinner and then sat down to the TV and to stitch. I DVRd Bones and watched Vampire Diaries and then Supernatural. Then went to watch the new episode of Private Practice but oh no ABC were complete idiots and moved it to the Grey's Anatomy spot and moved Grey's to the Private Practice spot. Grey's was a repeat, which I already knew. Now I will have to watch Private Practice online.

I stitched on Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon and got a little bit more done it.

Dylan picked up Avatar for me and that is what i plan on watching Friday night during my SAT with Let's Stitch blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group.

Valentine Kitty Moon is finished!

Today I read all my blogging friend's blogs and commented on some. I love getting comments on mine and I do try to comment on others.

I worked out with the Wii Fit Plus. Really like it.

Tonight's dinner was from the Taste of Home Cooking School Spring magazine. Crab & Spinach quiche, which was very good.

While it was in the oven I watched General Hopsital 4/16 while winding floss on bobbins

Then after dinner I sat down with my ipod and Valentine Kitty Moon, and it is finished. I really like stitching on these. I listened to a few more discs of Rough Country by John Sandford.

Stitchy Kitty Valentine Kitty Moon
28 ct cashel Millenium Blue
DMC, Kreiniks

Then I stitched some more on Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon. I will stitch on this some more tomorrow night and Friday night and will hopefully finish it.

I am on a finishing kick so after St. Paddy's Kitty Moon I will finish up last month's ornament and then start this month's ornament. Then onto a UFO. Not sure which one. I thought of pulling out my oldest one. That would be Rocky Mountain Christmas by Marty Bell. But Christmas Angel is calling my name and so is I Shall Wear Purple, or maybe even Mirabilia's Winter Queen. Hmmm. Tough decisions lol.

Movie Tuesday

Tuesday again with a movie and a pizza. Tonight's movie was from Netflix and called Murder.com. Dylan slept through most of it, Justin found it boring and I rated it a 3 out of 5 stars. The storyline was good. Was slow paced though and the main character looked anorexic.

I watched a little bit of General Hospital's Friday episode while winding floss on bobbins.

I have 3 sections of bookcases all lined up together, floor to a couple of feet away from the ceiling. I am trying to get the shelves all organized. They look so cluttered. I am trying to turn it into my cross stitch area. 1 of the bookcases is pretty crappy looking so once I am all done it will get thrown out. I then want to either buy a loveseat or a comfortable recliner and have it sit between 2 of the bookcases. I will keep my floss, mags, cross stitch books, beads, kreiniks and fabrics all neat on the shelves. It will probably happen next year. I have been working on one shelf at time and sorting through the books, do I want to read or can I get them on audiobook into my computer.

Tonight I watched Lost, only a few more episodes left of this series. Will be sad to see it go.

So while watching Lost and the movie I stitched some more on Valentine Kitty Moon. I also got in about an hour of the audiobook Rough Country by John Sandford. Anyways Valentine Kitty Moon is moving right along and I am hoping to finish it tomorrow night. Then onto St. Paddy's Kitty Moon.

Valentine Kitty Moon - Monday's progress

Had a productive day today.

Stitching:
Stitchy Kitty Valentine Kitty Moon. Got more of his body stitched up and the white border of the middle heart.

Workout:
lost 2 lbs
Wii for 30 minutes

Cleaned living room

Made a new recipe from the Taste of Home Cooking School Spring mag. Tuna casserole. Very good.

Organization:
wound some more DMC on bobbins

TV:
GH - 4/15
House
24

Reading:
audiobook - Rouch Country - John Sandford. Very good so far.

Halloween SAL Sunday

Today was Halloween SAL with the stitching sisters Yahoo group. So I pulled out Mill Hill Treats Collage and got most of the cross stitching done on it. I have a couple of letters left and then I can add the beads.
While stitching I listened to Heat Lightning by John Sandford and I finished it. Then I watched Wild Kingdom, Life, and Desperate Housewives.

This week I want to finish Stitchy Kitty Valentine Kitty moon.

Spring Angel progress Saturday SAT

Saturday was the SAT with the Only One Ewe BB and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I stitched on Joan Elliott's Spring Angel. I wanted to back stitch what I had done so far but I need Kreinik cord in silver - 2 spools- so I will have to order some.

I also watched a movie:
The Other Boleyn Girl. Awesome movie but hate how women were treated back then. I would have never made it past 12 lol.

Scott and I went and visited my parents as I had to pick up a book to read and then we went to Wegmans to get the grocery shopping done. Plus in the same town is our favorite sub shop so grabbed that for dinner. The book I picked up is from the author and our book club won the books and will be discussing it with the author on a phone interview with her. The book is The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener. Read the back blurb and it sounds really good.

Today is Halloween SAL with the Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I will be stitching on Mill Hill Treats Collage.

Good SAT night, a finish and a wip

We weren't busy at work today so I left at noon. The one young woman that has been with us for about 9 months left for a full time job. Her last day was today.

Came home and took a nap for an hour and a half. Fixed another recipe from the taste of Home Cooking School's mag. Was really good.

Then I sat and stitched all night while watching TV.
I watched :
Vampire Diaries
Smallville
movie: P.S. I love You (loved it)

I finished Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon. It came out really cute. I am thinking I will finish this in a cube like I did the Halloween Kitty Moon. I do want to stitch up the kitty paw fob that is also in this pattern but I dn't have 28 ct jubilee mint green. So I will have to get that for another time.

Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon
28 ct Cashel Millenium Blue
DMC, Kreinik and buttons

Then I pulled out Stitchy Kitty Valentine Kitty Moon and I put in a few stitches on it. I will stitch on this next week to finish it. Remember this month I set aside for some finishes.

Stitchy Kitty Valentine Kitty Moon
28 ct Cashel Millenium Blue

Easter Kitty Moon progress

I have been making good progress on this, all week.

Yesterday I watched Where The Wild Things Are , from Netflix. let me tell you this is a dark , angry and depressing movie. Nothing like the book. Would scare little kids.

I had today off from work so did a couple of loads of laundry.
I stitched while watching:
Live with regis & Kelly
Rachael Ray
Bones
Supernatural

Today I wound more floss on bobbins and am on the 3300s. I put the 3ooos in the storage box. While doing that I watched:
General Hospital - 4/9, 4/12, 4/13, 4/14

Tomorrow night is a SAT with Stitching Sisters Yahoo group and Let's Stitch Blog. Anyone want to come to my house for a SAT night? I will hopefully finish Easter Kitty Moon and then pull out Valentines Kitty Moon, again.

Easter Kitty Moon

Netflix now has a disc for the Wii so you can waych Netflix through your TV via the Wii. My disc came in today. So I decided to try it. It took 20 minutes to stream a TV show so I could watch it. 5 minutes into the show it stopped to stream again and after 15 minutes and still nothing, I gave up. I will try again another time.

Meanwhile during all of this waiting I started stitching some more on Easter Kitty. Then at 9 Lost came on so I watched that. Only a couple more episodes left and I think this season is better than last.

Dylan and I got online for Fafsa so he can get financial aid and then we have to go on and sign up for grants and scholarships. I tried to get him to do this much earlier in his senior year but he kept putting it off.

It was very dead at work today. It was my managers day off and with only 7 samples for the day then the 3rd person didn't need to come in either. It was a very long day as I was done before noon and that was taking off numbers off of 15 trays of vials and there is 72 vials per tray. So then I moved onto putting our labels on ziplock bags for the clients. I ended up doing a couple of hundred of those. I thought I could listen to my audiobook while doing this but nooo, started listening and the batteries died. They are charged now lol.

A little housework tomorrow and laundry and hopefully more stitching on Easter Kitty. I would like to finish it this week.

UTI school and Easter Kitty

The recruit for the UTI school in Exton, PA was here this evening. Dylan signed up and we have about 2 weeks to find out if he was accepted. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that this works out for him. He is taking the Auot/Diesel/Ford program which is a 17 month program.He would get 2 days off for Thanksgiving and a week off for a winter break at Christmas. No spring or summer breaks. This will be a good thing for him. I will miss him as he will be 6 hours away and he has to have a part time job as that is their requirement. Besides being one of ours.

So after he left I fixed dinner and then sat and stitched for 2 hours. I watched House and 24. This is my progress so far.

Taste of Home Cooking School and a WIP

Yesterday I went to a Taste of Home Cooking School. If it ever shows up at a school by you then go. The cost was $12 and you get a goodie bag and there are tons of giveaways. I didn't win anything but learned a few cooking tips. I have 2 of the mags with recipes. The chef cooked about 9 recipes and they are in one of the mags. Plus we all got 1 year free subscription to Taste of Home. The doors opened at 1. The gym had booths all set up with party plans and home improvement places. Dove candy now does parties in your home. I didn't know that. Home Interiors and Home&Garden merged into one party plan. Some had free trials to take and some had food tasting. Then at 3 the doors opened to the auditorium and we found our seats. There was a registration form , which is where you fill out which Taste of Home mag you want. Plus the bottom half goes into the bin for a chance to win prizes. The cooking wasn't to start til 5 and my mom was hungry. The school, which is where my kids go, well Dylan is a senior and Justin graduated, was putting a beef on weck. So she had that to eat, I wasn't hungry. We went back to our seats and the show started. It was phenomenon. The chef told you what page he was cooking out of and we would yell out what the next ingredient was. I would definitely go again.

Today I needed to go grocery shopping so I made my list including 2 or 3 recipes from the magazine I brought home. Then I caught up on reading everyones' blogs. Tonights stitching was Mill Hill Treats Collage. I got some more of the border done and Tric.
I watched :
Wild Kingdom and both episodes of Life!

Tomorrow at 5pm the guy from UTI in Exton Pa is coming to our house and talk to Dylan about the school. Dylan is pretty sure he will sign up tomorrow but wants to ask a few questions and I am sure I will have some as well. Wish us luck.

Then I am hoping to stitch on Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon.

Easter kitty

We weren't busy at work today. Had a little problem with online service going down but it wasn't down for long. 40 degrees cooler today than yesterday and so my sinuses are kicking in again.
Scott had to work tonight, Justin had to babysit and Dylan was at his girlfriend's house. So since tonight was, a StitchaThon with Stitching Sisters Yahoo group and Let's Stitch blog, I sat and stitched all evening. I started this new piece.

Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon
28 ct Millenium Blue Cashel Linen

while watching:
Bones
Ghost Whisperer
Medium
Smallville

I don't know if I will get much stitching time in tomorrow. I have plans with my mom. For my birthday she bought us tickets for Taste of Home Cooking at my kid's school. They have it all over at different schools every year. We tried to go last year and we sent in our money but it was already booked. So my mom sent away for the tickets early and is my birthday gift from my parents. Looks like it will be a lot of fun.

til next month

For HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. This is how far I got today.

I got out of work early. Came home to do more organizing in the kitchen. Then cleaned out the cabinet in the bathroom. Cleaned off some of my computer desk.

Then I sat and stitched. Will pull it out next month.

TV shows watched:
General Hospital - wound floss on bobbins
Ghost Whisperer - 4/2
Smallville - 4/2
The Vampire Diaries - tonights
Supernatural - tonights

Tomorrow night I plan on stitching all night and starting Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon.

Busy wednesday

Today was my day off. My plans were to clean the kitchen, vacuum hall and bathroom. Catch up on laundry and read all blogs. I got most of the kitchen done. I didn't get to the vacuuming but I am caught up on laundry and blogs.
Then I sat down and stitched. HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. I stitched a lot on this but it is all confetti stitching so very time consuming. I do have almost the one column finished.

While stitching I managed to watch a few DVRd shows:
General Hospital - 4/5, 4/6, todays
Lost - 3/30
Vampire Diaries - 4/1
Supernatural - 4/1

Tomorrow I have to work. Then I want to stitch quite a bit more on this piece.

more HAED progress

I accomplished a little bit on HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. Yesterday I stitched on it while watching the 2 hours of 24. Then today while watching Monsters vs. Aliens (kids movie) and then Lost.
Yesterday I managed to workout with the Wii Fit plus. I could feel it when I was done. Tomorrow I think I will do the Sports Resorts. I have tomorrow off , for my day of the week to take off. I am hoping to finish the laundry and do some more cleaning. Plus organize more floss while watching some TV shows.

sunshine award

I received this Sunshine award from drae_dear and would like to thank her. I have seen this on a lot of blogs and so will not list my favorite blogs. This award goes out to all the amazing cross stitchers out there, whose blogs I read and try to leave comments on. Also for those of you who read my blog and may or may not leave comments.

a small finish and a wip

I finished EEK! from the LK Boo club flip its. It is now being turned into a RR. So now I have to figure out what I want to start next Sunday.

Then I pulled out HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep. Got a little done on her. I willw ork on her more this week.

Also catching up on TV shows.
I watched:
General Hospital 4/1, 4/2
Before They Were Famous
Medium 4/2
Supernatural 3/25

Tonight's episodes of LIFE.

started Spring Angel

Yesterday's plans were to stitch all day and catch up on laundry and DVrd shows til my hair appointment at 4:30. Scott decided to go grocery shopping so I was gone a couple of hours. Came home and stitched again and watched some more shows. Got my hair cut and eyebrows waxed. I feel human again. The last time I was there was in June. Can you believe it? Every time I have had money to go then someone here seems to need it more. So it was my birthday gift from Scott. Then we had a small cookout with Dylan and his girlfriend, Britt. Not sure if I told you that him and Shelbi broke up several months ago. They are still friends though. Then sat and stitched some more last night.

Anyways I started Joan Elliott's Spring Angel from The Cross Stitcher April 1997 issue. I got a small part of her wing worked on.

watched GH episodes: 3/24, 3/25, 3/26, 3/29, 3/30, 3/31

Today is stitching on LK Boo Flip Its, I am going to finish EEK and then send it onto a RR.

HAPPY EASTER everyone who celebrates it.

MARCH GOALS

MARCH GOALS
Stitch on:
Joan Elliott - Christmas Angel
HAED SK Mermaid of the Deep - yes
S is For Stitcher - yes
Mirabilia Winter Queen
TW The Storyteller - yes

Start:
Stitchy Kitty St. Paddy's Kitty Moon - started
JCS Ornament - LHN 2007 issue - started
Joan Elliott - Spring Angel

Books/Audiobooks - 4

organize floss - did some

I am a BAD blogger

I am still alive. Bet you were all wondering where I have been. Well not on here that is for sure :-) Not online hardly at all. I dropped all but one of my Yahoo groups. I haven't read blogs in weeks or the BBs. Just needed to take a breather but I am back. So wondering what I have been up to?
March 25 Justin turned 20 and I still am wondering how the hell that happened when March 27 Dylan turned 18 and will graduate in June. Ok deep breaths now. Those birthdays floored me. Justin is no longer a teenager and Dylan just keeps giving us grey hair :-) I never minded turning 40 and will be 45 tomorrow, that doesn't bother me but my own boys, wow!

March 19-21 I went to a Cross Stitch retreat in Syracuse NY. it was at a Ramada Inn and there was around 20 of us. The theme was Americana, She even sent us the fabric and floss we had to only use for making our name tags. Everything was Americana, napkins, patterns, candy and you name it.The price included all meals, all classes and our room. Nice rooms as well. They had a conference room set up for us all weekend to stitch all we wanted. We had to get our own meals on Friday night and then the activities started at 7pm. They had one bedroom set up as a small cross stitch store plus the owner of the store, who sponsored this retreat, had us shop at her shop on Saturday. Any ways Friday at 7PM we had a Two True class (exclusive design from Elizabeth design, who was there). I also rode with her to the retreat. She is such a nice woman.
Then Saturday morning we were up and early for the breakfast as class started at 9AM - 11:30 by Patti Connor of Samsarah Designs. I just loved her. She had a special pattern made up for us.
1-3pm was Schoolhouse Samplings class. We did Bluework, not fond of that, counted canvas work, Loved it!!, and hardanger, which was fun. Then we drove over to the Cross Stitch shop. I bought 2 pieces of canvas, 2 patterns and the floss , an Elizabeth Designs pattern and 3 cards of Wispers White thread. 7:30 pm was fun and games and stitching. I had a blast.
Sunday morning we had a punchneedle class by Karina Hittle of Artful Offerings. That was a fun class as well and her and her husband are the nicest people. Then we had a buffet lunch in the room and prizes. Check out was at 2. I definitely will go on this retreat again. No pics as I didn't see anyone take pics til the last hour for a group pic.
Anyways since all we did was sit and stitch for 3 days I got a little burned out and took a break from it. Plus I have had a post nasal drip going on which causes me to cough so I hadn't slept well for 2 weeks and was tired when i got home from work. Found a medicine that i like and that works so now I am rearing to go again. I did play a lot of Sims3 during this time. Found out it works on my laptop lol.
I have a RR to work on and get out in the mail. Then I need to stitch on HAED Mermaid of The Deep, start Joan Elliott's Spring Angel, for OOE BB, and start Stitchy Kitty Easter Kitty Moon. I also want to have this month for finishing some of the WIPs. So I need to go and update my monthly goal at the top.