Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Up a tree with a little more splash.

Oh my!  I do amuse myself sometimes!  ROFL!

Had a great week last week.  Hubby and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on Wednesday, well we actuallly ended up going out with friends who also had their anniversary last week. So we went for dinner, and then to the casino for a bit.  Hubby won $300 and I won just under $600!  WOOO HOOO!!!!!  The couple we were with weren't so lucky, but they still enjoyed themselves, so it was good!  But with our winnings, we have decided that we are going away for the weekend, hopefully find some sun somewhere and drive in that direction.  I can hardly wait :)

So here are my stitching updates.  I started stitching the tree on Lizzie.  I am dying to start working on her, but the fabric was just pulling me towards the tree this time around.  So I'll do that and leave Lizzie for last.  But she's going to look great!  Kati (my SAL partner) has started stitching her and is making GREAT progress on her, and is looking fantastic!  So I am looking forward to stitching mine soon.

I put a few more stitches into the splash of Sockeye.  I'm going to do some totally focused stitching on it this week, see how close I can get to a finish. I have a feeling that I'm close and only a couple of weeks left to go on this one before a happy dance I think :)

7 comments:

Gabi said...

Congrats on your 8th anniversary. And how fantastic that you finished that special day with winning quite some money. Hope you'll enjoy the weekend away.
Lizzie looks fantastic so does your sockeye. Not long to go on Sockeye...he looks now already spectacular.

katica said...

OMG!!! 8 years already!!! how time flies!! Happy Anniversary!!! I've got my dates all mixed up and though it was next weekend!

Congrats on a wonderful 8 years and here's to many many more!

Lizzie looks great, and the Sockeye, well what can I say, absolutely beautiful!!!

Hazel said...

Lizzie looks fab! Really enjoy your progress on her. x

Carol said...

I can't imagine winning that much money, Barbi--congratulations!! And I'm glad you'll be spending it on something special for the two of you...Happy 8th anniversary to you both--here's to many, many more happy years together :)

Both of your WIPs are looking great--that Sockeye is really going to be a stunner with the "splash" completed!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Congrats on your win, what a lovely surprise. Think of all the stash you could buy...

The fish looks amazingly 3D!

Deb said...

Congratulations on your anniversary and great winnings.

Love both your pieces - both are beautiful. That salmon is just striking.

Edie said...

congratulations and all the best for the future!! Beautiful work as always