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Christmas on my mind!

As it always is....and it's a long weekend this weekend....so I'll be doing some Christmas stitching.  And hopefully even some finishing of the ornies that need to be finished for my tree this year.  That's the plan anyway.

Speaking of ornies.  I was looking at the new releases of Hallmark ornaments for this year.  This Tinkerbell caught my eye and if I find it I'm going to get it! 

Don't you love her?

Well Done Canada Post

I`ve known this for a little while now, but today I finally saw them and bought them.  Canada Post is celebrating cross stitch with their Christmas stamps this year!!!  How exciting, and how wonderful!  They are so pretty!  Thought I would share these shots with those of you that may not have seen them...or heard about them yet. 

Here`s what they have brought out for regular, US and international stamps.
Aren`t they lovely?  I can hardly wait to do my Christmas cards!

Fake post!

This is a hit and run post, sister in law is visiting and staying the night...her hubby (my brother) is away hunting this week and she is feeling a little lonely, so off to set up the guest bedroom for her for a few days.

I'll post tomorrow!!!

A late finish

Well this year, as year's before, I have wanted to do more Halloween stitching and I never manage to do more than one per year.  So tradition holds and I was able to finish the cross stitching on 1 Halloween project this year.  This is Owl-O-Ween by Blackberry Lane Designs out of the 2013 JCS Halloween issue.

I was going to take a pic of the progress I made on Humboldt yesterday but I left my bag with my camera in it in my office, so I will have to take it tomorrow.

Hubby brought me home some "because I love you" flowers as well that I want to take a pic of too.   He's so perfect!!!!  :)

Ort Report

It's New Moon and it's ort report time.  I haven't done a proper ort report in months, so I have lots in my little tub right now.  I don't even know which projects are in there because it's been so long, so I've taken a picture of it all by itself. 

Part 6 of Mary's sampler was released this morning, so I quickly stitched that up this morning.  A star and a shepherd added today. Looking forward to next Sunday's addition.

Hubby came home this afternoon, so there wasn't much stitching going on this afternoon.  Laundry, supper...some afternoon delight...wink-wink!

So tonight I will work a bit on Humboldt and see how far I get with that.

I have been perusing all my charts and have been drawn to the Prairie Schooler Santas as of late.  So many to choose from, so many to stitch, I want to do them all.  I know I won't but I would love too.  I would like to do at least a couple of them for my tree this year...so we'll see how it goes...and better yet....which ones.  Any favourites??

Perfect stitching day

Yes, it certainly was!  Snow falling all day.  Me sitting in my cozy chair by the window, sipping various beverages through-out the day and stitching. 

With Lulu at my feet and the stitching in hand, I spent the most wonderful day.  Hubby away on a hunting weekend, so it was jammies all day.  Nothing to do, nowhere to go but stitch and relax. 

It's November already?

Can you believe that it's November already??  I can't!!!  This year went by so fast!  the summer was like a blink,  fall is just as quick!  We are setting back the clocks this weekend (this I am NOT upset about) I can use that extra hour in the morning.  It is so dark at 5:30 in the morning it feels like it's the middle of the night!  Not that it's going to be much different an hour later, but still....it'll be closer to daybreak.

Hunting season has arrived at our house.  which means that I will become a hunting widow...which is not bad...because that's when I become a stitching goddess!  LOL  Hubby has already left for the weekend so that leave me and Mom and Lulu.  Yea...girls weekend...lots of stitching for me.  My plans for tonight....taking a nice long bubble bath and then stitching until midnight!  aaaahhhhh  heaven!

So yesterday was Halloween at the clinic, it was so much fun.  It was nice because almost everyone dressed up this year.  (must be new management...tee hee hee)  I was the Queen of Hearts this year, Shelley was the Mad Hatter, and Ashley was Alice.  We were definitely a hit, lots of patients asked us to pose together so they could take pics.

I've had a finish and some progress pics to show.  There's a Halloween piece that I was working on but it didn't get finished in time.  I am going to finish cross stitching it this weekend though and I'll post that when it's done.  I finished another Dimensions ornament Ho Ho Ho.  Love the way it turned out.  I have to one weekend this month do a finishing weekend as well, so that all these ornaments will make it to my tree this year.  I also started and am participating in Plum Street Samplers Sunday Mystery sampler...called Mary's Sampler 2.  There are two versions, 1 and 2...2 having more detail. It turns out to be a nice little morning stitch on Sunday mornings and then I move on to Humboldt Coast, which I haven't worked on for a few Sunday's but I did manage this past Sunday.

So that's it....That's about as caught up as I'm going to be today.....have a great Friday everyone!

For Cathey

Not long ago we all posted pumpkins for a gracious and courageous woman, Cathey.

 Today I post for her for a much different reason.  In my thoughts and prayers tonight are her beautiful son and her husband on the night of her passing.

Pumpkins for Cathey

Happy Blogoversary Cathey!!!  In honour of you and the courageous incredible woman that you are my post today is a pumpkin (actually a couple, cause I couldn't decide if I wanted to be silly or serious....so I did both)

Sunday stitching.

I had such a great day yesterday!  We have been working so hard lately that we decided to take a day just to relax...and for me...that means....you guessed it....STITCHING!!!

So with my stitching in hand and a PVR loaded with programs to watch I sat in my chair and worked on Humboldt Coast to my hearts content. 

I present the fruits of my labour....I love how this is stitching up!  

A Summer of Sundays

Oh dear!!!  My poor abandoned little blog!  Would you believe that I actually do visit my blog every day, not to post, but to look at my blog list to see what you all have written.   So I have been here in spirit and behind the screen/keyboard, just not posting.  I always have good intentions, but alas....here I am again, wondering if I still have friends out there in blogger-land. 

So what's happened since I last posted.....oh yea...I was walk, walk, walking.  And I did!  I walked every day during the challenge, and then when the challenge was over I stopped.  GRRRR at myself.  The six pounds that I lost I gained back with 4 more added to it.  GRRRR at myself.  I'll have to do some thinking and see how I'm going to tackle this weight thing once and for all.  My torn meniscus doesn't make it very easy to do too much exercise, so biking, walking and water are pretty much the only thing that I can handle right now.  but it's a good start...just have to talk myself into it...develop a strategy....and follow it through.  yep...that's all...that's all I gotta do....yep........  :o/

So how was everyone's summer.   We had the flood of the century here in Calgary in June.  We were fine where we were, we are up higher from the riverbanks.  However we did have some friends that lost quite a bit....but thank God they are fine and it was only "things" that they lost.

We spent lots of weekends camping, and doing day trips....lovely time together with hubby.  Which we needed for the times that are ahead.  Hubby opened his own company! Yes he did!  So proud of him, but it's lots of stress and lots of worry and lots of work but in the end it will all be amazing....and we are already starting to see the fruits of our (his) labour.

I did stitch...I was just too lazy to take them out of the q-snaps to take a pic, but today I finally did.  So here they all are.....

1st my Sunday SAL with Kati - Humboldt Coast.....every Sunday I work on this....I just love it.

 

 

Second is a Christmas ornie for Liam...it's Christmas Sock Monkey. It can be found in the 2010 JCS Christmas Issue.

 

 





 

Lastly there is another ornament that I stitched for me....first because of the sentiment and then secondly because of the cardinal.  It's a Dimensions kit.  I have another one as well, that I'm hoping to start and finish this weekend.

 

 



And finally I have to share a pic of the Queen of Shiba's....Lulu...it's been a while since I've shared a picture.  She turned 3 in August...my baby is all grown up  :)

Walk...walk...walk...

You may have noticed on my sidebar I have a new tag that directs you to Walk with Mel.  Well I have decided to walk with Mel...a mile a day....bad knee and all my other aches and pains. There were a couple of days that I even managed to do more than a mile, but with each mile that I walk, I also bike, or do a cardio or toning workout.  Mel was just the inspiration, motivation, kick start that I needed.  So now instead of talking about doing something about my fat ass, I'm actually doing something about it.  And so far it feels good.  It's a struggle still to get started everyday, because believe me, I would rather be in my stitching chair working on something, but I'm taking the time instead to work on me.  Long slow journey it will be, but I'm on the road.  I even got two jars for marbles.  One for the amount that I need to lose and then one empty one to move the marble over as I lose the weight.  So far...in two weeks...I've moved over 6 marbles!  I'll take that!!  Only 99 more to go!  LOL!

So as I was telling Kati, with being so busy most of the time, the only day that I really do have time to stitch is on Sunday...so the only project that I am really working on right now is humboldt coast, and here is my two week progress pic.  I didn't post last week..my bad!  So here it is in all it's glory.  This was jusst a quickie pic so sorry for the wrinkles.

So Late!

You know I look at my blog everyday, mainly to get to see what all of you are doing on your blogs. And I have stuff to show (updates, finishes) but do I do them?  Nooooo. Too busy?  probably not.  Nothing to say? I always have something to say (as my husband..lol) Too lazy?  Probably.  Argh.  Sorry...I don't mean to be neglectful...it just happens.  But here I am.  All set with some late photos as well.

First.  My Sunday SAL with Kati.  humboldt is coming along, slowly but surely.  We went away last weekend so I didn't get a chance to stitch on it last week, but this sunday I was able to have a little time and sat and stitched.  So here's the progress so far.  It's a cold rainy weekend here this weekend and hubby has to work Sat and Sun., boohoo but it will give me plenty of stitching time so hopefully after all the household chores and grocery shopping on Saturday the rest of the weekend will be dedicated to some serious stitching.

Second.  I finished Jaxon's Christmas ornament..well the stitching part of it, not the "finishing" part of it.  He's in an owl phase at the moment, so one day we can look back at all of them and we'll tell him the story of how he walked around hoo-hooing all the time.  He'll love that when he's 15...don't ya think?  lol I don't know who the designer is on this (sorry)  I found it on the internet and had it saved in my freebies folder, but with no details.

Third.  My TUSAL update.  Orts are from the two projects above, that's it.  Hopefully more next month.