Easter's coming!

I love Easter,  I love Easter almost as much as I love Christmas, I just don't decorate for it...however...next year I might have an Easter tree!  LOL I love the food and the baking and the CHOCOLATES!!!  Has anyone tried these new Aero Eggs? Oh my WORD!!!!  This was a brilliant invention!  And only 120 calories!  Brilliant I say, just brilliant. 

And now because it's Easter, let me post a picture of another tiny Christmas ornie...or one that will be an ornie.  LOL  (it doesn't really have anything to do with Easter, I'm just stressing the irony)

LHN - Snowy Pines, stitched on Platinum 28 ct Luganan, over 1

Still waiting for my charts and fabbie, on Molly. ARGH, I am not a patient waiter AT ALL!   But I will wait some more.  So today I think that I am going to start BOAF's Bitter Flower Sampler.  I love this design, so now I'm going to do it for my future sampler wall.

A tiny finish

Just thought I'd post this while I was sitting here reading blogs, I thought it would probably be nice if I posted more than once a week too.  I wish my life was interesting enough to write every day...but alas....

I did finish my LHN ornament He's a Flake.  I really liked stitching this one.  Although I am still of the opinion that stitching over 1 is tedious, but it makes for a pretty little ornament.  People are going to have to look at this year's ornaments on the stitching tree with spectacles.  LOL

LHN's He's a Flake - Stitched on 28 ct mystery teal, 1 over 1

I'm going to settle in and start LHN's Snowy Pines (over 1 of course) and then I'm not sure what's next. but good news Kati and I have decided that we are going to stitch Carriage House's girls for our Sunday SAL's.  We're going to start with Molly.  We are just both waiting for fabric I think.  I am anyway, and also the charts, I went ahead and order all 4 of them at once so that I have them.  But I'm very excited about it.  Until then though I'm not sure what I'll do as a bigger project, but a new one is definitely in order.

Good stitching weekend

I love it when the weekend comes together and you manage to get all the housework and the grocery shopping and everything out of the way early enough that the rest of the weekend is your's to do with what you want.  That's the kind of weekend that I had and I managed to have not 1, but 2, happy dances.

The first is my Hummingbird.  I love the way it turned out.  The picture doesn't do it any justice AT ALL.  It's really quite fetching in real life.

Hummingbird by Island Art, Stitched over 2 on 28 ct. white Jobelan

Second happy dance is my March reindeer ornament, this one is a freebie by Aury  stitched over 1.

Reindeer by Aury, stitching over 1 on 28 ct Jobelan

I actually started He's a flake by LHN on Sunday as well and planned on finishing it up today, but after settling in and after about 10 stitches, I didn't feel like stitching tonight.  So I packed it all up and will pull it out tomorrow.

TUSAL & Stash enhancement

I was hoping to have a pic of a happy dance ready for you today, but it didn't happen.  Hubby came down with a brutal cold...so I don't know about your husband's...but when mine gets sick...he turns into a whiny sniveling baby, that is convinced that he's going to die any second.  ARGH!!  So between that and putting drops in Mom's eyes all weekend, it was GREAT!!!  but I did manage to get some stitching done, just not enough to finish.  I'm hoping though that this week should do it and I'll have my hummingbird finished.  Then I'm on to stitching Ornaments, my March reindeer still needs to be stitched and my LHN ornie for this month as well.

But in the meantime....I've put a few more threads into my TUSAL jar.  The only threads that were added to it were from my efforts on my hummingbird.

Then I did some shopppppinnnnnngggg!  I love it when the mail brings delightful things.  The Goode Huswife book has been one that I have been going back and forth on for a year now...and I finally couldn't stand it anymore and I had to get it.  There's still another book that I want to get of her's but I'll wait and see on that one.  Maybe another year of going back and forth.  LOL

Frederika & Frederick are ones that I have been coveting since they've been published as well, so I had to get those ones.   There are also a few other ones that I want to get by Carriage House. I need to get the 4 girls.  I never thought too much about them until just recently, when I saw them all done up and framed side by side, and fell in love.  Thank you very much enablers!  You know who you are!  LOL

Hola!!!!

We've been back for 1 1/2 weeks now, I am living in the delusion that we just got home.  It helps me get thru the days.  It has been a whirlwind of activity since we've been back.  We got the call right after we got home that Mom was scheduled for her cataract surgery.  WOW...they don't kid around either, the wait is long  (almost a year) but when they call on Monday, they said checkup on Wednesday, 1st surgery on Saturday, recheck on Sunday....then they did the second eye today, Wednesday, and then recheck tomorrow morning. So she's got both eyes done now.  The one from today is bothering her a little more than the one that they did on Saturday, but it'll be fine.  :)

Work of course is crazy, the worst part about going away on holidays is that no one does your job, and the bits that they do aren't done as well.  So nothing flows right.  So with some overtime, and some organizing, I'm getting caught up and should be by the end of this week.  WHEW!

Mexico.....aaaahhhhhh..it was WONDERFUL!!!!  We snorkled everyday, sat by the pool every day.  We went on two excursions....the first was a day on the boat deep-sea finishing, which was amazing.  Hubby thought that he was going to get seasick, but nothing came of it, so that was good.  We did land an 89 inch Sailfish.  GORGEOUS!  I will post pictures soon. I still want to develop our underwater pics from when we were snorkling.  And then the second excursion was to Chichen Itza.  Also amazing.  We are definitely going back next year.  We have a couple of other places that we would like to see, and things to do  :)

I have managed to stitch since we've been back.  Here's a pic of my hummingbird project.  I'm hoping to have a good stitching weekend and might even manage to get it finished. 

I did some stash shopping as well.  I'll post a pic of that too in the next couple of days.  I just wanted to write so that you don't start thinking that I abandoned my little blog. 

Missed you guys!

Olympic stitching!

So much to share. First, happy belated Valentine's day.  My sweetie couldn't decide whether to get me roses or my favorite's Tulips, so I was spoiled and I got both.  I was craving a piece of sinful chocolate cake, so I got a slice of that too, with a cold glass of milk it was just what I needed.  :) yummmmm.  I've been good for 1 1/2 months so it was my splurge.  Which is all going to go down the toilet anyway, cause we're leaving for vacation to Mexico on Saturday, and I'm throwing the diet out the window.  LOL  So I'll work it off when we get home.  I can't believe that it's almost time to go.  It seemed like such a long time away when we booked it and now here it is upon us.  Not that I'm complaining.  I've already got my pre-vacation hate on at work...everything seems to be annoying me at the moment there.

Second, I have a happy dance.  I finished my Pear Tree LHN ornament.  Stitched it over 1, that's why it took so long.  Not sure why...there are the same amount of stitches, just tinier.  I haven't received my third one yet, cause I have some other stuff that is on order as well, so I told Amy to just hang on to it until it all comes in.  But I'm excited to get it and start it, along with my other stash.

Pear Tree - Little House Needleworks - 28 ct  Star Sapphire 1 over 1

Third, I started a new project.  Actually this has been in my stash for YEARSSSSSS!  And while I was watching the Opening Ceremonies of the olympics and I saw all the native symbols and how lovely they were. I dug out this piece.  It's called Hummingbird, by Island Art adapted from the First Nation Artist - Joe Wilson. It's a wonderful stitch.  I'm enjoying it immensely.

Fourth, I have taken a picture of my first installment of the TUSAL, It's not a great picture, but it'll do for now.  I'll take a better picture next month.  :)

So that's it.  I'm off to take a shower, and settle in and watch the men's hockey game!  Go Canada Go.

Who says I'm not a border stitcher???

Cause I am...and I have been doing the tango since yesterday with my happy dance.  Neighborhood is done!  woo hooo and the border was not a horrible thing to work on.  It helps that I had uninterrupted stitching time yesterday as well.  But it's done and I loved working on it, and I love how it looks all finished.  So now Kati...we have to decide what's next.  We'll figure something out.  I am just really happy that we did this one  :)

Little House Needleworks - Neighborhood - Stitched on 28 ct Platinum Lugana

Then I have another happy dance, I stitched my February reindeer ornament, thanks again to DaffyCat.  Hint hint Sharon.  LOL  No pressure...*wink*

Daffy Cat Designs - Jingle Bell Reindeer - 28 ct White Jobelan

So now I'm going to settle in and work some more on Pear Tree.  Over 1 is a slow go for me, but it's coming along.  Hopefully in the next couple of days I'll have a dance.  Now I also have to decide on a bigger project to work on between the ornies.

Progress..progress

In so many ways actually.  First is my Sunday progress on my SAL piece, LHN Neighborhood, is coming along.  Just the border to go now, and I've gotten a start on that.  Hopefully this coming Sunday I'll have lots of stitching time and get around at least 1/2 of it.  But I'm sensing the end is near.  woo hooo!

Then...as for myself....the progress (I think) for the 1st month has been amazing... Ladies... I have lost 17 pounds, 12 1/2 accumulative inches and have dropped 3.1 BMI basis points!  Thank you very much!  LOL

Fa La La

Here's my little LHN Ornie SAL piece...finally.  It took a long time to stitch it but it was worth it.  The 1 over 1 takes quite a bit longer for me than an over 2 does, But it comes out so delicate and dainty in the end that I love it.  I meant to put a ruler beside the ornie so you could see how small it it, but I couldn't find my ruler,  I'll have to do it next time.  However at this size the beads recommended are too big, and the faces are difficult to do...so I did what a lot of other stitchers of this piece did and left the facial features off. 

Fa-La-La by Little House Needleworks. Stitched on 28 ct. Star Sapphire  1 over 1

So today I am going to start the next ornie in the series and stitch Pear Tree.  I'm hoping that after I go out and do my grocery shopping I can just stitch the afternoon and evening away.

It's been a while

Again I'm late in posting my progress on my SAL and then I realize that I hadn't posted it for last week either!  EEKK!!!  Oh well, I'm posting it now.  I can almost see the end of this project coming closer, I've got the saying to stitch and then the border.  Which makes me smile cause it almost took me a month to stitch the border on Snapperyear...LOL   I am NOT a border stitcher...obviously!  But we'll see how it goes.

I've started stitching LHN ornie of the month Fa-la-la.  That one is taking a little longer than usual for me too because I'm stitching it on 28 ct over 1.  But it's looking good, I'm hoping that I will have a happy dance on that one by the end of the week.

I've been working out every day as well.  Not for long, just 30-45 minutes a day, and I'm starting to feel and see some results.  The scale is starting to reward my efforts as well.  I've already well surpassed my goal for this month.  But then the first week or so is always a big payoff on the scale.  The rest is hard work.

A SAL update

At little late but still better than nothing...my scanner was acting weird yesterday saying that another program was using it or something stupid like that. So I just left it and it's working fine today. Finally got a Sunday that I could sit and stitch on the poor thing. I really love this project and it was nice stitching it again. I was hoping to be able to finish the house, but alas, come next Sunday the house will be completed.

We had an exciting day today, hubby and I went to the travel agent and book our all inclusive to the Mayan Riviera! Thank you very much!!! I'm so excited. We're going for 1 week, from Feb 20-27!!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A couple of Happy Dances

Woo Hoo! Finally I have a finish for 2010! I have been watching all of you post your first finishes and I was still sitting here trying to plug thru the snapperyear border. Which is now DONE! Thank you very much!!!!

Bent Creek - Snapper Year, Stitched on 28 ct Lugana - Sand by Silkweavers

I know that the majority of the stitching was done in 2009, but the finish didn't happen until 2010, so I'm calling it a 2010 finish! HA!

Then I also finished my first Reindeer ornament of the year. Thanks to DaffyCat designs :)) I love Holly, and I can hardly wait to stitch Jingle next month.
How cute is this deer???

Daffycat Designs - Holly Reindeer/Stitched on 28 ct Jobelan - White

Now if I could just convince Sharon to design 10 more of these cuties...My reindeer year would be complete! LOL....Just puttin' the vibe out there! (wink)

I worked on my Sunday SAL as well, but I haven't got it scanned so I will post that tomorrow for you. Didn't get much done on it, but at least I'm back into it.

1st post of the year!

Happy New Year everyone! This is the year we stop saying "two thousand and ??" and start saying "twenty - ??" Sounds very chipper doesn't is?? LOL So welcome to year 20-10 everyone!

I have set two "goals" for myself this year. The first is a stitchy one...of course! I have decided besides my LHN Xmas Ornie SAL, I will be stitching a reindeer ornie each month this year. I don't think that a girl can have too many reindeer ornie's on her tree...do you?

My second...ARGH!!!! Is the goal to lose some of my fat A$$!!!

I have the means, I have the know how, I even have the motivation...I just have to do it! So I will!!!

Happy New Year!

Well my friends...2009 is coming to an end, and a brand new shiny year is a few hours away. May your's be filled with lots of love and happiness...and for those of us....lots of stitching!

I won't be finished my Snapper Year this year. I am still about 1/2 a border away from it, so it will be my first finish of 2010!