A month of almosts… This is how I would descri…

A month of almosts…

This is how I would describe how I did on my August goals. Here they are:
1. Finish Woodland Fairy’s torso and face-torso only
2. Finish part 8 of Mystery 9-only half
3. Finish page four of White Wedding-one motif and the border left
4. Finish House theme Exchange-yes and received in Germany
5. Finish Redwork Exchange-yes, will do the finishing this weekend
6. Stitch on Butterfly Rest on Thursdays-yes
7. Stitch a little on My Lady’s Needlecase-no

So hopefully September will be a bit better. At least one of the weekends I will be away will be a stitching weekend at CATS Yay!! Here are my September goals:
1. finish body of Woodland Fairy
2. Finish parts 8 and 9 of Mystery 9
3. Finish page 4 and entire border of White Wedding
4. Finish Crazy Cat Lady exchange
5. Stitch on Butterfly Rest
6. Stitch birth sampler for work friend

Here is to a stitchful month!

So we got back from the lake safely. We had a ve…

So we got back from the lake safely. We had a very good weekend and I was able to do a fair amount of stitching and reading. I should have worked on my Redwork Exchange while I was there, but alas I did not. Instead, I started my Mirabilia Christmas Elf Fairy kit. To the left is how far I got. The pretty green scissor fob adorning the fabric is a birthday gift I received from Sue. Thank you so much Sue, it is lovely!!

Since returning home, I have been drowning in a mire of inservices at work. I don’t think I can sit through another 8 hour conference in a middle school auditorium. Last night I was a good girl and finished up the stitching on my Redwork Exchange. I know how I am going to finish it, but need to make a quick stop at the fabric shop on Friday afternoon. It will be ready to head out in the mail on Tuesday:) I am very excited about who I got to stitch for. I read her blog every day!

Tonight I stitched a bunch on white wedding, but the silly white silk kept getting tangled. I am almost done with dove on the left side though. I will post a pic after tomorrows stitching:)

A pressie and a pic I received a lovely surprise …

A pressie and a pic

I received a lovely surprise in the mail this afternoon after work. Ann (catandturtle) was sweet enough to send me a belated birthday present. She included a lovely sparkly fabbie, a skein of autumn shaded needle necessities thread and some piecemaker needles. Thank you so much Ann. It really improved my afternoon!! I had just spent 45 minutes in line at the grocery store, broken the sprinkler and dropped a can of coke on the carpet.

For the last two nights I have been stitching on the arm of my Woodland Fairy. I was able to complete one of the colors in her arm. I am so close, but still so far away from finishing this one. I keep thinking not too much longer and then it takes forever to complete a small section. It is worth it though…she is lovely!

Tonight, if my headache will go away, I will stitch some more on White Wedding. I also need to pull together a few small pieces to take with me this weekend when we go visit Allen’s mom and grandmother. AAAhhhh a weekend at the lake:)

House Exchange Received Yesterday I received my H…

House Exchange Received

Yesterday I received my House Exchange from Joanie. She stitched me a cute little notebook cover which will be going with me tomorrow to my first staff meeting of the new school year! I love it. I also stitched a bunch on the arm of my Woodland Fairy. I will post a piccie of her tomorrow when I have a bit more time:)

Help me….Why are my posts after Thursday 8/17/06…

Help me….Why are my posts after Thursday 8/17/06 not showing up:(!!!!

It’s My Birthday Today was a very very nice birt…

It’s My Birthday

Today was a very very nice birthday. Thanks to everyone for all the good wishes:) Most of the celebrating happened yesterday. Today we just hung around the home and did relaxing stuff. I stitched a lot and we watched a bunch more House. Allen did most of the work on all three meals. They were all yummy. Unfortunatly, this year my birthday is also the end of my “summer vacation”. Although I did work this summer, it was a lot less stressful with most of my co-workers and all the kids gone. Teachers and the rest of the social workers are back tomorrow and the students are back after labor day. Let the fun begin:(

On the stitching front, I met both my goals for the stitch a thon I participated in. Yesterday i posted my White Wedding progress and here is my second corner of M9. I don’t know why it looks all funky while it is in the q-snap. It looks fine when I take it out. Who knows.

Have a great week everyone!!

A bit of pre-birthday fun! So tomorrow is my bir…

A bit of pre-birthday fun!

So tomorrow is my birthday. I have been very fortunate to have a bit of birthday related fun before the 20th as well. On Thursday, I got a call from Michael’s to say that my Celtic Winter was framed and ready to be picked up. I was very excited….it only took 8 days:) I hinted to Allen that I would love it if he picked it up on his way home, but then decided that I didn’t want to make him make and extra trip since he had worked a very, very long day. Needless to say I was ecstatic when my darling hubby showed up not only with an Olive Garden dinner, but my Celtic Winter as well. He is such a great guy. So her she is…

And her she is with her Spring counter part. Winter is bigger because she was stitched on 28 count Jobelan and Spring was stitched on 18 count Aida (before I made the leap to linen and evenweaves) Maybe I will do one of the other soon. Who knows.

Today, Allen took me out for a more official birthday lunch. He took me to what looks like a hole in the wall place near his office. In reality, it is a wonderful restaurant and wine bar. I had a lemon pepper tilapia that was to die for. That is saying a lot as I HATE fish. The sauce was fantastic as was the endive and apple salad I had as well.

This evening, I have been working on my goals for the Stitch-a-thon going on at the Robin’s Nest BB. I met my goal on White Wedding and got some of the outlining done on the second corner of M9. I hope to finish it tomorrow.

I also picked up the first season of House on the way home today. I have been watching reruns here and there and wanted to actually figure out some of the history of the characters. I love Hugh Laurie and his lack of his British accent in the show still amazes me.

Well, off to play gameboy and watch Allen shoot things on the computator in the basement:)

It has been a busy couple of days around here. Tu…

It has been a busy couple of days around here. Tuesday night Allen and I went out to dinner with my family to celebrate August birthdays. My little sister’s birthday is today…Happy Birthday Becca! Mine this coming Sunday. We had a great time and it was nice to have everyone together. Wednesday night I had a horrible headache and didn’t do much of anything:(

Today, I went to the dentist, ICK! Fortunately I have no cavities, but it turns out that my right sinus is sitting right on the nerve of one of my upper molars, thus causing some funky pressure type sensation when my allergies act upt. It doesn’t hurt, but it feels like someone is pressing against the top of my jaw. Very strange. After the dentist, I sat for a while waiting for our new dishwasher delivered. Our old one “worked” but I had to run it through the rinse cycle twice to get the soap off top rack items. It sucked. Now we have a nice new functioning dishwasher and no spots on our dishes:) After that I sat around and watched King Arthur. It was okay, but I was interested that the writer and director chose to do a version that explored more of the “historical” theories of Arthur rather than the mythical and literary versions of the story. I also went to target and spent some birthday gift cards. I got a chair for my craft room, a pair of shoes and a new work bag. I still have a little left over too!

On the stitching front, I sent out both my House Exchange and Mylene’s Round Robin yesterday. I will post a pic of my exchange as soon as my partner gets it. Here is a pic of Mylene’s RR. She chose a seasonal theme river/tree theme. It was very pretty. I picked summer as my favorite season. I may have thought twice if I had really looked at the pattern. It had some fractional stitches for the apples, which I do not like to do on aida. It turned out really pretty though and I got a lot of compliments from family and coworkers. Here it is so far. Mylene stitched the spring section on the right.

While I watched King Arthur this afternoon, I stitched a bit on Butterfly Rest. I finished the first flower bud and did some more on the flower stem. It is actually stitching up pretty fast. I should be done with this first page pretty quickly. Unfortunatly it is smaller than the other pages.

Answering Questions I have been super amiss in an…

Answering Questions

I have been super amiss in answering questions posed by those wonderful people who comment on my blog. BTW, your comments are always appreciated. Without further ado…my answers

Sue-I did my blog poll through blogpolling.com. It is really easy and you can just cut and paste the html into either your side bar or the main text. Also, I am stitching White Wedding on Dusty Blue Cashel linen by Silkweaver. I love the color and it will be perfect for my sister and BIL. They love the beach!

Catandturtle-The most recent Fiona Apple album was Extrodinary Machine which was released in October 2005. Allen and I both like it, but at her concert she played a good mix of things. I hate it when an artist plays a concert primarily off their most recent album.

and last but not least, Rava-I am using the recommended fabric which is 32 ct. Lavender Bliss linen. I think it is a Wichelt color, but I am not sure. I got it with the materials pack from European Cross Stitch.

So, Allen and I survived our trip to his grandparents this weekend. We had a pretty good time despite the drive. I hate being in a car for five hours:( I completed all the stitching on my house exchange (finishing will be done tonight), started my redwork exchange and did all but the fruit and backstitching on Mylene’s round robin. I also played tons of Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced. Got to have something to keep you busy when the guys start talking polics or college football. Neither is my cup of tea! I will post some piccies tonight. I should finish Mylene’s piece as well as getting in a few stitches on Woodland Fairy.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Last night’s stitching was Butterfly Rest. I almo…

Last night’s stitching was Butterfly Rest. I almost got the first little blossom done. I absolutly love the colors in this piece:) I am so glad I picked this one up again.

I wish I had time to stitch on M9 today, but we are getting ready to head down to Allen’s grandparents this afternoon. Soooo, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! See you on Sunday night.