2011 Finishes

Looking at my blog I have noticed that I haven't posted anything in almost a year. I would love to say something big and wonderful happened, like we won the lottery, but that didn't happen and reality is I got lazy. Plain and simple. Good thing is I just got lazy in posting and not stitching! :) However I haven't stitched a whole bunch but I did have a few finishes from last year.

1.) Sunflower Fairy-Nora Corbett

2.) QS Fairy Tales-Heaven and Earth Designs

4.) Boo Moon-Blackberry Lane Designs

3.) My Baby Duck-Cross Stitch and Country Crafts

Like I said a few finishes. Nothing impressive.

So for 2012 I have a couple UFO's, and a couple of WIP's and my goal is to finish all of them this year.....if not all at least all my UFO's. I know one of them I started back in 2007.

UFO's

1.) Topaz Fairie

2,) Fairy Roses

3.) Moonlight's Visit

WIP'S

1.) The Biggest Stash

2.) Spring Fairy

I had 4 finishes last year, I think I should be able to do 5 this year.

HAED Finish

After nearly 2 years and over 60,000 stitches, QS Fairy Tales is finished!! I am so happy to have this one done as it was my first HAED. :) Now, the question is will I stitch another one? Yes! Only the next time I think I will try the tent stitch seeing as how long it took me to stitch this one with full stitches. As for what is up next to stitch......I have no clue! I will have to go stash diving tomorrow and see what catches my eye.

QS Fairy Tales from Heaven and Earth Designs

Started January 1, 2008

Finished December 6, 2010

Update on QS Fairy Tales

School starts back in three days! Whoo-hoo!! It is hard to believe that Krissy is in grade 11, Allie is in grade 10, and Mac is in grade 7. That makes me feel old!

I have been able to get a little bit of stitching done on QS Fairy Tales. I managed to finish page 5 (of 12)finished. :)

Have a great weekend!

Little Stitching

I didn't get anywhere close to the amount of stitching I had planned on doing this weekend. :( I had grand dreams of getting much needed progress on QS Fairy Tales but those dreams were dashed by a mean, ugly, green frog! *Sigh* C'est la vie. However, I did manage to get a few more stitches in Home of a Needleworker from LHN. I like this design because it is a simple one to stitch and after the attack of the frogs I needed an easy pattern to stitch! :)

Today was a glorious day! The kids went back to school.....and so far no threat of bad weather to keep them home! :D Also today, we received letters from Devin. :) He graduates from boot camp in a little less than a month (26 days from the date he sent the letter...LOL) and then he goes to Oklahoma for more training.

I have recently started using a new way to search with Swagbucks. So far, it doesn't seem like a bad thing. I do my normal searches and I earn Swagbucks to spend on prizes. I haven't redeemed any Swagbucks for prizes yet but I plan to in the near future. :) It's free so why not give it a try....plus I will get Swagbucks for any referrals. :)

My Week

So this is how my week was.....Mac went back to school Monday and the girls went back on Tuesday. What happens? We get a snowstorm with unbelievably cold winds Tuesday night that school was cold off for the rest of the week! I don't know who it frustrated more....me or the kids! The girls were bored of vacation so they were ready to be back with their friends. Mac on the other hand was absolutely thrilled because he doesn't have homework. Mix that combination together and you got a couple of irritable and cranky teenagers that were ready to put their little brother up for adoption because he is annoying them. Meanwhile there is a tired 15 month running around because everyone is here and if she falls asleep, even for 5 minutes, she just might miss something important.

As for stitching, it hasn't been to nice to me. I tried 3 different times to stitch on QS Fairy Tales and 3 times yesterday and I ended up frogging. 3 strikes and you are out......I could take a hint and put her away for another time to stitch! I didn't get to stitch today because the girls had me busy running them to and from the mall. :(

I hope everyone has a great week! I know mine will be better than last week as long as the kids go back to school! lol

No More Softball

Softball season is officially over! No more games or practices to go to! :) Actually, it is a little sad as I enjoyed watching the games but I am not going to miss the cold weather and cold bleachers. I still think it is crazy to play softball in the fall. In the good old days (you know when I was a teenager...lol) we played in the summer and never had to worry about it being cold.

Hopefully, now that I will have a little more free time (at least till spring) I am hoping to get more stitching done. I finally started on Mike's stocking this week. I'm not sure if I will post picture of this one since I have done it twice already. However, my plan is to work on Mine All Mine for a day or two and then switch to QS Fairy Tales for a day or two. That is my plan, now, if I actually stick to it, that remains to be seen. LOL

Page 4 Done!

The day started out so great yesterday morning when I(finally!) finished page 4 on QS Fairy Tales minus 8 little stitches of 3773. However, I corrected that today by running past Hobby Lobby today and bought some DMC flosses. I was going to start on something new once I finished page 4 but I decided to keep working on this HAED while I still have the mojo for over one stitching. Page 5 seems like it will be a quicker stitch....not as much confetti stitching on this page! :)

I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes for Megan. She had a great day getting lots of new toys and clothes.

Have a great day!

I haven't been posting lately because I have been busy watching 6 (yes 6!) softball games for the past 3 evenings! The bright side is no more games until Monday. :) Of course next week I have to go and watch at least 6 more games, more if varsity wins at the tournament on Friday/Saturday.

Krissy batting which was a line drive to center field. :)

I have been able to sneak in some stitching during the days so I am slowly making progress on QS Fairy Tales. I am really hoping to be able to finish page 4 this weekend. Then I would able to start Mine All Mine (again) on Monday.

Have a great night! :)

Quiet Weekend

It has been a fairy quiet weekend for us. Krissy had 2 softball games yesterday but I didn't go to that one as it was over an hour away and I honestly didn't feel like trying to keep a baby entertained for 2 hours of driving and 3 hours of softball. So instead, Megan, Mac, Allie and I hung out around the house for the day. This meant I was able to get some nice progress on QS Fairy Tales. :)

Today has been a pretty relaxing day. I haven't even gotten in my van once today! :) However, most of the day has been spent chasing after Megan. She has become quiet the little Houdini in figuring out how to get around barricades. It is hard to believe that she will turn 1 year old in a week!

I hope everyone is having a nice relaxing weekend!

Wednesday

It is Wednesday. The only reason I know that it is Wednesday is Krissy has no softball games tonight! :D I am not kidding when I say my butt literally went numb last night sitting on the bleachers. I really need to invest in one of them bleacher chairs.

I have been stitching on QS Fairy Tales when I have had a spare moment which has been very often lately. At the rate I am getting this one stitched up I will be lucky if i get it finished before 2010! (I am not even at the halfway point yet !)

I hope everyone is having a great week so far!

HAED Stitching

I have been quiet the past few days because I have been working on QS Fairy Tales again. That tends to happen when I am working on this one!

Before

After

I am hoping to get some stitching done on Too Cute to Spook tonight. That is why I am being lazy and making cheeseburgers and tater tots for dinner. :) Which is what I am headed off to do so I hope everyone has a nice evening!

Every Little Stitch Counts

I guess it is safe to say now that Megan is on the move I won't be stitching as much as I have in the past. I have been working on QS Fairy Tales from HAED for the past week when I have been able to sneak off for 15 minutes or so. I am posting the before and after picture mainly for myself to remind me that every little stitch counts. :)

Here she was when I picked her up last Wednesday....

Here is where I am now.....

Happy Stitching!

Teenagers and Shopping

It has been a crazy week for me so I haven't had much time to stitch. I did work on QS Fairy Tales for a little while yesterday. I even made some (visible) progress but it was too late last night to take a picture. I am hoping to work on her some more tonight so maybe I will have a progress picture tomorrow.

Today was swim suit shopping day for all 4 kids. Mac and Megan were pretty easy to please but Krissy and Allie just plain gave me a headache. Actually it was more frustrating on their part than mine because I wasn't giving in to any skimpy swim suits. I simply reminded them that if they couldn't find something appropriate today that their dad would be taking them shopping for one.....and believe me he thinks they should be clothed from the tops of their necks to their toes! Needless to say the both of them eventually found something that we agree on. :)

My mom has been sick this week and finally went to the doctor yesterday. We are still waiting on some tests but we did hear from the doctor today that all her blood work came back fine. Which was good but then it also means we don't have an answer why she has lost so much weight. Hopefully we will know more tomorrow as the doctor said the other test results should arrive in the morning.

That pretty much sums it up for me tonight. I hope everyone is having a great evening!

Update on QS Fairy Tales

I have been stitching on QS Fairy Tales this week when I have gotten a chance to sit more than 5 minutes. I actually thought I might get some good stitching in this week as it was the kids last week of school. Nope between the older 3 they kept me running all around. Here is where I started at earlier this week....



and here I am after watching NCIS for most of the day.


I would love to say it has been a quiet day but my son decided that wasn't in the plans for today. He had a "small" bike wreck. He really did a number on himself! He got his knee, hip, elbow, and forehead. I think it would have been easier just to wrap him up like a mummy than to put all the bandages on his wounds. It doesn't look like he broke anything.....cause he ran like a madman as soon as I pulled out the hydrogen peroxide. All was made better because his dad treated him to a treat off the ice cream truck which Mac was sweet enough to share with Megan.

Hopefully tomorrow will be somewhat calmer!

April Goals

Whoo-hoo....I actually snuck in some time to stitch today! I finished page 3 on QS Fairy Tales. :)

Since Megan's arrival I have pretty much been stitching on one large design at a time but I am starting to feel restless just working one design. The only problem is what do I want to stitch. Hmmm.....maybe some stash diving is what I need to do. :) I guess what also would help me is actually planning some stitching goals for this month.

April Goals:

1. Stitch page 4 on QS Fairy Tales
2. Stitch/Finish 2 Christmas ornaments (need to stitch a total of 13 this year)
3. Finish Megan's sampler
4. Start SAL with Renee
5. Find a new large piece to start
6. Find some me time!

Thank you for the comments on the fabric I picked for Megan's sampler. I plan to make it into a wall hanging so I can hang it over her crib.

Megan is still napping so I am going to go and do some catching up on blogs.:) Have a great evening!

Progress Pictures & A Gift

Thank you for all of your comments on my last post. :) I know it was a little surprise to find out that we had moved (again!) but we had been thinking about it for a long time. Originally we moved to Arkansas to be closer to Mike's family but as I predicted his family snubbed us after Mike's mom passed away. It became quite clear after the loss of Morgan and Megan's arrival that nobody gave a crap about us because even after telling them the news they NEVER bothered to call, email, or even attempt to stop by and see Megan. They also weren't concerned about Mac and his surgeries even after he had a seizure on the operating table. After that I/we decided that we would rather be around family that actually cared about us. As far as I am concerned it is their loss and not mine. Believe me, I won't lose sleep over it.

As I promised here are some more WIP's that I am working on. This one is Fairy Roses by Mirabilia. I am at a stopping point on this one as I need to buy the Kreiniks and beads. I have found a couple of new LNS here in Omaha but I haven't had the time to go and see what they have.
I also started Fairy Tales from Heaven and Earth Designs. This one is a freebie located here. I am stitching this with 2 threads over 1 on 25 count fabric. So far it has been pretty pleasant to stitch.

Now, this next picture, is a gift to Megan from Shel. I don't know who loves it more Megan or me! I think it is a beautiful pillow and Megan is totally fascinated with the design. She also sent Megan a couple of outfits and some onesis which were so cute. I can't thank you enough, Shel!! Thank you! :)

I still didn't get to pick up my needle today as I spent most of it trying to get the kids enrolled in school. Allie gets to start class tomorrow but it looks like Krissy and Mac won't start till Friday. I am ready for them to start now...lol. Actually they have been wonderful with the move. They haven't complained too much. :) That doesn't mean that they haven't complained. Remember the girls are teenagers! LOL

Well, it is time for Megan's bath....a chore she isn't exactly too fond of yet. I hope everyone has a wonderful evening.

Happy Stitching!