Moonlight Visit Progress

During my abscense I did work on Moonlight Visit and made some nice progress. I have a couple of Kreiniks and beads to purchase and then I will have it finished. :)

Today was another non stitching day for me....boo. :( However, I am planning on a stitching weekend for me this weekend.

Gargae Sales and Stitching

All I can say about this week is I am glad it is over and I hope to not have another one like this one for a long time!

As I have mentioned before I love to go to garage sales and this week I found a great buy. I got 30 full rolls of ribbon for $5.00! There is one missing out of the picture as my eldest daughter snagged one for her hair.

I have been stitching a little here and there on Moonlight's Visit but today I realized I have pretty much stitched all I can with the DMC. I desperately need to make a trip to the LNS and pick up the Kreiniks I need to finish this one. Which means for the time being this one gets to reside in the UFO pile.

I also started a new piece today. :) It is called Rain With Attitude from Stoney Creek. (Chiloe, I think you are gonna like it!) It is a snowman design. I am stitching it on some 28 count fabric that I dyed using tea bags. This was the first time I have used tea bags and was pretty pleased with the result. Unfortunately, I didn't make much progress on it so I don't have a picture to show just yet.

Have a great night!

A Moon in Moonlight

Shhh!!! Don't tell anyone but I am sitting still for at least 5 minutes! In between doing the grocery shopping, housework, playing taxi cab driver for the older kids, and cooking dinner I have not sat still for more than 5 minutes. The icing on the cake for the day was Megan was a fuss bucket all day because she would not take a nap for more than 15 minutes.

This had a direct impact on my stitching today. There was none. :( I did work on Moonlight's visit last evening for a bit.

Maybe, hopefully, keep your fingers crossed, I will be able to work on my HAED tomorrow!

2 Firsts in One Day

I didn't get to do much stitching yesterday as I was busy all day. In the morning I had to take my mom in for some test on her heart. While I was waiting I worked on Moonlight's Visit.

I thought I was going to be able to work on my SAL with Renee in the afternoon but Megan had completely different plans for me. She learned how to use her knees and hands to crawl! She is quite wobbly at it still but I know she will be a master at that soon. She wore herself out crawling so I laid her down in her crib for a nap and to my shock when she woke up she had pulled herself into a standing position holding on to the side of the crib! Her pulling herself up wasn't just a fluke yesterday because this morning she pulled herself to standing with the help of the couch. I am not ready for her to be crawling let alone walking!

I am a little late in getting my goals for the month posted but better late than never. :)

June Goals:

1. Stitch on QS Fairy Tales-Yes!
2. Stitch/Finish Ornament-Yes!/No-Stitched one yes but didn't get it finished yet.
3. Work on Too Cute SAL-Yes!
4. Stitch/Finish Bumble Fairy-Yes! Finished the stitching but she is currently residing in my WTF pile.

July Goals:

1. Work on QS Fairy Tales.

2. Continue SAL with Renee. (Too Cute to Spook)

3. Work on Moonlight's Visit.

4. Stitch/Finish Ornament.

5. Start on Mike's Christmas stocking.

Happy Stitching!

Look...Stitching!

It was an extremely quiet day around here today. Allie and Mac went to my brother's house for a couple of days so that just leaves Krissy and Megan at home with me during the day. Quiet days always means I can get some stitching done! Which is exactly what I did today. :)

Megan has been somewhat of a handful lately. The update on her crawling is she is up on all fours and rocking but hasn't taken that first attempt at actually moving on her hands and knees. Now as for scooting, she has mastered that skill! Which brings me to a questions.....Why do little kids find the pet food and water irresistible?! I can't count how many times I have caught Megan reaching for a piece of dog food or trying to dump the water bowl over herself.

I have been able to brag what a great baby Megan was and how she never cried. That has been changing. She has discovered how to voice her likes and dislikes. Mainly just her dislikes and believe me when she doesn't like something, she really doesn't like something! The past day and half her dislike has been her formula. I have no clue why either. I can get her to eat her cereal mixed with formula but to give her straight formula, well that just isn't happening. Instead she wants ice water. My first thought was she wanted it because she is teething but she is actually drinking all of the water gone and not playing with it. If she keeps it up we might have to think about starting her on milk.

Have a great night!

Funny Hair

I got a little stitching time in today. :) I am not overly fond of how her hair has turned out. What do you think? I do giggle a bit each time I look at it because right now (I think) it looks like the girl is giving somebody "the bird".

I have been thinking about starting a new pattern. It is a typical me design.....snowmen! Problem is with my stitching time being less than it was I don't know if it would be a good idea to have too many things being stitched at once. Right now I have my SAL with Renee, QS Fairy Tales, Moonlight's Visit, and ornaments for Christmas. I guess I will have to think some more on it but don't be surprised if there is a new start soon!

Have a great night!

Quiet Tuesday

It was a pretty quiet day around here today so I was able to sneak in some stitching time on Moonlight's Visit.

Have a great night!:)

Small Start on Moonlight

Today is my normal SAL day with Renee but we decided to skip it this week as Renee has a test tomorrow. So, if your reading this Renee....get back to studying! LOL I worked on Moonlight's visit for a bit today. I quickly realized I really need to get the Kreiniks ordered for this one soon as the dragon is most stitched with blends of Kreinik and DMC.

The biggest plus about this design is most of the back stitching is done in one color! That makes it a lot easier to back stitch as I go along instead of waiting until the end.

I want to thank everyone for their sweet comments about Megan. She went swimming again today but she had a surprise visitor. Mom mom's dog, Cleo, jumped in the pool and was trying to catch the water as Megan splashed around. Megan loved it! She laughed so hard she fell over and then proceeded to laugh even harder. She is such a goof ball.:)

Have a great night!

Moonlight Visit

I know the suspense of what exactly my next new big piece is killing Chiloe so I will be nice and let you see what I have awaiting me. :) This pattern is from Sandra Parlow and is called Moonlight Visit. I am not sure how fast this one will stitch up as I still have to buy a couple of Kreiniks and a package of beads.

I know Sundays are my usual SAL day with Renee but we have had to switch to Mondays so no pictures of Too Cute to Spook until tomorrow. :)

I did get to work for a couple of hours on Megan's ornament. The babybug is sitting in grass and flowers and I am debating on if I should stitch them or not. I am not fond of stitching grass and since I am stitching this over 1 I am really not wanting to stitch it at all. Oh well, I still have time to decide I haven't even finished her flesh!

Have a great night!