Gift from Allie

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their good wishes with the "twins". Some of you have asked if I am still on bed rest and the answer is yes. This pregnancy is considered "high risk" 1. because of twins and 2. because I already have had one pre-term delivery with Mac. For the time being my doctor is allowing me to sit up in bed for brief periods through out the day. I am thankful for that!!

You would think with having all this "free" time I would have been able to work on something but sadly that isn't the case. I did manage to get the squares cut out for Baby B's quilt. I am using the same fabric as I did for Baby A's except the backing for this one will be pink instead of yellow. However, that is as far as I could go because my sewing machine is in another room! I tried to talk Mike into moving it last night for me but he wouldn't. So I roped my kids into it today. :)

However, Allie has been a busy crafter today! She has been waiting to find out if she was going to have a new brother sister so she could make a blanket. She was tickled to find out she has to make 2 blankets...lol. .

She also picked out her fabrics for me to start on a quilt for her. I just love them!!

Again, thank you for all the wonderful comments on finding out we are expecting twins. I am sure I will bore you to death with my posts about being pregnant with them! :)

Have a good night!

Boy or Girl?

As you know, this morning I had my ultrasound so I started off my day by drinking lots of water. Lucky for me (and my bladder!) they were running on time so I didn't have to wait long before they started the ultrasound. First she checked my bladder and things to make sure they looked fine. Then she moved onto the baby...

Tech: How's 2?

Me: What?

Tech: 2.

Me: Two what?

Tech: Two babies.

Me: WHAT!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS???

Tech: Yes.

Me: OMG!!

Yep, you read right, I am having twins!!! After the initial shock wore off, I asked about the sexes of the babies. A girl and another girl. Twin girls! They were able to tell me that they are fraternal twins and not identical twins. According to the measurements taken today my due date is still November 15 (my birthday!) and I am right at 19.3 weeks along.

I have to admit the news of twins is quite exciting and scary, too! All I can keep thinking is....I have to get 2 of EVERYTHING! Like....now I got to make another afghan, quilt, and Christmas stockings!! LOL....what have I got myself into?!

Not only is today a good day because of finding out about twins but because Mike and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary. :)

I am sorry if this post is quite scatterbrained but.....well that is how I feel right now! LOL I hope everyone is having a wonderful night!:)

Bed Rest It Is

Ever have one of those days that start out pretty good and out of nowhere you get completely blind sided by something? That pretty much sums up how my day turned out to be today. I had another doctor appointment today and I was informed I was to be on bed rest because my cervix seems to be incompetent. It was and wasn't a complete shock to me. I had a LEEP procedure in 2001 so I was aware this could arise but until today the doctor hadn't said anything about it. Tomorrow at the ultrasound they will be measuring the length of my cervix and then we will find out how we are going to proceed with the rest of the pregnancy.

This news of course puts me in a complete whirlwind of emotions. Mostly fear. I personally know of the medical wonders available for premature infants but I also know the emotionally toll it takes on the parents and siblings. However, I did learn one thing and that was to take it day by day. So, for now I will concentrate on the ultrasound and what it reveals tomorrow.

Some of you have asked if I have a preference of the sex of the little one. I really just want a baby that is healthy and full term. Boy or girl, healthy or sick, this baby will be surround by lots of love.

As for stitching, I made some good progress on Mine All Mine this weekend.

I am off to stitch on Mine All Mine some more tonight. I hope everyone has a great night!

I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me in the mail yesterday. :) Carol sent this super adorable fob as a PIF gift. I simply love it! Thank you, Carol!!

I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. It isn't because I have been super busy or anything. I have just been feeling blah and have no ambition to do anything. Which doesn't help getting the housework and laundry done!

I did have a check up this week for the little one on Thursday. I know as a general rule doctor offices are cold but this one was freezing cold. It was so cold when they pricked my finger for some blood, my blood would not drip out of my finger! So their immediate concern was if I had gestational diabetes. I tried to explain to them I was freezing cold and we all know cold blood doesn't flow so well. Anyways, they made me drink that NASTY orange drink for a glucose test. An hour later, they prick my finger again (I am still freezing!) and still my blood doesn't want to come out but they eventually got enough to do a reading. I was right. No gestational diabetes.

Tuesday morning I do have to have an ultrasound done. Whoo-hoo....we finally get to learn (hopefully!) the sex of the little one.:) The kids are excited and all three of them have asked if they can come to the ultrasound. That made me really happy!

As for stitching, I have been working on Mine All Mine. I am making good progress but I still have quite a bit to stitch on it.

Enjoy your weekend!

Mine All Mine...Again

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their wonderful comments on finishing Egyptian Sampler. Thank You!!! Right now I don't have plans to get it framed right away. It will get to reside with my other pieces waiting to be framed.

I did go stash diving and I finally decided that I would start Mac's Christmas stocking. The pattern is called Mine All Mine by X's and Oh's. I stitched this one last year for my step dad so hopefully this one will stitch up quickly. Mac is quite excited about me starting on it. He keeps checking with me to find out if I have made any progress. LOL....no pressure there!

Have a great night!

Egyptian Sampler Finished

I have been a busy little stitcher and I finished Egyptian Sampler this afternoon! Major Whoo-hoo!!


I did run into a small snag and had to fudge an area (Queen's face) but overall I think it turned out okay.

Now, since I had a finish that means I can start a new piece! Hmmm....guess I have to go stash diving and see what I can come up with to start. :)

Have a great evening!

A Stitching Update!

What is this? A cross stitching update! As much as I enjoyed crocheting and quilting that little tiny voice in my head kept screaming.....Don't you really want to stitch on something? I finally gave in and listened to the voice yesterday and pulled out Egyptian Sampler.


It has been a pretty normal day for me and the kids today. I picked the house up and did the grocery shopping earlier so now I am taking break and relaxing before I start dinner.

Have a great weekend!

Little One's Afghan

Things have been quiet (except for the kids bickering) around here the past few days. That left time for me to finish the little one's afghan. I am happy with how this afghan turned out. :)

I want to thank everyone for their comments on my quilt attempt. :) I have to admit it felt good to have a happy dance. Okay, so it wasn't a TW happy dance but it was still a pretty good one for me.

Have a wonderful evening!

I can quilt!

I guess you can tell from the title how I spent yesterday afternoon and this morning. :) It is by no means anywhere close to being perfect but at least you can tell what it is. I did learn some valuable lessons like making sure your squares are the exact same size! Some of my seams don't exactly match up but, hey, isn't that what makes it unique! :)



Overall, I have to say I am quite pleased with my results. This learning experience has also brought a lot of memories up for me. My (step) grandmother used to quilt but she passed before she was able to teach me how to quilt. It always bring a smile to my face when I think of getting a quilt from her. She was an older lady so her eyesight wasn't 20/20 anymore so you always had to double check to make sure she got all the pins out. Even then, you still would end up getting stuck. LOL



I do have plans to make at least 3 more quilts, one for each of the kids. By that time I should know if I can handle making a large quilt for Mike and I.

As for today, I think I will work on the little one's afghan. I only have about 20 more rows to finish on the body. I probably would have had the body finished by now but some little white kitten keeps attaching my yarn and getting it all knotted up.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

Nice Weekend

We had a pretty nice weekend. We didn't do much on Saturday and I didn't feel like cooking so we ordered pizza. We order the same thing each time we go in and never have had a problem with our order so I didn't look at the pizzas until we got home. I opened the first 2 pizzas and they smelt delicious but when I opened up the third this awful smell hit my nose and I literally ran over the kids running to the bathroom. What was supposed to be a hamburger pizza was a cheeseburger pizza. It was the smell of cooked pickles that sent me running. The kids at this point are still willing to try it and let's just say their reactions were pretty close to mine! We learned a valuable lesson that night....Never order a cheeseburger pizza!!

I worked on the little one's quilt Saturday night. I added the border to the front and was ready to pin it together when I decided I didn't really like the fabric for the backing. So now I have to make a fabric run sometime this week. :)

Sunday was relaxing day as the guys went fishing and us girls had the house to ourselves. I worked on Harvest Witch and finished all the back stitching on her. I started working on the very last part....back stitching the web. This have proven to be a big pain! The design calls for blending filament but when I stitched it on the fabric it didn't show up. This means I have to blend something with it to make it show up or I just don't stitch it at all. So, that is the reason for no progress picture of her this week. If I decided not to stitch the web, then I am officially done with her.,

I'm not sure what the kids and I are doing today. I needed to do some shopping but it is raining and I don't feel like dealing with traffic in the rain AND 3 kids in the car. Maybe I will curl up on the couch and crochet. :)

Have a great day!

Good Check Up

Mac had a great check up with the doctor yesterday! :D Let me tell you that ranks higher than any happy dance I have ever had. I was a bit concerned as 2 nights before Mac had some drainage and ear pain from the ear that had the surgery. I gave him some medicine and sent him back to bed (it was 4 AM when he woke me up). It turned out that it was ear wax drainage. Ughh...I was so hoping the surgery would help that but I guess not. Anyways, the doctor cleaned out the wax and peered into his ear proclaiming it looked great. In fact, it has healed up so nicely that Mac can now get his head wet! Yay!! That means he can take a shower and wash his hair all by himself and I don't have to do it! :)

We also discussed Mac' next surgery. Mac has to go back in to the office in October to have a hearing test and then we will schedule the next surgery. Dr. L is hoping to be able to combine the next 2 surgeries into one. Not only are they going back in and removing the parts of the Cholesteatoma that grew back but he is hoping to be able to replace the stapes bone at the same time. That means Mac would be able to hear out of his left ear. :)

I want to thank everyone for their comments on the start of the baby quilt. Yes, I do sew fast but that is because I have been sewing since I was 8 or 9 with a sewing machine and before that I was taught to hand sew. Sewing is the craft my mom taught me. :) When I was little my mom used to sew me dresses and clothes for my dolls. I have to say some of my fondest memories have clothes she made for the family in it.

I haven't decided if I am going to tie down the quilt or if I will sew it down. My main concern is attaching the binding correctly! I have been doing some research on it and in theory I understand how to do it. I'm just not sure if it will pass from my brain to my hands!

As for my afghan, I am 2/3 done with now. I did have to frog out one row about 3 times but believe me ripping out stitches in crochet is a lot easier than ripping out in cross stitch!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Going Good

It turned out to be a pretty quiet day today. Krissy and Allie went to friends' houses for the night so that left Mac and I to enjoy the day. We had a quiet morning. Mac played outside while it was still cool and I cut the squares for the quilt. Then we went to McDonald's for lunch. We even treated ourselves to ice creams afterwards. We finally came home and I started to sew the squares into strips. Mac decided to watch a movie and not even 20 minutes later he was fast asleep! I took advantage of that moment (who knows when I will get a chance like this again!) and took a nap, too.:)

After my little nap, I finished sewing the squares together and started sewing the strips together. I finished sewing the strips together this evening.:) I am temporarily putting this on hold because I can't decide on which fabric to use for the backing. If I wait till we know the sex of the little one that makes the choice easier. Oh well, maybe looking at it for a few days will help me decide.

The pattern I am doing is basic square quilt pattern. The squares are 5 inches by 5 inches which makes the entire blanket 35 inches by 45 inches so far.

I am not sure what I will work on tomorrow. Mac has a check up with the ENT doctor for his ear in the morning and I have to pick up the girls from their friends houses. I also really need to catch up on the laundry and house cleaning. Yuck! However, that is tomorrow and I still have a little time before bed and I think I will crochet some on the afghan. :)

Attempting to Quilt

As of 3:15 PM today peace and quiet ceased to exist at least until August. I had a pretty nice day even though I didn't get to spend it being lazy as I had hoped. Mike had a slow day at work so he called me to meet him for lunch. Since I was already in town I figured I would run to the store to pick up laundry soap, fabric softener, etc. While I was there I stopped by the fabric department and found some perfect fabric to start a quilt for the little one. :)

This will be my first attempt at quilting so I am not promising anything at all!

I did crochet a little bit on the afghan today. I am a little over 1/3 done with the body. It has a lacy type border and I haven't decided if I will do that or just make a plain border. I have done it both ways and I like it both ways. I guess it just depends which one decides to be nice to me.

I guess you can tell I am starting to get excited about the little one's arrival. While I still have a longs ways to go I feel really good about this pregnancy. With Mac's pregnancy I was too scared to start buying things so we ended up having to do it all at once when we finally knew he would live. So, this time I am enjoying being able to have the luxury of looking and deciding what to get at my pace. :) We are planning on finding out the sex of the baby when I have an ultrasound done so some things are being pushed to the bottom of the list. So for now everything is neutral colors.:)

Little One's Blanket

Okay, I have been bitten by the crochet bug! I forgot how much I really love to crochet! All I could think about what can I crochet next. This is a rather easy pattern or maybe it is because I have done this one before. :)


I am planning on being completely lazy tomorrow as it is the kids last day of school for the year. It is hard to believe that when they go back to school I will have one in high school (9th), junior high (8th), elementary (5th), AND one on the way! Sometimes I wonder exactly how crazy I am! LOL

Have a wonderful evening!

May/June Goals

May Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie-No, missing a Kreinik needed.

2. Work on Harvest Witch-Yes

3. Work on Egyptian Sampler-Yes

4. Work on Tour des Marques-Yes, but only one time

5. Work on Unicorn-Yes

6. Start Mine All Mine-No, still need to get fabby and order Kreiniks.

7. Stitch Freebies-No

8. Start Summer's Magic by Dragon Dreams SAL with Renee.-Yes, but only one time.

June Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.

2. Work on Egyptian Sampler. (I am really hoping to finish this one in June!)

3. Work on Harvest Witch. (Another one I am hoping to finish this month.)

4. Work on Summer's Magic.

5. Work on Tour des Marques.

6. Work on Unicorn.

7. Purchase fabric for Mine All Mine.

div>8. Work on the little one's blanket.

9. Keep kids from driving me crazy when summer vacation starts.

I didn't work on any stitching last night as I was excited to start working on the little one's blanket. Well, let's just say it wasn't very nice. The yarn I bought is a "fuzzy" type and I was having one hell of a time making sure I had the correct number of stitches in a row. After 4 hours of frustration I admitted defeat. Good thing I had a back up plan just in case this happened! I bought some variegated yarn with neutral colors. I know this yarn won't give me problems as it is the same as the one I made for Krissy.

I was happy to work on some stitching today after that fiasco last night .:) Today was Harvest Witch day for me. To look at it you wouldn't think I made any progress but let me say there is a lot of back stitching in this design!

Have a great night!

Outer Border Finished

I have still been working on ES since my last post. I was determined to finish ALL of the outer border minus the beads that will be added last. :)


Today marks a small milestone for my pregnancy. I am now 16 weeks along and not one problem! I don't count my morning sickness as a problem because I had it just as bad with the other 3 kids. When I was pregnant with Mac at this very moment I was in the hospital being told that my water had broke and I would be having the baby within 72 hours with no hope for survival. So in order of a small celebrations we bought our first purchase of baby gear. :) We bought the little one a bouncer. I just love the color it is, too! Blue and purple:)

I have finally decided on some yarn so I can start on the little one's blanket. I was having a hard time trying to decide exactly on a pattern for the afghan so I just decided to go ahead and use the same one I used with the other kids. When it is finished it should be about 38 inches by 38 inches. Perfect size to throw over the car seat in the fall and winter. :)

The colors are a little darker in the picture than they really are. I just love the color combinations in this yarn!

Have a great weekend!!

Egyptian Progress

It was another fairly quiet day for me today. As you can tell I am savoring every last minute of peace and quiet before next Tuesday when the kids get out for summer break.

I have been working on ES for the last 2 days and I have almost all the borders stitched. I still have to fill in the outer border and the back stitching but I am getting so close to finishing it.:)

Heart Roll

I decided since it was raining off and on today that I would go ahead and finish the needle roll. That wasn't exactly the smartest thing to do with 3 kids couped up in the house. Needless to say it ended up taking a little bit longer to finish that if I had waited till they were at school!

Antique Heart Roll

From Shepherd's Bush

Kit

As a general rule, I don't stitch kits because I usually run out of floss or something like that. I was reminded with this kit as to my rule. I didn't run out of floss but I came real close with the light pink. Also, I like a little more extra fabric on my sides but this particular fabric was the exact size needed....no room for any kind of mistake! Oh well, I am not complaining as I bought this particular kit at a thrift store for $1.50. :)

It has been a pretty quiet weekend around here. Which is always nice for me!:) Friday I finished the back stitching on my snowman RR. He looks so much better with details.


After that I started a needle roll from Shepherd's Bush called Antique Heart Roll. All I have left to do is attach the beads and charm. Then I can finish it into a needle roll.:)

I was really looking forward to curling up with Harvest Witch and stitching the day away but that didn't happen. :(

I'm not sure if or what I will work on today. I had a pretty rough day yesterday with morning sickness and I am still feeling a little yucky today.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Housework Goes To.....

First of all, I want to thank everyone who entered the drawing for the Housework pillow! It really means a lot to me that you would like to have my stitching in your homes. Thank you!! :)

Allie was my little helper today and the name she drew was.....Von! If you will send me send me your address( msgal28 @gmail.com ) I will get it in the mail early next week.:)

Plain Lazy

Did you notice how I didn't take the fabric out of the hoop to take a picture? That shows how lazy I was yesterday! I don't know why I was like that. I felt pretty good and didn't think I was tired but apparently my body thought otherwise. I fell asleep around 11:30 AM but didn't wake up till 3:00 PM! My first thought was...I am not going to be able to sleep tonight! However, I was completely wrong. I was fast asleep by 10:00 PM and slept right through to 5:30 AM to get the kids up for school.

Anyways, this was all the back stitching I got done on my RR square yesterday. :( As you can see I am stitching the Autumn snowman. I know that doesn't surprise anyone. LOL

I guess Scamper was pretty tuckered out yesterday, too. She looks like an angel here but that is only because she is sleeping! When she is awake she is constantly looking for new ways to get herself into trouble.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Alphabet Box

I can finally reveal a finish I had over the weekend. You might remember I stitched BRD Alphabet Tree but never finished it. I never finished it because it was for a birthday present for Renee and I needed to find the perfect fabric to match. Well, after searching and searching I couldn't find any fabric so that left me to paint the box. I was really nervous about painting it because I was worried the paint would end up drying to light but that didn't happen. It matches perfectly! :)




It was a pretty quiet day here. I got caught up on the house cleaning and laundry so I didn't stitch much this morning. I did manage to finish the cross stitching on my snowman. I am hoping to finish the back stitching tomorrow.

Have a nice evening!

Flange Pillow

It has been a yucky week so far and I am not talking the weather. Mike has been sick since Sunday with some kind of yucky bug. I know he is sick because he slept all day yesterday, last night, and most of today. As much as I love him, he has been lovingly quarantined from me. I don't need or want to get that bug!

I was going to finish Housework Never Killed this morning but since I needed my sewing machine and Mike was sleeping I decided to wait till he was awake. Instead I started my square in a RR that I am participating in with Renee, Veronica, and Chris. My theme for this RR will be snowmen. The pattern I am using is called Happy Everything from Stoney Creek. I didn't make enough progress to take a picture just yet. It is a black and white blob right now.

This afternoon I did get a chance to finish Housework Never Killed into a flange pillow. I think it turned out pretty cute.

If you would like to give this pillow a good home, leave me a comment and I will draw the winner's name from a hat on Saturday. :)

Have a great evening!

Housework....

I picked up this little snippet from Lizzie*Kate at my LNS on Saturday. I started working on it last night and finished a little while ago. :)

I have some matching fabric to finish it but I am not quite sure how I want to finish it yet.

Good Progress

I was all hyped and ready to start on Topaz Fairie's wings when I realized that I was missing a Kreinik color! I am not sure if I forgot to order it or it maybe didn't get ordered at all. Either way I am still missing one much needed color. I was so irritated that I ended up not working on her at all last night. Instead I reached for a comforting piece which is Egyptian Sampler. :) I am glad I did because I made some really good progress on it.


I finished the rest of page 3 last night and started on page 4 today. :) I really want to keep working on this one till it is finished but I still have a little ways to go and I don't want to burn myself out on it.

Here is a picture of the glow in the dark Kreiniks for Harvest Witch. They really do glow in the dark! :)



I hope everyone is having a nice evening!

Kreiniks Finally Arrived!

So far the weekend is off to a good start for me. I had to do my normal Saturday errands so I stopped at Hobby Lobby to pick up some much needed DMC and ended up coming home with Stoney Creek Leaflet #381. Then I headed off to my LNS to discover my Kreiniks have finally arrived! Yay!! That means I can finally finish Harvest Witch. :) However, as my luck runs, Renee has some important things going on this weekend so we won't be SAL'ing tomorrow.

I hope to be able to get some good stitching time in tonight because I want to work on Topaz Fairie's wings!

I hope everyone is have a great weekend! :)

A Lot of Nothing

I want to thank everyone for their get better wishes. I am feeling a little better today. I had to go see Dr L yesterday as he wanted to make sure I wasn't getting dehydrated. Good news is I was a little dehydrated but not bad enough that I had to have an IV...whew! I admit I am a wimp when it comes to needles. Bad news is I have lost 7 pounds. That puts me below my weight I was before I was pregnant.

So for the past couple of day I have been pretty much a couch potato trying to take it easy. What does a girl do to keep herself occupied? Stitch, of course:) I have been working on ES and finished the satin stitch row with the lazy daisies (yuck!). I also finished the back stitching on the falcon box or as much as I could since I ran out of 3045. Right now I am working on the Pharaoh box stitching 1/1 on his face. I haven't had much of a problem with the 1/1 because this piece is on 28 count. Unlike TdM which is being stitched 1/1 on 32 count fabric.

And now for this week's SBQ:

For seasoned stitchers: Define a stitching term or acronym for new stitchers.

For newbies: What stitching term or acronym would you like defined?

I have been blogging for awhile so I know most of the abbreviations. Here are a few of my favorites:

*WTF-Waiting To Finish...actually that wasn't my first guess the first time I saw this one...lol

*BAP-Big A$$ Piece

*SEX-Stash Enhancing eXperience...again another one that made me stop and go...huh?!

TdM Update

I pulled out Tour des Marques yesterday and actually made some progress! Okay, so it's not a lot but for this piece it is to me.

I haven't done much stitching today. I haven't felt good since yesterday morning. I'm supposed to be nearing the end of morning sickness but it seems like it is getting worse. Right now even the thought of food makes my tummy queasy. Which isn't making it easy to gain weight. So for now my diet consists of soup, crackers, and juice or ice water. I know this will pass....eventually but I sure do miss "real" food.

Summer's Magic SAL

It's not much but here's my start for Summer's Magic SAL with Renee. :)

Exhausting Weather

I didn't get as much stitched on ES yesterday as I had hoped because we had another bout of severe storms. It was scary for a little bit. Around supper time the tornado sirens went off and shortly after that we lost power. We were lucky enough and didn't have any damage but I have come to the conclusion that Baby does not like mommy getting upset. During all the chaos I started getting sick. Needless to say by 9 PM I was completely exhausted and fell asleep only to be scared out of my skin when the power came back on around 11 PM. I sure don't remember the TV being that loud before the power went out!

At least today was a beautiful day full of sun and temperatures in the upper 60's. Now, that is my kind of weather.:) I will enjoy it as long as possible because on Tuesday we are have a chance for more storms.

I had a pretty good Mother's Day. We didn't do anything special but I didn't have to cook or clean so that made for a great day.:) I did start on Summer's Magic but I'm too lazy to take a picture tonight. The best part is I get to watch the one and only sport we watch on TV. Monster Jam....I love it!! Of course Mike and I root for different trucks..LOL. He roots for Grave Digger aka Dennis Anderson and I root for Maximum Destruction aka Tom Meents. Go Max D!!

I hope all mothers had a great day today! Happy Mother's Day to everyone.:)

Ladybug

I was able to get this little ladybug finished into an ornament yesterday afternoon. Originally I had planned on making it into a fob but I miscalculated the length of my cording so the result is an ornament.

The ladybug is from Summer Fobs from Heart in Hand. I stitched it on some 28 count white fabric with DMC threads.
I did work on ES a tiny bit until I ran out of DMC 3045. I will probably work on ES some more later today.

Tomorrow I will be starting a new project. I will be stitching Summer's Magic from Dragon Dreams with Renee. What a better way to spend Mother's Day....relaxing and stitching one of my favorite designers designs.:)

Have a great day!

Stray Surprise

I have said many times that I have a neon sign flashing somewhere above my house that says "Strays Welcome". Well, apparently it was flashing brightly yesterday because when the kids got off the school bus they were greeted by these little guys (or gals?).

Over my 33 years I have had several 4 legged strays show up but I have never had a 2 legged one show up! All I could do last night was keep repeating "We have geese here."

I didn't get a lot of stitching done yesterday. I started working on a small design. It is perfect for a fob.:) Hopefully, I will be able to finish it sometime today.

Have a great weekend!

Unicorn Progress

We lucked out and didn't have the severe weather they were talking about yesterday. Whew!! It did rain all day but that was okay. I love to curl up and stitch on rainy days. :)


I worked on Unicorn and made some good progress yesterday. :) I will say back stitching the mane is a pain in the you know what!

Enjoy your day!

Border Done

It is going to be a long day and it's not even 9 AM yet! We are in for more storms that may produce "strong winds and hail" today and tonight.

At least I don't have to worry about driving in the rain today. Mike did a quick look at the car and confirmed one of the motor mounts broke. Yep, my car is staying put for a few days. At least it is a semi easy fix which Mike can do himself but he won't be able to get to it until Sunday on his day off. That is if it isn't raining!

I was able to finish the back stitching on ES last night and I even got the Eye of Ra stitched. This is one pattern I could work on everyday but since it is a TW pattern it is best I put it back into the pile on a good note.:) I'm sorry the picture is a little dark...storms have a tendency to make things dark. The last progress picture is actually the best picture of the colors...it was taken outside.

I have been feeling kind of restless when it comes to doing my stitching lately. I actually want to so some crocheting and sewing for the baby but until we know the sex of the baby that is kind of put on hold temporarily. Another thing I want to try is making a baby quilt. If anyone knows of a real easy pattern for one please let me know. :)

I'm off to try and find something to keep my hands and mind occupied during this current round of storms!

Have a wonderful day!

Fabric Run Foiled

I worked on Egyptian Sampler today but I haven't finished the back stitching yet. I sort of lost my stitching mojo today. I had planned on running into town and buying the fabby I need to start Mine All Mine. I was going to start this when I finished the border. To make a long story short something is wrong with my car and now it is waiting for Mike to see what I broke on it. Which means I wasn't able to make it to town. :( So it looks like I will be working on ES for a little while longer.

When I say I am "setting aside" or "putting away" for awhile, it normally means I am just putting it away for a week or so. There has been occasions when I have set something aside for months (Woodland Faerie) but generally i just try and stitch on all my WIP's before I work on it again. Also, when I work on a large project I try to work on it for 2 days before I switch to another WIP but sometimes if I am really enjoying stitching on a piece I will just work on that one.

It looks like it will be another quiet evening around here. Mike is bringing dinner home since I didn't make it to the grocery store today. After dinner is over the evening is mine to stitch on ES. Hopefully I can finish that border tonight. :)

Have a good night!

Egyptian Update

It has been a pretty quiet day around here for me. I am trying to savour my quiet time as much as possible because in one month the kids will be out for summer break. Ugh...I don't even want to think about that!

While enjoying my peace and quiet I worked on Egyptian Sampler. I worked on filling in the outer border and started the back stitching. I will probably work on this one for a bit tomorrow. I would like to finish all of the outer border before I put this one aside.

Have a good night!

SAL and Goals

It has been a pretty quiet day around here today. I woke up, stitched some, ate something, took a nap, woke up, and stitched a little more. :) Not a bad way to spend the day.

I worked on Harvest Witch today and I am officially halted until the Kreiniks come in.


I'm a little late in posting my goals this month but better late than never.


April Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie-HMPF....still waiting for Kreiniks
2. Work on Egyptian Sampler-Yes!
3. Work on Snowman and Friends Stocking-Yes! Finished :)
4. Work on Tour des Marques-Yes!...but not a lot
5. Work on Harvest Witch-Yes!....again waiting
6. Finish and Mail Blogoversary Gifts-Yes!...sent and received
7. Stitch Freebies-Yes!

May Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie
2. Work on Harvest Witch
3. Work on Egyptian Sampler
4. Work on Tour des Marques
5. Work on Unicorn
6. Start Mine All Mine
7. Stitch Freebies
8. Start Summer's Magic by Dragon Dreams SAL with Renee

Gifts For Chiloe and Me

Remember how I have said I don't like spring because of the weather? About 4:00 AM a bad storm reared its ugly head and caused part of a tree to fall on the roof over our bedroom. Thankfully, no damage to the house!

However, my day was brightened by Dee. She made me this gorgeous dishcloth! I am totally fascinated with knitting. I can crochet but I have never learned how to knit. Thank you so much Dee!


The last of my blogoversary gifts found it's home. I made this little fob for Chiloe. The design is a freebie from Pam Kellogg called Harvest Pumpkin. I really like how the pumpkin turned out. I have plans to make one for me eventually. :)

Here is the back of the fob.

As for my pregnancy, everything is going great so far. I had a nutrition appointment this week and I was happy with my weight gain but they weren't. I have gained 4 ounces! With the other 3 kids by this time I had lost about 8 pounds because of morning sickness. I got the lecture that I need to gain more weight. Ideally they would like to see a pound a week from now on. Yeah right! For me gaining weight is not an easy thing to do. It's not because I don't eat...I LOVE to eat!

As of today I am 12 weeks along....believe me reaching this point has eased a LOT of my fears about something going wrong.

Have a great weekend!

Snowman Finished!

I was determined to finish Snowman and Friends last night. Of course, this kind of determination always works best if you don't have someone interrupting you every 5 seconds.

Snowman and Friends by Linda Gillum

Fabric-28 count white Jobelan

Fibers-DMC threads

I have to admit this happy dance feels great! :)

Trees and Water

For once I remembered to bring my camera with me when we went to town. I managed to take a couple of scenery pictures on the back road to town. This first one is of a tree that was washed out. I am not sure if this fell recently due to all the rain or not. I had to zoom in to get a good picture of it.


This next one is of the same tree except with no zoom. See how big that tree really is!!

This last one is a pretty waterfall on the same road.

Other than that small venture we didn't do a lot yesterday. Mike mowed the yard while I stitched on Snowman and Friends. He is so close to being finished! :)

I'm sorry for such a quick post but I have an appointment in just a little over an hour and I have to get my butt in gear!

Have a wonderful day:)

Gift for Kendra

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! Mine has been okay. I spent most of the morning and afternoon yesterday driving kids to friends houses and picking them up. They wanted to keep going into the evening but I put my foot down and said I wasn't driving any more!

I have been working on my stocking and I have finished the snowman!:) All I have left to finish is the "friends" and my name at the top! Eventually I will sew this one into a stocking but right now I don't have any material I like for it so it will get put it the WTF pile. The next stocking to be stitched will be Mac's. He still wants the dragon I did for my step dad so I will be working on Mine All Mine by X's and Oh's next. My step dad may not be his blood grandfather but I am telling you those two are so much alike in personalities that sometimes it is down right scary!

Today is my normal day to SAL with Renee but since we are both waiting on our Kreiniks we decided to go ahead and skip another week. I will probably continue working on Snowman and Friends today.

Also before I go, Kendra let me know last evening that her blogoversary gift arrived. I stitched a biscornu freebie (I'm too lazy to find the link right now) on 32 count opalescent linen. I found these adorable tassels and decided to add them to the biscornu. Those tassels gave me a little problem but in the end I won. I had a hard time parting with this one but I knew Kendra would give it a good home.:)

Enjoy your Sunday!

SBQ of the Week

This week's SBQ was suggested by Christine and is:

How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up the blends beforehand, how do you store them? Do you have another option for blends to share?

I am a grab and stitch kind of girl. I have tried to put the blends on a needle and label them but my floss always gets tangled into a massive mess!

Yesterday Mac got the packing removed from his ear. Whoo-hoo!! He also pulled the super glue off the incision behind his ear. Dr. L says everything is healing nicely. However, Mac's good ear has a bunch of fluid behind his eardrum. Dr. L is taking a wait and see attitude on that ear. Grrr...that is exactly why he had to have this surgery in the first place because we took and wait and see attitude! I seriously feel like banging my head against a brick wall!

I have been working on Snowman and Friends this week. I am considering working on this one till it is finished. I haven't had a large finish this year yet and I really would like to have a finish soon!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Snowdrop Box

Every year I have the same complaint....I hate springtime! My number one reason for not liking it is allergies. It is even more of a pain this year since I can't take any allergy medicine. Another reason I don't like springtime is the weather! We had some rough weather last night with hail. Hail scares me...I am always worried that it is going to break a window out. Our lovely weatherman says we are supposed to have this kind of weather for the rest of the week. Yuck!

I worked on my stocking today. I made some progress but it doesn't seem like it because I am stitching white on white. I do have something to share today.:) I made this little box for Dee. As soon as I saw this snowdrop pattern I thought it would be perfect for her. I got the pattern from the CrossStitcher Feb. 2008 issue and stitched it on some 32 count opalescent linen.

Have a great evening!

Alphabet Tree

I started the freebie from Blue Ribbon Designs called Alphabet tree on Sunday night. I put the last few stitches in this morning. I am not sure how I am going to finish it yet so I didn't do the personalization. I will do that when I am ready to finish it.

I stitched it on some 28 count fabric. The floss I used was DMC Variations 4030. I definitely see more stitching for me in that color.:)

Ruffled Pillow

Yesterday was a wonderfully lazy day! Which means I was able to do some stitching. :) My Kreiniks still haven't arrived ( I am beyond annoyed with this now!) so I wasn't able to work on Harvest Witch. Instead I pulled out Tour des Marques and worked on it for a couple of hours before I started working on a secret gift.

I had planned on working on TdM some more today but because it has been cloudy all day I haven't been able to work on it. When I stitch 1/1 I like to use as much natural light as possible to see them tiny holes! So instead I mailed my gifts to the blogovesary winners finally!

When I was working on the last gift I originally had planned on sending this little pillow until I realized I made a small mistake on the one corner of the ruffle. Apparently while I was sewing it up my ruffle slipped in one corner and now it is a little smaller than the other corners. Guess I need to practice my basting and sewing some more! LOL


This pattern was a freebie found here and I stitched it on 32 count linen.

Have a great night!