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!

Stitching Withdrawals

If you just read my blog for cross stitching you might as well stop right now and go to another one because I have nothing to show off today. It is extremely frustrating as it is Summer Break.....I should have more stitching time! I am not saying that I have not stitched at all but it has only been about 15 minutes here and there. I know something is better than nothing but stitching is such a stress reliever for me that I swear I am actually having withdrawals from not getting to stitch as much!

Zero Stitching

It hasn't been my week for stitching. I haven't stitched any since my last post! I didn't get to stitch yesterday as it was our 16th wedding anniversary. We didn't get to do exactly what we had planned but we still had a pretty good day. We did a little shopping and went out to eat with NO kids in tow! It was so wonderful to sit and eat a meal with my husband at the same time. We do sit down at the same time and eat with the kids but one of us is usually feeding Megan so inevitably one of is always the last done.

While we were out we stopped at Hobby Lobby and wouldn't you know I forgot to pick up a 4 inch hoop so I can finish Goodluck Baby! I did pick up some eavenweave fabric so today I kitted up some future projects. A couple of the pieces I want to do require me to do some fabrics so maybe next time I go to Hobby Lobby I might actually remember to get my hoop while also remembering to get some fabric dye.

I didn't get to stitch today because Megan is learning to crawl. She isn't up on all fours yet but I bet before next weekend she will be! Right now she gets herslef up on her hands and in a frog like postion and then she literally flops forward looking like a frog leaping. She looks so funny leaping around but she moves pretty quick! I am so NOT ready for her to be mobile!!

Happy Stitching!

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!

First Time Swimming

Our weekend was semi busy so I didn't get much stitching done. That seems to be happening more and more lately.:( I did manage to start Moonlight's Visit but I only stitched on it for about 45 minutes before it was time to start cooking dinner. I will work on it some more tomorrow. (hopefully!!)

Today was Megan's first time in her pool.:) At first, she really wasn't thrilled about it till Allie sat in the pool with her. I just love these expressions I caught on her face today!

It's late so I had better go find my pillow because in a few hours that cute little girl will be up and ready to start a new day.

3 Days of Stitching

It was a rainy day today which made me happy because that meant I could curl up in a chair and stitch on QS Fairy Tales. Here is where I started on Wednesday.....

And after 3 days of stitching here is where she is now....:)

Here is Megan in her new swimsuit. You wouldn't believe how hard I had to work to get that smile! I swear she see the camera and instantly she refuses to smile. Also you might notice she is sitting all by herself.:) She just started sitting up by herself this week without support. She is still wobbly and topples over occasionally but each day I notice she can sit a little longer before she takes a nose dive into the floor.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

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!

Goodluck Baby

I suspected last night that I wasn't going to get any stitching done today. I was right. :( The first part of the morning was spent cleaning and laundry and pretty much the rest of the morning was spent being a referee amongst the 3 older kids. Then this afternoon was spent over at my uncle's house attempting to help him with some things on his computer. Seriously, that man should not be allowed to own a computer! I helped him as much as I could and told him he would have to wait on the rest till Mike came home and could help him.

The closest I came to stitching today was taking this progress picture of Goodluck Baby. She still looks a little alienish but she is starting to resemble a babybug.

Megan is still a little cranky. She is teething and if she is anything like her brother and sisters she won't actually cut the first one until her first birthday. Which means months of teething and a lot of long nights for me! I asked the doctor once if it was normal for them to be a year old with no teeth. He told me that the longer that it takes for the teeth to come in the more stronger and healthier the teeth will be. I'm not sure if it is a fact or not but it seems to hold true with my kids.

When it comes to teething I feel horrible for the child. To me there is nothing worse than tooth/gum pain, well, maybe an earache but nothing else! To think Mike laughed at me when I found some teething rings on clearance for 50 cents and I bought 8 of them.......well, he isn't laughing now.:P

I am off to read some more blogs. I am still behind and desperately trying to get caught up. Have a wonderful night!

Not My Day

I should have known the day wasn't going to go well for me when I sat down to stitch on Too Cute this morning. I pulled out the fabric and grabbed my 4 inch hoop and proceeded to put the hoop on the fabric. As I was tightening my hoop I suddenly felt the nut spin fast. Crap! The nut was stripped and of course I don't have a spare 4 inch hoop. I did have a 5 inch hoop so all was not lost for the day. So I settled in and got ready to stitch and then when I was looking/admiring I saw a mistake. Ugghhh!! It was only off by 1 stitch but I could see it so it had to come out. So I fixed that and then I noticed I back stitched it in the wrong color! After saying some colorful adjectives I ripped out all the back stitching I had done and fixed it, too. I did manage to get about an hour of peaceful stitching before it was time to put her away for another week. :)

Of course, since I use a 4 inch hoop when I stitch ornament this means I can't work on the babybug until I get a new one. Ugghh. I don't know if I will start the new design tomorrow or not. I should work on QS Fairy Tales but my eyes could use a break from over one stitching. I'll decide tomorrow that is if I get some stitching time.

Have a great evening!

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!

Megan's Ornament

I had a semi productive stitching day yesterday. I decided the fabric I have will work for my next big piece so I cut the amount (I have a yard of it!) I will need and sewed the edges. It is all ready to go. However, I decided to start on an ornament instead.:)

This one is a freebie from EMS. This odd looking form will eventually turn into a cute babybug...a ladybug with a baby face. When all finished this one will be Megan's ornament for the Christmas tree.

Today is turning out to be a pretty darn good day. The errands are done and the kids are being content which means I can watch some NCIS and stitch for a bit. I hope everyone is having a greet weekend!

Stash Diving

I didn't get a lot of stitching done today but I did manage to finish the personalization on the backs for 2 ornaments. I'm not sure when I will actually get to the finishing part because I still have room on the fabric for another ornament but I already have the next ornament picked out and ready to stitch. :)

I did do a little stash diving tonight and I think I might have found something to stitch. I think I have the fabric for it. I'm going to pull out the floss tomorrow and see how the colors look against the fabric in the daylight. Keep your fingers crossed as it is a neat design!

I am still behind in reading blogs and commenting. I am hoping to find some time tomorrow to try and get caught up.

Have a great night!

Thanks

I want to thank everyone for their comments on Bumble Fairy.:) Thank You!! She was a really fun design to stitch...well maybe not so much the grass.

I didn't get any stitching done yesterday. I did manage to work on finishing some of the ornaments today. I got all the squares stitched and now I am just doing the personalization on the backs of them. I will probably work on them some more tomorrow.

Some of you have asked what is next on my stitching table. I am not sure yet. I have a couple of projects kitted up and ready to go but they don't seem to be calling me. Actually, what I need to do is some stash re-organization and then maybe something will start screaming at me.

That pretty much sums it up for me tonight. I hope everyone has a great night! :)

Bumble Fairy

From Jeanette Crews Designs

Started May 29, 2009

Finished June 8, 2009

No Good Title

I haven't been very good at posting or commenting in the past week or so but honestly I have been in somewhat of a sour mood lately. I don't know why either and that is what irks me the most.

Yesterday was my SAL with Renee on Too Cute to Spook. :) I didn't get quite as much done as I wanted but I already knew that would probably happen. Most of the afternoon was spent over at my uncle's house. We had a nice lunch and talked for a couple of hours. The kids were amazingly on their best behavior! When that happens I always wonder what are they up to or what do they want. Of course, as soon as we got in the van to leave they started bickering. I knew it was too good to last!

Today I am planning on working on Bumble Fairy. She is really close to being finished. All I have left to stitch is the grass and caterpillar. I am moving slow on the grass. I just don't really care for stitching a bunch of greens. The funny part is green is my favorite color.

That pretty much sums it up for me today. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

More Bumble Fairy

Here is tonight's progress on Bumble Fairy.

Have a great night!

Better Day

Today was definitely better than yesterday! I still feel like crap but the headache is gone and my nose isn't running like a faucet just more like a slow drip.

Since my head wasn't pounding I was able to get some stitching done.:) This one isn't a big piece so I should be finishing it rather quickly. It is roughly 8 inches by 8 inches on 32 count fabric.

Megan has finally associated Ma-Ma with me! When she wakes up in the morning I bring her in to lay down with me so more or less I can wake up fully. A lot of times she just ends up falling back to sleep or 30 minutes or so but not this morning. She was wide awake when I got her out of her crib and I knew she would not lay down for long. She was pretty content to lay there and coo at her feet or so I thought. The next thing I knew she was smacking me in my face saying "Ma-Ma" every time she smacked me. Let's just say I was fully awake at this point. Megan then looked up at me and reached out with her arms and then said "Ma-Ma". :)

I haven't said a lot exactly about the kids' summer plans because things are still in the planning stage. Krissy and Allie both have friends back in Arkansas that they want to spend some time with this summer. So far they have spent their vacation with some swimming, going to the zoo, walking on the trail, and sleepovers. Typical kid stuff.

Enjoy your evening!

May /June Goals

May Goals:


1. Stitch on QS Fairy Tales-Yes!
2. Stitch/Finish Christmas ornaments-Yes, stitched 2 designs and No didn't finish any of them.
3. Work on Too Cute with Renee-Yes!
4. Finish Victorian Christmas Eve-Yes!!!
5. Start a new piece-Yes, started Bumble Fairy
6. Work on Crochet rug-nope
7. Start sewing Megan summer clothes-nope
8. Prepare myself for the kids Summer Vacation (last day of school is May 22....so not ready for that!)-Yeah, like that was even attainable!!

June Goals:


1. Stitch on QS Fairy Tales
2. Stitch/Finish Ornament
3. Work on Too Cute SAL
4. Stitch/Finish Bumble Fairy


It sure felt like a Monday morning when I woke up. My head hurts, runny nose, and a fever. I can't blame this one on allergies this time. :( Since my head was hurting I didn't make any picture worthy progress today.

Have a great night!

Sunday SAL

Today was my SAL with Renee. :) My ending result for the day is my little witch has a cute hat!



I'm sorry for such a short post but it was pretty boring around here today.

Have a great night!

A New Fairy

Yesterday I started a new design. :) I bought this chart sometime back and I decided it was time to stitch it up. It is called Bumble Fairy from Jeanette Crew Designs. I'm stitching it 2 over 2 on some 32 count linen. It feels great to stitch over 2! I can only handle so much over 1 stitching before I go crazy.

It is hard to believe that Megan turned 8 months old a few days ago. Pretty soon we will have to start planning for her 1st birthday. She is growing so fast..okay maybe not her hair! I can't wait till her hair gets long enough that I can put something other than a headband to let people know she is a girl. Now matter how much girly pink things I put on her I still get asked if she is a boy or a girl.

She has finally started saying her first word(s).....Da-da and Num-Num. She definitely thinks Num-Num means food! If she sees you with food she immediately sticks her tongue out and says "Num-Num".....this of course if followed by the shrillest scream you have ever heard if you don't share with her! I swear this child has an opera voice! She also knows what Da-Da means because soon as Mike gets home from work that is all she says until he comes to play with her. Megan is working on Ma-Ma......it is usually only heard when she is extremely upset or frustrated and we were blessed with a really happy baby so I haven't heard it a lot.....yet.

The older ones are loving be on Summer Break and I have to say I am, too. I love not having to rush around in the mornings to get everyone out the door. Krissy is keeping up her running this summer. She has been talking about trying out for Cross Country this fall. We will see, it all depends on if she can maintain her grades. I am a firm believer that they have to maintain at least a C for any of the kids to participate in extra circular activities. That includes the progress reports. Krissy and Allie are both on Honor Roll so I really don't have to worry about them.....Mac on the other hand barely holds on to the C's he gets. I know C's aren't bad but I know he is capable of so much more and so does his teachers.

I am off to go stitch some more on Bumble Fairy.:) Have a great night!

Box of Floss

I am really beginning to love the end of the week 'cause it means garage sales!! Today's treasure was found for a mere $5.00. :) Look at how much floss there is and the container came with it!! They are all full skeins of floss none of it is tangled together.



I'm not sure on what to stitch on next. I need to work on QS Fairy Tales but because I am doing it over one it seems like I am not making any progress at the moment. Then again, if I don't work on it then there definitely won't be any progress. Oh well, I am sure I can find something to stitch.:)

Have a great night!

Chocolate Everyday

I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this cute design today but I managed to put the final stitches in about an hour ago. I really love this one!

Chocolate Everyday

Design by Sandra Cozzolino

(freebie can be found here)

I'm sorry but I have don't have anything stitchey to show tonight. I have been working on a freebie that will be made into an ornament. I should have it finished tomorrow, of course, this depends on if I am able to make a DMC run early in the day.

More Too Cute

Yesterday was my SAL with Renee on Too cute but since Renee was off celebrating her birthday she hasn't worked on it yet. I originally hadn't planned on working on Too Cute but I decided to go ahead and catch up with Renee.



I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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!

Herbs & Spices

I had grand plans of sitting on my butt and stitching today until my Mom asked if I wanted to come with her to some garage sales. How could I resist that temptation?! So I happily went with her.:) Have I said lately that I LOVE garage sales? LOL Today I came across 2 frames, over 10 (yes I said 10) yards of Christmas fabric, and a Better Homes and Garden Sewing book. My grand total was.....$3.00!!

As you can guess I spent most of the day working on framing some of my older works. :)

Herbs & Spices

From Cross Stitch & Country Crafts Sept/Oct 1993

finished in 2006

The Fortunate Traveler

The Fortunate Traveler

design by Teresa Wentzler

story by Jennifer Aikman-Smith (Dragon Dreams)

finished 2006

Footprints

Footprints

by Teresa Wentzler

finished 2007

Summer's Magic

Summer's Magic
by Jennifer Aikman-Smith (Dragon Dreams)
SAL with Renee
Finished 2009

I am going to quit saying that I am going to work on things because every time I say I'm going to it ends up not being true! I did get to work on QS Fairy Tales but I only put in about 100 stitches. In a HAED we all know that isn't much progress! However, I do have a little something to show you today.:)

Awhile ago Chiara had a drawing for some blog candy and I was the lucky winner!! If you know anything about me, it is that I don't have very good luck so I was completely thrilled to find out I had one. Now that it arrived late yesterday afternoon I was even more thrilled with it when I saw it up close!


She made these bears for her daughter, Giulia's baptism. Isn't he just the cutest thing?! I absolutely adore him!! Thank you so much, Chiara!! He will always be treasured.:)




I hope everyone has a great day!

A Witch with Hair

I didn't get as much stitched on my Too Cute SAL with Renee yesterday as I hoped but it was all my fault. One word. Facebook. It is highly addicting!

I am going to try real hard and enjoy this week. It is the last week of school for the kids. By this time next week I won't be able to do anything without having a kid up my you know what every time I turn around. I am so not ready for this! I love my kids to death but they can make even the sanest person turn crazy. Especially my son. He is 11 years old....need I say more?

Today I am going to attempt to work on QS Fairy Tales from HAED. I haven't worked on her in more than a month so I figure it is about time I put some stitches in her.

Have a great day!

A Leisurely Stroll

My dream of stitching and watching NCIS didn't come true today because some little munchkin wouldn't let me sit down! So instead of being lazy Allie, Megan, and I packed up the stroller and took a long, long walk today. We had a pretty good time as I let Allie use my camera and take pictures of our stroll. Most of the pictures were of us being totally goofy (like sticking our tongues out at each other) but Allie did take a few really good ones. She is a much better photographer than me. :) Anyways, here is an awesome picture of Megan she took.


My stitching plans for tomorrow is to work on Too Cute SAL with Renee. :) After that I am not to sure what I will stitch on. Of course, this is assuming I will get to sit down and stitch...lol.

Deck the Halls

Today I worked on finishing the stitching on this cute little design. It was a freebie that I got from Gloria and Pat a few years ago. I have been meaning to stitch it since I got it but somehow I kept putting it aside for other goodies. I plan on making this one into an ornament for Christmas which brings my total up to 2 ornaments this year. Only 17 more to go!

Deck the Halls

from Gloria and Pat

Just as I predicted earlier this week, another child was sick today. This time it was Krissy. She may be the eldest but when it comes to her not feeling good, she tends to be the worst one being sick! I love her to death, but she sure can be a whiny butt. She gets that from her Dad!! I should be thankful that they both are not sick at once because that is really bad....were talking pulling my hair out bad...lol.

I am not exactly sure what we are doing this weekend. Ideally, I would like to plant my butt on the couch and stitch while listening/watching season 3 of NCIS but I'm not going to hold my breath on that happening. It's a nice dream.:)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

A Productive Day

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their kind comments on my last post. I am feeling much better today. :)

One of the benefits of moving back here is....garage sales!! I love them! My Mom and I were shopping today when we saw a garage sale and neither one of us could pass it by. It was a good thing we didn't because I found several (I think a total of 5) unused frames. All of them cost me a whole two dollars.:) We also found a nice comforter, 2 shirts for Mac, a shirt for Krissy, a hooded sweatshirt for Allie, a computer game for Mike, and 2 big dolls for Megan. All of the items(including the frames) cost a grand total of $8.50! Gotta love that savings! :)

With my new acquired frames I happily dove into my WTF pile to see what I could frame. Here are my results from this afternoon.:)

Above the Clouds

by Teresa Wentzler

Kindness is the Greatest Gift

by X's and Oh's

I hope everyone is having a great evening!

Bad Day

Today was just one of those days that seem to never end. It was raining today and normally those are my best stitching days but not today. It started off with me reading a blog I shouldn't have read. It was about a preemie baby who lost her battle last evening. That of course, stirred up emotions in me about my sweet Morgan which I had thought I had buried deep down. I am not a cryer (is that even a word?) but damn it, the tears just started pouring down my cheeks.




I really try to keep my chin up because I know I am blessed that we didn't lose Megan but I still question myself if it was something I did or didn't do right. I know in my mind that I didn't do anything wrong but that doesn't take the pain away in my heart. I also know people try to ease my pain by saying "It just wasn't meant to be" but that doesn't make it easier. It just makes me want to know "Why me" even more.

Anyways......that is the reason I didn't get a lot of stitching done today. I started a freebie from Pat & Gloria yesterday. I haven't gotten real far on it so the picture kind of looks funny but it is progress.

Only 8 more days till the kids are on Summer Break....Help! LOL

Bronny is having a giveaway on her blog. Check it out!!

Happy Stitching!

A Faceless Witch

Yesterday was my SAL day with Renee and so here was my progress for the day. :)


Today I will be working on stitching up another ornament for Christmas. I miscounted earlier this year and thought I only needed to do 13 but instead I need to do a total of 19. Of course, I still have other ones I want to stitch and give as gifts.. I haven't even started on Mike's stocking that needs to be done this year either! I have a feeling I will be scrambling at the end of the year to get things done.

I'm not sure how much stitching I will get done as Mac and Megan both aren't feeling well today. Which mean I have to very cranky kids on my hands today. Megan has started teething and she isn't liking it at all. Mac developed a cold over the weekend and woke up running a fever this morning. Before the end of the week I bet the other 2 will be feeling sick also. The one thing you can guarantee with kids is that if one gets sick the others will come down with it soon.


Chiloe-The teddy bear ornament is from Ellen Maurer-Stroh. It is a freebie from the EMS Cross Stitch Board.

Happy Stitching!

It was a fairly quite day yesterday so I continued to thin out my WTF pile. I finished this little bear into an ornament. I had a little problem with attaching the cord. When I was finished whip stitching it together I realized I had the cord off centered....too much to let it slide. So, I ended up whip stitching this one together twice. grrr!

The date isn't exactly centered either but it wasn't real bad so I left it alone.

I want to wish all the mother's out there a Happy Mother's Day!!

A Finished Finish

Since I had a happy dance yesterday I figured I might as well keep up the momentum by digging in the WTF (waiting to finish) pile and work on one of those pieces. This needleroll (scroll about 3/4 of the way down the page)that I finished the stitching on last year caught my eye. I used the ribbon that came with the kit but I think I might replace it with some purple ribbon. That will have to wait as I don't have any purple ribbon right now. Hmmm....sounds like a good excuse to go stash shopping...lol.

Febuary Needleroll

From The Victoria Sampler

Stitched November 2008

Finished April 2009

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

VCE Finished

Grab you dancing shoes because that is what is happening here today! Whoo-hoo!!

Victorian Christmas Eve

by Nora Corbett

From Cross-Stitch and Needlework January 2008

Started April 16, 2009

Finished May 7, 2009

I really enjoyed stitch this design! The only part that I didn't care for was stitching with the Wisper white thread. If I was to ever stitch her again I would just use plain old regular white DMC.

On to the Beading

Last evening I put the final stitches in VCE. :) Now I get to do the beading part. I have said before that I am not overly fond of beading but I love the effect it has on the design. The actually beading part isn't so much the problem as I have a tendency to spill the beads. I HATE when I do that!

Allie came home from school with some good news yesterday. She made student of the month at her school....even only being there a month. She deserves it because she is a really good kid. She makes straight A's in all of her classes and seldom misses school. I actually have problems keeping her home when she is sick. She does get in to a little trouble sometimes in class for talking but that is because she always finishes her work before class is over. Congratulations to you, Allie!

I want to thank everyone for their comments on Megan's rolling over. Later when Daddy got home she had to show off by rolling from her back to her tummy and then rolled from her tummy to her back. :) It is amazing how quickly she mastered that skill because yesterday she was ALL over the floor. Her true age is 7 months but her preemie age is 5 months and 1 week so she is actually on target for rolling. When they are born early you have to subtract how premature she was from her real age to get an idea if they are delayed or not. Sometimes it gets confusing and I have been down this road before.

I am off to start the beading on VCE. Hopefully in the next day or two I will have a happy dance to show you. :)

Have a great day!!

She Did It!!!

Bribery works! :) Megan has been so close to rolling over for the past week but today she finally did it today!! At first she was playing with her bottle (she finally can hold it when it is empty so that is her current fascination) until she discovered Mommy bought her a new pair of shoes.



Who wants a bottle when a new pair of shoes are in sight!



So I doubled the temptation with putting the bottle near the shoes. :)

Which one do I choose? Looks are deceiving, she actually did grab the shoes first. Yep, she is all girl....it is all about the shoes....lol.

So Very Close

I am so close to having VCE finished that I am almost willing to go without sleep to finish her! Notice I said almost...lol. Oh, how I yearn for the days when I could survive on just a few hours of sleep. That isn't the case anymore! I admit I tend to be quite crabby when I don't get enough sleep...actually it doesn't bother me, it is the people that I have to be around that it bothers.





Have a great night!

SAL Sunday

My grand plan for today was to sit on my butt and stitch my little heart out while watching season one of NCIS. I didn't get to stitch as much as I wanted because I was interuppted by a call from the in-laws. Let's just say the phone call was less than a minute but that was long enough for them to get under my skin....enough so that I had to set my stitching aside for a bit in order to prevent the frogs from showing up. Anyways here is my progress for today's SAL with Renee.

I worked on VCE yesterday and I am planning to work on her some more tonight. I should have a good progress picture tomorrow. I am hoping to have all the stitching done on her sometime this week. Of course, then there is the beading to tackle. I love the effect beading has on a piece but I'm not too fond of the actually beading itself! This piece only requires 2 different colors of beads so maybe it won't be too painful.

May Goals

I want to thank everyone who left a comment on yesterday's post. It is nice to know that I am not the only over protective parent. :) Krissy felt much better today so she went returned to school today. However around 10:30 AM when the phone rang and I saw it was her school I was a little worried but it turned out that all she needed was her track uniform brought to her. Apparently her track meet was today and not yesterday but her coach went ahead and let her participate in the meet today even though she didn't come to practice for 2 days. She did fine but in her last event she took a tumble but got right up and finished the race. She has a line of bruises from her shoulder down to her knees. I can honestly say I remember those days all too well!

I started working on some crochet yesterday but I quickly lost interest in it. I shouldn't really say I lost interest but it was more my hands started cramping up. The pattern I chose to work requires using 3 strands of yarn at once. I guess this rug might take a bit longer than I had thought!

I worked on VCE today and I am happy to report that I am finished the ribbon and leaves tonight. :) Tomorrow I will start on finishing the girl.




It is hard to believe it is May already!

April Goals

1. Stitch page 4 on QS Fairy Tales~Nope, didn't even touch it this month
2. Stitch/Finish 2 Christmas ornaments (need to stitch a total of 13 this year)~I only got one done this month
3. Finish Megan's sampler~YES!
4. Start SAL with Renee~YES!
5. Find a new large piece to start~YES!
6. Find some me time!~Not really

I guess I didn't do so well with meeting my goals this month.:(

May Goals

1. Stitch on QS Fairy Tales
2. Stitch/Finish Christmas ornaments
3. Work on Too Cute with Renee
4. Finish Victorian Christmas Eve
5. Start a new large piece
6. Work on Crochet rug
7. Start sewing Megan summer clothes
8. Prepare myself for the kids Summer Vacation (last day of school is May 22....so not ready for that!)

Here is a cute picture Mike took of Megan and I (well not so much of me) blogging yesterday.....she is definitely a future blogger...lol.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!