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!

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!

August/September Goals

August Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.-Yes, making good progress!

2. Work on Unicorn.-Yes, making good progress, too!

3. Work on Summer's Magic SAL.-Yes, but I did skip a couple of weeks.

4. Work on Winter Fun on Ice stocking.-Yes

5. Finish and Mail Chris RR.-Yes, received Veronica's RR.

6. Work on Allie's Quilt.-No, I have this one is set aside until I find some backing fabric for it.

September Goals:

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.

2. Order beads for TF.

3. Work on Unicorn.

4. Work on Summer's Magic SAL.

5. Work on Winter Fun on Ice.

6. Finish Pumpkin Pete.

7. Work on Veronica's RR.

Since I got the last Kreinik I needed for Topaz yesterday I just had to work on her. Her first 2 wings are completely finished now. :) I still have to finish the back stitching on the 3rd wing and stitch the 4th wing. The end is in sight!

Have a great day!

July/August Goals

July Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie-Yes!

2. Work on Unicorn-Yes!

3. Work on Summer's Magic SAL-Yes!

4. Work on Allie's Quilt-Yes!

5. Finish Mine All Mine-Yes!

6. Finish "B" Quilt-Yes!

7. Start on Chris RR-Yes!

8. Start on Winter Fun on Ice stocking-Yes!

9. Start "B" afghan-Yes and No. I started it but I had to rip out every single stitch so I am right back at the beginning.

August Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.

2. Work on Unicorn.

3. Work on Summer's Magic SAL.

4. Work on Winter Fun on Ice stocking.

5. Finish and Mail Chris RR.

6. Work on Allie's Quilt.

7. Start "B" afghan (again!).

Here is the start on Baby B's stocking, Winter Fun on Ice by Linda Gillum. Even though I thought penguins were black and white this little guy has turned out to be pretty cute. :)

I want to thank Cindy for giving me this award

and I want to thank Charlene and Beth for this award. Thank you ladies!! I am truly honored.:)

1) Put the logo on your blog

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4) Add links to those blogs on yours

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

I have several blogs that I read that qualify for these awards! It is just too hard to narrow it down to a few so I am nominating everyone who reads my blog for these awards.

Enjoy your weekend!

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!

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

March/April Goals

March Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.-No
2. Work on Egyptian Sampler.-Yes, I am 50 percent done!
3. Harvest Witch SAL with Renee.-Yes
4. Start Tour des Marques SAL with Dani.-Yes, I made a small start.
5. Stitch freebie patterns-Yes
6. Start on Mac's Stocking-No, but I did start on my stocking:)

April Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie
2. Work on Egyptian Sampler
3. Work on Snowman and Friends Stocking
4. Work on Tour des Marques
5. Work on Harvest Witch
6. Finish and Mail Blogoversary Gifts
7. Stitch Freebies

February/March Goals

It is hard to believe that it is the end of February already! This month has gone by really fast.

February Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie. Yes!

2. Order Beads and Kreniks. No.

3. Work on Egyptian Sampler. Yes!

4. Work on Harvest Witch with Renee. Yes!

5. Work on Freebies. Yes!

6. Start Mine All Mine for Mac. No.

7. Start/finish Valentine piece for me. No.

March Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.

2. Work on Egyptian Sampler.

3. Harvest Witch SAL with Renee.

4. Start Tour des Marques SAL with Dani.

5. Stitch freebie patterns

6. Start on Mac's Stocking

Hopefully, I will be more productive in March than I was in February!

January/February Goals

January Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie
*Yes, all I have left to do is the wings, BS, and beading
2. Order TF beads and Kreinik
*Sadly no
3. Start Egyptian Sampler
*Yes, I am just about 25% done with this one.
4. Start Harvest Witch
*Yes, I got a good start on her also.
5. Start Mine All Mine (Mac Stocking)
*No :(
6. Stitch Freebies
*Yes, finished 3 designs this month.
7. Mail Frost Friends Exchange
*Yes, sent and received by Joanie
8. Mail Fob Exchange
*Yes, sent and received by Margie
9. Start/Finish Valentine Exchange
*Yes
10. Mail Valentine Exchange
*Yes, sent and received by Outi.

I did pretty good this month. 8 out 10 isn't too bad:)

February Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie.
2. Order Beads and Kreniks.
3. Work on Egyptian Sampler.
4. Work on Harvest Witch with Renee.
5. Work on Freebies.
6. Start Mine All Mine for Mac.
7. Start/finish Valentine piece for me.

December Goals

It is hard to believe that in a little while it will be 2008! Looking at my December goals I didn't do a bad job on completing them.

December Goal

1. Mail Bourse Exchange-Yes, sent and received
2. Mail Birthday Exchange-Yes, sent and received
3. Finish Allie's Stocking-Yes, finished and hung
4. Start/Finish Mac's Stocking-No, :(
5. Start/finish Christmas gifts-Yes
6. Mail Christmas cards & gifts-Yes
7. Work on Topaz Fairie-Yes!!

January Goals

1. Work on Topaz Fairie
2. Order TF beads and Kreinik
3. Start Egyptian Sampler
4. Start Harvest Witch
5. Start Mine All Mine (Mac Stocking)
6. Stitch Freebies
7. Mail Frost Friends Exchange
8. Mail Fob Exchange
9. Start/Finish Valentine Exchange
10. Mail Valentine Exchange

It looks like I will be busy next month!

Renee and I had a nice lazy day of stitching yesterday so I was able to get a good amount done on Topaz. I plan on working on her later at least until I run out of the yellow floss for the dress. If that does happen I guess I will just have to start Egyptian Sampler a day early! :)

I am still way behind in my blogs and I am beginning to think I will never get caught up so if I don't get a chance to swing by your blog, I want to wish everyone a happy New Year.

Happy New Year to you and your families!!!

Goals for 2008

Today's venture to the LNS went fine. I was on the quest for a pattern I had seen earlier but as my luck runs it was sold earlier this week. Buggers!! I didn't leave the LNS empty handed. I purchased 2 designs by X's and Oh's. I can't reveal which ones they are as I will be using one for the Valentine exchange on the SBEBB. I also picked up the Mill Hill beads I need for Egyptian Sampler.

I guess it is getting time for me to post my 2008 stitching plans. I counted my large finishes (anything over 8 x 10) from last year and I stitches a total of 9 pieces. In 2008, I would like to finish 10 large pieces. So here is my list of large pieces I plan to stitch.

1. Egyptian Sampler by TW

2. Harvest Witch by Stoney Creek (SAL with Renee)

3. A Child's Prayer by Calico Crossroads

4. Mine All Mine by X's and Oh's (Mac Stocking)

5. Stocking for Me

6. Stocking for Mike

7. Summer's Magic by Dragon Dreams (SAL with Renee)

8. Legends of the Dragons by Dragon Dreams, TW, and The Black Swan

9. The Brat by Enchanting Lair

10. Moonlight Visit by Sandra Parlow

I am not sure if I will meet this goal for next year or not but I am going to give it my best shot! :)

Topaz Weekend Progress

I worked on my fob piece for the Fob exchange last night. I finished it but I am not too sure if I really like it or not yet. Parts of it I really do like but some parts (mainly the colors) I am not so sure about. I guess I will keep looking and see if I find something better that I like. :)

Like everyone else, I have been thinking about my stitching goals for 2008. I have decided on one thing for sure, I will be attempting to stitch more freebie patterns. I love the freebies and they usually a quick finish which is why I love them! Oh, and another thing, is to stitch my Christmas gifts through out the year instead of waiting to the last minute. LOL...we will see how that one turns out!

Here is my progress of Topaz Fairie from this weekend. She is really starting to come to life now. :) As you can see I avoided stitching on her wings so no frogs visited me this weekend.

Enjoy your day!

November/December Goals

November Goals

1. Start/finish Bourse Exchange-Yep
2. Start/finish Birthday Exchange-Yep
3. Start/Finish Lottery Exchange-Yep
4. Start/Finish Snowman Exchange-Yep
5. Work on Topaz Fairie-Nope :(
6. Work on Christmas ornaments and gifts-Yep
7. Start on a stocking-Yep, almost done, too:)

I completed 6 out of the 7 goals I had for myself this month. :)

December Goals

1. Mail Bourse Exchange
2. Mail Birthday Exchange
3. Finish Allie's Stocking
4. Start/Finish Mac's Stocking
5. Start/finish Christmas gifts
6. Mail Christmas cards & gifts
7. Work on Topaz Fairie

October/November Goals

October Goals

1. Start/Finish Mac or Allie stocking-Nope, didn't even buy the linen for them yet.

2. Work on Woodland Faerie-YES!! I FINISHED HER!!

3. Work on Topaz Fairie-Nope

November Goals

1. Start/finish Bourse Exchange
2. Start/finish Birthday Exchange
3. Start/Finish Lottery Exchange
4. Start/Finish Snowman Exchange
5. Work on Topaz Fairie
6. Work on Christmas ornaments and gifts.
7. Start on a stocking

Well, I didn't do too well with my goals this month BUT I did have a major finish. Hopefully, this month I will do better with my goals.

September/October Goals

September Goals

1. Start/Finish Mac or Allie stocking-No, I haven't even gotten the fabric yet!
2. Mail out Halloween exchanges-Yes! I mailed out both this morning.
3. Work on Woodland Faerie-Yes!
4. Start a new project.-Yes! Started Topaz Fairie

October Goals

1. Start/Finish Mac or Allie stocking
2. Work on Woodland Faerie
3. Work on Topaz Fairie

August/September Goals

August Goals:


1. Mail Monochromatic exchange
*Yep, mailed and received.

2. Mail Redwork Exchange
*Yep, mailed out

3. Mail Tin Topper Exchange
*Yep, mailed out

4. Mail the last 3 My Gifts
*Yep, mailed and received.

5. Mail RAK's (in place of PIF's)
*Yep, mailed out 3 and received.

6. Start and finish Britty Puppy Stocking for Krissy.
*Yep, Started and Finished

7. Work on Geisha
*Yep, finished her!!

8. Work on Above the Clouds
*yep, Finished him!!

9. Start on Halloween Exchange for the EPBB.
*yep, finished and waiting to be mailed.

10. Start on Halloween Exchange for the SBEBB.
*Yep, finished and waiting to be mailed.

I did pretty good this month!


September Goals

1. Start/Finish Mac or Allie stocking

2. Mail out Halloween exchanges

3. Work on Woodland Faerie

4. Start a new project.

Problem with meeting all my goals is now I don't have a lot of goals for September!

July/August Goals

I can't believe it is the end of July already! Not that I am complaining, since it does mean the kids go back to school shortly...20 days to be precise but who's counting..lol.

July Goals
1. Mail freebie exchange to Karin.
*Mailed and received.
2. Work on Above the Clouds.
*I worked on a couple of times but not as much as I would have liked.
3. Work on Geisha
*Worked on her a couple of time, also.
4. Work on Mine All Mine (John)
*Yep, finished him just in time
5. Work on My Gifts
*Yep, finished all 5 and mailed out 2 of them. Just waiting for them to arrive now.
6. Work on Summer Arches.
*Sadly, no they have been put on the back burner right now.
7. Work on PIF gifts
*Sort of, since no interest in the PIF I will be doing some RAK's. I have 3 of them finished.

August Goals:
1. Mail Monochromatic exchange
2. Mail Redwork Exchange
3. Mail Tin Topper Exchange
4. Mail the last 3 My Gifts
5. Mail RAK's
6. Start and finish Britty Puppy Stocking for Krissy.
7. Work on Geisha
8. Work on Above the Clouds
9. Start on Halloween Exchange for the EPBB.
10. Start on Halloween Exchange for the SBEBB.

June/July Goals

June Goals

1. Work on Above the Clouds. Yep, but not much progress this month
2. Work on Geisha. Yep, almost done with the cross stitching.
3. Start on Britty Kitty Stocking (Mom's). Yep, finished it,too!
4. Work on WTF pile...there is a lot there! Yep, had a few finishes this month.

5. Must find pattern for the 4 Seasons Sal on FGBB!-Finally decided on the Bent Creek Arches.

July Goals

1. Mail freebie exchange to XXXX.
2. Work on Above the Clouds.
3. Work on Geisha.
4. Work on Mine All Mine (John)
5. Work on My Gifts.
6. Work on Summer Arches.
7. Work on PIF gifts

May/June Goals

May Goals

1. Work on Woodland Faerie. Sadly this one has become a UFO :(
2. Work on Griffin Kitten. Yes! Started and finished!
3. Start on The Brat Nope
4. Find a new design and start for the 4 season SAL on the FGBB. Again, nope.
5. Kit up Fairy Roses. nope, I'm starting to sound like a broken record here!
6. Mail out last 2 PIF gifts. Yes!
7. Buy more stash! Yes! Sort of, I ordered Britty Kitty Stocking from my LNS and should be here early next week, if not sooner.

Okay, I didn't do so hot this month on my goals. But in my defence I did have these finishes this months:

Britty Kitty
Seasons Greetings
Floral Fantasy
Jeweled Ornament
Snowie
Leaf
Snowman Biscornu
Griffin Kitten

So, all in all, not too bad this month :)

June Goals

1. Work on Above the Clouds.
2. Work on Geisha.
3. Start on Britty Kitty Stocking.
4. Work on WTF pile...there is a lot there!
5. Must find pattern for the 4 Seasons Sal on FGBB!

I am not setting too many goals for this month as the kids get out of school which means have to find ways to keep them entertained and out of trouble. :)

My stress level should go down immensely now. FIL had annual check up and got a clean bill of health! Pneumonia is gone, heart valves are working good, pacemaker working great, and no signs of reoccurring cancer in his throat. He was even taken off some of his medicines! Phew...major relief:)



I brought Geisha with today just in case we had to wait. Good thing I did, too. His appointment was at 9:00 am but we didn't see the doctor until 11:45 am! So here is what I managed to stitch after I ran out of things to read in the waiting room.



It was a pretty nice day here today so Girly insisted that we go outside and play Frisbee. That is her favorite game and she is pretty good at it too. It amazes me her short legs can run that fast! By the way, that Frisbee is only a few months old. She actually wears them out in about 3-4 months. Try finding a Frisbee in wal mart in the middle of winter!

April/May Goals

April Goals

1. Finish all cross stitching on Woodland Faerie and start back stitching. Nope, didn't even come close.
2. Finish A Time For Everything-yep finished
3. Mail out mystery exchange-yep
4. Mail out Debbie, Jenna PIF gifts. Yes and no, both are finished and ready to mail.
5. Start Seasons in the Snow by Little River for the 4 Season SAL on the FGBB.Started and finished this one.
6. Start Griffin Kitten by X's and Oh's. yep started

May Goals

1. Work on Woodland Faerie.
2. Work on Griffin Kitten.
3. Start on The Brat
4. Find a new design and start for the 4 season SAL on the FGBB.
5. Kit up Fairy Roses.
6. Mail out last 2 PIF gifts.
7. Buy more stash!

I had a rather productive day today. I finished the finishing on the last PIF gift today. I will mail them out Wednesday before Mac's dental appointment. I pulled out Woodland Faerie to work on her but (sigh) I just can't get motivated to stitch on her so instead it was Griffin Kitten.

Thanks ya'll (yes in "real life" I actually use that word....a lot) for the wonderful comments on Seasons in the Snow!