Wild Wednesday

The weather around here is so crazy. One minute the sun is out, the next it is snowing, the next iceing, the next storming. I will be so glad for Spring. I want SUNSHINE, SUNSHINE, SUNSHINE!!!!

Ok, now that that little fit is out of my system.....I did get some stitching in last night on my Snowbuddies Afghan. First pic is a close up of the heart I am currently working on.
Next is the top and bottom borders together.


I did finish reading Chamomile Mourning by Laura Childs last night. I started
The Chocolate Bridal Bash by JoAnna Carl last night.

I have to be at work again at 10 today. With church tonight I probably won't get much stitching in on DSII tonight if any at all.

Deb

Holy Cow, it is after nine and I need to get ready. Have a blessed day!

More stitching in.

YEAH. I am so happy. Not only was I able to stitch on my ME Happyface snowman while I was sitting in the Drs office waiting for my mom but I was able to get in quite a bit of stitching in last night on my DSII. Here are updated pics of both.



Can't tell on the snowman but I was able to start on the white which is what goes between the red blocks.

Gotta get ready for work. Have been called in early. Have a blessed day.

Deb

What happened to Sunday?

Oops. I forgot to post on here yesterday. I was determined to stitch and not take a nap and I guess the afternoon just got away from me.

Saturday was uneventful. We finished up the famine at 6 by eating pasta. My son was asked to tell the congreation yesterday what he learned by doing this. (he is 12) He told several things but he also said that now he knows what it is like for children to starve and he is thankful he doesn't have to. We were very proud of him. DD finally made it back to school today. She still has a sore throat but no fever.

I did get some stitching in yesterday on my The Name of God sampler by My Big Toe Designs. I am loving working on this. You probably can't tell a lot of difference but I finished the top row of flowers in the border on page one. Here is the pic.

Off to work on my DSII a little. Have a blessed day.

Well we have made it 24 hours without food so far. We have not really been hungry yet. We have a big Italian dinner planned for tonight. Something tells me we will be hungry fixing that dinner. LOL!

I got a lot of stitching in yesterday with Aimee being home sick. I am now back up to where I was when I had to rip all the desert floor. Should be able to get some stitching in again this afternoon and evening. Here is an updated pic. Again I will say I am sorry if the pic is huge. I don't know what is going on.

Well we have to run to the store to get the rest of the ingredients for tonights dinner. Have a blessed day.

Deb

30 hour Famine

Well today at noon begins our 30 hour famine. The kiddos are doing this with their Church youth group so DH & I decided to participate also. Should be interesting.

Aimee is home sick again today. I will be calling the Dr here in a few to see if he can send her something to knock this out. She got up this morning with a temp of 102.

I got all the stitches ripped out of my DSII yesterday and restarted the ground in the correct color. Here is a pic of what I have redone on it.

Well off to call the Dr. Have a blessed day everyone.

Deb

Ice, ice baby

It is everywhere yet again. We got hit starting about 7:00 am this morning. The roads are solid. They are calling for at least a 1/2" of solid ice before this storm is over. Hopefully by the weekend we will have higher temps and melt it all. The kids are of course out of school which works out well for Aimee. She has been complaining of a sore throat for a couple of days. This morning she woke up with a high fever, so she would have stayed home any way. I had to call in to work so I could stay home with her. If the temp is not gone tomorrow then we will go to the Dr and see if she needs meds. Can you say fun fun.

I sit down yesterday to work on my DSII when I discovered that I had been stitching the ground in the WRONG colors. I was half way done. So I spent most of yesterday ripping out what I had done. Should be able to finish that today and get restarted on it in the right colors. Should pay closer attention to the patterns and less to the movies.

So did everyone see the Lunar eclispe last night? We got to see it. We were suprised because we had been cloudy all day and knew the ice storm was a coming. But God let us have clear skies long enough to watch one of his wonderous designs yet again. It was beautiful. It was to cold to stay out and watch the whole thing so we would run out see what stage it was in and then run back in. No pics for that reason also.

Guess I will go sit on the couch in front of the fire and spend the day rip, rip, ripping out the rest of the desert floor. Have a blessed day.

Deborah

Bracing for yet another ice storm

Got the word in last night. Beginning at midnight tonight our area is suppose to be hit with another ice storm. We are still recovering from last weeks. Some people just got their power back on. No snow for the area just ice. I love how beautiful everything looks with the ice but I hate to drive on it and then all the lines and limbs coming down.

Got to do a little bit of stitching on my afghan last night. Had a busy day at work and was sort of tired when I got home. Only got about two hours of stitching in. Here is what I got done last night. Sorry the pic is so big. I have re-sized it in Photobucket but it is still showing huge on the blog. Wishful thinking on my part last week that I would get the heart done this Tuesday. Once I do get the heart done I will take a pick of the whole afghan so you can see what I have done on it.

Today I am off work so I hope to finish my last library book... "Death in the Frenh Quater" by Kent Conwell. As soon as I finish that it is off to work on DSII. Can't wait to finish this one up and get it framed and hung in the den.

We got some great news at our house on Friday. DD & DS both got first chair for their instrument in band. DD plays the trumpet in 8th grade and DS plays the trombone in 7th grade. They were both very excited.

Well the laundry is calling my name. Have a blessed day!

Crazy LONG weekend

Hello all. I had to work both Friday and Saturday. We went to a home show Friday night and didn't get in until late so no stitching. Saturday I was so tired when I got home I went to sleep on the couch watching movies. Sunday between Church services all I did was sleep. Yesterday we spent the day in Madisonville and Evansville visiting with friends and shopping. Didn't get home until after ten last night. I haven't stitched in so long I may have forgotten how. :-)

Hope to get some stitching in on my Snowbuddies Afghan tonight after work. I am trying to get caught up around the house and with the laundry this morning before going in. Hopefully I will have a new updated pic to post tomorrow of the afghan.

Stash report: I got some charts yesterday and the GA threads I need to begin my Halloween Game Board. Just need to get upstairs to the loft and pull the fabric for it. Hope to add it into my rotation this weekend. Well I am off to fold clothes and get ready for work.

Have a blessed day.

Lights Out.

No stitching for me last night. When I got home from work, I had to take my children into town to do some shopping. By the time we got home, I decided to curl up and read instead of getting out my stitching. I was able to finish my book so I will be starting a new one today. Not sure which one yet, I will let you all know tomorrow.

Sorry for the delay in posting today. At six this morning, a car decided to staighten out the S curves on our road and took out a utility poll along with the lights. The driver was NOT injuried but we where without power for four hours while they re-set the poll and run new power lines.

Gotta run. Got grocery shopping to do before work. Have a blessed day!

Happy Valentine's Day

We are beginning to come out of the big chill today. Love will warm us up today. :-) We should be in the 50s today with finally the melting of the ice. Of course we are on schedule for more ice tomorrow and Sunday.

Got some work in on my DSII yesterday. I love working on this piece. So many blended threads and color changes that it makes the picture come to life as you are stitching it. Can't wait to finish it and hang it on the den wall.

Well my mom finally got power back last night so I will be taking her home today before I go to work. Everyone have a blessed Valentine's Day.

Baby it's cold out there

Woke up to more snow and ice this morning. Schools have been out since Monday at 12:00. My mom is here as she has been without power for over 24 hours. Things are just down right nasty out there. We are being urged to stay in unless it is an emergency. Don't have to tell me twice. I will gladly sit in front of my fire and stitch the day away. Please pray for all those that are without power with no where to go. Also for the crews as they are out in this mess trying to fix the lines. We are expecting a warmup tomorrow finally.

I managed a little stitching last night on my afghan. I have started the left heart on the bottom border. Maybe next week I can get the heart finished.

Gonna go snuggle up on the couch and stitch the day away. Have a blessed day.

Holy Cow what a night!

We had an ice storm come through during the day yesterday. It then turned over to thunder storms during the night. We woke up to a mess this morning. My mother is without power, we have a tree down in our back yard across the neighbors drive. Here is a slideshow of some of the trees and the downed tree. ( I can't figure out how to post it here so here is the link.)
http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s224/debs42431/WIPS/2008%20Ice%20Storm/?action=view&current=2ca80573.pbw
Aimee is 5'7" and the roots are almost as tall as her!



I did manage to get in some stitching last night on my DSII. I am really enjoying this one. I am now doing the desert floor on the left side of the pic.





Well we are getting ready to move the tree, then go get my mother so she won't freeze. I am suppose to work this evening but I am thinking of calling in so I can take care of everything around here.



Have a blessed day and try to stay dry, warm and safe!

Freezing Monday

Well we woke up to temps in the teens again this morning. I will be so glad when Spring arrives. They say we may have freezeing rain and or ice by late afternoon/early evening today. Give me a foot of snow any day over ice. To make things even better, I was just called into work again today. Now my laundry will over take the house. Guess I will be up all night doing laundry for tomorrow. Oh well, such is the life of a working mom. LOL!!!!

Did get to stitch all afternoon and some after Church again last night. I guess I should tell you that we don't have cable at our house so we spend a lot of time watching movies. Yesterday I decided to put in an oldie but goodie. "Gone With the Wind" the whole family set around and watched. Here is what I was able to get done on MBT The Name of God while watching the movie.

Guess I had better start trying to find some clothes for work. Have a blessed day.

We had a very windy but beautiful day yesterday. Today is shaping up to be the same. We have already been to Church this morning and Will is now working on dinner. I will be going to the den here in a few to stitch on MBT The Name of God.

Did get a lot of stitching in last night while watching movies again. Watched A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo & Juliet. Here is the updated pic of DSII after four hours of stitching last night.

Gonna go stitch the afternoon away. Catch you all tomorrow. Have a blessed day.

Sunny Saturday

The sun is shinning today. What a beautiful sight to see. Of course it is freezeing outside but the sun is shinning. I have to go to work today at 11 but I get off at 3 so I still have a lot of stitching time for this evening.

Last night we watched four hours of movies so I got a great deal done on my DSII. We watched Mansfield Park and The Thomas Crown Affair. The first was a new movie for us and was pretty good. Not as good as Sense and Senseablity but ok. The second one is an old favorite of mine. Anyway here is an updated pic of what I was able to work on during the movies.

I was able to finally get started on the mountains on the left side.

Also yesterday I had to take my mother to the eye doctor. She had to have her eyes dialated. I took my ME Happy Face Snowman with me to work on. I was able to add a few more of the red squares around the border.

Gotta get ready for work. Have a blessed day.

Debs

TGIF

I have the day off. I will be going with my mom to the eye doctor incase they decide to dialate her eyes again. Other than that I plan to do NOTHING. I do have to work tomorrow from 11-3 but that is ok.

I got some more stitching in on DSII last night. I am so close to being done with the sky and moving on to the landscape. I am really enjoying stitching on this one.


If you know my children, you also know that my son refuses to have his picture taken. If he is forced to have them done he never smiles in them. His school picture looks like a mug shot.. So this morning while I was snapping a pic of my WIP I snapped a pic of him. . Now he won't talk to me for a week. LOL!!!!
While I am at it I will post a pic of both Aimee & Will. This was taken in Dec. right before their band concert..

Oh yeah, I finished The Rose Rent yesterday and started a new book. It is Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson. I have read all of her books but this one, so I went back and picked it up. I am sure it will be interesting to see some of what first happened to her characters in the books.

Hope everyone has a blessed day.

Debs

Happy Chinese New Year

I see that today is Chinese New Year. Hope you have a wonderful celebration.

I got some more stitched on my DSII yesterday. Not as much as I could have. My mom came and spent the day with me. I didn't start stitching until an hour before Church, then about an hour after Church. Did get the left side of the sky finished. Tonight after work hopefully I will finish the right side then be able to begin on the landscape itself. Here is the updated pic.


I have to work all day today. Hope everyone has a blessed day.

Deb

What a night!

I didn't get any stitching in last night due to the weather around here. We were to busy running for cover one minute and then trying to get everyone settled back down for bed the next. Several tornados touched down all around us. My DD was on the phone with her BFF when the phone lines in TN was lost. Now she is worried sick about her. I told her she could try to reach her BFF this afternoon again right after school. They live in one of the hardest hit areas.

I am off work today and we will eat dinner at Church tonight. My mom is coming for a visit and other than that I plan to do nothing all day. Hopefully, I will get a few stitches in on DSII tonight before bed.

Have a blessed day.
Debs

Super Tuesday/Fat Tuesday/Stormy Tuesday

Take your pick as what you want to call today. Our state doesn't vote until May so no "Super Tuesday" for us. We don't do Mardi Gras so no "Fat Tuesday" for us. But there are severe storms moving through the area again so it is "Stormy Tuesday" in our household. Whatever your day is I hope it is a great one.

I got called into work last night so my stitching time was cut way down. I only got in an hour before going to bed. I worked on DSII some more. I swear that sky is over half the design. I love the colors but am so ready for something besides red and orange. Here is an updated pic.


Tonight after work I will be stitching on the Snowbuddies Afghan. Hopefully I will pretty far on the first heart on the bottom border. Watch tomorrow for update.

Have a blessed day.

Debs

It's Monday again

Boy after having four days off, my kids did not want to get up and go to school today. Of course they were exhausted after being up so late last night watching the Giants win the Super Bowl. They were still going strong at 10 when I picked them up from Church. My daughter says she is coming home this afternoon and taking a nap. LOL!!!

I got a little bit of stitching in yesterday on MBT The Name of God. After dropping our son off at Church yesterday for the Super Bowl party, I came home and napped for several hours. So I didn't have as much time to stitch as I would have liked. Here is the updated pic.


As promised here is the updated pic also of DSII from Sat.


Off to do some house work as I don't have to work today. Have a blessed day.

Debs

Super Bowl Sunday

Today is the big day. What team are you rooting for? My kiddos favorite team is the Colts, so they are rooting for the Giants. Since Peyton got the win last year it is only fair for Eli to get it this year. They are heading to a big Super Bowl party with their youth group. Can you say peace and quite around my house. :0 Maybe I will get a lot of time in on The Name of God.

I did get some stitching in last night on my DSII. I can't post a pic today because my DD took off with the camera to above mentioned party. I will try to get a pic posted tomorrow. I am almost finished filling in the sky now.

Gotta get some lunch and get DS off to the party. Have a blessed day.

Debs

A day off finally.

Today is my first day off since going back to work. I was so happy when they told me I didn't have to work today. I get to spend the whole day with my family and my stitching.

Before work yesterday afternoon I finished reading If on a winter nights a traveler. It was a good book. Not something I would normally read but pretty good none the less. I started on "The Rose Rent" by Ellis Peters. This book is about a monk in the 1100s trying to figure out who killed the person delivering a white rose for rent. Here is the pic of the front.


After work last night I stitched on DSII some more. I got most of the left side of the sky finished and have started filling in on the right. Here is the updated pic.


Off to do some stitching. Have a blessed weekend.

Debs

Friday again

Well, we had another snow "storm" over night. The kiddos are out of school again today. Not that that bothers them. We are suppose to warm up into the 50s again by Sunday.

I have to work again today and tomorrow. I am only suppose to get 12-15 hours a week and this week I will have worked all six days that the shop is open. I have already worked 18 1/2 hours this week and I will have another five today plus a possible 7 1/2 tomorrow.

I got a little stitching in last night after work and grocery shopping on my DSII. I am so loving the red sky. I can't wait to finish this piece. Here is today's update.


Unitl tomorrow, everyone have a blessed day.

Debs