Wonderful Wednesday Morning.

I finished up my book by John Grisham last night. I enjoyed everything but the ending. LOL! Can't wait for his next one. I have all his books in hardback and have been known to go back and re-read them if I have nothing else in the house to read. For today though I will start reading a Meg Cabot book: . Shouldn't take to long to read.

I got some more stitching in last night on my DSII. I finished up the last large catus and did some of the ground around it and the sky. Here is the updated pic.
At this rate I might just make the weekend deadline.

Guess I better get myself ready for work. Today should be a busy day with new products arriving to check in, price and place around the store. Plus it is suppose to be warm and pretty so we will probably have a lot of traffic through today. Then we have Church this evening. Hope to still get some stitching time in. Have a blessed day everyone.

Deb

Two days in a row

I have been able to stitch the last two days in a row. Yipee. I got some stitching in last night on DSII. Here is where I am at now. Don't have a lot left to stitch, so hopefully I will make my goal to finish this weekend. I have no plans for the night so I will stitch it away. Hopefully tomorrows update will show a lot more x's crossed.

Gotta run. Have a blessed day.

Deb

Finally

Well yesterday was the first day I put any stitching in on any of my projects in over a week. I just could not get myself to pick up a needle last week. I would look at my stitching and then grab a book instead. I did get about three or four books read in that time and am currently half way through with the new John Grisham .

I picked up and started again on MBT The Name of God. I have only been working on this on Sundays. I hope to maybe add a day or two more this week into stitching on this one. I really like it and I don't get a lot of stitching time in on Sundays. Between Church that morning and again that evening, dinner, and maybe a nap I get about one maybe two hours of stitching in. Here is an update of what I did get done yesterday. And here is a close up of the border with the slight color variations.

I have set a goal to finish DSII by this weekend. Which means I will skip my Tuesday night afghan stitch so I can finish this puppy up. That way I can devote the week to The Name of God and find a new stitching project for Sunday (maybe something small).

Well, I had best get myself off the computer and ready for work. Have a blessed day!

Good Morning

Well, I have not picked up a needle since last Thursday. We had the baby visit over the weekend and I always devote all my time to him. (I use to babysit him before we moved) Of course I did try to stitch but he wanted to help so we put that up and just played. Monday evening we went shoe shopping for my son some dress shoes for Church. Then we ate pizza and by the time we got home I was ready for bed. Yesterday I came home from work a little early and went right to sleep on the couch for over an hour. I was so tired and just felt yucky. I feel much better this morning so maybe tonight before and after Church I can get in a few stitches.

Well it is raining again and I need to finish breakfast and get the kiddos out the door for school. Have a blessed day.

Deb

Tomorrow is the weekend!!!!

We had another beautiful day today. I was off from work and got to spend it cleaning and doing laundry. I did have ever blind in the house opened and even the doors. They are calling for rain and thunderstorms to roll through tonight but not any thing major. Hopefully it will all be out by the weekend.

I did get a little bit of stitching in tonight on my DSII. Not enough to update the pics though. We are going to have a visitor with us for the next couple of nights so I don't think I will get any stitching in. We don't get to see him but every other month so we devote all our time and attention to him when he is here. I baby sit the little guy before we moved so he thinks he is part of our family and we couldn't agree more.

I will try to check in and post sometime over the weekend. Have a blessed one.

Deb

Another day, another dollar

My dad use to say that a lot when I was young. Now I get it at 36. Tomorrow will be my first day off (except for Sat.) in about a month. When I hired in I was only to work 2 days a week and avg. about 12-15 hours a week. Now I work 4 days a week and avg. 25 hours a week. Plus I am on call six days a week. Right now I don't mind but come summer something may have to be done. I want to be able to spend some time with the kiddos.

I got a little stitching in on DSII tonight after Church. It is comely along nicely. Might even be able to finish it before the month is out. Here is the latest pic.

Well I did get up earlier this morning and was able to get breakfast on the table but no excerise in. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Hope everyone has a blessed day.

Deb

Beautiful day

Well I didn't get up early enough this morning for excerise. I will try again in the morning. This time change is just killing me. I did have a little more time to take getting ready this morning by not blogging or reading. I am going to sit the clock for 15 minutes earlier for tomorrow. Maybe I will be able to get up and have a little more time for some excerise. We are having beautiful weather and it is suppose to continue tomorrow. Maybe I can get some walking in also.

I did get in a couple of hours of stitching tonight on SC Snowbuddies afghan. I am working on the bottom border now. Started on the tree branch tonight. Here is the update of that. Not a lot done but a little. I love working on this. Can't wait until I can start on the actual snowmen in the middle.

Well I need to get myself ready for bed. Have a blessed day tomorrow.

Deb

Back to work

Boy this DST has me all confused. I think I still need to be in the bed. I hate getting up in the dark. It will take me over a week to get adjusted once again to the time change.

I got some stitching in yesterday on MBT The Name of God. I am on page 1 and only have 3 more roses on the left side of the border before I will start on the words in the center. Here is the updated pic.

I was able to finish the Patterson book on Saturday and have since started Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson.

I am going to try over the next couple of weeks to rearrange my schedule some. I would like to get up a little earlier to get my excercise in. If I do this along with all the other morning stuff I will probably not have time to blog until the end of the day. So watch for that change over the next couple of weeks.

Gotta get myself ready for work. Have a blessed day.

Deb

WOW it sure is bright out there

We got a total of 2 1/2" of snow. We were suppose to get a foot mind you but we didn't. It was very pretty while it was snowing. It was a blizzard like with the winds. So pretty to watch as I was sitting in my den in front of the fire cross stitching and didn't have to be out in it. This morning the sun is shining and reflecting off the snow. Have no where to go so I will just be stitching and reading the day away.

As promised here are some updated pic of my WIPs. First is DSII. I got the yellow of the sky finished last night. I only have the desert floor and a few castus to fill in.
Next is ME Happy Face Snowman. This is the take along project for Dr visits etc.

Last night I started the lastest James Patterson Women's Murder Club novel 7th Heaven. Pretty good read so far.

Well I am off to read, stitch and watch some movies. Have a blessed day.

Deb

It's snowing again

I don't think that winter is ever going to leave Western KY. I believe it will still be here come July. They are calling for up to a foot of snow tonight. Guess we will see come morning. I have plenty to stitch and read and lots of movies to watch so I am ok with being snowed in. :-)

I haven't been around much this week. Work has been wild and then my mom had to have some test run yesterday. Plus yesterday was my birthday. I got some stitching in on my ME Snowman Happy Face and on my DSII over they last few days. I will try to get those pics posted tomorrow.

I am off to read the blogs and then to stitch. Have a blessed day.

Debs

Happy Hump Day

I am so glad it is Wednesday. Only two days of work left this week. I work for 2 hours on Friday to cover until someone else can get there.

We had to go register DD for HS classes last night. I can't believe she is old enough to be getting ready for HS. She just started Kindergarten last week.

I did get some stitching in on my Snowbuddies Afghan. I got the bottom left heart finished. Here is a pic of the heart. Maybe by the end of April I can start on the actual design in the middle of the afghan.

Gotta work today, then spend the night with my mom. She has a blood test at 6:15 in the morning and I thought it would be easier to stay with her than to get up at 4:30 and get ready for work before picking her up.

Gotta get my shower and get ready. Have a blessed day.

Deb

No More Snow Please

The weather men are calling for snow for this afternoon. I hope they are wrong. I am so sick of winter. We had that taste of Spring over the weekend and now I am so over cold temps and snow. The temps are suppose to be in the 30s today so if it does snow it will probably stick and make things a mess again.

Didn't get much stitching in last night on my DSII. DD is registering tonight for her high school classes and we spent the night going over classes and schedules. By the time we all finished that we were ready for bed. LOL! I just can't believe that she is old enough to be starting high school. Where did the time go? She was just a baby last week. She did find out at school yesterday that is qualified for all honors classes so she was very excited about that.

Well I have work all day again today. I am training another part-time employee so I should be able to take some time off here pretty soon. Gotta get the kiddos to school. Have a blessed day.

Debs

It's Monday again

Just where does the weekend go? One minute it is Friday afternoon, the next Monday morning. Maybe we should have a two day work week and a five day weekend. Some how I don't think that that would work.

I did get some stitching in last night on MBT The Name of God. Not a lot because it was late before I got started on it. I had one of my headaches yesterday and I spent most of the afternoon on the couch with my head covered to keep out the light and the noise. We have a cold front moving through today and the pressure in my head was killing me. I will be glad the front in through. Any way here is a pic of what I got done last night. Just got a few more flowers done on the left border. I have now used one of 61 skiens of floss I got for this project.

As promised yesterday here is an updated pic of my DSII. I have completely finished the left side of the design except for the backstitching. I hope to be finishing this one up soon.

I also started a new book over the weekend. I should have this book done by this weekend. I am slowly making a dent in the books on the left side of my blog.

Well I have to get myself up and moving so I can get ready for work. Hope everyone has a blessed day.

Beautiful Sunday

The weather is wonderful here this weekend. After so much wind, rain, snow, ice and freezeing temps we are seeing highs in the 70s with bright sunshine. Of course tomorrow we have another cold front moving through with storms changing over to snow/ice before it is over. But we will focus on today.

I haven't gotten much stitching in this week. First we had a lady quit at work and I have picked up her hours until we can get someone else hired. I am one whipped puppy when I get home at night. Then Thursday I spent the entire day in the ER with my mom. Yesterday was my first day off in a week and I spent the morning grocery shopping and the afternoon napping. I did get some stitching in on DSII late last night. I will try to post a pic of that tomorrow along with MBT The Name of God that I should get some stitching in on today.

Guess I will get off here so I can go get some stitching time in before evening Church. Have a blessed day.

Deb