Life has thrown us some curve balls

over the past few months. My husband lost his job, I have had to go back to work, and I just can't seem to find my stitching mojo. I seemed to have lost it in August and I just can't seem to get back into stitching. I am having problems adjusting to working and keeping the house up again so maybe once that is settled things will be better.

Yesterday I went to get my fall things out to decorate my den with. All of my cross stitch pieces and 90% of my fall decorations were ruined. That was the straw that broke the camels back. I have no time to restitch before the season and no money to buy. Oh well, maybe by next year I will have some of my stuff replinished.

Guess I better get ready for work. Remember even when you have in the valley (like we are), God is still right beside you holding your hand. Have a blessed day.

Debs

Bathroom/Kitchen remodel

Not a lot of stitching going on but we have been working on the remodel of the house. Here is a slideshow of some of the work we have been doing. DH will start next week with building the vaniety for the bathroom. We will probably put the radient heat down this week and then start with the tiling of the floor. I can't wait.

Oh and by the way I LOVE my new kitchen sink.



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Finaly some stitching

The Name of God 7/10/09
Originally uploaded by debstorm

Got a lot of stitching in this week. Finished up page three on this sampler. I love the whole design but working on that border is a PITA. But it adds so much to the design. Have already moved the fabric up on the scrolls and will be starting page four later today.

Have a blessed day.

deb

The Name of God 6/19/09

The Name of God 6/19/09
Originally uploaded by debstorm

Finally an updated pic. I have been working on that crazy border. Finally decided to finish up the word days to make it look like I had made some progress. I really love this design. Not sure if I will get some time in on it this weekend. Hope to. Not any next week as our youth pastors son will be with us for the week. He is only 22 months and into EVERYTHING!

Have a blessed day.

debs

Finally some stitching

I was able to work a little last night on The Name of God. Of course if I was to post a pic today you wouldn't be able to tell what little I had done so I will wait a day or two. I am hoping to get more stitching time in this evening. Our VBS is this week during the evenings. My kiddos are to old for VBS and we took the summer off since we work AWANAS during the school year. Anyway because of VBS there will be no prayer meeting tonight. What better way to spend my prayer time at home than stitching on The Name of God.

Well today is shaping up to be another hot and humid day with chances of more severe storms. Yea for us. DS has a friend over and they are locked in the bedroom watching movies, playing video games or just goofing around in general. DD and I need to clean her bedroom. It looks like a tornado went through it. Right now she is pouting on the front porch because she is grounded and thinks we should unground her and let her do whatever she wants. Ahhhhhhhh............the joy of raising teens.

Gotta get to work on the room. Have a blessed day.

Debs

Stormy Tuesday

Well I haven't stitched in over two weeks. But I do have all my DMC thread all wrapped on bobbins and put in my jammer boxes. This is a huge accomplishment for me. I hope to sit down this afternoon and evening and get some stitching in.

Things have been very busy with the kids being out of town last weekend for four days. I babysit the youth pastors 22 month old son during that time also. Very active little fellow.

Well my house is now quiet. DD gone on date and DS & DH not back from being out of town yet. Off to eat lunch then do a little stitching. Yea me.

Debs

Stitching?????????? What's that???

School is finally out for the summer. I have spent the first few days getting kids ready for summer camp. Now that is all done, it is time for the summer clean. You know what I mean, clean out the kids rooms from all the junk they have brought home from school to never be seen. The clothes that never quit make it to the dirty clothes, the drawers, the closet etc. I am trying to get them to work hard this first week to get this done so they will have the rest of the summer to do whatever. So far, it is not working. Guess I will have to threaten to take away the PS2, radio, cell phones etc. the get the work done. Hopefully, I will get some stitching in her soon. By the time I sit down at night, my mind is so numb that I can just see the mistakes that I would make. I have been reading until bed time and have finished several books. Last night I started on 8th Confession by James Patterson. I should have that puppy done tonight.

Gotta go check on the lunch. DH just walked in the door.

Have a blessed day.

Debs

Need some time off

Ok so I don't work outside the home anymore and you would think I would have time for myself and my family right???? WRONG. I am doing more crap now than before. I can't remember the last time I stitched. Last week????????? Hopefully now that school is out I can spend more time with the kiddos and doing what we want instead what every one else wants me to do.

Yesterday was the last day of school. YEAH!!!! Will "graduated" from 8th grade. Here is the graduate.



In the fall I will have 2 kids in high school. Wasn't it just yesterday they started kindergarten?

Here is the updated pic I have of Name of God by My Big Toe Designs.



I hope to work on it some this coming week. I just got home from a 3 1/2 hour meeting and tomorrow between church we have a funeral and a wedding shower to go to.
Right now I am going to veg in front of the 'puter and work on my family history.

Have a blessed day.

Debs

I got in a

little bit of stitching last night but not enough to take a pic for an update. I spent about two hours yesterday working on the DMC thread again. Hopefully I will have that done by tonight or tomorrow.

Tomorrow my son "graduates" from 8th grade. Both of my babies will be in high school come fall. Will a freshman, Aimee a sophmore. Where has the time gone?

Well I need to get some cleaning done around the house. I did NOTHING yesterday. Bad Deb.

Have a blessed day.

debs

No stitching

Thread
Originally uploaded by debstorm

last night but I did start putting all my thread on bobbins. I have been cleaning the den really good and put all the vhs, cds, and dvds in abc order. All my thread was sitting in front of the shelves in hobby lobby bags, micheals bags and I decided it was time to wrap them on bobbins and get them into the jammer cases. So this is what I did most of last night. I hope to get some more of them done today and get all the thread put together and then put up out of my den floor.

Have a blessed day.

Debs

Happy Tuesday

I was actually able to get in a lot of stitching over the weekend. I finished up page two on my sampler and started page three. Here is the updated pic of it.



I really enjoying working on this one. Hopefully it won't take me to long before I finish this page and can move on to page 4.

I finished up the book I was reading over the weekend and started this one.



I am over half done with it and should be able to start its sequal tomorrow at the latest.

Also wanted to post a picture that is long over due. Our shower stall in the bathroom was leaking and Will decided to gut it and redo. We went with ceramic tile. I "designed" the pattern and he went to work. Here is a pic of the finished project.



Not bad for a first timer. I love this shower. It looks so much better than that old junk that was in there. More pics of the remodel will be posted later.

Have a blessed day.

Debs

TGIF!

Well I didn't get any stitching in yesterday. I was so tired yesterday I couldn't keep my eyes opened, yet I was unable to sleep. Weird huh. I did do a little bit of reading. I am reading Beverly Lewis Summerhill 2. Several short stories. They are pretty good. Don't know if I will get much stithing in this weekend. I am going to try to though.

Have a great holiday weekend. Only 4 more days of school after today!!!!

Have a blessed day.

Deb

I did get in a little stitching

5/21/09 update
Originally uploaded by debstorm

last night. I was able to finish Morning ST and start on the word bread. I started on the d and was off one row. I was so tired my eyes were crossing. So I frogged out the d and went to bed. Plan to take a nap here in a little then get back to stitching on this.

I did finish the book The Confession. I started a new one and will get that pic and info. up tomorrow. Tonight we have a Concert Band performance for my daughter. Just one more week and school will be out. YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a blessed day.

Deb

A finish and pulled out an old WIP

I finally finished Bent Creek Seize the Day last night. Here is a pic of it and Rise and Shine also by Bent Creek. These will both hang in my kitchen above the cabinets.



I will get another pic when they are hanging. Once I finished this and got it in the frame, I pulled out my WIP Name of God by My Big Toe Designs. I had finished the first page and am half done with the second page. Here is a current pic of that one.



I am going to focus on only this one for a little bit. Something new will call my name soon and I will have to set this one aside for a while. Hopefully I will get some stitching time in this afternoon and evening.

I am almost finished reading The Confession by Beverly Lewis. I only have about 20 more books in my to be read pile so I will see what is next up later tonight.

I am trying my hand at making homemade Honey Oat Bread. I will let you know how it turns out.

Have a blessed day.

Deb

Good Morning!

I did get to stitch a little on Seize the Day last night. Hopefully I will have that baby finished this evening. Today I must get the laundry caught up and do a little work around the house. I have started following the Flylady routine again and I really seem to be making progress around the house. Even with all the remodeling that is going on. I need to get updated pics on the remodel up too.

Well guess I had better get busy cleaning. Have a blessed day.

Deb

Busy day

The Confession
Originally uploaded by debstorm

I have been a garage most of the day today. Had to take the van to Leon Riley Ford in Benton to get the air fixed early this morning. After leaving there I had to take it to Shelby's Wheel and Tire in Paducah for 4 new tires. If I never see the inside of a garage again it will be to soon. LOL!

I did finish a book I was reading and started on The Confession by Beveryly Lewis. I am really enjoying all her books. Hopefully after dinner tonight and a Wal-Mart run for my son, I will get to stitch some. I am so close to being done with Seize the Day by Bent Creek I can taste it.

I have done no house work today so will have twice as much to do tomorrow. Wednesday I am going with my mother to put flowers on my grandparents and great-grandparents graves. Not a fun thing to do but I do get to spend the day with mom.

Off to play around on the net for a while. Catch you later.

Deb

Snow buddies Afghan 4/28/09

Snow buddies Afghan 4/28/09
Originally uploaded by debstorm

Here is the most recent pic of the Stoney Creek afghan SnowBuddies. I have the top and bottom border done and have started on the snowman. Unfortunatly, I have had to RIP out all the white shown here on his hat. I was off ONE thread.

TFL.

debs

God Bless

God Bless
Originally uploaded by debstorm

This is a Janlynn Kit. It took no time to stitch. I started it the Friday of our terrible ice storm here in KY. We had to go to TN to buy a generator and this was what I worked on in the car. I had everything done but the words. I finished them up at home later. Not sure how I want to finish this guy. Any suggestions?

TFL.

Debs

Frosty Snowman

Frosty Snowman
Originally uploaded by debstorm

This is a Dimensions Daydreams Kit. I just love how quick and easy it was to stitch and assemble. I was afraid when it came time to put it together. I thought no way but it was so easy.

TFL.

Debs

Autumn Wreath

Autumn Wreath
Originally uploaded by debstorm

Here is Autumn Wreath by Mill Hill. I finished this baby up in March. I had been working on it since before Thanksgiving. Why does it take me so long to finish things I start?

Updates on everything

Well let's see..........I have some finishes and new WIPs to show you and some updates on the current WIPs. You will see several small post today of finishes and WIPs and some of the books that I am reading now. I have switched to yet a different picture server and am having a hard time getting everything uploaded together for one little post. I will figure it out eventually. Until then please excuse the small posts.

One thing I would like to show you is some pics for the ice storm we had here in January. Hopefully here is a link to the album.

http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s224/debs42431/Ice%20Storm%202009/

Well I must go do the grocery shopping and pay some bills. I will try to get some other stuff posted tonight. Have a blessed day.

Debs

Boy am I behind.

Of course first I was working full time and didn't have time to sleep let alone update the blog. Then the ice storm in Jan. hit and we were without power for two months. Then I lost my job. Now I am home full time and hope to get caught up real soon. I might even double post today. LOL! Hopefully I will update some books I am reading, some stitching I have done and other things later in the day.

Have a blessed day!

Debs