Little bit of everything...

I am off work today because I am going to my customers funeral. I am nervous about going; I haven't been to one since my dads 6 years ago. I cleaned all morning, took down the Christmas decorations. I know your suppose to wait til after the New Year but I just got the "urge" and took advantage of it. LOL Who knows when it'll be back.

When Ashley was younger she belonged to a horse club; she was Queen for 3 years in a row. Every Saturday was filled with horse shows; I use to complain because it was cold etc...but what I'd give for those days to come back. I skyped w/her and Scarlett for about an hour this morning; Scarlett is walking all over the place. I sure hope I'm able to go visit them next year. I'm planning on going for Christmas.

I got my order from 123 yesterday; I was able to stitch the roof on my January Cottage; I maybe able to finish it today; Kenny works til 8:00 tonight. Were going to dinner on his break at 4; the funeral is at 2 so I should be able to make it. I guess I better go get ready...

Last TUSLA for 2011..

I haven't done much of anything but stitch & eat for the past 2 days...lol I won't have to eat for the rest of the week. LOL

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas; it's hard to believe it's all over now; it takes us weeks to prepare, shop, cook, decorate and it'd over in 1 day. I am ready to take the decorations down now. I will probabley do it Wedesday; I'm usually off on Monday/Tuesdays but I have a funeral to go to on Wednesday so I switched days w/a girl at work.

I've been stitching on my January Cottage; I still don't know how I'm going to "finish" them? Any ideas?? I was thinking of making big pin keeps & put on a easel on my hutch, or pillows? I don't know yet..Sorry so short, I have "turkey burn out" I think. LOL Of course here are some pictures of Scarlett opening her Christmas gifts; she's getting so big...

Darn Camera....

I finally got around to finishing some ornaments and when I was taking pictures my camera died; so I'll have to post the other ones tomorrow. We have about a foot of snow outside and it's still lightly snowing. I rode to work w/my friend who lives across the street, we slipped all the way to work; when I got there 3 people called off so instead of having 8 waiterss, we had 5, which was fine we could have gotten by with 3.

I broke down and ordered myself the January Word Play and the threads I don't have needed for it and another chart from LK I plan on stitching for someone "special" :) so I won't show it yet. I figured I haven't ordered myself any stash for a while now. Merry Christmas to ME!! LOL

I had some sad news this morning; I have waited on this adorable older couple for 4 years, well in March we lost Mrs. Rains; Mr. Rains comes in every Thursday & Sunday; I would always find a few minutes to sit and visit with him. I know he missed her terribly; whenever his daughter (from Virginia) & son (from Ohio) come to visit they come see me; me and his daughter (Barbara) exchanged phone numbers without him knowing so she could call me and check on how he's doing w/out him knowing she was checking or if he didn't come in for a few days I'd call her, we've gotten close; well she & her hubby were here visiting, a week ago Sunday Mr. Rains slipped and fell in the bathroom and they took him to the hospital. She called me this morning and told me he'd passed away yesterday. :( He was doing so good; but went to sleep and passed away. I know he's happy to be with his wife again, but we will all dearly miss him. You never know what life holds for you, just live everyday like it's your last and tell every person who you love how you feel for them because you never know.

Hugs,Shar

Wonderful Surprise....

I recieved this beautiful ornament from Shirlee (Farmhouse Ponderings). I absolutly LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it hun!!!! It was a very wonderful surprise. We are doing a private friendship exchange next year. I can't wait!! Thank you so very much hun; I can't express to you howmuch I love this ornament; my 2 favorite things gingerbread men & peppermints..LOL

I have to work Christmas Eve til 6; Kenny & Heather are going to fix dinner; were going to cook our Christmas meal on Christmas Eve and then just relax on Christmas and open gifts and eat leftovers. Kenny got a turkey from his job on Thanksgiving so were going to fix that. Me and Heather (oldest DD) are off to Walmart & Joanne's in a few minutes to get the last little things. I need to get things for Kennys stocking.

P.S....

Ashley just sent me this adorable picture of Scarlett eatting Chocolate Chip pancakes and I had to share with all of you. For you that know me knows Scarlett is my darling granddaughter who is presently living in Germany; her daddy is in the Army and they are there til March 2014.

Here are a few more pictures of Cripple Creek; it's an old mining town made into a gambling town now...

A great giveaway...

Nancy over at Victorian Motto Sampler Shop is having yet another wonderful giveaway...

Getaway...

Me & Kenny went up to Cripple Creek Thursday and Friday; we didn't win "it" big, but we had a great time. We stayed at the Century Hotel, they just remodeled the rooms and we had a beautiful room, except there was a cold breeze coming from the windows which were directly above our heads. We went out and had a delicious dinner and gambled til about 1 then went and got a little 8" pizza (he was hungry) lol, and took it back to the room and sat on the bed eatting pizza. I didn't sleep too well because you could hear the noise from the casino downstairs. I don't think I'd stay there again because of that. Then we were up and showered and ready to get back down to eat our free breakfast which was very good; then we gambled a little more til we caught the bus back to Pueblo. It was nice to get away and I have more pictures I'll post tonight..

On the stitching front I finished December's Word Play and started the January Cottage from LHN. It's such a fun stitch; the color changes are beautiful. I have to get ready for work; I'll post more later..hope everyone is getting ready for Chritmas and having fun..

Great Giveaway...

There's a great giveaway at: http://stitchersanon.blogspot.com/
Jump on over and check it out...

Thank you Shirlee

I won Shirlee's giveaway at Farmhouse Ponderings and reiceved my package today; it was well worth the wait!!!! She sent a couple little surprises; a beautiful prim doll and bell garland along with this beautiful caddie..I will cherish these for a very long time hun..thank you again Shirlee..

Years ago, (prob 25) I stitched my whole family Christmas stockings; over many of Heathers moves she lost hers; she recently moved back home (another story for another time, but I'm enjoying having her home again), I was unpacking Christmas things and came across my dads stocking I stitched for him; him and Heather were very close, since I was 17 when I had Heather my parents helped me raise her most of her childhood, and my dad was so much more than a "pap" to her. When we lost my dad 6 years ago; Heather has yet to accept his death. I know my dad wouldn't want anyone else but her to have his stocking; so with a heavy heart I removed "Dad" from the stocking and stitched "Heather". When she saw it hanging up she remembered it being my dads and cried. I told her she can have it but it stays with me. :)

I started to "finish" some of the ornaments and other "winter" things, first is this cube; I followed Vonnas instructions best I could; she makes it look so easy; believe me I struggled a little; but I think with time I will get it..LOL Thank you Vonna for sharing. I have more to write about but I am tired tonight and think I'm going to go eat a small bowl of ice cream and go to bed; I'm working 8 days straight because me and Kenny are going out of town Thursday and Friday; were going up to a little "gaming" town, "Cripple Creek". It's an old mining town that decorates the whole town for Christmas and we like to play the penny machines. We are staying at a new hotel up there; the rooms are regular $79 and we went online and got a nice room for $39 just for "liking" them on Facebook..I can't wait to get away; even if it's just for overnight...Thank you again Shirlee, you made my day...

A little stash...

I have been waiting for this order from Country Stitches for about 2 weeks; I know their busy. I got some burgendy felt, rusty bells & safety pins, needles (which I used last night and LOVE them) and some ribbon to "finish" my December Word Play with, then from DSL I got these 2 patterns and some material and thread. Kenny says I'm "Addicted to Cross Stitch" and doesn't understand why I keep ordering new things when I haven't stitched what I already have. LOL "Silly Man"...lol

I stitched on my DWP all evening last night; it was so much fun to stitch. Ashley sent me a new picture of Scarlett hanging her ornament. She's getting so big and I miss her so very much. I miss her mommy too. :) Only 2 more years to go til they come home. I hope to get to go over there (Germany) next Christmas. It's still snowing out; I have to work today and sure don't want to; I wake every morning thinking of a reason to call off..LOL

Welcome December...

We woke this morning to snow; I LOVE IT!!! And seriously thought of calling off work to just stay home and decorate the house for Christmas. But I never call off so I guess I'll just go. Here's Kenny giving Rowdy a treat.

When I got home yesterday I had a wonderful surprise in my mailbox from Joyce. It's for our Exchange group; she sent this cute pillow and pair of scissors; I have the blue ones and love the green..and 2 skeins of silk thread; thank you Joyce...Welp time to head off to work; hope everyone has a great day...

Cute Snowmen....

I finished these snowmen a few days ago; I have to get around to "finishing" them; I have 3 ornaments waiting to be finished. I just haven't been in the "mood" yet..lol I started my December Word Play; I ordered my "rusty bells" from Country Stitches last week so hopefully they'll be here by the time I'm done. I really enjoy stitching this; I tea stained some scrap material I had and it turned out really nice.

Yesterday I had a "girls day"; me and 3 of my friends went to Denver and ate lunch at Casa Bonita, it's a old mexican style restaurant I use to go to when I was a little girl; I haven't been there in years; I took Ashley there when we were doing the whole "Backstreet Boys" concert thing. LOL It's really neat inside; there's a 14 ft waterfall and they have a "show" where a diver juggles fire and dives in the pool below; same show for 30+ years..lol Then we went to 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver; it was cold and beautiful they have all the trees decorated; we went to Bare Escentuals makeup store and spent way too much money...I LOVE that makeup. Then we went to a AVS Hockey game; my first hockey game and it was such fun; I drove because the girls like to have a few drinks and I don't drink so I don't mind. We got home about midnight.

Well, I'm off to stitch the rest of the day...

Finally!!

I finally was able to decorate my blog (somewhat). Did anyone go out Black Friday shopping? NOT ME!! I hate crowds and just dont want to deal with all the rude people out there. I deal with them everyday at work..lol I use to go with Ashley when she was here; she loves to shop, that girl has a shopping problem; she has a problem w/Victorias Secrets "PINK" collection kind of like I have a stitching problem..lol

I didn't finish my ornament last night and I'm so close; me and Kenny watched "Super 8" last night. I liked it..have a great day full of relaxing and stitching...

Driving me Nuts!! & TULSA

I was going to change my blog for Christmas today; but the stupid *!* blogger is messing up; yet again; it won't let me copy or paste on my blog; as you can see; I earased my background because I was going to change it..I just got done trying again and it still won't let me; I've tried using a different mouse; shutting down and restarting; so I guess it's just the blogger messing up again; hopefully it'll be okay tomorrow..I swear I have more trouble than not on this site..

I worked today and we were busier than we are on Mother's Day; which is usually the busiest day of the year; I am a waitress at a nice family restaurant called "The Black-eyed Pea". My sales are usually between $200-400 and today when I got off my sales were $780! I made very good tips so it was well worth it; people were very friendly and thankful we were open. I guess people just don't cook anymore; what I'd give to be at my moms today (I live in Colorado and my family is in Ohio) w/my family. Maybe next year.

I got a little more stash yesterday; I fell in love with this Boughts of Holly design when I saw it and HAD to have it.. Here's my TULSA for this month..I'm almost done with Snow in Love; I will finish it tonight; I may just "finish" some of my ornaments tonight; I'm kind of in the mood to do that; I'm very tired though; my feet are killing me; especially my heels; lately they have really been giving me problems. Hope everyone had a wonderful day w/their families, friends..Ashley posted some pictures of Scarlett eatting her Thanksgiving meal; how I miss those girls.

Goodies...

I switched shifts with my friend; her sisters family came in this weekend and their having their Thanksgiving meal tonight and she asked me if I would trade shifts; I always work the day shift and I told her sure; I'll make more money tonight so I don't mind; I have to get the kids Christmas package sent out next week for them to get it for Christmas..Ashley caught Scarlett playing on her daddys computer; isn't this a cute picture??

I started "Snow in Love" and I heard the mailman leaving something between the screen door & front door and KNEW what it was; so there went my stitching (for now) I LOVE getting new stash and sitting and looking at it; when I get threads I have to post them in my documents; I have spread sheets for each brand: WDW, GA, GA Shaker, CC..that way I don't get too many doubles. LOL Kenny laughs at me for having it but he has no idea howmany I have or he'd really think I have a problem. (which I do)...but, don't we all??

I ordered some of the camel felt to "finish" some of my ornaments with and come beautiful chenille from CC. I have about 4 colours now and hope to get more; I love them. Well, I am going to go back to stitching, I don't have to jump in the shower til 3 and I'm sitting here in my nightgown; Kennys at work and I'm watching all the Barefoot Contessa shows I taped all week. Have a great weekend...