Early Christmas...Thanks Kathy!!

I won Kathy & Rory's birthday drawing and I got my "presents" today..Thank you so very much Kathy; you really-really made my day!! I had such fun opening all the packages; Kenny said I looked like a little girl on Christmas and I felt like it. I love the material and threads, I just was going to have to order some needles..LOL Your a sweetheart hun (Rory too) Thank you from the bottom of my heart...

Here's a picture of Scarett that Ashley sent me today; I was off work and Kenny got a job and had to go do his paperwork today; so I cleaned, washed rugs, mopped the floors etc..and then stitched for a few hours on my LK Halloween Rules, sitting watching for the mailman because I knew Kathy had sent my package out. LOL And of course he (mailman) gets here around 11:30 and today we had a sub. who got here around 4..:( LOL I'm going to go play with my new stash..Thank you again Rory and Kathy..your the best...

A new start...:)

Well, I couldn't help it; I had to start something new..LOL I decided on LK's Halloween Rules. I LOVE this picture and may stitch it a little different; I'll have to wait and see; I have an "idea" thou..LOL I stitched on it for a few hours last night; I really love this material; I can't remember where I got it from; I believe it was from a giveaway I'd won a while ago; it's 28 count and after I started stitching the stitches are a little bigger than I thought; but I'm gonna keep on going; I love the colour w/the threads.

Here's a few new pictures of Scarlett; her and Ashley are at my moms house in Ohio for a few weeks for vacation. She's getting so big; she'll be 1 the 17th of this month.

Hope everyone is getting some R&R and lots of stitching done. Is anyone planning on going to the Celebration of Needlework in St. Louis this Sept 15-19th? I'm going to really try to make it; we'll see how the money situation goes.

B O L O G N A.....

This is why you never take a man grocery shopping with you; yesterday I said I was going to the grocery store and Kenny said he wanted to go with me; he had hernia surgery on Friday and was getting "cabin fever", our local store (King Soopers) had Oscar Mayer Bologna on sale 10 for $10; so he decided we needed 10 packs of bologna because it was a great buy and we could freeze it. LOL So, we will be eatting bologna & cheese sandwiches for the next 6 months...LOL.

I am sad I won't make the cut off date to enter my BOF Mystery Stitch; I thought the deadline to enter in the Colorado State Fair is Aug 15, but it's Aug 5, this Friday and theres NO WAY I could have it done by then; maybe next year. I hope you don't mind but I copied Edgars idea and made my S red. :) Well I gotta run off to work. Today is my Monday. :(

I always feel like I need a few more days off. Hopefully I'm going to Celebration of Needlework in St.Louis the 15th of Sept. I'm keeping my fingers crossed me and my mom can meet there. I sure am fighting the urge to buy some stash; it's killing me; I haven't had anything new since April!!! I can feel a "splurge" coming on...LOL

A great giveaway...

"Sweet Pea Cottage" is having a wonderful giveaway; she has a very cute blog...

I won..& TUSLA

Hi all, I decided to go ahead and use the different colour on my alphabet; I finished the alphabet last night and started on a blue bird. I love this sampler and sure hope I get it finished in time to enter in the State Fair the end of the month.

Kenny had hernia surgery on Friday and is doing well. He already says he can't believe howmuch better he feels. He had surgery and he got me flowers...LOL

I won the giveaway at Screaming Sardines blog last week and recieved this beautiful package of ribbon from The Ribbon Jar; If you haven't been to her site please go visit it; she has the most amazing choice of ribbon. Thank you so very much; I can't wait to use it..:)

And finally here's my TUSLA for this month; I can't believe today is Aug 1st already; it will be getting cooler soon and the leaves will be changing; I can't wait; I love fall time; it's my favorite time of the year. I'm off work today and I'm just going to stitch and relax today. Hope everyone keeps cool..

I need your option...

I have been stitching on Birds of a Feather and don't care for the colour it asks for to use on the alphabet; it's too light for me; so I looked thru my WDW last night and came across Tabacco Road and stitched a few letters and I like it; but I'm needing a few of your options; if you are stitching this and have used a different colour I am open to suggestions. :) I know I can count on you all..

Hugs, Shar

Finished part 1...

I stayed up til 1:30 a.m. trying to get part 1 finished so I can start part 2; and now that I am starting on the alphabet I'm thinking of changing the colour; the thread is too light for me; I want it to stand out a little more? So, I'm going to go thru my WDW after my update ad see what I can come up with. This is such a fun picture to stitch. Please excuse my wrinkles..LOL

Kenny loves to "win" me stuffed animals. LOL Like the ones in those "claw machines" at Walmart etc., and at fairs. I now have 31 of them; my biggest one is the 4ft black bear holding a "I love you" heart he won me at Colorado State Fair 2 years ago. I'm going to take some of them down the the local womens shelter for the kids there; but I'm keeping a few of my favorite ones. He came home with this one yesterday. :) Here's a picture of my stitching chair and my mess around it. lol

Ashley and Scarlett are coming back from Texas next week and those of you who follow my blog know how happy this makes me. I've missed them terribly and can't wait to get my hands on Scarlett..:) She's still waiting to join her hubby in Germany; the Army is taking their sweet time getting their paperwork in order. I hate to see them go; but they need to be together as their little family; Torrys already missed enough of Scarletts 1st year.