Prizes & a little stash..

I was so lucky to have won a giveaway from Nancy at Victorian Motto, I won the surprise gift and what a wonderful surprise it was...some of her beautiful chenille and lovely threads. :) Thank you Nancy, I absolutely love them and can't wait to use them. I have been "trying" to be good and not order new stash, but I broke, the designers are coming up with more and more cute things that I just have to have. I'm still working on "Needleworker" and am going to go stitch on it and watch Dancing With The Stars after I post this. I love it...I think I'm going to stitch Spring Jack when I'm done. Here's a few pictures of Miss. Scarlett at her gymnastics class today; I love that Ashley posts all these pictures for me. Not much to talk about today; kind a got the blues, I've been going thru some personal issues and I'm not quite sure where things are headed; but I'll just pray about it and see what happens. (nothing medically or legal, just relationship "crap"), why can't things just be easy? I envy so many of you ladies, can I'll just leave it at that...Happy Stitching...

What a day....

I'm a waitress at a family style restaurant called "The Black-eyed Pea" in Pueblo, Co. I have been working there for 6 years now and I have several "regulars", mostly seniors that I grow quite attached to and sadly I do lose a few. I found out yesterday that on of my regulars had passed away on Tuesday night; I just waited on him and his dear wife on Sunday and he was fine, it was a heart attack. That's how I lost my dad, well today before his funeral 28 of his relatives came in to eat in honor of him and it was so hard and sad. His poor wife seemed so lost. You just never know; that's why it's so important that the people in our lives that we love need to know we love them. Last night I was "frogging" and I wasn't paying attention to "Bear", he has a thing about stuffed animals and he'll pick at then until he gets a hole and then he just tears the stuffing out, as you can see..lol He's such a little pain in the you know what sometimes. I was just 1 stitch off on my "N" and thought of just fudging it, but it was bothering me so I took it out. I came home from a long day at work today and had 3 packages waiting for me..that made me smile. I have been looking for the "Ghoul" pattern for sometime now and found one on e-bay and won it last week, I can't wait to stitch it. And I got my auto-deliveries for the "Peace" and the "Main Street Station" alone w/the materials and a few other goodies I've been eyeing. I have one more order from Stitch & Frog hopefully it'll be here on Monday. There are so many wonderful new patterns out, the designers are killing my stitching budget. I just need to pick up a few extra working shifts here and there to pay for my addiction. I did finish my "Hope". Do you ladies think there's such a thing as a "Stash Hoarder"?? Because if so, I believe I am one..lol Am I alone on this one?? LOL God bless you all...

Stitching like a fool...lol

Goodness the past few days have not been what I expected, I wanted to go to Goodwill to look for work pants (we wear jeans & black polos at work and I get great deals at Goodwill) then if I spill bleach on them I don't feel so bad about ruining a $8 pair of jeans instead of $40. And I wanted to go to Hallmark and get a new Yankee Candle (I have a coupon) & to Joanne's for whatever I HAD TO HAVE.. I noticed I had a small knot like thing on the bottom of my gum down by my jaw about 3 weeks ago and it kinda hurt when I touched it, so I called my dentist and made an appt. for May 7, well Monday morning about 2:45 I woke with killer pain on that knot and the tooth above it that doesn't have a cavity that I can see, I got up and took 3 Alieves and went back to bed and woke up yesterday morning and my jaw was swollen horribly, it looked like Kenny punched me in the jaw and it hurt sooooooooooo bad. I called my dentist again and she said she couldn't get me in, but I had to get to my doctor and get on antibotics ASAP.. So, I called my Dr. and she got me in. She said I had an absessed tooth and that it may have to be "drained"?? Now, this doesn't sound like fun at all..but I had to be on anitbotics a few days before they could do anything, so $46 later I have antibotics and Vics for pain. I started feeling nauseated while at the pharmacy waiting for my meds, and came straight home and laid down and slept most of the afternoon, when I got up I made supper, (funny when a womans sick the guys still ask "whats for dinner honey"?? I just made homemade mac & cheese, something soft, but Hayden did the dishes for me. Then I sat in my chair and stitched all night while watching DWTS & Castle & the news. It's horrible what someone did in Boston. I'll never understand why people want to hurt/kill other people for no reason, just to get attention I guess, that's what Dr. Phil says anyways. On a happier note here are a few more pics of my adorable grand-daughter Scarlett at her gymnastics class this morning, she's so adorable to me :)..I'm going to go and finish my Hope pillow and start on Love, these are such fun projects to stitch and Vonna makes the "finishing" look so easy with her Tutorial. Thanks Vonna..:) Have a blessed day..

2 Finishes & a new start....

Hi ladies, hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the changing of the season. My lilac and rose bushes are getting leaves on them I cant' wait until they bloom. I love seeing all the flowers at Lowes & Home Depot & Walmart, I usually wait until May to get any because here in Colorado it'll be 80 one day and the next 22 & snowing..lol Usually after May I feel safe planting flowers outside. I've been stitching almost every night, here are a few finishs I have; I have to "finish" them, I have about 15 stitching projects I have to "finish" I'm not really good at that but I'm trying to get better. I just started "Hope", and it's going to stitch up fast. I also ordered some stash; I've done pretty well so far this year at controlling my spending on new stash, lord knows I have enough already for the next 15 years or more. LOL I did order some today; well it's not really an "order", it's 2 Auto's. And I won "Ghoul" chart by Plum Street on Ebay yesterday, that made my day because I haven't been able to find it. Ashley & Miss. Scarlett are doing well, she's getting so big, Ashley Skyped me Wednesday and said she was cooking dinner and Scarlett came up to her and said "I wanna see Grandma"..:) it made me cry. When I answered my computer, she got the biggest smile and said "That's Grandma". :) Ashley and Torry put her in gymnastics class and she's doing so well, Ash says she really enjoys it. Only 10 more months and they'll be back in the States. Ashley's pregnancy is going well also, my new grandbaby will be here around October 16. We still don't know if it's a boy or girl and it doesn't matter to me. Well I think I'm gonna go stitch some before bed. Take care...Hugs, Shar

Great Spring Give Away....

Nancy over at Victorian Motto Sampler is having a wonderful give away; please say I sent you... http://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/2013/03/spring-fling-give-away-enter-now.html?showComment=1363564839753#c248238680273948606

Just couldn't do it....

Have you ever started a project and you have to force yourself to stitch on it? That's what was happening with March Word Play. I started it last year and thought I'd finish it this year and just couldn't get into stitching on it. I have so much stash I want to stitch that I had to put it away for yet another year...lol I started this Heart in Hand Easter Bird and am loving it. :) It's coming along pretty fast. I saw on Pinterest where someone had made these little lamp shades and I had to try it. So, off to Hobby Lobby I went and bought some burlap and bird eggs and birds nest. They were so fun and easy to make. I love them. They go great with my Birds of a Feather picture don't you think? Scarlett's been sick; Ash finially got her into the Dr. and she has an ear infection. Poor baby. Wish I could sit and hold her. Well, I know this is a short post but I gotta get ready for work; I want to share with you before I go the box I bought from Denise and the little bunnies with my grandbabies names on. She surprised me with these adorable little angels..I love them and ordering from Denise. She's a sweetheart..

Finally a finish....

I finally finished "Baby It's Cold Outside" and I have to say if your looking at this one to stitch please do. It was such a fun piece. Even thou I did have a spell where I lost my stitching "mo-jo". But it hasn't effected my wanting new stash...lol I really enjoyed stitching this, I need to take it and get it framed soon. I know the type of frame I want now I just have to find one. I came across the March Word Play I'd started last year; well I don't really think you can call it a "start" really, I'd stitched about 13 stitches on in and put it down for some unknown reason..LOL So I picked it up and started it again. I went to grab my camera and take a picture of it and something had been spilled on the table where I sat my camera down and got on my camera so now I can't get it to take any pictures. I'm recharging it and hopeing that maybe the battery is just dead and the camera isn't done for; I'll be sad. But I will have to go out and get another one. I'd taken these pictures and downloaded the last week of Feb. I haven't been in the mood to do much of anything lately. I haven't stitched or blogged hardly at all. I'm going to go and try and stitch a little more now. I just wanted to check in and say hi. Please excuse the wrinkles in my picture; I haven't ironed it yet..Take care friends...A special thank you for all your sweet words on my last post about my new grandbaby..:)