Yes, I know I'm a little early but things will be hopping around here and I may not get another chance to get back.
There are so many things for which I'm thankful...I'm truly blessed. Why is it that often we dwell on the less-than-perfect things instead of all our many blessings?
We'll have a houseful for this holiday but will be missing our DS who just moved to Denmark. Our college sons will arrive late tonight and our DD and her BF will be here late Thursday afternoon. (The big feast will be Friday here.) I'm really looking forward to having everyone (except for one) under the same roof even though I'm sure the time will just fly by at hyperspeed.
I've been stitching my fingers off lately but haven't anything I can show you. I'm working on 2 models now, one of which is in "the home stretch". The other one isn't that far behind. Then I'll either work on something with a Christmas theme or get back to Elizabeth Hancock. (If I haven't stated before....I think I suffer from stitcher's ADD...one reason I like to have several wips going at once. I actually think I get more things done that way because when I'm tired of working on one piece, I just switch to the next, etc. Then when I get back to the original piece, I find I'm excited to work on it again.
And so on and so on.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
and, of course, Happy Stitching too.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Progress on Elizabeth Hancock
I'm model stitching too so only stitched a bit on LHN Elizabeth Hancock. Progress is progress though. I'm really enjoying using the silks on this piece.
We went to a memorial service Sat. night and a member of the choir at that church invited me to sing with them in The Messiah. I LOVE singing the Messiah so, of course, I said yes. I went to my first rehearsal yesterday and remembered a lot more of it than I though I would. So now since I'm singing in our choir's Christmas cantata and their Messiah, I'll be going to 3 rehearsals per week for a while.
Happy stitching!
We went to a memorial service Sat. night and a member of the choir at that church invited me to sing with them in The Messiah. I LOVE singing the Messiah so, of course, I said yes. I went to my first rehearsal yesterday and remembered a lot more of it than I though I would. So now since I'm singing in our choir's Christmas cantata and their Messiah, I'll be going to 3 rehearsals per week for a while.
Happy stitching!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Empty Nest for a second time.....
We enjoyed having our oldest DS here with us again for about 3 weeks but the time came Wednesday for him to board that plane for Denmark. All of the sudden the house got very quiet again. We miss him but are very excited for this new chapter in his life and his adventure living in Denmark for 2-3 years. Maybe we'll even get to visit.
When we asked him what kind of food he'd miss, he said Tex Mex so I took him out for Tex Mex lunches a couple of times while he was here.
Now we're looking ahead to Thanksgiving when our other 2 sons, our daughter, and her boyfriend are here.
I won the Great Turkey Debate (roasted or fried) without even trying. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!! I prefer roasted (and it's so much less of a mess) but DH loves them fried so much that he thinks EVERYONE should love it that way. I'd pretty much given in until talking to DD on the phone Sunday. It hadn't occurred to anyone that we fry the bird in peanut oil. Her boyfriend is allergic to peanuts. (It's probably bad form to give him anaphylaxis on his first visit here.) Now it may be OK to use another type oil, but the bird will be roasted this year. Yes!!!!! I was texting about it to my youngest son a few days later and he said he really prefers roast turkey over fried anyway. (He said he didn't think Dad paid attention to him when he said it.....I know what he means. ;-)
My DH and the turkey reminds me of the father on The Christmas Story. Maybe next year, honey!
I caught a monster cold this week and haven't felt like doing much of anything. I'm finally feeling almost human but still tire out (or start coughing) after just a little activity. I'm going to be better tomorrow, though. My stitching group is getting together tomorrow at a friend's house. The food theme is Thanksgiving so I baked a couple of pumpkin pies to take. I was lazy and let Pillsbury do the crusts.
Stitching: I didn't get done nearly what I would have liked (monster cold!) but worked a bit more on PS Woodland Santa:
I also finally started CCN's Silent Night this week:
I hope to get some progress done on those next week along with a couple of models. Oh! And hopefully I'll get LHN's Elizabeth Hancock on the stretcher bars and start. I've been wanting to start "her" for a long time.
Happy stitching!
When we asked him what kind of food he'd miss, he said Tex Mex so I took him out for Tex Mex lunches a couple of times while he was here.
Now we're looking ahead to Thanksgiving when our other 2 sons, our daughter, and her boyfriend are here.
I won the Great Turkey Debate (roasted or fried) without even trying. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!! I prefer roasted (and it's so much less of a mess) but DH loves them fried so much that he thinks EVERYONE should love it that way. I'd pretty much given in until talking to DD on the phone Sunday. It hadn't occurred to anyone that we fry the bird in peanut oil. Her boyfriend is allergic to peanuts. (It's probably bad form to give him anaphylaxis on his first visit here.) Now it may be OK to use another type oil, but the bird will be roasted this year. Yes!!!!! I was texting about it to my youngest son a few days later and he said he really prefers roast turkey over fried anyway. (He said he didn't think Dad paid attention to him when he said it.....I know what he means. ;-)
My DH and the turkey reminds me of the father on The Christmas Story. Maybe next year, honey!
I caught a monster cold this week and haven't felt like doing much of anything. I'm finally feeling almost human but still tire out (or start coughing) after just a little activity. I'm going to be better tomorrow, though. My stitching group is getting together tomorrow at a friend's house. The food theme is Thanksgiving so I baked a couple of pumpkin pies to take. I was lazy and let Pillsbury do the crusts.
Stitching: I didn't get done nearly what I would have liked (monster cold!) but worked a bit more on PS Woodland Santa:
I also finally started CCN's Silent Night this week:
I hope to get some progress done on those next week along with a couple of models. Oh! And hopefully I'll get LHN's Elizabeth Hancock on the stretcher bars and start. I've been wanting to start "her" for a long time.
Happy stitching!
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Friday wrap-up....one day late
I hope everyone's had a great week!
Last weekend we drove to Austin so our oldest son could spend some time with his brothers before he moves to Denmark. It was an eclectic weekend....we spent some time all together, the boys spent some time together while Lou and I did some shopping, and 3 of us watched both the UT (although that game had a very long rain delay so we just watched the first part) and OSU game at a sports bar, while our youngest "hung out" with his friends and our oldest played the part of a wedding crasher. (His friend was attending a wedding in Houston and invited Mike to be his "plus one" at the reception.) It would have been nice if our DD could have joined us but she lives in San Francisco.
Mike is leaving us next Wednesday. It's been nice to have him with us these past weeks although I know it's boring for him to be here in our small town. Luckily he has some friends in Houston so he's spent some time up there with them. You'd think I'd be the one over-parenting him while he's here but surprisingly it's been DH. (I've had to remind him several times that Mike's been on his own for 10 years.) It's hard to break those old habits. lol!
The HS marching band for whom I volunteered for many years is participating in their final marching competition. They had a full run-through Tuesday night. They encouraged as many parents and other interested parties to come watch so they could perform in front of an audience. DH and I went and it was great to see the stands so full with cheering spectators. I hope it was a nice send-off for the kids who have worked so hard since the summer.
On Halloween we had very few trick or treaters. We live on a cul de sac and there aren't any young kids here anymore. Also, I know many parents take their small children to organized trick or treating at the mall, churches, etc. which I think is a good idea. Still, I miss seeing the little ones in their costumes.
On the stitching front....I joined in a LHN ornament sal on a yahoo group and stitched this from the 2013 JCS ornament issues. There's an ornament sal on another group where they require a button so I may add a tiny cardinal button and use it for both sals.
Here's my latest progress picture on my 4th and final PS Woodland Santa:
Happy stitching!
Last weekend we drove to Austin so our oldest son could spend some time with his brothers before he moves to Denmark. It was an eclectic weekend....we spent some time all together, the boys spent some time together while Lou and I did some shopping, and 3 of us watched both the UT (although that game had a very long rain delay so we just watched the first part) and OSU game at a sports bar, while our youngest "hung out" with his friends and our oldest played the part of a wedding crasher. (His friend was attending a wedding in Houston and invited Mike to be his "plus one" at the reception.) It would have been nice if our DD could have joined us but she lives in San Francisco.
Mike is leaving us next Wednesday. It's been nice to have him with us these past weeks although I know it's boring for him to be here in our small town. Luckily he has some friends in Houston so he's spent some time up there with them. You'd think I'd be the one over-parenting him while he's here but surprisingly it's been DH. (I've had to remind him several times that Mike's been on his own for 10 years.) It's hard to break those old habits. lol!
The HS marching band for whom I volunteered for many years is participating in their final marching competition. They had a full run-through Tuesday night. They encouraged as many parents and other interested parties to come watch so they could perform in front of an audience. DH and I went and it was great to see the stands so full with cheering spectators. I hope it was a nice send-off for the kids who have worked so hard since the summer.
On Halloween we had very few trick or treaters. We live on a cul de sac and there aren't any young kids here anymore. Also, I know many parents take their small children to organized trick or treating at the mall, churches, etc. which I think is a good idea. Still, I miss seeing the little ones in their costumes.
On the stitching front....I joined in a LHN ornament sal on a yahoo group and stitched this from the 2013 JCS ornament issues. There's an ornament sal on another group where they require a button so I may add a tiny cardinal button and use it for both sals.
Here's my latest progress picture on my 4th and final PS Woodland Santa:
Happy stitching!
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