Hello Everybody! Happy February! It is so hard to believe that its February already! Time flies when you're having fun, right?! If I had anymore fun, I just couldn't stand it!

Here's a few pics of the babies. As you can see, they just keep growing. They are spoiled rotten, let me tell you. Fuzz continues to be the lap kitty. He is the only one that really likes to cuddle so I have to cuddle with him! Momma Kitty will jump on the bed when my alarm goes off in the morning and want to get petted, and sometimes she will get on the bed at bedtime. Scaredly Cat is getting to where she will have times that sh wants to be loved on and will follow me around till I pet her as much as she wants! It may be a few days inbetween this happening, but atleast she's starting to come around.

I have gotten some stitching done! WooHoo! I started this, it's from My Big Toe and is called "Lost It". The pic really doesn't show how bright the colors are. I used DMC 3348, which is a lime green, and the purple in the border is NN, Coronation #195. I haven't put the buttons on it because I may restitch it on the same fabric, so I am waiting till I take it to framing to add the buttons. You can see the difference in mine vs the model. This was a fun and fast stitch. If I could stitch and no be interupted (HA HA HA HA) this piece could be finished in a weekend easily.

The weekend of January 30, we got some snow! I love snow! Love to watch it fall. My Nana was with us this weekend, so we stayed in, watched some TV, cooked ALOT, and got some more stitching done!

I got this little Stitcher's Tray finished. It's small, it's only 6x6! This is a design from Meg Thompson Shinall. It was designed for our spring retreat which is called Camp Stitchaway. 2010 will be the 12th year of camp! Boy, that's hard to believe. We will be having camp at a new place this year. It's always been in Spruce Pine, NC but this year the facility is different. No more bunk beds!! Yes, I do mean bunkbeds, you either tried to climb up there or pulled the mattress off the bed and put it on the floor. I am PROUD to say I could still climb up to the top bunk!

As some of y'all know I am a belly dancer! Can you believe it? Sometimes I still can't believe I am doing it. It's alot of fun. These pictures are from a hafla (a dance party). We were invited to come and dance and we did the veil dance we had been learning in class. Veils have a mind of their own and sometimes do everything but what you want them to! Enjoy....

This cute little design is from Cherry Wood Design Studio, and it's called "Stuck Santa". I saw this on New Years Day at my LNS, http://stitchandframeshop.com/ .I saw it and HAD to have it! It made me laugh! I am doing it on a 10 ct blue/gray fabric, I think it's Tulla but could be wrong and I am using 1 strand of Watercolours. I only have the 3 reindeers and the words above them to do and I will be finished! Woo Hoo! It has been a pretty fast stitch! My favorite words, "Quick & Easy"!! I haven't decided how to finish it, but was thinking about a flatfold. I haven't decided what's next, but Lord knows I have some kits & a boatload of WIPs that have been screaming at me to do them... LOL

Well, it's time for the Super Bowl. I may get some more stitching done. I don't really care who wins since my Panthers aren't playing, but I think it would be awesome if New Orleans won, just because they're the underdog. I'll talk to y'all later! Happy stitching!

Happy Anniversary ...

On Jan 8, my hubby, Dean & I, celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. 16! HOLY COW! There are days it really doesn't seem like its been that long, and then there are the other days! LOL! He's a good guy, tries to spoil me rotten when he can, and in general puts up with alot of crap from me.....

This pic is from Thanksgiving, but trust me, we haven't changed since then. We did go out to eat tonight at "The Woodshed" in Stanley, NC. Good Lord, such good food! We usually go there for our anniversary and for our birthdays. If you're ever in Gaston Co, NC go and check them out! They have the BEST steaks! MMMMMMMMMM

New Year's Get together

The Stitching Sisters got together for New Years Day and for the weekend. We stayed at Kathy's. We eat, stitch, sleep, open Christmas presents, eat and stitch some more! On 1/1/10, I started a new preoject from My Big Toe. Its called "Lost It".. I almost finished it, but haven't had a chance to get back to it.. This is sooo me. I CAN NOT keep up with my keys, they are always walking off and hiding from me. I am thinking of having it framed with a flat frame and have the shop put hooks on the bottom so I can hang up my keys!

This is Tracy and she is the beading queen. She the prettiest jewelry and fobs. She made the necklace she has on and in the picture of me, she made the purple necklace and earrings. For my birthday she made me a Halloween fob, you can see it in the pictures on my blog. She makes fobs for Tracy's Treasures which she sells to needlework shops. Her stitching ain't too bad either! LOL, she's a model stitcher for a few designers too!

Kiki aka The Sewing Machine Diva! She was making doll clothes for her grand daughters. They were awesome. She is quite talented with the sewing machine and her stitching is awesome too! You should see her cross stitched pieces. WOW.
This is Kathy aka the Mad Stitcher. Most people know her as a model stitcher for Chatelaine, and Ink Circles and Judy Odell and many many others. You should see her stitched pieces, they are amazing.

Angie, she's been my bestest buddy since 1991. Wow that was a long time ago! She cross stitches, does tatting, works and is raising 2 kids! Superwoman is her name! I was playing with my camera and put my BIG zoom lens on it and I told her I put the zoom on so I wouldn't have to get off the couch and take her picture. That's why she's laughing. She wasn't feeling too well but came and got her estrogen boost by being with the girls.

This is me, aka the slowest sticher in the world! LOL. I am an avid book reader, cross sticher, painter, beginner crocheter and beginner knitter, housework hater, and slob.

I wish everyone had a stitching group like I do. I am very thankful for our get togethers and support we give each other. We are all from very different backgrounds but we share the love of needlework.

HAPPY 2010 EVERYBODY!!

I hope 2010 is a year full of health, wealth, & happiness for everyone!

It is 12:02, and I just watched the countdown on TV from Charlotte. I can't believe another year has come & gone.....

Merry Christmas (late) and Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I was on call for work, but thank God I didn't get called out! WoooHooo!!! Christmas day was a quite day, just me and Dean. It felt really wierd, not going to Juanita's (Dean's moms) for lunch and exchanging presents with his family. I miss her alot and Dean seems to be ok, but I know he's hurting....It's hard to believe she's been gone 8 months...

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Christmas Eve we went to my other family. We always get together to eat and exchange gifts. We always have breakfast food so eggs, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, pancakes, bisquits & gravy. I know I am forgetting something! Man was it good!

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The kids got LOTS of presents! There was so much noise! But thats what makes it fun! I got a gift card to HobbyLobby so I can go shopping! Dean got an atomic clock which has the time, date & temperature. If you want a good present for little boys, I found some of the coolest toys, they are called "My first Craftman's"... Sold at Sears, it's plastic toys they can take apart & put back together. I bought one of the boys a V-twin motorcycle engine! It is so cool! Dean kept playing with it till I got it wrapped up! You gotta check them out!

Santa was good to me this year. I got to open some of my presents early on Christmas Eve before we left to go to the family supper. I got a new camera!! WOOOHOOOO I AM SO EXCITED! It's a Sony digital camera and guess what?! My zoom lens from my Minolta will fit on it! I can use all my extra filters too! I AM SO EXCITED! Can you tell I love it?! My Santa did good!! LOL! Now I can put my new scrapbooking software to use!

The kitties are growing like crazy. They even got presents from Santa! They got new mouseys! No more dead mouseys all over the floor with their stuffings pulled out!*
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Needless to say, my stitching has been on the back burner. It always is this time of year.

Next weekend, New Years Day, I'm planning on going to the Stitch & Frame Shop in Rock Hill, SC. They are the best shop around here! They are having a big sale and I'm mainly going to browse and see old friends. Lord knows I don't need anything but when has that ever stopped me? LOL. After that I'm headed down to Chesnee, SC to see Kathy aka The Mad Stitcher. It's the stitching groups Christmas get together. We'll eat, stitch, exchange gifts, hang out, sleep & stitch some more. I am hoping to get my stitching mojo back.... if I don't, it's ok. It'll be a weekend of friends and that's all that matters anyway.

I hope everyone had a Christmas filled with Family and Love and I hope 2010 is better to everyone. May you have Peace, Love & Happiness...

Dragons, Turkey Coma & Christmas

You know, Time is flying by faster and faster and there is no way to slow it down! It's been awhile since I posted but I hve been running at 100 mph, it seems. I just can't seem to get caught up or sometimes I just can't make myself move....Let's see if I can remember all that's been going on here...

On the health front, I have finally stopped coughing! WOOHOO! I have finished 5 sessions of speach therapy and hopefully have stopped holding my breath when I talk. I still have to take the Kapidex and occasionally Tums when I eat if I feel like I am going to cough. I think I still might have to got to a gastroenterologist but we'll see...

The weekend of the 13th. I went on a stitching retreat to Myrtle Beach, SC. This was the 11th year for this. Meg Thompson Shinall is our teacher. we have been doing a series of the moons... the Nov moon is called a hunter's moon so to keep things fun, our class project had a dragon on it. We also had a play that told the story of St. George & the dragon.... your's truely was the dragon! I need to see if anyone got a good picture of me in my dragon costume! We also went to Medieval Times, http://medievaltimes.com , and watched the show & had dinner. It was really fun and the food was pretty darn good too! The knights were soooo good looking, men in chain mail tights, wow! We had a great time and I might actually get this project finished!

Thanksgiving was our first holiday without Dean's mom. It was really wierd because we didn't see any of his family. He did talk to his brother & sister. Thanksgiving day I put a turkey breast in the crock pot for dinner but we went to a good friend of mine's house for lunch. Such good food! Chris & Chandle are real good cooks....... On the Sunday after T-day we went to Nancy & Gordon's for the family get-together. I think there was 15 of us! we had the 4 F's .... Food, Friends, Family & Football! WOW that was 2 days of turkey and the coma that comes from eating too much! LOL

I haven't picked up my needle since we got back from the beach so I can't really show any progress reports. I have been lusting after some digital scrapbooking software and finally broke down and bought it. I was so excited that I was going to get to play with it and my hard drive dies in my laptop! Can you see me banging my head against the wall? I was, I really was & still have the head ache to prove it! I had to replace the hard drive and download all the software and I MIGHT get to play with it tomorrow! Keep your fingers crossed!

I have gotten almost all of my Christmas shopping done. I had plans on finishing it when I had to pay for computer repairs, but I should be done by the 15th.... I hope. You know, it's really hard when family says "Let's just buy for the kids", well that's all and good, but dang we have 15 kids under the age of 15!!!!! YES I said 15 .... and 13 of them are 11 & under.... so do the math if I spend $15-$20 apiece..... OUCH!!

I am sorry this post is pictureless... I promise to post some pics soon. I have some awesome ones from Medieval times I want to show you, but I figured I would actually blog so you would know I am alive & breathing..LOL

I better run, have to work tomorrow and its already 1230 in the morning. Good night everybody, take care...

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I knew I forgot something!! I wanted to show you the cross stich that Bunny, a friend of mine, just completed! I don't know who this is by, but I love it! WOW!!

Bunny, you go girl! Congratulations on an awesome piece!