Still lost in Wonderland...

and can't seem to find my timepiece... ;-)

I'm sorry to have been away so long yet again... I still haven't been feeling well... and I needed to sort out a few things in my life... Thankfully, everything seems to be working out for the best and the sun is shinning once again... As far as the physical ailments... the pain is, at times, a constant companion... however, with love and faith, all things are possible and I will get through this with the help of those who love me... and I am starting to feel a wee bit better... :-)

Thank you, Dear Friends, for your lovely thoughts and wishes and emails... I can't express how much your love, thoughtfulness and encouragement means to me... Your friendship is a blessing... and it is such a comfort to know you all are here and thinking of me... :-)

I don't have a lot to report as far as stitching goes... which saddens me as I had hoped to have some Snoopy Happy Dances to share with you all by now... Nonetheless, I am hoping to remedy that this week!!! And I'm itching to start some of my new stash... ;-)

We got a new addition to the family last week... My eldest son, Elisha got a new puppy and she is adorable and sweet as can be! Her name is Sasha and she is a Brindle Tiger Stripe Pit Bull... I must say, though, my cats don't know quite what to make of her... ;-) She is determined to *play* with them and they aren't the least bit interested... poor baby...

Sasha

Elisha and Sasha

Elisha does not like

having his picture taken...

so I just snapped this one

real quick when he wasn't looking... ;-)

I have stitched a wee bit more on Country Cottage Needleworks, Geranium House... though not nearly as much as I had hoped... I think I am going to leave the house CC's Rosy Glow for the time being... :-) Thanks for all your input on colour choices! :-)

Country Cottage Needleworks - Geranium House...

Stitched on R & R 30ct Iced Cappuccino with GAST, CC and DMC Threads ...

And I started a wee project for my youngest son, wee Jamie, who will be graduating with his LPN degree on the 11th of May... They have a clinical class to finish in June, so he won't have his pinning ceremony until sometime in July - the date escapes me at the moment... I'm also stitching the same design for his girlfriend, Paige... she's graduating as well... I knew I didn't have time to finish them both and have them framed by the 11th of May... so I'll wait and present them with the stitched gifts on the day of the pinning ceremony! Oh, yes, the design is Nurses by Kirsten Edwards and it's from the August Issue of The Gift of Stitching ... I'm stitching them on different colour fabrics and using different colour threads... Hopefully, they will like them! I've scanned my working copy of the photo of the design so you can see what it looks like... :-) The saying on the design is: "Nurses have healing hands that touch hearts..."

Nurses by Kirsten Edwards...

from The Gift of Stitching...

Nurses by Kirsten Edwards... WIP

Stitched on Meditation PTP Cashel Linen

with GAST and WDW Threads...

Wee Jamie and his dgf, Paige...

Oh, and my dd, Brandy and her dbf, Nick left for Florida yesterday... and they leave Tampa this afternoon on their Cruise to The Cayman Islands and Cozumel... she has been over the moon about the cruise for ages now and I know they are going to have a wonderful time! I'll post piccys for you all when they get back home... :-)

Nick and Brandy...

My appt at the Doctor's office on Thursday went okay... the wait wasn't quite as long, so that was nice! I have an appointment with the Rheumatologist on the 5th June... so we shall see what we shall see and hopefully, he will tell me something helpful and positive... And hopefully, I'll be feeling better by then! :-)

I decided to take some much needed time off from work this week... so as of yesterday, I'm off until next Monday! Wooo Hoooo! :-) I want to catch up with my stitching and blogging... gosh, but I am so behind I don't know what any of you are working on or what's going on with you all and I feel so *out of touch*... and so I'm going to sit back and de-stress and visit your blogs and stitch and watch films until my heart's content! :-)

Oh, and Hazel, I'm so glad all your Silks finally arrived for A Most Nobel Pursuit... When I spoke with Drema last week, she said my Lakeside Linens Vintage Examplar has arrived so I went ahead and ordered the NPI Silks for the first square... I'll just order the others later... as I had some other goodies screaming my name... and I had a few gifts to order as well... Oh, and I got some new stash last week... so I'll be posting a piccy of all my new treasures for you all in a day or two... ;-)

My deepest, heartfelt thanks to all of you for visiting... your lovely wishes, thoughts and encouragement continues to inspire me and your friendship is akin to sweet blossoms in the springtime... :-)

Until next time... Love in Stitches...


I am thankful for precious moments... blessed friends... days off... my children and my sunshine...

Gifties from a friend... the stash faery strikes again... and ramblings...

My dear friends, I'm so sorry I've been MIA for the last few days... What joy it is to have such lovely, treasured friends... your kind, thoughtful and wonderfully inspiring words of encouragement are such a blessing and continue to brighten my days... I cannot thank you enough for thinking of me and helping me through this rough patch... Your heartfelt wishes are akin to a soothing balm to my heart and enrich my days beyond compare!

I received a lovely PIF gift from Tuula on Saturday... it was my weekend to work and I have been exhausted so did not have a chance to post earlier... Tuula I was so thrilled to find your lovely biscornu waiting for me when I got home on Saturday! The colours are gorgeous and your finishing is beautiful... I will treasure it always! I love the postcards from your home, Tornio... what a lovely city! Oh, and I am hoarding the Chocolate... ;-)

Lovely PIF gift from Tuula

Close up of the beautiful biscornu

Tuula sent me...

The Stash Faery also decided to pay me yet another visit last week... More yummy stitching goodies... I informed my Dragon she must keep a "constant vigilance!" ;-) I do declare, the way my stitching chest is filling up, I don't have a clue what to stitch next... And as for making a decision... you may as well forget it! ;-)

Homespun Elegance...

Spring Gathering & Delivering Spring

Homespun Elegance...

Tiny Stuff I & There Is A Garden

The Prairie Schooler... A Prairie Village I

Blackbird Designs... Garland Fair

Lakeside Linen

Fabric of the Month at Shakespeare's Peddler

Fat Half of Belfast Vintage Maple Sugar

As for stitching updates... I believe I do need a few lessons from the Hare for I fear I have become the Tortoise... As for rotations... hahahaha... I am stuck on CCN's Geranium House! I'm loving this one... yet I am none too sure about the colour I picked out for the house... I decided to use CC's Rosy Glow for the white flowers and the House, however, I really do not like the look of the house... the scan does not show the colour as it is IRL... it's almost a candy pink, if there is such a thing... and not at all what I had envisioned... The entire skein together is gorgeous, however when stitching it with two threads with these colour combinations... I'm thinking it's too pale and too candy pink for the look I want for this design... so I think I'm going to frog all the Rosy Glow on the house and go with another colour... I don't know what colour yet... perhaps GAST Oatmeal, Straw Bonnet, Parchment or Buttermilk... or even Butternut Squash... Or Olde Willow Stitchery's Chestnut, Gratitude Old Rose, Rebekkah Green, or Quaker Star Gold... Or CC's Antique Lace, Bunny Honey or Tufted Yellow... Help!!! What do you all think? I just cannot decide! lol This was my progress as of last night... I did stitch quite a bit more on it today... alas, no new scan as yet...

Geranium House WIP...

by Country Cottage Needleworks...

Stitched on R & R 30ct Iced Cappuccino...

With DMC, GAST and CC Threads...

I haven't stitched anything save this since my last post and as with everything else, I am getting behind yet again... My boss, Connie sent me over to the ER last Monday as she could tell I was in a lot of pain and not feeling well at all... I am not one to readily go to the Doctor... Someone usually has to talk me into it and most likely by the time they succeed in convincing me, I've admitted to myself, perhaps it's time to go... and if I think there is no other recourse... I will relent. Thus, she was fairly adamant about it in a sweet way... she's a lovely lady, and quite frankly I'm surprised she didn't threaten to dispatch an ambulance to come and get me if I didn't go on my own... I'm sure if she had thought of it she would have! Anyway, after four hours of lounging about in a Hospital bed, they told me nothing... just wanted to dose me up with pain killers, of which I refused... However, they did run lots of tests... the results of which led to more blood-work today... Thus, I had a Doctor's appt this morning, so I took my stitching with me as I knew I'd be there for several hours... it's always this way at my Doctor's Office... too many patients... too little time... As suspected, I was there for several hours {only three this time} and managed quite a bit more stitching on Geranium House amidst questions from curious folks... My Doc's office is in a rambling old house with a wide front porch complete with nice comfy chairs and a sun room off to the side... I chose to sit out on the front porch as it was such a glorious day and it's so dark in the waiting rooms and naturally most folks coming and going had to inquire about what I was doing... And as it's always such a pleasure to stitch, and chat about stitching, and seeing as how I was out on the front porch enjoying a lovely Spring Day and stitching to my heart's content... I could almost forget where I was... Almost... Anyway, aside from more blood-work and anti-biotics for sinusitis, the Doc also told me I needed to start taking my prescription Iron again... Which I already knew... I know I am too stubborn for my own good... Anyway, I go back next week for these results, so the saga continues... and we shall see what we shall see... ;-)

Oh, and Hazel, hopefully, Drema will have my fabby soon for A Most Noble Pursuit... I'd like to wait until sometime in May as well as I'd really like to finish up a couple of my WIP's too... so that will be fine with me! And as for your inquiry about who bought all that stash for me... {giggles} I am afraid to say, I bought it all... ;-) Yes, I know I have really splurged of late... and as for the Stash Wagon... Nope... I'm not even considering it! lol

Jamie thanks so much for checking on me, Sweetie... I'm sorry if I worried you or anyone else with my silence... You are all such sweet and thoughtful friends and I don't know what I'd do without you... your friendship means more than words can say... I'm off again tomorrow, so I'll be stitching and catching up with your blogs... can't wait to see what you've been stitching the last few days... As prolific as some of you are... I know it will be loads! :-)

My deepest heartfelt thanks to you all for your visits and your lovely thoughts and inspiring words of encouragement... they are ever blessed rays of sunshine dancing through the mists...

Until next time... Love in Stitches...


I am thankful for precious moments... blessed friends and sunshine...

A Wee Snoopy Happy Dance... :-)

Woooo Hoooo!!! :-) Oh, Joy... Rapture... Finally it is finished... I don't know why, but it seems to have taken me forever to stitch this... Well, I guess I do know why... I just have not been stitching as much as I usually do, and hopefully, that has passed 'cause I am anxious to start The Chocolate Shoppe by LHN and Easter Avenue by Glendon Place... and I must get back to New Snow as well... :-) Oh, my... so many projects... so little time!

Winter Ornament by The Prairie Schooler

Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue 2006

Stitched on 32ct Lambswool with DMC Threads

Thanks for signing up for my PIF, Michele... I'll email you as I need your snail mail addy and likes and dislikes, et cetera... :-)

Thanks for asking the fifth question, Monique... :-) And dear Juls... please don't fret about asking me four questions... That's perfectly alright, my dear! :-) I'll try and get to the question thingy in the next day or two... And in the interim, if anyone would like to ask any more questions... may as well, go ahead now! lol

Sue, I plan on starting The Chocolate Shoppe tomorrow... ;-) Hopefully, I'll catch up with the rest of you all soon... Yours and Sally's is looking so lovely... I'm also going to start Easter Avenue tomorrow... lol Yes, I know... Starting two new projects in one day??? What can I say... I'm feeling a wee bit adventurous! ;-) I'm also thinking of stitching CCN's Geranium House on Vintage Autumn Blush :-) Or perhaps Vintage Country Mocha... I haven't made up my mind yet... My chart and threads should be here tomorrow so, I'll have to do a floss toss and try and make a decision... which is not my strong point, mind you! lol I'll be starting it on the Spring Equinox with the LHN/CCN group... I imagine you are as well... :-) Sally, will you be stitching this one as well?

Well, I'm off to bed soon... I did not get as much accomplished while I was off as I intended... tsk... tsk... tsk... the best laid plans of mice and women... ;-) I did manage to watch some movies... The Prestige is fabulous... I've watched it three times in the past two days! lol And I also watched Merlin's Apprentice... loved that one as well! And I read some on Eldest... Sadly, I have not had as much reading time as I would like and I really want to finish this one soon... :-)

Oh, and before I forget... Could someone please explain to me how to fix the link on the piccys I upload into my posts so that they will be the full size photo... I've tried everything I can think of... I went into the Edit HTML and copied the URL and pasted it as the link for the piccy... but it refuses to cooperate... when you click on the photo it just goes to a page with another photo the same size as the one in my blog... Argghhhh

Thank you all for visiting... Your kind and lovely thoughts are an inspiration and bring sunshine to my days... :-)

Tootles for now... Love In Stitches...

I am thankful for precious moments... snoopy happy dances and new beginnings...

Cherished Gifts...

I'm sorry I have been MIA the last few days... and thank you all for asking about me and all the well wishes and kind thoughts... they really help brighten my days! :-) I haven't been feeling well the last couple of weeks and I've been so tired... And I have been a wee bit blue of late... I so apprecaite all your lovely, kind thoughts... they make me smile and help chase aways the shadows... I am truly blessed to have such lovely friends... I will persevere and as Churchill would say... KBO... *Keep Buggering On* LOL

Now on to happier thoughts... Woooo Hoooo!!! I got the loveliest surprise in the Post yesterday!!! :-) My PIF from Silver Thistle arrived!!! :-) She has truly spoilt me with all the lovely goodies she sent and her stitching is absolutely gorgeous!!! She stitched a lovely scissor fob and also sent me a pair of stork scissors... I love collecting scissors and fobs so that was just perfect!!! And she sent me Red Dragon Bookmark by Dracolair Creations which was on my Wish List! I love that dragon design and now I can stitch him at last! I'm already trying to decide which fabby to stitch him on! ;-) And she also sent a heavenly scented Tulip sachet and WDW threads... Now you see why I am truly spoilt! lol Thanks so much Silver Thistle ... Big {{{Hugs}}} to you, Sweetie!!!

I've taken a few piccys of all my goodies with my new digital camera I bought for myself as an early birthday pressie... You should have seen me fiddling with it and trying to get it just so... lol I just hope I did them justice...


I am truly spoilt with all these lovely goodies... You can see a close up below of the lovely scissor fob and stork scissors Silver Thistle sent me... the piccy is a wee bit bright... I'm still fiddling with my camera... Hopefully, I'll get it right soon enough! :-)

I am truly blessed to have such lovely friends... Thanks again Silver Thistle for your thoughtfullness and for spoiling me so! :-)

So, you've all been asking about my hair appointment last week... Well, suffice it to say after five and a half hours at the Salon, I should be pleased! I like the new do fairly well... she didn't cut too much off, as I like it a wee bit longish... she just cut some more layers and some whispy bangs... or fringe... which is how I used to wear it all the time. And the colour is great!!! A brilliant deep red with a couple of different lighter red streaks mingled in.... At least I can't see the silver now! lol

I suppose I should head off to my bed as it's after midnight and I've got to get up at 4:00 in the morning as I'm back to work now... I went back on Monday, much to my dismay and worked my two days then was off yesterday and today... and now it's my three day weekend... So, I won't be off again until Monday... Alas, I have accomplished next to nothing... Still have not finished my Winter Ornament by PS... I don't know what is wrong with me... Oh well, I will be finished with that ornie tomorrow... and on to The Chocolate Shoppe and New Snow... So, if I don't have a finished piccy of Winter Ornament posted on here by Saturday... y'all will have to start asking me why? ;-)

Tootles for now... Love In Stitches...

I am thankful for precious moments and dear friends...