Wherefore art thou my Happy Dance...

Thank you all for thinking of me... :-) Your kind and loving words, like golden rays of sunshine, filter through the gloomy clouds and brighten my days...

I'm so behind with blogging, emails and my stitching... I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever catch up! I finished my three day weekend today and I'm off tomorrow and Tuesday! Wooo Hoooo!!! So, maybe I can begin to make some progress with catching up! Much to my dismay, I still have not finished my Prairie Schooler Winter Ornament... however, I did scan it tonight so I could show you all my *progress*... ;-) I wasn't going to stitch in the background on the sky, however once I had stitched the falling snowflakes... I didn't like the look of it without the sky... so, I decided to go ahead and stitch it. I really wish I had chosen a darker fabby... Alas, it will have to do as is... I'm stitching it on 32ct Lambswool Linen with DMC threads... Hopefully, I will finish it tomorrow so I can move on to something else. :-)



On another note... I still have one slot open on my PIF's... If anyone is interested, please email me... See Post Pay If Forward for further info...

Also, Juls has asked four of the five questions on my Five Question thingy... See The Plot Thickens Post... So if anyone wants to ask the fifth question, please fire away... ;-)

I'm going to try and catch up with everyone's blog in the next couple of days... and hopefully, I'll be feeling much better and have some new stitching progress piccys... and a Snoopy Happy Dance to boot... :-) I feel like I'm forgetting something... but I can not think what it is at the moment... Oh well, perhaps it will come to me tomorrow and I'll jot it down, so I won't forget it again... lol

Thank you all for visiting... your kind and loving thoughts bring sunshine and smiles to my days... :-)

Tootles for now... Love in Stitches...

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

The Plot Thickens...

Juls and Cheryl tagged me last week sometime... Yes, I know, I procrastinate... ;-)
Here are the rules as they explain them in their blogs...

Five Questions and Five Things...
For the first part... Five Questions: My dear readers may ask me five questions -- either in comments or feel free to email them if you'd prefer. I'll answer them in my blog as soon as time allows.

For the second part: five things about me: Here are the rules:
1 Get Tagged
2 List five things that have not been revealed about myself in my blog
3 Tag five others...

So... hmmmm Five things I have not revealed about myself in my blog... Where do I begin?

1... I love Star Trek! LOL The Original Series... and Spock is my fave character on the show... also love ST; The Next Generation, and Voyager... Deep Space Nine is cool as well... I do not particularly care for the newest one... Enterprise... So there you have it... I am a Trekkie... or Trekker as some folks prefer... I love most Sci-Fi .... And I absolutely Love Star Wars! Anakin Skywalker {aka Darth Vadar} and Padme.... sigh... Such a tragic love story... Oh, and I cannot leave out my great love of Fantasy Films... The Lord of the Rings Trilogy being my all time fave... I also love films that take place in days of yore... i.e. anything before the 20th century... or anything based on ancient myth and lore... However, there are some 20th century based films I adore... I suppose it depends on the plot, setting et cetera... And I never can resist a great Mystery... ;-)

2... Pizza is one of my fave foods... veggie lovers or cheese lovers... and I prefer Deep Dish 'cause I love bread! lol I also love Honey... I could eat honey all day... It's especially delicious on biscuits or homemade bread... Yummy! And it makes an ever so Divine midnight snack! ;-) When I was expecting Brandy, I ate about a quart jar of honey every two weeks! lol Needless to say, she has always had a sweet tooth, but amazingly enough, she does not like honey... hmmm... and for the life of me, I cannot fathom why... ;-) Oh, and I love coffee... I know I've already mentioned my love of the savoury dark brew, however, I just couldn't resist... Which reminds me... speaking of pregnancies and food, I may as well throw in this tid-bit about coffee... I always knew very early along that I was *in the family way* ... I mean early on... before I was *late* so to speak... ;-) I didn't need one of the *Home Pregnancy Test* thingies as it never failed but when I strolled into the kitchen and the smell of freshly brewed java turned my stomach, I knew without a doubt what ailed me! Oh Horrors! I could not drink coffee for nine months... Talk about major caffeine withdrawal! lol

3... I'm sitting here listening to James Blunt... racking my brain trying to think of something about myself that won't bore you to tears... Hmmmm well, I always wanted to write... I have a couple of unfinished novels stashed away in my desk drawer, perhaps if my Muse blesses me with her presence yet again I'll heed her whispers... only time will tell... And I wrote book reviews for a magazine about 10 years ... needless to say I love to read which I daresay I have already mentioned... ;-) Oh, yes and I was a journalist at the local newspaper for a wee while before I moved to Scotland...

4... And I don't think I've mentioned I lived in Scotland for 2 years... long story of which I shall not go into at this time... Since I was a little girl I always dreamed of living in Scotland and I knew I would live there one day in this lifetime... Needless to say, whenever I dared share this dream with my friends, et cetera they thought it was quite a lark... assuming I was away with the faeries yet again... Suffice it to say... for a wee while, I lived the dream... and it is a beautiful country... everything I always knew it would be and if circumstances had been different... who knows? I guess I was too old for such a change... my roots entangled far too deep here in the South... and I could not continue to live 6000 miles away from my kids! It was breaking my heart...

5... Ahhhh... the plot thickens... Speaking of hearts... I do not think I mentioned I have three children... My eldest son, Elisha is 26... My daughter, Brandy will be 24 this month and my youngest son, Wee Jamie is 21...

I'm sorry, I tend to ramble... as you can see from my posts above... and if you're read my blog before... I'm sure you've probably long since deduced that fact... lol It would appear I have confused *things* with *themes*... as almost all of my *things* turned into rambling *themes* about me... I do applaud your loyalty and patience if you are still reading... :-)

***Edited Sunday Morning... Fiddle dee dee... How could I be so absent minded??? I forgot to tag five people... So, let me do it now, lest I forget why I am editing this post... Heidi ... Paula ...Carolyn ... Sue ... and Sue ... I don't think any of you have been tagged yet... ;-) Hopefully, I haven't forgotten anything else... I await your five questions and promise to answer as best I can...***

Thank you all for your get well wishes... :-) You are all so sweet and your kind and thoughtful words help brighten my days... I've been a wee bit down and just not myself for awhile... my headache is still coming and going... and I haven't stitched much at all this week... Hopefully, I'll have a finish to show you all tomorrow. :-)

Until next time... Love in stitches...

I am thankful for precious moments... my children and my friends...

Me? Weird? Surely you jest... ;-)

Oh, no... I've been tagged by Linda Mc... Actually, I was tagged several days ago and just never got around to posting my weirdness... Alas, I can put it off no longer and must at last reveal six weird things about me... Hmmm... I'm going to have to ponder this for a while as I don't think I'm weird a'tall! lol *sigh* Sadly enough, The truth is out there...

1... Well, since I can't think of anything just now... I'll start with stitching... As I mentioned in a previous post... I'm a one project at a time stitcher... Which I guess is sort of weird considering most of you all have lots of projects going and you stitch on a rotation... However, I have tried the rotation theory and it just doesn't seem to work for me... I always end up stitching on one project until I finish it. Of course, there are a few exceptions... I will stop working on something long enough to stitch the monthly ornament for my stitching group or if I've got an exchange due, or a last minute gift to stitch... But most of the time, I just work on one project at the time... {And Yes, I am still sitting in the corner in penance... } ;-)

2... I'm a coffee drinker! ;-) Yeah, I know that in itself is not too terribly weird... However, I drink coffee all day, and all night... and I suppose the weird part is that I take a cup of coffee to bed with me... which I don't think is weird at all... however, I have been told it's not the Norm... so... I suppose it's weird... lol
*** Heidi asked if I drink decaf... so I thought I'd better add this wee bit... nope, No decaf... it must have caffine or I just will not drink it! lol My absolute fave coffee is a Starbucks Venti Triple {three shots of espresso} Irish Creame Latte ;-) ***

{Gee... you mean I've got four more to go.... this is most difficult! lol }

3... I talk to my cats all the time... and yes, they do talk back! ;-) I tend to talk to myself at times... and when I'm nervous I tend to ramble... in fact, come to think of it, sometimes I ramble quite a bit... ;-)

4... I don't like to go anywhere by myself... I will if I have to, I just don't like to... which is weird I suppose as I don't mind being by myself... in fact, I enjoy it at times, especially if I need a wee bit of peace and quiet... I guess I just don't like crowds... lol Who knows?

5... I don't like to watch sit-coms, or reality shows, or talk shows... I usually don't like to watch anything unless it has some sort of plot... drama, mystery, et cetera... I prefer films... Even when I was a kid I would not watch a cartoon unless it had a plot... lol And usually, I have to have my stitching with me while I'm watching TV... even if I end up watching the film, et cetera rather than stitching... I just have to have it there with me... *just in case!* lol Alas, if it's something that draws me in... I don't get any stitching done a'tall!

Wooo Hooo... I'm at number 6 already... lol

6... I tend to know things before they happen...

Well, that's six things about me that most people find weird... me? I just think I'm fairly normal! lol

Now I have to tag six people... and they in turn have to tag six people... And most of you have most likely already been tagged... Oh well... I'll try and find six who have not been tagged and if not... I'm just going to tag you again! lol

Heidi ... Juls ... Cheryl ... Cindy ... Sally ... Karen

*** Yes, I know you all have already been tagged... but I just can't find anyone who reads my blog who has not been tagged... Oh well... late as usual! If anyone reading this has not been tagged and would like to be so... please, consider yourself tagged on my behalf! :-) ***

I didn't get a chance to post my progress on New Snow today... and I started a wee something special I found on Deborah's blog I want to finish for Valentine's Day... I just hope I get it finished in time... :-)

Thank you all for visiting... your kind words and thoughts help chase away the clouds... :-)

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