At long last...

After 4 years and 5 months....the braces are off!

A finish!

I finally finished Bent Creek's "Warm Hearts" kit.  It was a fun stitch, but lots of white!  Here is a picture...not ironed yet and the button is therefore not sewn on yet, but you get the idea!

April!?!? Where is this year going??

I absolutely cannot believe it is APRIL already!  That is crazy!  The year is flying by.  My dad always told me it goes faster as you get older...he was right (as usual!!)

I have been stitching on some little snowmen that I NEED to finish! I want to get to an easter piece!  There is just a lot of white thread stitching on these snowmen and I tend to stitch slower with white because it never looks 'neat' to me!

Yesterday I made Pumpkin Bread.  It is so good, and really easy.  Here is a link to the recipe http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/easy-pumpkin-bread-recipe  I do substitute cinnamon for the nutmeg as we don't really care for nutmeg at our house.  It makes two loaves so I usually send one to work with DH and his co-workers have all said they love it! 

Have a great first week of April!  I will post a picture of the snowmen as soon as I finish!

Beautiful weather and scones!

We had such a nice weekend. The weather has been great and its getting cooler again, but that is OK.  As long as we don't get a freak snowstorm now, we will be good!

Made these http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/strawberries-and-cream-scones-recipe Strawberry & Cream Scones yesterday.  They were SOO yummy!


No stitching again this weekend but hopefully this week!

Spring is here!

We are loving this early Spring 80 degree weather! Here are a few pictures. The First one is sunrise on the first day of Spring, and the second is our cherry tree blossoming!  Needless to say, I have done ZERO stitching because I have been sitting enjoying the nice breezes!  I wish I had a front porch because then I might stitch and sit, but for now I just have a step to sit on !

Spring!

A finish!

I finally finished "Deer Friends" by Becky Boos.  Well I have to sew the nose buttons on the reindeer but want to iron it first!  Here it is, still in Qsnaps!

We went to the Home & Garden show recently and this is one of the gardens they had set up.  Makes you think Spring will be here soon!

2/14

Photo of a finish

I finally took a not-so-great photo (had to use my cell phone) of my stitched HO HO HO by Lizzie Kate.  I still need to sew three small buttons on the wreath, but here it is:

Tuesday 2/7

How's that for an original title?  HA!

So I don't know if I ever mentioned it but I also like to scrapbook, and make cards.  I recently purchased a stamp that I just love to make some Valentine cards which I need to do soon!  Here is a picture of how it will look when done.  I just thought it was SO cute! 

Anyway, not much else new....just been catching up on blog reading and last night we watched a cute movie "No Strings Attached".  It had Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in it. 

Wow that was a fast weekend!

I cannot believe this past weekend went SO fast!  Didn't do much on Saturday because I somehow hurt my knee on Friday and it was really sore Saturday, so I just sat and iced it a lot. DH made a yummy meal with leftover sausage and rice for us.

Sunday was a quick trip out to the cemetery, which is almost unheard of in February normally!  But since we have NO SNOW and it was in the 40's it was nice.  Then I stitched during the Super Bowl and watched the commericals.  I got a good bit done on "Deer Friends"...hoping to finish it by next Sunday!

Work started out good this morning...the account that never balances for me balanced on the first try! I was SO excited!  Have a great week!

Pretty quiet....

Things have been really quiet around here lately.  We have not really had any snow, which is NICE!  Normally at this time of the year we have a continuous 5" or more on the ground.  We had a little last week then it rained and melted away.  The last few days it has been 50 degrees out!  Love it!  I am sure we will pay for it eventually though...will probably have snow until June or something! Today is Groundhog Day.  They said that Phil in PA saw his shadow so six more weeks of winter. 

I have been looking at the Mirabilia Facebook page everyday lately.  Oh those ladies do beautiful work!  I have stitched one Mirabilia, "Waiting for Ships" and I still need to get it framed.  I should save up and send it to Jill Rensel I suppose.  I wish I was a faster stitcher so I could do another Mirabilia, but lately I have been sticking to smaller pieces.  I am still working on "Deer Friends" by Becky Boos.  It is fun and easy since its on 10 count fabric, but still is taking me awhile.

Other than watching American Idol (boring), I have been trying to clean the house. Sort of a pre-Spring Cleaning.  I got some new to me spray cleaner...Method Lavendar spray. Oh I love it! Works great and I don't feel like I am using so many chemicals! 

Well, better get back to work!  Have a great day!

Prize received!

I was the lucky winner of Peggy Lee's blog giveaway and a heavy Priority Mail box arrived yesterday!  DH and I had so much fun opening it and looking at all the goodies!  Here is a picture:

Thank you SO much Peggy Lee!

Edited to add:  I just noticed in the picture  on the bottom right, the walnut shells fell a bit and covered up the pretty red/white/blue Dinky Dye scissors! 

Cold!!

Well winter finally decided to show up here in Ohio and wow it feels cold!  We got about 14" of snow last weekend, and then it rained on Tuesday/Wednesday so it all melted quickly.  Now it is snowing again and we are supposed to get 2-4".  I just feel very very cold!   

Still stitching on Deer Friends by Becky Boo's.  Usually I only end up stitching during the weekend because in the evening I am too tired after working all day. 

January 12th!

Today is our son's 29th Birthday! He was supposed to be born on Christmas Eve, 1982. But didn't appear until January 12, 1983! He brings us smiles and laughs every day. I know that God only gives special needs children to certain people and I am glad he chose us! Our son has taught me more patience that I ever thought I would have.  Here is a picture of him with his dad (my wonderful DH) (oh and we were at Disney World's Polynesian, hence the leis)

On the stitching front I DID finish the Lizzie Kate HOHOHO.  Just have to iron and get a picture of it.  I started a design by Becky Boo called Deer Friends. It is on a 10 count with perle cotton. Oh how nice it is to work with!

I just finished reading all Carol's old entries from 2009-2010 in her blog Stitching Dreams.  I just love seeing all her stitching and she is a great writer!

We are supposed to get snow starting tonight...we'll see if they are right! We have only had an inch or so this winter so far!  Very rare for Northeast Ohio!!

Take care and I will be back with photos!