tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58406042011-12-29T08:06:07.329-08:00We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. E.M. ForsterTerrinoreply@blogger.comBlogger6311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-70571183968672326142007-08-19T12:35:00.000-07:002007-08-19T12:37:19.841-07:00

I've decided to combine the 5 blogs I've started over the years into one. If you care to keep following along with what's going on in my life then please join me atThis is who I am

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I haven't seen this played anywhere. I got it off a non-stitchy blog and thought I'd share it here.You get to answer with one word. (oh and if you'd leave a comment that you snagged it, I'd be tickled pink.) Where is your Cellphone? - desk Relationship? - married Your Hair? - brown Work? - everyday Your sister? - two! Your favorite thing? - puppies Your dream last night? - none

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Friday night the puppies were in and out of the house at least 4 times. Saturday morning Husband left to surf at 5:30 and I sort of just snoozed after I heard his Jeep head down the road. I think I was sort of putting out mental vibes of the "sleep puppies....don't bother mommie puppies..." those silly kind of things when it occured to me it was awfully quiet in the house. You know, the kind of

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-37520618204220293172007-07-27T08:32:00.001-07:002007-07-27T08:41:03.618-07:00

Husband met again with the same group yesterday and the Colonel in charge told him the orders were his. So, on Monday morning, Husband will start all the paperwork necessary to re-enlist. As far as Iraq is concerned, it's a wait and see. There are 2 "pumps" going in 2008. One in January and one in July. In our perfect little world - as it now stands - he would go in January, leaving me

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-86278126781386264652007-07-26T09:59:00.000-07:002007-07-26T10:13:05.131-07:00

I came home Saturday from my nail appointment to find Husband sitting in my office installing a brand new 19" widescreen monitor. Ain't he sweet! It was a s'prise!I have tons of emails to go through and I'm slowly getting there. Fortunately a lot of them are deletable, but being unable to sit for long periods in front of my home computer is keeping me from getting caught up with them as fast as

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My monitor is dead :( It's been dying for the past 2 weeks, making me think my computer was shutting down at random and more frequently. I'm trying to look on the bright side, that it's not my hard drive!! Anyway, if you've emailed me before about 2 hours ago - let's say 7 a.m. pacific time - I haven't received it. I never shut down my computer, so all my email is downloaded to my hard drive

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-15338571384108982562007-06-18T16:18:00.000-07:002007-06-18T16:25:21.198-07:00

I cannot believe it went so long without my blogging again. I truly intended to keep at it the last time I posted. Since then I've been stitching some again. I've got RRs to catch up on. It's going slow though because I've completely lost feeling in my little and ring finger and am wearing a brace on that hand. I'm waiting to hear from the doctor about a nerve conduction test to see if I'm

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-44114783332420793782007-05-30T11:20:00.001-07:002007-05-30T12:09:10.241-07:00

In an effort to get back into the swing of things, I thought I'd answer this week's SBQ, which I haven't done in a very long time.How many needles do you use during a project? Have you ever loaded up a needle for every color? Do you use a new needle for every project or recycle your favorite needle?I normally use just 1 needle during a project; however, if there's beading, I'll have a beading

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-25383993239212238852007-05-27T16:45:00.000-07:002007-05-27T16:48:19.634-07:00

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I miss all of you and it’s so nice to see a note from you all.Husband has been diagnosed with moderate aortic regurgitation. He is not taking it well. It took forever for him to get his EKG back and then took forever after that to get a consult with a cardiologist. During all this taking forever he (and I) went through so many emotions. In addition

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-88750136833414908712007-05-02T21:09:00.000-07:002007-05-02T21:14:52.341-07:00

Thank you all for your cyber-hugs re my sister. She's dealing the best she can with the house.Please don't give up on me. I'm dealing with a ton of things right now, one of which is a fairly serious health condition for Husband. I'm behind in a lot of things, some because of others not mailing to me on time and I haven't even looked at my email in forever. I'm working away as fast as school (

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-85907273957118836782007-04-15T14:55:00.000-07:002007-04-15T21:52:59.323-07:00

Both of my sisters have been affected by the weather for the past 2 days.My youngest (T) lives in the Ozark mountains. On Friday, just as I was leaving work my father called to tell me T's house had been struck by lightening and that they had had a fire because of it. He sounded very "no big deal" about it so I wasn't concerned. Today my mom called me to tell that they didn't just have a fire

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I just finished a paper to be turned in tomorrow and since I'm sitting at the computer already I'm forcing myself to do this since I really don't have time to blog. Needless to say I got nowhere in March:Continue with Castle Sampler on MondaysContinue with Le Marquoir de Justine Tuesdays thru Thursdays when I don't have a RRStart and continue with Samplermaker on FridaysContinue with French

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Just checking in since I'm getting "where are you" emails (and comments). My work and personal life are full of crap right now that is keeping me from doing anything but running in circles. :)

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First, thank you for your sympathies and hugs. Other than my arm being sore at the injection spot I'm feeling normal. I even got sympathy from Husband since he's had so many shots in his military career.I read a lot of blogs. Not all of them cross-stitch related. I am so thankful that I don't watch American Idol or other shows of that genre. It is amazing to me to read a message board or a

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I had a dr appt this morning to renew a prescription. Well, while I was there she checked all my records stuff and said I was past due for a tetanus shot. So I got one. And it made me sick! So I’m home feeling rather pukey, enough so that I don’t even feel like stitching. I hate when that happens.

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-7835309340810795652007-03-01T08:51:00.000-08:002007-03-01T09:00:09.507-08:00

FebruaryContinue with Le Marquoir de Justine Tuesdays thru Fridays when I don't have a RRContinue with French Alphabet Sampler Saturdays and SundaysContinue with Castle Sampler on MondaysStitch on Quaker RR on Tuesdays thru Fridays when it arrivesStitch on Spot RR on Tuesday thru Fridays when it arrivesI guess I did okay in February. I didn't strictly stick to my rotation, but I did stitch on

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-8947847700476233952007-02-27T15:35:00.000-08:002007-02-27T17:26:39.923-08:00

The mail's arrived mum and it delivered the school's acceptance of my challenge to 2 classes and approval for me to graduate in May! Woohoo!

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I stitched on Castle Sampler last night. I haven’t stitched on it in a couple of weeks and even last night I didn’t stitch enough to feel it warrants a progress picture, but if I don’t post one, I’ll never be able to compare this time from last time, to next time, etc. So I’ll do that tonight when I get home from work and switch over to my Tuesday - Friday piece.This week I’ll be working on the

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-57935636068144765132007-02-22T18:49:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:27:01.424-08:00

Okay, so I lied and didn't post a progress picture when I said I would. Nothing's changed since that day since I've been too pooped to stitch. While I did put FAS away, I've yet to pull out Justine. I'm doing that this evening though.Here's the latest photo session of the puppies. Notice how they're always sitting on that green "sofa?" That's a futon sofa in my office where I obviously spend way

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Okay, not really, but being back to work, even just half-time, is really wearing me out. Last week I took a nap every afternoon when I got home. I’m going to try to NOT nap this week. I got very little stitching done and what stitching I did do was on French Alphabet Sampler. I was just too tired to fiddle with changing projects. I’m trying to get myself into more of a normal routine this week

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Not much to report on the stitching front. I received this round of Quaker RR I'm participating in and had 1 week to get it stitched. It was supposed to be mailed today, but I'll do it tomorrow on the way home from work. This is from Quaker Style Friendship Sampler by Samplers and Such. On two more people to stitch for and then they come home.Yep, work. Tomorrow will be my first time back to work

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My doctor appointment went pretty much as I expected. I'm off work this week and will be returning 3 mornings a week next week, for 2 weeks, then I'll gradually increase my daily working hours until I'm back full time. Boss is ready for me to get back.It's absolutely beautiful outside today and I was able to capture a picture of Harley that shows how much she's looking less and less like a fat

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Wow! I cannot believe the first month of the year is over. It flew by so fast for me. I was expecting it to kind of creep since I've been off work all this time. I can only imagine how fast it would have gone by if I had been working.I set very few stitching goals for January. I didn't know how I would be feeling and there was no reason to stress myself out over goals, not that I really get

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Driving myself to school, parking in the back 40, and traipsing all over campus to take care of graduation stuff wore me out so much I didn't feel like switching over projects yesterday so I stuck with FAS. I am completely finished with the 1st page and only have 11 more to go! LOL I decided to stitch down instead of over because I've found a couple of places where I can switch the letters

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I managed to stitch on Justine for 4 days this week and made it completely across Page 4. It's becoming very hard to put her away for French Alphabet Sampler, but then again it's hard to put French Alphabet Sampler away for Castle Sampler. I guess this means I like all 3 of my current WIPs.Here are closeups of the left and right side to better see some of the detail.I just pulled a loaf of

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I spent the afternoon and evening working on Castle Sampler. I've got to stop feeling like I'm getting nowhere when I'm stitching almost 3 hours on it each Monday. This time I completely finished the top of the man's body and got some of the vine and trellis on his left finished.I've had a great mail week and I've been able to delete a couple of things from my wish list. First, I finally found a

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I managed to get more stitching than anticipated on FAS this weekend. It's coming right along :) I'm more than half-way finished with Page 1. I don't even want to know how many pages there are! LOL I'm happy to be just stitching along on it.Thank you all so much for the many comments on The Token. It truly was a fun stitch. I started on January 14, 2006, and intended it to be a stitch-along

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I've started on Page 4 of Justine. The second line of letters is almost as wide as the design will be. There's only the viney-border on that side left to add to the width. I only worked on Justine one day this week because the fibers came in for The Token so I finished "signing" it. As I said earlier I'm disappointed that the fiber didn't match, but it still looks good, IMHO.I will be sending

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I started acclimating myself back into society today by going to class.  It meets twice a week from 9:30 – 10:50.  It’s a professor I’m very familiar with and the subject matter is general Business Law.  This is supposed to be my last class for my degree.  Husband drove me and took my car and got it detailed while I was in class.  Isn’t he a keeper!  Next week he’ll drive me again, and then I’m

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1168961795555435932007-01-16T07:28:00.000-08:002007-01-16T07:42:20.136-08:00

I was too tired after running a few errands with Husband to change from French Alphabet Sampler to Castle Sampler so I continued to stitch on FAS yesterday. I love working on it. It's a huge project though and if I let myself think about how much more there is to do, I might put it away as a hopeless case! LOL Today I'm back to Justine.It has been very cold here for our region. We're

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Here's a really bad photo of Justine after 8 days of stitching. This is pages 1, 2 and half of page 3. Just to give you an idea of how wide it's going to be, there are 4 pages across.I was under the weather yesterday so no Saturday stitching, but I will be starting French Alphabet Sampler as soon as I make this post. Since this is my Saturday/Sunday project, I imagine it will take me awhile

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1168272641070481672007-01-08T07:58:00.000-08:002007-01-11T08:15:45.586-08:00

I've been stitching exclusively on Justine now for 4 days. I will be frogging the first four "red" letters on the 4th line since they're charted incorrectly and I'll be making them the same as the fiber used in the church below.Today is Monday, so it's my first "Monday with TW" stitch-along on Castle Sampler. I honestly cannot remember the last time I stitched on it. I know where it is though and

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1168015959384884072007-01-05T08:45:00.000-08:002007-01-05T08:52:39.406-08:00

I am so loving stitching on Justine. I finished at least 1/3 of page 1 and made myself go to bed last night!I ordered Ann Trump this morning. She's been on my wish list since it was first announced it was being reproduced. I haven't decided on what fabric or fibers I'll use. I find myself missing stitching with good old DMC and may just use that. I also have all of the GAST and Weeks to

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December ProgressFinish QRR piece by Dec 8 - DoneGet fabric ready for January SBRR - canceledFinish all but the "signature" portion of The Token - not quite - finished January 3, 2007Finish stitching Red Desert Scissor Pocket - didn't even think about itStart computer cataloging stash - nopeHave a great Christmas - yesJanuary GoalsFinish Red Desert Scissor PocketStart Le Marquoir de JustineGet

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1167927528812582312007-01-04T08:18:00.000-08:002007-01-04T08:19:37.030-08:00

Geaux LSU!  Woohoo!  Great game with lots of hollering and clapping at my house last night.   Was wonderful watching on the new TV, too.As an aside, can I just say that Nick Saban is a whore and a traitor and I hope Alabama loses every single game next year.I finished the stitching on The Token yesterday.  Now I just need to “sign” it and of course I don’t have any fibers!  I’ll get Husband to

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Last year I called my goals “delusions.” I knew that I would never meet all my expectations, but I have to have something to reach for, but I was honest and knew I was deluding myself in obtaining as much as I set out. So, here’s what I said, and here’s what I did.Stitch at least 365 hours next year! – Didn’t happen. I was really doing well until I took ill in March. From about April on I

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Our shopping trip was awful! We drove around the parking lot for 20 minutes looking for a spot and got into a fender bender. Not our fault. The other driver told me he was in a hurry since he was on his way to San Francisco. Between standing there for half an hour and then walking around the shopping center for half an hour, then going to Best Buy (where I sat the whole time) I was in megga

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1167424422572821232006-12-29T12:28:00.000-08:002006-12-29T12:33:42.673-08:00

I finally got myself situated last night and crochet'd on a scarf for about half an hour and then I got out my stitching. It felt very awkward for some reason. Maybe the way I'm sitting. I have this humongous pillow sitting behind me because my chair is so deep that once I'm in it, I can't get back out of it by myself LOL so I improvised. I'm working on the last motif on The Token. If Husband

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Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my "I'm Home" post. I'm 12 days out and starting to feel a bit human again. I've been out of the house twice and I overdid it on Christmas day by standing too much but have recovered from that. I'm now just taking Motrin 800s for pain and this morning when I woke up I was laying on my side! It's the little things. Husband went to work today and left

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Thank you so much for your well-wishes, hugs and prayers.I got home late Sunday morning and am having no trouble at all being a good patient.  Husband is taking extremely good care of me and Bandit is keeping the monsters away.I will post more in a few days, when I’m able to have more coherent thoughts.Happy Holidays!

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We went to Disneyland yesterday. I think it had to have been the best time I’ve ever had there, through my own eyes. This may have been my 30th trip, but Husband and I think it’s the very first time that is has been just the two of us. The longest we waited in line was when one of the rides was shut down for a short period of time, when we were already waiting our turn – Space Mountain – and I

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1165858308230626632006-12-11T09:31:00.000-08:002006-12-11T09:31:48.423-08:00

I’m furiously typing away on my final paper, that’s due tonight, but I wanted to take a moment to record what I woke up to this morning.Believe it or not, we finally got our tree put up last night and right about the 5th ornament the power went out again.  Son and Girlfriend asked if they could help decorate the tree, but when the power went out they decided to go to a friend’s house until the

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1165597218374846472006-12-08T08:52:00.000-08:002006-12-08T09:06:51.113-08:00

Isn’t it fun to shop this time of year! All the sales. All the smells. All the people! I have finished my Christmas shopping. No decorations are up, and probably won’t be up until Sunday due to the power outages. We haven’t had one the past 3 night though and I’ve been doing laundry like a mad woman.As you can see by my ticker on the right hand of my blog, my 100 days of no buying stash are over.

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I didn't do to hot on my November GoalsFinish QRR piece by Nov 22 - DoneFinish Haiku's head and work up to the flower - didn't even touch it!Continue working on The Token on weekends - almost finished!Finish Red Desert Scissor Pocket - nope!Start computer cataloging stash - hahahahaha!Have a great Thanksgiving! - oh yeah, baby!I'm not real sure what December will hold for me in the stitching

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1164989667554848842006-12-01T08:11:00.000-08:002006-12-01T08:14:27.610-08:00

Today is World AIDS Day.When is there going to be an United States AIDS Day, or a Canada AIDS Day, or a France AIDS Day, or...need I go on? I feel like everyone (in general) overlooks the problems in their own back yard while working very hard on the comradery of solving whatever “world” problem is the flavor of the week. And that’s just it. We work on the comradery and not the issue.

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No power again last night! This time before 6:30 pm, right in the middle of supper! In fact my spoon was halfway between my potato soup bowl and my mouth and I just knew I was going to dump it in my lap! I wish I had a recording of the words coming out of Husband's mouth as he "thanked" the powers that be for cutting our power for the 3rd night this week. This time we left the house. Son

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Me!It’s amazing the things that go through your head when you come home to find a notice on your door that the electricity will be turned off from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. ON A SATURDAY! Hello! Why don’t they do it during the week when the majority of people are not at home??? That would make too much sense I suppose, and after all this is a Bush run government we’re talking about, so there hasn’t been

Terrinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840604.post-1164732243803393522006-11-28T08:38:00.000-08:002006-11-28T08:44:03.910-08:00

Well, actually I don’t, at least not consistently. We lost power again last night. Husband said it went off right after I left for class (which was around 7 pm) and it came back on just as I pulled into the driveway (around 9 pm). I saw some maintenance type trucks with yellow flashing lights up the road from where I turn onto my street. I don’t know what’s going on, but Husband is ticked off

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I had a wonderful Thanksgiving "weekend."The first thing I was told when I got to Husband's Boss's house on Thursday was that he and his wife were splitting up. I'm so saddened by this, since they're both sweet people. She proceeded to wait on me hand and foot while I was there. I was grateful since I was kind of worn out from cooking all morning.Friday was spent doing copious amounts of nothing.

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Can I just say that I find more entertainment in how bunched people get their panties when "celebrities" do things that draw attention to themselves, than by the celebrity themselves. I just love how outraged, horrified, disgusted, offended, mortified, embarrassed, whatever us regular types get when celebrities do things. Snort!

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I gave up my Saturday morning (actually until 3:00) to go with Son and Husband to look for a vehicle for Son. We turned the Miata over to a salvage yard and since Husband had told Son a long time ago that the Miata was a short term vehicle, we needed to get him another one. They had decided on a Jeep Cherokee type vehicle and there were 3 listed Saturday morning. I got so tired of Son’s attitude

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First, thanks for the comments. It's kind of funny, but I never feel like I've been busy when I look back on what I've done. I just can't figure out why time is getting away with me until I reflect. Hi to Renee :) and Margie, my Bandit is an Italian Greyhound and is the most perfect, well behaved spoiled brat angel you could ever meet. He owns me lock, stock and barrel :)Now, to Boss.

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Wow! I can’t believe it’s been almost a week since I posted!We didn’t go out to dinner on Friday for Son’s birthday. Husband and I started our Christmas shopping but made sure to be home by 5. We waited for Son until 6:30 then had dinner on our own. Saturday we were supposed to finish shopping, but at the last minute we had a change of plans. We did take Bandit to the new dog park, where he

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Last night for dinner I hit the drive through at the Taco Bell, next to the CVS. I got a phone call from Husband right before I left work telling me that Son and Girlfriend both have the flu (wonder how they both got it at the same time???) and neither felt like eating out. Husband had a chili cook-off at work yesterday, but for some strange reason when he got to work my slow-cooker was warped

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Emotions are all over the place today! I have a seasick and claustrophobic thing going on today. Made for a wonderful train ride this morning, but....I saw a whale!Ran into a girl at the mall last night that goes to our new dog park and she has an IG too. She practically begged us to bring Bandit to play this weekend. She knows someone who runs rescue in our area so I'm probably going to take her

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I didn’t vote. Because I live on a military installation we are not afforded the opportunity to go to a polling place and vote. We have to do so by absentee ballot. Now, that’s not why I didn’t vote, but I do somewhat feel like I’m being discriminated against because my husband chose a career that protects our rights, one of them being the ability to vote. Conundrum?Anyway, I live in a state

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Okay I have no idea why I put ABC and 123 into the subject line except it just seemed natural to do so! LOLTGIF. It always sort of surprises me when Friday gets here. I get this “I made it to Friday” kind of thing going on in my head when I get seated on the train on Friday mornings. I catch myself wanting to say it to the complete strangers who are riding with me!I found a book I don't remember

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It’s one of those days that has me counting down the minutes to my surgery (43 more days). Don’t look at me or I might cry. And whatever you do, don’t ask me what’s wrong, or I’ll cry worse. I feel like my skin’s too tight for me and I’m so restless these days.Husband’s Marine Corps ball is tonight. Guess who is NOT his date. He’s going with another guy...or rather two other guys. We had decided

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Husband got home yesterday. I got to spend a couple of hours talking to him while he unloaded all his stuff, including a mountain of dirty laundry, pulled our Halloween decorations out, and got the pumpkins set up. Then I had to share him with trick or treaters. We had nowhere near the kids we had last year and I have half the candy left. Thankfully I bought stuff I don't like. Or I thought I

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I got home Friday to see that Son had haphazardly mowed the yard. I didn’t say a word, being thankful that he’d at least done something. He had also loaded the dishwasher. Of course when it came time to unload it most of the things were just tossed in there so were upside down and full of icky water. He rarely does things with any attention to detail. I am thankful that he has been trying to

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Son and I went out to dinner a couple of nights ago and while there we got on the subject of his girlfriend. This is the first serious girlfriend he’s had in 3 years. In fact it’s the only girlfriend he’s had that he’s brought to the house for us to meet! They’ve been dating now since January or so. This time; however, I was more interested in hearing about her parents instead of hearing more

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Wow! Thank you to all who have left book suggestions! Several of you have mentioned authors I have read, a long time ago, and I keep thinking “OMG! I’ve read her/him. Wonder why I stopped?” LOL And I’m impressed by the long lists a couple of you have! I’ll be making a trip to my local B&N to look at what you’re suggesting. I think I’m going to go the paperback route and afterward find the used

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I decided to do a separate post for this so I can print out the comments, if there are any.I need some book suggestions for my downtime during surgery. I am, perhaps delusionally, planning to do nothing but stitch and read for a 2 month period, but I don't know what I want to read! I have purposefully stayed away from "fun" books during school because I love to read and would read the "fun"

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I am terrible about answering the SBQ each week. So many times I see everyone's answers and they're the same as mine would be, so I don't bother answering for fear someone might think I cut and paste their answer into mine! Just kidding, sort of :)But this week is another question near and dear to my heart! Samplers!If you were to come across a sampler chart that caught your eye and appealed to

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I finished reading Return of the King yesterday. It was by far the best of the 3 books. I can't say I hated every moment of reading them, but there were moments! I have now marked 2 more items off my 101 list.Today I started reading Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters. I am nearing the end of his West Point days and have had a couple of out-loud chuckles and "who knew?" moments already.

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I have my surgery date! Let the real freaking out begin!

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I was busy last week and gone almost all day Saturday.I am reorganizing my rotation a bit:Mon - schoolTue, Thur, Fri - HaikuWed - Red Desert Stitching PocketSat, Sun - The TokenI stitched my name on RDSP last Wednesday and I don't like it. I'm either going to rip it out and move it up, or replace it with the date as originally charted. If I do the date I'll stitch my name over one, going

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No one was home Friday evening so I spent the evening with Bandit and my stitching. I had forgotten how much confetti stitching there was in Haiku.Saturday afternoon Jill and her son, and Melissa and friend came over. Before Jill and son showed up Melissa and I divvied up our fabric purchases for Quaker Needlework Treasures (which she hasn’t started yet) and our Red Desert Scissor Pocket and

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Today was the day I decided to tell Boss I'd had enough. Instead he threw me a whammy and before I could even say a word he told me to give myself a substantial raise when I next called in payroll. After I asked him if he was serious, I told him I guess that meant I didn't need to tell him I was quitting. Sigh. I'm so confused now.

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I am thoroughly enjoying stitching on Red Desert Scissor Pocket by The Cat's Whiskers. I sure hope she does another similar design in the future. Here's my first progress photo. I'm looking forward to next Wednesday to add more to it.You can see more of this design in Lelia's, Barbara's, Cathy's, Melissa's, and Myrna's blogs.Thank you all for your lovely comments about my needlebook. It was

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Twice! However now that I know there may be ghosts on it I don’t know if I should have! LOLMy weekend has been eventful for an uneventful weekend. I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of my 4 days off. I have made myself stay off the computer as much as humanly possible and have spent it being productive in other ways. Stitching!Saturday I slept in until 7 a.m. Wow, you say, but to me if

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This is been so much fun! Tomorrow I'll be hunting for fabric for the lining and bag. Up next is my Quaker RR piece. Happy weekend!

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I just knew I was going to finish the stitching on my QNT needlebook last night, but I just couldn't do it! I kept yawning and I knew that if I didn't stop, I'd be frogging. I had already made one counting mistake and fortunately caught it before it became a tragic error. It will definately be finished tonight though if I stitch since there's only about 150 stitches left. I've adjusted to

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Last night a landmark vote took place in a city "next door" to where I live. While this city is not the first in the US to pass this law it is the largest. Under the law, residents, businesses and city officials can file written complaints with the city if they suspect a landlord is renting to illegal immigrants. Complaints based “solely or primarily on the basis of national origin, ethnicity,

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It's almost 2 and I'm the only one at work. Boss and Paralegal have gone home to watch the Padres v Cardinals game. I have the radio on. I have work on my desk, but all I can think is that I wish I had something to stitch on while I listen to the game. I will remedy this tonight though and find something to leave in my desk for future instances. I have all the faith in the world that the

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I was browsing through blogs a day or so ago and came across a stitch along that I just cannot refuse! Lelia is coordinating The Cat’s Whiskers’ Red Desert Scissor Pocket. I had this design out drooling over it just a few days ago when I was being tempted by organizing my half-size designs.I don’t know what the fabric color is that I'm using, but I purchased it at CATS Vegas earlier this year

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I cannot believe it! This is probably going to be a very long month for me, since Husband is gone starting tomorrow. I’m hoping it will pass as quickly as the last 9 though.I went to a no-host GTG yesterday and had a very nice time. I’m directionally challenged so we’ll just skip the drive there and back. The shop was having a 20% anniversary sale and I stuck to my no buying anything but

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Well yesterday the camel's back was broken. Something happened at work that was the last straw. If you pray, cross your fingers, light a candle, burn incense, whatever, please do so, so I have the strength to keep my mouth shut and not say something that I will regret later - I could care less what the person I say it to thinks - I just want to keep my personal dignity. I have contacted the

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How about those Saints! Woohoo!I try to stay off the computer on the weekends. I had no problem with that this past weekend, but for some reason this week I don’t feel like catching up. I’m having to make myself read blogs and bulletin boards! Heck, just making this entry is a forced effort! LOLI know part of the problem today is that I’m tired. I don’t get home from class on Monday until

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Things have been just chugging along in my nice, quiet and boring life:Work has been pleasantly busy. We are taking over a small 3-room office across from us and are going to use it as a conference room and storage area. They’re painting it and cleaning the carpets so we have tons of stuff piled everywhere in our current office. I’m really looking forward to them finishing so I can clean up

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Shampoo dining room Finish Dresser Drawer Heart finish organizing half-sized chartsStart Quaker Needlework Treasures - started!Organize magazines - didn't even look at my magazines! LOL

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I ended up frogging the drawer I messed up on. I plan on framing just like in the photo on the kit and knew it would just bug the mess out of me forever if I didn't fix it.Next stitching project - Quaker Needelwork Treasures!

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which is a bit surprising. I'm almost afraid to say this outloud, but it was cold enough in my house this morning that I thought about turning on my heater!Husband has returned from surfing. He's had a milestone today. He tubed. He's ready to live here for 30 more years.For me, the day got off to a later start than I expected, but I'm working away on my list. I'm loving my new carpet shampooer :)

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I'm so happy it's Friday. We've been rather busy the past couple of days getting a class action mailing out and all day today all I've wanted to do is put my head on my desk and nap. I had an impossible time waking up this morning. I honestly think I would have called in for a sanity day today except: a) it's payday and b) the jury came back in our favor and I wanted to find out all the

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Wow! I can’t believe I’ve made it a whole 20 days without buying cross-stitch stuff! It’s not a record but it is a bit surprising since it’s on my mind all the time. My wish list is not growing as fast as I thought it would be either.Speaking of wish lists, I started a blog just for that purpose and will also be starting a blog for the stuff I’m selling. The latest addition to my wish list is

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Today’s date has many meanings for many people. I’m sure there are very few people in the world who do not remember what they were doing on this date, five years ago. However, for me, instead of dwelling about the past, today I choose to think 2 years into the future when I better will be celebrating Husband’s retirement from the Marine Corps.The waves were awful yesterday so Husband took me to

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Melissa came over yesterday for an afternoon of stitch 'n' bitch. It's been 2 months since I've seen her, and even though I "talk" to her almost everyday by email, it's just not the same! Anyway, the stinker RAK'd me!The first month she wasn't able to come down was because she was attending a Merry Cox class. To say I was jealous was putting it lightly but I was waiting to hear back from the doc

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Husband and I have decided to watch more TV. Shocking, since most people try to watch less. Before this season the only show we watched was 24. There are many nights when the TV wasn't even turned on or if it was it was to HGTV, Discovery, etc. Toward the end of last season I watched the last 3 shows of House and enjoyed it so made a point of watching the season premiere this week. Last night I

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Thank you Susan for calling on St. Anthony for me! I went looking for Haiku and found my Dresser Drawer Heart! I'm much further along that I remembered!

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I usually drive to work on Monday so I can take care of office errands. Since yesterday was not a workday I drove today. Primo parking spot in the parking lot this morning! That should have been my first clue it was going to be a good day.To keep a long story short, I’m the only person who has shown up today. The attorneys worked this weekend and some of the stuff I left on Friday has been

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Not much done today other than a lot of sorting and watching tons of CSI (the original). I love marathons! I managed to get all most of my Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art Sampler Threads alphabetized and put up in my corner unit. I also installed 2 more shelves and moved some storage baskets from my stash shelves over to the fiber shelves. Both baskets still need to be sorted. There's mostly

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I haven’t gotten as early a start on my room today as I did yesterday. I made a trip to the grocery store and to the exchange on the hunt for a carpet shampooer this morning and now it’s time to quit having fun and get back to laboring.Last night I continued to look for Christmas Drawers until I went to bed. No luck. I think there’s an evil house elf or something in my house. I’ve also lost The

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It’s 8:00 p.m. and today I have put my hands on almost every single cross stitch design I own. I started at 8:00 a.m.The pile sitting in front of my fabric/fiber cabinet no longer exists. Neither does the pile in front of the closet door (I never shared that picture, but will tomorrow). I have filled more than one copy paper box full of items to sell. Of course I’ve also filled more than one

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I accomplished every single one of my August goals!Work on Cari’s Quaker Round Robin Piece - being mailed out todayStitch on Strawberry Garden - finished itWork at least 30 minutes a week in my craft room - oh yeah, and then somePut 10 stash things up for sale a week - put 30+ Silver Lining patterns up for sale (not quite 10 things a week)For September I’d like to:Finish Christmas DrawersStart

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For Americans, this coming weekend is Labor Day weekend. It means we don't labor for 3 days! LOL I will be laboring around my house, mostly in my stitching room. Now that I have pictures posted, and you're all talking about how "organized" my very unorganized room looks, I really want to get it cleaned up so I can show you what true organization looks like...or at least what I planned for it to

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Thank you for the hugs. They're much appreciated.I spent today with Harry Potter and friends while I finished up on a RR piece. As you can see the focus is a bit off, and that's exactly how I've felt all day. Snoozing and stitching. I feel a lot better right now though and am trying to decide if I want to continue stitching or if I want to veg for awhile.While I'm posting pictures I might as

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well I won’t go there, but suffice it to say, today I wish I had NOT put off having my surgery. I am in so much pain I am staying home and hoping I can concentrate enough to maybe stitch or read. Perhaps I’ll even fondle my new stash. Oh and Autumn? Are you hoping I was raised to share my toys? I cannot wait to move back there either!

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My quiet day was anything but. I ended up having to go to the courthouse to wait to see if the judge wanted to talk to me about a witness who’s refusing to appear after being served a subpoena and us agreeing to his timely notification terms. During the wait I was fortunate enough to sit through testimony of one of our expert witnesses and I am in awe of his ability to remember investigative

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but the laundry suffered! I’ve been in a small stitching slump where I’ve had to MAKE myself stitch! But now, I’m more than half finished with my current round robin piece and am really looking forward to stitching on Christmas Drawers. In fact, I was tempted to just chuck the RR piece and work on CD yesterday! I haven’t looked at the piece in a long time but if memory serves I don’t have

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I threw a list together this morning of the Silver Lining patterns I have for sale. I will be adding to and subtracting from the list as the days go by and I wade through my stash – a daunting task! I just happen to have all of the TSL designs together in one place and it was easy to start there.The list can be found in a link in the upper right column – in red.I received a couple of stash

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