It's Wednsday

Thought I should up-date. Not much has happened in the month or so since I last posted. Was never good at keeping a dairy/journal. And I never know what to write about, what anyone would want to read about in my life. Plus, who knows if anyone ever reads this - I should think of it just for me.

Well, my daughter Sarah moved into her second apartment in NYC, it has a living room, kitchen and 2 bedrooms (plus bath). That's what I did the first Saturday of this month. Told her I'm way to OLD to be doing this. It is in a nice building and she has a brand new kitchen and bathroom. I honestly think she has more cabinets in her kitchen than I do. But we got her in and settled. Considering that her bedroom in this apartment is about the size of her whole old apartment - she's moving on up.

This past weekend was a cross stitch one. On Saturday, I got together with some friends and we stitched the day away and then went out to dinner. It was a fun day and I finished up one project, my daisy coasters and started on another set. Then on Sunday, my friend Colleen and I did a stitching in the park day with a shop up in Limerick, Just Cross Stitched. Had a delightful day, meet new people. The speaker was another friend, Nicole. Talked about her business, how she gets ideas from her head to paper. She also encouraged us to try our hand at designing something. All and all, a delightful day. I have so many projects and ideas, never enough time. Really should sit down and organize all my projets of what I want to get done and when. I do know I have to stitch a wedding sampler for a friends daughter for her wedding in September - should pull out the threads and get started on it.
Off to get some stuff done. Have a great day.

Vote Today

Home today because my car is in the shop. Don't you love it, you're driving down the road and all of sudden your car just stops!! Of course, to make it more special, it has to be pouring rain outside. That's what happened to me Sunday night, my son had to come rescue me and follow me to the repair place and then bring me home. Talked to the car place yesterday afternoon and it has something to do with the rear brakes. Hopefully they will fix it and I can get it today.

Today I'm doing something I've never done before - working at the polls. I'm going to be a 'poll watcher'. Not quite sure what that is but will find out today and tell you later. I've never done anything like this before and I must have had a weak moment when my neighbor called and asked me to help out. But, if anything it should be interesting. So, get out and vote today - maybe you'll see me.

Things in the past

Thought I'd put in pictures that I've taken but haven't been able to put in. We went to Martha Stewart show and had a great time. This is a picture of me standing in front of a picture of Martha and her dog. I think they should have a cut out stand up of Martha - wouldn't that be fun.


The other picture is of Sarah and me that we had the lady behind us take. You can see part of the set over Sarah's shoulder. Have to figure out how to load the pictures ..I guess that can be trial and error.

We had a great day yesterday, one of the SnBer's Rosie had us up to her house for breakfast and stitching/knitting day. Some of the ladies went up Friday night (in fact all but 2 of us went up Friay night)and had a slumber party!! A good time was had by all.

Hope everyone has a Happy Mothers day.

Look what I learned

My son came over today and taught me how to get the my pictures out of my digital camera (ok, stop laughing!!). So, I'm going to try loading a picture. Remember I told you about the lamb cake I make for Easter - well, here it is. Isn't that the cutest thing!!

Lauren - this is for you

Well, I wast told last night I hadn't updated my blog in awhile.
So, here goes. Not much new in my life for the past month. I'm into cross stitching small things - did a few scissor fobs - which a small and quick to you get the feeling of finishing something. I forgot to take pictures of them - not like I know how to insert a picture yet. Made a little sampler for my neice Rachel who is making her first Holy Communion this week. It's at the framers so she'll get it a week late but I do have a medal for her.
I know this is short - but Lauren I updated it!! And I'm too tired to think of anything else right now.

Well, I went to my Merry Cox class and had a great time. I haven't finished my piece - it's just a matter of sitting down and doing it. Merry has little tips on how to finish things. It always amazing me how far people come to go to one of her classes - we had 3 people in our class from ENGLAND!! It is nice to meet people from around the country who share your passion for cross stitch. I promise I will finish my box and post a picture.
Tomorrow is a big day - I'm going to a taping of a Martha Stewart show. My daughter Sarah won 2 tickets and I get to go with her. Will go up this afternoon - if not I'd would have had to get up at 3:15 to get there on time. We need to be there by 8 AM. I am so excited. She is having on Sheryl Lee Ralph from ER - I don't recognize her from ER - but I do remember seeing her in other things. Then the 5 brother/sisters who went to Jillard are preforming and she is also doing her cooking class. Then we received an email, and they want the audience to stay because they putting together a show to air during the summer. So, I'll be on TV again. Well, let's hope you can see me - I'll be the one in the pink sweater!!

Well, St. Patrick's day is done for another year. When I was growing up, my Mom always gave me a St. Patrick's day card. When I moved out she always sent me a St. Patrick's Day card. No matter where she and my Dad were, she always remembered. Sometimes is came early if they were going to be out of town, but I always got one. That is until 1997 - that was my first St. Patrick's Day without my Mom. I didn't get a card, I'm sure my Dad didn't even know she sent me one every year, so he didn't know to send one. My one sister sends me one now that she knows. My kids try to remember to say something. But I'd give anything to have one more card from my Mom.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY MOM - I MISS YOU.

Making progress

Well, my Merry Cox class is next week and I have 2 parts to go on the one project and I just hope to get a couple of stitches in on the second one. If I ever say I'm going to take 2 classes as once again, please STOP ME!!

Was doing laundry the other day, do you ever wonder where socks go? I was folding socks and I was missing 1 - 1 of mine. Now I know I put 2 socks in the washer and I assumed in the dryer. But, when I was folding them, 1 red sock is missing. I looked to make sure it wasn't hiding in a t-shirt, in a pant leg. Looked on the floor making sure it didn't fall there. Could not find it. Even followed my way back down to the laundry room looking. I figured it would just show up. Well, I got home from stitching last night and there it is, laying in plain site on the laundry room floor, inching towards the door, getting ready to make a break. I swear, that's what it looked like. When you are not paying attention, socks just make a break, and escaped in to sock heaven. That's what has to happen, because usually you never find the sock that is missing. It's a mystery.

Over 1

I just finished ripping out a section on my Merry Cox piece that was over 1....It is (was) a pain in the butt. Little tiny stitches that have to ripped out - praying you don't break the floss. But I got it ripped out and re-stitched the correct way. Almost finished the scissor fob (if I hadn't had to rip out, I would have gotten it done!!) I am making progress. I have a time table set for myself but don't want to say it out loud in case I don't stick to it.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday - the start of Lent. I feel like I'm 10 again trying to decide what to 'give up' for 6 weeks. You remember how that was 'I promise not to fight with my sister' only my sisters live hundreds of miles from me. Then there was 'I'll do as my Mom says and not agrue' like that ever worked...LOL I was thinking potato chips but let's be honest, I couldn't go 6 weeks without a 'salt' fix. There's always the good old stand by - giving up CANDY!! I'll have to make a decision by morning!!

Think it might have worked

Don't know what I was doing wrong - but found them. Isn't it nice that all the 'test' ones should up. Hate when technology goes wrong. Let's see if this one works.

test

test - don't know where they are going.

Not working

Can't seem to post. This is a test. Of course, this one will work. LOL

1 month later

I can't believe it's been a month since I posted. I've been busy working on a Merry Cox project. I'm taking a class from her on March 24 - in fact I'm taking 2 classes. I finished 1 panel of one of the projects. I know, I must have been nuts to sign up for 2!! Can I tell you how much I hate to cross stitch over 1 and lets not mention Rocco stitches!! I'd take a picture but I don't know how to get it out of my digital camera yet much less how to post here!!! LOL

Just a Tuesday

Well, I guess I have to get use to do this more often. I know it's been a week or so since I posed.

I finished 4 washcloths (crocheted) for my sister and her friends. I am going to visit my sister Mary in Texas on Thursday and I wanted to take her something. I brought the hand soap from Bath and Body (3 for 10) so I decided to make her and her friends wash clothes to go with it. I meet her two friends, Laurie and Deanne when they came up last year to take a Merry Cox cross stitch class with me. We had such a good time that they are going to all come up and we are all going take another Merry Cox cross stitch class this year. But I wanted to bring them a little something. I used variegate yarn and they turned out really cute.
Also today I went jean shopping - I know, it's a dreaded task but it had to be done. My friend had said she liked the jeans she got on sale at Talbotts so I went there to look. Of course, they didn't have any on sale in my size by I tried on a pair not on sale. I actually had to go down a size. Now, I've been going to the gym for about 1 year, and I've been a little discouraged lately because it doesn't seem to be doing anything. But I guess it is working. I tried jeans on at Talbotts in September and I couldn't get this size buttoned and zipped and this time I could and I could actually breathe!! It's really made my day.
Well, tomorrow is my baby girls birthday - she'll be 23!! Which doesn't seem possible to me. How can she be so old when I haven't hardly aged!!

Resolutions

Well, the new year is here. It's hard to believe that it is 2006 - it doesn't seem that long ago that everyone was worried what would happen when it went from 1999 to 2000. . . .It seems it was much to do about nothing.
Thought I would put down my New Years resolutions in the hope that if I write them they might be easier to keep. So here it goes:

1 - Get back to the gym I joined my gym last year about February 1. I had my son's wedding in September so I had a goal to work towards. Well, since the wedding it's been mighty hard keeping my self motivated to go. But I decided I need to do this for myself. So, I'm going to go to the gym 3 times a week.

2 - Eat healthier This sounds like it should be easy - I know what I'm suppose to eat and not eat but it is much easier said than done. Grabbing something from the 'fast food' category is so much easier than planning a meal.

3 - Finish/organize projects I really don't have that many UFO's, well at least not in the yarn world. Now, in my cross stitch world that is another matter. I want to get my stuff better organize and finish some of my projects.

I think that is is for not. Don't want to go to nuts, just makes you feel more guilty when you break them. Here's to a good 2006....

Still new

Well, I figured I should write again - the blog thing is still new and I'm excited to do it. I figured out what to blog about - this morning I got up and as I'm walking downstairs I smell the candle I was burning last night....And ALL NIGHT. Yes ladies, I forgot to blow them out. I had lite the one in the bathroom (I ususally keep tea lights in there because they have a shorter burn time) but I had this candle I wanted to use up...Well it's almost gone. Thank goodness I saw it instead of my husband because if he had found it I would have gotten the lecture about 'what am I trying to do, burn the house down'. Like I do this stuff on purpose.
Tonite and tomorrow I'm doing something I don't want to do. One of the girls I coached when I was a cheerleader died. I coached cheerleading when Sarah was in 6th thru 8th grade and then Sarah cheered with her in high school. She was 22 on Christmas day. Her Mom found her dead in her bed on Friday morning. Can you believe it? They don't know the cause yet, they are doing an autopsy. My heart is breaking. This is the 4th kid Sarah's age that has died in the past year. So, just keep my friend Marge in your prayers and the she finds the strength to get thru this.

New Blog

Well, I just created my own blog. Don't think anyone would want to read it. It'll just be rambling on about stuff. But I did it. My daughter will be horrified - her own mom having a blog. Oh well, she'll get over it.
Don't know exactly what I'm suppose to talk about on the blog - will have to ask my friends who already have blogs. Which are mostly my knitting friends. Yes, I am in a knitting group and so far they haven't stabbed me with their needles. You see, I tend to bring counted cross stitch to my knitting group. But, I am trying. I am currently working on a baby blanket for my partner - she just had a girl. I do know how to knit, my Grandmother taught me on one of her many visits when I was younger. She taught me how to knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross stitch. You see, we lived in New Jersey and my grandmother lived in Chicago. So, when she came to visit or we went to visit her, she had projects for us to do. It was nice and it's a memory I have. But, back to me knitting - I don't do it very well. I'm to tense and I strangle my yarn!! I do better with crocheting but my real love is counted cross stitch. I love it and I find it very relaxing. But, I'm determined to knit.
Went to a New Years Eve party with my knitting friends and had a great time. It was a perfect party - we celebrated midnight at about 9:15, they young kids are going to be telling all there school friends that their parents let them stay up past midnight!! They (knitting master Cindy) taught my daughter to knit - much better than me trying to teach her - she probably would have tied the yarn around my neck. But she loved it and took it back with her NYC to work on. That's where she lives and work. My son lives near me so that is good.