Jeremiah's Mom

New Blog

2005-08-01T15:36:00.000-05:00

Okay I think I'm officially moving to a new blog. At least until I don't like it anymore LOL.

So here is the link
http://360.yahoo.com/dragons_luver

See you there hopefully

HAED

2005-07-29T20:46:00.000-05:00

Well I started my first HAED this week as I might have shown some excitement about LOL. Today I finished my first 1,000 stitches. Now this design has 209,250 total so I'm not even close to done. I can't believe how small 1,000 stitch could look over 1. I still love working on it though. It amazes me the detail.

Here is the original artwork done by Linda Ravenscroft

Here is my first 1,000 stitches

Tomorrow I have a stitch in with my local stitching group. So hopefully I will get even more done. Thanks for looking. :)

Another Busy Weekend

2005-07-25T19:17:00.000-05:00

Friday was our nite out at the Allen County Fair. They have a lovely fish and tenderloin fry. So Fred, Jeremiah and me went out together. After eating we took a quick look at the cross stitch entries. I should really enter something. I would probably win LOL. There isn't very many entries at all. Then outside of the building they had pony rides. So little cowboy got to ride a pony again. Jeremiah is getting really good at it. They have proven that something about the way a horse moves is great for cerebral palsy children. It helps them gain balance and massages the leg muscles. Then we went around to the rides. Jeremiah played a balloon pop game, a duck pond, and a fishing game. So he won lots of great things. Then he rode a tank ride and a train. Now this is when it gets funny. Jeremiah has been talking about bumper cars for the past couple weeks. I was trying to figure out if we could afford to go to a small amusment park here in Indiana so he could ride them. Well at the fair for the first time I've ever seen they had bumper cars. So much to Jeremiah's excitement he got to ride bumper cars. He rode in the one with me and Fred rode in a different one. Jeremiah was giggling so hard that everyone watching was laughing too. You could definately tell he was happy.

Then we went to the demolition derby. It was a blast. They weren't running it very well this year was the only problem. They should have wet the track down a lot more. So it was almost dangerous. One car flipped totally up on it's driver's side. The driver was fine. 5 guys flipped it back over and it started right up. We got lots of mud flipped at us and Jeremiah thought that was too funny.

Saturday we spent the day visiting my dad. It actually went good. No personal attacks or anything.

Sunday was a day to rest. I was so tired. Plus it was HOT. We had heat warning with heat indexes in the 110 mark. Fred got a new gadget that does a radio thingy over the computer thingy LOL so basically he stole the computer the WHOLE day. So I worked on my hardanger getting ready for my class today. I really love working on it. Cici even gave me an A+ on my work so far. So Jeremiah gave me a $1 for getting a good report card haha.

So today was my 2nd hardanger class. We actually cut the fabric today. It was scary at first definately but I love the look of it. I can't believe how it goes so smoothly once you get started. I've seen several designs that I know I can do now. There was this one that made a beautiful picture frame. I also kitted up my HAED. So today I've been winding the thread on bobbins. I can tell you it takes FOREVER to do 50 threads onto bobbins. I might get to start stitching tomorrow. I'm excited...but NERVOUS. Okay well there is my check in. See I was busy. :)

July Block Picture

2005-07-21T15:18:00.000-05:00

Here is my block for ILCS this month. The theme was Garden Gates. This is pretty close....LOL It's a garden fence at least.

I decided not to do one for CSE. I feel horrible but Hey sometimes it just doesn't call to me. LOL Or I'm too busy doing other things. I want to work on my hardanger. I want to work on my HAED LOL. I am so addicted. I can't buy the fabric till Monday so I will have to wait but I doubt I will have much stitching time this weekend anyway.

My mom's side of the family is falling apart. One of my uncles said a bunch of horrible stuff about my mom last night to her. Broke her heart of course. He is such a jerk. He actually had the extreme stupidity to tell mom she can spend all day every day with my grandparents because.....she doesn't have job. Now he has his own construction business so he should respect that my mom has her own business too. Makes me violent. I guess I always thought that if something happened to my grandparents the family would fall apart but I really thought it would at least wait until they were both gone. This whole thing will only bother my grandmother and make her sad. Now what is that accomplishing. I love family but I HATE family problems. My other uncle is trying hard still to be more involved with us. I seriously think he is realizing what he has missed in his life. I give up trying to figure it all out.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-07-20T20:04:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

Have you ever done a color conversion? If so, what did you think about
your results and would you do it again? If not, would you like to try
someday?

No I haven't. I have a few friends that are great at this though. If I am lucky enough to have them with me I can change colors to things. I'm a very weird follower of written instructions LOL. Now I do small small changes on my things like block swaps to save time. Like maybe take out the shading and just keep the same color. No big deal but hey I guess it's a start LOL.

I'm Alive!

2005-07-18T10:25:00.000-05:00

Yep believe it or not I'm still alive. LOL Just been so busy I haven't been updating my blog. Jeremiah goes back to school on Aug 22nd so we are spending everyday together. Trying to get all the fun in now haha.

Yesterday I finished stitching a model so now I have no models again. I'm glad. Now I can get some me stitching done. In my last post here I was talking about HAED. I was chatting with a lady on the HAED board. Come to find out she is the one who designs all the art into charts. So she emailed me a free chart! Can you believe it? It's an adorable mermaid with some dolphins. I can't wait to start it. I am making myself wait though haha. I started a Hardanger class and I have homework to do. I also have 2 blocks to stitch. I think I will start the blocks today and then finish up my homework when I finish them. I have my next Hardanger class on Mon July 25th. So I better hurry and get that homework done too LOL. See I'm busy!

My grandparents (mom's side) decided to move out of their house. It's killing my mom and me. They have this beautiful log cabin on a lake that my grandfather built like 40 years ago. It's so sad to see them giving it up. It's ALOT of work though taking care of 22 acres so I do understand. They are going to move to a retirement home. It worries me cause I don't want them to give up life. I feel weird about the whole thing. I love this place. I got married in the front yard for crying out loud if that shows how much I love that place. It will be weird to have someone else living there. What if I want to go back there and stand in the yard. *sigh* Oh Well nothing is forever. I hate that.

Hiya

2005-07-09T21:56:00.000-05:00

Okay I have no idea where time went this week. I do know that we just got home from watching Batman Begins. It was excellent. I love how they tied in everything. It really makes you think they made this before the other movies. Very well done. I did figure something out though....Batman is a slut! He is with a different woman every movie LOL. Last night we went to a tractor pull. It was a lot of fun. We was going to go tonite too but decided our butts still hurt from Friday sitting in the bleachers. We are going tomorrow cause they are having a demoltion derby. I love watching those.

I'm going crazy about cross stitching LOL. These stupid Heaven and Earth designs are driving me nuts. I want to stitch them ALL! They are so beautiful. Then today I was looking at just one of the artists website and want some of her prints so bad it hurts. So Fred said he will see what he can do for xmas. I told him I won't be happy till they are on my wall! LOL There is this one of a little mermaid girl I want to do. It has beautiful dolphins in it also so it fits in my home. Petra just got one and we figured out if she does a 100 stitches a day it could take 7 years to finish it. Now that's crazy LOL. There is at least 10-20 I want to do. I don't have enough life to stitch them all. Let alone all the other stuff I want to stitch as well. Stoney Creek came out with a new one that looks a lot like Noah's Sub called Fish City. Of course I would love to do it too. See I'm crazy?!?! Just shoot me and take me out of my misery.

Well I hope I remember to update.

Oooo....Ahhh....Eeee

2005-07-05T22:07:00.000-05:00

LOL The fireworks were beautiful. First off and most important my house is amazing. I can't believe how clean it looks. Fred and I worked out bums off. It looks fantastic. I had a great time with mom at her flea market. It did rain and storm right at the end of the day but not too bad. I of course got poured on a looked like I was trying to win a wet t-shirt contest haha. Betty, Fred, Jeremiah, Uncle Sam, and Aunt Deanna all came up to visit. Then we went to dinner and came home. It was a very nice time. We drove home and the neighbors told us they were going to walk over to the park to watch the fireworks. I told them we would be over soon. Jeremiah was dying of course to walk over so I took him and his tricycle over. The neighbors had saved us this fantastic spot in the grass. Jeremiah and their grandkid played for awhile. It was fun. Fred brought Sam and Deanna over a bit later.

We went over to this park the past couple years to watch the fireworks. First time it was literally just maybe 5 of us. Last year it was a few more....this year it was PACKED. No problems though it was nice to watch all the fireworks they brought too and we didn't have to spend a dime. When the city fireworks started we had the best seat in the house. No trees in the way or anything. It was fantastic. Jeremiah had a blast. He wasn't even scared this year of the loud bangs. It was a 30 minute show and then we walked home. It is just right behind our apartment pretty much. We heard a bunch of other people the next day talking about being stuck in traffic for hours. Not us LOL.

So it was a fantastic evening altogether. Couldn't have planned it better. Our neighbors are so nice. Of course they will be moving soon just our luck. I said now watch the next neighbors will be HORRIBLE. Oh well we will deal with it when the time comes.

As far as stitching...I started Mirabilia's Shimmering Mermaid. It's a fun stitch. Today I put it down though cause I still have a model to finish. I will finish that up before I do anything else now.

http://indigobluegreen.blogspot.com/ catch up on the QOTD
1)If you could take a 'behind the scenes' look at anything, what would you most want to see?

Jeremiah's Life of course. I want someone with a little hidden camera to follow his every move. But I'm sure a lot of parents feel that way.

2)Congratulations! You are the lead singer of a new band! What's the name of your band?

Red Headed Heartbreakers LOL I bet my son will be that.

3)What food item would need to be removed from the market altogether in order for you to live a healthier, longer life?

What? Healthy now that's a bad word. Actually I would remove the word Healthy and Diet from the English Language.

Catch Up Questions

2005-07-03T09:53:00.000-05:00

http://indigobluegreen.blogspot.com/

Saturday's Question
You are offered an envelope that you know contains $50. You are then told that you may either keep it or exchange it for another envelope that may contain $500 or may be empty. Do you keep the first envelope, or do you take your chances with the second?

I would probably take my chances and take the second one. That's why I was dangerous in Las Vegas never know what that next bet might give you.

Today's Question
Are you going to watch the fireworks this Independence Day?

Yes if it doesn't rain. Now they are saying Storms for our area. One year (I think last year) it started storming and they literally let all the fireworks off in about 2 seconds. It was stupid cause the smoke from the first couple you couldn't see the rest just a big blur and loud bangs. I'm hoping if it does storm it hurries and leave time for the fireworks!!

Today we are going to clean our house. Just a little tidying up. My uncle and aunt might stop by tomorrow so it needs help haha. Then Jeremiah is going over to my mom's. I will wake up early and mom will pick me up and we will go open her flea market booth. Hopefully it doesn't storm cause I really hate being in a little circus tent when it's storming outside. But then again we really do need the rain. So Happy 4th Everyone :)

I'm thankful for living in the USA. Thank you any and all veterans and people who fought to keep life worth living.

My Plants

2005-07-01T18:14:00.000-05:00

Okay I have been wanting to share pictures of my plants so here they are...

First one is my cute Jeremiah holding my Spider Plant. My grandmother has a huge spider plant and she started this one for me. We are going to visit her tomorrow so I thought I would share a picture of how it's doing with her. My cat attacked it when we first brought it home and I thought it was going to die but it seems to be doing fine now.

Here is my Water Garden. I love this thing. My mom got it for me at Lowes and I thought it would be a miracle if anything actually happened with it. It's HUGE. There are even some pretty flowers growing in now. I can't believe all this is coming from a little bowl. All I have to do is water it which lately is at least 1 time a day. Plus the birds love it cause they drink out of it all the time. I also have some flowers a friend of mine sent me in the background. They are vined around our fence. The little flower on the ground Jeremiah brought home from school. It's doing very well as well.

This last one is my Hens and Chickens. Amazingly I haven't found any eggs yet but I'm thinking any day now. :) In the dirt is another plant that for some reason is hiding. It's a weird cactus type of vine plant. It has these beautiful little pink flowers.

Okay so now I finally got to share my plant pictures with you. I'm happy.

Today's QOTD Was there a word that you couldn't pronounce as a kid? Did you say it differently? Did you make up your own word for it? Do you still use that word today?

Yes I used to say Aminal instead of Animal. I still say it as a joke. Jeremiah has several that he said and still says for the fun of it. He used to say fu-du-t instead of forward. He always said Sha-shoe instead of shower. Those are hard to sound out for typing but cute when you say them right.

Just another hot day

2005-06-30T17:00:00.000-05:00

Well here is a picture. In CSE Eva started this Mystery SAL. It's very neat. We get part 1 of the pattern and stitch it then in 2 weeks we get part 2. There are 4 parts. I have no idea whatsoever what the finished piece is going to look like and it's killing me LOL.

Also I found this neat blog at http://indigobluegreen.blogspot.com/ she comes up with a QOTD type of thing. So I thought I might answer them just for the fun of it. Today's Question from her is What place of business has the stupidest name? Where the play on words is just too much? We have a place here that does clothes alterations called "Added Dimensions" Now It's really not too bad I guess but my mom and I joke all the time about its only a matter of time till "Extra Wide Ass" store chain starts. LOL

It's again HORRIBLE hot outside. 87 with heat index in the mid 90s. We have been promised all day rain and just a few drops fell. They are still kinda hinting to more but not near as much as we need. I can't believe how hot is has gotten lately.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-06-29T17:20:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Karen F. (http://stitchmania.blogspirit.com/) for today's
"Stitching Blogger's Question" and that is:

When starting a new project, do you start in the middle? If you do,
once you've worked down to the bottom, do you turn your chart and
fabric around so that you are stitching the top section downwards
again or do you just stitch upwards from the middle?

It depends on the project. If I can I start at the upper left hand corner. But I don't want to have to rely on a bunch of counting so if it's not a full piece then I will start in the center. No I don't turn my fabric or anything. I just normally work in chunks of color till it's finished.

A Quick Finish

2005-06-27T21:47:00.000-05:00

Today I had a quick finish (finally) for some reason this piece seemed to take forever. It could be because I don't really like flowers. The piece does have quite a few color changes but WOW. It's finally done though and hey on time too. It's for CSE Block Swap. Here is the picture...

We got our new couch and we have been enjoying sitting on it. Wow those couches are heavy for a wimp like me to be carrying around. Especially by the 4th couch. We had to carry our old one to the trash can. Unload the new one to inside our house. Then go over to my mom cause she bought a new one also. Take hers out and put the new one in. I'm pooped. That's a lot of lifting. And when it's 90 degrees out I was dying. Now it's weird sitting on a nice couch. It's extra fluffy. Well our old couch probably was at one time but the poor thing was at least over 10 years old and definately been USED.

Hot Weekend

2005-06-27T08:59:00.000-05:00

Friday a friend of mine in one of the yahoo groups I'm in called ILCS was having a garage sale. She lives in Warsaw which is about 1 hour or 1 and a half. Well she posted that she had all kinds of things and then said the word LEGOS. So I said WOAH LOL Which ones. She gave me a list and I asked her to keep out about $28 worth. Jeremiah loves Legos if you didn't know. So we ran up to her house on Friday. It was very nice to meet an online friend but also we got lots of cool legos. We ended up spending $75 of course but hey can't drive all that way and not get anything. The only bad part is our highs have been like in the mid 90s. I Hate being hot. So I didn't get to stay and visit long I was dying to get back to my air conditioning. It was a very nice drive though LOL in my air conditioned van. Then Friday night Jeremiah went over to my mom's to visit. Fred and I ran to rent some movies. We have 10 free rentals so it was extra nice to get 4 movies and not pay anything. We rented Alone in Dark (okay but I really thought cheesy), The Jacket (Great movie very twisted a lot like Butterfly Effect), Boogeyman (scary but ended too quickly), and White Noise (NOW THIS is a GREAT movie).

Saturday I had a stitch in with my local stitching group on yahoo called Hoosier Stitchers. It was a blast. Some of us who live around her meet and car pool. So it was a fantastic day. Got lots of stitching done and of course solved all the worlds problems. Saturday night Fred leaned back in our couch recliner and we heard a loud POP. Now our couch is literally falling apart as it's over 10 years old. The stuffing is falling out and the back is all ripped up. So needless to say I called my mom....Hey can you look at the ads I think we need to look into getting a couch.

Sunday mom calls. Let's go shopping. LOL in my family we tend to talk about it one day and buy things the next day. Like my van. But we always make good decisions. We are very lucky. So we ran around a bit in the 94 heat. We ended up going to Kay's Merchandise and I seen the perfect couch. So of course we are getting it delivered today. LOL So I'm a happy owner of a new very nice fluffy couch. YEAH!!! It matches our love seat so we don't have to get another love seat. Then we went to Fred and Betty (they work same place) company picnic. It was at a baseball game. So of course it was scorching hot but we did have a great time. Jeremiah won a signed baseball and a $10 gift certif for Meijer. So he sold the gc to Betty for $20 LOL Inflation you know.

Today I'm still hot LOL. At least I'm inside in the air. But wow it's hot outside. Our grass is a lovely shade of brown and looks like a desert. We haven't had rain in like 15 days. So hopefully *crosses all my stitches* it rains today. They are hoping it will. So I'm going to do some laundry maybe some cleaning LOL and stitch. I have an exchange I need to finish, a small RR piece to do, a model, a SAL, and too many other things LOL. So I better get off the computer is what I'm thinking...

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-06-22T14:39:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Cathy (http://itwillbefunny.blogspot.com) for today's
"Stitching Blogger's Question" and that is:

Are there any types of designs that you won't stitch?

Yes. I'm not a "religious" person so I don't plan on stitching overly religious patterns. That said I did do a small religious pattern for a friend so that doesn't count. I also don't really like Lizzie Kate's believe it or not. So I don't really plan on stitching any of them. I have a very unique taste and don't tend to stitch what "normal" people do.

Fred got a new hard drive and RAM for the computer. Wow it's fast. Last night he put the new one in which meant restoring everything. I didn't loose any information but Man getting the stupid thing setup takes forever. Somewhere between formating and installing things we got a virus so I stayed up till 12:30 last night getting that fixed. Then this morning I had to do all the system updates and stuff. Fun Fun. But it's FAST now and we aren't out of memory like we were. So YEAH!!

I have put a few stitches into my model today. It has a lot of backstitching in it cause there is a lot of words. They go so fast so I should be done quickly with this piece. By the way one of my other models was released http://www.crosseyedkat.com/ go there and in the freebies section I stitched that. So Wohoo I'm famous again. It's neat to see my name on things like that. I feel so important LOL. Yesterday I put a few stitches in TW's Fortunate Traveler. I showed Fred later at night and went Wohoo I worked on it all day and I have a blob. He was all excited and said we could frame it and put it on the wall. He's so supportive. Goober.

Shopping Day

2005-06-20T21:18:00.000-05:00

Well after making that money today I went shopping. I kitted up the stuff to do Mirabilia's Shimmering Mermaid and TW's Fortunate Traveler. I'm doing the Mermaid on a beautiful soft blue color and the TW on a Antique Ivory. I got home and got some stuff done and was all excited about starting my TW. Then my mail came and I got a model to do LOL. So I told Fred (pouting) Oh No which should I do now. He said I should start the model. He said that's what was "right" LOL So I did. It's a cute piece. It's from Sherry Senicar. I think tomorrow I might put some stitches in the TW. Don't you think I should be able to?

My grandma is still not doing too good. The doctor told her today that they are afraid something else must be wrong. So they wanted her to see a specialist. Well they live in a small teeny tiny town. The doctor is booked till mid August cause he probably only goes there 1 time a week. I told mom that's ridiculous and she had better do everything she can to get Grandma up here to see someone. If she doesn't make it and we find out she could have been helped no one will ever get over it.

Okay Well I'm tired......nite nite

Father's Day

2005-06-19T21:08:00.000-05:00

Well Happy Father's Day. I'm in a weird mood about my father. He is a kinda off and on again type dad. We used to do a lot when I could pass as his little boy. Then when he realized I was a girl he didn't know what to do with me. After the divorce when I was 10 he still did good. He tried hard. Then when we moved to Ft Wayne he still tried....but...it trailed off. My step mom used to be fantastic she would try her hardest it always seemed like now it seems like she just doesn't care anymore. I swear she is the laziest person I have ever met. I think she would sleep all day if she could. What a boring life. Anyway we went up to our lake trailer this weekend. Dad and Bev came up Saturday around dinner time. They were jerks. They talk to these people who think they know everything about Cerebral Palsy so of course now I have to run to the nearest hospital and sign Jeremiah up. It's the CURE. The Fix. Sorry but CP isn't just going to go away. I try to be logical with them but Of course unless it's their words it's pointless. They know everything. Then Bev made a comment about Jeremiah having too many toys. That pisses me off every time. She never had kids....How does she know what's too many toys anyway?? Unless she is living in my home with the toys What right does she have to say anything?? Then they left. I can guarantee they don't care anymore...and yet here I am hurting and upset. What's the point?

On a good note...My mom and Betty came up to the lake Saturday morning. It was Garage Sale weekend. They got there a little after 7 am. Mom helped me get everything set out and ready to sale. Then Betty and her cleaned and I mean majorly cleaned the trailer. It looks FANTASTIC. They also brought groceries to feed an army. It was a very nice time. Jeremiah was so glad they came up. We got Fred a cameo cake and a t-shirt that says World Greatest Dad. We had a lovely weekend (other than my dad's crap) We made almost $200. That's great for one day of garage sale. Plus it helped cause we got rid of all kinds of large stuff. 2 car seats, high chair, boucer saucer, and a ton of other kid stuff. Jeremiah spent the whole weekend driving around in his electric jeep. Today at about noon the battery finally died. He drove it HARD now.

Now I want to go to my LNS. That money should be spent on my hobby! :) I will see hopefully tomorrow I can go shopping. Try to get my mom to go. So hopefully I'll be sharing what I bought some time tomorrow.

Anyway to anyone who is reading this....Tell your Hubby or Dad...Happy Dad's Day!

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-06-15T12:19:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" was borrowed from a bulletin
board (Rotation Stitchers - http://p096.ezboard.com/btwbbrotationstitchers) and is:

Do you feel the need to stitch a design from a specific designer just to say that you've experienced stitching one of their designs?

Yeah Kinda. I had always wanted to do a Teresa Wentzler because I had always heard about her. But it's also mostly because I love her dragon designs. I do have a weird feeling I would like to do a Martina Mystery type piece and that's only because I have seen WIP pictures of my friends pieces and they look beautiful. But mostly I think I want to stitch designs because of the pictures.

Hello Arlene

2005-06-13T11:29:00.000-05:00

Arlene for those who don't know was a tropical storm that hit gulf shores area. Well it is now bringing lovely crappy weather to Indiana. It's windy today and could be stormy later tonite with possiblities of severe of course my favorite thing.

Saturday Fred had a radio event and was gone the ENTIRE day. Yes I am the type that gets very jealous and I admit I was jealous. I wanted him to want to be home. Does that make sense? So he was gone from 6am till 6:30pm when he finally brought dinner home. But then....he pouted and wanted to go back so I had Go You want to be there so what's the point in you being here. So he left. He got back at midnight!!! So I played the haha I'm already asleep here stare at my back routine. It was worth the fight cause I know I'm just being stupid but....it still bugged me and I wanted to write about it haha.

Sunday we woke up and there was a ham fest down in Wabash (my home town pretty much) so we got everything together and we down. It wasn't huge cause this is a tiny little town but it was nice. Fred got a few things and Jeremiah had fun running around in his wheel chair. Then we called my dad and step mom and met for lunch it was nice. We went back to their house and Bev cut Jeremiah's hair. He was starting to look pretty shaggy. So now he looks very nice. He always looks so attractive when he gets his hair cut. Then we ran by my grandparent's. (my mom's side) My Grandmother is doing horrible again. I hate seeing her sick. Her heart rate is going up and down and just makes her feel horrible. So she couldn't even get out of her chair. She has an appointment today and I really hope they can help her feel better. Then we ran by mom's and she had bought me this little adorable plant. It's called a Hens and Chickens. Kinda like a little cactus thing. It's adorable. Then off we come home. Th 4400 was on again. They are sure doing a good job with the 2nd season in my opinion. Then I crashed. Fred tapped me and told me there was a tornado warning south of us. So I jumped awake and was on guard for an hour watching the radar and listening to bad weather. It just rained and rained and rained. But luckily nothing too bad. Today it's windy. They are saying tonite we could get some severe storms so I'll be on guard again. I guess Arlene decided to come visit Indiana.

Stitching Wise....I mailed the 3 emergency models today. I spoke with the lady on the phone and she was very happy with my work. She said she would give me a good review and definately have me work for her again. I really hope she does. Money is always nice hahaha. Now I get the joy of trying to figure out what the heck I want to stitch next. I have a whole bunch of things I could be stitching but of course have that feeling that I have to start something new. I'll see.

Emergency Over

2005-06-11T23:06:00.000-05:00

Wohoo I'm so excited. Tonite I finished the last of the 3 models. I'm so proud of myself. I will be able to mail them 1 day early. I really wanted to prove myself this time cause this was for cash. I really hope she has me do more pieces for her. Cash is always nice haha.

I emailed her scans of the 1st project and she complimented me very highly. That makes me feel so good. My stitching friends always compliment me but I guess I just thought they were being nice. Maybe I really do have a talent at stitching. I'm glad. I enjoy it so it will be nice to do it for some more serious reasons sometimes.

Bring on the next model. :)

Emergency Stitching

2005-06-09T19:09:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I received 3 models from a lady. They need to be done and mailed by Tuesday at the latest. So needless to say that's what I've been doing. They are little but need to be perfect front and back. So fun fun. I have 1 done as of today and the 2nd one started. I'm so proud that she thought I was trustworthy. This really boosts my self esteem that's for sure. She trusted me....and paid CASH. WOHOO. Now I thought maybe a little would be decent but this is amazing. I got 50% up front and the rest when she receives the models. I can get the left over amount in paypal which will be cool cause then I can spend it online. So I'm happy happy.

It's HORRIBLE hot here. They keep saying it's going to storm but nothing so far. If it does I bet it's going to be severe. I can't believe how hot it is. Yesterday when I took j to therapy the van temp said 102. It did go down to like 94 while I was driving but WOW that's HOT. So we've been staying inside as much as we can.

Well I better get back to stitching.....it's a emergency by the way.

Little Finish

2005-06-07T12:32:00.000-05:00

Well in ILCS the theme for the block swap this month is swimming. I just didn't know what to stitch for it. Then I thought Duh one of my favorite animals swim. So I stitched a dolphin. It went quickly I started it yesterday and finished it this morning.

I want to take a picture of my flowers on my back patio but I would die of heat if I tried it right now. It's 85 and climbing up to 90's today. Gotta love that air conditioning.

Jeremiah is having fun being home. He makes me laugh all day long. His stories are hilarious and can go on for hours and hours. This morning he told me he is going to marry Mary Jane from Spiderman. He thinks she is pretty and he likes her red hair. Then he told me Stephanie from a Nickeloden show called Lazy Town is pretty cute. Young Love haha. Hey I had huge crushes on Patrick Swayzee and John Travolta. So I don't pick on him about it. Well okay I kinda pick on him but it's all just too cute.

Air Conditioning (the best invention ever)

2005-06-06T18:16:00.000-05:00

Yes if you don't already know it's HOT here. 82 degrees and not cooling down anytime soon. We went up to the lake over the weekend. It was nice on Saturday not too hot and there was a nice breeze. Sunday it went up to 90 I think and we had some dangerous storms in Indiana area. Nothing hit near us but Wow the wind was amazing. We got a lot of yard work done over the weekend. Put out some yard timbers and some new mulch. Trimmed back the trees and put up a new tv antenna. It's nice to finally be able to actually see what you are watching on tv. We joked all the time last year that we would be better off just listening to the radio. We had a nice time. j got totally covered in dirt of course. He had a blast. Him and Fred changed the tire on the golf cart. j helped a lot with that by rolling the new tire all over.

I was so content I didn't even stitch. Just enjoyed family. By the way Just to put out a thought for any that pray or send positive thoughts My grandmother (mom's mom) isn't feeling well. Please keep her in your thoughts cause I love her dearly. Her blood pressure has been going way too high and we are worried about her. She had a stroke last year. She is lucky if she weighs 100 pounds soaking wet. So she is very weak.

Well I guess that's all I wanted to write about. Stay Cool!

4 Years

2005-06-03T09:38:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was Fred and my 4 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has been that long. It sure doesn't feel like it. I love him just as much now as I did when we first met. He is so sweet and kind to me and Jeremiah. I definately believe in soul mates and think I have found mine for sure.

Jeremiah is officially out of school. So he's been watching cartoons and tonite we are going to the lake to stay. We have a lot of cleaning to do but it should be a nice time too. j is excited about going. When we left the school yesterday j said he would really miss his teacher. So I told him I heard a rumor that she might be his teacher next year. Now he is very excited. He said he won't even be worried to go back to school for 2nd grade. I just couldn't keep from telling him after he said he was worrying about it.

Sunday the 4400 series 2 starts. I'm so excited. I love USA cause they will show the whole first season before they air the start of the new one. That's nice to be able to remember what all happened. I watch way too many shows and get them all confused. I just remember we really liked it. At least now we will have something to watch with everything else being a rerun.

I started stitching on my June CSE block. This month we have quite a few new people participating. I'm so excited. I think it's a fun exchange to do.

Well have a great weekend everyone and I will be home on Sunday in time to watch 4400 haha.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-06-01T19:58:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

What do you like *least* about cross stitching?

I would have to say how long it takes to finish a piece. I want to do so many that I wish it only took a couple days to do large pieces like Mirabilia and TW. Wouldn't it be nice. Think of all the pieces I would be able to finish.

Personal Update I haven't stitched in about a week. Just been so busy. Today Jeremiah had field day. His class did it in the morning so I stayed and walked through with Jeremiah. I adapted some of the things to j but he did fantastic. One was a high jump over a beam onto some pads. Since he couldn't do that I ran him down and threw him up and over. He was laughing so hard. His class cheered him on. I LOVE his school. His class is the best. Then they needed help so I stayed and helped with running the afternoon part. I love working with children. The sad thing is if I take enough time to say Hi and ask them how are they doing they feel so special. I don't think enough parents take time to show they care anymore. So I made sure to talk to as many as I could. Fred picks on me cause it makes me want to bring all the kids home or at least have a bunch more. Honestly I wouldn't mind doing more things with the school and the kids.

Tomorrow is j's last day of school.

Busy as a Bee

2005-05-31T11:45:00.000-05:00

Wow I've been busy. Saturday Fred had a radio event. It was ARMAD. Amature Radio Military Apprecation Day. We went up with a few other guys and set up radios at a World War 2 museum. It was a lovely place. I was amazed at how many people came to visit. Fred had a contact from a guy in Bermuda and all over USA like California. Another guy on a different radio talked with Iraq for a long time. Fred was happy with the day so I'm glad. Friday mom and I had went shopping and bought Jeremiah some new computer games so of course j wanted to do that as soon as he got home. So I didn't have much computer time. No problem though.

Sunday we hung out and rested. j played computer. Then we went over to my mom's for dinner. It was very nice. We left and came home and I crashed. I was so tired.

Monday mom's booth was open at Shipshewana so I went up with her to sell. Jeremiah, Betty, and Fred came up in the afternoon. It was a very nice day. She didn't do fantastic but at least she did okay. We had fun just being together of course.

Today j is back at school. His last day is Thursday so we are getting very excited. Tomorrow they are having a field day at the school with games outside so I will help out with that. Last night my throat started hurting real bad. I hate having a sore throat. So I hope it hurrys and goes away.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-05-26T09:22:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

How do you deal a "stitching slump?"
Well I hate it when it happens. Most the time I deal with it by doing another craft project to get my mind off of stitching. Helping mom with her craft business helps a lot cause I can take breaks and do that stuff. I also like to try other crafts like the fabric foam quilt I did a bit ago. Then theres always working on canvas pieces like I am this week. It gives me a break from making x's.

Yesterday Jeremiah has a field trip. I was lucky enough to go along too and I'm not being sarcastic. I love getting to spend the day with him and his friends. We went to a local college and I had never been there. It was very fun and interesting. They went to a computer lab and played some very neat games for awhile. Of course now we have to go game shopping. He loved this I Spy game. Then we ate lunch. Then we outside for a little recess there was a HUGE hill and of course the kids were having a blast running up and down and rolling down. So j ran up the hill with the kids and rolled down. He enjoyed it very much. He wanted to take his wheel chair up to the top and I told him Ohhh No that would be horrible. So he just crawled which for Jeremiah is fast and easy. So the kids were amazed at how fast he could move. They haven't seen him crawl like that before. I had several nice conversations with other mom's. We also got to see some bones from a Mastedon (probably spelled wrong) the kids loved that of course.

Jeremiah has 5 days left including today of school. He is getting very excited about being able to stay home. I still can't believe how fast this year has went.

Ohh by the way. My first model I stitched was released.
Go to http://www.sherrysenicardesigns.com/
and it's the Love 2nd Time around stitched with House of Embrodery threads. It's on the darker fabric. I really enjoyed stitching it.

Some Progress

2005-05-24T11:36:00.000-05:00

I have been working away on Amethyst Dreams. If you go to
http://members.tripod.com/laurajperindesigns/id32.htm
you can see what it will look like when I have it all done. LOL Hopefully at least. It's such a fun piece to stitch. I don't know why but I LOVE canvas work. Except it hurts my back. I lean forward too much. Oh well it's worth it. I love working with the different threads. I have never used a silk thread before that I know of LOL and I just did. It's a Caron Waterliles. I can't believe how soft it is.

I think I'm doing great driving the van. I'm not even nervous about it. Well I was driving yesterday and the road was down to a one lane with a huge crane and a bridge on each side of me. That made me a little worried. But I did it. I told Fred I think it comes natural if I just relax. He said Yep That's what he has always tried to tell me. LOL Oh well I guess he can be right sometimes. I still LOVE it that's for sure. It's so much easier getting Jeremiah in and out of it.

Oh by the way Jeremiah has 6 days of school after he gets out today. He has a field trip tomorrow and next week there is a field day so it will probably go quick.

YEAH WOHOO YIPPIE

2005-05-22T09:19:00.000-05:00

Can you tell I'm excited? I'm the new owner of a VAN. WOHOO. My mom suggested we go shopping yesterday for vehicles. My little Ford Escort was literally falling apart. It had 130,000 miles on it and was a 95. It lasted for longer than we thought I'm sure. I bought it 6 years ago for $4,000. With Fred, me, and j and anything else we decided to take like his wheelchair we just didn't fit in the car anymore. Mom called Sat morning and they had been driving around looking. She was laughing cause they found this adorable van that when you looked at it it looks purple. She said I just had to have it. LOL So we all got together and ate breakfast and joked about buying this purple van. Needless to say by noon I was an owner of a purple van. It's a 98 Dodge Caravan. It's dark blue but really when you look at it just right it's purple. The inside is WONDERFUL. I now have a CD player, power locks, power windows, sliding doors in the back on both sides, temp gauge and compass and many many other wonderful things. It's beautiful!!! And it only have 74,000 miles on it and according to carfax has been very well taken care of.

We already tested it too. We ran by Lowe's cause we were all going to run up to the lake. We got 10ft antenna pole and 2 10x8 boards LOL. IT FIT!!! In my little adorable van. And 5 bags of HUGE mulch and 9 6ft timbers for the lawn. I couldn't believe it all fit.....AND Fred and me. hahaha. Never in my car...it would have just blown up. The van also has Infinti sound system so the radio is NICE. I'm soooo happy. My dad even said it sounds like a great deal. So I'm crossing my fingers. I would love to get lots of good years from it.

Today its rainy and maybe stormy. So we decided to have a butt day. Jeremiah wanted to finally understand what I call a butt day. It's a day where we all do what we want. So right now Fred and j are playing Star Wars Lego playstation game. I'm going through mail and catching up my blog. Then I just might have to be forced to start my new canvas work piece. It sure looks good and fun to start. So have a great day whoever is reading this...It's a national BUTT Day. Sit on your butt and be happy.

Happy Dance

2005-05-19T20:35:00.000-05:00

Today I finished my first canvas work piece. I bought this at my local cross stitching retreat last year. It's called Promises by Jean Taggart. After I bought it I found out it was a freebie on the Needle Necessities website. LOL Of course. I got it almost done over the retreat weekend and I have no idea why it took me this long to finish it. When I went shopping a couple weekends ago with my local stitching group I kitted up a new canvas piece. I was looking at it today and told myself I couldn't start it till I finished this first piece. So I ripped it out and hurried and Wohoo It's Finished. I just needed to add beads. It went pretty quick.

I also worked on my Tocatta #1 piece today. I have finished all the way through the 6th lesson. It's really moving along too. I'm caught up with the SAL schedule so I'm happy.

Wow I did this and swept the floor and cleaned the living room. I'm good today. *pats myself on back* Now let's if I can do anything good tomorrow hahaha. I just might have to force myself to start my new canvas work piece.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-05-19T09:18:00.000-05:00

Okay this was really from yesterday but I was too busy LOL.

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

How many strands of floss to you prefer to stitch with? Why?

I would say 2. I did a Charts and Charms design and used 3 to stitch with and it was a royal pain in the rear. I don't know why I just didn't like it at all. I have also stitched with 1 thread for the Tocatta piece I'm doing and I think it's too delicate sometimes. Of course now with Canvas pieces sometimes 1 strand is fine cause those threads are a lot thicker. LOL See I did it again I took an easy question and made a difficult answer.

Jeremiah has 10 more days of school :) Yeah!!

Couple of Pics

2005-05-18T10:56:00.000-05:00

First I finished my CSE Bird block swap...

It's from Just Cross Stitch Apr 05. This is a center of a larger design and I thought it was just too cute not to use. Now I just hope whoever gets it likes it as much as I do. It would make a perfect size for a coaster I think.

I also finished a frog Quilt piece that I bought over at the flea market. It's a foam board with lines cut in it. You get fabric and when you cut all the pieces out with a pattern you stick it into the lines in the foam. It was fun. I have done one before awhile ago. I also got a large dolphin to do for my bathroom and a loon to do for our lake trailer. They go quickly and look very neat when finished.

It's going in Jeremiah's room of course. Since he's Jeremiah my bullfrog.

11 more days

2005-05-17T20:32:00.000-05:00

There are 11 more days till Jeremiah is out of school. I can't believe how fast this year went. I guess that only means that the summer will go too fast as well. Today I started stitching my May Bird Block Swap for CSE. I'm almost done with it. Other than that it was a pretty boring day. We were supposed to have a garage sale this weekend at our lake trailer but I don't think we are going to do it. Just too much to do and not near enough time. The lake trailer isn't ready to stay at let alone to get ready to have a sale and stay there. So we will go up Saturday and get it all opened up and maybe Fred, j and I will stay Sat night. It will be nice to go up and get it ready for the summer.

Well like I said nothing much to talk about. Just wanted to say HI!!

I'm OLD

2005-05-16T16:18:00.000-05:00

LOL Wow another year older. I'm now 26. I don't know why but it seems like I'm so old. Yet when I talk to my lot older friends they seem young. I guess it's just that I'm amazed how fast time goes by. This weekend was so much fun. My birthday was Friday the 13th. Always ends up being a pretty lucky day for me. Fred and Betty took off work Jeremiah took off school and we all went to Ohio. It's only 4 hours away so we got there pretty early and went swimming in the hotel pool. It was nice. Saturday we woke up and went to the flea markets. We started at Turtle Creek the only bad part is it was rainy so the outside people weren't there yet. Then we ran across the road to Traders World. Just a warning Don't ever take Jeremiah to a flea market. LOL He spent more money than all of us combined. He loves shopping. He also gets great deals. One guy had these Lego Figures and Jeremiah said Oh can I have 1. They were marked $5. Well in the case there was about 10 boxes of figures all marked $5 each. The guy told Jeremiah if he took them all he would give it for $15. Now that's a deal. So of course out come the money. I noticed there was Star Wars, Harry Potter, and lots of other very nice nice Lego guys. So he made out great. I don't even know what all else we got. The van was totally full of course. It was a lot of fun. Sunday we went back to Turtle Creek and went to Ceasar Creek.

So Thank you goes out to my wonderful mom and Betty for the wonderful weekend away. It was a fantastic birthday weekend away.

If I could

2005-05-16T16:12:00.000-05:00

If I could...

I have to choose 5 and then complete the sentence, then I get to tag 3 people:

If I could be a scientist . . .
If I could be a farmer . . .
If I could be a musician . . .
If I could be a doctor . . .
If I could be a painter . . .
If I could be a gardener . . .
If I could be a missionary . . .
If I could be a chef . . .
If I could be an architect . . .
If I could be a linguist . . .
If I could be a psychologist . . .
If I could be a librarian . . .
If I could be an athlete . . .
If I could be a lawyer . . .
If I could be an inn-keeper . . .
If I could be a professor . . .
If I could be a writer . . .
If I could be a llama-rider . . .
If I could be a bonnie pirate . . .
If I could be an astronaut . . .
If I could be a world famous blogger . . .
If I could be a justice on any one court in the world . . .
If I could be married to any current famous political figure . . .

If I could be a doctor I would fix all Jeremiah's problems somehow.

If I could be a psychologist I would work with young people everywhere and try to get them not to be in depression cause they deserve better.

If I could be a farmer I would raise tons and tons of animals but not for meat purposes.

If I could be a chef we wouldn't have to eat out so much. Plus my hubby would be very happy cause he wouldn't have to cook all the time.

If I could be a world famous blogger LOL Wow I would be surprised that there is so many people that want to read my thoughts and feelings.

Okay I'm off to tag people. This was fun.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-05-11T19:52:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" was inspired by a mini-poll
that Vash (http://vashxstitch.blogspot.com/) has been running on her
blog for about 18 months and is:

Given the option, would you rather buy a chart and get the material
and floss together yourself, or buy a pre-packed kit?

I guess it would depend. Most the time I like to buy my own material especially since most kits just have aida. But with canvas work pieces like what I bought this past weekend sometimes I wish it was kitted up with the speciality threads. So I guess it depends on the project. LOL I don't think I have ever gave a straight answer to these questions. I always do both sides LOL. Oh well I'm honest. It wouldn't be "honest" to say Yes or No I'm deeper than that haha.

Today we were "supposed" to have rain and severe storms. There was literally 2 drops of rain than it stopped. What the world? Now of course they are saying tomorrow we could get more rain. LOL Wouldn't take much to be more than today. Jeremiah had physical therapy and Meg thinks he is doing great. He got his last botox in November and he is still staying very loose. That's great news. I think it really really helps with how active he is in school. Yes I know more of a reason to like him being in school.

So last night Rob and Amber didn't win. But the couple that did deserved it too. I'm just really really glad that the POW couple didn't win. They fight too much to deserve any money. Now I'm looking forward to watching Rob and Amber's wedding on TV. I hope they come up with something else to be on tv LOL I will miss them.

A block finished today

2005-05-10T21:04:00.000-05:00

I did my ILCS block swap today. The theme was Favorite Colorwork. So of course I did mine in purple. I love the way it turned out.

It's a freebie from the Rainbow Gallery website. I love doing blackwork designs. They sure don't take much time. I did a woven cross in the center just to catch the eye. I thought it looked neat that way. This was also the first time I ever tried to sign my name on a diagonal. Wow That's Hard!!

Well off to watch Amazing Race...I really really really hope that Rob and Amber win. I'm sure I will be screaming through the whole 2 hours. I better be a little quiet Fred and j are going to sleep.

Test Complete

2005-05-09T20:25:00.000-05:00

Well I did what I wanted to do. I started my "test" project that I received from Cross Eyed Kat today. I just finished it. So the project I had a month to do I did in 1 day. So I just got it in the mail Friday the 6th and I get to put it in the mail tomorrow the 10th. I think that's pretty good. Of course it was a very small project but hey I can still be proud. Sherry Senicar received my first model too. She said I did a great job. I'm so glad. Now I will have a reference. So I guess I'm doing pretty good for just starting model stitching.

Jeremiah went back to school happily today. I was of course worried he would have a hard time. I just keep telling him real soon he will be out for summer. June 2nd. That's less than a month now WOHOO! I miss the little goober when he's at school. Of course I did get a lot done hahaha.

Happy Mom's Day

2005-05-08T21:22:00.000-05:00

Friday I finished the 2nd page of Noah's Sub. I will do the backstitching on it before I move on to the next page. Here is the pic...

I told j I was just going to frame it this way. He told me I had to finish it LOL. So I have A LOT more to do. I received my "test" project in the mail on Fri too. It's smaller than most Lizzie Kate so I'm sure I will have it started and finished tomorrow. I get a month to do it and I know it won't take me that long. I'm glad. I think it really gives me a chance to prove myself to this designer. I signed a contract and everything. I'm so excited.

Saturday I went to a Stitch In. I met 2 wonderful friends and we drove to Indianapolis area. There is a lovely LNS there that has a lot of canvas counted thread designs. I LOVE canvas pieces. So it's a very dangerous store for me. I did good though I only spent $50. That's half of last years total LOL. I bought threads for a project I bought last year. So it's kitted up and I could start it whenever I want to. I also bought a pattern that just screamed BUY ME LoL. We also had a fantastic lunch at a little cafe. I love my local stitching group. The ladies are so wonderful. There was probably 15 of us there. We sit in one room and stitched for awhile. Of course I didn't get hardly anything done spent more time talking. That's the fun part though.

Today is Happy Mom's Day. j spent the night at mom's last nite so I bought some cards today. Gave mom a card from me and a card from j. I also bought one for my step mom from j. Went over to mom's and gave her a hug and her cards. She loved them. She gave me a large bag of clothes. I love them. Some new Capris. j got me an adorable little bear cup. Then we all got in the car and ran down to my dad's. On the way I was passing my god moms house and she was in the driveway so I stopped and gave her a big hug. Then we got to my dad's. My step mom loved her card too. So we all went to my aunt's they had a big cookout. It was so nice. Going there is like visiting a zoo. She has a huge tortoise, new baby puppies TOO CUTE, baby possoms that's she raising ADORABLE. I picked one up and the little tail curled around my finger it was soo cute. So we had a very nice time. Told stories and Made fun of each other. Family Gotta Love them LOL. No I seriously have a fantastic family.

Now I'm tired!!!! Tomorrow it's back to the blah of the week. j has to go back to school. I will miss his little butt! June 2nd he's out for Summer so HURRY JUNE 2nd.

Sick Week

2005-05-06T13:08:00.000-05:00

Well poor Jeremiah has been sick all week. Thursday morning the doctor's office called and his culture on his strep test came up positive. So he did have Strep Throat afterall. Makes me mad cause he could have been taking antibiotics all week. So they called in Amoxicillian. Jeremiah actually likes this medicine so he was glad. Mom ran out and got it for me. That was nice. I didn't have to take j out at all. She bought a few other things like pudding and stuff. Today he is doing a lot better. He's finally back to himself. When I called the school to tell them Thursday I found out about the strep the school nurse answered the phone. She said there are a lot of kids out right now with that. So she said to keep him home today too and let him rest. So he was out another whole week from school. Oh Well bring it on school when my kid is sick I'm keeping him home!

I've been stitching on Noah's Sub. I'm sooo close to finishing the 2nd page. I did find out I have a test project from another designer in the mail to me. So I hope to prove myself with that. She designs some dragons so what better for me to stitch LOL. This weekend will be busy as always. Then hopefully next week it's back to normal. LOL as normal as normal is for me that is. I'm just glad j is feeling better.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-05-04T19:24:00.000-05:00

Today's first question is:
Do you finish all your finished pieces? (pillow, frame, etc,) If so,
how do you finish the pieces? If not what do you do with them?

I try. I have had 1 framed at my LNS. I have 1 framed by myself. I have a cube it. I have several things finished that need framed or finished in some way. I asked for my Sekas Dragonfly Heart to be framed for my birthday. I have a Mirabilia that needs washed then I can get it framed.

Today's second question is:
What is your opinion of Internet "freebies?"

Well I love them. I use them a lot. Freebies are always nice. Besides you have to buy the fabric and threads anyway.

Well Jeremiah is still sick. We took him to the doctor today. She was convinced he had Strep Throat. So after her being so convinced I thought well at least they can give him some medicine. They did the test and it came back negative. So there is nothing they can do. Last night he had a fever of 102. That always scares me to death. Today he had a temp of 101 so I won't be sending him to school again tomorrow either. The school will hate me but oh well.

Yesterday I picked up Noah's Sub again. It's nice to work on again. I'm so close to finishing the 2nd page. I found some errors today and ended up calling Stoney Creek to check. There was a nice list of errors. So I wrote them all down. Well tonite Lost is on. I doubt I will be able to stitch while watching it so I better hurry and stitch a bit.

Bring on the Flu

2005-05-03T07:43:00.000-05:00

Well Monday morning when we all woke up j seemed to be doing great. So I asked him and he said he wanted to go to school. So I said Okay and told him if he got to feeling sick he could go to the nurse and call me. So at noon I get a call from the school nurse. He has a sore throat, tummy, and a 101 temp. So I fly as fast as I can to get him. I walk in to pick him up and when we walk out these huge snow balls/ice/hail things hit us. It was weird. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. They were HUGE. By the time we got in the car my jacket was covered. Then we drive just a moment down the street and it's bright and sunny. So anyway I get j home and wrap him up in a blanket. He sleeps for awhile and pukes then sleeps and pukes and so on so on for the rest of the day. He tried to play his game and couldn't even do that. So I know he doesn't feel good. So we spent the day laying on the couch resting.

Today will probably be the same way. Right now he says he's feeling okay...but he still looks like he got ran over by a truck. The school told me he can't go today cause of his fever. I'm glad. If I would have decided not to send him they would have complained. So I'm glad it was their nurse who said he can't come. Now I'm going to watch him and call the doctor if he doesn't get any better.

Maybe if it's wasn't 39 degrees in MAY we could all get over these damn colds. We actually had a freeze warning last night and this morning. LOVELY basically. According to the weather channel though by this weekend it could be 80.

Who am I?

2005-05-01T21:18:00.000-05:00

I've been so busy I don't even know who I am anymore. So if you find me can you tell me to come home LOL. Thursday my mom called and asked me for some help. She said "I only need you for an hour" I went over after dropping j off at school and didn't come home till after I picked j up from school. LOL So a long hour. I'm glad I could help her though. She needed to move some heavy stuff and didn't need to do it all by herself. Then Friday I took j to school but didn't feel like doing anything so I just vegged the entire day cause I knew what the evening would have in store for me LOL. I picked j up from school and went over to my mom's again. Her booth at Shipshewana opens May 3rd so we took up her box truck to unload her merchandise.

It's an hour drive up there at least. We get up there to find out the circus tent on her spot isn't in the right place. So we called and they wouldn't be able to move it till Saturday morning. So we parked the truck and headed back home. So basically drove a whole bunch for NOTHING. No way to know that type of thing though so oh well.

Saturday morning Mom and Betty came over and picked j and me up. Fred had a radio event with his radio club. We went out to breakfast and was going to go visit Fred but they were almost done so we just went to Lowe's did some shopping and headed back to my mom's. Fred got there around noon and we loaded up to go back to Shipshewana. j stayed with Betty. I'm glad cause it was COLD up there. This time the tent was in the right place which was great but it was also bad cause now we actually had to work LOL. So we worked out bums off and got most of her booth setup. She will go back tomorrow and finish it but we sure got a lot done. Finally came home dead tired. j decided he would stay at mom's house. Fred and I come home. I read through 500 emails. Then I crashed.

Today is my mom's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!) so we went over there and spent the day with her. We had lunch at Olive Garden but j said he wasn't feeling too good. He seemed to be a bit better so we swung by Circuit City to pick up a few things. j needed a new PS2 controller. Well we got in there and j and me was looking at playstation games. Suddenly he pukes everywhere. Now not to disgust you but it was HORRIBLE. Plus it just wouldn't stop. Now I have a horrible problem with seeing or hearing someone puke so I had to fight as hard as I could not to puke myself. And of course I couldn't find anyone to help me. Poor kid. He felt horrible. So after that we hurried home. I hope he doesn't get a flu but I'm afraid it's too late. He did act better after I gave him medicine and he played his Star Wars Lego game for awhile. At 7 the Home Makeover show started and I told him to shut off his game. He came over and gave me a hug and he went out like a light. He was sweating and snoring. So hopefully he slept and sweat some of it out. I'll have to wait and see how he feels tomorrow. I'm not sending him to school sick. I don't care what they want.

So I haven't stitched since I finished the model. I did find out (hopefully) that I have 2 more designers that might be interested in sending me models so that's GREAT. I need to get some cleaning done tomorrow and who knows what else. But I will try to stitch on something. I feel like I'm going into withdrawals LOL.

By the way here is just a cute picture of us. I love it cause I actually look taller than Fred LOL. He is 6'7 and I'm 5'5 so I love looking taller than him for once LOL.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-04-27T17:30:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

Do you set stitching goals?

Yes kinda. In Hoosier Stitchers my local yahoo group we have what we call a Resolution List. So I have things on there I know I must get done this year. But there are some projects that just pop up every now and then. Like the Sekas Heart. I just felt like doing it that day.

Today I painted things for my mom all day. It was fun and I will get paid so what's better than that LOL. It's also nice to know I helped mom out a bit. She is going to have me paint more things for her too. For those who don't know and are reading this my mom has her own craft business. Today I painted some little cups that we will put a cotton ball on the top for little dollhouse bathroom accesories. I also painted minature gazing balls. Every house has one so every little house should have one too. They are cute. Now tonite I might stitch. Haven't decided on what yet though. I want another model!!

Model Finished

2005-04-27T09:39:00.000-05:00

Well last night I officially finished my first model. It's weird cause I can't post a picture. Now we will all have to wait for it to be published. Then I can show a picture. It's so neat having it finished. I'm proud of myself. I received the model on the 2nd of April and it's done already. I think that's great. I could have been faster but I ran out of one of the colors of floss so I had to get that sent to me. I know that took a chunk of time out.

We took Jeremiah out to dinner yesterday for his birthday. We had a lot of fun. We went to Logans. He loves it cause you can throw peanut shells on the floor. Then we came home and he played Lego Star Wars till Amazing Race started. He sure loves that game. I'm glad. I was so worried it would be too hard for him. But he seems to be really flying along with it. I can't believe he is 7. Wow Where did time really go? I'm just glad he still loves me and gives me hugs and kisses. He says he will never stop that LOL. I sure hope not.

Today since I'm done with the model I think I will work for mom a bit. She wants me to paint some things for her. So I will run around and gather up the stuff and get busy. I told her I wanted to do it in between models LOL. Hopefully I will have more models to worry about soon. She is excited for me too. She said I'm famous. LOL. It will be amazing to see my name in a leaflet. Mom said we will have to frame it haha.

Sekas Finish

2005-04-25T21:40:00.000-05:00

I've been obsessed with Sekas Hearts for a long time. Tonite I actually finished my first one. It's the Dragonfly Heart.
Here is the pic

It went so fast. I started it yesterday. I can't believe how much money went into it though LOL. Those speciality flosses are gorgeous but compared to a $.25 DMC they are expensive. I have the Halloween and Stitcher's heart already kitted up so I'm sure I will be doing them soon. I just wanted a quick finish for myself.

Tomorrow back to finish up my model now that I got the floss in the mail. I should be able to finish it up soon too. I did get some emails about potential designers wanting me to stitch for them. It's a waiting game.

Okay I'm COLD again ?!?!

2005-04-23T21:59:00.000-05:00

Well Friday we went to the concert. It was fantastic. They put on such a great concert. Not only is their music grown so much. LOL It would help if I told you what I'm talking about. My godmother has a son named Dustin. He and a cousin started a band called Miles From Home. They sound like Creed. They sent Creed their demo CD and Creed said they were great and they had rights to sign their songs. So anyway if you know who or like Creed you would love Miles from Home. They started performing around here at local bars. I really always thought they were great. Then they moved to PA to try to get famous. I guess they ended up fighting and kinda broke up for a bit. Well before this they put in for a traveling tour to perform to the USO or something basically to perform for our overseas troops. They got accepted. So that helps to show how good they are. So they went overseas. Friday night was their home coming tour finale. I can't believe some of the stories they told and showed pictures of from their trip. Wow! Not only did they bring tears to our eyes but they also wowed everyone will how much it seems they grew. I'm glad they got to go. Jeremiah has now decided he is going to grow up to be a drummer. He was having a blast keeping beat with the music. We got home about midnight.

This morning at 6:30 I hear a little voice going "Mom....Mom is it time to wake up. Mom...Mom....So am I 7 now....Mom Mom....Is it time to go to my birthday party." LOL. Gotta love kids haha. So we all get up "finally" according to Jeremiah. Mom and Betty took us out to a quick breakfast. Then we ran to pick up j's cake. Then on the way to the party. It was very nice. One of the best parts is my parents have been divorced since I was 10. Yet we can all be in the same room and enjoy our time together. It's so neat to have my mom's side and dad's side together again. You know they miss one another. My mom and dad were married like 17 years. That's a long time. I got a lot of wonderful pictures of mom and dad sitting beside each other. That only makes me giggle. Jeremiah had a blast too which is of course important. He got a TON of new things. He got a playstation game that's Lego Star Wars, some new clothes, money, Star Wars things, Lego set that makes a house and a lighthouse. He is one lucky kid. He gave me a big hug and said Thank you. That's makes it all worth a million gazillion dollars of course. It's all for him. So it was a fantastic day.

But....It's snowing! It's 31 and Freezing out. So I go from wearing shorts last week to having the heat on and under a blanket again. I just can't believe it's snowing in April. I know it's not totally unheard of but it's still ridiculous. Oh well gotta love Indiana weather. We can have all four seasons in one day.

WIP Updates

2005-04-22T09:46:00.000-05:00

Well here is my WIP Updates.

Debbi asked for my Tocatta update so here it is. I'm done with Lesson 4 and some of Lesson 5. I am really enjoying this piece. I LOVE learning the new specialty stitches. It's amazing to make something other than just an x with the threads.

Here is my happy update of Noon Basking from Dracolair. Last night I finished the first of 6 pages. Page 2 has a lot more of the dragon on it so I'm looking forward to stitching on that part too. I really love the colors in the dragon.

I have busy weekend ahead. Tomorrow we might get snow!! What's up with that? Tonite we have a concert to go to. Tomorrow is Jeremiah's birthday party. So busy busy. But I'm sure we will have a lot of fun. Jeremiah will of course get a lot of stuff.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-04-20T09:31:00.000-05:00

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question" is:

Have you ever been asked to do model stitching?
Did you do it? If so, what was your compensation? (money, stash,
etc.) If not, why not? If you haven't done it, if you were asked would you?
Why or why not?

YES!! LOL I am still excited over having my first model stitching "job". Then yesterday I emailed several places to see if they are currently looking for model stitchers. I got a response. I'm so excited. So hopefully I will have 2 stitching "jobs" soon. Okay wait to answer the questions...Yes I have been asked. Yes I did it. As of right now I got paid with a lovely piece of hand dyed fabric and some hand dyed threads from House of Embrodery. I would love to continue model stitching cause the way I look at it puts a whole new twist to stitching. I enjoy stitching so why not get "paid" to stitch. To me stash is definately a payment cause I don't have to go out and buy it.

Catch up

2005-04-17T17:43:00.000-05:00

Wow it's weird how a couple days just fly by without me even knowing it.
Let's see....catch up time.

Wednesday had parent teacher conference. All good news. Jeremiah is making a lot of progress this year. We are very proud of him. Yes there are things he could be doing better but at least he is making progress. So the way I feel as long as he continues to make progress we are a-ok. Fred got to meet his teacher finally. That was neat.

Thursday j had a half day. He got out of school at 11:45. Mom and me went to pick him up so that was special. Then we ran down to get j's new braces. Just in case I need to clarify. Jeremiah has to wear ankle braces when he walks. Basically they hold his feet at the normal angle for walking. Other wise he would walk way up on his tip toes. So they make new ones when he grows to large for the old ones like a pair of shoes. They were in so we went to pick them up. They fit very nicely. We have had some much good luck with this company. Then we grabbed dinner did some shopping and went home.

Friday was another half day. Jeremiah asked if he could go over to my mom's to spend the night. I knew I would be gone all day Saturday but j decided he would like to go over Friday too. So he got out of school I packed his bags we played for a bit then he went over. I got home at like 4pm and Fred and I had a nice talk. Then we went to eat and went to see Amittyville Horror movie. It was creepy. Scariest part is that it's based on a true story. Now that's scary. So after the movie I called j and needed a hug over the phone cause I was so scared. LOL

Saturday I woke up early and drove to meet a few friends. We car pooled to a stitch in with my Hoosier Stitchers club. It was of course a lovely day. The women are FANTASTIC. They can make any day enjoyable. I stitched on Tocatta 1 cause it's a SAL we are doing in the group. It's amazing how different our pieces look cause we are all using different color choices. I got home around 7:30pm so it was a nice day.

Today we woke up and spent some time together. j called and said he was ready to come home and was being delivered UPS. LOL So I got dressed and went outside and watching for the van. He is a lovely package. Grandma had took him shopping so he has some new clothes and new toys....Nooo Jeremiah Spoiled?? Isn't that the best way to be? :) Then we all ran up to our lake trailer. Fred had picked up some wood yesterday to take up there. We have enough to last this season I bet. Nice fires to cook hotdogs and sit around. Fun Fun. Then it started raining so we hurried home.

I pulled out Noon Basking to work on. I decided I will wait for the model extra floss to come in then I will hurry and get it all done. I'm very close to finishing anyway. I've already been looking to see if I can get another model job after this one. I sure hope so.

So that's my catch up post. Wow I've been busy LOL. I look at my calender and it's really not going to settle down very much either. But hey it's fun this way.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-04-13T10:10:00.000-05:00

Do you "stitch with the seasons?" (This could be reflected by the colors that you stitch with, the themes that you choose, or even that during your favorite season you stitch more (or less) than in others.)

Hmm I would say No right off cause I stitch what I like to stitch but...I have done a few Halloween pieces and I have finished a winter dragon scene fom dragon dreams. So I guess the real answer would be... Sometimes.

Yesterday was an uneventful day. I stitched on the model some more. I'm waiting for more floss to come in. I ran out of one of the colors. The piece is really doing great. I will probably be done very soon. This morning mom called and said she was coming to get me to go shopping though. So in a bit we will go have fun. Then after that j has physical therapy and then we have a parent/teacher conference. So tonite is pretty busy. Tomorrow j gets out of school at 11:45 and Friday too. So that will be nice.

Well I might type more later. Nothing really going on yet. Just wanted to answer the SBQ. :)

Another Quick Finish

2005-04-11T20:53:00.000-05:00

I did another quick finish today. It's for CSE block swap. The theme was egg and I couldn't for the life of me find a pattern I liked. Then I found this one.
Here is the finish.

Some people would say I should use it for the bird theme but there are eggs in the nest so I think it passes for egg theme too. I started and finished it today so it was definately a fast stitch. Now I have both my block swaps done so I can get back to stitching the model.

Today was a good day. I was afraid j would cry going back to school but he didn't. I was glad. I don't think I could have handled it today. He was smiling though so I know he loves school when he gets in the routine. His teacher is the best. The kids are fantastic too. Last night we slept horrible. Don't know why we just did. I woke up several times and just laid there staring at the ceiling. Then I heard Fred and noticed he was awake too. It was weird. National No Sleep Night hahaha. So I'm going to bed.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring...

Hop Hop Here Comes My Frog

2005-04-10T21:16:00.000-05:00

I finished my frog. He is so cute. Jeremiah fell in love with him so I bet I will be stitching another one soon. It was a set of 3 too so I bet all 3 will be in my future. Jeremiah it's almost a Jeremiah the frog but it doesn't have red hair. For those who don't know Jeremiah loves the Jeremiah was a bullfrog song. He sings it a lot. So any frog we see is a Jeremiah frog.

Here is my ILCS block swap for this month.

Now I have to do an egg theme one for CSE. I finally come up with ideas for next years block swaps in CSE. It's nice cause in ILCS Debra has all the themes until 2011. It's hard trying to not only think of a fun theme but of something that you can easily find patterns for. I think I did an okay job. I really hope in CSE we get more people participating. It's really a lot more fun the more people that join in.

Today mom and Betty came and picked j and me up. We ran up to the lake trailer and put down a bunch of grass side and fertilizer. Here's hoping it helps and we have grass this year. We also planned a lot of what we are going to try to do with it. To make it a better place to go hang out. They got us a toaster oven for small oven things. Everything is gas up there and it's a pain in the butt to turn it all on just to throw in a pizza. They helped a lot though get more ideas and plans going. It's really a fun place to go I really enjoy it. Of course that means time without the computer. But mom says I spend way too much time on here anyway. She's probably right but my online friends are a big part of my life. And then theres all the group stuff I do and help run. Oh well they can get by a couple days without me.

It was a lovely day. Warm and Sunny. Jeremiah even went out back our apartment and played in his sand box. My mom also gave me a water garden thingy. It's a pot that had these bulb plants to put in it. Then you fill it with water. Supposedly you just make sure the water stays full and it will be beautiful. I really hope it comes out. Now it's just waiting LOL. I'm horrible at that.

Well Good Night Everyone. Tomorrow it's back to the daily grind. j has school again. This week will be nice though. He goes Mon, Tues and Wed full day but Thur and Fri he only goes half days. Because of Parent-Teacher Conferences. So it will be a nice fast week hopefully.

Where did the week go?

2005-04-09T22:42:00.000-05:00

I swear time flies by when I'm having fun. It's Saturday already. Since my last update... Thursday my mom came and picked us up. We grabbed Taco Bell and took it to Betty and Fred's work. It was neat to eat lunch with everyone. Then mom brought us back home. Then when Fred got home from work we went and got our hair cut. Most the time Bev (my evil wicked step mother) cuts it for us for free. So the $35 cost bout blew our minds away. But we needed it bad. Last time we seen Bev was on Easter and I don't like asking her to cut our hair on holidays. Then we went to Walmart and bought a few groceries. Mom and Betty gave us a whole bunch of groceries so we didn't need much. They help us out soooo much. Jeremiah bought a few new computer games.

Friday I met my dad and step monster for lunch. It was weird. I love my dad dearly but he is a fart in a wind storm. We basically hurried ate and left. It was a waste of gas to drive and attempt to meet. Oh well I understand it was a nice gesture. Just feel weird about it. They did give me $20 for gas so I made out okay LOL. Then after everyone got off work we went to a little flea market. My mom used to sell at it but WOW the business has went way down. I'm sooo glad we didn't setup this time. There was NO ONE there. Except us LOL. Jeremiah bought a new castle to put his toys in and a few other things. That's it. Nothing else. I know BORING. But it was a great time. Mom, Betty, Fred, Jeremiah and me all went. I love family outings like that.

Today I put the model aside for a bit. I started a frog for ILCS block swap. It's adorable. I'm almost finished. So tomorrow I will be posting a picture of it. Jeremiah likes it so I just might have to do it again for him later.

By the way let me take a moment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBI.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-04-06T10:14:00.000-05:00

I got this from http://blondelibrarian.net/stitching/
What is your next specialty stitch?

Since I'm doing the Tocatta #1 piece I've been doing tons and tons of specialty stitches. So I have a ton in my future. I love doing specialty stitches it just amazes me to make something other than just an x. I also love working on canvas work. It is just really expensive so I have to pass myself. The threads cost a ton. Especially when you are used to working with $.25 DMC.

So it's Spring Break. The most amazing thing is we are actually having decent weather. Yesterday mom, me and j went down to my grandparent's. They have a gorgeous yard and tons of trees so of course had tons of sticks to pick up. Since they are getting older they have a hard time doing it themselves. We spent probably 4 hours in the yard bending and picking up sticks. Today my legs are killing me. But it was GREAT excercise. It felt good also helping them out. Jeremiah earned $5 for all the work he did. He was happy. Of course mostly he spent the day driving the tractor and laughing at mom and me. Only bad thing about yesterday I didn't really see Fred. I didn't get home till 6:30pm and he left at 7pm to go to a meeting. He got home at about 9pm and went to bed. I miss him LOL. No I told him when he went to bed I hope to see you tomorrow.

Stitching wise...Still working on the model. I sent an email to the designer. I'm going to run out of thread. I will keep working on it though. It's really turning out pretty. I'm proud of how fast I'm going. Of course I could stitch on something else today but I want to get it finished and make a good impression. I would love to have more models to stitch.

Stitching Away

2005-04-03T18:10:00.000-05:00

I started my model yesterday. I found out I am allowed to tell you all it's for Sherry Senicar. Her site is http://www.sherrysenicardesigns.com/ She is nice enough to let me model stitch for her and it's my first ever model. I started and I'm being so very careful. I want to make a good impression. It's a fun piece to stitch and going rather quickly. The thing that will be hard is I can't share pictures. I understand though. I'm just so excited. I guess it will prove to me rather or not my stitching is really "good".

Jeremiah is on Spring Break for this week. So tomorrow we start our week of fun. I don't know what all we are going to be doing. Probably play and play and play. It's so nice to have him home. I can't wait until Summer break. I heard a big secret. I found out who is teacher will be for next year. I am sooooo excited. She is one of the best teachers ever. I'm so glad Jeremiah will have her. So next year I have no worries.

Well I'm off to probably fix dinner. Spagetti sounds good. Then hopefully I will stitch some more and watch Home Makeover. Hopefully it's not too sad. Most the time I cry through the whole show and then I can't stitch.

I'm Official

2005-04-02T17:13:00.000-05:00

Yeah I'm official a model stitcher. I received my first one in the mail today. Can you tell I'm very excited? It looks like a fun fast design. So I will probably go start stitching it right now. I want to really prove myself.

Today I met a dear friend off the internet. She is in ILCS yahoo group with me. It was so nice to finally meet her in person. I also got to see a few friends from my local group.

Okay I'm excited so off to start my model.

Stitcher's Blog Question

2005-03-30T19:54:00.000-05:00

This is my first time doing this. So I'm probably not doing it right. Here is the question...

Today's "Stitching Blogger's Question," is:

How has your stitching evolved since you first started stitching?

Wow It's definately changed. When I started I don't think I truely knew what I was doing. I used Aida and a scroll frame. I held the white aida with my dirty hands on the top part. So there is thick black ick now from my hand prints. I don't think I kept the same tension I do now. Basically I was a 1 piece at a time person that used 14ct white aida. Now I have multiple projects. I LOVE evenweave have used 28 and 32 ct. I have stitched on Linen. I'm applying to have model stitching jobs. I get compliments all the time on my work. So I guess I've come pretty far. :)

Today I went shopping with my mom again. We had a blast of course. I love that we start out going for one thing and after we spend the entire morning shopping it's one of those "What did we come for" things. We ate lunch at Red Lobster and Jeremiah of course got a ton of new clothes and some toys on the side. (THANK YOU MOM!) Now I'm going to go watch Lost and stitch on Noon Basking.

WIP Progress

2005-03-29T11:42:00.000-05:00

Well as promised (finally) here are WIP updates. I have been working on Noon Basking and Summer's Magic.

Summer's Magic is from Dragon Dreams. Here is my update as of today.

I have also been very much enjoying working on this piece. It's from Dracolair and it's called Noon Basking. There is a series of these. They said they wanted to capture the colors from certain times of the day. It's a more difficult piece. It has blending and 3/4 and 1/4 stitches like a Teresa Wentzler. It's kinda funny cause I wanted a break from the easy pieces for a bit. Here is the update as of today.

I also heard today that my first ever model is on it's way to me. I'm sooooo excited. I will officially be a model stitcher. Wohoo!! :)

Spring Are you Here?

2005-03-28T21:23:00.000-05:00

Today was beautiful outside. It was 61 degrees and sunny. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 64 and sunny. Then rain and cold again of course haha. So Spring is here for a few days at least.

Saturday we went over to my mom's for Easter. We walked in and Jeremiah found out a certain bunny had been there. So he went searching for all his goodies. He is so spoiled. He got a nice outfit, tons of candy, legos, more candy, and a bop bag. Then we colored some eggs. What a weird tradition! The color gets all over your hands and hardly sticks to the eggs. We had fun though. Then we went to eat lunch together. It was a very nice day. Eventually we came back home.

Sunday we woke up and Jeremiah seen Hey The Bunny came here too. (I told you he is SPOILED) He got more candy (He needed it right?) and some little toys. He was so happy. They was on a commercial we seen the other day. So Jeremiah said He loved me and Fred so much because we cared enough to make sure he had some. I about cried. He is just so sweet. Or he was kissing up to get more haha. Then we all got dressed up fancy and went to my grandmother's. It was a lovely lunch. Then we left there and went to my other grandmother's and had a fun chat with the weird side of my family. I love those family stories. Now that I'm old enough I can finally tell my own stories. It makes me feel neat to be able to join in rather than just listen now. Jeremiah fell asleep as soon as we got in the car. It was 6:30pm. He didn't wake up till 7am this morning. He was TIRED. I'm so glad he slept that long though cause otherwise he would have been dead today.

So it was a great weekend and fantastic easter. I didn't do much stitching but I did pick up Dracolair's Noon Basking again. I don't know what it is but I'm finding it so much fun. I need to post an update in the morning. My online world has been weird lately. I realize I hardly ever talk about it. I'm in like 20 yahoo groups now. I co-own a busy one now. I also help moderate quite a few. I love helping but sometimes I wonder if I do too much. I enjoy it a lot though except days like today. There is a huge fight going on. It's like a small town too cause when it happens everyone has to talk about it. One thing I really hate about internet is there is no emotion behind letters. So you can't tell if I'm being sarcastic or pissy or just making a cute joke. I think that causes so many problems. I'm just the kind of person that wants to deal with the person rather than blow it all up to go round and round the net for days. So I'm hoping things blow over by tomorrow. Who knows really. This one will blow over and then another will pop up. It's the unfortunate side effect of the internet. So for all my internet friends....SMILE and Be Happy. If you have problems with me please come to me before spreading my name around. Thanks.

Jeremiah Filled Day

2005-03-25T19:48:00.000-05:00

Today was a Jeremiah filled day. He had the day off school so it was very nice to have him home. I didn't realize how much he really does talk in a day haha. He is adorable but I don't think he ever stops talking. Some of the ideas and inventions that he comes up with. I'm a proud mommy. So we played and beat on one another. (if there are any internet cops watching we play beat on one another not like hurting one another) He played some computer games and I stitched a bit on Summer's Magic. It's been rain/snowing all day so it was nice to see something bright and summery.

Yesterday I went shopping with my mom. It was a blast. She doesn't leave the house very often so she is weird when she finally does. So we laughed and laughed. It was a fantastic day. We loaded up the shopping cart with tons and tons of goodies for Jeremiah for Easter. He is one lucky kid. We did decide to switch things around and go to her house on tomorrow morning and spend a bit together. So that's nice.

Well I'm going to go stare at the TV some more haha. Jeremiah will probably talk some more. Fred just sits there. I have no idea what I'm going to stitch on. I want to pick up either Dragon Ride (TW) or Noon Basking (Dracolair). I also have 3 Sekas Hearts I could do one this weekend....Hmm decisions decisions. Guess you will have to wait and see....

To Be Continued LOL Don't you hate it when TV shows do that.

Is it Christmas?

2005-03-23T13:49:00.000-05:00

Well no 2 hour delay but there was a nice coating of what appeared to be snow on the ground. It was a thick rain/ice/snow mix. So we started the morning singing Christmas Carols. I don't think it will ever be warm out. Now today it's just been dark and rainy and damp and windy....crappy basically. Tonite it might mix some more. Spring Hello Where are you?? Just remind me when I'm sweating in the summer that we all wanted it to warm up.

Today I've been stitching on Summer Magic. Tomorrow I might go shopping with my mom for Easter goodies. Then Friday j has the day off school. We might go over to mom's and decorate eggs. Sunday we go family hopping LOL.

Next week I want to start painting again for my mom. So I thought I might as well hurry and get some stitches in today. Plus hopefully my first model stitching job will arrive soon. She is doing her best to send me a piece to work on. I can't wait!!

I accomplished something

2005-03-22T20:45:00.000-05:00

I left yesterday saying I was going upstairs to attempt to clean a bit. I did! I'm proud of myself and Fred is proud. I hung a bunch of clothes up and got a huge box ready to go to good will. There was soo many clothes I knew I would never wear again. When Jeremiah got home yesterday from school we all watched the Shark Attack movie from Sunday on CBS. It was great for a made for TV movie. I liked the story line. Then I gave stinky a bath. It was a nice evening.

Then today it was a weird day. Jeremiah made a comment about his imaginary friend the other day being dead. It's normal for Jeremiah to have a huge imagination and talk about his imaginary friends. But this was a first time to have one die. Then I seen today at school that he had wrote about it in his school journal. To be honest it worried me. I was very confused. I like scary movies but I'm not a horrible parent. I do watch what I let him watch. Yes we play video games but I really didn't think that was the cause of it. So I spent my morning going through my brain trying to think of what he got it from. So when I picked him up from school today I asked him if we could talk. Found out...We watched Adams Family the other night. A cute little what I consider funny movie. Well the hand (thing) was on there. A graveyard. Etc Etc. So Jeremiah said it just got him wondering. He has a ton of questions. Basically about why do we get buried. Where does the stone come from. So I think that just got in his little head and he was trying to figure it all out. So we talked and talked. Hopefully it won't come back up now.

I also had a meeting with j's school today. It's called an IEP. Basically because of my son having his medical diagnosis he qualifing for school help like resource room and stuff. So they think he is really doing great and making a lot of progress. I'm so proud of him. He is working his little butt off.

Okay I'm off to watch Amazing Race GO ROB AND AMBER!!! and Judging Amy. It's freezing rain out....LOVELY. So everyone cross your fingers for a 2 hour delay.

Yeah 4 Day Week

2005-03-21T09:47:00.000-05:00

This week is a 4 day week for j. So hopefully it will go fast. This weekend was lovely. Saturday I went to a stitch in. I met with a friend of mine and we went together. It was great. Of course we solved all the worlds problems. There are several of us working on Tocatta 1 and it's amazing cause we are all using different colors. Each one looks amazing in it's own way. We got there at 8am and didn't head home till 6pm. It was a fun filled day. While I was gone Fred took care of j till afternoon. Then he ran him over to my mom's. So when I got home it was just Fred and I. We were going to go see a movie but it wasn't on till late. So we decided not to. So we just enjoy the evening together. I won't get too sappy but I really love my hubby. He is the best.

Sunday we woke up and just laid there talking for awhile. Such a nice way to start a day. Then when did some cleaning together and j called saying he was ready to come home. So we ran to get j. Around noon my dad and step mom stopped by. We went to the Sports, Vacation and Boat show. My dad wants a boat so bad. He looked like a kid in a candy store. I told him he better stop drooling on the boats or he would have to buy it. Then they have this water sking squirrel. It's adorable. So Jeremiah got to see that. It's name is Twiggy. It rides behind a little remote control boat. Very cute.

Then we headed home and relaxed. I didn't do any stitching since Saturday but my weekend normally end up that way. It's a nice break. Today I really need to go upstairs and do a bit of cleaning. But I'm in one of those weird moods again. I want to stitch but not on anything I have started of course. I want something hard. Like a complex TW. But I know as soon as I start it I won't want to stitch it either. So I know it's just a feeling a funk. So I will hopefully kick it soon. Maybe if I go clean for a bit stitching anything will be better so I'm be glad LOL.

Okay I've forced myself....I'm going to go attempt to clean for a bit. Wish me luck. You might not hear from me again. I could get lost in the mess.

Yeah It's Friday

2005-03-18T14:29:00.000-05:00

I'm happy. Tomorrow my local cross stitching group is having a stitch in. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again. My only excitment this week was getting another darn cold. Fred brought it home from work. So far and hopefully it stays this way j didn't catch it. I didn't want him sick again. This morning I had a lovely bloody nose. Fred said he isn't surprised cause I was snoring pretty hard this morning.

So I gave up on the RR. At least for this weekend. Yesterday I started Summer Magic from Dragon Dreams. I just couldn't wait any longer. I convinced myself that since it was St Patty's Day I should work on something green related. The fabric is green so there ya go. I'm good at weasling things to make sense.

Yesterday mom mentioned maybe I could start selling on ebay. It would be a great stay at home job. I have given it a lot of thought and I don't think I would even enjoy it. I would have to learn so much to get started. Plus it would take up too much space. Then I searched online for stay at home jobs. I might of well searched for Please take my money I'm stupid. Then I decided what the heck I do have the best job. I do things for my mom. Now I just need to actually get busy and start again. I enjoy making things for her. I paint things and assemble things. She is a great boss too LOL. So I think next week I will start being smarter with my time. Why is it so hard to schedule life? Yesterday Fred just started cleaning the computer area. I was mad at first cause like why do it now? Then I started helping...Today it looks great. Why do I put things off? If I do things when they actually need done it really doesn't take that long. Oh well I bet I'm not the only person in the world with time arranging problems.

Just another day

2005-03-15T13:34:00.000-05:00

Well it's just another day. Another week. I'm not depressed or anything just seems like time is flying by without moving. Does that make sense? I want it to be summer. I want it to be time to enjoy outdoors. Time for Jeremiah to be out of school. Time to go up to the lake. Of course I don't want to skip things between now and then. I just want to nudge it a little faster. Fred has a cold finally. Haha I know that sounds mean but I was sick for a month and it's about time he gets a sniffle. Now watch though j and I will catch the stupid thing again. Tonite we are running to Walmart. Incredibles came out on DVD today. So of course we have to run and grab that before they sell out. Jeremiah said he wanted to buy Robots too. Hard thing to explain that they don't just come out on DVD the day after you see it in the movies.

Linda J sent me the new Dragon Dreams pattern called Summer Magic. I can't wait to start it but I'm being good. If I start it now I won't finish this RR I have to have finished. Right now I want to just throw it out the window and start the new one. But I will be good really I will. *throws the RR out the window* Well that lasted a long time didn't it. haha. I think I'm going to my LNS tomorrow. I need to buy some things. It's been forever since I was there last. I want to kit up three Sekas hearts that dear sweet Linda gave me too. I will buy the fabric for Summer Magic but I promise I won't start it. Until THIS STUPID RR IS DONE. I have been working on the RR all day today. It looks like I'm making progress finally. So hopefully if I work hard I might actually live to see the end of it.

It's official I have had a cow

2005-03-12T18:52:00.000-05:00

LOL I had a cow. Well I finished stitching a cow at least. It's for ILCS. We are doing Quilt Blocks for one another. Sarah loves cows. http://silepointcompte.free.fr/ope%20jmfmv/ope%20jmfmv.htm has a whole bunch of adorable freebie cows. So I picked Spiderman cause Jeremiah LOVES spiderman. He said it looks too cool so it passed quality inspection. That's all that matters. Well I guess hopefully Sarah likes it too. :)

Today we took j to see Robots. It was a great movie. Very funny. It had a great meaning behind it too. I love Robin Williams. His characters are always hilarious. Other than that we have been trying to rest this weekend. Fred had to work today which was nice for the paycheck but hes tired now. Well I don't know what else to write about. I know surprise surprise you thought I could talk forever.

Another Little Finish

2005-03-09T13:07:00.000-05:00

Well yesterday I had another little finish.

It's for a yahoo group called CSE. The theme was Greenwork. This is a freebie from Rainbow Gallery. I used a Seaside Treasure thread called Summersea. I think it turned out beautiful. I LOVE the touch of blackwork for some reason. It always appears so soft and delicate. Today I've been stitching on a block for a lady named Sarah. It's a cow that looks like Spiderman. Too Cool of course because Jeremiah loves Spiderman. He thinks its funny that a cow would dress up like Spiderman.

I found out my friend Linda is sending me a new Dragon Dreams design. I want it so bad it hurts LOL. She has me for an exchange and this just happened to be released. I have the winter pattern done and framed on my wall. This one is a summer design. It will hang in the winter ones place when it's finally warmer out. Linda told me to be patient. I'm trying but wow it's hard haha.

Other than that life is going great. Jeremiah is enjoying school again. Fred is doing great at work and with his hobbies. I think I'm kinda over my cold. Life is good. With a husband like Fred and a wonderful son like Jeremiah what more could I want out of life. :)

Sunny Finish

2005-03-07T16:33:00.000-05:00

I had a very nice weekend. Fred did too and that is all that matters cause it was his birthday. Friday we went out to eat dinner. It was a very lovely time. Then off to the Home and Garden show. I didn't find a flower I wanted so I will just have to get it somewhere else. Then we headed home.

Saturday morning Jeremiah and Fred went to breakfast with Fred's radio buddies. Then in the afternoon my dad and step mom stopped by. They gave Fred a pair of OCC slippers. He liked them. They kinda hurried off but it's okay they had a busy weekend planned as well. Around 4pm we took j over to my mom's. Then Fred and I ran off to the movies. We went to see Cursed a new Wes Craven movie. It was great. It was about Werewolves. Then we timed it just perfect to watch Constatine. It was very good. One of those Good vs Evil movies. Alot like Devil's Advocate. Really makes you go Hmmm. So Fred and I enjoyed a long talk afterwards trying to figure it all out. Then we went out drinking. Fred had asked several people to come out with us and unfortunately NO ONE showed up. I felt horrible for Fred. He is a trooper though he said he didn't care. We enjoyed the evening together anyway.

Sunday we slept in late. Then Fred went out "fox hunting" with his radio buddies. It's basically a hide and go seek for radio operators. He had a blast. I went over to mom's and picked j up. It was a nice relaxing day.

Today was a dark and damp day. The wind was very strong all day. Plus I didn't sleep go at all last night with this darn cold I STILL have. So I just sit down today and stitched. I finished up the Celestial block for ILCS. It was weird stitching a sun on such a crappy day but it actually brightened my day.

Fred is Old Tomorrow

2005-03-04T14:37:00.000-05:00

It's pick on Fred weekend. Tomorrow is his birthday and he is turning 27. Which if you didn't know is 2 YEARS older than me. Isn't that OLD? I have to take advantage of it cause in May I will turn 26 and it will be back to a boring year older. LOL.

Today I surprised him by taking a birthday cake to his work. He was surprised. I told him the cake was discounted cause it said Happy Birthday Bob. Okay Okay So it said the right name but it was funny cause he believed me for a bit. What's weird is I had a total paniac attack going there. Something about having to walk into his work and be around the people he works with. I didn't want them to think I was a dork for bringing him a cake. We ate lunch together and then I ran home. I hate that I can't stop it when I have that paniacing feeling. It's weird not being in control of your own feelings. I'm okay now but I just wish I could understand why I needed to feel that way.

Tonite we are all going out to eat dinner at Red Lobster. Betty, Mom, Uncle Sam and Aunt Deanna, Jeremiah, Me and Fred. Then we are going to the Home and Garden show. I hope I can get some kind of plant. Then tomorrow Jeremiah and Fred are going out to breakfast with his radio breakfast buddies. My dad and step mom are supposed to stop by and then Fred and I are going out to eat and to a movie and partying LOL.

I'm looking forward to it and I really hope Fred has a nice weekend cause it's his weekend.

Finally a Few Vacation Pictures

2005-03-03T10:48:00.000-05:00

Okay everyone I finally got off my butt and got a few of the vacation pictures loaded for ya. Here are 3 wonderful pictures.

Okay this is proof I'm not a good mom. We got the shark to hold real still and hurried to take this picture. LOL Okay maybe not. As you can tell by Jeremiah's face he isn't real happy to be there. The best part is that even though you can't see me I'm laying in the shark's body holding Jeremiah up. What we won't do for our kids!

Everyone's favorite monsters from Monsters Inc. Again Jeremiah doesn't seem to happy but he said Would you be with a big scary monster standing beside you. Sulley was taller than Fred and he is 6'7. Jeremiah did say after the picture That was Cool.

Okay if you have been to any kind of amusement park when you walk in there is a group of weird people with cameras that run up and attack you. You have no idea who they are but you stand together and smile wondering why these people need pictures of you. Then after you figure it out you are happy that they attacked you cause now you have a lovely family picture. This is the beginning of our day at Sea World. The tall guy is Fred. I'm wearing the dolphin shirt. Jeremiah is the cutest one in the picture (Sorry Mom) Mom is wearing Lighthouses which believe me she ALWAYS wears. Betty is hanging out in the back. We are just a big happy family.

Well there is 3 pics at least. Hopefully I will get my butt in gear and get some more. I need to finish off our film so that I can get it developed. Thank you for looking. :)

Snow Snow Where did ya go?

2005-03-01T12:37:00.000-05:00

So yesterday was Jeremiah's first day back to school from his break and being sick. He cried I guess. He wanted to call me but the school wouldn't let him which pisses me off. What harm would a couple minute phone call have done? Even though it might not have helped I would have at least known there was a problem. The teacher sent a note home saying He just needed to tell me he loved me. There are so many ways that I'm proud cause it means we are close. It means I must be a good mom. It means he loves me. But I hate that he was upset about being away from me. Sad thing is I had a bad day too and it seemed to last forever. Talk about being codependent. I know he needs school and to be away from me but there is a lot of me that just wants to keep him home forever.

Then we were under a winter storm warning with maybe 6-10 inches coming. I thought YEAH no school today. It rained for a bit and then snowed and got cold and windy. So just a 2 hour delay. Same thing as above I was glad and yet I just wanted to keep him home. It's so hard to think such different thoughts.

I don't feel good again. Just when I thought the stupid cold had passed now I feel the same yucky again. I feel tired and blah. I took a DayQuil and it didn't seem to help. I sure hope it goes away quickly this time Fred's birthday is Saturday. I want to be able to go out and enjoy the evening with him.

Stitching wise I haven't felt like stitching anything. I have a deadline with this RR I'm working on but I don't enjoy stitching it. It's a white on white piece. I feel like have hours of work I haven't accomplished anything. It's driving me nuts. I want the model piece to come so I can start working on it. I sure hope I enjoy it. If not I will be in trouble. Maybe I'm just feeling so tired and icky that no stitching seems fun right now. *sigh* Then I really hope it passes soon.

Hard to Remember

2005-02-27T17:12:00.000-05:00

For some reason this is hard to remember to update each day. Our colds seem to finally be passing. Now we just have to hope they don't come back. I have heard a lot of people saying when you finally get over it that it comes back. I found out I might get a stitching job. I'm so excited. I really can't wait to see a chart out there with my name on it. Now I just have to wait till I receive it. That seems to be the hard part LOL. I have been stitching on a RR this week. It's going slowly. Sometimes I get in a funk like I just wish stitching went faster. But then again it probably wouldn't be as much fun if it did.

Fred got me a new birdfeeder today. It holds a ton of seed and two suet things. I can't wait till we get our own place. I will feed thousands of creatures I'm sure. I would love to live near a woods so I get the pleasure of watching all types of things come out to play.

Tomorrow Jeremiah goes back to school. Wow it's been 3 weeks. It will seem like forever. I just keep telling myself pretty soon and he will be out for the summer. I can't wait. I will have to add up the days. We can count down. I know I know I'm weird. Most parents hate the summer break. Okay I added it up and it is 60-62 more days depending on make up days. Wow seems like a lot but it's not really.

Well I'm Home

2005-02-24T12:11:00.000-05:00

We got home from Disney World Monday Night. First off it was FANTASTIC. I loved every second of our trip there. It amazes me how great they were with Jeremiah in his wheelchair. They literally jumped on us and helped us with where we needed to be and everything. It was all laid out so he could do anything he wanted. Not a care in the world for Jeremiah. Some people have been asking my favorite part and every part has a favorite in some way. I will slowly add my daily information from while we were gone. I kept a diary while we were away. So there are several favorites...
Jeremiah got to pet a dolphin at Sea World. It was magical.
Fred and I spent an evening together at Pleasure Island it was funny.
The hotel was the best because we had front row seats for the nightly fireworks right outside our hotel room.
It was so nice to be there with my dear family.
The rides were of course great at MGM and Universal.
Jeremiah and I got temporary tattoos that still look new today.
The weather was absolutely wonderful. I was able to wear shorts and enjoy the sun.
The only bad part is we all got sick. Jeremiah got sick Tuesday. Mom got sick either Wed or Thursday. I got sick on the way home Saturday. Sunday we were supposed to be home but ended up taking mom to the ER in Bowling Green, Kentucky. So we stayed another night for her to rest. Then Tuesday when we got home I found out Jeremiah had pneumonia. So he has been home from school this week resting. He is getting better slowly.

A big thing happened yesterday. Jeremiah lost his 2nd baby tooth. He was all excited. The tooth fairy brought him $5 for it.

Today I finished up my ILCS Feb bunny block. I started in on vacation but was too busy to really stitch much. Then with this darn cold I didn't feel like stitching. But I finished it today. Here is a pic..

I don't have pictures from vacation yet. But hopefully soon. I haven't had the energy to get them developed.

1 more night

2005-02-07T07:33:00.000-05:00

Wow tomorrow is the day we leave. Last night I slept horrible. I wanted to leave now. So I know that I will sleep horrible tonite too. I just couldn't relax. I did get all my packing done yesterday. I also switched to no mail in all my groups. It's sad because normally I wake up to like 200 email this morning I had 20. I already miss my email :( I know I know I can go without it. When I'm sitting at home though like today I WANT IT! LOL. I have to do some running around and finishing things up today so no mail is a good thing really it is LOL. After Jeremiah gets out of school we are taking Clay (our dog) down to my dads. I will miss him too.

I'm going to paper blog while I'm gone. Then when I get home I will catch up on the days I was gone. I think it's fun to be able to look back and see what we did what day. Mom got me some tablets to write stuff down in.

Okay well for now I'm signing out. I doubt I will remember to write again before I leave so Bye. Florida here I come. :)

7 days to go

2005-02-01T13:14:00.000-05:00

Wow that's 1 week from today. WOW! I can't believe how fast it's coming. I can't wait. I can't even begin to imagine the fun we will have. I'm going to be sure to write what we do each day while we are gone. Then when I get home I will catch up blog. :)

Today we go to pick up Jeremiah's new wheelchair. I really hope it's everything we want it to be. I'm sure it will be. This company is very nice. It has to be nicer than the loaner we have now. It's nice but doesn't have the things that this one will have like handles for Jeremiah to rest his arms on. Those will be so nice. Now he really doesn't have a place to rest his arms. It is also supposed to have taller push bars for us to push him.

Stitching Wise still be stitching away on the RR I have. It's fun but wow there is a lot of white, grey, black so kinda getting boring. The piece will be gorgeous when it's all done though. I mailed all the block swaps today. I had like 25 envelops to mail. I'm so glad that more people are joining in. Now I run it for 2 groups and it really is fun. Well it's fun up to deciding who gets what block in return. I always worry that people will be upset with the one they receive. I know I think too much about it. It's a fun exchange to run though.

I'm having email problems. :( It takes about a half hour to send a stupid email. Verizon acknowledges the problem but doesn't know when they can fix it. NOW! It's really annoying. Oh well it forces me to get things done.

9 Days to Go

2005-01-30T20:45:00.000-05:00

Wow 9 Days. This countdown seems to be going so fast. I told Fred today the only bad part is that means the time we are gone will fly too so we will be back too soon. But right now I'm looking forward to leaving and trying not to think about it being over.

This weekend we went to visit my dad. He was pouting cause he hadn't seen us since Christmas. So we went down yesterday morning and stayed the night. We watched movies of course that's all we ever do. We watched Catwoman which I thought was very good. I'm surprised the ratings were so bad. Then we watched Skycaptain. It was okay. Probably not one I would care to watch again. Then it was Alien Vs Predator it was fantastic. Kinda weird that you are liking the monster by the end of the movie. Like Freddy vs Jason you kinda start to like Jason. What a horrible person to like LOL. So it was a nice time and we got to see movies without paying to rent then ourselves. I want to go see Hide and Seek but I wasn't feeling good so we will probably try to run and see it next weekend. Ohh today we watched Man on Fire with Denzel Washington. It was good....sad but good.

Since Wednesday I've been stitching on a RR for RoundRobinCrazy yahoo group. It's a very beautiful wolf birch tree scene. I love doing Round Robins it's so neat to share stitching with fellow stitchers. I guess that's why I like doing the block swaps so much. I'm taking blocks with me to work on during the van ride. They are small and easy to do while riding.

Well the countdown continues. Talk to you later.

13 Days To Go

2005-01-26T13:44:00.000-05:00

Wow 13 days and we are leaving for Florida. I can't believe it's coming up so fast. I can't even imagine the fun we will have. Jeremiah is of course very excited. He is doing great. He did say this morning his throat was a little sore. I gave him some medicine to hopefully catch the bug before it starts.

Found out today that Fred got a raise. Yeah! It's a 3% one. Not enough to afford a car payment but hey it's a raise. He's doing so good at his job. It's hard to believe that not that long ago he was without a job for a year. We are so lucky that we know Betty and she was able to help get him this job. Betty has done so much for us and my mom that there is no way I can ever thank her enough. If you don't know who Betty is she is my mom's roommate. Her husband passed away and she doesn't really have close family. So we all benifit from being our own family. My mom has the benifit of not being alone in an home somewhere and Betty has family. Thanks to her we can go to Walt Disney World. She is the head accountant big wig at Fred's job. I used to pick on her about being a secretary when I know if she wasn't at Advance the whole place would fall apart. Anyway that's who Betty is.

Stitching Wise I finished the 2nd lesson on Tocatta #1

I love the colors on it. One of my friends from my local stitching group helped me pick them out.

Well Stay Warm everyone!

16 days to go

2005-01-23T11:07:00.000-05:00

Wohoo 16 days to go till Walt Disney World here we come. :)

It's been an interesting weekend. Friday we all went out to eat dinner and had a lovely time. Then we headed to the Tractor Pull. It started at 7 and we enjoyed it till about 9. I looked over at Jeremiah and his eyes were real blood shot. Now this is an indoor Tractor Pull so the fumes are a little bad but we went last year and no problems. So I just thought his eyes were tired. Then he quit talking. Now with Jeremiah he literally never stops talking. I love it I'm not complaining but he talks all the time. Rather it's just ideas that he has thought up or talking to his toys. It's a normal thing for him to be talking. So when he stops I knew something was wrong. Then I reached over and felt his head and literally felt like my hand got burned. So we left cause I wanted to see what was wrong. We ran by our home and took him temp real fast and it was 102.3 so we agreed to run him to the ER and see what's up. My biggest concern was that an hour ago he was just fine. So we got there and his temp was 103.1. They took an Xray and did an IV for blood work. He did everything great. He didn't like the IV very much but he did great. They gave him some Ibprofen. We could sure tell it helped cause he started talking again. The doctors said all the tests were clear which was a good thing. So it must just be a fast acting virus. I still don't quite understand why he was okay an hour before. No coughing No sore ears No sore throat Just HIGH fever bam. Now today he is acting like nothing happened. Yesterday he was acting tired and had a little fever but today he is great. So whatever it was I hope it's gone.

Stitching wise I finished a little valentine gift. I won't say here who it's for cause she might read this. It was a fun quick stitch. Then Friday I started on Tocatta #1. It's my first ever Drawn Tread piece. It has a lot of specialty stitches in it. We are doing it as a SAL in my local stitching group Hoosier Stitchers. I have finished the 1st of I forget how many sections our teacher has set up. So today I will most likely try to stitch on it some more. Here is the picture of the first section done.

I'm using Seaside Treasures and definitely changing the color scheme suggested but I enjoy that part. Since Petra was kind enough to give me the entire line of Seaside Treasures I have to use them on something LOL.

20 Days To Go

2005-01-19T21:52:00.000-05:00

Yep just 20 days left. Not that I'm counting. But 20 days left till we are going to Walt Disney World! WOHOO!!

Yesterday it was FREEZING! We bundled up after j got back home from school and went with mom to the tractor show. My grandparents (mom's mom and dad) were there. So it was a nice visit. My Uncle Sam was there too. Have you ever had someone in your life that just seemed like he should be king of some country? That's my uncle sam. I used to think he was very powerful and hated me. Now I realize he is one of the sweetest guys I have ever met. He really cares about me and j. He gets down to j's level to talk to him. Not many people do that. So he was there too and we walked around together. It was a very nice evening. Then we went to a nice restaurant and ate dinner. We gave Grandpa a picture of j in his stander that he built. He was very proud. I'm glad cause I really want him to know we are thankful for it.

Last night we got about 3 inches of blowing lovely snow. So this morning j had a 2 hour delay. I was glad the extra hour and half of sleep is very very nice. We both woke up ready to go. Even though it's still cold. I guess we might get some more snow tomorrow and some on and off the rest of the week then this weekend get dumped on. One place is saying 6 inches of snow. That's just LOVELY isn't it. I don't want it to be hot out but there has to be an in between. I'm sick of hiding under my blanket all day.

I watched some more videos that we took of Jeremiah. I'm convinced the video camera is the greatest invention in the world. It's so priceless to look back and see how j has changed. He is so darn smart. I can't believe the way he talks. Most the time he sounds more educated than I do. Okay Okay I know that isn't that hard LOL.

As for stitching I'm working on a surprise for someone. She might read this so I will be quiet about it. I love working on pieces for other people. It really seems to make each stitch happy and enjoyable. It has to be finished finished by my vacation so I better hurry. Okay well I will talk to you later when I have the next chance to climb out from under my warm blanket.

Another Photo of Jeremiah

2005-01-16T21:54:00.000-05:00

I just couldn't help but share this picture. First off let me give you some background. For those who don't know my son has Cerebral Palsy. So he can't stand or walk without assistance. At his physical therapist she has this huge piece of equipment that helps him stand really tall and stretch his legs. So we mentioned the idea to my grandfather on Christmas Eve. So Christmas Day he was out in the garage making it. Now Jeremiah has his own at home version so we can do his stretches. So here is Jeremiah showing how tall he can really stand with it. As you can tell he is very proud of himself when he does it.

23 days to go

2005-01-16T21:34:00.000-05:00

Well it's 23 days to go till Disney Here we come. And we have a wind chill of -1 right now so I definately can't wait to get down South for awhile. Even it's high 60's that's HOT compared to here. This weekend Fred took a Rescue course. He loves his HAM radio stuff. This is a CERT course. He got this huge backpack thing with all kinds of emergency management stuff in it. He went Saturday from 8-5 and today from 8-5. Then he goes back next Saturday and he is done. He was smiling so much when he got home it made me so happy. I've been with Fred for 7 years (married for almost 3) he doesn't smile enough. But lately he is really doing it a lot. So I'm happy to see him happy. He deserves to smile. He has done everything he could for me and makes me lucky every day to have such a wonderful man.

Yesterday I did some shopping with my mom and Betty. It was nice. We went to the mall and then to a flea market. It made a lovely day out.

Today Jeremiah and I just stayed home and played. We watched movies and rolled around on the floor. It's cold out so we huddled under blankets too. Don't want to make it sound like we don't have heat but it's still cold even with the heat on. These town houses need better insulation that's for sure.

I started stitching on another quilt block for ILCS today. It's a Celtic knotwork piece. I really enjoy it. Something about the patterns I think are very intriguing. I just wish I knew what they meant.

Countdown to Disney

2005-01-13T10:08:00.000-05:00

Well I don't really have much to write about lately. But I don't remember and don't want to read back if I said we are going to Walt Disney World and Orlando area. There is 27 days till we leave. We are leaving on the 8th after Jeremiah gets out of school and when Fred and Betty get off work. We are really getting excited. We got our hotel booked already. We are staying at the Contemporary where the Tram runs right into the hotel. It will be so nice to just walk out to the tram and go to Disney. We won't have to drive. We are also doing Sea World, Universal, Animal Kingdom and all those fun fun places. I can't wait for j to experience all the fun things. I know he will have a blast. I also packed some stitching to do on the drive down and back. I'm glad we are driving cause flying just isn't as much fun.

I watched LOST last night on ABC. It seems everytime I think I have figured it out they remind me I'm totally lost. It's a great show but I want to know whats going on. When the thing with the girl happened I kept telling Fred it's not really the girl it's not. Then when it ended up not being he just was totally confused. I think they must be having a blast confusing everyone. We also bought Village the other day. So I sat down yesterday and watched it. It's such a good movie I couldn't even stitch. I love M. Knight's mind. He is one scary little man. He did such a great job with that movie but I really wish they would have made it a little longer to show the main guy wake up. But he likes to leave it up to whatever your mind wants.

LOL now I have wrote forever and I started with I nothing to say.

Quick Weekend Finish

2005-01-10T13:03:00.000-05:00

In my ILCS yahoo group a lady named Leandre mentioned the idea of making a World Quilt for her niece. She asked if anyone would like to stitch a piece for her. It spread like wild fire. Now there are like 6 people doing quilts and they are amazing. I love the whole idea. I think it would be so nice to have a stitched piece from my friends to add to a quilt. It's a fantastic way to finish the block swaps too. So I asked Fred if he thinks we could figure it out. Of course he says we can cause he is good at sewing. I'm glad I married a great wife LOL. So anyway I signed up to stitch a piece for Leandre's niece. It's a Suzy Zoo freebie I found online. I started on it on Saturday and finished it last night. I enjoyed stitching it so much. I think it really adds to it knowing it will be enjoyed and a little girl might smile looking at it. Here is a pic of it.

Jeremiah said it's just too cute. He loved the little diaper. Then of course had to ask me if baby ducks really wore diapers. He's such a great kid. Over Christmas we found some old video taken while he was in the hospital and 3 years old. It amazes me how much he has changed. He looked so fragile in the hosptial pictures. He thought it was amazing to see himself that little. He didn't like the tubes and wires and things and I said don't worry cause neither did mommy. I'm so thankful for the videos they are absolutely priceless. Fred and I hope to get a DVD burner thingy so we can burn our own DVD's. I want to take time and make sure to get the right one though rather than rush out and buy one. So eventually we will have all the tapes on DVD.

Well back to stitching on Noah's Sub. Next weekend I will work on another quick finish. I love doing those. Really boosts your energy toward stitching.

Oops I forgot to update again

2005-01-09T14:25:00.000-05:00

So Wednesday we have about 1 and half inches of ice and the school didn't even give a 2 hour delay. All the other schools in my area closed. So I called the school and said I'm not letting Jeremiah come to school. Then Thursday they closed cause it was still just plain ice out. Friday it was a little better so he got to go to school after a 2 hour delay. So it was a lovely week really cause I got to spend lots of time with Jeremiah. I also stitched quite a bit on Noah's Sub. I'm pleased with the progress I'm making. Jeremiah has been playing with his legos all week. I'm so glad he likes them cause I love them.

So nothing really much has been going on. Just staying in. I think cabin fever is starting LOL. I need to go shopping or something. I need stuff from my LNS I'm sure.

Winter Storm Warning

2005-01-04T22:09:00.000-05:00

Another yucky icky day is supposed to be here tomorrow. We are under a Winter Storm Warning. They say ice maybe an inch of it. So that will be lovely of course. Then more yucky throughout the day tomorrow. We are hoping for a day off school but who knows. The school system can be rather stupid. Today was a cold and rainy day and the school had a planned fire drill. So of course the kids were in computer lab and the bell goes off so they head outside WITHOUT jackets! Jeremiah is already fighting a bad cold. This is just lovely.

LOL Sorry I've been complaining about his school a lot. I really love his school. Of all the schools here in Fort Wayne I'm glad he goes there. I just worry about him. I don't appreciate not being in control of my own child.

I stitched today Wohoo :) I worked on Noah's Sub. It was nice to work on it again. I'm kinda getting an idea of what my 2005 stitching goals are. Well I guess I will talk to you tomorrow. Unless the power isn't on which would be cooooollllllldddd.

Happy 2005

2005-01-03T10:59:00.000-05:00

I was so busy I didn't have time to type to even say Hi. Christmas was wonderful. I got everything I asked for and lots more. I'm one of the luckiest people alive. Jeremiah is one too. He got so many wonderful things. His biggest thing he was so excited about was a RC car called Twister. We even took it out in the snow to play for a bit. We spent the time from Christmas till New Year over at my mom's so busy busy and fun fun. We played games and enjoyed everything together. That's the best part of Christmas just being together. I didn't stitch at all but was so busy I didn't miss it believe it or not. I got Zoo Tycoon 2 so of course I have been busy playing that. It's sure a fun games. Jeremiah also got a lot of legos so I enjoyed helping build those.

So it's 2005 Wow where does time go? I'm working real hard to get my life smarter and better than 2004. Today I have started cleaning. I want our home to look nice when someone stops by. I hate being embarrassed by my home. So that's a good start I think. I will also sit down the next few days and make a tentative list of what I would like to stitch this year. I probably won't do many charity items this year. I told myself I need to work on more of my big projects this year. I have so many but none really framed.

Okay well that was the catch up. I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. I definately did. Now it's back to the grind of things. I am pouting today cause Jeremiah had to go to school. So much of me just wanted to let him stay home. I miss the little stinker when he's gone.

It's Freezing!

2004-12-19T13:06:00.000-05:00

My little temperture thing says 14 degrees but it feels like -2 out. Wow it's COLD! So I'm staying inside. Jeremiah spent the night at my dad's house so he will be coming home sometime today. My dad is driving him home so I'm happy I don't have to go outside :)

So car update. The stupid thing broke down Friday again. Needless to say I was a little angry. But the place that worked on it paid for the labor and the tow for that days work cause it was kinda their fault. I needed a new altenator. Wednesday we choose to fix a piece inside it so it didn't hold and the mechanic said he should have just replaced it. I found out I had a warranty on the part too so even the part didn't cost me anything. I still don't have my car back but with Fred home it doesn't matter. So Monday I will hopefully get it back. But I'm going to tell them if it's not fixed to just keep the damn thing.

Yesterday Fred's company had a party. It was fun. I was happy they had margarittas. I deserved to have a few with the week I've had. My mom and Betty went so that was extra nice. Fred's name got called for winning a jacket. It was a XL so unfortunately it won't fit Fred. Then Betty won a very nice radio so we traded. It was a very nice evening.

Well I think I will go stitch. That is if my hands don't freeze and fall off.
Just a few more days till Christmas WOHOO!

Jeremiah on Santa's Lap

2004-12-16T16:12:00.000-05:00

Okay here is Jeremiah's Picture. I loved the Santa he had a real full white beard. He sure looked the part. A lot better than some guy with a totally visiblly fake beard on.

Wow Now it's just plain been a crappy week

2004-12-16T15:55:00.000-05:00

So Tuesday went off without a hitch. Took j to school. Came home. Did cleaning. Played some games. Picked j up. Came home. No big deal!

Wednesday go out start my car. Come back in throw j's jacket on walk out to car. Put car in reverse...DEAD. Come back inside call mom and say Mom!!! It's Dead AGAIN! So mom comes over and takes j to school. We get my car towed again. I'm totally worried. Mom and I go shopping and I literally break down in a parking lot crying. Sometimes it really feels like life just hits rock bottom. Money SUCKS! I hate that in life you must have so much money to succeed and survive. If money wasn't a problem I really wouldn't have a problem. But I bet everyone feels that way. So it just caught up. My mom is the sweetest person alive though. She helps me out so much. Betty payed for my car both times. Which now is $400. I'm so lucky to have them both in my life. I can never repay either of them. The guy who worked on my car was such a nice guy too. He didn't ever treat me like I was just some stupid woman. He explained it so that I understood everything he said.

Comes to find out (if you are curious about my car) that on Monday when it broke down by battery literally broke in two. So the battery acid leaked into my alternator. It caused a piece inside to basically burn and melt into another piece. So the guy pulled the alternator all apart and fixed the piece. The part was only $16 but the labor was huge cause my alternator is a pain in the blip to get out.

Today my car is working okay again (knock on wood) and I went over and wrapped a lot of presents with my mom. Hopefully that somewhat paid back for a tiny percent of what they have done for me lately.

Stitching....What's that? Oh and Last night we also took j to see Santa. I'm get the picture scanned in. He is so cute. Frooze up and wouldn't say anything to him but hey it's okay he's scary to me and I'm 25 LOL. So maybe I will make myself sit down and stitch for a bit. I deserve it! Really I do :)

One of those Crappy Days

2004-12-13T20:57:00.000-05:00

Well Fred made it to and from Connecticut just fine. I'm so glad to have him home. He is really making me happy lately. He seems to have really changed for the better. He smiles so much more. I love him so much.

Then Sunday my local stitching group had a Stitch In at Indianapolis. It was a blast of course. Then we went to a local store down there called Persnickety. It had Canvas work so I spent way too much money. I LOVE Canvas Work but WOW is it expensive. It's so pretty though. So I bought 3 new patterns the canvas and a few threads.

Then it got horrible windy and coooold. So my mom watched Jeremiah over night last night. There didn't seem to be a good enough reason to drag him out in the cold. So this morning I jumped in my car and was on my way to pick up j at my mom's. I noticed the road was just pure ice. It pisses me off that the school system didn't give them a 2 hour delay. I have heard of so many wrecks today and yet the kids were still out standing by the road waiting for the bus. *sigh* Oh well just one of those policies that needs to be changed. So anyway it was really icy and my car was sliding all over the road. Then I noticed Oh Lovely my car is running bad. It was like it was almost dieing then it would cough and be okay. First off my car is a 95 and has 130,000 miles or something on it. So it's on it's last leg. But there is no way we can afford a new or used vehicle right now. So then I turn a corner well actually slide around the corner and bam dead. In front of me is sliding cars and behind me in sliding cars. I'm so lucky I didn't get hit. I'm also lucky that Jeremiah wasn't with me cause it was COLD. So about a half hour later the tow truck gets there. In the meantime I seen a huge accident and noticed another accident right around me. So tell me again why the school didn't delay? So I called the school and said I doubt I would be able to bring j in. I found out that is was just a battery problem. My battery slide and was sitting up against a fuse link. Then it broke the fuse link and my car just plain died. So I needed a new battery, plate, and fuse link....$200. I guess I'm glad though it could have been a lot more. So I do have my car back now. It better work for awhile. Then we came home and Jeremiah was moving our computer chair with his hands and ran his finger up in the wheel. It was bending the wrong way and he couldn't pull it out. It's okay but really hurt him and scared us both. I hate it when those types of things happen. There is no way to catch it in time. So lots of kisses later he doesn't remember it.

Today Fred and I have been together (as more than friends) for 7 years. Seems like forever. We have only been married going on 4 years in June. I consider myself very very lucky to have him in my life. He is definately my soul mate and I love him dearly. Well okay enough about him.

I did get some stitching done on Sunday on my Merry Christmas Sampler. I also picked out some Seaside Treasures for Tacotta 1 that we are doing as SAL next year in Hoosier Stitchers. I think it will look beautiful.

Okay I'm going to bed....Too Tired and Just one of those days.

It's Friday and Fred is in the sky

2004-12-10T13:45:00.000-05:00

He made it from Fort Wayne to Detroit already. Now he is hanging out in the airport and will fly to Conneticut by 3 this afternoon. He says he's doing great. The flight was nice. Last Night I had a total break down. I watch too many damn movies and shows like LOST. But after I cried for a bit I got control. He's a sweetie cause he knows I'm going nuts so he calls me every second to tell me he's okay. I'm glad he understands it's important to me. He really has been impressing me lately. Quit Smoking. Seems to be really excited about Christmas. Seems like his life is looking up. It's about time. I worry that he is depressed. But lately he's been smiling a lot. So I'm HAPPY :)

Mom and me ran shopping. It's amazing how fast the cart gets full when we are together. But it was a great time. She is coming back to pick me up in a bit. Then I'm going over to her house to stay. Wohoo Big TV here I come LOL. I'm taking my stitching bag with me but I might not stitch till Sunday's Stitch In. I'm looking forward to going there too. It's FREEZING and Maybe snowy all week. So I wanna stitch out and then get home and hide for awhile.

By the way any of my online friends reading this I LOVE YOU!!!

Wow this week flew by

2004-12-09T19:19:00.000-05:00

Maybe it's because I'm dreading tomorrow. Fred on a plane just doesn't make me a happy person. Fred on a plane alone in some state we have never been to scares me even more. The smart part of my head is saying Get Over It he will be just fine but it's just convincing the rest of me that's the hard part.

So yesterday morning Jeremiah lost his first baby tooth. He was so excited. We've pulling on the thing the whole week trying to get it out and pop it poped out when he woke up yesterday. So of course last night we went through the whole Tooth Fairy and who she was routine LOL. When he woke up this morning he jumped up to look for his money and there was his shiny dollar. It might as well been a million for as excited as he was. Then the thousand questions came about how did the tooth fairy get in the house. Why do we tell our kids that some weird stranger breaks into the house and leaves us money? LOL. I don't get it. But I did the mom thing of answering as well as I could.

Tomorrow I'm going over to my mom's to stay. Yes I'm 25 and I need a babysitter when hubby is gone. I HATE being alone. Even with j here it wouldn't be enough so I'm running home LOL. It will be a nice time. Then Sunday Hoosier Stitchers is getting together for a Christmas Party. So I get to stitch with friends all day. That should make waiting for Fred to get home easier.

I will update on the advent calendar on Monday. I'm only allowed like so much upload space I realized. So I didn't want to waste it all. Well we'll see ya later tater.

Day 6 Catch Up

2004-12-06T10:58:00.000-05:00

Oops LOL I missed a few days. So Petra you can now smile. Here is the latest picture.

So now he has a fireplace, Christmas Tree, Frame with picture in it, little table, big table, and the wreath with the candles. Jeremiah is really enjoying doing this.

So Thursday Fred called and said he has to fly to Connecticut Friday. So I literally freaked out thinking it was the next day. So after figuring things out he meant on the 10th. So this coming Friday. I'm still freaking out. I HATE planes. I don't want Fred to have to go at all especially alone. It's only for the weekend and the paycheck will be AWESOME but I will worry till he is home.

Saturday we stayed home and relaxed. Sunday we had a family get together. It's a Thanksgiving and Christmas in honor of my passed Grandmother. It was nice to see everyone. Jeremiah had a lot of fun of course. Running around like a wild child LOL. Today I helped out for just an hour at j's school. We were sorting some Ice Cream for ice cream parties. Fun Fun. Now I'm doing Laundry and Reading my email. Is it Christmas Yet?

Day 2

2004-12-02T21:37:00.000-05:00

Well here is Day 2 of the Countdown. Today he opened a wreath and 4 little candles. We set it on the little table from yesterday.

Other than that nothing really to talk about. Helped out again at Santa's Workshop. I'm really enjoying working and getting to know some other mother's.

See ya on Day 3.

Continue of Day 1 lol

2004-12-01T21:08:00.000-05:00

Okay So I didn't write very much earlier cause we were running out to Walmart. The first day of j's advent calendar he got that little table. It looks really lonely on that big playset by itself. I'm excited that tomorrow he gets to open another box. I think this is a really neat tradition.

Okay Well Some Major Happy News....Fred is trying to quit smoking. He came in the house and showed me an empty cigarette box and a new box of Nicorette. So we will see. I think this is the first time he has really really tried to quit so lets all send postive non smoking vibes for him.

I spent another day helping with the PTA. It was nice but I'm ready to stay home for once LOL. The kids are so cute though. Okay well I guess I will see you tomorrow...Day Number 2.

Dec 1st Starts the Countdown To Christmas

2004-12-01T16:11:00.000-05:00

Well Today is the Start of the Countdown. So I thought I would show off our new advent calender each day. Jeremiah opened box number 1 this morning. He is so excited cause he said "I understand when it gets to 24 that means it's Christmas."

Okay I edited this because I made a mistake and deleted the photo. LOL Now I know better. :)

Just an average day

2004-11-29T22:14:00.000-05:00

Today was just a normal day. Nothing really special to talk about. I helped out with j's school PTA. They do a Santa's workshop. It's a nice way for kids to be able to buy their parents and others small gifts for Christmas. j got to shop today so that was extra nice to be there when he came in. I'm helping every day this week. I enjoy the kids. It makes for fast days too. Tonite I watched some TV and just put a few stitches into the Merry Christmas Sampler. They had another hour of Home Makeover with the little boy from Sunday. So I cried another hour. I'm so glad we don't have to worry about j breaking like that little boy. Another example that life could be so much worse. I gave j a big hug and just squeezed him. Right now I feel like the luckiest person alive. I've been giving a fantastic hubby and son and family. I love everyone dearly. I've had so many great things happen in my life that I can never say Thank you enough.

Well Sorry to get so sappy on ya but I have been in that kinda mood lately.

My house is all decorated

2004-11-28T21:38:00.000-05:00

Saturday Fred woke up and went down to my grandfather's to help around the house. So j and I spent a nice day together. We put together his advent calendar. It's a new one from Playmobile so it's kinda like a Lego thing for those who don't know. There is a little box that holds the item for that day and it goes on a nice back board. Then each day you find the box and open it and add it to this little house playset. We are looking forward to it. The best thing is we are making it a new tradition so hopefully we will do this every year. Then Fred got back home and we ran over to mom's. It's was Fred's first time to see the new TV. He of course took over the remote LOL. Then mom kidnapped j again. Fred and I had a nice night together just hanging out.

Sunday we went back over to mom's. Then we all ran to storage to pick up a few things including our Christmas tree and decorations. We all came home and put up or tree and decorations. I love them. I'm really in the mood for Christmas this year. I can't wait. So it's nice to have the scenery to get us really in the mood. Then since it's Sunday Extreme Home Makeover was on. Wow what a wonderful show tonite was. The little boy reminded me so much of j. At least j doesn't break like he does. That would make life so much more difficult. Watching the little boy scoot on his knees though sure reminded me of j. I just keep telling myself life could be so much worse.

This week I'm volunteering at j's school. They are having a Santa's Workshop. Basically a place where the kids can buy things for their parents for Christmas. It's fun and the kids are adorable to watch. Most of them run in and buy something for themselves instead. But then you have the few that want to get for everyone else before they buy for themselves. I enjoy helping out.

Stitching Wise I've been working on the Merry Christmas Sampler. I will post a picture of what I have done so far. I told Fred I would love to have it finished by Christmas but WOW I look at it and I have lots and lots to do.

Here is the pic

So far so good. This week I really won't have much time to work on it but I guess we will see. It's fun at least.

Well Nighty Night

National Shopping Day

2004-11-26T22:22:00.000-05:00

So I stayed home. I'm not going out with all those crazy people. I even stayed in my pj's so it was just a LAZY day. After we ate breakfast though I realized I was majorly bored. Now I get this way when I have hundreds of things I could be doing but nothing seems fun. So I pouted and whined. Fred told me to settle down and stitch. But of course nothing I had looked fun. So I started something new. But in my own defense it's Christmasy and I really want a nice Christmas piece for my home.

Here it is

Yeah I'm nuts. Someone brought it up in a RR group I'm in. So I joined it right away cause I thought it was so cute. They don't want to start it till April and it's been calling me every since I seen it. So I rounded the stuff up which I had everything needed. So I sit down and finally was happy. j played playstation and played with his toys. Tomorrow Fred is going down to my grandfathers to help him with some chores. So j and I will probably be lazy tomorrow too LOL. We are putting his new lego advent calendar together. It will be nice to do together. Then when Fred comes home he will run and get the Christmas tree and we will put decorations up on Sunday. I'm glad. I want some pretty's. :)

Well I think I'm going to bed now. Hope everyone who went shopping today had fun and spent some money for me.