Noel

I was a lucky winner in Mylene's blogoversary and look what she sent me. The stitching and finishing is perfectly done. I LOVE IT ! Thanks Mylene.

4 Seasons

It seemed to take me forever to do this little Winter pillow, thanks to the Angry Birds :)


It's a freebie from The Stitcherhood It seems I didn't show you the Summer or

the Autumn one, at least not that I can find on my blog.

Here's all four together.

November Snow

Just popping in to let you know I'm still here and everything is okay. I still haven't gotten around to taking pictures of my stitching and there are a few, it will be soon.

This has been taking up all of my free and not so free time.


I decided I was going to get an iPad for my b-day/Christmas gift and why wait. At the same time I bought a red cover for it. Some of the apps from my iTouch work on my iPad, so that was a bonus, I didn't know they would. One being "Angry Birds" If you have not heard of this game and have an iTouch/phone/pad it is well worth getting. Of course it is much nicer on the iPad (bigger screen).

Now, on to my title for this post. I have lived in Vancouver all my life and I don't ever remember it snowing in November. And this is the 2nd time we've had snow. The first was not so bad. This time there is enough to last the rest of winter,(when it officially gets here). My brother came over this morning and took me shopping. We went to Costco and this is the first time I have seen it so empty, especially before the holidays. Then we went to Save-On-Foods and they were not so busy as well. Even with his SUV in 4 wheel drive, he was slipping around. We are expecting to get rain in the next few days and it has warmed up, but there is so much snow it will be slushy.

I'm off to see if I can get some stitching in before supper, that is if the Angry Birds don't follow me :)

Happy Halloween

Wishing everyone a happy and safe day !

A Small Finish and A Contribution

Cathey at Pumpkin Patch & Co. had her 2nd annual Pumpkin Day celebration on Oct. 21st. She designed a cute little memento for the day which I had to quickly stitch up. It is so cute and goes well with the one from last year.

I stitched this with her recommended DMC on 28ct white evenweave. I put the year on the back as I'm hoping there will be more in future years to come :)

I took part in Cathey's Pumpkin Patch & Co. Breast Fund which she started this year. I stitched this ornament and was really pleased with how it turned out. Believe me it was hard to part with, but an enjoyable stitch so I will do it again in red for myself.

(Click picture for better view)

LHN Ornaments

Here are the ornaments I have been working on. They are all LHN, I used fibers called for and pretty sure I did the same for fabric.

I'm feeling so much better that I decided to take Tiger to Trout Lake today. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot she started whining that she wanted out, then when she did get of the car she took off and was so happy. It's a beautiful day, sun shinning clear skies a little on the cool side, but very nice. As you can see in my header picture (taken today) the trees are just starting to change color.

Some Stitching

First of all, thank you for the well wishes. It really means a lot to me. I'm still in some pain, but it's not as bad.

Joy to The World

Newsletter Complimentary Pattern

The Gift of Stitching

28 ct. white with DMC

Simple Joys Simple Life

LHN

28 ct. cream (?)

I have many more to show, but don't like the way the pictures turned out, so will try again later.

I'm Home !

Safe and Sound ! I had my surgery last Tuesday as scheduled, took longer than thought. Couple of glitches, such as my heart stopping. My doctor says it is a known fact that when they touch the insides of someone they "faint", they got me back to a normal blood pressure and heart beat, tried again and all went well. It looks like I had a polyp (or 2) and everything was growing around it. I'm told all looked okay, still have to wait for the pathologists report, but I have a good feeling this is all it was.

The nurses were nice. The food was so so, the sorbert, jello and pudding were good, as were the oatmeal, soups and hard boiled egg. The roast beef with gravy on bread and chicken stew were something else :(

I thought of my Dad more than usual this week and how he endured his many many stays in hospital and without a doubt he pulled me through mine.

Thanks Dad, you are forever in my heart and always on my mind.

Whatever

I really wanted to show you my stitching that I have been doing. I have a number of different finishes, from LHN Simple Joys and a couple of her ornaments to Blackbird Designs Small Token and Bird in Hand, with small freebies thrown in to whatever, no really Whatever by LK. I plan on finishing this one as a small pillow and placing it on my couch where I can look at it while I watch TV and stitch. It's exactly how I feel in my life now.

Last Oct. I had a pelvic ultra sound done with a lab note to have a follow up one in 3-4 months.
That was done at the end of January and it's been one doctor visit after another since then. What should have been a simple office procedure has resulted in me having to go for surgery. Oh and it's the second surgery. Last June 10 I had day surgery (laparoscopy and D&C ), which was not successful, so this has resulted in me going for a complete hysterectomy the "old-fashioned" way. Tomorrow Sept. 21st is the day and I get to stay in for a couple of nights. which I DO NOT fancy doing. So, if you can please send some good thoughts my way, I would really appreciate it.

Not sure if I will be able to use the stairs when I get home, so may end up sleeping downstairs in the guest room. Since my computer is upstairs, it may be next week before I can blog.

Oh and why is it I can't show you my stitching, with all this on my mind and other issues, I just have not been in the frame of mind to take pictures, in fact I havn't been doing much other then stitching, eating, playing games and more eating.

Well it's now 10:30 and since I have to be at the hospital 6:30 in the morning which means being ready to go by 5:45 I better get to bed. What I would really like to know is why I spent two hours at pre-admin last week and still need to be at the hospital so early when surgery is at 8:00 a.m.

WHATEVER !!




PS: some weeks ago I was gong to post a video, but delted it. how do I get rid of that little box saying it was deleted ?

Alphabet Tree

Blue Ribbon Designs (Free pattern)

16 ct. Cream Adia

Haystack, Red Delicious from The Gentle Art Autumn

package (not sold separately) and DMC801

Leaf on back is from the Reader's Digest Big Book of

Cross-Stitch Designs

This was my first pillow finish, I won't be doing another any time soon. :)

Life Unexpected

Ever hear of a TV show called Life Unexpected ? I hadn't till today. They are in their second season and were filming at Trout Lake. I did take many more pictures, but they didn't turn out.

They had a playground set up with kids for the background, but the actual scene they were filming was hard to see.

The weather is gorgeous, not as hot as it has been, which is nice. I need to get out and sit in it more, as it makes me feel so much better, even if it won't cure any of my problems.

I haven't been blogging much, but have been reading your blogs and leaving comments. It's not that I don't have any stitching to show, as I do and lots of it. I'll try and get some picutres taken and post them.

Happy Canada Day !

Party On !

Last night Tiger was laying on the floor, looking out the kitchen window and making that sound, should I bark or not .

The neighbors were hosting a party and I'm guessing did not know it :) There were so many more squirrels, but it was so hard to get a picture out the window or maybe they were camera shy. There is a black squirrel that goes up and down our lane on the wires and plays catch me if you can games with Tiger. I'm sure he was there, but all the others were grey.

Small Finish

Tree of Life from Periphaeria Designs

32 ct. Flax Fields R&R

Silk floss by HDF

This little fob took 2 evenings to do, from start to complete finish. I've mis-placed the tag for the floss and can't remember the name. The front is a freebie and the little bird on the back is from the Blackbrid Designs Honeysuckle Manor book. The scissors are Elizabeth I from Klemscott Designs .

A Trio

Bluebird by Blackbird Designs

32 ct. Flax Fields R&R

Crushed Berry by Hand-Dyed Fibers

Spring by ??
28 ct. white Monaco

Pastel Rainbow by Hand-Dyed Fibers

Quaker Flower by The Workbaset
40 ct. Attic Lace Lakeside Linen

Caribbean Eve by Hand-dyed fibers

I'm a new fan of hand-dyed fibers in silk. My first stitch with them was the Quaker flower and I wasn't crazy about it. Could be that it was 1 over 2, but the end result is good. Next was spring, which if anyone could tell me where this free design is from I would appreciate it. Oh and I just stitched the word not the little flowers on it. My third was the Blackbird design and that convinced me. I have more different colors to try, will probably do some small little pillows.

I have a new picture in my header that I took at Trout lake last week. You really had to be there to see this, but believe me it was funny. Mother and her babies were swimming around and there was a big puppy there, and he went after them, she got her babies away and the next thing you know the father duck comes over and gives her heck, it was quite of the site, both were quacking and flapping their wings at each other. I'm guessing she won as he left and she continued her swim around with the babies.