Computers!!!!

I love my computer when it is working, but God how I hate it when it is not. For some strange reason all of a sudden I cannot access my e-mail. Nothing has changed but all of a sudden it will not work, I felt like throwing it out the window, but it is still a little cool at night to have an open window! So I have decided to vent on my blog instead. Does anyone have a telephone number for Rogers help for internet????
So if anyone is e-mailing me call instead I am off line for a while.
I am going off to stitch on Evangeline, one over one with a magnifying glass..... FUN!!!!
Our dear stitching sister L is still in hospital no answers yet. Please if you could say a prayer for her and her family it would be so appreciated. It is times like this that we appreciate what we have, our health, our family etc.

~Happiest when stitching~

My Day Off

Today was my day off from work, lucky me I get to work on Saturday this week. But today was a great day, the sun was shining not a cloud in the sky, it is getting a little warmer, for Canada for this time of year. The snow is melting, not fast enough but it is melting. Anyway hubby and I decided to visit his Mom and take her out for lunch. We had a lovely drive of about an hour with our Tim Horton coffee's and then we went for lunch. We spent the afternoon with his Mom and his sister and her husband and then we travelled home.
I went to a meeting with 2 friends, they had positives and I had a negative. But I will do better next week. Some weeks just are better than others.
I have spent an hour or so stitching on a special project and I feel better now. I did sleep in a bit this morning so I am not really tired right now, but I know I will be in the morning so I had better sign off and work on sleeping.
There will be time to stitch tomorrow.

~Happiest when stitching~

Evangeline

Here is my latest project, Evangeline, I am happy to say she is turning out to be fabulous! The graph was created in memory of hurricane Katrina. You can see the wind whipping her hair. The colours are really bright and I am quite pleased with her. I am stiching like crazy to complete her as I have many things to stitch in the coming year. Is this different than any other year? I think not. But I want to stitch something special for a special friend in memory of her dear departed Chas, so I have to complete Evangeline and get going on a Paris scene for her. That will be a very special project for both of us.
Have a great week everyone!

~Happiest when stitching~

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO

~Happiest when stitching & watching Canada kick butt~

The end of a great week

I must say I have had a great week of holidays. I started off by having a 4 day cross stitching retreat at Brentwood on the Beach with twenty other cross stitchers like myself. It was a wonderful week end. Then I came home to a relaxing week of doing what I wanted to do. I stitched, tried to organize my house a little bit, then I stitched. Well you know how it goes, I will be honest I did more stitching and watching the Olympics than anything else. My hubby was busy working, so I had time to stitch and that's just what I decided to do. I am afraid when Monday morning comes and the alarm goes off at 5:30 I will rely on my memories of my stitching to get me through my work week.
The week end looks good hubby and I are going out for dinner with friends and tomorrow the family is coming to watch the Canadians win the GOLD! I am making pulled pork for the first time. Hope it turns out. If anyone has any tips for cooking it let me know. Jayne do you have any tips????? Just kidding!
We have had a small snowfall just enough to brighten things up. I do love winter. Tucker (my Irish Setter) had a great time playing in it today, he looks so cute with a white nose and 4 white snowy feet!
Have a great week end everyone.

~Happiest when stitching~

Gold again for Canada!

It was a happy night tonight for us Canadians, our women's hockey team won gold 2-0 Sorry U.S.A. It was a great game and it was so nice to see so many patriotic Canadians. Wayne Gretsky and our Prime Minister Harper were there ti see the win. I did not see Keith Urban and his wife Nicole, they were there the other night but I didn't see them today. Maybe they were camera shy!
Tonight maybe we will win another medal with our ladies figure skating, and of course there is the men's hockey coming up too. So many things to watch, it is hard to get any stitching done.
Go Canada Go..............we are so proud!

~Happiest when stitching~

"Rain on me"

Hope is more than a word
It is a state of being
It is a firm belief that
even if you don't know how
even if you don't know when
God will come through and
better days are ahead
Life brings rain
Hope dances in the puddles
until the sun comes out again.

by Holly Gerth




~Happiest when stitching~

Brentwood by the Beach

I am home from a wonderful stitching retreat at Brentwood on the Beach, which is organized by The Thread & Eye stitching store in London, Ontario. I arrived at the resort on Thursday afternoon one day early. Some of us just had to get more stitching time. We were all happy to see each other again and to see what everyone was stitching on. There were some lovely projects. Some massive, some smaller but all were great.
We spent time stitching, swimming in a salt water pool and then some time in the hot tub. We would then quickly shower and then back to stitching. We were stayed up intil the wee hours of the morning and we were up early in the morning. We did not want to waste time sleeping. There was too much stitching to so.
My dear friend Irma arrived on Friday night, she had to work on Friday what a bummer. But when she arrived I had the wine nice and cold and we enjoyed the whole bottle and maybe a bit more. It was a great evening.
I am happy to say Evangeline now has a head of hair and her neck which is done on one over one thread is complete. Her face is not. My Lizzie Kate project is almost complete. I am happy with what is accomplished.
I am on holidays this week so hopefully I will get more stitching done. But I have some other things that need my attention so we will see what happens.
Today it is actually snowing in our neck of the woods, what a pleasant change, I love snow! We have had a very mild winter too bad Vancouver can't get some of this fluffy stuff!

~Happiest when stitching~

Olympic's in Vancouver 2010

Watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Vancouver B.C. Canada was a very moving experience. Everything was so beautiful, we Canadians have done a great job. I must say seeing all the prominent Canadians on such a special day was very exciting, Donald Sutherland, Anne Murray, Rick Hanson, Walter Gretsky (Walter had been in our store shopping for Olympic gear on the Tesday before, he is such a nice man) When they showed Wayne was going to be the person to light the cauldron well that was when I really started to cry. It was a very emotional experience.
It was so sad that we had such a bad accident at the trials before the games. Our prayers go out to the family of the young man from Georgia. God bless you.
Today my hubby and I are going to celebrate Valentine's Day and and of course I will do some stitching and watch the games. I am hoping my daughters will stop by for a visit.
Friday night my hubby and I went to friends for dinner and a hot tub party. We had such a good time. Sitting in the hot tub with the stars and a glass of wine and good friends is such a great thing, and then it got cloudy and started to snow. It was great!
Last night we went to friends to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Great food and great company and lots of wine. J it is going to be a lean week.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

~Happiest when stitching~

A Good Day!

Today was a very busy but productive day. Today at work the day flew by so many things to accomplish and of course there is just never enough time. Then I rushed home to see my hubby before he had to leave for work.
Then I met up with 2 friends for an hour or so, I am afraid that one of my friends did not have a very good day today, but I know this week is going to be much better for her. I am really happy with her decisions.
I only got about an hour of stitching in tonight and I should have been a sleep an hour ago, so I had better get off the computer right now.
One more sleep and the week end is here!!!!!

~Happiest when stitching~