A Good Day!

Well my day started off with a phone call from my dear friend T, her husband C had a better night last night. Thank goodness. I think tonight if she turns down the monitor a bit she will have a better sleep. Tomorrow I am taking her some corn chowder and I know that will make her smile.
I spent the late morning and afternoon at Henley's Landing with J and M completing my ornaments for my grandchildren and for my little ones out of town. We had a great time, as usual I lost a few things and found a few things. My friend J had a bad day with a project that apparently did not have dye fast thread. What a shame, but in the end it was framed is up for Christmas. She will not be buying from that company again!
Tomorrow I am making fudge and going out for lunch with my hubby. With any luck some stitching. Yes I have a NASCAR to finish before Christmas and then I am done!!!!!!




~Happiest when stitching~

How many days before Christmas?

Ok, you know what? I don't want to know, every year it seems to get worse, I just have so much to do and no time to do it. Steve and I went shopping today, we did find a few things but the stores were hot, people were rude and there seems to be no Christmas spirit.
It does not help that I have a dear friend that is very ill and it has pretty much put a damper on the holiday season for me. I am trying to cope with it, but it is hard.
I am going to write my Christmas cards tonight, it should have been done Friday evening but it did not happen. Tomorrow I am hoping to finish my ornaments with my good friend Jayne's help. Hopefully Tuesday I will get my wrapping done. Thursday I am going to pick up my Mom and bring here here for the holidays. That is when my Christmas begins.
I am glad to see that our freezing rain warning has been cancelled, and so far there is no snow. It seems it is all around us, but not here. Maybe next week just in time for Christmas!
Enjoy your week everyone, maybe get a little sleep!



~Happiest when stitching~

Wednesday night at Henley's Landing

A few of us gathered at Jayne's last night to madly stitch and try to finish some of our projects for Christmas. We had our first snow and the wind was literaly howling.
We all had a few stories about our husbands. It must be the time of year we are all stressed and of course I was upset because Steve had lost my "friggen" book! He called half way through the meeting to say he had found the "friggin" book. Good thing for him! Lets just leave it at that.
Monday I am meeting up with Jayne to finish my ornaments, that will be a load off my mind. I am going to my Mom's on Thursday and I will be able to drop them off on my way.
One more day of work tomorrow and I will be off for a week. It is the first time in 25 years I have had a week off in December and boy do I have a lot to accomplish. Friday night is time to write my Christmas cards and the list goes on............



~Happiest when stitching~

Cross Stitching Sisters Christmas 2009

I am just getting time for my blog now. I have to say that our annual Cross Stitching Sisters Christmas was the best ever! Jayne you are the best hostess ever, even though your knees were killing you and you were in a lot of pain you chose to ignore it and kept that happy smile on your face all night.
The gift to all of us of a goblet from Marjorie's window is such a gift to all of us. We all learned a lot from that lady and she will always stay in our hearts. Forever. Having Christmas dinner at her table, I know she was smiling down on us for sure.
The food was delicious and the desserts well, lets just say it is not going to be pretty at weigh in this week!
For me personally having Trish with us was special, with all her concerns with Chas being ill. It was so good to see her enjoying herself for a little while.
It was also a nice surprise that Irma was able to bring Audrey to our Christmas part and she got to meet the rest of the group. She is such a sweetheart, a very special lady.
And last but not least the presents WOW are we good, every ornament was superb! I can hardly wait until next year. I wonder what 2010 will bring to us all............ stay tuned, the best is yet to come.


~Happiest when stitching~

A certain sister is awesome!

A certain sister, named Jayne, what can I say. She is truly one in a million. Yesterday she delivered to my door the most beautiful smocked dress for my grandaughter Mackenzie's 5th birthday. I had completed the smocking a couple of weeks ago and I had asked her if she would sew the dress together for me. I had tears in my eyes when it arrived. I tried to hide them, I don't know if I succeded or not. Jayne thank you so very much, I delivered the dress today to Mackenzie. She tried it on, it fits perfectly and she looks adorable in it. Pictures were taken and I will post them on my blog as soon as I can.

Tomorrow is our cross stitch Christmas party at Henley's Landing, I am off to make scalloped potatoes for the event. My present is complete all I have to do is wrap it and write out my Christmas cards. That will take a while, our numbers have increased this year!

I love Christmas!

~Happiest when stitching~

Thursday night

Hi everyone, sorry I have been away from my blog. I have had a lot going on and I am afraid not a lot of stitching. I have been very busy at work. My dear friend Trish has an ill husband who is in hospital right now. And my daughter is shopping her heart out in the great U.S.A. So her two little rugrats have been staying with us while their Daddy works. We have had a lot of fun with them, but boy are we tired. They will be going home tomorrow night.

I will be stitching all evening tomorrow, I have to make up time, Christmas is coming soon. So much to do and as usual so little time!

My friend Jayne has just framed her Harem it looks wonderful! T's unicorn is great we saw the finished profuct last night! What a talented group we are.

Hope everyone has a great week end!

~Happiest when stitching~

Good morning everyone!

Well today did not start off so well I had terrible cramping in my leg and I had very little sleep. I decided to stay home from work and give it a rest.

Last night was better we all gathered at Jayne's for a night of stitching. Jayne has completed The Harem, it is absolutely wonderful! The rest of us are working on our Wednesday projects. My Evangaline is underway and T with her moose, P with her heron, (the branch is great) TL is getting her wolves underway and TM would have completed her snowmen but she forgot her outline thread at home. We broke up early as some us have early morning start times. We all would like to stay later, maybe when we retire.

No more stitching for me this wee end I am getting ready for my Creative Memories Christmas Open House! I will be a little busy!!!!!!


~Happiest when stitching~

Back from Niagara Falls

A fun time was had by Steve and Kerry in Niagara Falls, we set off Friday afyernoon. It was a glorious sunny and warm day and the drive down to the falls was great. So nice to be away fro a few days. We stayed at a lovely hotel overlooking the falls and our friends Debbie and Chan met us and stayed over. We went out for dinner and gambled our 20.00 at the casino and left. No we did not win. Saturday morning they left and I went off to class. Yes I was there for a convention so I did have to attend class on Saturday and Sunday morning. But that was ok, the rest of the time was for fun.

Saturday night we had a great buffet in the Grand Ballroom and there were many prizes given away, no Steve and I came home with NOTHING! Everyone else at our table won, but not us. What a bummer.

We arrived home around 3:00 and I stitced for a little whle on a Christmas ornament, but I was so tired I really coundn't concentrate so I put it away and just watched a little telly with Steve and it was an early night.

This week Maddison and Chloe are staying with me for a couple of days and I have my Creative Memorie's open house on Friday and Saturday so I will be a busy lady this week.
I hope to have some time to stitch but it does not look good right now.

Pray for me........

~Happiest when stitching~

November 9, 2009

Hope everyone had a great week end. I sure did. We had Steve's Mom and his sister and her husband for the day on Saturday and for dinner. It was a very nice visit and the weather was beautiful, warm enough that we could all sit outside in the afternoon. Imagine November and we did not need a coat.

Sunday I was off to church in the morning. It was our Remberance Day service, very emotional for us this year. It is the first year without Steve's Dad being with us. We miss him a lot. He was a WW2 vet and he always carried the flag into the church with the other vets. We were always so very proud of him.

When I got home from church I planted myself on the deck with my stitching. I am working on Evangeline, she is coming along quite well. Then around 4:00 it was time to get dinner ready for my stitching sister Trish and her husband Chas. They arrived about 5:00 and Steve made BBQ chicken on the BBQ it was delicious.

Today November 9, 2009 is my good friend Debra's birthday. We have been friends since grade 1. Hope you had a great day and I look forward to seeing you on Friday.

Hope everyone has a great week.
~Happiest when stitching~

Wednesday night at Jayne's

It is my favourite day of the week, Wednesday. This is the day The Stutching Sisters all gather at Jayne's for a night of stitching and discussions on all the world issues. Last week it was H1N1. Who know what tonight will bring.

I had a call this week from a lovely lady in Sarnia that I met in London at The Thread and Eye. She is looking for the chart for Kindred Spirits. Apparantly it has been discontinued, so this week end I will be digging through my stash to find my chart. Wish me luck.

Today has been a really glum, rainy day. I hate rainy days I always feel that something bad always happens when it rains and true to form I received a phone call from my dear cousin in Petrolia and it seems her daughter was in a bad car accident in Toronto. She is going to be ok, but it was a big scare for her family. You just never know, do you?

My sweet husband has made dinner tonight, so off I go to see what he has created.

One more thing my ornament for the Christmas exchange is stitched, now Jayne just has to help me put it together...............Please?????


~Happiest when stitching~