Life With Jules, and other stuff

This National Monument has been in the news quite a bit recently. Between the earthquake and the Irene, I believe it may have seen more action than General Washington himself! Well…maybe not, but it certainly has seen it’s fair share as of late.   I put the final stitches into this piece yesterday. Here is a picture of my version of Washington Monument :     and a photo I took while on a visit to DC in June 2009: I am toying with the idea of adding some iridescent metallic floss throughout the monument portion of this design to give it some shimmer. I am planning on framing it in a double frame alongside one of my favorite pictures from the October 2009 trip:     I am going to work on Woodrow Wilson this week, maybe a little bit on Week-end a Paris too. We’ll see how the week plays out. On the first weekend of each month, a fellow blogger, Lana , and I are doing a SAL on Coming Home for the Holidays . While I am much farther along on my piece than sh...

Yes, I finally have another Crazy Finish!!! I put the last stitch into Mabry Mill a few moments ago and took a picture: Looking to finish Halloween tomorrow. Today was a crazy day. Spent part of the morning at my grandma’s then went back a couple hours ago to find her nebulizer. It takes around 20 minutes to get to her house as she lives in the middle of nowhere, lol! But it’s all good. She’ll be 86 in October and not sure how many more years she’ll be with us so when she needs me, if I can, I am there! To all of my blogging friends who were affected by this afternoon’s earthquake, stay safe! Hopefully the aftershocks won’t be nearly as bad as the quake itself! Until next time…

Yes, I am pleased to say that I have put quite a few stitches into Mabry Mill this weekend. Here is where things stood last time you saw it: As of last Thursday: And as of today:         I should have it completely stitched tomorrow and am also hoping to finish Halloween . I am looking forward to the day when I am able to take a decent vacation through the Blue Ridge Mountains and actually stop at Mabry Mill. I have heard that it is really beautiful to see in person. Until next time…

I didn’t accomplish much more beyond the last update, but the face is almost complete: I am going to try to work on Mabry Mill a little this week. Just kinda vegging out trying to decide what to do with my life. Lost my job last Friday. No biggie – was kinda tired of the b.s. going on there and being called a liar. Dad has 4 treatments left. This week was a doozy for him. Took him to the hospital Monday morning to get him admitted for treatment. They processed him in and sent us to the surgery unit. We were confused so the admin rep verified that’s where we were to go. So, we went up to the 2nd floor surgery unit and was told he wasn’t on their list. We knew there was a mistake in admissions, lol! Soooo, dad waited there while one of the nurses waited on another person to get back to her with what to do. I went to take my Aunt to a doctor’s appointment. When I got back to the hospital, I was told by the nurse at the surgery desk he was admitted to a room. We also learned that the p...

I have spent the past week putting some stitches into Cream for Kitty . Here is where I left off the other day: I have more of the face filled in and will post another update in a few days.

Well, I am slowly getting back into my stitching projects. Still not completely feeling it, but I am forcing myself. Dealing with this depressive episode this summer has been a bear – and I mean A BEAR ! I haven’t been this low since my divorce in 1998. However, therapy every other week is helping in spite of the change in doctors. And I am going to church again (just wish there were some singles in my age group there, lol!). All in God’s time! Onto the stitching… I finally finished Lincoln’s roof and started on some of the tree to the top right.   I am so near completion of Washington’s Monument that I can almost taste it.       Last, but not least, I framed Try to Relax and gave it to a friend of mine the other day. He asked why and I said “I told you I was gonna do this!”. I think he appreciates it. It’s not the only piece I am giving him. He is a history buff like me and I figured he was the perfect person to give the Civil War piece I fi...