Life With Jules, and other stuff

I have been stitching on an ornament on-and-off all weekend and I am almost finished with the stitching portion of it. I will post a picture later in the week. Speaking of the upcoming week, my work hours have changed. I am now working Mon-Thu 7:30am to 6pm. This gives me an extra day to stitch on the weekends, YIPPEE!!!   Of course, this is only temporary until I am either transferred or get my own vehicle. Not going to say much more on that subject. Have a great week!!!

No, I haven’t gone shopping again, lol! I received my winnings from Vickie : Now I have to go through and measure all of the pieces and figure out what I am going to use them for, hehe. Thank you so very much!!! And, I finally got the package sent out to Ellen this morning. Things have been so crazy at work that it took a little longer than expected. One of my cousins called me at 5:30 am Thursday. She was on her way to Gainesville for her dad’s surgery. Not the reason she called me though (and lucky for her my alarm already went off). She asked me to do her engagement and wedding photos. So, on April 6th I will be attending her wedding as the official photographer. She’s lucky I don’t charge family! I am happy for her. She deserves a happy ending for a change. Funny thing is, after hanging up I laid back and thought “I want a boyfriend”. Won’t go into details so as not to bore you all. Oh, and my uncle’s surgery went well and he is recovering. Working on an ornie this weekend an

Well, I went to Mt. Dora over the weekend to one of my LNS’s – A Stitcher’s Dream. Part of the reason for going was to finish putting together the giveaway package for Miss Ellen ! Rest assured, the package will be on the way to her this week. Another reason for making that almost 2 hour drive north was to visit my Aunt who has been in the hospital fighting off an infection in her leg; well, partial leg. She lost part of her right leg a few years ago and recently developed an infection around the area where the prosthetic attaches to. She’s doing quite well and enjoyed a little bit of peace, I am sure! I also made the trek north to pick up a darker fabric so that I could restart this piece: Remember it from last year? That is where I left off in February (I keep wanting to type “fevrier”, lol, so if you see a “v” where there should be a “b” please forgive. That French is sneaking out on me. Anyhoos, here is where I am currently on Medallions : Medallions Rosewood Manor by

Well, I am off to a slow start on this Challenge. I did manage to put in quite a bit more on Woodrow Wilson’s Birthplace over the New Year Weekend. I have a little bit more to do in the grassy area on the lower right, the signature portion between the red and blue at the bottom, and I have to purchase another skein of floss to finish off the bottom center (where the white areas are). I also started an ornament. This one is from the JCS 2009 Ornament Issue : “Hope” by Imaginating, Inc. This afternoon, I plan to put some quality time in on Coming Home for the Holidays , or CH4TH ~ the SAL I have been working on with Lana over at A Joyful Stitcher . You should check out her blog if you haven’t already! This is where I left off last month:     Yes, the horse is still headless, but I will fix that this afternoon, lol!   ~~~Until next time~~~

Well, Wilson and I spent quite a bit of time together this weekend (mainly on Saturday). However, I did not complete him. I finally had to set him aside around 10:30 or 11pm as my eyes were just not focusing anymore. I even tried remarking my working copy with a darker color to follow where I am without success. Here is where we ended 2011: I am working on him today and now know that either way, I would not have finished him before the end of the year. That is, unless there was a Michael’s or Joann’s nearby that was still open that late, lol! You see, I ran out of one of the colors. D’oh! So he will have to be a 2012 finish and you know I am fine with that. I did start working on one of the ornaments yesterday. I am only going to show pics of those when they are completely finished. No, not to be picture greedy, but because they are small and I don’t want to bore you to death. The one I started is “Hope” by Imaginating, Inc. from the 2009 JCS Ornament Issue for my youngest grand-

And the New Year giveaway winner is: Ellen (at cross stitch passion )!!!!!!!!!! Here’s what she wrote: Ellen said... What a fun way to start a new year! Love to join this giveaway, thank you for the chance. My favorite designers are BBD, PS, LHN, LK. I love overdyed threads and stitch mainly on linen (32ct and above).I am a coffee addict and love any dark chocolate. Merry Christmas to you! Hugs, December 20, 2011 8:01 PM I used the True Random Generator at Random.org to pick the winner. I had 13 entries and the generator picked #8. The winner has been notified by email. Again, Congratulations Ellen!!!