Life With Jules, and other stuff

I have been living in a small retirement community called Zephyrhills (FL) since June 2006. When I first arrived here I noticed that there were virtually no LNS’s near me. I have made mention before as to the lack of an LNS and having to drive more than an hour away to either Silk Road Needle Arts in St. Petersburg or Needle Craft World in Kissimmee, which I don’t mind, but today I decided to explore a local quilt supply shop in Dade City . Now, Dade City is about 10 minutes north of me and I am very familiar with the town since my dad grew up around this area. In 2006 I called and inquired about cross-stitch supplies and the response was they do not carry anything. Today I popped in and took a look at the fabrics they have. As I made my way through the shop I noticed a huge-ish selection of FLOSS!!! Yippee! This will save me a trip to the other stores and internet shopping for some items. They do carry Weeks Dye Works, Presencia, some DMC, EdMar (Iris, Lola, etc), and a few others. ...

I have not done any stitching to speak of in the past month and therefore I don't have any update for my TUSAL container. I am working on a giveaway piece (Sylvia, it will be mailed very soon!). Other than that, my stitching is taking a backseat to my Thesis writing. I have a bit more to go and really don't want to get too sidetracked from it at this point.  I did manage to visit a new-to-me stitchy store yesterday. My dad and I went to visit his aunt and uncle in Leesburg (FL). They are not too far down the road from Mt. Dora, so we stopped over at A Stitcher's Dream . It is a smaller store, fairly new compared to others I have been in, but lots of goodies to choose from. I picked up a few items: Thread Heaven 32ct Belfast in Millennium Blue (10 x 10.5 in) 14ct Aida in Light Blue (8 x 14 in) Mill Hill's Festival of Trees - Victorian Tree (MH16-0302) kitted Designs by Lisa's You Had me at "Meow" chart Beehive Needleworks Peacock Pin Pillow chart...

*Edited to add links to a couple of blogs listed below* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, today began with my cat, lovely cat that she is growing up to be (please note the sarcasm behind this), waking me up yet again before the sun came up. She does this by getting on my printer, pressing a button, and watching the paper come out as it tries to make copies of nothingness! I love her to pieces, but enough is enough!! LOL... Here are a couple of pictures of her. The first is from when she first came home with me last August. The second was taken last night as she was playing in my bookshelf. Ain't she a cutie patootie! To those of you who are anxiously awaiting your prizes, they were posted this morning and should arrive to you before March 1st. I say March 1st because a couple of them, albeit priority mail, are international and may take a couple of extra days. Please let me know when they arrive! And this afternoon my dad and I went on a little adventure looking for a couple of LNS's ...