Life With Jules, and other stuff

To all of my friends in the path of Sandy, (no, not this Sandy although she has been a bit of a “hurricane” lately) please seek shelter and stay safe! A lot has been happening in my life over the past couple weeks. I have accepted a new job and start on Nov 5th! I am still with the State and keep my benefits, however I will be receiving about $7,000 more in salary per year. I am beyond excited and a little sad. I am sad to leave all of my new friends at DOC. Although we will keep in touch and a few of us plan to still get together for card night. I am excited because it is a position working with veteran’s. This is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. And now for the WIPocalypse update! I worked on Coming Home for the Holidays in my SAL with Lana. I am sooo close on this one. I need to do the detail work and contact Dimensions for replacement floss.   I worked on Medallions :   I am not too happy about the new skein of floss (Aqua Clouds by Si...

Well, I spent most of last week and through the weekend on Butterfly Shamrocks Wreath . Remember this piece? Butterfly Shamrocks Wreath as of 3/7/12   Well, this is what is looked like when I took a picture Sunday afternoon:   I did a bit more stitching on it after taking the pic and plan to work on it a little more tonight. With persistence, I should have it done by the end of this week. I have stalled out on Medallions again. I am a little annoyed with how the color is on the new skein of floss. I know, and am sure, dye lot has something to do with it. I am going to try to use the 3rd skein I have when I finish the Wreath. Hopefully, by cutting it differently, I can get the effect I want. Otherwise, I need to purchase more floss and hope for the best. Last, but certainly not least, a very big WELCOME to my newest followers! I don’t say it often enough, but I am thankful to have you all perusing my blog from time to time.

Well, I managed to finish almost the entire Caroling Snowman design last night. I started the backstitching, which is all I have left. This is where I finally put it down: I will probably finish the backstitching today, so I am calling this my first finish of the year as well! Yay!!!! I spent a little time on Butterfly Shamrock Wreath on Sunday and this is where I left off: I reported for Jury Duty on Monday morning. We went through the orientation process. One panel was called (my name was not on that list). The next panel was called (again not me). Then around 10am, the Jury Room Supervisor announced that if you weren’t called for either panel or filled out the form you were excused for the year!!! Yay!!!!!!!! I was sooooo happy. Oh, when I went to Barnes & Noble Saturday evening to get my magazines, I also picked up this little fella: He was yummy! Until next time…

…is finished! Yay!!!! Here are some pictures: Cirque des Carreaux, P.1 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I am so glad to have this page done. I began working on it about a year ago. It should be completed by Summer 2011 and then I will have it professionally framed and shipped to my mother for Christmas this year. Now, I think I may spend the rest of the evening working on the Butterfly Shamrock Wreath   ...

(Warning: Picture Heavy) I will start with an update. I have (almost) completed part 5 of the HalloSAL, although I am counting it as complete. I just need to fill in the eyes on the pumpkins and for that I need to buy some petite seed beads. I tried without success to do the french knots. I just don't have the patience for them. Here is an updated picture: Yesterday morning I awoke thinking that I would spend the day working on the Butterfly and Shamrock Wreath . Well, my wee little mind started spinning and I remembered another design that I picked up last year at The Black Sheep Shop in Orlando by DebBee's Designs . It's her Holiday Highlights St. Patrick's Day . So, around 10am I began stitching the design. I worked on it on and off all day and by 9pm here is where I was at: There was a new stitch in this design for me: the herringbone stitch. I think I am fairly comfortable with that one now, lol! This afternoon, I picked it up and finished it. I even finish-finish...

Well, the temps have been a bit more normal for us lately. Currently it is 70 degrees, but very windy. We did have 2 solid days of rain storms late last week. I spent most of the weekend working on Butterfly and Shamrock Wreath . Here is a progress picture: I have to say that it started to bore me a little, so yesterday I switched to Christmas stitching. I have one more card insert done for my mom. I will post pictures of them after I complete 3 more. My goal is to complete 4 of them this month since I wasn't able to do any in February. I am also posting my TUSAL update. Most of the clippings are from the Christmas Design SAL, Coming Home for the Holidays , and the Butterfly design. There are also some scraps in there as I cleaned out my floss a bit more this last month. Here are two pictures, one is in "auto setting" and the other is in "pop art 1 setting": I did add a "box" to the side bar (on the right) called "Giveaways". I plan to use ...