No Pictures, Just a Post

I hadn't looked at my blog lately and didn't realize it has been almost 2 weeks since my last posting. Since my last post, I have finished Prairie Schooler N is for Nest and ready to start O is for Owl in the rotation. Next in line though is Yellow House Sampler that I believe is by Praiseworthy. But as I'm setting out on the deck enjoying the weather, I'm not for sure. I'll have to correct myself later if it's wrong because I don't want to go look. I did get it started just a little and will get a picture posted soon. I've making a little more headway on Quaker Christmas.
We finally got our gazebo with the screens on the sides so now I have been setting outside enjoying it. I took Quaker Christmas out last night and set and stitched until it was too dark to see. Today, for the 1st time since the weather turned warm,I took my stitching to work with me and during lunch I went to the park and stitched thru my lunch hour. I decided to stitch on Summer Blue since I'm not making much progress on it, because it has been my Thurs. night stitching piece. So I got a little more done in that hour. After work it was fast food for Steve and I and the he went to work and I went to my stitching group.
Sunday, we went to our youngest daughter and son in laws. She had a box full of daffodils that she had dug up from someone that was getting rid of a large flower bed, so she dug me a bunch too. I'm not sure I can find room for all of them but I will try because they will be so pretty next spring.
I can't wait until tomorrow. Then it's a 3 day weekend. Steve will have to work, as the job he has requires him to work all holidays. While the plant is shutdown for any holiday, he is one of the guys that go in and work on any equipment that needs work that can't be done during production. Next weekend will be our weekend to go camping for the 1st time this year.
This weekend since he will be working, my goal is to finish planting flowers, transplant some and the put mulch down. Then I want to shampoo the carpet in the camper, and get it ready for next weekend.
Our oldest daughter and son in law left for Mexico Tuesday so we are babysitting their dog and cat until next Wed. They have a cat named Cabo and a dashund in a beagle suit puppy named Cloe. She is the same age as Emmie, so they love to get together and play. She is so funny. She really does look like a dashund in a beagle suit. She is built exactly like a dashund but has the coat of a beagle. And occasionally gives out that beagle howl.
Well, I think that's it for tonight. Hopefully I can post some new pics this weekend.
Happy Stitching
Deana

Flowers, trees, grass....Allergies!!!!

May has finally come. I love the flowers,the trees have leaves ,birds are singing, and my allergies have gone crazy. My nose is running, eyes itching, coughing, I feel like I can't take a deep breath and I have no energy. Oh, and my ears and throat are itchy. Other than that, I think every thing else is just fine. I have had the windows open to breath the fresh air and hear the birds singing after being cooped up all winter and have been miserable for the last week. The house is now closed back up with the air conditioner on. Not how I would like it but I am feeling alot better today.
Last Friday I thought it was a cold but have now decided it isn't. Yesterday was the worst, I could hardly make it thur work. When I got home I hit the couch for the night.
I haven't stitched much this week, I have an updated picture of Houses of Hawk Run Hollow, house #6.

Sunday is when I usually get most of my stitching done, but this last Sunday I just couldn't get motivated. I was going to start one of my new rotation pieces, Yellow House Sampler, but after trying to get things pulled together, I didn't have a scroll rod set or Q snap to put it on. I have it stitched onto the scroll rods, I just don't have the end bars for it. So I need to have Steve make me a couple. He has done that before, using the orginal end bars as the pattern. A trip to the hardware store for wing nuts and I'm good to go.
I ran by the greenhouse tonight and picked up some perrinals for one of the flower beds. I hope I can get them planted over the weekend.
Here's a simple flower picture from one of my magnolias.

Their pretty much gone now and the bushes have leaved out.
That all for now. I think I'll go stitch on Houses again for tonight.
Happy Stitching,
Deana

Just some quick posting to update this weeks happenings.
Last night we got about 3" of rain (so I hear).Lots of flash flooding this morning. A whole list of road closings on the radio this morning as I was getting ready for work. Since I'm not quite 3 miles from work I don't have to deal with any of them. But I did get a surprise when I got home from work tonight.
The basement leaked in the family room. Steve came in from work this morning and found it. He spent a good amount of time this morning moving furniture and wet vacing the carpet. Then after he left tonight I put in an hour with it.
We have a dehumidifier and fans blowing on it now. Hopefully we can get it dried out quickly. Everything from one side of the basement is now piled up on the other side.
It has the dogs total confused.
The weather channels are calling for rain off and on for the next several days, so I might as well leave everything where it is and keep the wet vac close by.

I don't have any new pics tonight. I have stitched the last couple of nights on The Prairie Schooler, N is For Nest. I don't have much more to do, but since it is one of my rotation pieces I keep by my chair in the basement, no stitching on it for a few nights. I think I'll go upstairs and stitch a little on Houses of Hawk Run Hollow or Quaker Christmas. I really need to be in my sewing room working on the organizing I have started. But that's no going to happen.

I think it's time for a soda, sofa and stitching.
That's it for now.
Deana

Sunny Saturday

It's a Sunny Sat. morning and the weather is great. I had planned on going to Columbia to look for my screen tent to put on the deck, but since the weather is so nice, I decided to stay home, work in the yard,(which I have already been doing today)and enjoy the outside. It may rain tomorrow, Monday and Tues. and I have a ton of work to do outside. This is just my few minutes to cool down and take a break.
I took another picture of Wayward Garden. The first one I took the other day was too blurry to post.

Here's a close up of the $2.00 frame I found at the flea market. A few dings but not really noticeable. I liked it.


I also took a pic of the Christmas House ornament I finished this week.



I emailed Steve the picture of his motorcycle from my last posting, to him at work the other night and he wanted to know if I could see the ghost rider. I didn't know what he was talking about. But after he showed it to me, it is pretty weird. That a look at the picture I have posted of his motorcycle and the round chrome thing just under the gas tank looks like a face looking at you. If you can click on the pic to enlarge it, you really can see it.

This will be a short post for now. I may be back later today with more.
Time to get busy outside again.

April 22.2009

This has been a beautiful spring day....Finally! The whole week is suppose to be like today. I love it! I worked outside tonight raking Sweet Gum pods up in the front yard. Cut 2 bushes down that I didn't like and picked up at wagon load of sticks. I still have 2 flower beds to clean out. The weather just hasn't been nice enough to work outside. It's either cold, wet, or windy.
April 12th was our 34th wedding anniversary and Steve said he was taking me to pick out a new patio set along with a screen tent for our deck that I have really been wanting. We found the patio set that I liked but have been having trouble getting the screen tent that I want. I found the one I really like at Menards but they had sold all they had in stock, even the display. They said we would have to check back. Well, when Steve called this week they had received 2 more in and they were sold. I'm going to do some more shopping around, and hopefully find one I like this weekend. I don't want the new furniture outside without the screen over it, so it's all setting in our living room.
Steve bought a motorcycle this last Friday. He had been wanting one for a good while and had been looking around and finally found one he liked. We went to pick it up a couple of hundred miles from home and hauled it back in the back of his truck. As luck would have it, it rained all day Sat. and Sunday so he couldn't do anything but unload it and put it in the garage. He rode it to work tonight for the first time, to show the guys at work.


Now for stitching.
I finished stitching my Christmas House ornament last night. It will go in the finishing pile. I started Quaker Christmas and have been stitching on it a little here and there.

I added some projects to my rotation. And have updated my list.
I also framed Wayward Garden from The Drawn Thread, that I finished stitching last year. I was in the right place at the right time for the frame. Steve and I stopped by a couple of antique/flea markets when we were shopping for the patio funiture, and I found this frame at one of the shops. I think it looks really pretty with the design, and the best part....it cost me $2.00. Actually cost me $1.00 because I found a dollar bill on the floor in one of the isles.
Well, after looking at the picture I took of Wayward Garden, I see it is way too blurry to post tonight. I will take another one in a day or two and post it then.
Here's a new pic of house #6 of Hawk Run Hollow. It's a little blurry too, or my eyes can't focus tonight. But you can still tell how far I am.

That's it for tonight. I will post a few more pics that I want to get in a few days.
Thanks for stopping by.
Deana

It's Been Awhile

It's been a while since I did any posting, but I do have some finishes. The last couple of weeks we have been busy and just can seem to find time for everything that I want or need to do. I did finish Carriage House Samplings,Fall Gifts. I also finished a small easter easel just in time for easter.


I also thought since my blog is new, I'd go ahead and post some pics of other Easter projects I'm stitched in the past few years.
Here's a bunny pillow I made a couple of years ago.

This is a farmer bunny that was my very first stand up. I took a finishing class. I don't really like making them, the bottoms are a little bit harder than I'd like, but I still make them occasionally.

And the last of my Easter pics. Another stand up.

Last but not least, I finished house #5 on Houses of Hawk Run Hollow.

I am now back stitching on the Christmas house ornament in my rotation. Still stitching on Summer Blue during our Thurs. night stitching group. And stitching house #6 when I'm upstairs in the livingroom. I couldn't wait any longer so I started Quaker Christmas from By Gone Stitches. I'm hoping to finish it for this Christmas, but not going to hold my breath.
Until next time....
Deana

My First Biscornu

I was so excited to get this finished to show off. It's my first biscornu and it was so easy to make. I was a little nerves about the assembly part but aside from just being slow stitching the edges together, it was very easy. I really want to start another one but I need to work on some other finishes first.

I stitched it on bone Jobelan, using Jenny Thompson flower thread.

Last weekend I decided to stitch upstairs in the livingroom on Fall Gifts from Carriage House Samplings. I have gotten to the point of just filling in the last 2 pumpkins, so I'm on a mission to get it done before moving onto Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. It's kind of boring just filling in the two pumpkins but I am so close to being done that I have stitched as much as I can. Hopefully in a couple of nights I will be able to post the pic of the finished piece.

Tomorrow is our weekly stitch night in Columbia and I haven't decided wither to take it along to work on or just take something small.

We have not been able to let Emmie go out on the deck because she is so small she goes thru the spindles of the rails and jumps off the deck. So last Sunday we bought some small wire and Steve stapled it around the inside of the deck. The weather has been nice enough this week to let all 3 of the girls out on the deck.
They love to lay out there when the sun is shining and Emmie has discovered the flower pots with nothing but dirt in them. They will have to be relocated for this summer or she will have everthing dug up.
Also here's a pic of Emmie and Molly playing in the livingroom.


That all for now. Sage is laying on our bed whining for me to come to bed. Boy, it's bad when the dogs tell you when it's bedtime.