Stitchy Update and more from the vain one!

I'm working every evening on LHN's Belle Pepper, so cute, don't really know how I want to finish it. I may try a stand up cube, I know Vonna has a great tutorial on cubes. I finished the cardinal from Button Up Birdies! I'm working on my 3rd birdie right now!

Plus I have major exciting news! My baby brother and his girlfriend are getting married! They set a date and it's Dec. 10, 2011! I am thrilled! So y'all will most likely be tired of hearing me talk about the wedding! lol Since I know Kelly reads my blog, I can't show pictures of their wedding sampler that I am working on! boo-hoo! It's gonna be awesome!

Jacob has been under the weather since Saturday with a stomach bug. He attended Taste of Dacula and came back home sick as a dog! Poor guy!

Hoping everyone has a great week! Don't forget that tomorrow night is Stitch-In at The Stitch Store! Wahoo!

Hugs!

DaisyGirl

Sunday Ramblings!

I'm very tired today! :( I thought I was on the mend, I must have done too much yesterday. Grocery store and the gym did me in! My husband John told me I wasn't ready yet, guess I should have listened to him! heheheheh

I won't tell him that he was right!

I've worked on LHN "Belle Pepper", I'm loving it so far. I'm getting ready to start the middle section, I'll post pictures tomorrow when I've got more completed.

Our spring weather here lately has got me wanting to paint the inside of our house. I'm so wanting to go to IKEA and check out that store. I'm hoping that maybe I can make the trip soon. I just know I need to get organized, yet I want our home to look cozy and lived in. Plus I'm wanting new leather furniture. We have burgundy leather furniture now, I'm hoping to get saddle tan next time. I want matching leather recliner's, so that I can put my feet up at the end of the day. Ahhhh! The thought of it!

Well, it's getting late and I need to get ready for work tomorrow. I go for my next RA treatment on Tuesday, I'm hoping they will not cancel it since I've been sick with pneumonia. Cross your fingers friends!

Hugs,

DaisyGirl

Feeling better! Thank goodness!

I started on LHN's Belle Pepper, it's gonna be really cute and I love the colors. I did change the linen color on this one. The picture on the pattern looks darker, but in real life the linen was very light. The Straw Bonnet color would not have even showed up on the linen that the pattern called for, so I just went with a darker linen.

My Saturday will be filled with grocery shopping and cleaning up the house :( I hate chores! Since I was under the weather, do you think any of those things got done? Nope! We women are so under appreciated! hahaha We are expected to hang tough, suck it up, keep moving until we drop!

I worked even with pneumonia, we had a county reviewer in the other day, and I was coughing and the lady wanted to know why I was at school once she found out I had pneumonia? I just told her that my manager thought I'd be ok to work and so here I was. So we will see if anything comes of it. It'd be different if I had no sick time to take, but I have over 22 days of sick time! It's just that if I take off, then the manager has to come out of her office and work!

Well, I guess I've rambled enough for now, I've gotta go to the grocery store! Ugh! I hate wasting my time at the store!

Hugs to all,

DaisyGirl

Back to the Drs. and Pneumonia on the menu!

Jeez, can't get better, went back to the Dr's. and know I have 2 shots plus 4 new meds to hopefully knock this out! Truthfully I do feel somewhat better Sunday. I got the shots on Saturday afternoon, Dr. Andrews did say I'd feel better quickly with these shots. I just know that we have people out all week and I really can't be out, even though I should take the time off.

Yesterday was our luncheon at the shop and everyone had a great time stitching and hanging out enjoying the company of friends.

I got my newest LHN pattern Belle Pepper and I will be starting that one this afternoon. It is so cute!

I taught a bunch of Girl Scouts last Monday night how to cross stitch and they were fun to be around. Had 15 little girls who were a joy to teach. I will be going back on the 21st and the 28th to help the girls finish their projects.

Hoping everyone out there in blog land is well and has a great weekend!

Hugs,

DaisyGirl

Bronchitis Stinks!

I'm worn out! I've been sick since Friday night and I even went to the doctor :( Have meds, but still feeling puny. Haven't taken a day off from work since we have had others out. I even cancelled stitch-in tonight at The Stitch Store. Sorry friends, but I want to be better for our Saturday luncheon!

I've not even been to the gym :(

Hope I feel better tomorrow!

Hugs,

DaisyGirl

Weekend is almost here!

I have been trying to keep up with my exercising everyday, which I am doing, so why is it that when I look in the mirror I still see a fat dumpy person? I know I can't afford lipo to get rid of the belly fab :( Geez! And I have lost some of my most prized possession, my breasts! I hate that they are deflated! Boohoo! I had wanted to lose the belly first dang it! Oh well, a person can't win! lol

My girlfriend Leila who passed away last week had a beautiful funeral service. Such a shame to die so young. 38 :( When someone close to you passes away, you start to realize just how short life is. Please take time for yourself and your family. Tell them everyday that you love them and do things to make YOU happy! That's what I'm gonna try to do from now on.

I'm working on alot of Button Up Birdies! I need to get one put together so y'all can see how great they look!

I finally get to go back to my normal work hours at school. I've been going in at 7:30am to 2:30 pm, and now since Miss Jeanette and Doreen are finally back from their knee surgeries, I'm back to 9:30 to 2pm. I will miss the extra money :( But I'll get to sleep in again! :)

Well, it's close to 11pm and I need to hit the sack!

Hugs to all my friends!

DaisyGirl

More Baby pictures!

Friday night was spent over at Tiffany's when John fixed a broken outlet in their bathroom. So that gave me time to hold Reagan again! She is so sweet, and sleeps all the time! Give her another couple of weeks and she will start being more awake!

Worked Saturday at The Stitch Store, I encouraged 2 more people to sign up and do The Button Up Birdies from The Victoria Sampler! I just love Cathy Jean Designs! So cute and they are gonna look awesome this coming Christmas on the tree!

The weather says we might have bad weather again this week? I don't think so! I'll be surprised if we do! It's been nice today, not sunny, but not raining either!

I'll have a new cross stitch pic for you tomorrow!

Hugs,

DaisyGirl

Finally got to hold Reagan!

Look at me! I got to get my baby fix for the day! lol Went over to see my niece Tiffany and to love on my great niece Reagan :) She is so sweet and tiny! She weighs 5lbs and 3oz now! 18.5" long. She drinks this special preemie formula, I got to feed her today. Tiffany got up and started doing some chores that needed done since I was there to hold the squeaker!

I am back to school tomorrow! Boo-hoo! I really liked having all this extra time off! At least we only have a 4 day week!

I started another ornament last night, plus I'm working on a wedding sampler for my brother and soon to be sister in law! No wedding date yet, but since this is a pretty big piece, I figured I better get started!

See ya tomorrow!

DaisyGirl

New Finish

Here's my first ornament finished for 2011! Wahoo! This is from the 2010 Just CrossStitch Ornament issue. It was a really fast piece to do! I'm loving these little birds from The Victoria Sampler.

Thank you for your prayers and concerns over my neighbors. The are fine, have found themselves another temporary home to live in. Their landlord is rebuilding the home that burned down, he has told them that they can move back when the house is rebuilt. That's a really nice landlord in my book. Karen's work has donated furniture and money to help them get back on their feet.

Our snow is melting away and we go back to school on Tuesday! I still can't believe we had a whole week off due to the snow and ice! Yikes! It's on January friends! I am feeling alittle tired today! I'm very stiff today and can't stay warm! I hate that feeling!

Hugs till I see you again!

DaisyGirl

Pray for my neighbors please!

My next door neighbor's house burned down this morning! Friends, let me tell you that is the scariest thing and I have to vent big time! When did it become a burden to help out your neighbor? At 5:30am this morning, I had huddled in my house 11 devastated friends whom I've known for 5 years. No one else even opened their doors to check to see what was going on! And please don't tell me you didn't see the blazing house on fire or you didn't hear the sirens? And instead of coming down the road to gawk, how about offering to help out your fellow man? Lord, please forgive us as we've become so uncaring and indifferent to each other.

Thank the one neighbor who graciously gave money when I know they don't have it to give, and thank you for protecting my friends. They had no insurance as renters, they lost 2 cars in the fire also. Red Cross put them up in a hotel for tonight, I've offered my home to them if they need a place to stay.

Bless the ones who lost everything in the house fire, welcome into your arms the pets that did not make it out and bless my son Jason who is so distraught over the fact that his best friends are gone, he loves that family like his own and I know he wants all of them to move in with us. Help me Lord to help him get over this tough time.

Amen!

We are watching their two dogs tonight, a Boxer/Pitbull mix and a Siberian Husky. They are camped out on my back porch tonight. Snuggle close together pups, it will be cold tonight. I've fixed up a area on my enclosed back porch for them with lots of blankets and pillows.

I'm very tired tonight as I'm sure Karen and her family are exhausted too, we tried to salvage some pictures and afew clothes from the house after the fireman gave us the go ahead to go back inside. (We were told we shouldn't go in, but since we are covered in snow and ice, the rain /sleet tonight would ruin the only room left in the house that had a few things we could try to save.)

Goodnight friends!

DaisyGirl

Look at our Snow!

Georgia has snow again! Wahoo! We got a snow day, and they have closed school for tomorrow!

I was only out in it for a very short time! Too cold! lol

I've been toasty warm in the house by the fire and I have been working on a new cross stitch!

John is sick, took him to the doctor on Sunday and I know he is miserable, just hope I don't catch it!

This is what I made for my niece for Reagan! We had her baby shower this past Saturday and Tiffany got so much stuff for the baby! Reagan is still in the NICU so we are hoping to have her home by Feb.

See ya later!

DaisyGirl