Stash, stash and more stash!

A while ago Tama of StitchingDaze was bragging about her HEAD charts... of course I had to have a couple of them! She is getting brownie points and I've got some awesome boys:

The Druid

 

The Magi

and girls:

Lady Leprechaun

 

Midnight Secrets

All I want for Christmas

Now I have 41 HAED charts in my stash, some of them already kitted up and ready to stitch. If I could stitch just one a year, that's 41 years! My retirement is fully planned.

My 'no excuse November' is going well, so far I did not brake a rule and I wasn't excusing myself from anything. It really feels good. I hope it will turn to a habit.  

I was working a little on the Irish Prayer, not as much as I would like but some...

So long my friends,

Evalina

A whole week with no stitching...

Yep, I went to see a doctor because none of my home remedies worked on my thumb. He just did a couple of test and said: "Ma'am you have De Quervain's tenosynovitis"  (What an awful name, try to pronounce it with my Polish tongue!) and he said that I'll be all good in a couple of weeks.  For now I'm killing the pain with super strength Ibuprofen, I'm wearing a brace and can't stitch with that thing on.

But nothing will stop me from shopping! I always wanted to stitch the Moon Goddess so finally I bought it. I absolutely adore this design

and one of my stitching buddies introduced me to the Dukan Diet. Let me tell you, it's awesome! A little like the Atkins diet - has pure protein days in first phase (he calls it attack phase) that lasts anywhere from 2 to 10 days and the second phase contains proteins plus vegetables. My buddy lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks, I've lost 5 pounds in 3 days. But I love chocolate and chocolate is not on the list of allowable foods. I'm craving for chocolate.... so I bought a chart Chocolate, Chocolate and More Chocolate! I hope it will cure my cravings when I start to stitching it!

I was checking Julie's work and came across lovely design that she was working on (must have for me) "Shore Patrol"

It didn't took me long to find it! Now it is on the way to me and hopefully Canada Post will get back to work so I can receive my mail!

So long friends,

More stash on the way!

I have so much fun stitching my "E" is for Egg that I decided to purchase couple more of The Sweetheart Tree designs:

"B" is for Bunny

and Happy Easter

Aren't they lovely? I hope they will arrive soon (very soon!) so I can finish them for Easter. Karen of Karen's Colorful Creations finished stitching Happy Easter, you can see a little more details looking at her work.

So long friends,

Evalina

Enablig points for Kelly

I was visiting Kelly's blog today because I was very curious about her Summer Dragon update. While there I decided to check what she was up to in 2009. She was one busy bee, let me tell you! She has done so many nice pieces but one of them almost made me jump in the chair:


Yep, that's the one! I checked all my favorite on-line stores... nope, not there. I was almost ready to write to her... last search... hm... that one brought me to Creative Poppy... and... BINGO! I found it! And there was a trick... For the first time buyers they had a 4 bucks discount but I would have to spend just 50 cents more to qualify. The hunt for the next perfect pattern began. Didn't took me that long, an hour later I found it and here it is:

So, thanks to Kelly and her blog I end up with two great charts (downloadable and printable, you know - instant delivery) and a couple of hours of shopping enjoyment. All this for the mere $13. Thank you Kelly, you've made my day!

week in review

Stitching:
I haven't done much... but I did some shopping! I bought floss and now I have every DMC color, many of them in multiple quantity. I also bought stand and more scrolling frames. I had no idea how much easier is to stitch using stand.


Weather:
It is cold, and when I say cold I mean it!


Yesterday morning it warmed up a little and almost felt like a spring... The sun was shining, the roads were dry and in excellent shape and the black spruce looked much greener in the morning sun. Well, that did not last long! With a rapid switch to the north wind temperatures dropped, snow start falling and wind blowing... During lunch hour I decided to go shopping, I went to a car and, to my surprise, it was covered with a half an inch of ice. And after work I drove home in almost blizzard conditions. Today is cold and cloudy with a promise of sunshine later in a day.

Study:
Well, ahead of me is a week full of exams. I'm writing one on Monday, second on Wednesday and the last one on Friday ... Friday the 13th! I hope it will be lucky for me.