Scissor gift received!!

I received the scissors I won from Laura, plus some other goodies! Thank you, Laura! Do you feel thanked yet? LOL Andrea

Round Robin

I have mailed the Dark Sorceress to Vanessa. I know it's about a month early but I had to mail another package anyway and I had already finished on her so off she went.

Today

I am finished with school, and have 5 hours to go. I love my new classes. This week was the hardest of the whole 9 weeks bedides the final, I am sure... and I feel good. I turned everything in on time ;) I am off to stitch for 4 to 5 hours :) and then my son will be home, and I will visit him... :)don`t worry ladies, and perhaps a gent or two... I am also doing laundry... as I am not behind... yet! lol Have a good week... my goal today to finish my round 11 fair and squares main square Mon. To plant some plants in my aero-garden, and to work on my Peppermint Twist SAL... Tues... homework and stitch the signature square for my round 11 F&S Wed... to work on my main project Black Swan - Lily Pond Dreams Thurs... to work on homework and main project... Fri... to work on SAL, and Lily Pond Dreams.... Sat... to watch Dante...we may go see my brother`s completed chopper! and in the evening perhaps go out with Jon abit... if not I will stitch.... something... and organize my beading ... some more... getting it ready for etsy sales... Sun... Clean out under the stairwell to make Dante a sleeping spot... I have most of the materials now :) I also want to find a pattern I can stitch for his little room! there you have it.... goals for the week...

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finals and freebies

Hi everyone! I have Dante this morning, so this will be short, but yes, I passed my finals. I got a C in accounting... but it is better than some of the alternative. I got a B in Supervisory Skills. I was so focused on accounting however, that I do believe I could have gotten an A otherwise. Not a big deal, it is what it is... and I am enjoying my two new classes. :) I wanted to share a link with you to some freebies I found this morning. I have some squares to send off. I am glad that I looked these up, because there are some great tutorials at the site as well.... It is french... so if that deters you... do not click lol BUT the freebies are cute! Laura who plans to blog much more tomorrow I also have sent off some exchanges, and will post pics when they arrive... :)Laura

Laura - how did finals go?

Are you done? Do you have your grades in yet? I haven't heard a "school" update from you yet, so I was curious. :)

Dante and his Gerber Cookie sticks!

Note how happy a Gerber cookie can make a baby :) will be glad when his ouchie is gone... I think the scab was starting to come off a few days ago. I will visit him tomorrow :)

On Saturday Dante was over longer than usual :) He fell asleep on my shoulder after we went to my mom`s house... he slept for 2 hours... I love that feeling, then he awoke - abit drowsy and said, "Andma?" So cute... when he realized he was still in my arms, he drifted off for a bit more. I love the simplicity of being a child... I love being... andma! Laura

Peppermint Twist SAL progress

Here is my progress for the week on Peppermint Twist. I really love how the colors are coming together!

Happy Dancing for a gift recieved from Staci

Wow... :) Tonight I have recieved quite a treat... I would have known the beautiful stitching the moment I saw it, even had I not read the card... Staci, is such an artist :) She made me this absolutely gorgeous bean bag Valentine... :) I have never had a stitched bean bag and am treasuring it already! Staci`s stitching is exquisite! She sent a ton of goodies as well which included 3 fabbies, one of which just today I was drooling over at Wally World :)... thank you! A cute heart shaped teaspoon set, :) I think I may have a collection started by now of teaspoons ... I am thrilled :)... A chocolate bar, the cutest card... and the bean bag was wrapped beautifully in white tissue paper, and had the cutest tie... Thank you Staci... You rock! :) Happy Dancing Laura

Dante, teeth and an ouchie

Here is a shot where you can see Dante`s teeth... He had one a week ago, and since then has gotten another. Tonight he was over and fell asleep on my shoulder ... :) I love that.... he is awesome. Notice too, in the pic, he has gotten his first ouchie.... standing up means falling down, and apparently he fell onto the tv stand ... he is doing well, though, and quite ready to master his new skills ;) Happy Stitching ! Laura

new orchid

Hi everyone :) I am trying my skill at growing an orchid :) this is my first, but it called my name over, and over again, till I walked away with it... they are sure beautiful :) Happy Stitching :) Laura

I have finished my section of Laura's Dark Sorceress. I won't be long before we are finished with our pretty ladies.

YAY!!!

I am so excited :) this morning when I woke up I was pretty scared about my accounting final... but tonight, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. :) YAY only one more page left... and it is not a hard one... but I need a break... so I will do it first thing and then my other essay. I am good at writing... and so I am not at all afraid of that one... especially since it is about supervisory skills... that is what I do ... :) the only thing is formatting, that part is never fun... oh well.. I am pleased... I will not set my alarm... :) and I will stitch for an hour when I awake... I did that this morning as well... and also had Dante today... and saw my mom... :) I think the break did wonders, as I saw it all with fresh eyes. I made an etsy banner and put it in my sales... as well... so it has been a wonderful day here.. :) HUGS to all who need em Laura who thanks you all for the wonderful comments lately... I will respond next week... oh - how could I forget, my counsellor called and told me I am recieving a book, but that it will not get here in time, so I get the week off :) YAY

progress on Peppermint Twist

Here is my progress for the week on Peppermint Twist... thought I would share... I have used my own colors and fabbie choices... and I wish the picture showed them better, perhaps one day they will - in the right light... Also this is a stitchalong, we stitch at least every Monday.

So, finally I will post some recent pictures of Dante... here he is in his new outfit which I got on sale :) I think he looks adorable in it, and it just seems so much more comfortable than some of his other outfits :)... (he has some growing room lol) You can also see here that I am pretty proud of him :) ignore the room in progress... it seems that this place will never be right... although I am sure it will. Finally, is a picture of a necklace that I bought of two crowns with faux diamonds in them... the little one signifies my grandson, Dante, and the big one signifies grandma :) I just thought it was adorable... hope this finds you all well...

Finish

Here is a recent stitchy finish that I had... I stitched this ornie just in case a replacement stitcher was needed on HOE, but it seems all is well, so I thought I would show it off a bit :) Laura

Mermaids, completed stitching on Etsy

Here are some pictures of the mermaids that I have for sale on my etsy shop. I was having a problem getting them to download from photoshop, so I thought I would let those who wanted, to see it here.

Thank you :)

I just wanted to say Thank you to Andrea, who encouraged me a while back to join etsy and create a store. Although it only has a few small things in it, I have done so :) Thank you Andrea. I posted a widget to the page on the right :) so you all can see what is in my shop, if you would like. I used a mini etsy shop, and created a widget. I accept paypal, so that made this super easy :) I had so many reasons I thought I could not do this, but it is easier than I thought!!! Happy Stitching :) my finals are still coming along, and I have managed to stitch a bit each night... :)

Finals

Well, here it is again, finals time... and this one is hard :( Will be doing 1. accounting final.... ick ick ick and 2. supervisory skills ... which I know but.... 2000 word essay... yikes yikes yikes ... so if I am silent... thats where I will be... Happy Stitching ... and then the world should return to normal as I know it lol LOL lol Laura