Another Week Almost Completed

I have been tired this week. The secret is go to bed at a decent hour and it would help. Oh well, I'm a little slow. I completed my LHN "Snowy Pines". I think I will make it into a little pillow with a hanger. Since I have a 4 day weekend I should be able to get it together. I've said that before and it is still on my to do list. What can I say but so much to do and so little time.

I have joined another exchange group. My friend Becky K in OK is not a good influence. She is always emailing me and saying check this exchange out. I take my stitching to work and I do it instead of eating and visiting. I get quite a bit done each day if I'm not having to help a student. Wish I could drive and stitch. Man that would be great.

Here is a picture of Marty Jay wearing his bunny ears that we sent to his Golden Retriever cousin ,Marley, who lives in Texas with our grandchildren.

Great Giveaway

Deb at threadgatherer.blogspot.com has a great giveaway for the beginning of spring. Hop over to her blog and see what she wants to share with us.

I'm glad you are visiting my blog and leaving comments and wanting to be included in the drawing. It will be here before we know it.

I have been stitching on my LHN "Snowy Pines". I hope to work on it this evening.

We will be visiting our children in Texas for the next 2 days so I thought I would leave an Irish Blessing.

A Blessing on Everyone

As plentiful as the grass that grows,

Or the sand on the shore,

Or the dew on the lea,

So the blessing of the King of Grace

On every soul that was, that is, or will be.

Tax Day Giveaway

Here are pictures of some of the stash to be given away. I will give it all to one person. I will certainly send to international bloggers. I want it out of my sewing room. Here are Molly and Marty. They will do the drawing for the giveaway. They were snoozing in their crates.

I will start checking the other spots this week. I am on spring break so if I find more stash then we will have another drawing soon. I will throw some other goodies in with it. If I have not used them in several years I wont start now. I need to de-clutter!!!!!!! Thanks for the great response.

Tax Day Give Away

As you have read I commute 2 hours each day to work so when I get home I have all of these wonderful plans but I make the mistake of sitting down in my recliner and that is all she wrote. So I do my majority of stitching on the weekends. I do not have to clean the house or do the laundry because my sweet retired husband does that for us. That saves me. Here is what I have done on my Little House Needleworks, "All Dolled Up". Not much, but it is a start.

I have been cleaning out my stash and I am going to have a drawing on April 15th. April 15th makes us cranky around here so I thought I would put some joy into it. Just post a comment on my blog. Please tell all your friends about it. I have 48 kits that include the pattern, fabric, threads, and needles.(In most of them) They are from the Silver Needle's Secret Needle Night, Stitchwork's Fabric and Stuff, and there are some from Designs from Margaret Lee. There are 24 patterns which include Homespun Elagance, Just Nan, Bent Creek, Claire Hatten Designs, and many others.

Make sure I have your email address so I can contact you. Enjoy your day!

April Received Her Lizzie Kate Exchange

I was really worried that I was going to have to make another LKE ornament for April because it took 2 weeks for the package to arrive. I guess the heavy snows had something to do with it. I wanted to show the beaded hanger so I hooked it over one of the stands that my husband makes for me to display my goodies.

I am spending the day going through magazines and recycling them. AND I AM GETTING TO WORK ON MY LITTLE HOUSE NEEDLEWORK'S ORNAMENT THAT I RECEIVED ON THURSDAY!!!!!! Can you tell that I am excited? When I get home at night there is not much umph left in this old gal.

It has been so much fun to get to know other stitchers through my blog and the exchanges. This Internet is a wonderful tool.

I'm reading the autobiography of Jean Nidetch and there was a good quote from

Eleanor Roosevelt: "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present."

May your day be filled with sunshine and joy.

Happy President's Day

It's happy because I have the day off from school and I woke up this morning and I didn't read my name in the obits. I have had a healthy breakfast of oatmeal topped with fresh blueberries and ground flax seed. I've had my vitamins with a half cup of orange juice and I'm getting ready to make some hot tea

My LKE partner has not received her exchange as of yet and it has been two weeks and she should have gotten it in 2 days. That disturbs me, so I think I will start on another one for her and if she does get the first one, I can save this for a gift. With my teaching schedule I don't want to be under pressure.

Life is grand! This morning I sat in my recliner, covered with a blankie and my two cocker spaniels. Life doesn't get much better than that. I'm going through my magazines and keeping the important stuff and will recycle the remainder at our school.

I have been remiss in not showing my gifts from my 2 stitching friends. Becky K. and I went to Idabel to visit our other stitching friend. She is closing her shop and that is sad for us but she is moving closer so we will get to see her more often. We enjoyed our drives down the Indian Nation Turnpike during all of the seasons of the year.

Enjoy your day and may it be filled with joy, peace, and hope.