Progress photo Friday

Yes! Hold on to your hats, I am actually going to post photos. Well, one photo. I am not quite to the point of actually posting a photo of Cheryl's Bouquet quite yet. I'm almost there, though, and if I keep on it I think I may be able to post something by the end of The weekend. So, keep your fingers crossed. Today, my goal is to work on my SAL project, as I didn't work on it at all yesterday. But I think today I am going to have a complete stitchy day, I will work on project after project all day long. And first off I am going to make myself work on that stinkin' eagle, and get some of it done. I hate that it feels like it's hanging over my head, mocking me!!! So today I will conquer it!!! LOL!


So, here is the last progress photo, from before we took our little break from it:









And here is my current progress:

So, there yah go. sorry the photos look a bit rough, I think it's the texture of the fabric, but none the less, there it is! Finally a progress photo! You can see I worked on the dreaded wing quite a bit, and the other night when I started getting frustrated with those browns and I felt like throwing it across the room, I just worked a bit on the wording, as that is very easy, and a nice break from all the tediousness of the many browns in the wing of the bird. Well, not much else to share at this point. I am eager get myself situated on the couch and put in some good stitching time today. I have been a bit preoccupied with my writing as of late, as I shared a few posts back, and that has taken up quite a bit of my time, but I feel as though I am over my little blogging and stitching slump, so you should see more of me here! and thank you everyone for hanging in there with me during this slow time and for encouraging me during my slump!

The itch to stitch is back!

Hello! thank you all for your comments yesterday. I think you helped break the spell, because yesterday though I was busy with newspaper stuff, and my writing, I found time to sit and work on A bouquet for cheryl for about an hour. I actually felt the itch to stitch! And again today I feel as though to stitch wouldn't be so bad. It is Thursday and that means SAL day with Cindy. I am gonna try to press forward with that project. I think I may have just been frustrated the other night trying to work on it, I was tired and in that slump, and who wants to work on a particularly tough piece when you're in a slump? It makes you feel even more "slumpier" LOL! Anyway, so it is a beautiful bright sunny day out and I think I will definitely use the good lighting to help me along with this project. And Cathy you are right! If things get too rough I can just put in a few stitches, or a length of thread, so I don't go crazy, and yet I am still getting a little progress in on it.
Thank you to you all who left me such kind comments yesterday. I definitely feel the slump lifting, now besides wanting ot work on Isaiah I also want to work on something else. A bouquet for Cheryl and the celtic knot bookmark that I started the day before I started Cheryl's bouquet are both calling to me! So we shall see what I actually pick up today!

A stitching slump...

Still not much stitching on my end. last night when DH got home we watched a movie and all the while I kept looking at various projects laying around near me thinking, "I really should stitch" Then I finally picked up my isaiah piece started working on the eagle, messed up and that was that for that. I am starting ot hate that piece. I'm sorry Cindy! Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful, but, why do there have to be SO many freakin' browns in that dumb bird. "Well, Lana, of course it may be to give the bird some dimension, and some texture, D'yah ever think of that?!" Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I did! The chart just drives me CRAZY!!!! I have tried to make a working chart but it is so dark I can't tell what anything is, I have half a mind to just mark up the original, but I would have to go back and mark all that I've already done, which could take me ages, while I could just be stitching on the thing in the first place!
I guess I am just in a huge stitching slump, and for now...I need a break. So, if you don't see me here for a bit, don't fret, I'm still alive and you may see me in your comments boxes, because I am really into still reading everybody's wonderful blogs, I just don't have the energy right now to stitch, and since this is a stitching blog I guess I would need to keep that up in order to make this blog worth anything. And I don't even have the want to to keep up with my own blog. I'm just in a slump. Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Happy Tuesday!

Hello! Wow! the weather here has been crazy! last night there was talk about tornado's, this morning, actually this afternoon I woke up to a thunderstorm ripping through...some crazy stuff! I actually love thunderstorms now! I have lived in TX now for a little over two years, and when I first moved here, I hated them, I would all of just about hide under the bed when one would come around. I'm from California we don't have thunderstorms, we just don't. If a "thunderstorm" comes to the southern Cali area there are no "Severe weather alerts" issued on the radio or on the TV. We have things in California that you can't issue an alert for! Although many scientist have tried to do so, giving an alert for an earthquake doesn't happen so well. So, when I moved here and heard the weather alert sound on the radio the first time, I thought the world was going to crack in half and fall apart, I was freaked out!
But now after having been through many thunderstorms, I just turn on the radio and make sure we don't go to tornado warning, and everything is fine. I actually (call me crazy if you will) enjoy wrapping up in a blanket and sitting on my front porch to watch a storm. At night if there's a storm, I like to turn out all the lights, and open the blinds so I can see the lightning flicker through the sky. It has this delicious scary feeling to it, you know the kind of feeling where you know that it can potentially harm you, but the possibility is slim, so why not sit back and enjoy the thunder boomig through the clouds. You get a little jump when it booms and cracks, and you can hear it either getting louder or softer...anyway. I love thunderstorms now, and I know you all wanted to know! LOL
Sorry if this post is very chatty. I have been doing a lot of writing lately. Fictional stuff actually, and that is why I haven't been on here much. I have been over at my fictional blogs sharing a story or two out of my head. If you all want the link feel free to ask, and I will post it here in my next post. It's funny, because in 5th grade I recieved my first D in Creative writing, which made no sence at all, because I could write everyone else in that class under the table. and it was a 5th/6th grade combo class. I would write 5 pages for everyone else's 1 or 2 pages. That stupid teacher gave me a D because I wasn't writing things she thought I should. She said I needed to be more creative, because I wrote about realistic things and she wanted me to write about talking rabbits or something. Imagine her utter surprize when three years later there was a district assembly to award ME the "Young author's award for all of Ventura county" I coulda stuck my tongue out at her and said "Told yah so". Of course I didn't. But I am so glad that I never gave up my writing. That lady could have squelched something that is a talent and a gift in me, but I pushed through and three years later a teacher who recognized my talent for what it was, turned my story into the competition, unbeknownst to me, she had asked me if I wanted to, but I said no, because I didn't think I was any good, but she saw the potential, and the talent. And now, while I still don't think I'm good enough to be truly published, the World wide web has made it possible for me to share my writing with others. Anyway, so that's where I've been. I have stitched a little, I was supposed to work on my SAL piece yesterday but I didn't. Naughty me! I guess that's what happens when you have too many hobbies! One always wins out! I think I might have put about 20 stitches into Cheryl's bouquet but that is about it. I am not sure what today holds, but we shall see. Hope you are all having a great Tuesday!

Monday...again

Well, not a whole lot of excitement on my end. My google reader is filling up, but for some reason I have not been much in a stitching mood, or a bloggey mood. I have put a little bit more work in on Cheryl's bouquet but not enough to share a photo. Hubby was able to get the scanner up and running again, so I will scan photos of last week SAL progress later today. I have been reading and discovering more and more new blogs! I have them all saved in my "to be read all the way through" pile, in my favorites, however, instead of reading them ALL all the way through,(Which would take WAY too long!) I usually will scroll down to the very bottom of the first page that comes up and read from there, so it gives me a good idea of what you have been up to lately, then I had it to my ever growing list of google reader subscriptions. I really need to remember that when I am in a stitching slump, as I seem to sorta be in, I should read blogs! It is very inspiring! Well, I have to go to work in half an hour so I think I will try to get some more work inot Cheryl's bouquet as I am very excited to show it here soon. I will write some more later today and share some photos.

Oh yes, and I have something to say to a very special person, today is my SAL pal's birthday so Happy Birthday Cindy!
It also happens to be my mom's birthday too! I would wish her a happy birthday here too, but she doesn't read my blog, aw, but what the heck!
Happy Birthday Moozie! I love you!

ANOTHER new start!

Yup, that's right! I couldn't wait and I put forth my first stitches into a Bouquet for Cheryl today! Now I'm only going to tell you that much until I am finished with the entire middle section of the piece then I will share a photo with you and you can give me your feedback...okay? Lets just say I am having a ton of fun!!!! This is a great piece! and I can't wait to see how it comes out! I can't wait to see Cheryl's (Life of bezza chezza) progress on it once she starts on it too, which may be awhile, since she is starting the other big ole' one...what's it's name? I just know it means Circus of Circles, in english....well, I think I know that, well, today is Friday so I should be sharing SAL photos, but my scanner is acting up, and I am not sure what is wrong or what so I have to have DH look at it later, then I will share photos, lets just hope it's nothing too serious! Well, I am off to go work more on Cheryl's pretty bouquet, at the rate I'm going I will probably have progress to share at the end of the weekend...it is a quick stitch! That is if my scanner doesn't have to get fixede or whatever...thank you for the comments, Cheryl, and Dani!

A new start!

Last night I was looking through the freebies at ink circles, and I decided to start working on one of their monthly freebie celtic knots. I am doing the bookmark that was the June 2006 knot. I am doing it with a dark grey outline (DMC318) and in the inside in overdyed DMC- in blue. This is my first time really using a varigated thread. so far, it's cool. I didn't get very far with it, as I started it right before I had to go run the route. I want to do Cheryl's Bouquet. But I am looking around for the perfect overdyed floss. There are so many beautiful ones out there, I sorta want to do one in every color I like! I can just see it now, years from now my house filled with Cheryl's Bouquet in every imaginable overdyed floss color. No, there are too many other patterns that need to be done. It is a beautiful design though, and I would love to put it in my "To do" list.