A much better day

Well, yesterday prooved to be a much better day than Sunday! Thank goodness, i wonder if my day had seemed so crappy because of not sleeping too well. I don't know, but yesterday I felt great! And now I have two whole days off work and almost a third, but not quite. so, anyway, I plan on getting alot of stitching in. I actually slept in this morning, which I hardly do , but I went to bed at 1 in the morning, then a fierce thunderstorm blew through less than an hour after I finally fell asleep, and woke me up, and since I didn't have to work today, I didn't even set the alarm! so, today I have quite the list of things I want to get done, I need to wash the car, and mow the lawn, and stitch and go to the store and do some laundry, and some tidying up.
Last night, I was good and worked on Nov. Quitl, but you can hardly see the progress, as it is just more backstitch. So, I think I will wait a bit before I post a picture of that one. today is Tuesday so it is "the Abbey" Day, I haven't really worked on that one for awhile. I need really good light for that one as I am stitching it on 22 count over 1. It's the smallest I have ever done before, and I really need the good light for it. So, anyway, after I get all my chores out of the way, I plan on sitting and putting some quality time in on it, but I want to make sure i finish everything else first, or i will just feel distracted and not be able to settle with my stitching, that always seems to happen to me, I think "I will sit and work on this for a few hours", then I think of something that needs to be done"Right now!" and off I go. anyway, so I think if I get all the chores done first then I will able to relax without worrying about not getting things done! alrighty, here I go to get those chores out of the way!

Happy Memorial Day!

Well, yesterday was the day from hell! I dealt with way too many people, and too much noise! Everyone was getting all their stuff together for the long weekend/holiday shindigs, and family gatherings and whatnot. Sometimes my days just breeze by, but yesterday was TOO long, and I get to deal with it all again today! But! In about 13 hours, I will be home and not have to go back to that place for 69 hours! yippeee! Then I only have to work a handful of hours before I get another day off! So, if I can just make it through today, I can breatha sigh of relief and relax! For almost three whole days. (Just three hours shy of three whole days)

Thus being said, I have to admit, that! I didn't do any stitching at all yesterday. And it was Sunday-Nov. Quilt day, and even though I didn't stitch on it yesterday at all, I do have a progress picture, so here it is! i still have alot of backstitching to do, and alot of it is hard to see, because it is dark brown on brown, on the wheels of the wagon, but it is getting done. I even got up super early this morning (Yeah, how many people do you know set their alarms for 5 in the morning on a Holiday?) anyway, I have to work at 10:30, so I thought I would try to get a good nights rest because I didn't get very much sleep the night before, and I am guessing that is why yesterday seemed so awful to me. I went to bed at 10 last night, so I could get up nice and early and get some stitching in before work. now how dedicated is THAT?! or maybe I should say How Addicted is THAT?! So, I am hoping that if I get to do some stitching this morning before going into work, maybe the day will be better. I am all rested up from a good nights rest, and add some relaxing stitching in there I should be good to go! Hope you all have a great Holiday, and don't forget to remember those who have done their jobs for the land of the free!

doing well so far...

...With my rotation, that is! I worked on Dolphin's Domain yesterday a little bit before having to go into work, here is a picture.

It is hard to tell from this photo, but I put just a bit of Light grey into the dolphins, there is probably less than 100 stitches in there, but! I did work on it, in so doing, I kept with my rotation! Yay for me! I have to work this entire holiday weekend! I cannot wait for tomorrow to be over! Then I have two days off, then work 5 hours Thursday and off Friday. Yesterday I worked 7 hours, today I work 8 hours, tomorrow I work 8 hours. Although I guess you could say I volunteered to work a full 8 hours tomorrow anyway, the store is only open until 6 because of the holiday, well for some reason the electronic printout of the schedule had the normal hours for my schedule, meaning they scheduled me until 9, so I was scheduled to work 1:30-9, but if I did go in at 1:30, I would only get 5 hours because the store really closes at 6, (clean up and getting all the stragglers out takes us about half an hour) So, I asked my manager if I could come in at 10:30 and then I would be getting a full eight hours, which was what I was scheduled for. So, I guess it is partly my fault, but oh well. I am looking forward to my days off this week, though, oh the bliss of three days off! ::sigh::

Last night, my friend Dianna and I went to a bar and watch a guitarrist that she is a groupie of, that was alright. It was weird though, because last night I was super tired after work and I really didn't want to go, plus I'd hurt my back at work, and I am a major intravert, so after I have been in a store around what seemed like millions of people all day, the last thing I want to do is go to a dumb smokey bar and listent o music that is being played WAY too loud for the tiny space it is being played in. So, I really didn't enjoy myself as much as I could have! But oh well. I would have much rather been at home stitching or sleeping. I am dreading today at work, because although I was dead tired last night, whenI got home I couldn't go to sleep until after 2 in the morning, and for some DUMB reason I was awake this morning at 5:30! So, I CANNOT wiat for today to be over! Actually I cannot wait for tomorrow to be over! I just want the next 48 hours to fly by! Sometimes I really hate my job!

Not much done, but here's a picture anyway...

Well, I did very little stitching today, but I did do some, you proabbly can't even tell, but since I have vowed that I am going to share photos everyday of my rotation progress, here it is. I worked on Dare to dream, I just put a little bit of green into the border there, I think that is about it. not much at all, but a photo is here. I am really trying to be disciplined, but truth be known, I am really not in a stitching mood lately. So, here it is, it is coming along, but it will be a slow process. Have a great weekend everyone!

Photos! Well, photo.

Well, I have been trying to get into a rotation. Because everyday I have been trying to get at least two hours of stitching in while I watch my day time T.V shows, and Today was Patchwork Bears day, and here is my progress. I was aiming to complete the entire left side of the border, however, I keep skipping around, because when i am done with one color thread in one section and if I have some left over I look around the chart to see if that tail end of thread might be used elsewhere, so then I fill in some more other areas. But as you can see, it is coming along. tomorrow is Friday and I believe it is "Dare to Dream" day. which is one I worked on along time ago, in a land far far away, ok, maybe not that far away, but the last time I worked on it was in 2005, I think, like the end of last year. So, I will pull that one out of the drawer and put some work into it.
Right now, my rotation looks like this:

Mon- November Quilt
Tues- The Abbey
Wed- Snow Valley Express
Thurs- Patchwork Bears
Fri- Dare to Dream
Sat- Dolphins Domain
Sun- November Quilt

So as you can see November Quilt has two slots as it is my primary focus project. And as soon as it is done, which shouldn't be too long now, ( I know I probably just jinxed myself, by saying that) then I will put Snow Valley Express up as the primary focus piece. Because lets see? November Quilt was supposed to be my mother's b-day gift, and it was due April 23rd, (a month ago), and Snow Valley express was to be for my father who's b-day was May 14th, (11 days ago) Neither one is complete, Snow Valley is in worse shape. So, anyway, I am going to try to post more piccies of my daily progress. I just feel funny always showing the same piece over and over again, and so I thought by doing it this way I will actually be able to mix it up a bit. Alrighty, I am off to go outside and enjoy some sunshine. bye!

And the days are just rollin' along...

Man, I can't believe DH has been gone two weeks already! It's funny because last week I thought time would drag by, but now I am in a groove of my own, and it's not much of a groove, per se, in fact I can't really even tell you WHERE the days go. all i know is I mostly clean my house when I am bored or depressed, to keep my mind occupied, and my house is a wreck right now, so judging by that I guess I must be fine! =) I don't even sleep that much either, because sleep can be a big time filler when you want time to go by quick, and I try to get up by 7/7:30 every morning. So, anyway. I DO miss him,though, andif I really start to think about that I will tear up. but it was just as I predicted! I was having a terrible time right before he left, and thought when he leaves things will get better, and they did. I guess there is just that anxiety of saying goodbye and thinking what will life be like without him here? but, your survival mode kicks in, I guess, and you just do the things you normally would, except now i have MORE time for stitching! =P Because I am not having to clear time to spend with him, I can just sit and stitch to my hearts content!
I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Photos finally!

O.k. I have decided it is time for some pictures. So many of you have been posting such nice pictures of all the things you are working on and I don't, or haven't been. and I love it when people post pictures, so I am sure you all would like to see some, right? So, this is November Quilt, with some of the back stitching on it. I started the wagon,a nd the pumpkins on the ground there, I don't know if you can even tell.

something occured to me this morning...I never showed you my finished Easter Bell Pull....there's a reason why....I didn't finish it yet! Because I didn't get it done by Easter, I just sort of set it aside a forgot about it. I think that should be my goal for now, is to finish the bell pull this month, shouldn't be too hard, don't have much left to do on it. I know it is WAY past Easter, but there is always next year to display it.
This picture is of Dolphins Domain. I love the colors in this one. You can see the start of dolphin #1 here, just the outline. then in the upper left side there is a couple dark blotches, that is another dolphin, and then there is the outline of the third one and you can see where the fin will go, directly under dolphin #1's tail but I haven't started any stitching on it yet, you can just see where he is supposed to go. This one is fun, I love the colors in this one, there are alot of blended threads though, and alot of the background colors are all half stitches so they go quick. I pulled this one out from my stash drawer, just for a change in scenery. I love the fall colors in November Quilt, but in the middle of spring, they tend to seem very drab and dark. So, I pulled this one out just for a change, and also because I was starting to get the starters bug, and I really should not start another project, I have way too many WIP's and so I thought I might as well work on one that hasn't seen the light of day in a long time, just for a change. well, since not much stitching has been getting done on my end, I don't have anything else to show. I am really going to try to get more stitching in. You all inspire me, when I look at your blogs and they have all these finishes and progress pictures. Well, hope you enjoyed my photo update. Happy Wednesday