Yep!!!!!! I am still around!!!!!

Here I was doing really good with the blogging the first 2 weeks of the New Year and then I go and disappear for the next 2 1/2 weeks. Unfortunately, my DH and I came down with a doozy of a cold. We were off of work for a whole week. We went back to work last week but by the end of the day we were so wiped we didn't feel like doing anything once we got home. We are still not 100% but it is better than it was.

I did manage to finish one of my Crazy January Challenge starts - Winter Sheep © 2010 Little House Needleworks.


I also made another start. (I admit it. I have bad case of "startitis". Why else would I have joined the "Crazy Janaury Challenge.) It is the "Castles in the Air" SAL by Papillion Creations. I finally got around to ordering the silk threads from Hand Dyed Fibers at the beginning of January and once they arrived I couldn't wait to start using them. I am stitching this on 36ct Flax Edinborough Linen. This is my progress so far.



While I was home sick I didn't feel like stitching much (or anything else for that matter) but I did occasionally pull out the "Unicorn" SAL by Dyan Allaire (Kustom Krafts).

I just love how all the different blues work together in this pattern.

Well, it is getting past my bedtime. I will be back tomorrow with my TUSAL update.

Happy stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 9 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Last night I said it was going to be a busy day. Well, in fact, it turned out to be a lazy pajama day. All I did was stitch and watch old movies on TCM. (And take down my Nutcracker Christmas tree.)

My SIL and her family were suppose to come over at 11:00 am for brunch but we had to cancel. There was a water leak on our street and we were without running water from around 9:00 Saturday evening until about 3:00 this afternoon. Since we couldn't take a shower and the thought of 8 people in a house without a flushing toilet didn't sound like a good idea we decided to reschedule the brunch. The city set up a water supply trailer across the street from us so we at least had access to water for our morning coffee and to wash up.

My "crazy" start for today was LHN's Winter Sheep - one of the 2010 Ornament of the Months. I finished 4 last year and I hope to finish the rest this year. I absolutely love LHN's designs and I have already signed for an automatic shipment of the 2011 Ornaments. I have almost finished it. If I wasn't so tired I probably would have completed it today.


Thank you for dropping by and for all your wonderful comments.

Take care and Happy Stitching!!!