Promises and stash

I have kept my promise to post today!!!! I did get a full blown migraine yesterday but took my Relpax and it was on it's way out all that was left was the tingling in my neck which is a sure sign of its demise!!!! I took it easy today having breakfast outside and stitching a bit in the afternoon. Then it was off to Pilates Mat class. I do like it but I'm still adjusting since it doesn't involve equipment like the reformer or chair but is all you!!!! I am a bit sore but it feels good. Then after walk around the neighborhood with my puppy the evening is mine since DH is at work. So now that I've filled you in on my day on to pictures!!!

First the stash as promised..... . This appealed to me since reading Jane Austen! I am so liking LHN all of a sudden!!! And another HAED... I have no intention of starting this one anytime soon but it so reminded me of the Elves in Lord of The Rings that I couldn't resist especially during this weeks sale on charts. I read LOTR about nine yes nine times and loved it more with each read.....It reminds me of the scene where the elves are leaving MiddleEarth......And lastly my first Chatelaine.... I simply fell in love with the colors and have no intention of starting this one yet either but I will have it when the mood strikes......Someone at SP yesterday said "did you see all the beads on it?" I just thought it was too beautiful to care about the enormous amount of beads.....

And my new start as of tonight..... It is PR's Fairy Celebration 3. I had the fabric in my stash it's PTPlus 32ct Kermit!!!! And the thread is from Threadworks a really pretty overdyed purple. And since Fairy day is June 24th it seems appropriate to start! Now to get fairy celebration 2 done as well. If you may recall I did Fairy Celebration 1 twice.......

I was thinking of stopping my FOTM from Silkweavers but then I got this beautiful piece and think maybe not just yet.... It Poltergeist 32ct Lugana... the color is a soft pale purple and oh so luscious!!!!

I am grateful for quiet days off and stitching.....

more details and possibly on the....stash wagon

Thanks for all the nice comments! I do feel better. It was good to lay low and just "veg". And Pilates really helped my head as well. The situation I didn't want to write about was bizarre and rather unnecessary. It involved a lot of yelling and feelings of entitlement and some more screaming...none on my part. I was calm through it all. And a lot of documentation which unfortunately is a big no a major part of my job! I managed to get all the appropriate people involved who needed to be involved which is good. I can totally understand where the screamer was coming from but have never understood that type of behavior and how they think it's in any way acceptable. I don't want to get into the gory details because its over and gives it a life of it's own that it doesn't deserve. But I rarely get so affected to the point I was at the other night...I was visibly shaking....but that was it. I worked today and it was the usual busy which is good! Thanks for letting me rant here!

I have no plans but to stitch tomorrow! I have procrastinated way to much and I do believe it's the sampler.Miraculous Birth Sampler (it's in my sidebar pix)..I just have to get on with it and stitch it and then I have a lot of stash start catching up on.... I am also considering going on the wagon if only partially with exceptions. Since without those exceptions I'll never stay on.....THUD.....So here's what I'm thinking. I have The new Mirabilia's on order 1.Crystal Symphony 2. Couture Collection Fern 3.Couture Collection Ivy . And maybe one more but I can't think of it right now...LOL. I just thought of it ...it's late I'm tired 4. Ocean Treasure by Who Knew For which I bought the fabric and threads the other day. I have her companion piece as well she is so pretty Ocean's Daughter And with my FOTM club as my first exception I will surely find the perfect fabric for those! I am collecting Crescents Colors hand dyed floss so that will be my second exception. I really need to go through my stash. My schedule changes at the end of the month with more days off in a row so that will give me a chance to better organize since I already bought the baskets. That is what I'm thinking so we'll see how that works ......

I am grateful for my stitching stash......

Pictures finally

I know this is long overdue but everday just seems to get away from me. But not today!!!! I took pictures and posted them to my webshots album and now here! There are also pictures of my other stash there as well....So for the first picture my february FOTM club PTPlus fabric It's not a great shot so here are a few more..... and another... I absolutely love them!!!!! I also mentioned that I was going to do the Mdesign letters for me and hubby or is it hubby and I? I also want to do them as belated very belated wedding gifts for my best woman and bridesmaids for possible Christmas gifts.....so if any of you are reading this be surprised! Okay! The letters and I picked out the fabric for I want to use for our letters it's PTPlus Davinci with Gathering Threads silk in blue violet!!! The thread isn't that dark IRL....Here's that picture I may be pushing it with pictures but I have one more.....I haven't posted one of our dear Storm in quite a while and she's been so cute lately so here goes .

I did get my hair done on tuesday at the new salon...same hairdresser. It's a long story and I'm not good at change....I love the new place it reminds me of a salon in Soho NYC !!! So I felt right at home! My hair came out really great too....new color product and it has a shine which is hard to attain with color treated blonde hair. I also got blonde and red highlights and a new cut....a bob with angles and movement which will grow well since I want my length back. But I really like it so I just may keep it this length! I'll see...I styled it myself tonight before going out for dinner with friends and it was easier than its been in a while.... a big plus!!!! I took a picture but I didn't upload it yet so I'll do that another day. I did upload the picture and put it in my sidebar....I'm not fond of it but it's there.....I think I covered most of what I promised so I'll end here and say goodnight.

I am grateful for sleeping better lately.......

A new Mirabilia...or three...

I was checking out the Mirabilia Ezboard and found this Mirabilia Crystal Symphony due out March 1. Mirabilia designer Nora Corbett has been on a designing streak lately! She also has two other new designs coming out soon which of course I love! But they are causing some controversy since they are faceless....that is what I love about them! I always knew I was weird! Here they are Fern and Ivy . Oh and one of my nieces has already claimed Fern! Which is great since I haven't stitched her anything in a while. I am on my way to my LNS in a little while so that worked out well. And then it's Pilates. Which was supposed to be yesterday but work switched my days. So I really need to go. And then my hair.....and I'll post about that but more importantly my new fabrics all 3 from my FOTM club that I get from Shakespeare's Peddler . I signed up for 1 originally and then went to 2 a month in the second month so to get me current ..I got 3 in February. Is that as clear as mud... So I'll get my day started and be back more blonde and less stressed! And the blonde will be on my head but I may also be feeling it as well...LOL. Have a great day everyone.

I am grateful for stitching and the joy it brings me..........

A poem and Answers to the questions...

I found the poem by e.e. cummings that my brother Brian read as a reading at our wedding and I'd like to share it. It really means so much to me on so many levels. It fit for my feelings for my husband but also how I felt for my sister who I hold in my heart! I placed a rose each on 2 chairs for her and for hubby's dad who had also passed to honor and remember them.
95 poems
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life:which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

At which point I was crying.......but I had warned hubby so he was ready! It was perfect!

And now to answer the questions.......drumroll.....here goes:

1. Why did you leave New York for Las Vegas?
We came to Vegas alot on vacation and made friends with some people and saw where they lived. A house became available in their subdivision a gated community and we fell in love with it!!!! And then 9/11 happened and I was in the city that day not downtown but upper east side. I still remember it like it was yesterday. And I just became afraid, I would take the subway and have thoughts like "these are the people I'm going to die with" a bit crazy I know but still and we had the house in Vegas empty and my daily commute was 3 hours roundtrip, I was living in Westchester by then with the future hubby....so we moved.

2. If you could only stitch one more design and never stitch again, what design would you choose?
Really tough question to answer.... I've done so many beautiful TIAG and Mirabilia's that I thought my answer would be one of those but no. It's Sampler 4 Saisons by Anagram Diffuson. I actually have the chart and have been thinking of it a lot lately. So I may start it before the year is out. But hopefully it won't be my last piece ever. Those two questions are from Karen .

3. What is your favorite of all the cross stitches you've finished?
In looking through my album and thinking of all the ones I don't have pictures of.....it is hands down Cinderella by Mirabilia. I adored working on her! And a little secret my sister's nickname for me was Cinderella..... always said I saw the good in people whether they deserved it or not. Not sure that's true anymore.


A close second favorite would have to be





Just Flower Antique collection by Permin of Copenhagen. The backstitching alone was like a second project but oh so worth it when I saw my sister's face.......pure joy! This question was asked by Deanne .

4. What's your favorite memory in life?
Finally an easy one. Well not really...so many popped into my head at once! The standout is the summers we spent in Marlboro NY every year! Usually the same two places....we had summer friends and all! Dad would come up on the weekends. My Aunt and cousins were there as well. It was oh so much fun. I grew up in the city so getting to the country for 6 weeks in the summer was golden. And my next favorite memory was the night hubby proposed to me....it was so romantic under the stars, we were away for the weekend and had just had a couples massage and were in the spa and he was acting kind of nervous which was unusual .... and I knew he was going to ask. I don't know how. So I just let him be and he asked and I cried and said yes !!!!! This question was asked by Jamie .

I promise pictures of my fotm fabric tomorrow or thursday since tomorrow is jammed packed. And a picture of hubby's valentine's present. We celebrated yesterday since I was sick last week.

I am grateful for enchanted evenings and valentine's presents.....