My Surprise

Hi all...sorry this is so very late but I worked today and am just unwinding from a trying day. And without much further ado.....my surprise no wait. I guess it was my surprise but it was really for dear hubby. It was an Art Garfunkel concert..... I see some of you going who???? He was big in the 60's part of Simon & Garfunkel...ahhh. Now don't get me wrong I like a good concert but as I said to hubby as we waited to valet the car (in Vegas you always valet the car right dear brother) "just please admit this is really for you my dear? I mean the minute you heard he was appearing you got the tickets......made it a surprise for me....you have to get the day off....but really be honest it's for you" His response "no of course not it's for you". Me " when's the last time I listened to Art Garfunkel???? I mean U2, REM, Dave Matthews, Cowboy Junkies okay maybe Enya threw ya...." and then he said "okay I really wanted to see him" Me "was that so hard" LOL. The show was actually good alot of his standards and his voice has held. I did enjoy it. The only weird part was when he sang "Cecelia" with his 12 year old son.....who was dressed in hot pink, white sequin jacket and diamond ring. But maybe I'm being too picky. If you don't know the words to Cecelia check them out before you think I'm being harsh. We went out to a really nice dinner...so it was a great date night for us! So there you have it my surprise. And yes we have tickets to Phantom of The Opera later this month!!!

My fabrics came from the FOTM club as well as the limited edition hand dyeds I managed to sneak in on. I'll try and post tomorrow. They really are so pretty. It's going to be a treat to get the monthly fabrics. I really want to make some progress on the Miraculous Birth Sampler this week. And will try and post on Thursday! Well I'm seeing double so I'm off......

I am grateful to have tomorrow off and that Joann's has DMC floss on sale.....6 for .96cents limit 30skeins. (I'm going) LOL

Tonight

I am supposed to be out and about by now... and I will soon after this posting! Tonight is hubby's big surprise! The one that I had to trade a day at work for to get off today..... and I still haven't figured it out! So unlike me! I only know it's a show of sorts. And of course hubby is pleased with himself. I only wish I felt better ..... since wednesday night I've had some sort of stomache thing going on that I can't shake. I won't bore you with the nasty details here. I've laid on the couch napping all day yesterday and sipped tea in between. Not a stitch was stitched..........but I do feel better today. I'm going to tempt fate with some coffee and then do some errands and I think the fresh air will be good for me. The nausea has subsided and I'm hoping it's a 24 hour thing and it's time is up. Well this outing will be the test for tonight. And I'll let you all know what said surprise was.....not too anxious...........

I am grateful for feeling better.

My Ott-lite

I put my new Ott-lite (20w Shiloh Pharmacy Floor Lamp) together the other night and may I just say OMG!!!!! It was simply amazing! I switched it on and I could hardly believe my eyes..... it was like "sitting in sunshine" to borrow from Vonna. And it was unbelievable to stitch under.....I was seeing things in a whole new light LOL. I can't believe I ever stitched without one. I now know what you mean Karen. I stitched so much that I looked up and it was way past time to go to sleep....I was working the next day or actually that day! This is a short post since I only have one day off and I'm not sure where the day went. I'm working a lot of one day on one day off...I don't know how that happened. Well one I do since I had to switch a day for DH has another surprise planned and this time I do not have a clue.....but I'm not as anxious this time around. And he's even planning on getting Phantom of the Opera tickets. The Vegas production is supposed to be amazing and they are running a locals deal.

Oh in the way of Stash.......did I mention that I signed up for the PTPlus FOTM club from Shakespeare's Peddler . Well I did. I am getting the 32ct linen 1/4 yd plain alt w/ crystal. She was really nice on the phone. The first months came today......I haven't opened it yet so unlike me. Oh and I also got in on two pieces of limited edition PTPlus fabric today from the yahoo group that I'm a member of (the link is in my sidebar). I got the 1/4 yd 32ct Crystal DaVinci and Carnival. So glad I didn't make any New Years resolutions about not buying stash!!! Just one to stitch more and with my Ott-lite that seems to be do-able!!!! I'm off to stitch... did I say this would be a short post??

I am grateful for the laundry being done!!!