Snow and other Things

As I drove in to work today it was SNOWING! As in coming down extremely hard! It was almost a whiteout! I have to tell you I love snow! I love everything about snow with the possible exception of the cold that snow is! But then again it is just a great excuse to curl up with a good book and a nice warm blanket and read. I didn't expect quite this much snow however, because yesterday it got to a nice springlike temperature of 50 degrees outside. Beautiful. I guess that's just spring time in Utah.

Next week I will be having my tonsils out. Can you believe that someone in her late 40's needs her tonsils out. I can't but my tonsils have been causing me some problems lately and the doc decided that it was time for them to come out. I know that I will be miserable for quite some time and we shall see how long it takes me to recover. I sincerely hope that I can get some cross-stitching time in while I'm away from work for 1 week.

Stitching wise I'm still working on my "Aquamarine" from HAED. It is beautiful but I need so much blues. I had to go and buy out 931 from Michaels today. I am still purchasing the thread needed for this project but once I have her completely kitted I will post pictures. I've got about 1/3 of the first page completed on her and will post pictures tonight.

Elena

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes it's my birthday, another year older and not much to show for it! I have a few goals for the next year:

1. Lose some weight, ideally 75 lbs. but at least 30.
2. Post weekly on my blog.
3. Actually accomplish some stitching projects. (My current project is Aquamarine a HAED by Rachel Anderson) I actually like this one a lot and would love to get all the birthstone ones or at least the ones with my DD's birthdays.

Little changes, little goals but we shall see what happens!

My 15 Project Challenge

I keep telling myself that I need to start a 15 project challenge and then just one more project rears it gorgeous face and I can't decide where I want to start with this. So on March 11, 2010 I will have it all settled in my mind. Why March 11, well because that is my birthday and while I don't like admitting that I'm old (I'll be 47) I'm getting there and I want to start this year fresh. I decided that I will set some goals for myself and stick to them. They will be easy goals things I know that I can accomplish. I will post more about that as the next couple of weeks progresses but this I know I need to start weeding out my stash and finishing up projects. Stay Tuned!!

Thanks,

Elena

BRRRR! Baby it's Cold Outside

Hello all,

Well lately I haven't done much more than cough! It's been a really bad week for me. I started coughing last Sunday and really haven't stopped much since then. The Dr. gave me some cough medicines and neither have really helped. One helps me sleep at night and the other one has mellowed the cough. I really wish I could stop coughing long enough to get more stitching in!

It is really cold here in Utah!! I woke up (LATE) to frost seemingly at least an inch thick. By the time I made it half way to work my heater finally kicked in and make it nice and warm in the car. (20 min. after I left for work). We are looking for a huge heat wave this afternoon. Yes folks it might get up to 35C . We shall see.

Stitching wise not much to show so there are no pictures this morning.

Newest Blog I'm Following

I just wanted to make mention of the newest blog I'm following. It is the Staker's Exposed. I read about this [almost] tragic accident on KSL.com our local news station. In the blog there was this link to Bronson's story. What an awe-inspiring story! It is also extremely faith building. I just had to mention it here because it so renewed my faith in Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father who loves each one of us. Thank you for telling your story!! If you would like to read Bronson's story you can see it here.

Elena

SNOW!

Well, its not near as much as the east coast is getting and I'm grateful for that but the last two mornings I have driven to work in a snow storm! Yeah! I love snow and always grateful to get more snow!

Cross-stitching wise I was able to actually start on a purple-y color for my project. I know that I messed up just a little bit and will now be doing some frogging on this project but I WON'T BE RESTARTING IT!!! As in previous posts I have mentioned that every time I start a project I have restarted the same project a couple of times before putting it aside forever. My goal is to have the 3 wonderful projects that I have started in the last month finished sometime this year. Once they are finished I will move on to other starts. My goal is to actually have some ready for framing by the end of the year.

Pictures soon I promise

Elena

Pink, Pink and more Pink!

I know I haven't mentioned before that I like pink, or least I really used too. I have been working on the freebie from HAED, I love the cute little penguins seen here. They really are adorable but the problem is that there are 5 colors of pink on the part I've worked on so far. With many many more to go. I think that once this project is done I will not want to see another pink thread for at least 50 years! (Okay maybe more like 50 hours, or 50 minutes LOL!) . I will try and post a pic this weekend.

Elena