second round robin done

This was my first finish of 2008 - my piece (that's the bottom bit) for Marguerite's round robin (part of Ally's Round Robin group). Such a simple little sampler to do but so effective. It will be so smart once it is all done..

bring it on 2008

Well this is my second finish of 2008 - a cute little bookmark for my dd, i took the alphabet out of World of Cross Stitching and i am pleased to say she is very happy with it... It felt pretty good atually finising something as i feel that i have only been working on big stuff which will take years to complete, so have changed my rotation slighlty to incorporate all those little things i want to tackle.

Back at work this week after having been on hols last week which was lovely.. spent the week doing pretty much nothing, a bit of reading, a bit of stitching, watching lots of Shameless (bought the DVD set for hubbie) ,. Took Neve out on her bike and she has just about mastered the art of riding it and that was pretty much it. Perfect.

Diet is going really well ha ha - lost a whole 1/2 pd but hey at least it is not going on which is where the problem really lies. Will just keep plodding on with it, if it takes a year or more - so what - as long as it comes off eventually.. I have even turned down Roses this morning - quite an achievement I think..

Damn it - Christmas must be early this year

Okay I admit defeat - Christmas must be early this year. I haven't got the kids Christmas trees ornaments finished and I am suffering from a bit of Christmas overkill so they have been put away before I lost the plot with them lol! So I am back on the rotation and worked a wee bit on my HAED which was a pleasant relief. I will be so pleased when i get page 1 done, only another 48 to go....

Off work next week so planning just to chill out and not do a lot. Have a tiny bit of the hall to paint and then we can go carpet hunting and finally get rid of the pink and paint splattered carpet which is there just now.. oh i hate it, can not wait to see the back of it.

Been overinduling somewhat on the mincepie front and had to go and buy bigger trousers last week, so have been re-enthused to shift a bit of weight for my hols in the summer (well after I have eaten all the rubbish still in the house of course!!) - have added a little ticker so that should keep me on the straight and narrow (i hope)..

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL...

Finished round robin (for lynda)

This is my finished piece for Lynda's rr - it's such a cute book of designs...stitching has had to take a bit of a back seat this week though as been getting presents wrapped to get sent off and the tree put up and my wonderful friend Sharon came and helped me recover my dining room chairs (well when i say helped she actually did most of it!) so I have nice, clean chairs - they have been so horrible for ages and they now look really good...I've got nights out tonight and tomorrow so will hopefully get Joe's christmas tree ornament finished at the weekend and then get them made up next week.

Been buying a bit of stash as well, fabric from Chatelaine St Petersburg so i can get that started in the new year, a couple of little bent creek snappers and Donner and Dasher from Mirabilia - they were just too cute too resist..

Right better go and do some work - just poured diet coke all over my desk, pity it didn't break my pc..

Fabric for christmas ornaments