Graduation and finishes :)

Hello All!

I know I have been away again but so much has been happening!  Work has been crazy getting ready to end one school year and starting another.  The bus companies are already looking for their paperwork and I am getting a new principal July 1st.  I have high hopes that she will be good for the school and that we will work well together.

Well first of all please allow me a few minute to tell you about my amazing younger daughter.  She graduated Saturday from Misericordia University in Dallas, PA.  She received her BS in Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology (Magna cumlaude), her Masters in Occupational Therapy, was in both the OT and Psych Honor Societies and on Friday she received the OT Leadership Award.  I am so very proud of my Devin!!!

Devin and her proud parents after the Award Ceremony,

 The Graduate

The Graduate and her very proud parents!

I also have had several time sensitive projects.  The first few I have to get done by the end of the school year - 

A pillow for a lovely nun at school who always brightens my day.

 

 

A pillow for another sweet nun at school who had been in the hospital.  She loves snowmen and yes there is some beading (first time I ever tried that).

I have one more that I will show later as it is a RAK for a dear friend that I still have some finishing to do. Hope to mail it off next week and then you all can see. I also have one that I am doing for my boss as a retirement gift and I promised a cross stitched wedding gift to a friend in Sept.  

This coming weekend my daughter and hubby are gutting the bathroom and putting in a new one.  I will try to post some pictures of that project too LOL!!

Hope you all are stitching away!!

Hugs,

Rose

A Surprise!!!!!

I couldn't have been more shocked  today to find a comment left by DKathy awarded Denise over at Riverside Stitching. Denise awarded my  blog a Liebster Blog Award! Thank you so very much Denise you are truly amazing! 



In case you didn' know (I didn't lol) Liebster, which means 'favorite' in German, it is a way for bloggers to help each other out by spreading the word about their blogs.

As part of the Liebster tradition it is passed along to 5 bloggers that have motivated and inspired you. To accept the award you must -


1. Link back to the person who gave it to you and thank them.
2. Post the award to your blog. 
3. Give the award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers that you appreciate and value. 
4. Leave a comment on the 5 blogs to let them know that they have been offered this award.
5. Share 5 random facts about yourself that people don't know about you. 


It is my honor to offer the Liebster blog award to these 5 blogs -


1.  Kirstin over at Stitching Addiction. Kirstin is one talented lady that I met on the About.com forum.  She is from Australia and does some beautiful work.  Be sure to stop by and say "hello".


2.  Measi's Musings is an wonderful little blog. She has some unique work and a great SAL!


3.  A shout out to Toni over at Toni's Favorite Things. Toni hasn't been around much lately and a little encouragement may be in order.  She has some beautiful work and just seeing the LNS pictures from her country (The Phillipines) is just amazing!!


4. Jeanne at Byrd's Nest has some of the most amazing blackwork designs! I first found her on the DMC forum and although I haven't been there in a long, long time I love to see what's new and different on her blog.  If you like blackwork you will love Byrd's Nest!


5.  Lynn over at Kearnel's Korner is right up my alley!! She is a fellow empty-nester who loves her stash and her cat (the difference is as you all know I am a dog person).  Her blog is a joy to follow.


Well there is my list and now for the 5 things you don't know about me (this will be hard):
1. I love small houses (which is good because I live in a small cape cod).
2. I met my hubby when we were 16 but didn't date til 24!
3. I love to listen to all different kinds of music but my favorite is anything Celtic (especially Celtic Woman or Enya).
5. I am addicted to Harry Potter in book or movie form.
6. Vanilla is my favorite smell :)


Thank you so much for the award Denise and I will catch you around the blog world!!!


Thank you to to all my followers and I hope you enjoy checking out some new blogs!

First Finish of 2012 and Other Odds & Ends

Good Morning All and Happy Monday!

 It is a beautiful Spring morning here in PA which is strange. It is February after all and we should be covered in snow! I let the gang out this morning and the birds were singing! I can't wait to open the windows and let their song into the house (although it does come with plenty of pollen ugh).

Well let's get down to business and post my finish!  I participated in "Hermit and Stitch last weekend with the gang from: 

Random Ramblings 

http://joysze.blogspot.com/ 

 I should have posted last Monday but better late than never right?? I started just needing to finish the snow flakes on "Christmas Tea" by Plum Street Samplers (I just love her patterns and knew this was the perfect pattern to get my stitching mojo back again. It is done on 14 count blue fiddler's cloth with DMC floss.

Then I moved on to start "Dream Wish Believe" by Midnight Stitching. I have a dear friend who is in rehab after an illness and she loves snowmen! This will be for her birthday in March (so I'd better get moving)!  It is on some 14 count blue I found in my stash. With gas prices going up it is time to use some stash up!

My big surprise this week came from my dear friend Minnie over at:

 All XX's

http://minnie-allxxs.blogspot.com/

She had a surprise give-a-way when she hit 50 followers! Congrats Minnie and thank so so much.

If you have time stop over and visit her!

Finally I will leave you with the latest picture of my gang taking a nap on the couch.  

Have a wonderful day and I will post my next finish soon (I hope cause I have my next 3 projects all planned!). I guess my mojo came back :)

Hugs

Rose

 

I am Back To Stay

Hi all,

So very sorry it has been so long but I promise to do better!  I am off on Mondays so I will start by making sure I post at least every Monday :) 

Life around here got very complicated with both girls home, sick dogs and the holidays.  I seem to have gotten in a stitching funk, UGH!! 

But both girls have moved out - Siobhan off to Philadelphia to an apartment with friends and 3 (yes 3) part time jobs (oh to be young again).  She is also working on her art like crazy and should have her first Philadelphia show soon.  She is a printmaker.  Devin is off to a Lake House near Misericordia University as she finishes her Masters in Occupational Therapy. She graduates in May.  Can you tell I am a proud mama?!?!

Well I am determined to get my mojo back.  I have started a small cross stitch Christmas Tea by Plum Street Samplers.  I love cranberry tea and I loved the colors so I am determined that it will be my first finish of 2012!

I also have a dear friend who is getting married in September so I was looking for the perfect wedding pattern for a older bride (47) and second time around when I was blog surfing and came across the blog A Whole Lot of Latte.  She had just started The Wedding from My Big Toe Designs and it is perfect.  Even the colors as she is thinking of burgundy for the wedding.  I am looking forward to starting it and I know if I post my progress you will all help keep me going.  

I promise progress pictures soon - I will be back VERY soon.  Til then stay warm and dry . . .Hugs

Been Gone Awhile

Good Evening All,
Sorry I am not posting as often as I would like but life has bee crazy. 

First we bought a RV and have been up at the campground for the last 3 weekends getting everything in order.  Here is our "home away from home".

 I am sure we will enjoy many wonderful weekends and vacations in our "new to us" RV!

This week Shari and Denise both finished their Northwind. I haven't heard from Angela yet and mine is on hold (more about that later) so here are the 2 finished pieces:

Denise week 9 finish

Shari week 9 finish

Aren't they both beautiful?!?! I have been working on my crocheting for class.  Here is my progress so far:

My first piece a heart

A hooded scarf with pockets almost ready to be put together.

And ...

A shawl that I can't wait to wear!

Now I have a Christmas exchange to get moving on and crocheting Christmas gifts, and move my daughter, and winterize the camper, and work, and . . . I think my North Wind will be waiting awhile!  

Hope you are all enjoying the fall. We have some beautiful fall weather at last.  Have a great week and I promise to be back a little sooner next time.

OH Where is Fall?? (SAL update too)

Good Morning All (it's morning for 5 more minutes),

Oh where, oh where has my mojo gone. Maybe when fall finally gets here it will return.  Lots of dr. visits this week and we are buying our RV Wednesday and headed up to the mountains this weekend. Maybe the colors are changing up there. I will settle for cooler temps, low humidity and some sun.   

My older daughter Siobhan is moving to Philadelphia November 1st. Funny it seems like we just moved her to the basement (oh yeah we did) and now she is off to Philly. She is getting a row home with her old college roomies and has a lead on a great job teaching art to learning challenged adults. I hope it comes through as she would be great at that.  My younger daughter Devin starts her internship today at Good Shephard Rehab Center where she will be working in the head trauma department. It should be an interesting 3 months. 

Crochet class is going well I will post my first project later in the week.  It is a heart and is really coming out nice.  I am bringing patterns to class on Wednesday to decide on my first bigger project.  I am thinking of a scarf or slippers or maybe a shawl.  

Here is our latest update on out SAL:

Angela Week 6

She is really moving along.

Denise week 6

Inspite of surgery she still managed to get some stitching done!

Shari week 6

She had a busy week but still is smokin'!

Rose week 6

Oh mojo come back!! I still love this pattern though!

Will "talk" to you all again soon!

SAL WEEK 5 and other updates

Hello all and welcome to Autumn in the Northeast.  We went from air conditioning to 43 degrees at night.  I am enjoying the cool weather (although my shoulder is not). I have been enjoying my stitching and practicing my crochet.  Not much to show yet int he crochet department.  Stitching? Well I am enjoying every stitch and seeing how the other ladies are progressing but I do notice I can't stitch for long periods (like I love to) with out my hands and neck bothering me so short spurts will get me to the finish eventually.

Here are the week 5 updates:

 Angela week 5

Denise week 5

Rose week 5

 Shari week 5

I thought I would do alphabetical order this week lol.  

Lady Mae is doing better. She went back to the dr. on Friday and will be doing 10 more days of antibiotics. Then we wait. If it comes back we will try 6-9 weeks of antibiotics. She is a wonderful old dog and we will try to make the best decisions we can for her. Well All are happy here in the Christmas City and I will "talk" to you all again soon -