tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78973127033493546662024-03-06T12:02:43.482-08:00Lyns CreationsLynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-49926898323893685082020-04-03T12:34:00.000-07:002020-04-03T12:34:15.973-07:00Busy, Busy, Busy<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">Hello, Everyone! The past year or so has been</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">I hadn't been able to easily get to anywhere, easily,<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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especially church, because I am now in an electric wheelchair most of the time. Then I found out about the church I now attend. They have a wheelchair van, so picking me up isn't a problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">I've also found a Christ-centered twelve step program based on the beatitudes called Celebrate Recovery. This program helps a person deal with hurts, hang-ups and habits. From what is considered major to what is</span><br />
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thought of as small. The program helps a person realize they need God in every aspect of their life, not just selected parts. I have gained confidence in<br />myself and have just grown as a believer in Christ due to this program. Celebrate Recovery started over twenty years ago and has grown and seems to be just about everywhere now. If you want to check them out, click: <a href="http://celebraterecovery.com/">celebraterecovery.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">My husband and I recently celebrated our 32nd wedding <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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anniversary, our sixth grandchild was born; our oldest daughter graduated as a Registered Nurse and works in the Emergency Room; our son and his family have moved here from California, so now everyone is in the same state! Our oldest son lives about two and a half hours north of us, but the rest of us live in the east central part of the state. It is exciting to have all of <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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us so close together. I can't wait to see how we are going to handle the various get together at holiday and such throughout the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">I have definitely been stitching. I stitched and gave my Mom, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Love"</u>. I also finished and framed, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"The Lords Prayer"</u>. I stitched a couple of bookmarks (purple flower one was with satin <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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threads), my grandson's birth announcement, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Blessed Baby"</u>, which only needs me to finish the beads for the eyes. I have also stitched, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Harvest Time"</u> and I finished, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"I Asked Jesus"</u>. The backstitching on <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"I Asked Jesus"</u> is completed, but for whatever reason, I couldn't get that picture to load on blogspot. Bummer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><br />I am now stitching on one my aunt started. She was unable to finish it because she became ill. My cousin gifted me all of y aunt's cross stitching stuff including the project, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Aunt Verdi's Porch"</u>. I'm enjoying stitching it. It seems like it's going to be a fast stitch. I will post a picture of it on my next update. My plan is to now update this blog regularly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">Everyone please stay safe and at home during this pandemic. I know that God's got this in His hands. We need to be smart though and do our part too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24px;">Until next time! Stay safe and well! God bless you!</span><br />
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Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-16534691078781621222019-02-17T12:12:00.001-08:002019-02-17T12:12:52.262-08:00Wow, Has It Really Been Eighteen Months?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hello, Everyone! Sorry for being gone so long! Life has been crazy! I originally stopped posting because I was devoting every minute of my time, for nine months, to a project a designer (X's and O's) asked me to stitch. It is a purse, wallet and pocket. I was told to not post pictures because it will be published in a magazine. She didn't want me to "steal their thunder" in revealing the pictures I took of it. I finished all three parts right after Christmas 2017. It hasn't been published yet, so still can't show my pictures.<br />
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I did stitch a lot in 2018. I stitched, and finished, a Winnie The Pooh Sampler with my granddaughter's name and birthday on it. Her mommy, my youngest daughter, is expecting her second child any <br />
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day. She is expecting a little boy this time. His name is Jonah Lee. Fortunately Rachel and her husband, Jacob, understand how much work goes into stitching a project. I think I know which project I <br />
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want to do announcing him, but I haven't bought the pattern yet.<br />
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I managed to finish and frame Psalm 23, which I had to stop stitching because of the model. I really like how it turned out!<br />
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I found a UFO that was 20 years old! I thought I had finished it, but it looked like something was missing. I went through my patterns and found its pattern. I had, for some reason, omitted the branches and apples in the upper left corner, above the bears. The project is now complete, for real this time, LOL!<br />
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I was going to start teaching how to cross stitch at Joann's in October 2018. I stitched my examples <br />
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for the class, and then was told that Joann's decided to not have classes anymore. That news bummed me out but I decided to see about doing private lessons. There were three small projects: a Christmas wreath, a reindeer, and a car with a Christmas tree atop. I do have pictures of all three, but I am not sure I should post them.<br />
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I stitched a pansy that I am going to give my Mom. I originally wanted to give it to her Christmas 2018. It will be in a trinket box. My husband Jack, is helping me fix the box. It will probably end up being a Mother's Day gift this year.<br />
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I also stitched a picture of my older daughter, Sarah, with her horse, Gypsy. Gypsy passed away unexpectedly in March of 2018. Sarah had been taking care of Gypsy since she was 14, so for the past ten years. I sent a friend this picture. She has a program that turned the picture into a pattern, so,<i> wallah</i>, I was able to stitch this project! I was nervous about giving it to her. I wondered if she'd be upset about the picture because of how much she loved him. But, she loved it!<br />
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I am currently working on a couple of WIPs. One is <i><u>"The Lord's Prayer"</u></i>. The other is, <u style="font-style: italic;"> "I Asked Jesus"</u>. My cousin gave me a WIP that my Aunt started several years ago. My<br />
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Aunt became ill and was unable to finish it. I think it'd be neat to give it to my cousin as a Christmas gift. I have the project and the pattern together in my area of projects to do.<br />
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That catches you up on my stitching news!<br />
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I have been able to stitch so much because my mobility has greatly declined. I am using an electric wheelchair when I am not home and sometimes in my house, depending on my pain level. I use a walker when I am not using the Jazzy (electric wheelchair). I was very bummed out bout my physical condition worsening, but I have come to the realization that is just part of my Christ story. I am getting ready to start eight weeks of intensive physical and occupational therapy at home. I remember a bit more than two years ago I could o 2.5 miles on the elliptical. Now I can't walk seventy-five feet without having massive pain. I have Degenerative Disc and Joint Disease. Surgery to repair the affected discs isn't really an option because I am already partially paralyzed. One of the risks of the surgery is causing someone to be paralyzed. I don't need to be any more paralyzed than I already m, thank you!<br />
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Because of my declined mobility, I now get 40 hours of in home help with housecleaning, food prep, etc. I hired Rachel, because I wanted someone I could trust.<br />
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Jack and I had a great day. It was our 31st Anniversary. Jack made dinner and Sarah, Rachel, Jacob and Sarah's daughter (Dahlia) and Rachel and Jacob's daughter (Astrid) came over for a family dinner. It was delicious!<br />
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Rachel and Jacob are going to take me up to see a friend of mine over Palm Sunday weekend. I am excited! I originally met the couple when we attended the church in which he was the Pastor. I developed a wonderful friendship with the wife. He accepted a call to Pastor at a smaller church in a small town in Michigan; a five hour drive.<br />
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Sarah is in her final semester of nursing school. She will be done in May. Then she will need to take her State Boards. Jack and I are very proud of her.<br />
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Jack is doing well. Thank you all for sticking with me and praying for us.<br />
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I have started attending a church which has a wheelchair accessible van. I have enjoyed the services I have attended so far.<br />
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May God keep and bless each of you!<br />
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Last Sunday, Pastor's sermon was on Ephesians 4:30-32 <i>And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice. And be kind to one another,tenderhearted,forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.</i><br />
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This sermon spoke to me. There are some people in my life that I really wish could have heard this sermon along with me. I am still praying the relationships involved can be healed. I know that with <br />
time they may very well be healed, but meanwhile....<br />
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I did finish <u><i>"Wedding Bells"</i></u>. I finished it about a week after the wedding. I haven't been able to frame it, so a couple weeks ago, I sent it to my cousin, the father of the groom. He will frame it for me, making sure it matches the colors of their home. I will post the framed picture when David sends it to me.<br />
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I did get further on Psalm 23. I would consider myself at least 90% done. I do<br />
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want to finish it, and will, but I have another project I'm working on that overrides Psalm 23.<br />
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The designer from X's and O's contacted me as I was finishing up <i style="text-decoration-line: underline;">"Wedding Bells"</i>, asking me if I was still interested in being a stitcher for her. We had discussed it last fall, but, honestly, I'd forgotten about it since I hadn't heard from her. I have been concentrating all my stitching on this<br />
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project. She would like to have it by late September. I asked her if I could post pictures of my progress to my blog. She told me she'd rather I just told of my progress, since it is for a magazine. It is a purse/wallet/pocket combination. I'd be further on it than I am now, but I discovered a mistake I had made and had to frog several hundred stitches. If I'd been doing for myself I wouldn't of worried about it. I realized I had put one of the items 1 stitch too low. The only way to fix it properly was to frog what I did. I then had to replace all those stitches. Yesterday, I finally was able to stitch beyond what I had to frog. đ Even with me having to take the time to frog and then restitch, I believe I have made very good progress on <br />
the project.<br />
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My niece, Kayla, who lives in Idaho, became engaged in February. They are getting married in July. I told her I'd stitch her and Wes an announcement. She picked out <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/item/Dimensions-To-Have-and-To-Hold-Wedding-Record-Cross-Stitch-Kit/K3892">this pattern</a>. I ordered the kit and have it here now. I am going to do it on perforated paper instead of the material though. The circle is 12 inches in diameter. The perforated frame paper/lapstand arrived in today's mail. Now I just need to find thee right size paper!<br />
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Rachel and her boyfriend have worked things out. Her Dad and I are happy for<br />
her and them. He is a nice young man. His name is Jacob. He had told me before they hit their rough patch that he wanted to marry her. She will be 18 on Friday. They are going yo the courthouse Friday afternoon. We will have a wedding cake for them and a birthday cake for her here afterwords. Of course Rachel's wedding and the baby give me two more projects to stitch.<br />
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The Castanon family picture is of my niece, Danielle, her husband, Nick and their children. They are <br />
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expecting the fourth child to make his appearance in October. Nick is in the Army and the will all be moving to Germany at the beginning of July. I did a project for the oldest two's birth, but not Elijah or the baby due in October. Wonder what else I could fit on my stitching plate?<br />
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This picture of Dahlia was taken Mother's Day weekend. Sarah and Chance took her to a friend's home where she could burn some of the two year old energy off. It is hard to believe she will be three August 7.<br />
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Earlier this year my doctor sent me to physical therapy because of all my falls. At the end of my number of sessions insurance would cover, she told me she wanted me to reapply for the wheelchair. She feels that because I am weaker than last year, I'll have a better chance at getting it. I haven't heard anything since the paperwork was filed though. I now also have a lift recliner.<br />
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Jack is doing well. He has started doing something that makes him happy. He had been spending 90% of his day on the bed, reading fanfiction on line, since he became disabled several years ago. He has found an activity that makes him heel useful. He wakes every day with a purpose and happy.<br />
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<br />Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-46889772766886811232017-01-28T15:12:00.004-08:002017-01-28T15:12:45.202-08:00I Am Getting Jazzed!<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">How have things been going
for you so far this new year? My part of Illinois has not received
hardly any snow this winter. As a matter of fact, every âsnow
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enough to cover the grass hardly at all. We did
have an ice storm in late fall that caused some problems, but we
certainly, thus far, have not had typical Illinois winter. Sometimes,
we have had temperatures as high as 60 degrees, when we usually have
highs in the 30's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2 TIMOTHY 1:7</b><i>
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love
and of a sound mind. To me this verse is important. I think that the
spirit referred to is probably the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit NEVER
brings bad things (fear) but ALWAYS brings good things (power, love,
sound mind). God does allow bad things to happen to us, but He is in
even in control of how far that goes. The bad things come from Satan,
but Satan must ask God's permission to cause something bad to happen
to us. God does not allow a trial </i><b>(JOB 1:12)</b> <i>to occur
unless He knows that we can handle with His help. Satan was so sure
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people even wondered why he
didn't. But in all of the trials that Satan was allowed to put Job
through, Job still did not sin or deny God</i> <b>(JOB 1:22, 2:10)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have been concentrating
my stitching on <i><u><b>âWedding Bellsâ</b></u></i> for the past
few weeks. I was able to stitch a lot last week. I ended up going in
the hospital Thursday morning and not being released until Sunday
morning. I had mentioned to Jack on Monday or some reason my big toe
on my right foot was hurting. He looked at it and couldn't see
anything. Tuesday he thought he saw something and tried to get it
out. Then bandaged it. By Wednesday evening my toe was turning red,
the color our skin turns when you have cellulitis. If this isn't
taken care of, it can become gangrene. So I went to the walk-in
clinic Thursday. He saw my toe and immediately told me to go to<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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hospital for intravenous antibiotics. I was on them until Sunday
morning. Then I was put on oral medication for five days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I do like how <i><u><b>âWedding
Bellsâ</b></u></i> is turning out. I am concerned that I'm going to
run out of the filament. Hopefully I'm wrong. I am debating
myself...do I back stitch the top part of the pattern before moving
the pattern in the q-snap so I can get to the bottom of the pattern,
or do I back stitch everything at once?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">A friend on Facebook sent
me an RAK. The box has several different sizes and types of material.
It also has several pattern books and a kit that has bunch of beads.
As you know, I have done beads, but never more than a few on a
pattern. This one probably has at least 100! I'm looking forward to
trying to do it. Especially since I bought the proper type of needle
to deal with beads (just before the Christmas projects). I was
noticing that there are several bookmark patterns in at least one of
the books. There are a total of six book. There is so much more! I
love it! Thank you, to this Facebook friend!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I saw a project I want to
stitch very badly when I was on one of my Facebook groups. I have
been wanting to stitch a Christmas themed project that I can put up
in my own home during the Christmas season. Look <a href="http://kustomkrafts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=726:3f9416b4208bf6bbf1af54a60ee1adec">here</a> <span id="goog_1386260433"></span><span id="goog_1386260434"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>at what I found! I
think this pattern is sooo pretty! I want to do something that isn't
the typical Christmas pattern. I believe this one would fit that
bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I can't really do any more
stitching on <i><u><b>"Life's Little Tangles"</b></u></i>
until I get the first two or three pages of the pattern reprinted. I
have the pages, but since I marked on them and I am on my third or
fourth time stitching these pages, they are rather, shall we say,
messy and hard to figure out again. I had downloaded the pattern on
my iPad and was using a program made for the iPad to stitch the
pattern. I was going along pretty well and then my iPad decided it
wasn't going to charge any more. I can't even get the thing to come
up at all! Well back to putting the sheet on my metallic board, which
is fine, especially now that I have figured our a system!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The saddest thing about
the iPad refusing to work is that every week my good friend, who
lives in Michigan, talk on FaceTime. We can't do that with my iPad
refusing to work. We liked seeing each others face. We are going to
try and see I Skype will work for both of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Rachel is still having a
large amount of illness with her pregnancy. She is hoping it starts
letting up soon. She is now in her twelfth week. You my want to pray
for her. She is under a great amount of stress. Those of us who have
been pregnant, know that stress isn't always a good thing in
pregnancy. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Well, everyone, that's
about it for now. I hope to finish <u><b>"Wedding Bells"</b></u>
and then <i><u><b>"Psalm 23"</b></u></i>. I want to buy
that Christmas pattern and get started on it as soon as I can, but I
do want to finish these two projects first. Then I can start with a
"clean slate", so to speak! Maybe throwing in a bookmark
here and there from my new books! Stitching possibilities never end!
Happy Stitching to those of you who stitch. To those of you who don't
stitch, have a wonderful time between now and next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello
Everyone and Happy New Year! I hope and pray your Christmas season went as you
hoped and maybe even exceeded your expectations! We had Christmas over at
Rachelâs home. Jack gave Rachel tips and helped a smidgen with the making of
dinner, but for the most part it was all her. She did a fabulous job! Chance
Sarah and Dahlia came over after Sarah got off work. We gave Sarah, Rachel
Chance and Jacob $25 gift cards. We bought Dahlia two <u>My Little Pony<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">â˘</a></u></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><a class="msocomanchor" href="file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/Blog%20Updates/January%2010%20Blog.docx#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_1">[U1]</a><!--[endif]--> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> ponies that were nice sized. They
were on sale, but one get one free. We paid $30. She loves them! Jack bought me
a nice new watch. We need to take it to the jewelers and have them remove three
or four of the links because itâs too big for my wrist. I am so happy about the
watch! I have been hinting for awhile that I wanted a watch. I hate having to
hunt down my phone to find out what time it is. For me, a physical watch is
easier! He also bought me a new Bible. The one I had somehow, inside the van
got doused in liquid. The pages were </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">sticking or stuck together and the ink of
the words ran. I am very happy with this Bible too! He even bought a cover for
this one as well. My old Bible had a cover, but it was<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span>obviously very warn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My birthday
was quiet. Rachel and Jacob came over New Yearâs Eve and we played <u>Clue<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">â˘</a></u></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><a class="msocomanchor" href="file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/Blog%20Updates/January%2010%20Blog.docx#_msocom_2" id="_anchor_2" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_2">[U2]</a><!--[endif]--> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> until it was approaching midnight.
We ended up staying up until probably close to two in the morning. That is highly
unusual for us. I noticed that the Rose Parade wasnât on (very disappointed
about this) so we ended up watching an on demand movie. Jack went and bought me
a cake. Sarah, Chance and Dahlia came
over and we had a good time. The Rose Parade and game were on the next day. We
watched both. The game was excellent! The highest scoring Rose Bowl ever! I
think between the teams they had scored 101 points! Both were up there, so it
wasnât a lopsided game by</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">any stretch of the imagination.</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I made an
order to Nordic Needle that is my birthday present. It came in yesterdayâs
mail! I ordered a new leather thimble. The one I did have disappeared when I
was in the nursing home this past summer. I was frustrated because I had become
very use to it. Anyway, Iâm glad I have a new one now!! I also ordered a
package of tips to put on the end of harp things, like my sharp scissors,
several colors of beading thread, and a rosewood laying tool. I think all of this
will help my stitching this year. If Iâm going to start stitching things that
have beads, I thought I better have the proper thread! Iâve been told how
useful laying tools are with certain projects, so thought Iâd try it! I also got some hardanger tweezers. I haven't done much hardanger, but I do have a UFO that has hardanger in it. I want to <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Laying Tool</td></tr>
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learn more about it and stitch it more. I do know from when I was being taught how to do this project, the tweezers come in very handy! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I cannot believe how many different aspects of stitching I am wanting to learn. I saw "stumpwork" and was in awe. I ant to learn it!! I put a book about it on my 1-2-3 wishlist. I should find a DVD as well. I bought a DVD on hardanger.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Isaiah 30:18</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> <i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Therefore
the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">exalted</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, that he may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are those who wait for Him.</span></i> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This verse
tells me the Lord is patient with us. He waits for us to realize what He wants
us to know. It also tells me how gracious He is. To me this means the answering
of a prayer. He answers prayer every day! People who pray realize how He
answers prayers every day, then they give Him the credit for the answer,
rightly so, which exalts Him.</span> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It also talks about how the</span> <i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lord is a God of justice</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. To me this is referring to how he will allow things, both
big and small to happen to try and get people to open their eyes to how good
and real He is. This can be confusing to someone who doesnât know Him. If this
is you, you can contact me and I will do the best I can to answer your
questions. The last sentence of the verse tells me how those of us who wait for
God to do what He wants will be blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stitching
wise, I did finish <b><i><u>âChristmas Bellsâ</u></i></b> , an ornament that I started last year
and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">never finished the backstitching on. I gave it to the secretary of my counselor.
She loved it. She has seen other projects Iâve done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I also
pulled out <b><i><u>âPsalm 23â</u></i></b>, and worked on it a bit. It was kind of tough
to get back to because I realized one of the, if not <i>the</i> reason I put it down was the area I was at on t</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">he pattern had
warn symbols. I got past it by looking at the actual picture of the project.
The picture showed each square in the proper color. I was lucky that with my
magnifying lamp I was able to tell the colors. I am now well past that part.
The other issue I ended up overcoming with this project, thanks to help from a Facebook
group, is one of the main colors had done a disappearing act from the project
card. The number that was listed wasnât a DMC number. The gal in the Facebook group
suggested I cross reference the numbers listed on the <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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pattern to DMC. I found
out that the color was DMC 334, which I had!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I did set
down <b><i><u>âPsalm
23â</u></i></b> and picked up <b><i><u>âWedding Bellsâ</u></i></b> and started
working on it again. The wedding is in mid-March, but I want to have it done
and framed and out to them (they live in Idaho) before, or at least by, the
wedding. The wedding is actually in Southern California, where the bride is
from. They know we cannot come, but they also know Iâm stitching them something
for their wedding.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nancy at Victorian Motto Sampler is having a give away. You can enter <a href="https://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you
for spending time with me. I enjoy writing my blog I </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">also enjoy stitching and
you help motivate me to finish projects, even when it seems like I canât finish
it, like, <b><i><u>âPsalm 23â</u></i></b>. Happy stitching to everyone who stitches!
God Bless to everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-7266933195771526382016-12-21T15:30:00.000-08:002016-12-21T15:51:35.838-08:00Christmas Gifts<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Everyone! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know that itâs
been several weeks since Iâve updated my blog. Sorry! Anyway the stitching has
been non-stop for me! First I stitched an ornament for an ornament exchange. I
stitched an ornament kit called, <b><i><u>âSnowman Cupcakeâ</u></i></b>. I knew
that the person I was assigned loved snowmen, so it seemed like the perfect
ornament for her. The only problem I could foresee is that the kit was a RAK. I
realized I had plenty of thread and I placed it in such a way that it wasnât
directly in the middle of the white felt put on the back. I can and sill stitch
it for my tree next year. The ornament I<br />received was a pillow type. Rachel
took it so quickly for the tree that I canât remember what was on the pillow. I
do remember that I loved it! I asked my daughter, who has the big tree at her
house because she is hosting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christmas, to take a picture and send it to me.
She keeps forgetting, but then she does have the perfect excuse. Working 12
hour shifts and morning sickness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then I stitch
an ornament out of <b><i><u>âJust Cross Stitch Ornament 2016â</u></i></b> issue the ornament was
<b><i><u>âBabyâs
First Christmasâ</u></i></b> for a young couple that we love a great deal. The
new Dad is like a son to Jack and me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then I
decided Iâd put together four coasters that Iâd bought last year and never got
together. The problem: I didnât measure quite right and so none of the four
designs (I created) fit correctly. In the designs I created, it was more like
connecting a couple of the motifs together or putting two or three on what was supposed
to be within the coaster. So what I ended up doing is stitching one of the motifs
found in a Christmas Cross Stitch book per coaster. They didnât take very long
to stitch----- at all. I even taught a young lady a bit about stitching. She
stitched at least 50% of the poinsettia and the ribbon of the gift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was wanting to frame "<u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Spiderweb Rose"</u> and give it away as well. I have looked everywhere I can think of for the little zipper pouch that holds all my small frames. It has disappeared! I told the person who I was going to give it to what happened. I told them I could buy a new frame after the new year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lastly, stitching
wise, I finished stitching <b><i><u>âChristmas Bellsâ</u></i></b>. I started
stitching it last year and ended up putting it away because I didnât get done
with it before Christmas and so I started stitching on other things. Anyway it
is done now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I found a
pattern that I want to stitch to put in my home next Christmas, but I need to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spiderweb Rose</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">concentrate on what else is on my stitching plate right now. I have </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i><u>âPsalm
23â</u></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> and </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i><u>âWedding Bellsâ</u></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> that need completing. The wedding of
Tyler and Sally is in April, I believe so I have a bit of time but still I donât
want to be last minute. That would make me feel rushed. Can you see mistakes
when youâre rushed? LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The weather
in East Central Illinois has been down right crazy! Iâm betting we had the
warmest November on record! We were in the 60âs and 70âs during the day for the
majority of the month. We started out warm in December, but about a week into
December, we started going the other way---record cold. We have had a couple of
storms, but theyâve been of the sleet variety for the most part. We had about ½ inch of snow, but itâs covered
with about Âź inch of ice. I had been stuck in my house because no one,
including me, wanted me to try and walk on ice. Yesterday it warmed up enough
to melt the ice. I was able to get out of the house and run an errand! Yay!! </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">J</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas Bells</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had a
wonderful Thanksgiving. Jack cooked the turkey, made mashed potatoes, yams, green
bean casserole, cornbread stuffing, sage stuffing, a coconut cream pie,
chocolate pie, and banana cream pie. I made pumpkin pies, and we bought an
apple pie. Sarah cooked the ham. Chance and Dahliaâs brought it over when they
came. Unfortunately Sarah had to work</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">L</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, so she couldnât join the meal. Matt
came down from Chicago bringing his partner and a friend from Danville. Rachel
and her boyfriend were here. We also had our niece from Fort Campbell here. Her
husband is in the Army and stationed at Fort Campbell. Having Danielle, Nick
and the kids was so wonderful! I canât remember a time when our little two
bedroom house was so full!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Weather
in East Central Illinois has been down right crazy! Iâm betting we had the
warmest November on record! We were in the 60âs and 70âs during the day for the
majority of the month. We started out warm in December, but about a week into
December, we started going the other way---record cold. We have had a couple of
storms, but theyâve been of the sleet variety for the most part. We had about ½ inch of snow, but itâs covered
with about Âź inch of ice. I had been stuck in my house because no one,
including me, wanted me to try and walk on ice. Yesterday it warmed up enough
to melt the ice. I was able to get out of the house and run an errand! Yay!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraOPbiEFnXPf9attHAtE4Ki52dSyG5hLyKX6habpbqgr_BSpuzI24nSuiqIj7x27iIjhw-8e2KnK7PxPvjipMsnty8kszkpOD4uIecWaTvMKwpHbtoAwfVKATuMD-BMCu7fas7EOMRQGk/s1600/Put+together+Baby%2527s+First+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraOPbiEFnXPf9attHAtE4Ki52dSyG5hLyKX6habpbqgr_BSpuzI24nSuiqIj7x27iIjhw-8e2KnK7PxPvjipMsnty8kszkpOD4uIecWaTvMKwpHbtoAwfVKATuMD-BMCu7fas7EOMRQGk/s200/Put+together+Baby%2527s+First+Christmas.jpg" width="185" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby's First Christmas</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Weâve also
dealt with an emergency medical issue. Our daughter called us needing to be
taken to the emergency room because of what she was saying was kidney stones.
Turns out it was appendicitis. Her surgery, a few hours after arriving at the hospital,
turned out to be just in time. She spent one night in the hospital but is back
to the usual routine now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We also had our van break down. We thought it was the battery, because of the cold, but as it turns out the engine threw the belt. The reason the belt broke was a part that it helps move decided to stop working. Grrr So much for any Christmas presents! But this season is not about what you give or receive, its about <b>Christ</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Being the
time of year that it is, just a few days before Christmas, I feel compelled to
share the story of Christâs birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luke 2:1-7</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <i>And
it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be registered. This census took place while Quirinius was
governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph
also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, in the city
of David, which is called Bethlehem, because of the house and lineage of David,
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was,
that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
And she brought forth her first born Son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The things
said in Luke 2 are exciting to me the first few verses talk about why Joseph
and Mary were having to go to Bethlehem. Verse 6 talks about Jesus being born!
Verse 7 announces where and why Joseph and Mary had to lay Him where they did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luke 2 9-10</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to
them, âDo not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy
which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of
David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you: you
will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a mangerâ.</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are where the angel is announcing that Jesus is born to the shepherds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The more I
think about this story the more it amazes me. It is so awesome! Christ came
to earth to live among us and teach us and lead us into eternal life. I am sooo
grateful! I would be so lost if it werenât for Christ! A couple years ago a
person whom I knew told me I could take my Christ and put it where the sun donât
shine. I feel sorry for this person and can do nothing except pray for him.
Maybe God will put a different person in this acquaintances life who can lead
him to the saving knowledge of Christ the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I hope and
pray everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Happy
Stitching Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-40396837906779764282016-10-29T10:27:00.001-07:002016-10-29T10:27:18.929-07:00Honest, I Was Stitching!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Completed Spider Rose"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Be Thankful" Turkey</td></tr>
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I have not stitched on <i><u>âPsalm
23â</u></i> or <i><u>âLife's Little Tanglesâ</u></i> since my
last update.I have been stitching though! I and I completed <i>both</i>!
One is an ornament I need to put together for an ornament exchange.
The other is <i><u>âSpiderweb Roseâ</u></i>,
I am seriously thinking about giving this one away as well for
Christmas. Sarah saw it and mentioned how pretty it was. Maybe she'll
get it? Maybe the person receiving the ornament? Maybe even a third
option? Who knows, I have time to breathe and figure that out. That
makes me happy! :) I was debating posting pictures of these finishes,
but if I don't, I'll only be able to put in the minimal progress on the wedding sampler and my turkey. I am happy with the size of the ornaments that came in this year's
Ornament Issue of <i><u>âJust Cross Stitchâ</u></i>.
There is an ornament geared toward having a baby born this year. I am
thinking of stitching it for a young couple who had a baby this
summer. The Daddy of this little baby is like a son to us. I am
seriously thinking of <i><u>âBaby's First Christmasâ</u></i>,
on page 98. I had originally been looking at <i><u>âSpecial
Deliveryâ</u></i>,
on page 92, but that seems like more of one for a ânewâ baby.
What do you think?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Snowman Cupcake"</td></tr>
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<br />I
was looking through my stitching bag and found the unfinished project
I had meant to get done before <i>last</i>
Thanksgiving. I honestly don't have that much left to do on it. Maybe
I should work on it next, finishing a UFO? The problem I have with
it, I'm realizing, is that I got the pattern off an internet sight,
of which I cannot remember the name. I had to pay for membership,
small fee, but still. Anyway, point is I'm no longer a member of that
sight and I cannot find the pattern <b>ANYWHERE</b>!
Question is: should I do the best I can to finish this one or say say,
âoh wellâ?? If any of you can help me figure out how to get the part of the pattern missing, I would appreciate the help!! The information on the bottom of the page says, <u style="font-style: italic;">"Be Thankful"</u> by Miranda Hart (c) 2005 by StarLight Designs.</div>
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<i><b>Good
news!!</b></i>
I Have been stitching with my Mighty Bright magnifying lamp via
battery power, since I came home from the nursing home. The lamp
would work without the cord, but only with the cord in certain
positions! Yesterday Jack and I were discussing it. He and I both
remembered I had an extra cord. I had to contact the company a few
months ago because of something else, and they sent me an extra cord.
Anyway, I plugged in that cord and my magnifying lamp is back to
working <i><b>perfect</b></i>!</div>
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Jack and I realized the Google computer he purchased for me when I
was in the nursing home was not exactly what I needed,, computer
wise. Also, the right side of the mouse didn't work. The </div>
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computer
works great with a remote mouse. When Jack and I went to take it
back, the place said it was past the 15 day warranty. So Jack decided
he'd take over the Chrome computer, more suited to his needs and get
me a different computer online. My new computer came in a bit more
than a week ago. Jack had put all my information from the computer
prior to the Chrome one on a flash drive. Earlier this week I
transferred information and organize this computer the way I need it.
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I am very happy! The Chicago Cubs have finally made it to the World
Series! They haven't been since 1945, but they haven't won it since
1908. All four of my Grandparents were small children. My Maternal
Grandfather was 8 and his future wife was 3. My Paternal Grandmother
was 6 and her husband was 4. I know that they didn't win game one,
but that isn't the end of the series! They won game two,. That means
there are going to be at least five games. There is a potential for a
total of seven. games. Game 1, won by the Indians 3-0, Indians, was
pretty exciting. Both teems had opportunity with the bases loaded and
the pitcher managed to get out of the jam. One Indian it two home
runs. One for 1 run and one for 3 runs. Game two had the Cubs
plugging away, one run at a time. They ended up winning 5-1. Last night the game was a nail bitter! Pitching duel for sure! The only run was scored in the top of the seventh. So the
series is then tied 2-1, with Cleveland leading. Game four is tonight. I have a feeling that the Cubs will win tonight though!The Cleveland Indians haven't won the world
series, since, though they have been since 1948. Either way you look
at it, the teams playing this time are fresh faces to the series.
That always makes it exciting to me, instead of the same ole teams
all the time. Both teams have worked hard to get here and the -Series
appears like its going to be a great one!
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I grew up with my family loving sports of all kinds. My Dad and
Paternal Grandfather watched baseball, football and basketball every
year. My Paternal Grandfather was a pitcher in the Minor League. I
can't remember if I was ever told which team but I do know he never
made it to the Major League. I also don't know exactly how many years
he pitched. My Mom and both of my sisters played softball. Both Sarah
and Rachel played softball as well. My mom was at first base; my
older sister played second; my younger sister was an outfielder;
Sarah was a catcher and Rachel went between first and outfield. My
nieces and nephews also played a number of sports. My nephew even
received a scholarship to college to play football. His sister (my
niece) also received a scholarship for her basketball playing
ability.</div>
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Rachel and her friend helped get the rest of the wall paper off the
north and south walls of what has been the Dining Room. Yippee! I had started
the project last spring before I lost my ability to move well. I
couldn't finish it, because what was left was toward the ceiling. I
believe it was last week that they finished taking that off. Rachel
started putting the primer on. I went and bought an electric sander
($30.00) because I knew there were some spots that needed to be done.
I pray we can get the painting done soon because before winter really
hits I'd like to have the new flooring down. Right now we have a hole
in the floor close to the wall, where the west wall use to be before
Rachel demolished it. We have something over the hole, but I'm not
sure it'd keep out the cold the basement gets during the winter. We
want to purchase some flooring, but we want the walls painted first.</div>
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Sarah is in the middle of her first semester of the nursing program.
Last week she had to write up a paper on someone with a medical
history that knew the dates of what happened when. She chose her Dad.
I'm sure the paper was impressive. Today she has to show the teacher
she knows how to take a pulse, and the like. Her sister is going to
be the guinea pig. Rachel actually went to her sister's after work
yesterday and let Sarah âpracticeâ.</div>
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I received a letter a week ago Friday. My insurance needed one more
form completed before they could start the appeal process for my
wheelchair. I sent that off and called and found out it was received.
Thus, the appeal is finally underway! Now I'm just praying it is
completed quickly! Don't you just <i>love</i> red tape?</div>
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Rachel purchased a car few weeks ago. A 2000 Ford Taurus SE. It's
had a couple of issues since she bought it. She paid $500 for the
car. She is discovering how quickly your paycheck can go for
something unplanned. She isn't a happy camper about it. Thank
goodness Jack is a fair to midland mechanic! She needs her struts replaced. he has been working on that. The problem is there is a great deal of rust under the car. A bolt broke as he was taking it out. It has been a nightmare getting the rest of that bolt out. Rachel called off work today because she wants to help her Dad. They're getting a wire and spark plug it needs as well. They had it tested at Auto Zone and found out the number two plug is misfiring, thus needs replacing.</div>
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My Uncle Bill was invited to attend what was called an Honor Flight to Washington DC. The Fresno news interviewed him before the flight. In the interview Uncle Bill said, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I came home completely unscathed, and many of my friends didn't," said Bill McGlasson, barely able to contain his emotions. The Fresno veteran began his service after WWII concluded, but was called to fight during the Korean War.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"In the 91st Psalm it says, <b>'God will shield you with his wings, he will shelter you with his feathers. His faithful promises will be your shelter and your protection.'</b> And I've leaned on that my whole life," said McGlasson. Uncle </span>Bill, I will say I am proud of you for what you have done and for your service. Thank you! The Honor Flight is done for Veterans of the wars. They are flown to DC to tour the memorials and be honored themselves.</div>
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Well, that's about it for now. Happy Stitching Everyone</div>
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-18623183749734922232016-10-04T13:56:00.000-07:002016-10-04T13:56:05.077-07:00Ups and Downs Here, But More Ups!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello Everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope and pray that things have gone well for you since my last update. I meant to update this weeks <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psalm 23 before moving<br />in the Q-snap</td></tr>
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ago, but life got in the way. ;) The last few Sundays, I have attended a different church. Jack came with me last couple of Sundays. It felt good to be among others who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. We feel like we are growing in the Lord! When I was at the nursing home I went to the church service on Sunday morning. There is something special about going to a church building, the house of the Lord though!! Two Sunday eveningâs ago the service was very powerful. He talked about </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dry Bones</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2037:1-14" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ezekiel 37</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It was interesting to see what kind of things in todayâs world can make a person have dry bones! God is willing to make those bones usable again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have two pictures of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âPsalm 23â</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. One was taken when I had decided to move the material so I could finish the words of the Psalm. I thought it would help me not get lost on the right side. I have realized that I am using the words as a âguideâ of sorts to help me stitch in the right areas. I am pleased with my progress on this project. I think if I keep up this pace, it will be done shortly. I finished stitching the verse and then started stitching the bottom scenery. I will work my way to the right side of the project. Then I will move it again within my Q-snap. Then I will stitch the scenery on the right all the way to the bottom or visa versa. Either way, I am pleased with my progress. I still havenât been able to get in touch with the woman for whom I was stitching this project. Jack and I talked and if I am unable to reach her, we will frame it and put it in our own home!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The motor that controls both our heater and air conditioner went out about three days after the couch was delivered. Fortunately, the weather, for the most part has been doable without either the air conditioner or heater. Yes, there were a few days that having especially the air conditioner would have been nice, but opening the windows so the heat didnât build up in the house to bad helped a great deal. We had to wait until the beginning of October to see about fixing it, due to finances. It will be tight, but we should be able to be okay. God watches over us and He provides for our needs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I've done on Psalm 23<br />since adjusting the Q-snap</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am on the mailing list for the monthly newsletter of a designer in Canada. She mentioned in her last letter that she was looking for model stitchers. She doesnât pay monetarily, however, she will give you access to things she sells. Jack and I did discuss me taking the steps to become model stitcher for her. We decided together that 1) I probably donât stitch as fast as she would like and 2) Stitching for her might add to rather than take away from my stress level. So I decided not to apply. I donât want my stress level to rise because Iâm doing something I love!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I started stitching on my wedding sampler again a couple of days ago. It has been </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">screaming</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at me. Especially since I received a postcard from the couple reminding me to save the date. I spoke with <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Sally (the bride) to make sure she would be happy with the colors of the project. She said it sounds beautiful. She was told by her future brother-in-law how much he and his bride liked their announcement. So for the next few days at least I will stitch on it. I think if I just stitch it for a few days, that a bunch of progress will be shown. Weâll see.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know both projects need to be cleaned, but I will do that when they are done.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was wanting to pull my hair out the other day. When I left my stitching corner the previous evening, my Ott light was working perfectly. When I went to it the next day, i</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t would not turn on!!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Rachel had the van, so I couldnât take it up to Joannâs to have them look at it. (Thatâs when I wanted to pull my hair out). I did take the lamp up to Joannâs the next day though. They couldnât figure out the problem either. I told the gal helping me my lamp was only <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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four years old. Since she couldnât figure out the problem and the lamp is made to last quite a bit longer than about four years, she just gave me a brand new model of my Ott light! Jack put it together for me shortly after I brought it home. Yay!! I love my husband so much!! He is so good to me!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I received my Ornament edition of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âJust Cross Stitchâ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I did do a couple of things out of last years edition, but I think I will be able to do more than that this year. The designs appear to be smaller, more âornamentâ size. Last year one project I did ended up as a pillow. I gave it to my niece, Danielle, and her family.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of Danielle, her husband is currently stationed in Fort Campbell, KY. The whole family lives on base. They recently got new orders. In May he will be moved to Germany. This will be a new situation for Danielle to deal with, as well as the rest of us. I have never had a family member live overseas. We received this beautiful âThank Youâ card from Nick and Danielle for attending the wedding. I feel so blessed to be her Aunt Lyn! :)</span></div>
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who has been mowing for us, uses a riding mower. This particular area requires a hand mower, if you know what I mean. Anyway, my neighbor didnât just get the extra tall stuff, he mowed the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ENTIRE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> FRONT YARD!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She and I finally talked a few days ago. She told me she knew I had bad feelings toward her. She also said she considered me like a second mom and Jackâs and my tough love her was exactly what she needed.; She said Jack and I were the people who helped her get her life back where it should be. She also said she hoped Iâd forgive her. I told her that she was forgiven. She ended up coming over this afternoon with her toddler and put a load of clothes in for me and washed my dishes! She said anytime I need her help to just let her know. I am so glad we were able to connect. Now she knows Iâd forgiven her. She has turned into a very nice young lady, and is very responsible. She has been married for five years and has two jobs. She is getting ready to start school to begin a new career. I am proud of who she has become!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday I had the pins taken out of my third and fourth toes. When I went to the doctor in early September, the pin in toes two had worked its way out about half an inch, so he just pulled it the rest of the way out. No, that didnât hurt. They put me under general anesthesia and removed the pins in toe three and four. I knew better than to try and stitch yesterday after we came home. I was in/out of sleep the rest of the afternoon and was kind of in La La Land until I awoke this morning. My toes are not sore at all.</span></div>
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<br />Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-51770949178402947262016-09-10T10:16:00.002-07:002016-09-10T11:13:04.237-07:00God Has His Hand on Me and My Family!<span id="docs-internal-guid-4b4267ae-113e-9e37-45ca-aa6d9977de08"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sarah and Rachel have both made it abundantly clear they felt I shouldnât have been released from the nursing home until the pins were out. That was what all four of us thought should happen. The insurance company had a different thought. I was notified two days before my release date that the insurance had sent a letter stating my last date of coverage. Lucy, at the nursing home, told me of the letter. I told her that I was okay with that as long as therapy said it was fine. I told Lucy my doctor had said I could go home any time the therapy department deemed me able. She talked with therapy and the next thing I know I am going home! There have been times the girls may have had a point. I have both fallen and/or almost fallen a few times. I know theyâre just concerned about me. I love them for that; I wouldnât want it any other way!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have been concentrating all my stitching efforts on Psalms 23 since my last post. I am pleased with my progress. I have stitched on it daily, at least a couple hours of the day. I am really liking how it is turning out! I have also changed the area of the house I stitch in. I now have my stitch area in the front room, AKA Living Room. Our bedroom was getting a bit cramped with my stitching supplies, a table that I kept my projects </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a stool for me to step on to get into the bed. I moved my stitching area by the front window. My OTT lamp is to the North (left), my magnifying lamp is to the East (directly in front) of me respectively. The projects Iâm stitching on are on a table to the South (right) of the window. I find the chair Iâm sitting in very comfortable!</span></div>
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LLC. It is called â</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take the Hard Out of Hardanger</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">â. I havenât had the chance to take a look at it yet, but I am looking forward to learning this part of cross stitching even more! The first time I dealt with hardanger was when I went to </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âStitching Under the Oaksâ</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the summer of 2015, when Thea Dueck was there. I know I have the DVD that Thea gave us, but lately Iâve had a real thirst for knowledge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember my question last week, where I asked exactly which way I should be doing the spider rose? I found the answer </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w174PpfqROE" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! I learned that I did oops on every rose in some way on spider rose project I showed you last week. Not that big of deal though. I will fix it, with the help of this Youtube video. Hopefully by next update, I will have the project corrected and the gold Kreinik would have arrived so I can complete the whole thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have been talking about purchasing some much needed furniture for the Living Room for awhile. This week we finally did it! We went to a local furniture store and found this very comfortable and sturdy couch for a very reasonable price! Weâve had things for the kids to to sit in for years, but not much for ourselves. Isnât that the way of a parent though?...kids first... </span><br />
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In the past we have owned some recliners. However because the handle to make them operate is generally <i>always</i> on the right hand side of said recliner. That means I <i>always</i> need help pushing them back to enjoy the recline feature and help sitting it up so I can get out of the chair. We are also looking at the possibility of getting one or two wing back chairs that we would be able to set an ottoman in front of so we could have our feet up. My good friend who moved to Michigan a couple of years ago purchased a little grizzly bear foot stool several years ago. i asked her where she bought it. She started looking on line for them again and told me the price had drastically risen. I knew she wasn't using it so I offered to buy it from her. The next thing I knew she was shipping it to me, without charging me a dime!!</div>
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I also got some news that eased my heart earlier this week. In early July, my younger sister took her youngest daughter and the two of them first went to Ireland, then traveled down to Africa. She didn't tell anyone they were planning this, until the day they left, she told our parents. She didn't indicate how long they would be gone. She did occasionally call Mom and Dad to let them know they were okay. This past week, they showed up on my parent's front stoop, saying they were home safe and sound. Still for a bit more than two months we were all very concerned, including her own children! We were all relesved that they were safe and sound and back from their trip! </div>
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am not a big computer user, however, when I do want to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">do</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> something it is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">very aggravating</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when I canât get on it! Iâm </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VERY HAPPY</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Jack bought me this laptop! :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I left the nursing home Thursday of last week. We brought in my magnifying lamp and my Ott lamp that has the clip to hold a metal board to hold patterns with its own magnifying glass. We ended up leaving my projects in the van, as well as my iPad. I was okay Thursday because Jack and I had business in Champaign. I thought very little of my stitching that day. Friday we forgot to get my stuff out of the van before Rachel took it to work. I was a bit fidgety at first, then I decided to spend some time on the new laptop. I was on it most of the day, getting caught up on my e-mail, Facebook and such. Now that I have this laptop, my goal is to update my blog weekly. I believe that now that I will have sole use of my computer, that will be very possible.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The project was a kit from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Victoria Sampler Learning Collection</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It is called, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âWhipped Spider Roseâ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I had started working on the light green band first, since that was where Iâd left off. I was having a bit of trouble getting the hang of that particular stitch, so I ended up frogging it multiple times. By the time I got the hang of it, I didnât have enough of the light green to complete the band with what came in the kit. (Not because there wasnât originally enough, but because of all my frogging!) Fortunately, I had ordered a ball of the thread and so I frogged it yet again, because I noticed the color was just a tad different. (Not sure anyone but me would have noticed but stillâŚ) I cut enough thread off the ball to make sure I had enough thread to complete the band without having to tie off. I told Jack that I knew Iâd be upset with myself about having to frog so much, normally, but that I wasnât upset because I was learning a new stitch. Once I got the hang of it, I completed it in short order. The other new stitch to me was completing a spider rose. Iâm still not sure if I got it quite right. Was I supposed to do the under and then over with putting the needle through the material or just the base of the spider web? The only reason I didnât finish the stitching on this 100% is because I need more of the gold kreinik. I contacted Victoria sampler via e-mail and told them. They are sending more for me in todayâs mail. When I get it, I can stitch the last gold line and attach the gold heart.</span></div>
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her and asked her to come home and bring in the box that had my stitching and clothes as well as my big project (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âLifeâs Little Tanglesâ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and my iPad. Her job is only a couple miles away, taking care of an older gentleman who is like family to us. When she brought me the projects, I started working on Psalm 23. I also stitched on this project on Monday. I can see my progress on this and I am happy with how itâs looking. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The stitching I did during the last few days at the nursing home included on my wedding sampler for my cousinâs son and his bride, who will be married in the spring of 2017. I am happy with my progress on this one too. When I look at the last picture taken and this one, there is a lot more done. I honestly didnât realize this until I looked at that picture. :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also did some stitching on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âLifeâs Little Tanglesâ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the nursing home, but didnât get nearly as much done as I would have liked. To be fair to myself though, I did concentrate more on Psalm 23 and the wedding sampler. That was largely because </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">âLifeâs Little Tanglesâ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is done over one on 25 count evenweave, where Psalm 23 is on 14 count adia and the wedding sampler is done over two on 28 count evenweave and my magnifying lamp was acting up. I actually have two of the lamps. When I couldnât get the first lamp Rachel brought in to work for more than a few minutes at a time, (GRRRR) I finally asked Jack to have Rachel swap out the lamps. She brought the second lamp but I kept the original cord. In my last week at North Logan I realized there was an issue with the cord because the second lamp would go out if the cord wasnât positioned âjust rightâ. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I promised you the post before last that I would show you a picture of the beautiful Peacock lit Val Stocker gave me when we met up in my trip to Fresno in June. I was looking at it, and it is 5x7 on 18 count. I've never stitched on 18 count, but, there is a first time for everything! Thanks again, Val! I enjoyed meeting you and your husband. The needle threader to gave me has been a lifesaver! I use it all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At home I am using the lamp just off of the battery power. It is doing very well that way. This will mean I need to keep myself supplied in D cell batteries, but thatâs life! I was using my Ott lamp with the clip and magnifying glass until last night. The lamp tipped over and landed just right so the light broke. So <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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now, until we get paid, I need to use just the magnifying lamp. It will work though! Another thing that could throw frustration high but I am not going to let a light bulb (expensive, yes, but still a light bulb) get to me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I received a letter from my insurance company regarding my electric wheelchair application, stating they were denying my application. The letter also stated I could appeal the decision. We are doing that!! Their reason for the denial was because they received information I can walk more than 70 steps with minimal aid. (That was at the nursing home with my therapist having a gait belt around me and a wheelchair behind me). I called the nursing home and spoke with my therapist. She told me she also stated that my walking was on a level service, not what would always be outside the nursing home. I went to my doctor yesterday and she drafted a letter explaining, once again, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHY I NEED</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the chair so much. You can tell, by looking at my boot that I am walking on my heel. She told them that between coming home Thursday and the day I saw her (Monday) I had fallen three times. Two of the times Jack had to call Rachel and have her help me up. Her training at the fire department comes in handy sometimes; he, he, he! The other time I fell, Jack and I, working together, got me up. No, I didnât hurt myself in any of the falls!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sarah started nursing school and is doing well. Weâre very proud of her. She started a couple of weeks ago with her first semester. After she is done with her second semester she will be an LPN. Then she has two more semesters to complete and she will be an RN! Sarah has a very determined attitude (good thing) about school. Thatâs why I know she will be fine!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jackâs foot is starting to get better. Yay!! We are not having to put as much âpackingâ in the wound as we were when we first started having to pack it. The last time he went to the wound clinic they were happy about how it is looking.</span></div>
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Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-33416173252539265262016-08-24T05:20:00.001-07:002016-08-24T05:20:48.318-07:00Going Home At Last!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hello Everyone<br />
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The last time I posted was just three days before my bunion surgery. The surgery was on July 27th. The surgery went off without any problems. What the doctor did was break my three middle toes, putting pins in them to make them go straight. They had been leaning a great deal to the outside of my foot. When this was done, he also removed the bunion on the outside of my big toe, that had formed because of the toes leaning to the outside of my foot.<br />
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I awoke with my leg wrapped in curlex and an ace bandage from just below my knee. Actually, the curlex was from my ankle down, but the ace bandage was all the way to just below my knee. I had a fair amount of pain, but that was to be expected.<br />
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What happened the next day I wasn't prepared for; no one had clued me in how painful the next step would be. The hospital sent someone from physical therapy into my room to see if I could walk for him. That was a joke!! I hadn't moved my leg from its being elevated position at all! When I took my foot off those pillows and then to the floor, the pain was MASSIVE!! I cried hard for five minutes, until it started easing. I was then told the pain was so high because my foot hadn't been down at all and the blood was rushing back to it. Would have been nice to be prepared! Anyway, when the pain finally subsided, all I could do was stand there. I couldn't walk one step, much less the twenty to thirty he was asking me to walk. He said he didn't think I was stable enough to go home. The hospital was originally thinking of sending me home that da<br />
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Instead, later that afternoon, occupational therapy came to assess me as well. For me to go anywhere but home, both types of therapy had to assess me. Occupational therapy agreed with physical therapy. They submitted the report together for the insurance company. The next day I went to the nursing home for rehabilitation. That was July 29th. I have been here since.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles</td></tr>
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This nursing home does have guest wi-fi, but its spotty at best. I have spent very little time on my electronic items while here. I was directing my energies toward my therapy, both physical and occupational. I was also stitching. I worked on all three projects, rather than focusing on just one. I have also attended resident activities and just plain rested.<br />
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I was honestly surprised (pleasantly) that I was going home. I had more or less resigned myself to the fact that I will see the doctor again on September 2, but won't get my pins out of my toes until September 15. The doctor did tell me I could go home as soon as I met the therapy criteria. I guess I passed, so on Thursday I GET TO GO HOME!!<br />
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I figured out this morning how to add pictures to this with my new computer. I need to go to therapy for the last time.<br />
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Happy Stitching everyone!Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-54909466298776261432016-07-24T17:17:00.000-07:002016-07-24T17:25:02.496-07:00I was RAKed<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RAK picture 1</td></tr>
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When I went to California at the end of June, I didn't just see family and friends that I hadn't seen in years. I met a long time <br />
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stitching friend! We met through a yahoo group. Val and her husband, Charlie, met my Daughter, Rachel and me at DiCicco's one of my favorite restaurants in Fresno, where I was born and raised. Jack and I left Fresno in the winter of 1989. Fresno has become way to unfamiliar for me to live there. I have become accustomed to my relatively small (33,000) Midwest city. Fresno is much, much bigger than that!<br />
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Val showed me a couple of tricks for the back of the material. I probably<br />
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should have written them down. For my life I cannot remember what they were. Val also found out I didn't have a needle threader. She told me she would send me one. She did, but she also sent me a black and white scarf, bobbins, beads, beading needles, thread heaven and a hand made jar lid!<br />
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On the way home from California, we made a couple of stops so we could see some people that are like family to us. We talked about making one more stop, but when we got there it was the middle of the night, and we didn't want to wake them. Where we did stop was in a town close to Oklahoma City and went to my friend since high school's home. He was very surprised to see me. The other place we stopped was Branson, MO and went to the apartment of some very good trucking friends of ours.<br />
Jack taught the husband how to drive semi. The couple that lives in Branson, put us up in a very nice<br />
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hotel. Because they live there, they get deep discounts on lodging. We all sank into those beds and felt very comfortable. I was able to fall asleep after I knew Rachel was back in the room.<br />
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Back to the RAK, I was very surprised and I am going to try and start sending out my own RAKs! I know the wonderful feeling I get when I open a package I know is full of stitching yummies! I want to do that too. Not sure how often I can do it, but I want to send something to someone every once in a while.<br />
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Please keep me in your prayers as this coming Wednesday, I am having surgery on my left foot for a bunion removal. I am supposed to be in the hospital 24 hour observation then off my foot for 4-6 weeks. That means lots of stitching time for me!<br />
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BTW, Val also gave me a kit of a beautiful peacock that I adore! I will post a picture of it next update. It is BEAUTIFUL!!!<br />
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Happy stitching everyone!<br />
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The van breaking down in March was sooo maddening! We had to get around via bus, taxi, medical transport, or walking for over two months! The story is a long one in what led up to the van being repaired.<br />
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About six weeks before we were to go on the trip, one of Rachel's friends, who claimed to be a mechanic (that was a lie) said he'd fix the car for $400. When this joker, who didn't <br />
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work on the van until Jack prodded and then only when Jack was there to help. He didn't know the <br />
simple stuff that a mechanic should know. Yes, he knows alot of mechanics, but that doesn't make you a mechanic. No, we<i> didn't</i> pay this guy. <br />
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When the van was not fixed and we only had a couple weeks before the trip, our neighbor gave Jack the name of his mechanic. Jack called him. He got the van fixed within a week..In the end, Jack found a car on Craigslist that had the proper motor because ultimately that's what was wrong. We had a blown motor.<br />
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We were able to go on the trip to California. The trip had its up and downs. There were more ups than downs though. The downs just basically reminded us why we moved away from California.<br />
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We had decided to go to California, so we really had a deadline to have the van ready. My niece, who got married via a judge at the court house last fall, wanted a big wedding. That was on June 26. We had also wanted <br />
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to see our son and his family, my parents, who are now 76 and 84. When we visited John, Denise, and the kids, we took a day and went fishing as a family and had a blast! I also wanted to see my two best friends ever, besides Jack and Jesus! We wanted Rachel to see the ocean and the mountains. Rachel went to the ocean (Monterey, CA) with her cousin, Kayla and Kayla's boyfriend. Also, My great friend, Jeff, and I, took Rachel to Yosemite. She had a blast both places. Rachel and I also went to lunch with Val (from ILCS) and her husband, Charlie. She gave me a beautiful Peacock pattern. I am looking forward to stitching it. Even though I brought my stitching on the vacation, I doubt I stitched more than 10 stitches the entire trip! That's okay though, I was there for getting re-acquainted with my friends and family.<br />
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Unfortunately Sarah couldn't join us because of work. She did receive some wonderful news shortly before we left though!! Sarah, received her letter that she has been accepted into the nursing program! Yay! I am so happy for her! So proud of her!<br />
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Since my last post, my health has declined. I have had Degenerative Disc Disease as well as Degenerative Joint Disease for several years. I started having major pain in my lower back and the back of my thighs. Walking is a chore quite often. it just hurts too much. These diseases have been in the neck area of my spine and shots helped ease the discomfort. Now they are in my lower back, which effects my walking. I am also going to have bunion surgery on July 27. The normal complete recovery time for that is about four months. Because of my pre-existing conditions, recovery time could be quite a bit longer. I could also end up in a nursing home at the beginning of recovery.<br />
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Yes, I did do some stitching, but because of the stress of what was going on for the past several weeks before the trip, I lost all desire to stitch. Since we've been back and the stress level is down I am stitching again! :) I have been concentrating mostly on <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Psalm 23"</u>, but have also stitched on <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</u>. The wedding sampler I am stitching for my cousin's son's wedding next summer has received the least amount of attention. When we came back from California, I also placed an order to 1-2-3 Stitch. I need to order a new leather thimble. The thimble I had was eaten by the "mechanic's" puppy. It will need to be next month.<br />
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I'm planning on giving <b><u style="font-style: italic;">"Psalm 23"</u> </b>for her birthday. She loves the Chapter. I did frame and give <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Heaven"</u> to my great girl friend, Micki. I am stitching <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</u> for my house<br />
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I have a feeling these projects will get alot of stitch time after my surgery, when I cannot put ANY weight on my foot for an extended period of time.<br />
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Hope everyone is doing great!<br />
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I have managed to get some stitching done, both on <b><i>"<u>Life's Little Tangles</u>"</i></b> and even started another project but more about that later.<br>
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Boy have things been hopping the past week or so! Jack and I did a deep cleaning of our bedroom, something it has needed for awhile. We got rid of the clothes that no longer fit us; got a new mattress and bedding set; cleaned out the cedar chest; I reorganized my cross stitch stash; Jack and I were election judges;<i><b> and</b></i>, the van's engine went out on us!!<br>
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Because of the engine going out, Jack is putting up his fishing boat up for sale or trade with someone<br>
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who has a vehicle they no longer need. Jack's boat to him is what cross stitch is to me. I feel bad because he has put his heart and soul into tending to that boat. I have some cross stitch stash that I want to sell or give away. Mostly patterns (leaflet mostly) that I know I will never stitch. Some due to the fact my taste in what to stitch has changed. I'm not sure how to go about it. I doubt that I could sell my cross stitch stash for what a car would cost. LOL<br>
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I stitched on <b style="font-style: italic;">"</b><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Life's Little Tangles</u><b style="font-style: italic;">"</b>. I did nearly 500 stitches, I think. Like every stitcher, I wished I could have done more, but life gets in the way!. Much better progress than before the iPad program I was introduced to!<br>
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On Election Day I brought the kit <b style="font-style: italic;">"</b><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Psalm 23</u><b style="font-style: italic;">"</b> by Bucella to the polling place. I brought something to stitch just in case we didn't have a very good turn out. I have been an election judge for at least 15 years. Some elections, sad to say, we have had under 20 people show up to vote. We did, however, have a decent turn out, so my stitching time was limited. There were two precincts at Jack's and my polling place. My precinct had 140 voters, while Jack's had about 130 voters. I expect more voters will show up for the Presidential race. I did stitch on it a bit last night as well. I had really wanted to stitch on my HAED, but my iPad charge was very low, so couldn't. I guess that would be the negative thing to the GoodReader program. If you don't have a good charge or a long iPad cord, your stitching time is limited.<br>
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Both Sarah and Rachel have found employment. Rachel has been at McDonald's now for about six weeks. Sarah stopped working at Subway and started a new job at Circle K. We are very proud of both girls! Sarah has a full load in college courses in preparation to start the nursing program in the fall. Rachel actually has two jobs, the other helping a woman who has cerebral palsy. Rachel also does home school and volunteering as a cadet on a local fire department. She is one busy girl! I love her for everything she does! I am also very proud of Sarah. She works, goes to college (getting A's on all her tests, etc.), is raising a toddler, and maintains her home. When she can tell Mom is about to go off the deep end, she talks with me and helps me get my mind back to where it should be.
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-86179302878260855662016-03-06T06:20:00.001-08:002016-03-06T06:20:44.201-08:00I Cant Believe I Haven't Posted in So Long!Hello Everyone!<div><br></div><div>I know I've been meaning to update everyone for a long time, but is it <i>really</i> March? </div><div><br></div><div>I know I ended up putting down <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles" </i>and then stitching a couple of things from the Ornament issue of Just Cross Stitch. I also stitched at least one other Christmas related item. I gave all of them as gifts.</div><div><br></div><div>My niece married a nice young military man. They now live close enough that we can go to their house or they can come here for various holidays, etc. They came here a few days before Christmas. I gave her the pillow I made. I stitched the silluette of Mary sitting on the donkey and Joseph holding the reigns of the donkey. We opened gifts with them early. They spent the night as Sarah's and went home the next day. They spent Christmas Day at his sister's place on the east coast.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fYYbBhQgMMeCkgFbbJ9UTR6bkaA7AWvB4VdTvHSjVsTgU-tJoDzgFFCNrn0jXntqjcVIuspb2idGYfuzgGlA-t7h-bX1WnFGiqSlfBARNvh99f94vPHiRDNrEP7Z1ID0Gr87tlSlSeUG/s640/blogger-image-471741099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fYYbBhQgMMeCkgFbbJ9UTR6bkaA7AWvB4VdTvHSjVsTgU-tJoDzgFFCNrn0jXntqjcVIuspb2idGYfuzgGlA-t7h-bX1WnFGiqSlfBARNvh99f94vPHiRDNrEP7Z1ID0Gr87tlSlSeUG/s640/blogger-image-471741099.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I also made an ornament for my client in Savoy. I also stitched an ornament for the client I help here in Danville. It was fun to make! Jack helped me put the loops on to hang on the tree. They were a great deal of fun to stitch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe9iReHmTquSDUZS4AB8WTQkMczCaJUSiFiQcGYMzu_Wh6OL79ZPN22eFIE4ryhB_yKHMXWcuGnoBKXMVPNp9hAfBHvJP1D30CE6KCK3oaVPPMSPEQFP268DUJOv7c-Dbw1JIhRYn5Jwp/s640/blogger-image--337588239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe9iReHmTquSDUZS4AB8WTQkMczCaJUSiFiQcGYMzu_Wh6OL79ZPN22eFIE4ryhB_yKHMXWcuGnoBKXMVPNp9hAfBHvJP1D30CE6KCK3oaVPPMSPEQFP268DUJOv7c-Dbw1JIhRYn5Jwp/s640/blogger-image--337588239.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVtfXivmUxO67Vzfv9TnTI9HGh2xdyr4RnVVFFYPeEFPInIdE8HT7kkmT3n1kZvp2qdVH_QPZ7gA7ErhqaflUvhb5zeHUUBD_bsJSIHPntAQDO24-Fsu_Xpy9lAG_si_SNe7qzsk-WIh4/s640/blogger-image--1804066091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVtfXivmUxO67Vzfv9TnTI9HGh2xdyr4RnVVFFYPeEFPInIdE8HT7kkmT3n1kZvp2qdVH_QPZ7gA7ErhqaflUvhb5zeHUUBD_bsJSIHPntAQDO24-Fsu_Xpy9lAG_si_SNe7qzsk-WIh4/s640/blogger-image--1804066091.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I started an ornament for Sarah from a different book, but never finished it and ended up lost. I'll start a different ornament closer to next Christmas đ! I also wanted to stitch a total of four small projects and insert them in coasters. I wanted to give this to my son and his family in Modesto for Chrisrmas. That didn't happen eitherđŞ. So much a stitcher wants to stitch, so little time!</div><div><br></div><div>After Christmas, I started on <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</i> again. I finished page two, went to move the material, I was stitching over two, and realized I had started stitching in the wrong corner.đ˘ Because of the cost of material, not to mention I'd be starting this project a <i>third</i> time, I decided to frog the project and reuse this material. I was doing just fine with that, thank you, when it got a hole in it. That's when I decided to stitch this over one, this time. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7urwobmff2S9hw4ZwLLdN9xbdhUpzjMDKx4yIz-rpNnZb78YVjmMaV-glfEIeZY3Q8xvbHQXviqkWj6VP9j0J0k9Q79tY61Yi4O6uOlk_8seEVxAMQgToQQUBJbaNzyffJADDFi8EXYIP/s640/blogger-image--95850416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7urwobmff2S9hw4ZwLLdN9xbdhUpzjMDKx4yIz-rpNnZb78YVjmMaV-glfEIeZY3Q8xvbHQXviqkWj6VP9j0J0k9Q79tY61Yi4O6uOlk_8seEVxAMQgToQQUBJbaNzyffJADDFi8EXYIP/s640/blogger-image--95850416.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb2i7yc5GJfyJE6Dipl9pNxRyhNY8EzvwanjFHUdqHYSYmMVWrsRYa320O0MXoahRzZAC3-65fWJ2gaQ38PXNHi-GSgqb77gJM4yKVUP8BBIbF8jbmHMmyieUJEaMi3o-JzVzP-p49SiC/s640/blogger-image-1653620302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb2i7yc5GJfyJE6Dipl9pNxRyhNY8EzvwanjFHUdqHYSYmMVWrsRYa320O0MXoahRzZAC3-65fWJ2gaQ38PXNHi-GSgqb77gJM4yKVUP8BBIbF8jbmHMmyieUJEaMi3o-JzVzP-p49SiC/s640/blogger-image-1653620302.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I'm doing well with it. I have the width of page one completed and am working my way down. I had heard about "parking your threads". I was told this would be especially helpful with large projects. I was told of a video that was helpful in learning how to "park". I watched it and immediately understood and caught on. I decided I'd start that with this project. The last time I stitched, about a week ago, was the day I learned how to park and I stitched 300+ that afternoon. That's excellent for me! A couple of days ago I paid $4.99 for an app on my IPad called GoodReader. The woman in the video was talking about how helpful this app is. She is right! I think I'm going to be able to stitch <i><b>"Life's Little Tangles"</b> much</i> quicker!</div><div><br></div><div>The bottom picture of <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</i> is after just over 100 completed. The top picture is after 200 more stitches.đ</div><div>Happy stitching everyone! Love you all and thanks for stopping by!</div>Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-8122582178145703572015-10-19T16:14:00.001-07:002015-10-19T17:48:46.407-07:00Where Did the Time Go?!?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hello! Sometimes I get so frustrated! I WANT TO update my blog regularly! It seems like EVERYTIME I start to update something happens, yet again! GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!<br />
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The thing that just made all of that better is a post I saw on Facebook from one of my friends. Thank you, Sherry! Here is what she posted:<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">For every time I've stumbled, there is a time I've flown.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">For every time I've messed things up, there is a time I've grown.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">I know my Lord in Heaven is watching over me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">At times He sends His angels, at times He lets me be.</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"><br />For life without some trials would be quite plain indeed<br />And I wouldn't learn the lessons He knows that I will need.<br />So I continue to endeavor and live my life with grace<br />Knowing angels are by my side and ready "just in case". Author unknown </span></b><br />
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It is amazing to me sometimes how God works...using people and things to calm your spirit and realize who really is in charge!<br />
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In the nearly two months since my last update, we have had happy things, sad things and even scary things happen. I would have to say the scariest was my puncture wound. I was in the backyard, getting boxes and putting them in the van to take to the recycling center. I ended up puncturing the back of my right calf. Being that it was my right leg, the paralyzed side, I could not feel the wound occurring. I felt a scrape on my left calf, but didn't think much about it because it didn't hurt badly. A few minutes after, I look down and notice my white shoes are red!!! I don't know why because I cannot SEE any wounds! I turn on the water, rinsing my shoes and the blood spots on the driveway and within a short amount of time its back. Finally, I go in the house and wake Jack. He sees my legs and calls 911 and puts a pressure bandage on my leg. My blood pressure in the ambulance was low. I ended up with eight stitches that needed to be kept in for 14 days on my right calf and my left calf was able to be glued shut. Jack tells me that if CSI had come in our kitchen he would have been drilled about where was the body?! He said I lost at least a unit on the kitchen floor before he put the pressure bandage on.<br />
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The sad thing would have to be that because the way my insurance is now in order for me to receive a new shoe on my brace, I had to get a brace on each foot. The good thing about that, on the other hand, is that Jack and Rachel have been telling me I was occasionally dragging the foot not braced. The place that originally did my brace suddenly informed me they no longer take my insurance when its time to get new shoes. I found a place that did take the insurance, then found out about how the insurance would only cover the shoe with the brace on it. This means I'd have to buy, outright, the unbraced shoe. I received the new braces a couple weeks ago. I am getting use to having a brace on my left leg. Everyone is telling me I am walking better. That is a good thing! :)<br />
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I would say the happiest thing is my niece's fiance first coming home from Afghanistan, then after his<br />
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"down time" he and my niece were married. I am so very happy for her! Congratulations, Danielle and Nick!! They will be moving into their own place, off base, in the next couple of weeks. Right now they are packing up all of Danielle's things to move her.<br />
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I have done a pretty fair amount of stitching as well. I have stitched on <b><i><u>"Life's Little Tangles"</u></i></b>, I am not done with page two, but if I were to fill in these blanks, it would be done. I know for me to finish this project, I need to stop finding other projects to stitch as well, but as my DH says, I am going along just fine and then I see something. When seen, I say, "Shiny!!" (I want!) That is me! As a result, I end up with more than one project to stitch. Some might say more than I could EVER stitch.<br />
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<b>1)</b> <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Peacock"</u>, which for the time being is safely tucked away<br />
<b>2) </b><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</u>, whose pattern is still on my pink metallic board<br />
<b>3) </b><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Thanksgiving Turkey"</u>, which I would like to get done in time to put on the wall <i>this</i> Thanksgiving (LOL) <i>and </i><br />
<b>4)</b> <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Hope"</u>, my first ornament this year<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very Helpful Resource</td></tr>
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I'd venture a guess that I will finish <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Hope"</u> before anything else since what I have left on it is all the same color. <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Thanksgiving Turkey"</u> only has four colors but it is a bit bigger than <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Hope"</u> as well.<br />
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I wanted to stitch some Christmas gifts this year. I thought small things or ornaments would work. I received the Christmas Ornament edition of <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Just Cross Stitch</u> and have a few picked out. I also have a couple other publications which have ornaments I would like to do. I bought a few coasters to make up as Christmas gifts, as well as a bracelet. I figured a couple of the "ornament" patterns would be perfect for the coasters. I bought a total of four.<br />
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I did buy some goodies to help we with my stitching of the projects. Those things have arrived!Yippee!! :) Two of those things are these books. I also bought some things meant to help me complete the ornaments. I am jazzed!<br />
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Another thing I have done, related to stitching is wrap all the threads my sister gave me last year. I <u style="font-weight: bold;">PRECUT THREADS</u>. I saw some of the cards she used at Joann's the other day, so I may end up redoing the binders. If I do though, the cards will be in numerical order, the way I can understand. I know I need to learn which colors are what number, but I haven't done that yet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Helpful Resource</td></tr>
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had wrapped the unused skeins she gave me months ago, but hadn't done anything with the threads she had in these binders. All of the thread was cut into lengths. I chose to not leave them like that because my sister had them sorted by color, not number, unless it was a card for a project. I decided to put all of those threads on bobbins. I am going to put these threads in their own box(es) and then label the box(es) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower Garden</td></tr>
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My oldest daughter (Sarah) turned 21 yesterday. I remember when she was shorter than my arm, resting comfortably on my arm. Now she works two jobs, is going to college full time and is a Mommy herself! Her daughter is 14 months old.<br />
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This past week Jack and I did some beautification of our yard. This planter is in the south lawn of our front yard. Besides the mums you can see, we planted tulip bulbs and daffodil bulbs in the spots where there are no mums, in the hopes of having a pretty planter this spring. We have more tulip and daffodil bulps to plant, we just need to figure out the best spots.Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-87138624461140930782015-08-19T20:26:00.002-07:002015-08-19T20:26:40.059-07:00What An Interesting August!<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kit I Started in the Hospital</td></tr>
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Hello Everyone!</div>
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I have had an interesting few weeks!
Some of you may not of seen my short blog update a couple weeks ago.
I ended up in the hospital for a full week because of an abscess in
the lower half of my left knee. About thirty-six hours after the
surgery to remove the abscess, they released me from the hospital.
They made three vertical incisions. They didn't stitch them closed
because they want the incisions to heal from the inside out. A nurse
from Home Health Care comes twice a week and looks at it and bandages
it. As long as I have her coming, they pay for <i>all</i> my
bandaging supplies.</div>
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As to how the abscess happened, that is
a guessing game. It could have been when I tripped mowing the lawn or
when I was on my hands and knees in my bedroom removing carpet.
There is not really <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Kits Adana Gave Me!</td></tr>
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an entry wound. Either way, I went into the
Emergency room for the second time in three days on July 31. They
started IV antibiotics on me and decided to put me in the
âobservation unitâ, which was suppose a twenty-four stay. After I was there for twenty-four hours I was supposed to either be
released or moved to a different unit. I was there after the
twenty-four. Shortly after I was there for forty-eight, they moved me
to a different unit. So they moved me on Sunday. Thats when other
doctors started getting involved. When Jack and Rachel were visiting
me Monday, Jack told one of the doctors that pumping me full of
antibiotics was going to do no good if they couldn't find the <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles Before This<br /> Times Stitching</td></tr>
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source.
He told him they need to do an MRI or CT scan. The doctor agreed. I
had an MRI later that day. It showed a couple of abscess areas in
the lower part of my knee. Shortly after I was moved upstairs, a
stitching friend (thanks Adana!) brought me several kits to
stitch. She even <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even More From Adana!<br /> Only thing not pictured are the scissors</td></tr>
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bought me some scissors, bless her heart!!:) On
Wednesday someone from Orthopedics came in and talked with me and
showed me the MRI findings. They sent the x-ray machine in because
the MRI was showing that I had a âforeign objectâ in my knee that
had caused the whole thing. The x-ray showed nothing, so it was
concluded the MRI was âover analyzedâ. They did the surgery
Wednesday evening and I went home on August 7. Jack and I think the "foreign object was so small, it came out with the puss from the abscess unseen. </div>
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I went to see the surgeon yesterday. He
likes the looks of how I am healing. He okayed me to start doing
small things, but nothing on my knees, of course! I see him again in
two weeks.</div>
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I looked at<i><u><b> âPeacockâ</b></u></i>
and thought about stitching on it, but didn't. I did however stitch
some on <i><u><b>âLife's Little Tanglesâ</b></u></i> and <i><u><b>âNoelâ</b></u></i>
one of the kits Adana gave me. I ran into an issue with <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Noel"</u> pattern when I made the mistake of doubling up pearl cotton size 12. Silly me was reverting back to normal DMC where most of the time you make it two strands thick. Boy did I feel dumb on that one! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles Now</td></tr>
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I thought I needed more white. I got some white from the maker of the kit, Turns out I had<i> just</i> enough. But I ended up ordering the green DMC
503 pearl cotton from 1-2-3 Stitch. I need to watch a video on how to
do a particular design (spider rose). I think I found one on You Tube. I am suppose to do this with DMC floss not ribbon. Most of the videos show it with ribbon, but I found one with regular floss.</div>
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When I ordered the 503 Pearl Cotton
size 12 from 1-2-3, my adoring husband, asked me if I <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Order From 1-2-3-Stitch</td></tr>
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wanted/needed
anything else! We found out if we added DMC 310 and B5200, both pearl
cotton size 12, that it would not increase the shipping cost at all!
So we did that!!</div>
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Chance and Sarah went out of state and
picked up Chance's daughter so she could have her one month a summer
with Dad visitation. She is a beautiful young lady. Very well
behaved. Jack and I immediately loved her! She dotes on her baby
sister like she is a pro! They arrived here the day I was released
from the <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dahlia's Smash Birthday Cake</td></tr>
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hospital, which also happened to be Dahlia's first birthday.
She celebrated her birthday at Chance's parent's home. She had a
purple frosted smash cake she had fun with! <br />
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She was wearing one of
the dresses Papaw bought her for her birthday during her celebration.</div>
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Our washing machine died in early June
when our basement flooded because of a very fierce storm that our
drainage system in the basement couldn't keep up with. The water
heater died as well, but Jack was able to fix that. The day I got out
of the hospital, on the way home, we stopped by Home Depot and bought
me a new machine. We talked that we were washing at the laundromat
and drying at home but we were spending more on the laundry this way
than if we just replaced the machine. Even though it made things
tough, we just took the <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dahlia After "Smashing" Her<br />Birthday Cake</td></tr>
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leap of faith and did it! Father God has seen
us through this trial. We are okay!!</div>
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Another time Father God had His
protective hand on Rachel and me was yesterday. We were heading down
a state highway, 55 mph, when the front right tire and wheel came
completely off the car!!! Rachel was driving. She has her learner's
permit. She managed to get the car over enough to the right that cars
could safely pass, but not so far that the tow truck couldn't pick it
up. She came to as safe a stop as any professional!! :) You could see the
terrified look on her face but she did great. We did not crash, did
not get harmed, and the car got home unscathed. Jack says the whole thing
happened because the tire that came off was a bit bigger than the
other three. No harm to the tire either. What we are going to do is
put the tire back on long enough to get to the tire place and then
get the proper size tire mounted!!<br />
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Well, that is it for now. Happy stitching,everyone!</div>
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-32155606500048709082015-08-02T14:00:00.001-07:002015-08-02T14:00:06.824-07:00Hospital TimeHello, Everyone!<div><br></div><div>I have stitched very little this week. What I did stitch was on the left peacock on "Peacock" sampler.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of my time this week has been spent as a patient in the hospital. I hurt myself last weekend and the wound became infected. I originally went to the Emergency Room on Tuesday. They gave me an IV antibiotic and sent me home with a prescription to fill. They told me to give the antibiotic forty-eight hours to work. If no improvement, then come back. </div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday was a bit better, but Thursday and Friday my leg looked worse. Jack took me back to Emergency Room Friday. They admitted me. Originally for just a 24 hour observation. Then the swelling area grew so kept me a second night. Now staying a third night. The swelling went down, but not away. The redness decreased, but didn't go completely away. Still in pain.</div><div><br></div><div>Didn't bring my stitching with me to the hospital. My husband brought me my iPad when he came to see me today.</div><div><br></div><div>My leg still hurts a great deal!</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure that next update will be more positive. Happy stitching, everyone!!</div>Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-16114400108994326262015-07-29T13:49:00.000-07:002015-07-29T13:49:13.307-07:00Very Fast Summer<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Everyone! This
summer has been flying by! In early June I went to SUTO (Stitching
Under the Oaks). I had an absolute blast! I met so many stitchers and
had a wonderful roommate in Anna đ I am very glad I went!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since
the retreat I have been stitching on <i><u><b>âLife's
Little Tanglesâ</b></u></i>.
I was not happy with leaving it as it was before I started
concentrating on stitching on the retreat project. I now have it at a
place that I will be able to pick it up easily and not be lost. A part of me wants to keep stitching on it. Another part wants to pick up the SUTO project. The picture here of <b><i><u>"Life's Little Tangles"</u></i></b> has the width of pages one and two completed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I
am excited and nervous to start stitching the <i><u><b>âPeacockâ</b></u></i>
sampler again. It has a great deal of stitches in it that I've never
done before. Some of the threads are silk, some are normal DMC
(cotton) and others are pearl 5 and 8. Part of it had a metallic kind
of thread. It also has a hardanger section. Before the retreat, I had
used cotton DMC, some metallic thread, and in one project I used
glissen gloss. Before the retreat was over, I tried to do a little
of each stitch in class. Thea also gave us a CD, so if we needed to
watch it being done again we could. She also gave us the material to
turn it into a bag for our WIP's. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am very excited...Joann's has opened in our mall! :D
Rachel and I went opening day, and âwindow shoppedâ. I was
ecstatic! I saw everything I need to do do cross stitching. I also
saw some cute stamps and that made me think about maybe making some
cards, especially since I've seen the end result of others doing
cards. You never know, you may be the recipient of a handmade card! đ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are in the process of getting things organized here.
I have all the music related stuff tucked away and the stack of stuff
needing to be shredded done. I also have all of the wallpaper off the
north wall in what was the dining room that can be reached by me
without a ladder. I still need to do the south wall. It won't take
near the length of time as the north wall, because it has a very
large window. The east wall has paneling, so we are leaving it be.
The west wall Rachel tore down Now, instead of a Living Room and
Dining room, we are creating a Great Room, I believe is the term. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also tore up the majority of the carpet in Jack's and
my bedroom. When Jack was having to use an electric wheelchair (AKA
Jazzy) it tore a major hole in our carpet in the bedroom. I have
fallen a few times because of catching my foot on the carpet. There
is a hardwood floor underneath, but the reason we covered it to begin
with is there are various issues with the hardwood floor, such as
paint splatters and needing sanding and resealing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am still going through tests, so I don't have final
results, but the CAT-A of my brain showed I do not have any aneurysms
forming. That is the good news. On the other side of the coin it
showed I have what they term as a âsmallâ benign tumor in my
brain. I am scheduled to talk with my neurologist anyway on Friday. The main doctor office said he will discuss with me the options and then I may see the surgeon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My granddaughter, Dahlia, is growing a great deal. She started walking about two days before this video was taken. That was a couple weeks ago now. Her first birthday is August 7. It took her a bit longer than I remembered my girls taking, for her teeth to come in, but once they started coming in, watch out! Now she had seven teeth, I think.</span></div>
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-43874663662139048442015-06-27T23:13:00.001-07:002015-06-28T07:27:51.293-07:00Let's Talk SUTO!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed Peacock Sampler</td></tr>
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Hello, Everyone!</div>
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I apologize for not writing
for so long. Things have been on the crazy side for me. Also, typing
for me, has become interesting. My left arm jerks a great deal now,
because of whatever is going on with my neck and spine, so typing
proves to be very interesting. The thing I find interesting is that
it will jerk when I type, but not when I stitch. Why? I don't know.
Don't get me wrong, I love the fact my arm behaves when I stitch.
Just curious though. Jack and I may have solved this problem (the
jerking arm) as far as me being able to do anything via the computer.
LOL I mentioned to Jack my frustration at the jerking of the arm. He
thought about it and came up with the idea of me using his remote
keyboard and mouse. So, Jack hooked up the remote keyboard and mouse
to my laptop. Typing this out that way works very well. I was
thinking about it too. I jokingly said, âI wonder if I dictated it,
if Rachel would key it out, since she can type a lot faster than Dear
Ole Mamma! I wondered aloud if there was a free on line dicta-phone.
Guess what there is! Even better, it is a natural part of the
computer programs already on my computer!! I will have to do that
next time though, because it requires some sort of microphone, which
I don't have right now.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on Boardwalk at steps to beach</td></tr>
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I did get everything I needed for the
SUTO retreat. Sarah and I went clothes shopping so I could have some
much needed summer type clothes. I flew down a few days early. I
stayed with my friend, Jennifer, for the couple of days before the retreat. The Florida trip was
a lot of fun! I enjoyed myself a great deal!! Before the retreat,
Jennifer took me to the beach area and she took some pictures of me
on the boardwalk.<br />
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Thea was the teacher and she taught us some stitches I'd never heard of. The project is beautiful!! Part of it is hardanger, which is also new to me. The biggest section of the project that I have done thus far is in just regular over two cross stitch. The smaller parts I have done are some of the specialty stitches. This project also has me working with threads I never have before, Pearle Cotton both 5 and 8. Also silks and blended threads as well as regular DMC.<br />
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I took a picture with Thea, but its way to foggy/fuzzy for the blog. BRATS!! The most expensive thing I bought was a magnifying light/lamp, that I put over my project so I can see the holes easier and don't have to bend my neck at all!. It has proven to be very helpful. I had the magnifying, light up lamp sent directly to the house..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progress on Peacock Sampler</td></tr>
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I also had to have almost everything I received during the retreat sent to the house via UPS. I received everything from a scissor fob, to scissors, (BTW both of those were in the theme of the project...Peacocks) to needle minders, to kits, counting pins, markers, and so much more! I also bought a few things from Karen, the gal who brought part of her store, so if anyone needed anything it was there. I bought some beads , material, a needle minder, before I found out I was receiving two. That's okay, I now have three, so if I have three projects going, I have three needle minders! I also bought several packages of beads. Then there is what was being given away. I ended up bringing no less than <i><b>five</b></i> thread storage boxes and more patterns and the thread that came in the storage boxes. Some of us brought things to exchange with each other I made a bookmark, which I neglected to take a picture of. I also included a little case to keep small stitching supplies. In the exchange, I received a framed cross stitched angel. The angel, on her right finger(s), has a blue bird of some type. There are flowers on either side of her at the bottom. Underneath her SUTO 2015 is stitched. I have her atop my roll top desk, where I can see her all the time. Thea also gave us a DVD of how to do the project, step by step. Yippee!!!!!<br />
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I
am getting <i>so
excited</i>
about Joann's coming to the mall! They open in mid-July! We have been
without a cross stitching friendly store in town for a long time.
I've had to go 70 miles [round trip] to get anything but thread. And
honestly, the store that carries DMC cotton thread charges beyond the
pale for it. I'll pay it, when absolutely necessary, but when they
charge nearly double what everyone else does...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles</td></tr>
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When I came home from the retreat, I
was in a stitching mood. My Peacock sampler was still on its way
here. I decided to try and get some of the 100 stitch blocks complete
on <i><u><b>âLife's Little Tanglesâ</b></u></i>.
I wanted to try and finish out certain 100 stitch blocks before I put
it down to start again on the retreat project. There were a couple of
squares, on <i><u><b>âLife's Little Tanglesâ</b></u></i>
that has under 15 stitches. Others had quite a few. I am getting
there; I can say I see my progress. I don't know how long it will
take me to finish the Peacock Sampler from Thea, but I don't want to
leave myself at a point where I'd be completely lost when I picked it
up.</div>
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I
am also very excited about the fact that I have made a new stitching
friend. Hey, Hey, Connie! The other day I went over to her house and
we chatted and stitched. I really enjoyed myself. When we talk we
talk about family and stitching and everything in-between! We have
become fast friends. I started a pattern that is quite easy, that
I'll only stitch when we are together. It's small in comparison to
some of my other stuff, but it should be a simple pattern to sit and
stitch and chat! She started telling me about this pattern she was
getting in parts, being that it was the chosen pattern for a <b>S</b>titch
<b>A
L</b>ong.
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I want this pattern very badly, even if I have to buy it! I love the
clothing and things of that era.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: center;">Rachel's Cake</td></tr>
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Reminds me that there use to be much
simpler times:
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Someone shaking your hand sealed a deal; meant more than,
âhelloâ or âgood-byeâ
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Someone saying they will do an act did it
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Children
didn't even<i>
consider</i>
mouthing off to their parents
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The Bible was followed, not ignored</div>
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Neighbors actually watched out for each other</div>
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I
could go on, but I'm sure I have made my point. I've mentioned before
how much I would have loved to live in the 1800's era. Someone
pointed out to me that if an accident had happened that made me
disabled back then, medical science wasn't as advanced as it was in
1963. this is true. However, the argument could be made, rightly so,
that automobiles were not part of the picture until very close to or
into the 1900's. Since I am disabled because of an automobile
accident, would I have even <i>become</i>
disabled? Another thing to ponder.<br />
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June is a big birthday month for our family. Both of my parents, my older sister and Rachel have birthdays in June. I am pretty sure at least one cousin does as well. Rachel's is a kinda special one. She was 16.</div>
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Sarah posted a picture of Dahlia Mae standing by herself for 10 seconds a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to show it to you, but it won't let me load the video. :(</div>
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Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-49677333313693320012015-05-08T17:48:00.000-07:002015-05-08T17:48:04.367-07:00Stitching and Winding Anyone<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed '<b><i>Heaven'</i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Hello, Everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Whether or not I have
completed a lot will probably depend on your point of view. I
completely finished <i><u><b>âHeavenâ </b></u></i>
last night. I had been struggling with it a bit because the project
wasn't centered within the q-snap, thus, I was having issues getting
the furthest left stitches complete. I was trying, but wasn't
getting very far. What I ended up doing was, I stitched one strand of
each color from right to left, so everything on the right side was
completely stitched. Then I moved the material from left to right, so
I could easily stitch the left side of the pattern. Then I moved the
pattern to the right enough that I could easily reach the left side
of the material. <i><b>Picture
of where I was when I was done with right side)</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I also started a project,
thanks to Mark in ILCS needing a thread for a project he is doing. :)
Mark was asking about a particular DMC number, so I went hunting yo
see if I could find it and discovered how many skeins of threads I
had that needed wrapping! A bunch!! That's okay, because I
have been meaning to do this for a long time. Anyway, what the
project was is organizing my cedar chest and threads so I know what I
really have. I purchased another couple of thread boxes because I
know I have so many extra threads now that I knew I was going to need
at least two more thread boxes. I ended up wrapping every single
skein
into bobbins. Some of these threads were from a company in New York that went bankrupt in 1972! Their factory has been turned into yuppie condos, but still has the company name on the entrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I worked on this exclusively for about five days. Thus far, I have
two boxes filled to what I want. I want to leave some âwiggle roomâ
in the event I get more of the color that is in that box. The two
boxes I am âdoneâ with are labeled, âBox one of Extras Blanc to
353â, and âBox two of Extras 355 to 598â. I stopped, not
because I was done...I am far from done. I stopped because I wanted
to work on <i><u><b>âHeavenâ</b></u></i>
some more. I really wanted to finish it, which I did! (YEAH!!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Now
I can get back to <i><u><b>âLife's Little
Tanglesâ</b></u></i>.
If another small project âpops upâ it won't be that big of a
deal. You know how projects just seems to pop out at you?! I started
receiving the <i><u>â<b>Just
Cross Stitch</b>â</u></i>
magazine this year. They have some adorable bird houses and some what
looks like some pretty quick spice plant stitches for the kitchen.
Then there is Wes and Jess's wedding. Then, of course, there is the
project that I will be working on thanks to the retreat I will be
going to in early June in Florida!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
am getting so jazzed about the retreat. I paid it off a few months
ago and bought my plane tickets as well. In the next few days I will
be going shopping for things I need for the retreat. I have been
stitching for a very long time and have never done anything like this
before. I doubt I'll ever be able to do it again. But I am sure of
one thing...I will have loads of FUN!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
have been given some of my Mother's Day presents already. Jack and
Rachel bought me two Boston Ferns. They are beautiful! We have them
hanging in front of the house right now. When I was out and about
today, getting new glasses, Jack called me and asked me to pick up a
little cash for him to use on Sunday. The bank was literally right
across the street from where the glasses place is located.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Well,
that's about it for now. All the Mothers or Mothers to Be have a
wonderful day! Happy stitching everyone!!</span></div>
Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-79256317119936294992015-04-16T18:42:00.000-07:002015-04-16T18:43:15.856-07:00I Got Some NEAT Things!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FKRbpFf7O6AeF2mjv_pVEjhifwiGMhkDZ650WArKYZYrgKK0gdyvApLV3dbHoMNUehecPL1fvVi0IaPgByyF6_-JmmCUsTcHI3ylqaDjOAc-nGkWN8bbNRT1Xh3pqOGIYwtHZqsDkP5k/s1600/Coffee+Mug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FKRbpFf7O6AeF2mjv_pVEjhifwiGMhkDZ650WArKYZYrgKK0gdyvApLV3dbHoMNUehecPL1fvVi0IaPgByyF6_-JmmCUsTcHI3ylqaDjOAc-nGkWN8bbNRT1Xh3pqOGIYwtHZqsDkP5k/s1600/Coffee+Mug.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect Coffee Cup</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I am excited! The
stitching friend who is in charge of helping put the retreat together
that I am going to showed me a coffee cup she purchased on line. She
gave me the link she used (thank you, Jennifer). Ever since then, I
have been trying to get it myself! With no luck! Grrr! Well, at the
beginning of April my loving husband (thank you, Jack, I love you!)
found another place that sold it. The <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAW75js0XGo-F23qnwquHTkzJXVGrq9rYTTKigPgsGUKvg7oHwWy2e_BmDkL1Hpm0xcnoXG7lqh1Oh1AxrlKSJ1dV0KKExgrdDG0FGaPxPjk0jLt3PIiaAR4dQmiyvEzbxnER0E3Np931/s1600/Cross+stitch+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAW75js0XGo-F23qnwquHTkzJXVGrq9rYTTKigPgsGUKvg7oHwWy2e_BmDkL1Hpm0xcnoXG7lqh1Oh1AxrlKSJ1dV0KKExgrdDG0FGaPxPjk0jLt3PIiaAR4dQmiyvEzbxnER0E3Np931/s1600/Cross+stitch+shirt.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cross Stitcher Adict?</td></tr>
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sight that Jennifer gave me,
never got back to me. Brats!!</span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Anyway, He ordered it for me!!!
Yaaaaay!! It was on back order (must be a popular cup LOL) but it
finally arrived </span><i style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>today</b></i><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">! I love it!!! Now if I get the
shirt I want, I'll be all set!!! I shared this shirt on my time line on Facebook and then on each of
my kids time lines, saying I want it for Mother's Day, so we will see
if I get it! Keeping fingers crossed!!!!</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">I did something a few days
ago (4/11) that I had never done before. I don't know if I will ever
do it again, but who knows? Jack may need me too! We had been having
car problems. Jack realized that one of the problems was the battery
cables were corroded, thus needed to be replaced. To take the old
ones off a couple of Rachel's male friends (Jesse and Coby) helped
him. When it came time to put them back on, one was at his job and I
can't remember where the other one was. At any rate, he needed help
tightening one of the cables from underneath the car. Jack is not a
skinny guy, so he cannot get underneath a car without it being on
jack stands. Anyway, I got underneath the car and was able to tighten
the cable for him with him holding the tool in place from the top of
the car. Most people, say, slide underneath and back out on the same side of the car. Which would have you come out from
under the car the same side of the car you went underneath. Anyway, I
had to be different. Because my right side is paralyzed, I could not
do that. I slid underneath the car on the passenger side, stopping
where Jack told me to. I worked the ratchet, then slid out, coming
out on the driver's side of the car. I cannot slide going to the
right because of my paralysis. Turns out that the car also needs a new starter, but at least
I can say I helped a little bit in the fixing of the van. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The new starter
arrived today </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(4/15)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">via UPS. Jack was able to put it in without help,
though it argued with him big time. He did put it on jack stands this
time and chalked the back tires. He was getting very frustrated.
Rachel offered her help when she could see how frustrated Dad was,
but he would not accept any help. Her philosophy was, âgrease can
be washed offâ. He was able to finish it within a few minutes of
Rachel's offer. The van was completed in time for Rachel to go to
church.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> I started to
take her, but got nervous about it so didn't, The red warning
light indicating âbatteryâ was coming on. We never left the
driveway. It wasn't staying solid, but it was coming on. I turned off
the van and came in. I told Jack what was going on. He thinks the
battery might just need some extra charging, so we will put the big
charger on before I have to go to work tomorrow. Lord willing, Jack
is right, and a short amount of time on the battery charger will take
care of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVSzpKeMcTl_ASlNrhG6NUXJhD6BMcGRIudP-Xlee0KsMXjBPjaC2ksYw0o2ffKC87szQPHU2G9ChtzgGA5vEyERje1XSJvjBDyRzuGneog_49ndZWi_xC3x0ifCGHEBYulLEgJdw1nT_/s1600/Heaven41615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVSzpKeMcTl_ASlNrhG6NUXJhD6BMcGRIudP-Xlee0KsMXjBPjaC2ksYw0o2ffKC87szQPHU2G9ChtzgGA5vEyERje1XSJvjBDyRzuGneog_49ndZWi_xC3x0ifCGHEBYulLEgJdw1nT_/s1600/Heaven41615.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heaven as of Now</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jack looked at the car this morning (4/16) and discovered a wire going to the alternator had come loose yesterday. That was why the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">battery light was going on and off.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> He </span><span style="font-size: medium;">tightened it and then put the car on the charger. The car is running perfect!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
have had good days and bad days with my pain because of the discs in
my neck. I have only been stitching on <i><u><b>âHeavenâ,</b></u></i><b>
</b>since
my last post. I showed yet another <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpUkNZ8E2SAot-AYTELF7fRr_3q-CkhM-h11uUl3uueRCTjfp0ErBMbR_4n0l2hWblEaDsqz10xeOmB62KlzZPDEdaLmuz7BRcIUYAgFY_YPNogXVRxLXgjDo6d4G5LFtUTC3Vq7Caxg8/s1600/Cedar+Chest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpUkNZ8E2SAot-AYTELF7fRr_3q-CkhM-h11uUl3uueRCTjfp0ErBMbR_4n0l2hWblEaDsqz10xeOmB62KlzZPDEdaLmuz7BRcIUYAgFY_YPNogXVRxLXgjDo6d4G5LFtUTC3Vq7Caxg8/s1600/Cedar+Chest.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where I Keep my Supplies</td></tr>
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stitching friend (Kim, your <i>the</i>
best!) my progress since my Resurrection Day post. She says I am </span><span style="font-size: medium;">making great progress. I need to stop being so hard on myself. I need to keep in mind that because of my disc problems, I am going to have to take breaks more often, thus things will take longer.</span><i style="font-size: large;"> Such is life!</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> When I started stitching the bank if flowers at the top, I started to just do one flower at a time, working from left to right. I was feeling like I wasn't getting very far, very fast, so I decided to work a color at a time, left to right on the g</span><span style="font-size: medium;">reen. Then, when that
was done I decided I would work on the pink and salmon shades of the
flowers, right to left. What I am doing is working with the length of
the color right to left. Why I am doing this is because the material
is not exactly centered on my q-snap, thus it is hard to get to the
furthest left. I am having to constantly adjust the part of the
q-snap on the far left to get to the part of material I want. That
has become a major pain!! By working a length of thread of each
color, I am getting enough stitched on the right side that I won't
have that problem anymore. I'll be able to just move the material
enough that I can complete the stitching on the left side! I'll do
that with the rows that need to be put on the top to match the rows
at the bottom as well. I started taking a
good look at this project, and realized Kim was right!! I am making
very good progress on </span><i style="font-size: large;"><u><b>âHeavenâ </b></u></i><span style="font-size: medium;">.
At last post, I had none of the bank of the flowers and greenery
done. I also only had the straight lines on either side of the word,
Heaven. Now the leaves on those lines are done, all of the greenery
in this bank of flowers, and the flowers are coming along nicely. The
three on the right only need the darkest color [salmon] and then they
are done. Then I have the four rows of stitching, exactly like the
four on the bottom on the top. Then I can frame it and give it to
Micki! She told me the colors of this project will go perfect in her
bedroom! Yay!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have been seeing several people talking about how they
store their stitching stash. I <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxPlOmGU4dNadYjYPAytN2bL5MLR6qPYbIXbQgjsBk1ins4UQ8grodO2UJiChQkW36n-koK5cApNJmdjbBpEsBaL5lEObpsQE1fqROvMsDfcVkIki_G3vHJsfODKUNpjquaJ2n9oJXnVy/s1600/IMG_2483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxPlOmGU4dNadYjYPAytN2bL5MLR6qPYbIXbQgjsBk1ins4UQ8grodO2UJiChQkW36n-koK5cApNJmdjbBpEsBaL5lEObpsQE1fqROvMsDfcVkIki_G3vHJsfODKUNpjquaJ2n9oJXnVy/s1600/IMG_2483.JPG" height="200" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How the Inside of a Numerical Box Looks</td></tr>
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thought I'd put in my two cents into
that. :) LOL Anyway, I had been storing everything in a couple of
those white plastic containers that almost look like file cabinets. I
bought them at Walmart, and it does do the job and has worked for a
long time. But, when a house cleaning client I had (RIP Patty) gave
me a cedar chest, I figured that would be the perfect thing to store
my stuff. Patty was ill and knew she was dying. She gave the cedar
chest to me about a month before she died. We had become very good
friends. She actually had two and asked me which one I wanted. Hers,
or the one that belonged to her mom. Then she told me her son wanted
the one that was Grandmas, so it was obvious which one I'd take. I
cleaned her place once a month, on average. Sometimes, though, I'd
just go over <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-6JcgW5aRpXbbrCh8JO5d2EwwTjQ2_w6FdIvJEZSar7Nw3PqEkCsnoFhHT7Ds5cFmQ4pFUunq7p0o5LEuwtdl3ZBK_phsJUoWSOpvA0Ex4dIccEMmoyaGt5F8oj6Jk1oMWnS2wMQi5W4/s1600/Stitch+Box+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-6JcgW5aRpXbbrCh8JO5d2EwwTjQ2_w6FdIvJEZSar7Nw3PqEkCsnoFhHT7Ds5cFmQ4pFUunq7p0o5LEuwtdl3ZBK_phsJUoWSOpvA0Ex4dIccEMmoyaGt5F8oj6Jk1oMWnS2wMQi5W4/s1600/Stitch+Box+2.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How I Label my DMC</td></tr>
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for a cup of coffee. Okay, get back on task, Lyn. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">The little box you see atop the cedar chest is what a call a WIP box. I pull the bobbins I need for a project and put them in that box. I have about four of those. I put a note on the inside of the lid with the name of the project. That way, I can keep them straight. I do have one big box that I use for my project threads of my big projects. Lets face it, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Life's Little Tangles"</u> 90+ colors would not fit in a little box!</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">I
put all of my cotton DMC on bobbins. Sometimes, I write the number,
sometimes I use the stickers DMC sells. I prefer the paper bobbins,
because I can write on those. That isn't true for the plastic
bobbins. I do have some of those. I will admit they do last better,
but how can a person identify the floss, if they<i>
DON'T HAVE</i>
the stickers? I have bobbin boxes that I store my cotton DMC in. I
label these boxes numerically. I think I have a total of five boxes
that go from the lowest number to the highest number. One bobbin per
number in the numerical boxes. I have some cotton DMC on those same
kind of bobbins, in these same kind of boxes, but they are my extra
of those colors. Those boxes are still, more or less, kept in
numerical order. I don't have them marked like I do the ones that
have one skein of each color. If I am low or out of a particular
number, if I need it, I go to my overflow boxes. If it isn't there, I
go to the bags of floss that still need to be wound. Never ending
job, as you know. If the color isn't there, <i>then</i>
I will buy the floss.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">I don't like to wind the metallic threads. What I do
with them is put them on the bows and slip them into this plastic
sheet meant for them I try to keep them more or less in order. I have
them in a binder</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">My beads are in a smaller container, similar to which I
keep my cotton DMC. I want to get more beads, but since I don't do a
great deal of beading, I don't have a lot of beads. What I generally
use beads for is where french knots are suppose to go. I stuggle with
those.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">I have some material that is not in use. I have some. I
either keep it in a large ziplock (air tight) bag or in whatever it
came in, if it is air tight. Of course I'd love more material. I'll
get it, little by little. With the cedar chest, I have the room!</span></div>
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pick, etc., are also in the cedar chest. I need to organize that part
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Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-89108519134574584392015-02-24T20:33:00.000-08:002015-02-25T08:14:14.436-08:00I am EXCITED!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Summer 2014 (Left)</td></tr>
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I have some good news! In several areas! I have so much good news I do not know where to start!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dahlia Yesterday 6.5 months</td></tr>
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I guess, I can start with Rachel and her braces. She has never been happy with her teeth. She had a small gap between her two top front teeth. Almost every picture she has taken over the past several years, she has refused to smile in such a way to show any teeth. I was able to get her an appointment with an orthodontist. At first they said her problem was not enough that the insurance would help<br />
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with the tab. We don't have the kinds of funds that we could just hand over that money, so it looked like Rachel would have to live with her teeth the way they are. When I explained to the orthodontist how important this was to Rachel's self-esteem, they resubmitted the request. It was granted this time. They were put on in mid to late January. She will have them for one year. Her next appointment is in mid March. She can already see the difference. She has <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Today</td></tr>
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worn glasses for years but hates to take pictures in them. I think she is beautiful either way.<br />
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Sarah, Chance and Dahlia moved out the beginning of February. They had been hoping to get a two bedroom, one bath home in a small town 15 miles west of Danville. Population 200, before they moved in, They had been looking at this house and really wanted it. Sarah worked with the banker and was able to get a mortgage to buy the home. She also started nursing school in January and Chance landed a well paying job in February. This one he got on his own, not through a temporary agency. Jobs you land by yourself always seem to last longer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles early February</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life's Little Tangles Today</td></tr>
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I have been struggling for house cleaning clients. A little over a week ago Jack and I talked about me putting myself on care.com. It is alot like Angie's list. A three month subscription was very reasonable. We figured it was worth a shot. Every other venue of advertising had not generated much of anything. Within a couple of days, I received an e-mail from a gal. She wanted me to come to her house and discuss what she wanted completed. I did that yesterday, as well as actually cleaning her home. She and her husband were very impressed. They now want me to come every other week. So, placing my name here has already more than paid for itself. Yay!!!<br />
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Jack is getting around so well now, he no longer needs the Jazzy. He uses a one prong cane to get from one point to another when the distance is quite far. At places like the grocery store or Walmart, he will use one of their electric carts, but at home 95% of the time he just walks. He uses his rollator in the kitchen, when he cooks or does the dishes because of how much time that requires for someone to be on their feet. For those of you who have not heard the term "rollator" and are wondering what on God's green Earth that is, it is basically w rolling walker with a seat, so if the person using it gets tired, they can sit a spell.<br />
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I have paid for the stitching retreat in full and actually purchased the airline tickets so now its really official. I am going to Stitching Under The Oaks!!<br />
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I have been stitching a fair amount (some might say alot). Since the beginning of the year I've been concentrating on my HEAD, <u style="font-style: italic;">"Life's Little Tangles"</u>. The picture on the right of LLT was taken something like February 2 or 3. The picture on the left was taken tonight.<br />
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For the past few weeks I have had some pain issues in my arm. Not sure why, but I have an MRI this week. Maybe that will give some answers.<br />
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I have come up with a system that helps me if I have to stop at a point within a pattern, that is not what could be called a "natural" stopping point. The far left side of page 1 of any HAED, at the top <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Section 0"</u>. As you move to the down you have <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Section 10"</u>, <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Section 20"</u>, and so on.<b> </b>As you move to the right in the pattern you have your columns. As you move down you also have rows. So, for example if you are working with DMC 3371 and you have to put your project down for a bit you can make a note. Using color 3371 at Section 60, Column 34, Row 68. That way you can tell right where you are, or at l<br />
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east I can.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Threads in Box 1</td></tr>
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Something else that was recently discussed was the way you store your threads. I was asked to discuss what I do, showing pictures. When I talked about this on group I said each compartment held 5 full bobbins. I misspoke. Each compartment holds 6 full bobbins. I am not happy with the picture of the numbers on Thread Box 1, but the way it goes is white (blanc) is in the upper left corner; then ecru; then the numerical ones start. The lower right corner has the highest DMC number in that thread box box two will start with the next DMC number. I have a total of 5 DMC threads with just one bobbin of each color. I have "overflow" boxes as well, but they are not quite as organized. Box 1: Blanc- 543, box 2: 550-829, box 3: 830-3328, box 4: 3340-3849, box 5: 3850- B5200 plus the other numbers that start with 52. I have my metallics in clear cases on stitch bows, I hope this answers the questions of those who messaged me <br />
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Happy stitching everyone!Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452240325317880599noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897312703349354666.post-27248856316025632582015-01-09T14:39:00.000-08:002015-01-09T14:39:03.547-08:00Way Too Long, Way Too Crazy!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Raymond's Bib</td></tr>
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I know it has been WAY to long (almost a full two months) since my last update and I apologize for that. These last couple of months has had my head spinning wondering which side was up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Framed Dahlia Announcement</td></tr>
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I made a local friend who was due to have a baby. He was born healthy and is doing great - beautiful baby Raymond - on the Friday before Thanksgiving. I decided I'd stitch a baby bib for him. I didn't start on it, largely because I didn't have a bib to stitch on, until after he was born, but I was able to get it done in just a couple of days.<br />
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I noticed I had made an error on Dahlia's Birth Announcement. I had put the year as 1-4, instead of 14. I corrected that and added the time she was born. Then I framed it and gave it to Sarah for Christmas. She loved it.<br />
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Chance made something neat for us and his mom. He and Sarah put paint on the bottom of Dahlia's feet and then turned the feet into butterfly <br />
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wings. I do not know how Peggy, Chance's mom, felt about it, but Jack and I LOVED it!! We went ahead and had it framed.<br />
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I also completed <u style="font-style: italic;">"Stop That Cat"</u>. I want to frame it and put it in my bathroom. When I saw this pattern, I thought of our cat, Rascal, immediately. he definitely lives up to his name regularly! I finished stitching this project on New Year's Eve.<br />
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In the picture of Rascal (right side) he is looking underneath my bedroom door that leads into the kitchen, watching Sarah's cat, Mindy. He and Mindy do not get along <b>at all</b>, so when she is roaming the house, he is in our room. When he is <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed "Stop That Cat"</td></tr>
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roaming, she is in her cage. If we don't do this we will learn the definition of "Cat fight" in short order. It really isn't fair to either cat to have to be locked away for any length of time, but, that will end when Sarah and her family move out. These two do this to<br />
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each other on a regular basis, so in a way this is funny. When Rascal is locked in our bedroom, Mindy will sit on the kitchen side of the door where he can see her under the door and taunt him (that's whats happening in this picture). If Mindy is in her cage, in Rachel's room, Rascal has been known to sit atop her cage. Rascal is 2. Mindy is more like 8 or 9.<br />
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I ave also made a fair amount of progress on, <u style="font-style: italic;">"Heaven"</u> for my friend since second grade, Michele. Mickie (AKA Michele) knows about this. I have made great progress, especially since my goal is to have it done by her birthday in mid June!<br />
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Because of putting my stitching efforts into these two projects, I did not stitch on my HAED. I plan on it though, now that I have one of my projects completed.<br />
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Speaking of June, I have exciting news! In summer of 2014 I was invited to attend a stitching retreat in Florida, called, "Stitching Under the Oaks" in June of 2015. After Jack and I talked about it, I said, "yes, I want to go!" I have NEVER been to a stitching retreat in all my years of stitching. I have heard alot about them and they sounded fun. I was honestly a bit nervous about saying yes, because I was unsure if we could afford for me to go. God is good!!! He provided!!! My parents sent me some Christmas money. I had paid alot on it already, but was hitting a snag at the end of the year. We were told of some finances that would be coming my way because of an auto accident I had been in June 2013. The other person was at fault, got the ticket, etc., but her insurance was trying to say I was 50% at fault. She had a stop sign, I didn't. So my parent's Christmas money paid for the remainder on the retreat, save $39, and the settlement paid the rest plus my round trip airline tickets!<br />
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If you're wondering why I haven't talked about my house cleaning business lately, it because things slowed to almost a halt. there has been nothing to report. Hopefully, I will be able to go "client hunting" soon.<br />
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Take care everyone! Have a Happy New Year and happy stitching!!<br />
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