Christmas goes on and on

Today marks the third day of Christmas for us.  Christmas eve had us at the in-laws, having a wonderful feast and opening presents.  P’s Halo army grew by 3 warthogs (ATV of some sort) and DL got an RC helicopter, legos and books.

Christmas had us at our house where the Halo army grew a bit more and was able to see who their antagonist was (something in purple), an armory full of nerf weapons & ammo, another RC helicopter, and a Lego NXT (robot).  I am shocked to share that the nerf warfare and helicopters have won over legos/Halo and the NXT!  The boys love shooting against the window on the front door (suction darts) and the duo of chaos love chasing after the darts.

Christmas evening had D & me on Max to the Blazer game against the Nuggets.  While Im not a sports person, Brandon Roy and team put on a great show.  We won :o)  Only downer of the night was a person who missed getting off the train on the way home and pulled the emergency door release thinking it would let him off.  What it did was get us stuck for over 1/2 hr and lots of cranky people.

Today has me and the boys feasting over at my sisters house as well as sharing of the last presents.  The Letters have been framed and wrapped, ready for unveiling.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Another finish

Im really late on this finish but finished it is!

Who knew adding vitals to a sampler could take so long??

Im planning on framing it tomorrow and presenting it (again*) to my friend so they can have it by Christmas.

*I had all the stitching except the important stuff before the baby shower so both her and the dad to be got to see it.

Presenting

Nora’s Letter K!

yes, stitching is finally finished!

List of changes

The K was stitched using CC Jelly Roll and bs CC Nighty Nite, beads used Mill Hill 02077

Beads used on the garland are 03005 (in place of 02001) and called for 42027

Everything else was as charted.

Now on to bed!

Mother!

Before I get to what the title is about, I got a happy to share.  After dropping yummy mashed taters off at D’s work I paused at Michaels to see what could be had on frames for Letters N & K.  I had planned on using shadow boxes and a nice scrapbook page as the background but wouldnt you know it?  They were having a wonderful sale and I couldnt find the 10x10 or 12x12 that looked good with the stitched items.  I did fine other nice frames, both 11x14, one red and another white which go well with the finished (almost) pieces. 

I still dont have K completed (sad I know) but I did add more beads to her today.

My excuse is I cleaned the shower this morning and thx to the chemicals in the cleaner I have a headache and just feel miserable.  Hard to find good cleaners for tile/marble that is non-toxic but is really good at cleaning off car grease (D is a mechanic so there can be lots of car grease at the end of a day).  Any ideas?  Ive used tilex and currently using Arm & Hammer with bleach (supposedly less fumes – riiight).  There just isnt enough ventilation that can be done.

Ok, you’ve waited enough I suppose :op

Here is Mother Maya

Worked on 35ct Kudzu by WDW and using Gentle Arts Autumn, 1 strand over 2.  P and I are loving how the colors are turning out on this piece.

Thanks for stopping by :o)

Maybe one more day

Sad for K – she isnt getting completed tonight as Im cooking a mashed potato feast for D.  Potluck lunch at his work tomorrow and he put himself (me) down for the mashed potatoes.  So 5lbs and one batch down, another 5lbs for another batch to go.  Hardest part seems to be peeling and dicing.  Cook’s prize was the extra piece of bacon (13 in the pkg and 6 get cut up for each batch).  It was tasty!

Tomorrow morning I will be putting the topping on the potatoes and baking and then taking them to his work.  Dont really mind as I had the day off.  The rest of the day will be spent finishing up K and shopping for frames.

Ive been working on Ink Circle’s Mother Maya on the train the past couple days (stitching beads just isnt train happy).  Its on 35ct wdw linen and Im doing 1 over 2.  I started with 2 over 2 but the threads were just too thick and it looked awful.  I will post pics later.

I am really excited for christmas this year.  We got something for P that I cannot wait for him to open.  I wont speak about what it is, just in case he sees this or someone else does and talks.  DL isnt really getting anything big but a lot of what he had on his list.  He wanted small things – lots of books this year.  I feel like Santa so much more this year than in the past.  Weird but wonderful :o)

She likes walking in the dew

or thats what the pattern tells me  :o)

 

The beading is about 1/2 complete and I have a week + before I need to have it framed and wrapped!

I have a few other updates as well

Bethlehem 2.0 (stitching for my sister)

Renaissance Angel

And a new start Ink Circle’s Mother Maya

Do or Dont

Im on Facebook, mainly to keep in contact with old friends and family and just recently added a work friend (breaking a personal rule on that one).  So with the security changes to FB you can now have more control on who is allowed to see your posts/updates.  So do I add an RSS feed of my blog to FB?  Not all of my family reads my blog and I keep this more up to date than FB.  Its a quandary.

Spent the evening with P and getting more supplies for his science project.  Making batteries out of fruit & veggies.  So far a lemon and 2 limes have lost their bet with time and began projects of their own and had to be voted out.  New produce has been added along with copper wire and galvanized nails which took the place of quarters P was trying to sand (unsuccessfully).  It was a fun evening.  He did make an evil comment on how fun it was to be as tall as me and me having to look up at him.  Evil child… :P

I have a non pic update on Nora’s Letter K,  The dress is done!  Now all I need to do is give her some legs and complete back stitching and add the beads!  I can see the light.  With P’s Lego tournament this Sat, I plan on getting K finished this weekend so I have next weekend to search for frames and get 2 more presents DONE!