Happy Holiday Weekend

I've got an update for you!
See, I really *have* been doing a bit of stitching. With kitten in lap, as you can see from below. She's learning properly to lay in the lap and not bother my thread.  (I only had to extract her hanging body and needle-like claws once from my picture). haha

It was my birthday on the fourth. This was really a nice birthday. I must say it was the most nicest one I've maybe ever had. The cards I received were so touching.  And lots of nice messages on my facebook page (which I never go to, but think now I must just to say thank you to everyone). I guess I must have been nice this year! lol

Next week makes the one year makes that my mom died. sigh
I miss her but I'm doing ok. I'm just sure she visits me all the time.  :)

She's growing!

I love this little baby sooooooo much! I've never had SUCH a sweet little kitten. And she even sits in my lap while I stitch, like a good girl! Though... she did pounce on Eleanor and I did have a stitch or two I needed to fix as she hung there on it. lol

OOPSIE!!!!!

HA! Do you ever stitch something the WRONG COLOR on an accident? Mannn, I sure did. LOL Nearly the whole thing. And because its one thread over one on 32 count, the X's are soooooooo tiny that I can't even remove them with my needle. (that would be 1024 X's per square inch, just to get an idea of how many X's I removed...lol)Do you know it took me nearly SEVEN HOURS to remove them?! Wow. I had to use my verrrrrry sharp tipped tweezers. Those awesome ones that aren't even made anymore. Why do they quit making awesome things? What WERE they thinking?! Pfffffft what was *I* thinking stitching all that house with the wrong thread color... I briefly thought about making it a purple house instead of the intended beige house, but nooooooo, it MUST be right!

ohhhhh google...

I was just reading the daily newsletter from Mary at Needle ' Thread. Thank goodness for Mary! Check out this post about the important changes that are going to happen next month. http://www.needlenthread.com/2013/05/needle-n-thread-technical-stuff-rss-readers.html I am so glad I read about this because I would just be so bummed to all of a sudden not have all my favorite blogs being followed anymore. I took her advice and added a new follower thingy, Bloglovin button. And I saved all my favorites there, so now I'm safe!

I have a new helper!

Isn't she just the most precious thing you've ever seen?! I am so in love with my new little baby. Apparently the neighbor found her down at the river and brought her home, knocked on my door and asked if I knew anyone that wanted a kitten. Oh my gosh!!! I looked at him with irritation because I did not NEED another kitty. But she was so tiny and I just snatched her out of his arms and said, sigh, "I'll take her" and I went to slam the door in his face (because I did not need another kitty and my heart is tooooo big and tooooo filled with love to resist the darling little baby that clearly needed a home--and what better home than mine?)My husband stepped outside and I heard him saying "I told you not to bring her over here" and the neighbor was LAUGHING haha. Needless to say, my husband is in love with her, too. But the other kitties...well, not so much. Now, this little darling is the sweetest little thing I've ever met. She is the perfect companion for my lap, doesn't even try to bother my thread when I'm stitching. She knows she has just found her bit of heaven. Being all white, and arriving on the Full Moon, I named her Angel.

A tiny bird

I've been stitching away on this tiny little bird. I'm stitching it over one on 25ct. I purchased some fabric and changed the colors on the chart to match the fabric. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it once I'm finished, but I'm thinking I *ought* to make a cover for my magnifier lamp. It gets so darn dusty! Go figure... p.s. its not finished yet, but its getting close. Still some more leaves to do and "perfecting."

I ought to be stitching, but I'm procrastinating!

Its been awhile since I've posted and its because I'm busy making my this year's Christmas gifts. But the best part is my daughter's great big picture is finished, except for adding the zillions of beads! This was the first Mother's Day without my mum. My sister joined my daughter and I and we had a wonderful day at the loch. Soooooo gorgeous up there. We had a picnic and the sky was blue and it was warm with a gentle breeze. So very pleasant. I visited a friend who is here from Utah. Her parent's goat had 2 kids. And here I am holding it. I can't resist little baby goats, they are so precious. And I love the way they hop around. So cute!!!! Our stitching guild (Bay Area Sampler Guild) had their annual retreat a couple weeks ago. That was lots of fun, too. All in all, life is good and I am happy and doing well.