Boos Mummy

At the beginning of 2014 I still have quite a few WIPs rolled over from the 2013 challenge. My main aim this year is to finish my Castles in the Air, keep up with Around the World in 80 Stitches and work hard on Cruising the Information Highway. So where am I at the end of January with them?  Not much further on realistically *sigh*   We've had a busy month with the kids returning to school and all their clubs starting up again. DS2 went into the Childrens Hospital for dental surgery and DS1 working hard in Taekwondo ready for his grading in February and a competition. I have finished the first row of my HAED "Cruising the Information Highway" Cruising The Information Highway by Randal Spangler Stitched on 25ct 1 over 1 I did finish my Positive Thinking SAL Positive Thinking http://lesmarottesdenath.free.fr/ I also started another project, it's called "Charles" by John Clayton but to me he's "Mr Darcy" stitched on 28ct evenwe...

Thank you to all who wished me happy birthday either on Facebook or in my Yahoo groups. I had a lovely day and even got to have lunch out with my dad, nan, DD and a friend - Dawn. We all went to our local pub where they make the most wonderful food.  DH and I are off into town at the end of the month to pick up a stitching lamp for me. One of the lovely ladies (Jackie) from my Yahoo group Friendly Stitchers mentioned that she'd got her lamp from Maplins after I'd said I couldn't afford a proper stitching lamp. These are hobby lamps with magnifiers on and half the price of a stitching lamp but just as good...yippee I'm now going to finally get one.  My mum has also been stash shopping for me after I'd said I love the John Clayton dance series and bought me this design that I've been admiring for ages. Stitching wise I'm working on Lukie's dragon, it's coming along now. After asking for advice I decided to stitch the metallic parts as I'm going ...

Can you believe yet another year has passed? They just fly by now I go by school term times, doesn't seem two minutes ago since I was getting DS1's uniform ready for him starting "big" school and now I'm doing the same 2yrs on for DS2. He's so excited he's helping me get his PE bag ready etc...only 4 more days to go before it's just DD and myself during the day. Things have been pretty hectic the last 4/5 months of the year hence the lack of posts. In November I went off to Harrogate with DH to meet up with stitchers from my Friendly Stitchers yahoo group. We all stayed at Grants Hotel (fabulous hotel, totally recommend it) for BB&EM. Some turned up Friday for 2 nights but we only went Saturday for 1 night. The drive up was different thanks to heavy snow a few days previous but we got there to the hotel, parked on the street where I totally abandoned DH and went off to the 2010 Harrogate stitching show with friends. Had a fabulous time fondling...

Yes I've been sorting through my boxes and found another 3 cross stitch kits that I had totally forgotton about. It all started when I wanted to put away my daughters cosytoes from her pram, thanks to the beautiful warm weather its now time to put away the winter gear. For the past week I've been piling it all into our bedroom and as the kids were playing nicely in the boys bedroom (for once!) thought I'd tackle ours before we could only just see a bed. After tidying all their stuff into the storage box, put the ironing away (YES its finally done!!) when I decided to have a quick 5 minutes looking through my old curver box full of completed kits. Really must decide what to do with some of those, frame? quilt into cushions? make into throws? Right at the bottom were 3 brand new kits that I obviously picked up 2 pregnancies ago. A lovely dolphin one, one of 3 friends and a row of ballerinas kit. I've been very good and put them back into the box (but at the top!) am de...