Labor Day and Update on Witchie Poo and Her sisters

Labor Day around my house was exactly that LABOR....My daughter was able to get
for me the Expediate from Ikea...awesome...but that meant taking all my books and albums out of the old bookcase and that was no picnic...
I have craft books galore not including magazines... all kinds of crafts....
I now need to weed them out into...keep and ebay them or garage sale...
No pictures yet cause the room is a mess and the camera refuse to take them....lol
No sooner had I started to returned them to their place...then brain storm of the kids they wanted to get into the garage...sooo we stopped and began hauling boxes after boxes... Lots of things that I had not seen in ages... Needless to say lots of garbage well maybe not garbage exactly but goodwill will make a bundle...
Clothes, toys, boxes of books.. old crafts no longer wanted..remember macrame..yep I have a large box of cords...ugh.....painting supplies, photography supplies and photograph books and a heck of a lot more...everyone had at least a box of something there...but no one claimed them..."no no leave at mommy's house..she had big garage, we'll get it later..."
right!!! later never came... well too late now that I started fair warning it goes!!
Ever seen those hoarders show on TV my garage looked like that minus the rotting food and clothes scattered all around.. everything was in boxes and bags but tooo darn much..

My muscles ache and even those that I never hurt before! Today is rest day...
(and I still ended emptying a few boxes and set up the trash for tomorrow...)
If I was a drinking woman I would have be drunk now so I could numb the pain..

No working anymore today... playtime!
Every thing is done that I am willing to do... My dh was so special yesterday
He cooked extra dishes for today cause he knew I would not be able to make even soup..lol

Witchie Poo has the third sister 3/4 done, worked on the background but it's all black and boring, plus a lot of the back stitching that I hate to do..I figure if I finish an area that I will not touch again go for it..
my new philosophy... plan ahead... lol
I wonder why I did not do it before so much easier...

Thanks for stopping by and please leave your comments..remember they are the footprints of where you have been and ..I really love them..

Witchy Poo

Last few days have been hectic for me and didn't have time for a lot of blogging..
but I did sneak in some stitching...:)

Had the family gather around for late lunch/early dinner today (Sat 10-18) and I had to cook!
I do not really cook often..my dh is the cook here...and oh boy, he is good..
so cooking really took some real thought on my part....lol...thus lots of prep time..oh not the food...just the mental part for me...lol.

I stitched for 5 hrs total last night (Friday 10-17) then my tired old eyes gave up...
You would think I would have made more progress but not only am I slow anyway but the darn frog kept hopping around...ribit ribit..all over..
Lucky me (sarcastically said by the way)..I was working with black floss and had to be extra careful that those nasty floss balls were taken off... *sigh* what one misstep can do! or is that miscount?
Anyway here is my after shot...she really looks like a witch now...lol
she is with Bear my Halloween Teddy bear from my daughter.. he insisted on being included..probably thinks Witchy Poo is his mom...lol

Well I had fun knowing everyone was stitching at the SAT (stitch-a-thon).. it was like having my friends all around me cheering each other on..



Tell me how I'm doing...suggestions and comments are appreciated..
if I can figure out how to work the links (technically challenging) I'd be happy.

What is it...update

Well here is "What is it and by now you can tell it is not the cookie monster gonzo...

It is a WITCH...lol... I am making the sampler from a stitch magazine...it will be my SAT (Stitch a thon) for friday...on Let's stitch..
I will add it to my slide show of WIP's.

I am having so much fun with it...lots of color..

Making Progress

Well this week I made some progress on the "Earthdancer" design and actually added quite a bit of the dress and made it all the way down to one foot...If you know the design you know that there is a lot of the color "ecru" and it is quite boring but I stuck with it and am happy with the results...I am taking a picture of it and will add it to the slide show and you will see what I mean...
"Sleeping Beauty" has taken a back burner for now and "What is it?" has also gotten some stitching in...you can actually see the design! yeah it's not Cookie Monster or Gonzo anymore..I will be stitching on this one for Stitch-a-long I joined with a whole bunch of nice ladies..at "http://letsstitch.blogspot.com" I have been having a blast there....
These are the only ones I will work on for now..well that's what I say but there are so many possibilities and so many wips...lol.. (*Nana whistling and watching husband rolling his eyes in disbelief"*)
I am really trying to stick to it...honest...lol

Well I am off to take some pictures..and stitching...
Will keep you informed of my progress.

Oh, by the way I learned how to insert my signature in my favorite color...well I like a darker green but beggars can't be choosers.. cool huh? I really am loving this blogging stuff...why I resisted so long beats me.

What is it..oppsie

yes I am reallly new at this.. I forgot to click on the picture... :(
sorry about that..

What is it?

Hello everyone :)

Well as promised, I am posting my progress on the "blot" the surprise piece I am working on for the Friday Night Challenge at "Let's Stitch"
What fun... I started late since I was preparing my self and downloading pictures, actually only spent 3 hours stitching...dh works late and came home at 9:pm ...hungry and tired...
Since he wasn't feeling well I stopped to give some TLC...(feed him lol)
then to stitch... I have never actually sat and thought about showing my progress of one night's work...it usually isn't much by many standards but I surprised my self...lol
I asked my husband what he thought it was and he thought it was the "Cookie Monster"...with duck feet...lol but nope... (I thought it looked like Gonzo myself in bandit gear...lol) but no again ... hopefully tomorrow if I get a chance to stitch it will make sense...want to guess?

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your comments : )

Work in Progress better known as WIP's

These are two of my wip's ..the first is the "Earth Dancer" by Marilyn Levitt-Imblum... I started in fall of 1995... worked on it for a while then had some small and medium ones that I needed to finish and then the holidays came, the year was over... 1996 I started again, just did a little work on the beading...again life interrupted me and then the holidays... I had managed to finish a few others ( I am a multi stitcher.. humm is that a name?) ...new year... In few months I would get sick and put away cross stitch from my agenda for a very long time..
This the big project that I kept out and will work on... the small little blot (lol) is the one I have entered in my Friday cross stitch night... what is it? Well, it's the start of the sampler I spoke of earlier, my first by the way and I will be posting my progress... can you wait? Clue, it's for the holidays... My daughter's favorite holiday.... nah.. I didn't think so.... tomorrow I will post a picture of what I accomplished and see what you think...
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