The End of My Vacation

I have had 5 days off from work, IN A ROW !!! It was truly a vacation for me. I didn't go anywhere special, but got a lot of spring cleaning and organizing done, a lot done on my Geneaology , and got tons and tons of stitching time in, AND the weather has just been AWESOME....very nice and sunny and warm. My Forsythia is blooming, as well as daffodils all over my yard. We got 2 new dressers for our bedroom too, and I finally got rid of the 1940's bureau we have had since moving to Maine in 1972. I found some nice curtains at Bed Bath & Beyond, and I am a happy camper regarding my "new" bedroom. I had a nice relaxing vacation, but it's back to work tomorrow.

I finished parts 1 to 4 of the Papillion Creations How Does Your Garden Grow. Part 5 won't be on her website until May, so now it is back to my work on New England Sampler, and to get caught up on the Erica Michael's blocks for The Sampler Book.



I just love the colors in this.

A New Project

I started Papillion Creation's How Does Your Garden Grow yesterday morning, and this is how far I have gotten.



I am stitching it on Ivory 32ct Lugana. This is a SAL, and you get to choose your own colors, 4 flower colors, and 2 greens. I love the colors I chose. They are Needle Necessities, and Crescent Colors, and DMC combined. Oh, and one Caron Wildflower ( the blue). It is so much fun to do the specialty stitches. Gives me something DIFFERENT to do. I have 2 small flowers to finish, and then I am off to start part 2. Part 3 hasn't been posted to her website yet.

As usual the weekend went too fast, and it is back to work tomorrow. Have a good week.

A Rainy weekend

Well I am back !! Gosh, I haven't posted since before Valentine's Day. I have really been bitten by the Genealogy Bug in the past couple of months. My grandfather on my dad's side had done that family back to 1600's France, and my mother's mother's side was done by a cousin of hers back to 1700's Norway. Now I am researching the other two sides, plus helping my son Jon do my husbands family. I bought some software called Legacy 6 to keep track of it all. I also joined Ancestry.Com which has been WONDERFUL. I am having a lot of fun with it all.

I have been sick this week with some kind of bug. It whammed into me Monday evening, and I slept till Weds afternoon, pretty much. I missed 2 days of work too. I still have this terrible cough, but hopefully will be gone soon.

As for my stitching projects, I started Ginger & Spices New England Sampler about a month ago. I am coming right along on it, and I just adore the colors in it. Here is a pic of my progress as of yesterday.



I also started a new project today. I couldn't resist. I have been ohhing and aahing over the Papillion Creations How Does Your Garden Grow SAL that she has going. I am doing the version with the Specialty stitches, and just LOVE how it is looking after just this morning stitching on it. I will try to post a picture tomorrow of that. I also kitted up the next 2 letters of the Erica Michael's Alphabet Blocks letter "E" and "F" and will get a start on those this week.

Spring is finally here, and I am SO glad. It was a rough winter. I bought two new dressers and a matching night stand for my bedroom, and am looking for a new couch and chair for my living room. Bob bought a new metal storage shed for outside. So we basically spent our Bush Economy Booster rebate before it even got here. Needed something cheery after the long winter.