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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Slowly, slowly my MoJo is coming back

Thanks to everyone for commenting on my last post. I am getting back to normal and feeling more like myself. A few nights, I went to bed with the chickens (one of my Mom's fav sayings). And I am stitching again. Small things. I can't stand the thought of stitching on anything BIG.

So, I worked on Where My Heart Blooms, the house is about 1/2 done now and I am about 3/4 of the way finished. About this time in the progress, I usually just focus on that piece and finish it. It's like an obsession. But I haven't gotten to that place just yet. Soon, I bet! And I am working on the Plum Pudding freebie and I am working on October from Mary Garry. I've stitched that little witch before but gave her away.

I cleaned my house today. It's mostly clean. I stitched most of the afternoon, put out some of my Autumn decorations (I LOVE Fall!!!) I ordered new drapes for my living room (got 'em from JCPenney at 50% off which softened the blow when I told the DH how much they cost).

It's been a good day!

Have you been watching out for the new market releases? There are MANY that I want but I will practice restraint and do my very best not to purchase, um-mm, much. (I'd like to say I am only going to stitch my stash but I would be lying. I am trying to do that. I have so many cool patterns and I love them all!)

I love the new Carriage House Samplings! Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow and the tombstone are too cool. But I am drooling over the new Goode Huswife release, the Colonial Garden Series book. I will buy it and it will be my Christmas present to my self. Everything else that I love will go on a Wish List. Unless I lose my resolve, get stressed out, the planets align and I lose 10 pounds. At that point, there's no telling what I'll buy!

So what's on your Must Have list and your Wish List?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

My Must Have is the new Joyeux noel book from blackbird designs and the new kelmscot scissors

Sherry said...

I plan to get the Good Huswife Gardening Samplers book, With my Needle by Good Huswife and A Mind Independent and Free by CHS.

Deb said...

Gosh, I like so many of the new designs - Paradise Lost, A Mind Independent and Free, CHRH (although I'm going to wait a little until I finish one of the other three I have in progress), Ellen Chester's hornbook and Dames of the Needle hornbook - my husband better hide the charge card. Oh yeah, the Kelmscott scissors and needleminder. AUGHHH!

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri ~ Boog) said...

Too much too choose, right now - I haven't narrowed it down.

Glad you're starting to feel better! The last two nights, I went to bed with the chickens, too! Love that phrase.

Melissa said...

Oh I wish I could go out with you to an LNS and shop all the new releases! At this rate with all the work stress, I could easily buy them ALL! ;-)

I love Paradise Lost! Then there's the new/reprint GH Book 3 and of course I'm looking forward to seeing with BBD will come up with!

Glad to hear things are settling down for you!