We drove to the Emerson Border yesterday. Left Canada, stopped at the US customs building, got a piece of paper and turned back

We had to stop at the Canadian customs again to finalize our PR paperwork and after about 45 minutes everything was done.

On our way back home we came through Winnipeg. And being in Winnipeg I couldn't just pass Kathryn's Stitching Studio :)
But I was a good girl and bought just a small piece of linen and an Over The Top tin kit "Jingle" by Just Nan. The 40ct they had in stock was limited to one cream and one yellowish one....but they had this nice piece of Lakeside Linen in Navy Bean in stock.....in 48ct. It looks lovely but will I be able to actually stitch on it?????? We will see ...

Who would have thought that I'd really put a few stitches in Take Time to Quilt....not me for sure. :)

I am pretty tired tonight. Somehow it was a hard week. Today after work our department went out for a drinks and now I am kind of happy to be back home.

Tomorrow we will leave home early for a trip to the States border to get the final paperwork for our permanent residence done. Perhaps I will be able to stitch a few stitches in the car....

While listening to the last 2 CD's of Janet Evanovichs Full Speed:
I stitched nearly the whole left side of Home is Where You Hang Your Needlework. It is coming along nicely....but the picture is aweful. Sorry.


If I stick to my plan I will have to stitch on Jeannette Douglas's Take Time to Quilt but right now I am not in a bit stitching mood. We will see....

It seems as if I could finish the bottom border during my next stitching session if I stitch concentrated. :)


This week Derek has to work tuesday through thursday nights from 7pm - 7am. Usually I get a lot of stitching done if he is not here. I just wonder why it makes a difference for my stitching if he is here in the evenings or not.

Anyways, I think I will stitch on Home is Where You Hang.... tonight.
See you soon....

Not too much stitching at the guild meeting....more chatting and laughing ;) Hopefully I will get done more again next week. Or maybe I put some stitches in it at the weekend...we will see...



We got a bit more snow today. I still love the snow. It is so much more nicer to see the snow falling than the rain.....wave to my friends in Germany. LOL

So, what am I going to stitch on tonight? Is it already tuesday????? Than it will be From Sea to Shining Sea.
See you later....

Just a quick post...Lucky me, I am on my way out to attend our needlecraft guild meeting tonight. The last one two weeks ago was cancelled due to the weather situation. I stitched a little bit more on Home is Where....by Homespun Elegance yesterday.


I never took my needlework to work to stitch on it during my lunchbreak. Today I decided to give it a try. We are a usually a crowd of about 10-15 people having lunch together and so I had a lot of explaining to do...but I think they will get used to it pretty soon and for me it is an extra half an hour of stitching time every day after eating my lunch. :)
And as a lot of other non-stitching people some of them thought stitching is just something for ol'ladies....hey, I'm getting there..... LOL

I LOVE weekends :) Isn't it wonderful to spend some qualitiy time with the family, stitching stuff and internet at home? The only problem...it is always pretty expensive :) These tempting online stores are never closed LOL.

I spend some nice time with Home is Where You hang your needlework and I like very much how it turns out.


In real it is bot as dark as on the picture but the scanner doesn't want to make a lighter pic. Maybe the camera does once it will be finished.

On Yuko's wonderful blog I found a link to Dovile. She has a wonderful blog, too and does some awesome stitching....and she enabled me to buy some more STASH. :) Don't miss this one!

Plum Spooky - Janet Evanovich

This was definiatly my favourite "between the numbers" with Stephanie Plum. And with more than 300 pages a full size book. A supernatural mystery with nobody missing...Diesel, Morelli, Ranger and Lula. And Carl the monkey is hilarious..... LOL
I finished the last pages last night and was a bit sad for the book ending so soon.


Do you enjoy the Stephanie Plum series as much as I do?

An update on Deb's Hello Neighbor! RR. It is just a small progress...but at least a progress. I hope to have the house finished next weekend.
Then there are a few other addions to make on Deb's Neighborhood.....a gravestone....and a little person underneath Deb's angel.... You'll see :)

I spent the entire day sleeping in my bed yesterday. And I felt a lot better today.....at least good enough to go to work. :) And I am pretty sure to do at least some stitching tonight. Yayyyy...

This was my 2. finish this year. It took me 3 years from the first stitch to the last.... I don't know exactly why. It was very interesting and actually a lot of fun. The most scary and challenging stitch were the cups of the acorns. I know I didn't do a good job on those. But anyway, they are finished now :)

Catherine Agnes

by Indigo Rose

stitched with Caron Waterlilies

on 32ct. Permin shell

started: 2005-12-21

finished: 2009-01-27

I hope to find a nice frame for Catherine Agnes but I am pretty sure it won't be easy....

After our grocery shopping and supper yesterday we went straight to bed. That means: no pictures to show to today...
Even though I felt pretty bad I went to work this morning but after I finished the most important stuff I left work and went back home and to bed.

I hope to feel better soon....

See you,
Bine

Monday was Peppermint Twist SAL day. We spend another lazy day at home...a lot of stitching time for me :) Nobody felt really well. Isn't that bad on a holiday...



Thank you for the get-well wishes. I think today was the worst day. Hopefully I will be a lot better tomorrow.
Not too much stitching for me tonight but early bedtime...

Oh boy I feel like getting a real nasty cold. I have a headache, dry cough, sore throat and I just feel BAD. I need that right now like hole in my head and the next weekend is four days of work away....

This is how Derek found me sitting in the living room surrounded by my stitching supplies when he got up...Hopefully nobody realizes that I am still wearing my PJ's underneath the knitted jacket.... ;)


Quite recently I got my order from "The Needle & I". A complete kit with all the necessary equipment to start my first canvas needlework. I have to admit that I am a little bit intimidated...that's why I got it out of my cupboard to have a second look at it. Is there somebody stitching the same thing or at least something similar?


OK it was a bad idea to take the picture before noon on the westside window.....

First of all: Thank you girls for commenting on my blog during the last week! Your comments are so very much appreciated. I was surprised that there are still some of you looking for updates on my blog after being absent for such a long time.

Last night I made a very good progress on From Sea to Shining Sea. At least compared to my usual stitching portions. I don't even know why...I was on a roll. LOL


And now I am going to start the day off with some stitching on the sofa :)

Hurray.... I can't tell you how happy I am that we have holdiday tomorrow. It is Louis Riel day here Manitoba tomorrow.

I searched through my WIP box for something to catch my eye and I came up with "And a Forest Grew" The last time I stitched on it......
1 year ago: February 05, 2008!


We spent a lazy sunday at home. Lisa had a long nap snuggled against Dad:



After putting a few stitches in Deb's RR I decided I will stitch a bit more on From Sea to Shining Sea tonight.
See you later...

And today a picture just for Deb :) To let you know what your Neighborhood looks like right now...or at least what my place looks like. For me the hardest part is always to decide what to stitch where if I don't just stitch from one single chart but mix and match from multiple charts.

I don't have a lot of needlepoint silks. The only ones I own are some for Chatelaine's Medieval Town Mandala so I used some Belle Soie silks and I hope that is OK for Deb too.

This scissorskeeper was my first finish of the year. Just a small one but still a finish. I stitched it as an exchange piece for Michelle with the Tiny Treasures Exchange Group.

Beekeeper Freebie

The Drawn Thread

stitched with DMC on 32ct. shell Permin

started 2008-12-25

finished 2009-01-20

incl. finishing as scissorskeeper

Yesterday I stitched for a little bit on Take Time To Quilt Spring. But I was so tired I didn't do too much.



Tonight I won't have a lot time to stitch as well. While my husband waited in the parking lot at my workplace to pick me up the plant manager left heading home. They both met a year ago on a trip to Germany and so he stopped at our car for a bit of talking and gave Derek some Eishockey tickets for tonight. Our plant is a big sponsor of the local team so there are always free tickets available and he had some left over.... :) Time to leave now. See you later :)

Due to my lack of blogging I never showed you my last finish in 2008. It was A Christmas Song by Full Circle Designs offered in the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments 2008 magazin. I finished it into my first flatfold ever. Thanks so much to Vonna who provided the tutorial. ;) I stitched it for a Christmas exchange with my German Yahoo group. I am pretty sure this will be the first design that I will stitch a second time....for me :)



Yesterday I put a few more stitches in Home is Where You Hang Your Needlework. I started that Febuary 02,2009. Does this mean I started 3 new projects in February?!?!?



stitched on: Home is Where You... and Deb's Hello Neighbor RR

Isn't my Hello Neighbor RR stunning?

Deb sent it to me together with her RR. I had hers when we were just about to move to Canada so I didn't manage to finish my stitching. So I am working on it every day a bit until it is finally finished.
When she send me her RR I first didn't even realized that she sent mine as well. It was so well hidden between her charts that I found it after she send an email asking how I liked it..... LOL And it is just BEAUTIFUL. I am so happy that this is my RR and I don't have to send it to anybody....just mine :)))

Here it is my "Neighborhood Row"

And a little bit closer: the left side:

the right side:

Thank you so much to all the ladies who stitched on it:

Carol for stitching AND setting up the RR and doing all the work as RR-mother :)
Deb
Glenna
Karen
Leslie
Marie
Nicole
Wendy

Yesterday I got the first three LHN installments of "From Sea to Shining Sea" and guess what I had to start right away after stitching my dayly portion on Deb's RR:

One of our mechanics at work has a cattle herd at home and from time to time he sells beef to his workmates. So I could not stand the temptation and bought a quater beef. I got it today and guess why I have to stop now...Hubby is nearly done with barbequeing this little piece of meat for us:

During my blogging absence I finished Karen's Hello Neighbor RR. It was the last house to stitch. So her RR is finally finished and on it's way home:


I hope so much she likes how her RR turned out. This is the house I stitched for her. It is a house from the design "Fruit of the Spirit" by Plum Street Samplers. On this picture the colour of the fabric is more similar to the "real" fabric.


Last night was Peppermint Twist SAL night and after I got my silks last friday in the mail it was the first SAL night for me.I enjoyed stitching it so much... I am looking forward to next monday's stitching session :)

I received my Tiny Treasures Exchange from Gaby today!

When I came home from work a brown envelope from Germany was waiting in the mailbox for me. Gaby knows how to make a monday a nice day.... This is the beautiful scissorsfob she made for me. Isn't it just adorable? And I love how she finished it with these cute little beads matching the colors of the design.

The front:

The back:

And all the goodies together:



She even managed to pick my favourite German Chocolate.

Gaby, thank you so much!!! I JUST LOVE IT!!!!

Now I have to decide if I will attach it to a pair of scissors or If I am going to start a little basket to display some wonderful needleworks....

Congratulations!!!

And the winner is.....



....Marion

Please contact me with your mailaddress :) sabine dot foster at web dot de

I'm sorry for the one day delay but I found out about an Englisch class that takes place Mondays and Wednesdays. So I decided to go and check if they would accept me as a student....and they did. So I was there from 6 - 9PM. And when I came home I was simply too tired...and went straight to bed.

On Monday evening I will just stop by my english class because the Wheat City Needleart Guild meeting starts at seven....That is even more important than English lessons! A big smile to Marian D *wave*

Prairie Moon - There was an old woman Chart to give away

I want to give away the chart. I'm pretty sure that I won't stitch it again :)

So please leave a comment if you are interested in the Chart and I will send it to you. If there is more than one person interested I will let Random.org choose the recipient.

November 19 will be the closing date.



Thank you for participating :)

I've been tagged....

by Leah of The Usefull Needle. She was away from blogging for a long time but now she is back. I just love her blog and her stitching.

I must post six random things about myself.
The rules are:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

So, six random things about me are:
1. Tonight I saw my first icehockey game (Brandon Wheat Kings vs. Seattle)
2. I am a Ranger Babe. Hello to all you Stephanie Plum fans :)
3. My two favourite TV shows are Everwood and 7th Heaven.
4. My favorite colours are all shades of read and autumn colours.
5. My big dream is to ride the Highway No.1 from Vancouver down to San Diego on my bicycle.
6. I love horror movies but I am too much of a whimp to actually watch them....

Manuela
Einschie
Andrea
Wendy
Birgit
Von

I finished Shakespeare's Champion yesterday evening. It was much more exciting than the "normal" cozy mystery. I enjoyed it very much. Hopefully I find the 3rd book in the series pretty soon.

I also put a few stitches into A Real Snow Job...but it will be long way till you actually can see a bit of the design....

October goals - November goals

October Goals

1. finish Carols Hello Neighbor RR within the next few days and mail it off to Karen - done
2. find a nice house and start stitching on Karens Hello Neighbor RR as soon as I receive it - received and decided on a design
3. finish There Was An Old Woman by Prairie Moon - done
4. put some stitches into Take Time To Quilt - Spring by Jeannette Douglas - done, not too many but at least a few :)
5. put some stitches into an older WIP - no :(
6. maybe start something new - OH YES...A Real Snow Job - HAED

Reading
7. finish Dead over Heels - 5th of Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris - done
8. order and finish or at least start A Fool and his Honey - 6th of Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris - no it wasn't on the shelf in my local bookstore. I will wait till I see it somewhere.
9. read the 1st book of the demon hunting soccer mom series Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
10. startet Charlaine Harris Lili Bard series:
finished the 1st: Shakespeare's Landlord
half way through Shakespeare's Champion
11. startet Dead Sea by Brian Keene

November Goals

1. start and finish my house on Karens Hello Neighbor RR.

2. finish my exchange piece for the Christmas exchange in my German yahoo group and mail it off.

3. finish Take Time To Quilt - Spring by Jeannette Douglas

4. put some stitches into HAED - A Real Snow Job

5. put a few stitches into an older WIP

6. and maybe stitch a Christmas ornament for me ;)

Reading

7. finish Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris and try to find the 3rd book Shakespeare's Christmas in a bookstore.

8. finish Dead Sea by Brian Keene

9. start whatever gets into my sticky fingers ;)

Just in time on Helloween I finished stitching my Helloween piece. It was actually fun stitching Helloween night on this piece. Some kind of scary ;)

There was an old Woman

by Prairie Moon

startet mid of Sept.

finished Oct 31/08

stitched with DMC, WDW and GAST

My little witch felt very bad after daycare she even fell asleep in the car on the way home...so the poor little thing went for trick or treating just to two houses in the neighbourhood before she wanted to go home.

Karen's Hello Neighbor RR finally reached me

On friday I got Karen's Hello Neighbor RR in the mail. This is the last one to stitch on. On one hand it makes me sad that this is now the end but on the other hand it's getting harder to find the "right" house in my stash.


Today we cut faces into our pumpkins and tonight we will have a yummieh pumpkin soup. I got the recipe for the soup we had Thanksgiving when Nico and Birgit invited us.

No stitching but a lot of reading in the past few days.

I finished Dead Over Heels that was listed on my October goals list. But I still haven't bought the next book in the series...

So I started Carpe Demon. It was a quick and super fun read. The next one of this series is already waiting on my nightstand.

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But it has to wait a little bit longer :) When the next in the Aurora Teagarden series was not in stock in our local bookshop I picked the first of the next series by Charlaine Harris. Lili Bard in Shakespeare's Landlord. And I am not disappointed. It is really good.

Back on my old computer!

I got my old favourite computer back from repair a few weeks ago. We set it up in the basement and I did never really switch it on .... who wants to sit all alone by himself in the basement when the rest of the family is upstairs? So I got my hubby to put it up in the living room today. Now we can spend our evenings together he playing with his laptop and I on my computer not far away from him :) Hopefully I will still find some time for stitching. LOL

A small progress of about 200-250 stitches on my A Real Snow Job... I am a little bit surprised how much fun it is to stitch on it. But hey, wait till I finished the first page if that will ever happen....


And a few stitches in JD's Take Time to Quilt.

Little Lisa is having a fever and her right ear aches since yesterday, the poor little thing. So she didn't go to daycare for 2 days and I came back home early when Derek had to leave for his nightshift. Once in a while he has to work nightshift. But with a sick child that does not mean I had a lot of stitching time....


I unpacked my fabric box and was lucky to find a 28ct linen that is big enough for A Real Snow Job. I don't think that I will ever finish it, though. But it would be really weird to start it on a piece of fabric that is too small.
Can you imagine that this are already about 250 stitches?