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A view from the basket up..

We landed in someone's backyard HELLO! And all too soon we had to leave. Wonderful experience and highly recommended.....

Lovely shadow.........

We surprised a herd of deer that ran through the cornfield..

In case you missed it the first time..:)

An aerial view of our high school.

Amost filled....

Can this thing really get off the ground?

My husband contemplates his mortality.

It has been a loooong time...

I can not believe that it has been months since my last post. Time flies...

I will be updating with my cross-stitch projects soon but first a few pictures of my husband's birthday present...

I decided to surprise my husband, Joe, with a balloon ride. He was definitely surprised.lol

I can't seem to get these pictures to go with my captions. But you get the idea... Start from the bottom...

• Happiest Celebration, Lazy, and a Centerfold.........
  

Here are some updated pictures of projects. I try to stick to a 10 hour rotation because I can not stitch every day. I suspect the beginnings of carpal tunnel also I have broken and/ or sprained both my wrists multiple times so it is difficult to do repetitive tasks without paying for it later(zingers or throbbing wrists). Anywhoo my 10 hours could stretch to 2 weeks. So thats why my updates are few compared to other speedy stitchers!

This is a picture of Happiest Celebration which is a Stoney Creek design for Disney. I am stitching this for my friend Holli who is abig Disney fan and would live there if she could. The fabric is dark, there are quarter stitches on Aida, with lots of metallics-Can I say this is challenging to say the least? I am sure this will look really pretty when finished but this will be my moving thru mud piece.

The next piece is Lazy after another 10 hour rotation. Posting pictures really helps to see the progress.

And finally a picture of Rooney. He is grateful for all your warm wishes. Here he is in his favorite position which is sleeping on the bed of course.

I can't figure out why my pictures all are put at the top of my page instead of where I thought I placed then.

Update and PIFs...............
Wow it has been awhile.. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. It was very busy for me as my two children were home from college/school. There is very little computer time for mom when the kids are home! Also we had a health scare with our dear Rooney who has pancreatitis, a urinary tract infection and beginnings of renal failure and heart disease. And my dear mother's dog and companion of 12 years had to be euthanized because of renal failure. It was so hard for my mom to make the decision and it is so hard to watch your mother who is so strong cry. My dad died about a year and a half ago and this little dog was her life. It was very strange on Easter to not have Peppe snuffling around for crumbs. She was blind and would often run into our feet and I swear I could still feel her brushing against my leg while I was there. If there is a heaven I hope that she is at the foot of my dad's chair(her favorite spot) waiting for a much loved treat (that she couldn't have while alive because of diabetes).
As a result I have not accomplished much in the stitching area but here are a few pictures that I took a few weeks ago.

One is Lazy after a 10 hour installment and the other is L's quilt(for my niece who will be in college when it is finished :)






I hope to be a little better with updates.
A few weeks? months? ago Carol, who I would link to but I am not sure how to do that as yet , posted a PIF that I signed up for and now finally I would like to invite my readers to join me. If you would like a Pay It Forward gift from me just leave a comment! I have seen some of the lovely exchanges and PIFs from other boards and I hope that I can offer the same if not in technique than in enthusiasm and friendship. Thank you to the people who leave a comment. I really appreciate it even if I do not always acknowledge it. Have a great day!

BIRD SEED ...IT CAN SUCK.
Seriously it can. About a year ago I hung a birdhouse feeder on my little tree in the front. I picked up a bag of birdseed santioned by no less than the Audubon Society. Within days I witnessed the lovely sights of bluejays, cardinals, lovebirds, chicadees, kingfisher sparrows all manner of local birdfolk as well as a few crazy squirrels. The huge bag I bought lasted nary a month as friends invited friends and my small yard became "THE'" spot for happening and hungry birds. Soon I was buying more bags sooner. It got to the point that after I filled the house within an hour it would be empty and the huge bags were only lasting a week at most. The birds started expecting me to fill the house and not even flying away when I went to do so. After the house would empty the enbolded and slightly pissed off johnny-come-latelys would look in the window sometimes pecking it as if to say get off your lazy butt and give us more food! My cats who originally enjoyed the spectacle were becoming alarmed at the bold displays of the birds and would jump down from the window sills only to cower under the bed upstairs. Finally the day came when fearing a scene from a famous Hitchcock movie I ran out to buy birdseed (I was picking up a couple of bags a week now) and the Audubon brand was out. In desperation I grabbed what seemed to be an acceptable brand of Wallyworld birdseed and headed home. After putting what was to be known as the subpar brand into the feeder, results seemed instantaneous. My house was no longer the "It" place and became the "C list" of the birdworld. I say "C list" because we were being utilized only in the foulest of weather. Only when ice was covering the ground an inch thick were our services utilized. It took days, weeks even to empty the formerly popular birdhouse feeder. So as the dreaded birdseed bag that has lasted through the entire winter is finally and completely emptied I say "Welcome Spring" ! ( Still deciding whether to go back to the Money Pit birdseed)

Try Try Again........

Well this is my second attempt at a new entry. Let us see if it works....

The second picture is Frederick after ten hours. The first is my own little horn "dog" Snowball. If there is a camera around Snowball is in the picture!

I have decided to do a rotation. I really want to finish Lazy Afternoon so I will go back to that after ten hours of each thing on my list. Now I will go back to Lazy and publish a picture after 10 hours.

Thanks to everyone that comments. It means so much to me !

Some new photos.........
The black fabric is "Lightening McQueen" which I am not stitching fast enough for my son. Lazy Afternoon is coming along and I have to say that posting pictures really helps to see your progress. I was feeling like I haven't done anything on this but when I looked at a previous picture I realize that I really had. I really want to finish this one. And finally Rooney. Rooney was feeling a bit jealous that Tiny and Snowball had their pictures on the blog and I had not even mentioned him. Rooney is such a sweet cat. One of the things that he does that endears me to him is when you sneeze he will say "God Bless You" Of course it sounds like "Meowww". The harder the sneeze the longer the meoooowww!