I am spammy today on the creative front, which makes up for the fact that I haven't had a chance to write my 750 words this morning and probably won't, at this rate, because I've been anxious to get both the fic and this announcement posted. papilio_luna gave me permission to share, so I wanted you to see the baby announcement I cross-stitched for her son, ( Read more... )

Sorry for the spamming - Andrew's sleeping on the couch (and for that matter, Mom is, too) so I'm trying to get lots done before he wakes up. We didn't get him to sleep last night until after 11pm, and then he woke up this morning at the obnoxious hour of 5.30am. Bill says it's his fault, as he closed a door, but I still say that Andrew wakes ( Read more... )

( Crimedoc received her bookmark. )

So about...um...too long ago to remember, Bill's aunt decided she was going to retire this spring. I happened to find a really neat set of four countryside scenes that I wanted to cross-stitch, so I declared them to be her retirement present and set to work. I finished the last one on Wednesday, so of course the aunt in question has now decided ( Read more... )

I am happy to announce that the last of the 2011 Baby Announcements are DONE, and better yet, currently at Micheal's for framing. HUR. RAH.

Of course, right after finishing, I had the following conversation with a friend.

Friend: So how's the stitching?
Me: I finished the baby announcements finally! No more baby announcements!
Friend: .....I' ( Read more... )

This has been the year of babies over here; four of my friends were pregnant, and the last of the bunch was born this morning a week early. (Isa's new little brother, incidentally; Isa ended up spending the morning with us, and her father just came by to pick her up to go to the hospital and meet him. We went to IHOP and had celebratory Big ( Read more... )

It sort of sneaks up on you, doesn't it? I've had the date marked on the calendar for a week now, so I wouldn't forget to take photos, but today was so busy, it's only now that I'm able to post them ( Read more... )

So I tripled my cross-stitch stash in one go this morning at a garage sale.

*hands head in shame*

WELL, THERE WAS A BOX OF KITS AND STUFF AND THE WOMAN OFFERED IT TO ME FOR $25 AND THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE KITS IN THERE MARKED $15 THAT I WANTED. HOW COULD I REFUSE?????

Don't answer that, please.And then, while I was pulling the car up to her ( Read more... )

I'd been hoping for the end of June, but nine days late isn't too bad. Last night, I finished off Page Six of Erised. Six pages down....ten more to go. As if I want reminding.

( Photos of Erised. And of Andrew, yes. )

The stars have clearly aligned themselves today. In five days, Andrew will be five months old, and today marks the five-year anniversary of when I started my Erised cross-stitch - for which I’ve now finished five pages (and a bit). Obviously, this calls for photos.

( Photos of Erised. And of Andrew, yes. )