I Escaped!!

I escaped up to Georgia this weekend! I went up to help my dh find an apartment in Charleston, SC. He starts work there in a couple weeks, so we had to find something quick. We found him a cute little place right on a beautiful marshy creek (Shem Creek). It even has a little fishing dock, so he can go fishing. The building backs up to the creek and is right by the dock, so all he has to do is walk out the back. It's also about 10 minutes from the beach and downtown Charleston and about 20 minutes from his work. It's definitely bittersweet because I'd love to be going with him, but I just have too many responsibilities in Florida. Working for my Brother, my mom, my in-laws, and Bradley loves his school and his routine. We're going to try it for six months. That's how long his lease is. If it's too hard we will move up there. It will be summer then and the transition would be a little easier on the kids. Well I did get a tiny bit of stitching done. Not as much as I would've liked. I've been working on Gingerbread Cottage and I'm just not sure I like the fabric I'm using. It's kind of loose. I like my fabric to be a little denser, but oh well. I don't think I'm going to start over! :) Here's my little wip pic.



I didn't take any other pictures. I thought about it after we left, but oh well. We'll be back in a couple weeks when we move the furniture. Oh, we do have an offer on our house. If everthing goes ok we'll close on Dec. 14th. Wish us luck! :)

Geranium House Finished!

I got it finished up last night - Finally! At the rate I was going I didn't think I'd ever get it done!



Country Cottage Needleworks "Geranium House"
Fabric: 32 ct. Natural Belfast
Threads: DMC and one GAST - Pomegranate
Started: 4/3/07
Finished: 4/19/07

I'm now working on getting "A bit of February" by Lizzie Kate finished up. It should go pretty fast! :) Write later!

A little more GH and little stash...

I'm STILL working on Geranium House. Hopefully I'll be able to get it finished up, or almost finished tonight while watching the NEW episode of Grey's Anatomy. I feel like lately I've been spending a lot of time driving around town! After I drop Bradley off at school I meet my SIL, or go to her house to pick up Halle, and I do the same in the afternoon. That's at least an extra hour a day that I'm spending in the car. Anyway, I'm not complaining (too much) because my brother did give me a car, which I believe is partially for this purpose. Although they didn't mention it then, but we kind of figured it out. Anyway, I'm just tired. I need a vaction. A week somewhere would be great. It wouldn't have to be fancy. Just a motel room and my stitching with a great stitching shop close by. That would be heaven! :) Enough rambling, here's my wip!



And I picked up a couple charts yesterday and a "Handy Caddy," which I love by the way. Like I wrote previously - I just love new gadgets for my stitching!


CHS "A Quaker Study" with NPI Silks.


Prairie Schooler's "Rain, Rain, Go Away."


Handy Caddy!

I saw the cutest Rain, Rain, Go Away Needlebook on Argone's site (see my shared items on the left), so I had to have this chart. Nothing else going on right now - TGIF tomorrow! :) Write later!

Geranium House as of 4/15/07

Geranium House as of 4/15/07
Originally uploaded by nevillen.

I got the house about 1/3 of the way done now. I stitched for about 2 hours last night. I'm hoping to get a little more done tonight, but I'm tired again today! A part of me would just like to go to sleep. zzzzzzzz Write more tomorrow!

A Little More Progress...

Still in my mini-slump. I'm hoping to get out of it very soon! My new computer is taking too much of my time! :) I've been spending a lot of time getting my cross stitch database on it. I couldn't transfer over the complete file that had all the pictures, so I had re add the pictures. I've also been spending a lot of time getting caught up with my favorite blogs and message boards. I'm so amazed at all the wonderful finishing everyone does. One day I hope to be a "finisher!" :) Anyway, here's my little progress pic...



Well, now I'm really going to get stitching! Write later! :)

Geranium House as of 4/12/07

Geranium House as of 4/12/07
Originally uploaded by nevillen.

I'm sorry everyone... I don't know what's wrong with me! I've been so tired lately! Falling asleep at 9:30 when I usually stay up until 11:00 stitching! I haven't gotten much done at all lately. The only stitching I've done is a little bit here and there while wating to pick up my niece or waiting to pick up Bradley. I'm really hoping to get some done tonight. This really shouldn't be taking me so long Cathy got her's done in like 4 or 5 days! Anyway, I do hope to make a little more progress tonight! I'll write more later!! :)

Geranium House as of 4/3/07

I got a little more done on GH last night before I crashed. I like that it's a little smaller than the last two CCN/LHNs that I did - it should stitch up fairly quick. Well, this will be very short. Matthew is fussing! Write later! :)

O.K. I lied...

I couldn't resist starting something new after I finished up Nature's Beauty. I thought I would be good and work on my Lizzie Kate Flip-It banner, so I started February (I'm obviously way behind).

And while I was stitching February I got to thinking about all the cute Geranium House Wips I've been seeing lately and decided to start it myself! I cut the fabric around 10:15 pm last night, so I didn't get much done...

I'm already loving it though! I just love these designs for their simplicity and pretty colors. Anyway, I don't know how much I'm going to get done tonight... I'm so tired! Getting back on schedule along with Matthew's new activeness and helping my mom with Halle is just wearing on me! Hopefully I'll be better tomorrow?? Write more later! :)

P.S. Thank you to everyone for you kind comments on Nature's Beauty!