Christmas 2010

Well Christmas has come and gone and it was a good holiday. Everyone got what they wanted and that is good. Also did Magic of Christmas again this year and had a great time doing that. When I was doing it this year I thought of Rene from I-Love-Cross-Stitch yahoo group. Here is the pictures.It is a lot of fun and we all enjoy it all the time :)

For stitching I've been working on Monopoly. I will not be updating pictures of that till I am done. I am almost there. I'm just finishing Luxury Tax and then have Community Chest, Boardwalk, Mediterranean Avenue, and Go, then just the center and I'm done. I know I will get it done before Saturday then I get to do all 15 new starts lol. I got my Winter exchange in the mail today and will take a picture of it tomorrow to update as I have another parcel at the post office that I have to pick up. I want to thank Vickie S for the wonderful package.

I do have a new blog that I have started. It is called 2011 SAL Blog and will be for anyone who just wants to share their stitching and get encouragement to finish or start stitching. If you want to join let me know the blog address is http://2011salblog.blogspot.com/

Also changed the look of my blog Leia Mais... means read more

I hope you all enjoy your stitching and New Year.

Blessings

Leia Mais...

Busy Month

I know I know I haven't updated in a while. Was working so much that I couldn't think straight. I then decided I had enough of the JOB and went my separate way. I needed to find something that I really wanted to do with my life. So the answer was clear and that I needed to go back to school so I went ahead and applied to be a Professional Legal Assistant. I am just waiting to see if I get the funding. The application was put in today but I'm currently waiting with crossed fingers lol.

As for Christmas I am ready and cannot wait for it all to be over. Tomorrow I have to make Perogies for Saturdays dinner. I am actually for once looking forward to it. The family again is doing Magic of Christmas and I am really excited that we are doing it. I will be bringing my camera this year and taking pictures :)

My Daughters decided to put up the tree really early this year. I think that was the whole reason I am looking forward to Christmas, here is the picture of the tree:

Onto stitching. I am still working on Monopoly and I am hoping I can finish it before the new Year. I need to have at least one finish this year lol. Here are all my pictures of Monopoly:

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, Yule, and Holidays.
Hugs to you all

Leia Mais...

Update and Winner

I want to thank all of you for all your wonderful comments and a lot of interesting charts definitely were on everyones wishlist. I will have the winner for you at the end of this post.

Well we have received a lot of snow in the last 24 hours. I know you all are thinking well you live in Canada its suppose to be like that. And it is freezing currently we are at 9 F/-13C. Let me tell you it is a bit of a shocker to the system still lol. I have a video for you all to watch of my dog Thor playing in the snow

Also here is some pictures of what it looks like at the moment And it is still snowing here at the moment. We are suppose to have snow all week.

For my stitching I am still working on Monopoly. I didn`t feel I got a lot done but in reality I did as all I did all weekend when I was off was pretty much sleep so here is what it looks like now.

I am hopping that I will be done this in 2 weeks then I can move onto my HAED as that is my next project to stitch.

Now without waiting any longer the winner of my contest is Terri aka Bronzemom. She will be getting the chart Quaker Alphabet by La D Da and a few extras. Here is her site Confessions of a Stitch Wraith

Thank again for all your well wishes and reading my blog. Also adding there is a contest here At Shelley's Artsy Fartsy Life

Hugs

Terri

Leia Mais...

Stay Tuned....

I will be updating my blog on Tuesday with the winner and my stitching progress... In the mean time I leave you with a picture of my daughters cake from her party yesterday :)

Leia Mais...

Monday Madness

Wow last week went so fast. I only had one day off last week and gosh I'm tired. I didn't do much stitching at all. But I did finish the pacific square on monopoly. I am almost done Connecticut Avenue. I am looking forward to getting this done. Here is the pictures of Monopoly

I did have a good weekend however a bunch of us went to Ranchmans it was a lot of fun and we all plan on going again. They have a mechanical bull there and two of my friends rode the Bull lol. I'll probably do it next time.

Also a reminder for you all to enter my give away on this post: http://threadsthroughouttime.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-halloween-stitching-update-and.html

Thank you all for commenting I do appreciate the comments. Just so you all know if you do not see your comment right away it is because I moderate them as I get a lot of spam.

Again thank you all

Leia Mais...

Happy Halloween :) Stitching Update and Contest

What a wonderful day this is for me. It is Samhain which is classified as a New Year. I love today as everything seems perfect. I'm not big into the trick or treating. I do love the costumes the kids wear as a lot of them look so cute and there is a lot of thought into them. My daughters were no exception to the rule. First I'll show you a picture of my Biological Daughter. She did all her own make up and that I'm proud of. They were able to wear their costumes to school on Friday. This is what my other Daughter *my daughter's best friend that lives with us* dressed up as. They had a great time. I actually did her make up as it was easier for me. She bought that black stuff that goes around the eyes but my daughter had black eyeshadow so I used that instead and it turned out a lot better.

Now for stitching. I have been working on Monopoly this week again and like I said will continue working on it until I get bored or finish it. Well I finished another square this week. I finished Just visiting/In Jail. I am glad to get that done. I really hated the backstitching on that square but it's done lol. Here is a picture of the square and of it overall. Another one I didn't show you that I stitched a while ago is Oriental Courage. I actually finished the dragon part of the design. Here is where I stopped on it.

Now for the contest. You have until November 16th to enter. I will put until then as I'll add my daughter's Sweet 16 into the draw. She turns 16 on November 15th. So that gives you 2 weeks. You can mention about it on your blog. What I need from you. List One chart, it has to be a current Chart not an out of print chart, on your MUST WANT wishlist and put it in your comment post. You have to include the designer as I need to know who the designer is. And that will be the prize that you win. Plus a few little extras too. Which I'm not going to tell you what that part is lol. I love the element of Surprise :) All you need to do to enter is to be a follower of my blog, You can post on your blog about the contest, and comment on this post. That is all you need to do. Good luck to you all :)

And thank all 107 followers for following my blog :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I will leave you with a picture from a friends blog on what they did to the pumpkins

Leia Mais...

Wow

I am so flattered I am at a Hundred Followers so I shall come up with a contest then so stay tuned on that one.

I do have a stitching update. I have been working on Monopoly since Friday. So here is an update on what I have done. I have finished Go To Jail Square and now working on Just Visiting/In Jail square. I plan on working on this one till I get either a) bored or b) it finished. I am striving to have it finished. So here are the pictures.

I will come up with a contest by next Sunday :) I hope you all enjoy my little update. I have been working nonstop lately so really tired and don't spend a lot of time on the computer. I am also behind on blog reading so please bare with me while I get caught up. I do read but may not comment all the time. Thanks for reading and keep reading and commenting I do appreciate it.

Leia Mais...