Its the end of May

Well here it is the end of May. Melissa's baby is 30 days and still in the hospital. They are saying she should be coming home soon. She is 3 pounds 10 1/2 ounces. YAY!! She is doing good. We are still waiting for Timothy and Faith's littleone to arrive. Am excited and can't wait for him to get here. This last month as you can imagine has been nuts. I finished the quilt for Andrea and I will post a picture when I get it uploaded. I am working on the one for Aiden and hopefully will get that one done soon. For some reason I had so much trouble getting this one done. It wouldn't go together correctly and had to stitch it and take it apart several times. I think I was trying to hard to get it done. It is finished and it is so cute. We got back here to El Paso and missed all the rain. I was a little disappointed because we don't get to see to much and I enjoy it when it comes. We did go out to pick a few groceries up the other night and we had a heck of a thunderstorm. It lasted awhile and the lightning was very pretty. I kept thinking please don't turn to hail, I don't want to deal with the claims that come along with that, lol. It was a short week at work since we got back Wednesday night and back in the office on Thursday. That I must say was nice but I had grandchildren on the mind, Andrea and soon Aiden will be here. Other than that not much is going on I am still trying to recover from vacation, except I don't get vacations because I have to forward my phones and work. Thank god for laptops! So still trying to recover from my working vacation. I am gonna try and stitch a bit tonight. Hopefully will get that in since I cleaned a bunch this afternoon and tried to organize my Tupperware. Wishing I could get some orders. I had two parties scheduled the last month and both cancelled. I can't seem to get any parties booked either and when I do they cancel. I had a third party that was a catalog party and the poor girl her family didn't even order anything from her so that was a major bust. She decided to cancel the order she had for herself. Oh well. Hope you are all well and I will be back soon, hopefully with more pics for you. Thanks for stopping by.Love you guys.

I am a grandma

Well Melissa had her little one. EARLY. Little Andrea Elizabeth was born on May 1st and was just 2 pounds 4 oz and 36 cm long. We had a few problems but here she is and she is breathing on her own they actually took her off oxygen fairly quickly. Poor Andrea got was a month behind in utero and she was 2 months premature on top of that but she is doing pretty good. Mama is doing pretty good too. We are glad she is here and doing well now we are just waiting for my son Tim and his wife Faith to have their little one. I am looking forward to Aiden Timothy joining us pretty soon too. I will let you know when that happens too. Thanks for stopping by and we will talk to you soon.

Hey Guys

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I was trying to do better but I have had alot going on. One of these days I will be organized, lol.

Well at the moment I am in Santa Fe, NM. I am working but on vacation, fun, fun. It hasn't been too bad. I have a couple of pictures to post and then there will be more later, I hope. I will say today I am not feeling to well but hopefully that will pass. It is nice here. Good weather, peace and quiet. It has clouded up a bit a couple of days but no rain.

Melissa has to go next Tuesday for an ultrasound. Her uterus is measuring small and so they need to check it out. She also told me last night what she didn't tell me when she told me about the ultrasound that the baby's heart is still in the normal range but it has slowed. I am trying not to worry but I am still worrying. Melissa is petite so that could be part of the problem but we will know more on Tuesday after her appointment. The pictures I am posting today are of the San Miguel Church here. I am told it is the oldest church in the US. It was built in 1610 I believe. I forgot to take a picture of the sign. That would be me, lol. The church is really great. The one behind glass is a grave marker. We even got to see the original stairs to the alter and such but couldn't get a picture but you wouldn't have been able to see it anyway. It was under glass on the floor behind the rail at the alter and we had to lean to see it it. Well the pics didn't post where I wanted them to so they are at top as you can see. Oh well. I will post more when I have more. I am trying to relax a bit this week. We have had some pretty good food as well. Maybe that is why I don't feel well today, my body isn't used to the good food, LOL. Well I will talk to you again soon. Love you guys.

New Project

Well I am beginning a new project. I have done a couple of small really quick things but this one is a big one for me anyway. I finally got all the stuff together to do it, YAY!! I am starting the Monopoly Board. With the millions of skeins of floss I actually had to pick a couple more up. LOL I am excited and I have a fan club to keep me going. A couple of friends at another friends office are going crazy for me to get it going and getting it done. They can't believe that there is actually a pattern for something like that. I get such a kick out of Liz and Claudia. I am going to do it on 14 count aida instead of 18 because I can't seem to find 18 in the size I need so it will be a bit bigger than if I did have the right material but that's ok I don't mind about that besides if I special order it I may not ever get it started. I will definitely post pictures as I get it going cuz this is a big one and I am excited about it. I am also getting serious about the baby quilts. I have been going and going over the material and stuff so I just need to get the courage and not worry that they might not be good enough or come out good enough and get them done. I am gonna be a grandma soon, YAY!! My son is going to Afghanistan in August so that really sucks. Plus he will have a 2 month old when he leaves. That is defiantly upsetting but that is just part of ARMY life which I do know well I have been dealing with it for almost 30 years in one way or another but when it is your child it is different for sure. Well I have a couple of things I need to get done. I guess I can't keep putting them off so I will go get them done. Thanks for stopping by and I will keep you guys updated.

March

It is the beginning of a new month. I am ready for this month. I am planning on getting some good stitching done. Lately I have been battling migraines. I am not sure why I am having so many lately other than maybe stress but I am so I am hoping that the stitching will relax me and help me keep them away. I am so far behind on everything and one day I might actually get caught up. Of course I do have a poster in my office that says--God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things and right now I am so far behind I will never die. That is what it feels like but hey I love my job! LOL I am looking at a couple of things to stitch and haven't picked one yet so I may just start more than 1. I do love to start its the finishing I have the trouble with, lol. We are having some great sales with Tupperware, one of the ones that they haven't done before is buy $25.00 in Tupperware and get $16.00 in gifts and another one is buy $125.00 and get 2 gifts and $25.00 in free Tupperware of your choice. They have not done that before. Its great. You can check some of this stuff out if you want at http://my.tupperware.com/sehall or you can email me or message me here. I am excited about the great stuff going on. Well I had better sign off for now I have to do some paperwork for the office and I have been putting off since I got home. Thanks for stopping by and hope you all are well. I will let you know what I have started stitching as soon as I do.

Coffee

Well as you can see I got this finished. When I just sat down to do it I got it done. It was a quick stitch. Now I should go get a cup of coffee, lol. I have a couple of things I am looking at to do next. Not sure which I am gonna do. I have so much to do and so little time as all of us stitchers. I have more stuff than lifetime as I am reminded of so often. I do have some non stitching stuff to get on with as well so I guess we will see what gets done and what doesn't.
I can't believe the weekend is about over already. I am just recovering from the work week and it is time to go back. Well at least on Monday evening there is The Closer and on Tuesday evening there is Leverage with Christian Kane and Timothy Hutton. That will brighten up the week except for the fact that it is the season finale so I will have to wait for reruns and then next season. He is supposed to be coming out with an album sometime this spring so that is cool too.
I have been studying for my life and health license which it the ultimate in boredom but it will help. I will then add health and life insurance to my agency it will be a bit more rounded than just P & C stuff. Maybe then I can really get it rolling so to say and get it together. I am thinking I may get back to college. I have so much trouble with math and I kind of let it stop me but I am ready to get back into it.
Well I had better sign off for now. I have to finish folding my laundry. Oh the fun, lol. Well thanks for stopping by and I will update more in a bit.

Mid week

Well here it is Wednesday and I am so glad that it is hump day cuz that means the weekend is almost here and I can stitch some more. I have been so busy at work that I haven't been able to get much done. I have even been bringing some work home with me. The stuff I bring home is mostly the crap stuff, paying office bills checking on stuff and such but it has to get done. I am thinking about my next project though. I am always thinking about the next one. I am trying to get organized and I am not doing a very good job of it. I get started and then find "something new" and get side tracked. LOL. I have stuff all over and I hate to say it but it is starting to get to me. So I know it must be bad. I am slowly getting it taken care of but it isn't an easy job for me. Well I guess I had better go get something to eat. I am a bit hungry. I hope all are well and thanks for stopping by. I will update soon.

Time

I haven't had much time to stitch as usual it seems lately. I am about 3/4 of the way through my current project. I have been sneaking in stitching time waiting for someone at lunchtime. I get bits done. Lately on the weekends I am so tired I can't get much done which really sucks but hey what can you do?! I am picking fabrics for the baby quilts since I now know that my son and his wife are having a boy and my daughter is having a girl. I have been instructed by my daughter that she only wants a little pink in it not mostly pink. So I have to find feminine colors and only a little pink and then masculine colors. My son has not given instructions but then he wouldn't. Now I have lots to keep me busy plus I also found some patterns for baby clothes, sleeper stuff and like that so I will be looking at that stuff to do too. I should be done with my latest project soon and when I get it done I will post some pictures. Hope you all are well and thanks for stopping by.

Slow

I have been a little slow at updating again. I am about a fourth of the way through my next project and it so suits me so I am told, lol. Basically it says Back away from the coffee and no one gets hurt. lol. I have been carrying it with me everywhere and every time I get a minute or two to work on it something comes up. Such is life, lol. It has been really chilly here at night and in the morning and then by the time I come home it is in the mid 70's. I almost feel bad because the rest of my family is so cold. They are getting snow and really nasty weather.
I don't usually watch the news but last night it came on and it wasn't even the channel I usually watch if I watch the news and was I grossed out. Someone allegedly found a mouse in their Chinese food at a buffet where I like to eat. They of course showed video and stuff and ewww it was nasty. I will not be going back there. I also read on the website of the news station that this restaurant continually gets failing grades with the health department. I am disappointed and I am way too grossed out to even think about going back. Now if it is proven a hoax or whatever I may consider going back but for sure not right now. I hate to see this stuff on tv and it is sick. If it isn't true I don't understand why people do stuff like that and I do know that people do that. It is so uncool. If it is true that is just as bad, how can you make a dish and not see something like that in it. Do they really pay that little attention to what they are doing? That just sucks all the way around. Now the health department did do a unannounced inspection today and they closed the restaurant until they fixed the problems and it has been closed all day but on the news the inspector for the health department said it was just temperature issues and hand washing issues and like that but if that is true then why is it still closed tonight? Oh well I guess I will have to watch the news again tomorrow and see what is up next.
Other than that it is pretty much the same here as usual. Hope you all are doing well and thanks for stopping by. Talk to you soon.

A Hug

I found a charm I thought would fit this. I like this one a little better the the metal one. I am going to try and make this into a door knob hanger. I think that this is perfect for something like that. I think that it did turn out pretty good. I have another small Lizzie Kate chart that I am going to start. It should be another quick stitch like this one was.
I am sort of getting my stitching stuff a bit organized. I am finding the stuff I need a bit quicker than before, LOL. Now if I could only get the rest organized even a little.
I promised to get this posted and I did so I am gonna sign off for now but I will be back soon.

Lots going on

I have another finish. It is a Lizzie Kate chart. A Hug Will Do. I just have to put the charm on it. I don't like the one I have here so I am going to get a different one. I was going to go today and get it but then decided that I was going to just hang at home. I will go tomorrow and then put it on and take a picture. Yesterday I just sat down and stitched all afternoon and finished it. It isn't a big one but I love the colors and it was fun. I am not sure what I am going to do with it but am thinking that I may back it lightly stuff it add a ribbon and make it into a door hanger.
I found out last week that my son and his wife are having a boy. Yay!! I am excited and on the 6th of February we will hopefully find out what my daughter is having. I am so excited.
I talked to my mom yesterday and it has been so cold there. Her pipes froze, my brothers pipes froze and on his they couldn't find where and so he had no water for like 3 days and he called my mom yesterday morning and said I found out where the pipe was frozen, the water meter burst this morning. I tried to call her earlier but didn't get an answer so I am not sure how that all worked out yet. I will try again later and see. I hope it is all ok now.
I feel so good about finishing that project yesterday. I had been having a hard time getting motivated for some reason. I read in a blog that I follow about dying fabric. I think I want to try doing that.
Today I worked half a day. I didn't really want to go in but I had someone that was supposed to come in this morning. Of course they didn't show and it was so dead in my office I just said hell I am going home. My phone did not ring one time from 9 am to noon when I left. I got some stuff caught up but still talk about boring LOL. I bet it will be crazy tomorrow.
Today I got 2 telemarketing calls on my cell phone. I hate that. I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number. I let them leave a voicemail and then I will return the call. I do that because I hate telemarketing calls as much as the next one and usually strange area codes are just that. Sure enough that is what they were. I googled the numbers and it was no surprise that that is what they were.
It has been cold here. Not as cold as back east where all my family is but cold for here. In the mid 20's at night. When I go out and get the paper in the morning I have to wear my coat. A lot of the mornings lately too there is frost on the cars enough so that if I was leaving then I would have to scrape the window. I live in the desert. Oh well that's life I guess.
Well I will sign off for now. I have a Tupperware conference call with my "unit" in a while so I think I am going to get comfortable. I am really excited this month because I love the modular mates and they are on sale up to 50% off and some really great sets. I am going to put an order in for myself. I have been transforming so to say my pantry and it is so nice to be able to find what I want in there. If any of you want anything just let me know. Send me a message and I will get you info. With all the new stuff and updated colors and stuff they are bringing back I am just excited.
Well I am off to get comfy. Thanks for taking some time out and reading what I have to say I appreciate it lots. Love you guys!

Finishes

YES!!! I finally have some finishes. I got them all done this weekend. I just have to finish off the bookmark and frame the Love you. I will hopefully get that stuff done quicker than I got them done, lol. I am starting another project so I hope to get some real progress done. I am trying to stitch a bit everyday even if it is just 5 mins. Lets see if I can keep it up, lol. Well this was just a quick stop cuz I wanted to get this posted. I hope you are all well and I will be back soon.

The Weekend

Thank goodness it is Friday. This has been a week. I have some stuff to do this weekend, you know the usual stuff that you don't get to get done during the week or even avoid till the weekend. I am going to finish the project I am working on. I really want to get it done. I have been trying and trying to get to it but I have so much to do.
I did talk to my mom yesterday and it is unbelievable the difference when I talk to her. She is doing alot better and sounds great. Maybe now I can relax and maybe get it done. I have my stitching sitting out where I can just grab it quick and even do a little at a time. I know this is short but I didn't want to wait too long before I put anything else down. I hope you all are well and have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

New Year

It is the New Year. I don't make resolutions because I can never keep them. I try but hey. I almost have my first finish for the new year. It will be nice to get something done. I don't know how some of you all get so much stitching done. I can never seem to get things going.
It was very cold here today. Winter is here. I also had federal jury duty. Oh fun and since I didn't get pick for a court case today I am still on call, for the rest of the month. With federal jury duty you don't just go one day and your done, if you don't get picked you have it for 30 days. They told us today that we would have to go back atleast once more. I had to be there at 7:30 this morning and it was in the low 30's. It has been awhile since I had to be out in cold like that here atleast. We had it last month when we were back east but here it isn't the usual. We had a winter weather advisory all morning today and it looks like we might get another one. I did take my stitching with me but couldn't really get anything done on it. For such a small project I can't seem to get it done, lol but I will! Well I have a Tupperware meeting in just a bit so I have to sign off for now. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all are well. Talk to you soon.

Pictures

I thought I might let you guys see the snow that kept us in PA a couple of extra days after my mom got sick. We got 6 inches in about 5 hours. I took these from the living room of our house in PA. I love it but I am not used to the cold anymore because I live in the desert,lol. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! and a safe holiday!

Stranded

Well this has been a week for sure. As I told you before I was out here in PA visiting my family. I got to see my girls and such. Well we had some really bad weather headed our way so we decided on the 16th to head out to Wilkes Barre a day early so we wouldn't get stranded from the weather. I decided to call my family to let them know. I was going to start with my mom and go from there. I called my mom to let her know and instead of her I got her friend Jane. She told me she had come to give my mom communion and found her blue. Her lips were blue her fingers were blue, and she was barely responsive. I told her give me a minute and I would call her back. I told Don, I am going to NY you coming? When I said that he knew something was up and I told him what was going on. We were out the door. My mom refused to go to the hospital till I got there. I was so mad that she did that but I got there we got the ambulance there well actually it ended up being two of them and a life support unit. She had said no lights and sirens but when they came we had lots of lights and sirens. She wasn't thrilled with that but that was the least of it. I rode in the ambulance with her and got her checked into the hospital. The admissions papers said respiratory failure. She had us all scared for sure. She got out of the hospital yesterday and is ok now thank god but we ended up stranded here for a few extra days because of the snow. Oh well. I ended up with a heck of a head cold too. I am starting to cough and it feels like I may be getting bronchitis, nice huh. But that is a small price to pay except that they diagnosed my mom with that in the hospital and look at what went on with her. I am not worried about that though. She has COPD so respiratory stuff will cause her worse problems. Thank god she is ok and thank god her friend had come to give her communion or who knows what may have happened. Well I guess I had better get off of here and finish getting my stuff ready to leave tomorrow. We are heading back to El Paso. I am going to have so much work sitting on my desk. That's ok though, it wont be as much as usual because I had my phones forwarded to my cell while we were gone this time so it will just be mail mostly and not a machine full of messages. Yay!! Well guys thanks for stopping by and listening! Love you all!

Update

I updated this on the 16th only to get off the computer to get ready to head out because of weather and called my mom to let her know only to find out that she was very ill. Her friend came over to give her communion only to find her lips and fingernails bluer than blue and barely responsive. I of course immediately headed out to Addison where she lives. She refused to go to the hospital until I got there because she knew I was on my way. I got there and we called the ambulance. She was better, she had color and was talking but being way to stubborn. I rode with her in the ambulance and got her checked in the hospital. She has been there since Tuesday and they say she will be released tomorrow. Thank God but it seems we almost lost her. If her friend hadn't gotten there to give her communion we don't know what might have happened. God was most definitely watching out for her. I spent all day yesterday at the hospital with her and she was eating and she did eat more than she had in ages. They thought she had some pneumonia but found out with tests and xrays that is was severe bronchitis. She has emphysema and COPD. She is ok from what we are told and we are working on a care plan for her. I had to head out because of severe weather headed our way. Am not totally comfortable being here in PA instead of up there because she is not out of the hospital yet but since I have been there and talking with her the last day or two I do know she is better so I am here. I hope the severe weather is not so severe that we can't get out of here because my office is not manned either even if my phones are forwarded to me. I know I have lots and lots of mail and other stuff I have to deal with. I will keep you guys updated.

Its Winter

Well I have been here in PA for almost a week. I have been enjoying my tiny vacation. I got to see my girls. Wish I could see my son but that will happen when it happens. Melissa is due June 25th. She is already showing. She has such a cute baby bump, lol. I saw her ultrasound and we kidded her that the baby has a Mohawk. It looks like it. Can't wait for the next ultrasound. She is a little anemic, but she always has been. So far we are not super concerned but we are a bit worried. They are going to see what the blood work says and then decide how to handle it. Gretchen is doing well too. We had a couple of issues about the visit but none of them had to do with the girls at all. Their step-mom had car issues and then one of the other cars had the same issue a few hours later so they couldn't meet us halfway to drop the girls off to meet us. Sol we drove 160 miles both ways to pick them up. Of course on Monday there were still issues so we had to drive them all the way back again. Lots of wasted time concerning the girls visit but I got to see them and that is what is important. Didn't get much stitching done but that's ok the girls are much more important and I don't get to see them much at all. I will get some done today though. The weather is kind of nasty here too. Don is concerned we may get stuck here. Oh Darn, (evil laugh). He keeps he wants to leaven today to go to the airport. I am not liking that idea. All wasted money and stuff for that. I think we should give it a little more time this morning before goes nuts. We did an experiment this trip and forwarded my office phones to my cell. It wasn't too bad. Don didn't believe when I told him the amount my phones ring. Maybe once in awhile he will listen to me hehehe. Or not lol. Oh well, I think I will go have a cup of coffee and check the weather channel out. See whats going on. Will update you all later. Thanks for stopping by and checking me out. Love you guys.

Vacation

Well I am getting ready to go out of town for a week. I am so excited. I will get to see both my daughters. Melissa is pregnant and so this is kind of neat. I haven't seen her since she found out and she is starting to show. I will see Gretchen as well. She will be on vacation from college or actually Christmas break. I won't see Tim but the girls will be able to tell me how he is because they saw him at Thanksgiving.
I am getting my stitching ready for while I am gone. I am working on a gift for Don. I am hoping to get it done while we are up there. I will be able to do it and get it done right under his nose. Hehehehe I am working on a couple of things right now. I hope to get the one finished and most of the other one done. I am told it will probably snow while we are up there so that will be nice too. I will be freezing my but off that's cool, things even out. I get to see my girls and snow and I am a little cold, lol.
I even get a short work week. Two days and then off I go. I will see my mom for a couple of days as well. I did finally get my tree up in my office. For some reason it took 3 days to get it up and decorated, lol. Not sure why I just couldn't get it done. I tested the lights before I put them on the tree and they all lit and blinked so I put them on the tree and plugged them in and of course one string just decided not to blink anymore. The garland that I had on my tree last year that went all the way around the tree this year didn't and I can't figure that one out so had to go get some other garland. Oh well it is done and up and now I have to finish the one at the house. Got the tree itself up but still have to get the decorations on it. Hopefully today. Now I am off to go do my laundry. Hope you all have a good rest of the weekend.

Quilts and Stitching

Well I started the Vermillion Stitchery January Snowman this week. Didn't get alot done, mostly to top of the hat. I am glad I got it started though. I have had so much stuff going on that I haven't been able to stitch much. I have been disappointed that I haven't been able to get much stitching done. I also have it down to two baby quilt patterns. I need to get it down to one. I will soon. I have to get started. I have two quilts to make. I am excited about it and I am still looking for baby birth samplers. This is going to be a busy year. The most important thing is the baby quilts. I want them done more than anything else. I have so much going on in my head, lol. I will get everything done though.
Yesterday I finally got my first call with STARS. My trainer called and told me we had a scheduled case and he would call me when it was confirmed. He called me and then I was almost there and he called me back and asked me how many I had been to. I told him that it was my first and he said well we have to at the same time pick one and I did and he said you have to do it yourself. I was like huh!? Well I got there got started and he told me I did very good that I was ready to go on my own. I was like nope I need my other two observations and the one that I get observed. He told me that I did everything right and I could go on my own but I don't think so, LOL. It was an experience but I am psyched. It is a really good feeling knowing that you helped someone like that. And I didn't get lost getting to the hospital, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by. Love you guys!