Ghost Moon by Karen Robards

Ghost Moon by Karen Robards

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a great book! This is the 2nd book I've read by Karen Robards and it was great. Kept you guessing til (almost) the end, and from then on it was action-packed. I can't wait to read some more by her!


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Some of the ornament kits..

Here are some of the ornaments I've stitched for my MIL. I haven't assembled any of them yet because I'm trying to get them all stitched before she visits at the end of the month. :)

An angel or a mistake??

Something very strange happened today- it is too good to be true really. I got a notice in the mail from a company we have a loan with that a phone payment for a rather large amount had been authorized. I was freaking out because I didn't authorize the payment. I called the loan place straight away and she said "an older man" called a few days ago and wanted to make two payments on our account. She said we are the only people on their books with our last name. I have called almost everyone I can think of that could have possibly done it, and everyone says they didn't (and seem honest about it.) It's so strange! I am nervous it was all a big mistake. I guess I may never know! What a blessing if it isn't!

New Stash!!

I finally made it out to Lazy Daizy in Raleigh- I LOVE that store!! I got there 20 min. before they closed and picked up a few things. Sadly, they are no longer carrying The Sampler Girl's designs, which I was hoping they would have, but I did get the last one they did have, which happened to be one I wanted! So here is a pic I of what I got- if you can't see it well it is In the Kitchen With Jane Austen by the Sampler Girl, Cecilia 1896 by Lisa Cowell, Serenity Waits by Plum Pudding Needle Art, Shell Gatherer by Liz Navickas Designs, a skein of Gentle Art Buttermilk (needed for the Jane Austen pattern- I didn't think I had any but found later that I do. oops), and a skein of now-retired Weeks Dye Works Butterscotch. I also got a Pine Mountain Pillow kit for Hanna that's not pictured here. It was half off. Hooray!

A finished bookmark!

I can post this now because I gave it to my friend Lauri tonight. :) The design is from the Leisure Arts book "Quick as a Wink."

Watch Me by Brenda Novak

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the first of this trilogy that I've read, though it's the most recent book. It was really good, kept you guessing as to "whodunit" which is always a good thing! I plan on reading the other two, and probably the fourth that comes out later this year, though the crime committed in that one looks particularly disturbing.


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My heart aches for some stash...

Cross stitch stash that is! It has been much too long since I bought anything new. I was just looking at downsunshinelane.com, one of my favorite online stores at some of the new items. Sigh..... And there are some Sampler Girl designs I want too. I hope I will have a little tax money left after bill paying to buy some new things or I just might cry!

Islands

Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a really good book. Although not a real page-turner, it kept you engrossed enough to keep wondering what would happen next. I do like a book once in a while that is entertaining to read but I can put down if I need to. The chapters were very long though which made it hard to find a stopping point! Overall I enjoyed the book and was somewhat surprised by the ending, which is almost always a good thing. :)


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New finishes

Finally I have finished something! An ornament kit my mother-in-law wanted me to stitch for her, and San Man Originals' "Bless the Feast."

Angels on Earth

Sorry I haven't been posting more.. I haven't stitched as much recently (working on that though) and money stress has been weighing me down. Things already were not great, but now dh's overtime has been cut and it is hurting bad. My week has looked up though, thanks to some great friends. First a friend here, who is always looking to lend a hand, and who watched my dd at the last minute this Thursday so I wouldn't have to pay daycare.
And to some very special online friends, who when they found out of our troubles not only offered support, but real help as well, and we have never even met face to face. All of these friends are angels on earth! I truly believe God has sent them to me. You know who you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Snow day finally!

The first "real" snow of the winter. The kids loved it! Unfortunately they were out then in too quick to get pics of them.

What would you think of this?

Ever gotten a back-handed compliment? ( I think that's the right expression.) Today a customer of mine, who is usually very sweet, came in. She is an older lady and I hadn't seen her in a while. She asked me if I had gotten a complete makeover for Christmas! And I asked, "Why, do I look different?" And she said"You look nice, almost- and here she mouthed a word I didn't make out. When I looked confused she said "pretty." I look almost pretty? What the -? Nice, huh? So I wondered part of the day what, in her estimation, would take me from "nice" to "pretty." Oh well, people have said worse to me since I moved here. lol

Just spreading the word..

cause everyone needs a little help in these hard times! Some women at my kids' daycare recently told me about something called Angel Food Ministries . If you need a little help with that rising grocery bill, here it is. And you don't have to fit any income guidelines to participate! And some of the money goes to a good cause!! Check out the website and see if there's one near you- it's really a great deal, or seems to be! We're going to try it soon! If anyone has already used this program, I would love to hear your experiences!

Meow!

I finished this a few days ago for DD. I asked her if she wanted it framed, in a pillow, etc, but she hasn't answered me yet! It feels so good to finish something!!! The design is "Meow" (who would have guessed?) from the book "Cats Galore" by Leisure Arts. It's done with DMC thread on Sugar Maple Fabric I believe, not sure of the color but I think I have it somewhere. lol

Yep...

I totally LOVE this new template, I think I will keep it forever. So get used to it. lol

Out of the mouths of babes..

Last night the kids and I went to church for the Epiphany service. We went up to communion, the kids don't take it yet but Pastor gives them a blessing. Well when Pastor leaned forward to bless DS, the chalice of wine leaned forward too. DS said "Mom what's that?" I really don't remember what I said, I probably shushed him or told him I'd tell him later. Then he waits a second or two and says "Mom I don't like beer!" So all of us in the near vicinity are trying not to laugh, and he says it again "I don't like beer!" It seem he always waits til communion time to crack us up with something.. sigh..

I loooooove this Hobbit template!!

While waiting on laundry, I was messing with this template. I found it on several blogger template sites but it wouldn't work right. Finally I found one that converted it to the new blogger format correctly! I will have to mess with widgets, etc. tomorrow. I was just so tired of all the templates on blogger! lol

I'm back!!

I tried wordpress for a while but I think I'm gonna give blogger another go. Too many extras wordpress won't accept, plus most people I know are on blogger. I may import the stuff from wordpress, but it looks like kind of a process so I may just leave it for now.. maybe one day when I'm looking for something to do..lol.
OK, gonna go mess around with my widgets, etc. now..

Come see me at Wordpress

I'm trying them out- http://xstitchmama.wordpress.com

My sushi scarf!

See what my Mom made me? It's a scarf and when you roll it up it looks like sushi! cool huh? I love it!