TUSAL and 12 Blessings

Two birds with one stone. TUSAL update and progress shot on 12 blessings :)

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TUSAL and 12 Blessings Update

Just another quick one from me today.


My TUSAL flute is filling up!

And here is my progress on my 12 Blessings Piece. Still loving this one. Took the photo at night so the fabric looks nothing like this picture. Its also a few days old now so I've finished another box since this piccie was taken.

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TUSAL and a finish

Here is my TUSAL jar update! A few pink threads in there from the Pretty in Pink piece.

And my second finish for 2011!  Yes, I am a slow poke lol. Love how this one turned out and it was fun to stitch. Well except the french knots. I failed miserably at them. I've actually stitched it on 14 count white aida. It looks a little blue in this photo. Not sure how I'm going to frame it yet. I purchased this chart from Wee Little Stitches - they have a whole range of pixel people.

I've also managed to do some scrapping this weekend for the Wicked Princesses cybercrop. Heaps of great sketch challenges this month! Will share piccies another time - my time is up!


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July TUSAL

Again, I'm a bit late this month. But shock horror I have actually added to my "glass" this month! See that tiny bit of brown ORT next to the glass.. LOL. I spent a wee bit of time on my Lizzie Kate on Friday night. But the movie I was watching got the better of me.

And I'm still getting that annoying smudge on my photos. I must clean my camera lense.

Here's a progress shot of the Lizzie Kate. I've joined in a SAL on the Lizzie Kate Lovers Blog so I'm hoping that will kick my stitchy mojo along. I'm going to do the 12 blessings of Christmas charts, but do you think I can find the charts in Australia? Google is NOT my friend at the moment. I've sent a couple of emails off to Aussie LK stockists so hopefully I can track them down soon. Anyway, my progress on Cat Lessons for People.

Excuse the shadows - its a gorgeous sunny day here in Brisbane and I took it outside to photograph.

Anyway, better run. Hopefully I'll be back later with a bigger post. Two weeks of holidays have passed - two left!

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TUSAL - June!

Almost forgot! Hope i'm not too late. I have added NO orts again this month :(

We've got a long weekend coming up so hopefully I can get back into the Lizzie Kate.

Bed time - need sleep.

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Finally... A Post!

Not a very wordy one, but a post nonetheless!

I've done no stitching this month. After the Lest we Forget I needed a break.

I hope i'm not too late to upload my TUSAL pic. Not that it needs updating. I don't think it has changed since my last post.

And I've managed to do a little bit of scrapping. Both of these are for challenges over at Wicked Princesses.

It's Mothers Day here in Australia. I was spoiled nicely this morning. Brekky cooked for me and some nice sweet presents.

Got to go to my groceries now (joy - not)..

Back to regular programming soon.

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April TUSAL

Thought I better post this before I forget!

Loving the shot from the top.

Almost finished Lest we Forget. Just a coupla patches of the background and its done.

Excited!

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Friday!

Yay. Enough said.

My TUSAL picture.. Note the yellow on top lol. Soooo sick of yellow. But the finished product will be worth it.

Speaking of yellow - here is my progress shot of Lest we Forget.

And a quick shot of my Lizzy Kate design. I had to change the colour of the kitty cat because the white blended into the fabric too much. Really enjoying it and I think its going to frame up really nicely - but can only work on it when the rest of the house is not near me lol.

Thats all I've got tonight.

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I have to laugh

Or I'll bloody well cry! LOL. As far as first days back after holidays go.. this one was a cracker! Here in Queensland, we've been hit with terrible flooding over the last few weeks. While I don't work out on the road, my role is (among other things) in the road/transport infrastructure industry. Holy shit batman. Lots of scrambling to get figures/damage info/repair schedules etc etc... I've just checked the Blackberry and I'm still getting emails. So the day flew by. Not the nice casual start to the year I had hoped for.

Robbie and Zak went back to their normal routines today too. Zak to vacation care and Robbie back to daycare. I was a bit worried about him but he performed beautifully. No tanties or anything.

Zak caught up with his old friend, Claude, yesterday. It was a little awkward at first. The boys haven't seen each other for at least five years so they didn't really know each other. We spent a couple of hours there. I caught up with his mum. She's a nice lady. Been through so much in the last couple of years though. The boys (Claude and his brother) are currently living with their dad up in Townsville so she doesn't get to see them very often. That would kill me. I can tell that part of her is missing.. her eyes are so sad :( Oh and totally unlrelated to her sadness - I had to giggle.. I saw a cute little framed cross stitch with the charming phrase "go f*ck yourself" on her bookshelf. I had to ask (as you do) for the story behind it. Apparently her current partner's ex-girlfriend thought it might be a nice parting gift.

Interesting chat with Chloe on MSN tonight. Her and her "bff" are fighting (again). And of course its plastered all over Facebook for everyone to see. This latest fight is a disagreement over what may or may not have happened between Chloe and a boy. I really wish she would come and live with us for a while. It makes me sad that the only thing that seems to make her feel good about herself is having the attention of boys. Meh, who am I to say I could make a difference anyway. She's such a beautiful girl - I hate seeing all of this negative stuff around her.

Oh and one more thing - its TUSAL time! Here is my pic of my ORTs! Shocking pic - would prefer to take in daylight but if I don't get it done tonight time will slip away from me and I'll forget about it. Want to know more? Visit this post at Daffycat's blog!

Now I'm ready for bed!

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New Years Eve

Another year bites the dust huh! What they said when we were kids was true. Time really does seem to go a lot faster as you get older.

I'm enjoying the time off work. Only a few more days of freedom left though :(.

We're having a quiet one at home tonight. Probably play a bit of Wii with Zak. I've got a couple of friends dropping in at some stage but I don't think they'll be here at the stroke of midnight.

Robbie has been causing us a bit of worry over the last couple of weeks. He is a breath holder. The first time he did it was in hospital the day after he was born. They stuck him with a needle and he cracked it. He tends to do it when he stumbles over or if he's chucking a really bad tanty. He's so different to Zak in that respect. Zak was quiet mellow - not the Robster lol. We're going to take him to the doc to be sure but I'm confident its nothing serious. Very scary when it happens though. Even though its only for about 15 seconds its enough for him to start to go limp-ish. I'm glad there are no signs of fits (yet!). I've done a bit of research and it does happen - doesn't make it any easier to cope with when he's doing it though!

Zak has been totally obsessed with his new xbox 360 over the last couple of days. To the point that I'm limiting his use. An hour on and an hour off.

I've done a little bit of scrapping over the last few days. A couple of layouts for challenges over at Wicked Princesses.

I've also been powering through the cross stitch. I ended up pulling the stitching out that I had made a mistake in. It would have driven me crazy if I hadn't lol. I must take a progress shot and a shot of my backside. A few posts ago I mentioned the TUSAL that Daffycat is hosting. She has posted some piccies of some of the prizes on her blog. You should check them out!

We've got a beautiful day here today - a nice change from the shitty old rain that we've had for a couple of weeks now. I'm off to enjoy it!

Happy new year everyone!

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4 Sleeps to Go

Holy crap batman.. so close I can smell it! Just four little sleeps to go. I'm sure I'm driving everyone completely insane with my obsessive-ness... but too bad.. hehehe..

Found this totally cool and pointless thing to join http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/2010/12/totally-useless-stitch-long.html . I always feel like i've achieved something when I have a pile of scrap thread next to me on the couch. I don't think its something you would understand unless you're a cross stitcher though... crazy but true..

Secret Santa at work today. I think my secret santa was trying to give me a hint.. I got a cute little peace doll.. Lol... peace man. My mission for next week is to get through the week at work without dropping the f-bomb. Out loud that is... it doesn't count if I say it in my head..

So I spent a bit more time stitching some more BORING black last night.

Almost ready to move on to some other colours but I prefer to have the dark stuff done first so the thread doesn't umm.. whats the word... kind of pull apart into the lighter colours?

Anyway... couch is calling my name.. hopefully there is something interesting on Fox!

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