Replying to All of Those Comments

Whew! I figured that instead of writing each of you individual emails, I’ll just respond in one lump sum and get today’s post out of the way while I’m at it. 🙂

Kim – Thanks for visiting my blog! I just recently discovered yours and am sorry you’ve stumbled across mine during such a bad time. You’re welcome for the chuckle, but you should really thank Lelia for that pick-me-up.

Lelia – Has Martha Stewart, er Tori, gone back to school now? I hope that you had a lovely visit with her, even if it was brief and busy! I know that girl is very special to you, so you probably cherish every moment you can get with her. I took your advice, BTW, and stayed home an extra day from work and stitched and relaxed. I’m feeling a bit more like myself now, thanks.

Isabelle – You dear friend. Thank you for the umpteen million hugs flying over the pond, as well as all of your kind thoughts. It has been a difficult time for me, but it can only get better from here, right? 🙂 And thank you for your comments on the ornament that I stitched for Ashleigh. It was my commute project for several weeks and I really enjoyed stitching it. Terry liked it so much that he has requested that I stitch it again for us. I was very pleased with how it turned out, since I was making up the finishing. You are so sweet, thank you for all of your kind words.

Jo – Thank you for the hugs and sympathy. I have been taking it easy and am starting to come out of my slump, thanks to all of you!

Christine – Thank you, too, for the hugs and sympathy. While I truly wish that I could take a vacation from life, the beauty of it is that time waits for no man (or woman!). The Christmas spirit will be infused into my soul any day now and I’ll be back to my happy, excited, bubbly self, though I’m not sure that comes out in my blog. Oh, and thanks for the lovely comments on the ornament!

Barbara – Thank you for the compliments on Ash’s ornament! It was a fun stitch, though I was nervous about how well I did, since Ash is such an accomplished hardanger stitcher herself. I’m grateful that it met with her approval. 🙂 And thank you for the well wishes!

Anne – My twin in headaches, though it turns out that Isabelle is plagued, as well. I would so dearly love to drop everything and come out to Australia for a visit right now. I need a couple of years of saving up funds plus some medication to knock me out for the long plane ride and then I’ll be over! And you’re right, staying away from the computer for most of yesterday really did help. We’ll see how I do today now that I’m back at work.

Von – Thank you for the get well wishes. I’m sorry to hear that cold affects your muscles and then your head like it does me. I think I’m still trying to get rid of the chill. 😆

And finally, last but not least…
Cathy – Thank you for the condolences and more wishes to get well soon. I think they worked!

Hugs going out to all of my wonderful cyberfriends. I’m still catching up on blogs – 89 posts left to go! So, you’ll see some scattered comments from me as I’m reading through the backlog.

Oh, and one more thing before I go. I had to scan my model stitching progress last night to send an update (it’s coming along swimmingly, if I don’t say so myself!), so while I was at the scanner, I captured my M Designs Peace Tree ornament WIP for you. I was going to do the Chatelaine Tiny Rose Mandala Garden, as well, but it didn’t scan well on the scroll bars and I’m not taking it off until it’s done! 😉

So, here’s the Peace Tree, which is just an “E” tree right now (to steal the phrase from Christine). I think this is my first full project done over 1 and the frogging that I’ve already had to do was a real bear! However, doing both sides at the same time is really duplicating the color changes perfectly.