Weekend Happy Dances

Yes, that was plural – danceS. 🙂

I got a lot done this weekend! Yesterday, I worked on the stitching of this month’s ornament for the JCS SAL on Chartswappers. I also basted all of the guidelines onto the fabric for the model I’m getting ready to stitch and mounted it onto the scroll frame. Then, we cleaned the whole first floor except for carpet shampooing. Wow, what a cleanup we did, too! All of the boxes that we’ve been too lazy to break down and haul into the garage are now gone and I forgot how much bigger the rooms feel. LOL. We had friends from college, Karl and Renee, over last night for games, chit-chat and snacks (hence the cleaning frenzy). We had a great visit – it’s hard to believe we haven’t seen them in about a year! Sheesh, where does the time go?

Today, I stitched. I finished stitching the JCS ornament for this month. Then I ransacked the internet looking for appropriate freebie patterns for the Christmas/winter freebie exchange on Chartswappers. Being unable to decide what to do and in what form to finish it, I decided to stitch and finish the Teeny Tiny Noel Bag from The Victoria Sampler website just for the heck of it. I also found two projects previously stitched this year, both also from The Victoria Sampler website. Can you tell I’m a fan? 😀 I scanned both – the Heirloom Wedding Sampler freebie and the Pincushion Heart freebie.

More to come, as I get into the rushed stitching of the holidays! In the meantime, I’m still fighting off some sort of illness, so my blogging will probably continue to be hit or miss for a little while until I shake whatever it is. I should probably take a sick day, as I’m sure the stress at work isn’t helping any!

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The Braces are Coming Off!

FINALLY! After nearly a year and a half of being in braces for the second time in my life, I’m scheduled to get them off on December 9th. Yeah, I know, for anyone who’s had braces, 1.5 years doesn’t seem so bad, but I was originally told 9-12 months. When you run this far over schedule, it seems like an eternity, trust me!

Sooooo, a major happy dance coming from my direction in one month and 4 days (and counting…). WOOHOO!

Thanks goodness it’s Friday. I’ve been fighting off illness all week and had an episode on Wednesday of my head not quite being connected to my body, during which I managed to slam a desk drawer shut on my hand because I didn’t realize it was in the way! I think maybe my body’s trying to tell me something? I’m exhausted!!! Sleep is at the top of my to do list for this weekend. 🙂

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Bush Wins?

I refuse to comment on the election towards one side or the other. I just find it interesting that we have yet another close election. The one outcome I was hoping for last night was to have a very clear winner, no matter who it was. Too bad that didn’t happen!

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Bathroom Update

Terry finished grouting the floor and grouted the countertop on Sunday. He also installed the new toilet bowl and tank. Yesterday we went to Lowe’s and picked up the remaining plumbing supplies needed to hook up the toilet tank and sink faucet to the water supply.

Other than installation of the trim (which hasn’t even been purchased yet, much less painted), the only other major work that needs to occur is the change in the bath fixtures. This requires Terry to cut into the wall of the closet in back of the bathroom to get to everything, after which he’ll install an access panel. In order for him to do this, I need to finish my reorganization of that closet so I can easily move everything out while he does his work. I’m guessing this won’t happen until the weekend, since I need to clean all of the garbage that I created in last week’s reorganizational frenzy out of the room before I can remove anything from the closet. 🙂

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Avoiding Halloween

Well, we spent several hours tonight in a nearly completely dark house, trying desperately to avoid the trick or treaters who insist on coming up to our door, even though the lights are all out and the doorbell is disconnected. Terry even thinks he heard the first batch try the doorknob! Cheeky little fellows, aren’t they?

Our neighbor’s property was toilet papered last night. Glad it wasn’t us; that would have really ruined my mood to wake up to that this morning. 🙂

A productive day, even if I didn’t get my workout time on DDR. 😉 I still cleaned out half of the garden, threw away all of the dead hanging and other potted plants on the porch, took Phoebe for a walk, chatted with the guys across the street, made ranch cream cheese rollups for consumption some day this week, made dinner, did some dishes, took a picture of my Heirloom Memories sampler in progress and finished stitching an old project that I found the other day. I started stitching this purse kit for my mother several years ago (apparently, back when I wasn’t as fastidious a stitcher) and since there was only backstitching left to do, I decided to finish it for an additional Christmas present for her for this year. I finished the stitching tonight and posted a scan. I also posted a scan of the Heirloom Memories sampler. I haven’t touched it since earlier this week, but it’s still coming along nicely.

And I just received a new model stitching project this weekend – WOOHOO! I’m very excited about this one, as the colors are all my favorites and it’s my first hardanger model. Only problem is that I only have one set of scroll bars available and they’re not long enough, so I’ll have to run out (hopefully tomorrow) and buy another set. I could use an additional pair of side bars anyway; I only have two.

I have a presentation to give tomorrow that I haven’t really prepared for, so… that’s all folks!

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Bathroom Update and Stitching

I’ll keep it brief today. Terry put down the mortar and installed the tiles on the bathroom countertop. Manufacturing quality issues with the tiles keep them from being completely perfect, but I should learn to deal with less than perfect anyway. Tomorrow may be grouting day.

In the meantime, I played over 30 stages of Dance Dance Revolution Max in workout mode. I received a new model stitching project today, so I unpacked and reviewed the chart and materials. I need to go and buy another scroll rod set, of course, since I have one set of bars open but they are too short. In the meantime, I’ve picked up an old Christmas project that I started years ago for my mom. I think it’s close enough for me to be able to complete it this year.

Well, a late dinner is calling and the dog is drooling.

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Friday!

Whew, am I glad that it’s Friday! Don’t get me wrong, I have work work and house work to do this weekend, but still… at least I won’t be chained to my desk for the next two days. 🙂

Have you ever pondered whose brilliant idea it was for us to work for 5 days in a row and then have just 2 days to refresh, rejuvenate and regenerate? Yes, I know, farmers and others work all 7 days. But I’m not a farmer – it’s darn hard work!

Anyway, I’ll try to make the most of the weekend while I have it … and try not to whine too much when Monday morning comes.

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Work, Play and Illness

Too much work, not enough play and requiring 8+ hours of sleep a night while trying to fight off being sick.

That’s my life right now!

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Some Economics to Ponder…

Yet another post on VsCyberstitchers, and a good one at that! A small economics lesson for the day.

“Understanding Tax Cuts” by: David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D

Sometimes politicians, journalists and the liberal left exclaim; “It’s just a tax cut for the rich!” and it is just accepted to be fact. But what does that really mean? Just in case you are not completely clear on this issue, I hope the following will help. Please read it carefully.

Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand:

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that’s what they decided to do.

Continue reading

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A Funny for Today

As shared on the VSCyberstitchers Yahoo group:

DON’T MESS WITH GRANDMA

This is a true story.

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her
car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She
dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream
at the top of her voice, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it!
Get out of the car!”

The four men didn’t wait for a second invitation. They got out and
ran like mad. The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her
shopping bags into the back of the car and got into driver’s seat.
She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition.
She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why.

A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces
farther down. She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the
police station. The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn’t stop
laughing.

He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were
reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white,
less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a
large handgun. No charges were filed.

If you’re going to have a Senior Moment, make it a memorable one!

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