It's A Friday Update

Boy, where has this month gone. Whew, February has just flown by us like a whirlwind. This has been a busy month for me and my family with PTA functions, subbing and then there was illness. Yes, everyone in my family was sick this month including me -- I had the dreaded Pink Eye, yuk!!! But that is all behind us now we are just suffering with allergies in North Texas since the trees have started to flower, hurrah, now pass the tissues.

Stitching

Yes, I did a little stitching this month. I made my first flatfold, actually made six of them. I started my Blue Ribbon SAL, really need to get cracking on that one. Completed a Snowman for a Prairie Schooler exchange and I finished the scissor pocket for my MIL's birthday, she loved it.

Hummingbird Scissor Pocket, pattern from Cross Stitch Happy, stitched on 14ct Pink Aida with DMC Floss, green beads were used for leaves. This was my first scissor pocket and I am pretty pleased with the outcome. My MIL loves birds so I thought this design was perfect for her.

Speaking of stitching let me tell you about my PIF; well, I will update you on my PIF. Some of you will remember way back in July I decided to run a PIF and asked folks that were interested in the PIF to comment and I would pick three to send something I stitched. Well I only had four people sign up so I decided to include all of them. So now I am ready to mail my packages and I can only contact two of the four, Meari and Angela. So Diane and Lynda I need you to contact me at texdelch@sbcglobal.net with your snail mail so I can send this to you. I have worked really hard to make these PIFs special so please contact me.

I ordered some fabric from Enchanted Fabrics for the Gazette 94 SAL. I just did not have anything in my vast inventory that suited this particular project. Speaking of fabric, be on the lookout for a fabric give away in the near future. I really need to thin out my fabric stash.

What Else Have I Gotten Myself Into

Hum, lets see. A week or so ago someone posted about Swap-Bot exchanges. I had never heard of this before and being the curious person I am I just had to check it out. Now I am signed up for two Swap-Bot exchanges, one for tea and the other for note cards. I just couldn't help myself. Decided against joining the stitching exchange since my "stitching plate" is full right now.

A Little About Cooking

If you enjoy cooking with your Crockpot then check out this blog, A Year of CrockPotting. I heard about it on a post around the holidays and I have been following along. Her year long adventure has got her a book deal and appearances on Rachel Ray and Good Morning America. Now you can't beat that for cooking with the Crockpot for an entire year.
I plan to try the Indian and Thai Curry recipes she got from Rachel Ray. Today I am cooking Pork and Kraut in my CrockPot. Yummy!!!


See ya!!

CJ

My Blog is Fabulous!!!

Your Blog is Absolutely Fabulous, well at least Meari thinks so! She took the time to honor me with this blog award a few weeks ago. I was thrilled when I got and I am so thrilled now to pass it on. Thanks, Meari! I am supposed to list 5 of my addictions and name 5 bloggers who I think are just "Fabulous". Mind you that was not an easy task because there are so many super bloggers out there in blogland. Let's start with my 5 addictions, at least for this week (just kidding!!).

1. My kids

2. Stitching

3. Cleaning House (this could be an obsession)

4. Enjoying Life

5. Chocolate

It was sooo very hard to chose 5 bloggers, I love all of you. I chose ones that had inspired me or just kept me focused. So here goes, 1. Dawn, a sweet stitcher from nearby; 2. Aury, so generous with her designs; 3. Nora, my BFF who is finally blogging and I want to encourage her to blog more because it is great therapy; 4. Vickie, she is a very sharing person that I admire; 5. Lysa TerKeurst of Proverbs 31 Ministry, whenever I need a lift I read her blog.

It took me over two week to acknowledge this award and Meari thanks so much for thinking of me. Your blog was the first I ever read and I am hooked!! I really appreciate the award, but mostly I appreciate everyone that visits my blog and I especially enjoy your comments. What a great way to meet people.

See ya!!

CJ