good morning from snowy Lynnwood (located 30 miles north of Seattle) .. an update from last night .. all the kids arrived home about 11:30 last night .. all safe and sound :) We chatted for a bit and then Chris and Monica (my oldest DS and his new wife) headed for home about 12:30 .. it's a cold one this morning, about 23 and will be warming up to a toasty 33 by afternoon! lol .. gotta love winter :) I'm home today .. it's really one of those times I wish I was set up to work from home. We have lots of people in my group that telecommute .. but I've never really wanted to, so don't have my computer set up to access work .. I might be rethinking that after the first of the year. Looks like a day to do more Christmas decorating .. those reindeer are whining to get out of the boxes! lol

off to get more coffee .. later all :)

Wow, we got more snow! which is sooo uncommon for us, especially this early! North of Seattle, Everett and even more north to Bellingham got upwards of 10 inches and the south end got about 6. We've had about 3-4, which isn't a lot, but it's definately enough to wreck havic on traffic .. would be easier if Seattle and outlining areas were flat, but hills and snow and ice just don't mix .. me thinks tomorrow mornings commute will be a real bear .. I'll probably stay home until after 8am .. I do prefer to see what I'm sliding into :)

Now the bad part of this snow day/evening has been my kids .. Robert and Chris went to the Seahawk/Packers Monday Night Football game .. which was great because we won!!! .. but not great because of all the accidents that have been happening on the freeways all evening .. they started home from downtown Seattle, but I-5 came to a screaming stop 1/2 way home, so they got off onto a local artiral, Lake City Way, which was fine for few miles, then pure ice .. Chris called to give me an update .. his thrilled with the ice!!! lol .. hate my boys sometimes ;) They are in an all wheel drive subaru and Chris really does know how to drive in all kinds of weather .. but I hate they are out with all the crazys that don't! Then there's my poor dil, Monica, who called me about 7:00 this evening, stuck on I-405 on her way home from work .. we chatted for about an hour, she moved 10 feet!!! She called back about 9 and was STILL on the freeway, going no where fast!!! It's now 10:20 and she's off the freeway getting directions from a friend on the backroads .. Chris is going to drop Robert here and take Rob's car and probably go pick her up somewhere .. let her park her car and just get home .. it's been a long long night!

I didn't stitch much tonight .. but after all the stitching I did over the weekend, one off night is ok :) I finished a shop exclusive from Shepherd's Bush last night .. here's the picture .. it was a really quick stitch, and soooo cute :)


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I did get a little Christmas out, have all the Christmas mugs and dishes unpacked and clean and put away and my reindeer boxes, yep boxes! lol, are down from the attic and ready to find homes for the holiday.

night all ....

IT'S SNOWING!!!!! and it's beautiful! We never get much snow in the outlining areas where I live. The mountains have been getting snow for a few weeks now .. lots of skiing this long weekend for people .. but it usually stays in the mountains .. or way south and way north of me .. so when we get snow it's a big deal! and I LOVE it! Of course it's to supposed to keep snowing much once the temps warm up this afternoon .. but while it's here, it's grand :)

The boys are out working on Christmas lights and I'm sitting here thinking I should at least unpack all my packages from my shopping trip last friday *grin* Lisa and I had a great time .. neither one of us were really looking for an specific Christmas presents .. we just did a lot of looking and bought a few Christmas decorations and some stocking stuffers and some things just for us .. like we found these really cute Christmas rings and I found a cheap Christmas watch. After we were all shopped out, we went to see Stranger Than Fiction. I enjoyed it more that I thought I would .. Will Ferrell did quite a good acting job! And the story line was intriging to say the least .. very enjoyable.

Saturday I got to see Lisa one more time to work on our Christmas craft, we made greeting cards for people .. found these great Christmas tins and made about 10-12 cards for each person .. we did cards to Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Easter/Spring and Thank You .. we had a great time making them and I think they turned out really nice :) So next Saturday we are baking and we'll be done with our Christmas Craft/Baking for family and friends :)

I have done some stitching over the weekend .. worked on Lisa's tree on Friday night, and started a new SB last night, it's a shop exclusive called Santa Fill .. really cute and it's stitching up fast .. I already have the stocking done :)

I hope everyone has had a wonderful long weekend and got lots of stitching done :)

Hugs, Michele

Happy Thanksgiving everyone .. I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends .. and enjoy all that turkey!!! lol We all have so much to be Thankful for .. enjoy :)

Hugs, Michele

Woo Hoo .. 4 days off!!!! I love this time of year :)

I finished an ornament last night .. It's Jingle all the way by JABC ... very cute I think .. I'm going to attempt a cube finish with this one .. wish me luck! lol Here's a picture ...


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Tonight I'm stitching on Elisa's tree and need to kit up something else to stitch next week .. decisions decisions decisions :)

I don't have much cooking to do this year .. Dad's doing the turkey, dressing andmashed potatoes, Monica's making pies, Chris is making twiced baked potatoes and Tammey and I are filling in with veggies, rolls, candied sweet potatoes (yep we love our starches! lol). I have a little shopping to do for birthday's .. my sil and my niece's birthdays were last week .. we are celebrating tomorrow .. so I'll do a little shopping tonight and then on to stitching.

night .. Michele

Funny, I wrote a post yesterday (sunday) and thought it had posted .. owell, starting all over again .. lol

Sunday was a very raining day here .. yes, again! lol .. but a good one. Started with breakfast with Joan (my neighbor), catching up on life .. then home to watch a most boring NASCAR race .. finally race of the season .. and sooo boring .. even though my guy had a good day. After the race and the Seahawk game, it was off to dinner with my fil, sil and her DH and my family .. it was nice, a tad bit ackward with the shit between sil and me .. but we all acted like adults for the most part .. lol .. then it was home to veg and I finished This House Believes! It is one of my most favorite finishes to date .. Terry loved it too and told me to buy the frame that the designer shows it framed in .. what a guy :) Here's the picture ..

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So Monday at work was pretty usual .. just production accts all day long .. but it's a short week, which is a really good thing! lol .. I'm really having fun with my blog and with our JOY blog .. added a few new blinkies .. they sure are addictive! We'll I'm off to watch monday night tv .. one of our favorite nights of the week for tv .. prison break, then heros, the studio 60 .. woo hoo :)

night .. Michele

Good Morning :) It's a beautiful sunny day here, finally! Friday was a pretty good day .. went and picked Monica up at the airport from her business trip .. went and had a wonderful pedicure and had my nail color changed then came home and stitched .. I'm almost done with This House Believes .. just have a few words to finish and put the buttons on .. it's been a fun stitch .. I'll post pictures hopefully tomorrow :)

Today Lisa is coming over to work on our Christmas craft for this year .. we are making greeting cards for friends .. found some cute Christmas tins that will fit the cards/envelopes .. we are going to try and do 12 cards for each person .. give everyone a nice variety of cards for birthdays and such.

Hope everyone has a wonderful saturday!

Hugs, Michele

Happy Friday :) Didn't do any stitching last night, just too tired .. but I definately will be stitching tonight .. I really want to get finished with This House Believes (by 4 My Boys) .. it's been a very fun stitch :) I also want to kit up a couple of ornaments .. maybe I'll spend some time this evening looking for my JCS ornament mags to find a couple .. any suggestions???

Hugs, Michele

Hi and welcome to my new blog .. I hope you enjoy your time here :) Before I get to stitching for the evening, thought I'd start this blog out with my recent two finishes. The first is a piece I did for my DS and his new wife .. it's Trilogy's Wedding Spots and I think it came out really nice! The second is by PMP, Be Jolly. Cute, fast stitch .. and goes with another one of my passions, reindeer! Thanks for looking and off to stitch I go .. have a great evening!

Hugs, Michele

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