Sisterhood, among other things

Yesterday, my blog friend, Oklahoma Granny, posted a promising recipe called Pizza Casserole. I love easy dinners after working all day so I came home from work today with the stuff I needed to create it. Oh yum! It was good!

I changed a couple things...the recipe calls for three cups dry noodles but I went ahead and used the whole bag. I hate measuring! I also LOVE cheese so I doubled the cheese it called for!

Rick was packing the leftovers for work before we were even finished eating! Thanks for a lovely dinner, Granny!

The Sisterhood is ready to travel! Carol has finished her lovely lady and is ready to send her to the next lucky sister. Will it be you? Visit this post on Carol's blog to sign up and hurry she's ready to draw tomorrow! I was the 17th sister to stitch this design and it was such an honor, although...it was a little scary holding that pattern in my own hands for the first time and reading the little notes left by each sister. Emotionally overwhelming!

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xox

Totally Useless

OMG! What with one thing or another I completely forgot to post my Totally Useless SAL update that was due like a week ago! No, no! Not the wet noodle!!! When I saw Yoyo had updated the members list for 2010 I remembered. Gasp! So here is a quick snap. As you see, I'm continuing my old ORT jar and stuffing the new bits on top. It's a good thing this is a big jar, I'm planning on lots of ORTs this year!

The next New Moon is February 14 and I promise not to be late! If you would like to join us in this Totally Useless Endeavor go to Yoyo's blog and sign up!

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xox

Not myself

I was laid low on Thursday with a stomach virus which resulted in a trip to the emergency room that evening when the cramps became unbearable. The vomiting gave me black eyes and a large red spot in the white of my right eye. A couple of days of anti-nausea and pain medicine and now I'm about as energetic as an overcooked noodle. At least I'm not throwing up or cramping! Although I'm feeling better, I am left with terrible gas and my horrendous farts are about to chase Rick out of the house! Hold your nose, please!

These beauties all arrived over the past few days. Little bright spots in the midst of my misery. I'm involved in a private ornament exchange with a few friends and January is my month to receive...

From Lisa V came this sweet freebie by Erynne stitched up as a little pillow ornament. Look at those cute little Christmas "lights" in the corners! Thank you, Lisa...I love it!

Then from Angela came this sweet Lizzy*Kate kitty. I love his argyle sweater and the plaid hanger! Thank you, Angela!

As if I hadn't already been spoiled, I then received this little Prairie Schooler darling from Lori. I wish you could see all the pretty sparkle in the snowman. The little birds and the green scarf are right up my alley, Lori! Thanks!

OK, I hope I didn't gas anyone to death...

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xox

I had a virus

Not like H1N1 or even the common cold...a computer virus! How did that happen? It trashed stuff on my computer so I decided to wipe it sterile and start over. A good thing Jessie's boyfriend is a computer whiz...Matt helped me save all my stuff and get me going again. Indeed, the kid wasted half the last day of his holiday vacation working on my computer! So, I am finally back. The re-install saved all my feeds but marked all 600 blogs in my reader as unread! OMG, I have 600 blogs??? How did that happen? Well, nothing for it...there was no way I could check all 600 feeds. I will probably use my Google Reader more now though rather than depend on IE's feed display! I know I have missed important posts, lots of great stitching, new starts, exciting rants and lovely freebies. If you feel I may have missed something really important, please let me know!

Having no Internet distractions over the weekend, I was able to finish the stitching on my Valentine's exchange piece. I will try to get it finish-finished soon as it is due to be mailed by the end of January. Speaking of January, I was also able to get a start on my Bent Creek Snapper Year! The fabric I decided on is Silkweaver's Sand...that was the overwhelming choice in the poll as well. I'm stitching this using DMC, all in one long row ~ the fabric is 52 inches wide! Great progress for one morning's worth of stitching!

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xox

Something to blog about

It's been kind of a dry blogging spell for me. I'm stitching for an exchange, boring to blog about if you can't show pictures. Haven't started my year-long monthly stitch...because I've been exchange stitching. I suppose I could show you the fabric and threads but it's really tame, more boring! I was so pleased to find this RAK package in my mailbox from Blyn. A while back, Blyn stitched my reindeer, sent me a photo and asked me for my mailing address. Seems she was sorting stash and found something begging to be sent to me...

What could it be? It's wrapped so pretty!

Oooo, a UK magazine with the CUTEST Christmas kitten and some darling kitty buttons AND some spiced chai tea packets. Thank you so much, Blyn! This really brightened up a boring, dreary week!

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xox

I've had such a Crabby Year!

I can't believe I actually did it! I made a stitching goal and stuck with it. I am so proud of myself. ***serious happy dancing***

Presenting Crabby All Year in all it's freakin' expensive buttons (hem) buttoned splendor!

Design ~ Crabby All Year

Designer ~ Raise The Roof Designs

Fabric ~ Silkweaver 32 count Lugana, Days Gone By

Fiber ~ DMC

Embellishments ~ Just Another Button Company

A couple of closer shots in case you were interested.

This was a truly fun journey and I've had a blast sharing it with you. You were always there leaving kind comments and words of encouragement and I thank you so very much. Stitching Crabby has been so delightful that I am now addicted to monthly stitches. I only hope my next yearly project is as enjoyable. If you'd like to see the entire Crabby experience click here. Carol, the quick measurements I took revealed it was approximately 11 x 15.5 inches. Give or take a little because the buttons stick out along the stitched edges in some places.

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xox

Crabby December Bills

This big block of blue was such a stumbling block for me. It took me forever to gather enough mojo to get it finished. Once the blue was done the rest went zippety-split even the back-stitching and the personalization. I really wanted to do my "real" signature on the check but as it's a swirly scribble no one would know what it was! I settled for the scripted name instead. The idea for this comes from none other than our own Missy Ann who stitched Crabby last year. Missy, where are you? It's been weeks, girl!

Now that I've had this mini happy dance, I'm gearing up for the major all-nighter, party 'till you drop, hoop-la! I should have a final Crabby All Year "the big reveal" post for you before the end of the year. OMG ...that's in three days! I'd better get busy!

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xox

Snowed in!

I will never wish for a white Christmas again! A blizzard snowstorm hit Oklahoma on Christmas Eve. It began in the morning with sleet that turned to snow with 45 MPH winds that cut through you like needles. I've never seen snow blowing like this before! In the city, they were closing the malls and cancelling Christmas services at churches. By the afternoon most highways were nearly impassable and those ended up being closed as well. We ended up stuck at home for Christmas day, even though my parents live less than an hour away. The highways were still closed and there was no going out.

It wasn't even a pretty snow here as the wind whipped the snow into tall drifts that left the grass still peeking out in places.

But the wind was nice enough to blow it away from the truck into drifts a couple of feet high.

It left my froggie on the front step exposed as well!

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We had a nice Christmas even if it didn't go as planned. It was a good thing I had a ham in the fridge or we wouldn't even have had a Christmas dinner! Jessie, and her BF Matt, stayed the night and after Santa came we opened gifts and played like kids.

Rick looked up my wish list and bought me loads of fabric and patterns I'd been wanting! Jessie gave me this cute design book with lots of fun, snuggly animals.

Here is what was in my package from Lisa! Thank you so much Lisa, you are an angel.

Still working on Crabby. Hoping to have it finished soon. I'll be back with an update as soon as I've finished! Be prepared for major happy dancing when this occurs!

I wanted to thank you all for the merry Christmas wishes this year, you all helped make my season happy!

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xox

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas!

I hope your holidays are merry & bright!

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xox

I'm still here...

It has just been a quiet time for me. After the November marathon blogging of NaBloPoMo I didn't feel much like blogging. Then, I've been having a bit of trouble with my internet connection which goes out at the most inconvenient times. I've been able to keep up with your posts in my feed reader but haven't always been able to connect long enough to make many comments. Thus, my relative silence. This post has been trying to be made all this last week but the connection has been lost every time I set myself to do it!

There hasn't been much stitching either! You'd think having no internet would give me loads of stitching time but no...I just sat and pouted. I have a made a little start on Crabby December.

But this is all. This block has been difficult to get motivated on and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's that huge chunk of light blue to stitch, or the fact that this is the last block to go? I will get it finished come hell or high water...

Look what arrived last week! This lovely ornament from Lisa, along with a Christmas present! I'm so excited! Thank you so much for thinking of me this year, Lisa!

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I am waiting on pins & needles for the fabric to arrive from Silkweaver for next year's monthly project. Oh yes, and the January chart as well. I have all the other months for Snapper Year but the January one was backordered. I really hope it arrives before the big day! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

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xox