Happy St. Patty's Day

Wow, I can not believe that it's been almost two weeks since my last post. I'm still on bed rest and waiting to hear from the surgeon, although my family doctor and the neurologist figure that I will need decompression surgery. The problem is I already had decompression/fusion surgery in that spot on my spine and they are not sure they can do it again in the same L4/L5 region (have no idea what they are talking about - hate doctor speak!).

I have some of the most wonderful aunts and they have been keeping me supplied with books while stuck in bed. I have read 3 Joanne Fluke books. I am really enjoying those and would love to be able to get into the kitchen and try some of those recipes since they look kind of easy. I have also read Devil Bones by Kathy Reich (she writes for the TV show Bones and the book is based on her character Dr. Brennan). I have just started Just Take my Heart by Mary Higgins Clark.

Between books I have also been able to do some stitching on my WIP Achoo. It still doesn't look like a dog yet but at least it doesn't have that adult in nature look any more. I'm a day late with my TUSAL '10 picture but at least I remember.



The temperature has been in the double digits here +10F to +12F and really sunny and I have been stuck in bed. Here's a picture of Ozzy playing on the last snow bank in the yard. He has his electric collar on and he hates it but it keeps him safely in the yard and off the street so I'm afraid he is going to have to life with it.
He doesn't look very happy does he!

Take care very one and Happy St. Patty's Day

Well I had a good day

Did you ever have one of those days that nothing seem to go right? Well for once it wasn't me; however, my son did had one of those days. He had to replace something on his truck Saturday and then again today (garage bill $901 in two days); then he had to go to work early this morning and slept in and then on the way home for lunch he was driving my dad's truck because his was in the garage and someone ran into the truck ($800 damage on my dad's truck) but no one was hurt. The insurance company told my son that he would have to pay half even though it wasn't his fault but because he was in the mall parking lot it is 50/50. The police had a statement from the guy that ran into him and the man said that it was all his fault (his car stalled and rolled back down the hill) and it wasn't in the parking lot but in exit drive (guess that makes a difference). So now the man has to pay the whole bill.

I did manage to get the house work done that I wanted to do and was able to go for a nice walk. It was mild here today great for getting outside. Plus I managed to get some stitching done. All in all I had a great day.

It's Complicated

Didn't make a post yesterday as we went to the movies. We went early so we could see Lovely Bones but it was sold out so instead we saw It's Complicated. It was actually pretty good. I don't usually watch romance movies however this one was kind of funny. The guy that played Harley (he's from the Office) had some funny moments. I guess we'll have to go see Lovely Bones another evening.

Did some stitching on my newest project today. I find the light colors hard to work with. I'm trying to do all the "colors" first before I start doing white on white.


Here's a picture of my orts for the last month. I was late getting started with this project so there isn't much in the jar.

It's been a rough day.

So yesterday the doctor changed my prescriptions and took me off 3 different pills for my back and started me on a new pill. After taking it for one day it hasn't help me any (and didn't think it would after 1 day) but I do manage to have most of the side effects: dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, tiredness and drowsiness. Always thought tiredness and drowsiness were the same thing anyway how does that happen that the side effects kicked in so quickly!

I did manage to do some stitching between naps. It's hard to stitch when it seems that the paper and canvas are moving...lol.

How terrible is it that I'm off to have another nap (after napping all day) before Supernatural comes on.

Busy Day

So I went shopping/looking for a new floor covering for my kitchen-dining room with my Dad today. Wow, there are some really nice flooring choices out there but I just want something on the floor not lay gold on the floor. Talk about expensive. I'm thinking of going with a laminate flooring but with a stone look not a wood look (there is a name for it but I can not think of it).

My to do list today included:
Shopping/looking for flooring
look for beads
work on cute as button
find a jar for the 2010 Totally Useless Sal
take Ozzy for a walk
wipe down kitchen counters and appliances
cook supper

I got everything done except for cleaning the kitchen. There is always tomorrow.

So I'm trying to post a picture a day. Well I didn't post yesterday (Superbowl party) but I did remember to take a picture or two of the bit of snow that was falling last night. It was so quiet out on the street last night when I took these pictures. You could almost hear the snow falling very peaceful. Helps that there wasn't any wind and it wasn't that cold.


I'm not really good at French knots yet so I decided to try and use beads for eyes on my cute as a button. I think they turned out okay.

some cross stitching, some knitting - it was a good day

So I had the day to myself today. Kyle actually worked a day shift so it was just me and Ozzy home alone. So what did I do with myself while on my own for a change. I scrubbed down the bathroom. Yeah there is loads of fun and excitement.

I did manage to finish off my knitted IPod cosy/purse. It's great for walking I can put my house key and my IPod in it and that's it. This is the 3rd one I have made but it's the only one that I got to keep for myself.


I also did some back stitching on my Cute as a Button project. I just have a few things left to finish stitching.

Thursday = Supernatural

Found a great website for a Canadian store that sells cross stitching items and I found the pattern of Neuschwanstein Castle that Shelly had on her blog. I'm so excited. It was a little pricey but it's one of my favorite places that I want to visit but probably will never get there. So if I stitch it, I'll always have a little piece of it.

Did a bit of stitching on my Cute as a Button. It doesn't seem like I'm getting any where with it but with my back and legs I can only sit for short periods of time before I need to get up and change positions so for me stitching for hours might only be a short period of time.

LOST the other night was great. Unfortunately it just added to the list of questions instead of answering them but it was still a great show. Tonight is Supernatural another favorite.

Another beautiful day

Weather wise it was a beautiful day! Sun was shinning and it was quite warm out. Since I was up early decide to take Ozzy for a walk up to the back field.

Here he is waiting for mom to make it up the hill


You would think looking at this next picture that field was huge and went right up to the trees in the background. However there is a 4 lane highway between the field and the line of trees in the background.


Here's the highway. It's never usually this quite. It's only because we were up and out early (well early for me) after morning traffic.


Picture of Pottle's Lake which is one of the major sources of drinking water for our town and surrounding communities. This is only one section of the lake. It's a pretty large lake.


Once we got home Ozzy needed a bath as he was covered in mud. He fell through an icy puddle and got his legs and stomach covered in water and muck.

I think I found my next cross stitch project. I wanted to do some kind of English cottage but I found this pattern instead and really liked them. Just hope I have to the skill level to do them justice.

Spring Day???

It was +5 today and the sun was shinning. It was just like a spring day. Ozzy and I did our normal walk around the block a couple of times. Kyle worked last night so he slept most of the day which means I had to be quiet so he could sleep. The harder I try to be quiet the more noise I seem to make.

I cleaned up my craft room a bit (needs alot more work) and while I don't have much stash in the line of thread I did find a number of cross stitch kits that I didn't know that I had; which was a lovely surprise. Not to mention the hundreds of knitting, plastic canvas and cross stitch magazines that I have. I love English cottages so I'm looking for a pattern for my next cross stitch project when I done the Cute as a Button.

Here are some of the kits I found today while cleaning.

A stitch update

Today was absolutely a beautiful day. Actually any day the sun is shinning is a good day. Took Ozzy for a walk since it was so nice. Picked up Kyle's birthday cake for tomorrow. Still find it hard to believe that Kyle is turn 19 tomorrow.

Mom is cooking a turkey tomorrow for dinner (Kyle's favorite) hopefully we won't lose our power in the storm. Rain and wind storm that is. When are we ever going to get some snow!!!

Did some stitching on my Cute as a Button today. Which I'll update. Wondering how I'm going to finish this ornament once it's done. After reading different blogs and looking at pictures and seeing how other people finish their projects I realized once again that I have no idea what I'm doing...lol.

Saturday night = British Comedies

It was cold today. For some reason I found it to be the coldest day so far and it was only -11 with the windchill but I found it to be bitter cold. Since it was cold out, I was able to get my house work done and then did some stitching on my Cute as a Button.



I love TV on Saturday night. PBS has 2 hrs of British comedies on. Which I find extremely funny. My new favorite is My Family. I watched it last week and I must have looked like a nutter. I had tears coming down my face, I couldn't catch my breath I was laughing that hard. Hopefully it will be as good this week.

Snow storm cancelled due to lack of interest

So according to the weather people yesterday we were suppose to wake up to 20+ cm of snow but again weather in Cape Breton is hard to predict and we ended up with just a light power. I was hoping for the 20+ but this was all the snow we got.


So I'm not a big TV fan but my all time favorite show is on this evening after a 6 week hiatus. I love the CW's Supernatural. I'm a sci-fi junkie and cannot wait for this evenings show.

Was able to get a little stitching done today. Here's my progress on Cute as a Button as of today.

New cross stitch project -- Cute as a Button

Started a new cross stitch yesterday it was a free kit from the Cross Stitcher magazine (I love that magazine). Here is a picture of my progress so far (not much).




My son worked days today so I was able to get some housework done that I was neglecting while he was sleeping because he usually works backshift. So I wasn't able to get much done on my Cute as a Button.

We are suppose to get a snow storm this evening. It just started snowing so I took a few pics. Hopefully there will be more of the white stuff tomorrow.

It was a soup kinda of day

Woke up this morning with a craving for chicken soup. So after a trip to the grocery store for a BBQ chicken and some vegetables and 4 hours of simmering I had home-made chicken soup. Good thing it was good because I made enough to last about 2 weeks. Note for next time -- make smaller batch.

So I just start cross stitching last year after having created many items using plastic canvas and I was hooked.

Here is a picture of my second attempt at cross stitching. My first was a small butterfly that my mom claimed.



Another closer pic.



Started a smaller project cross decoration today. Will post some pictures tomorrow.