Monday Update

Let's see....lots to talk about again...

Thursday I worked on Beer Dragon...

Man this one is so hard to put down. But Friday was another Naughty November New Start. Plus it was IHSW (International Hermit Stitch Weekend) This time around Jeremiah picked Lizzie Kate A Little Beach. I started it at home and then packed it up for a lazy cabin weekend. Fred was going to deer hunt with my Dad and Step mom for the weekend and that meant a lot of down time for Jeremiah and I. We watched several movies and just enjoyed our lazy time before the Thanksgiving hustle. No deer for anyone unfortunately. Fred almost got one but she got away. Which my animal lover instinct is kind of happy about haha. I do know the way my dad is though the meat and everything is very well used so it would have been okay if they had caught up. Anyway back to my stitching. Last night I put the final stitches into the Lizzie Kate...

I just love how it turned out. The kit came with linen which isn't my favorite thing to stitch on but I love the way it looks. I asked mom (since I knew she would steal it haha) and she said a little pillow would look great so another reason to pull out the sewing machine.

So third Naughty November start and third finished. Don't worry I will ruin that with the last start it's a larger piece and I doubt I will stick with it till I finish it. Too many other projects screaming at me for attention. 

Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US. Lots to do between now and then. Few last groceries to gather tomorrow. Prep day Wednesday with Pumpkin pies, deviled eggs, veggie dip, and cutting up veggies, and another yummy dessert that Jeremiah demands called Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball. Yummy Yummy. We will eat ourselves miserable then Thursday. Just our little family in our house. Nothing fancy but means the world to us. Fred has to work Friday so hopefully that will mean lots of stitching and relaxing time. In between eating leftovers of course haha. I hope everyone has a great week. Try to find time to yourself.

Update

 Oops missed my Monday update. We had a fantastic week at our cabin for Halloween week. Few friends joined us and of course loved our happy place too. The weather was cold but honestly that was a nice change. I did stitch every day in October! How awesome is that. Now since we've got home I'm so far behind. No stitching. Just trying to catch up. I'm either walking. Trying to read emails. Doing laundry. Walking more. No time. I need more time haha. Don't we all?? As you seen in my Halloween post I did manage to finish up another Halloween Mini so that made two finished this year. Wohoo. Now it's ready to be put away though. I have so so many projects screaming to be stitched. I've told myself NO SALs next year! I just need a year off. I need to breath and stitch to be happy and work on what I want to work on. Please please remind me this when I see all the fun stuff starting this winter when I'm in hermit mode. I will pick out a year long monthly piece but that's it. I want to concentrate on my being healthy and just being happy. 

Haha now might not be a good time to talk about this but I did join in with Rachel and I think a few others for Naughty November. Hey it's not really a SAL. It's blog fun. That's different. Plus it's a good excuse to start 4 new projects. That's the naughty part. So I went through everything......that was mean..... and narrowed the choices down to 4.....wow that was hard. So on the Friday's in November I will be starting a new project. Here are my 4 picks...

 

A Little Beach from Lizzie Kate. What a cute little project. 

 

Woof Block Party from Hands on Design

A Thanksgiving Heart from Sekas

Peppermint Sleds from Lizzie Kate 

I don't know which one of the 4 will be first. I'm going to let Jeremiah randomly pick a number for the pick. He loves doing that. Yes I love the irony that I complained about having projects yell at me and then I'm starting 4 more but hey it's Naughty November. I deserve it. Get over it! Haha.

I probably won't get too much time on them of course. We are going to our cabin still on the weekends. This weekend is supposed to be warm again even. So we will clean up and take down our Halloween decorations. 

Have a great week....end. Love yourself. Love each other. Smile. I'm sure trying. I'll be back Monday.....hopefully for an update.