tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59365612009-11-30T14:22:39.526-06:00Life, Liberty and Still in Pursuit of a Good Woman for PresidentAdanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12495620914021162238noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936561.post-70878369039461371082009-10-31T01:08:00.002-05:002009-10-31T01:12:22.761-05:00

It's officially Halloween!!I got the blue crocheted baby blanket done in less than a week, given to the about to be new mom, and then closed on our new house. Surrounded in my current house by cross-stitch, I cannot wait to get moved, settled and have my stitching organized in it's own room so I can start stitching again.Happy candy eating everyone!!!

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Pictured at left is a treat bag that I made for a Legacy BB Halloween exchange back in 2002 with a little pudgy from SBs Baby Bug Ball. It was a hard one to give up once done as it's lined with some fun spiderweb print fabric and it turned out so much better than I imagined, but off to Canada it went.Stitching something for Halloween was always one of my favorite things to do, but it won't happen

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I sit here surrounded by stitching supplies, charts, books, magazines, etc, and I am completely overwhelmed. Why you ask...because I'm supposed to be packing it all up for the move. I have not had the time or interest the past couple years to stitch as my mind has been other places. A new job in the cancer research department as of July 2008, the failing health of my father who had Alzheimers and

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I'm thinking it's a waste of time and money to even buy calendars anymore since the pages just fly off of them right by my face. I always loved the saying "CAUTION: Dates on calendar may be closer than they appear". Nothing could be more true these days.I've changed many things about my life since I was last here. I have a new job and with it new surroundings, new learning curve, new boss, new

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It's been a week since I stitched this little sign from the Salem Witch chart (Primitive Needle), and I've got another one kitted up to take along to Salem with me. This came in the mail last Thursday (more than a week ago) and I couldn't stop looking at it or resist the urge to just put needle to fabric and stitch the darn thing. So on Saturday evening I found out just how quick a stitch this

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The weeding has begun.All from a smoke-free, pet-free home.Proceeds go to a local charity.Please email me at adana69 (at) yahoo.com and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.Easter Egg Sampler kit by Drawn Thread ($15.00)My Son by Indigo Rose ($45) complete with silks on 32 ct light sand linenStitching Chair Necessaire by Hillside Samplings ($50) kit has SAL instructions includedAmericana

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I guess at the rate I'm going I should wish you all a Happy Halloween as I won't get back here before that happens I'm sure. No pictures right now, just no time, I seem to be a hit and run blogger at the moment.Right now I am very disenchanted with stitching as a whole and am bored to death with some of the projects and charts I own that are taking up space I would like to use for other things

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I've just been too busy lately to keep up with anything stitching related (research and family will do that to you, along with a couple other things on my agenda right now, which includes laughing my guts out at a friend).Hey, my very special friend up north, I cannot thank you enough for the tip off!!! You are just too funny right now in what you're doing, and it makes me roll on the floor with

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I have a finish! Amazing, but true!It's been a while and my life has not been my own lately, so this feels very good right about now.I've been staying with this project day and night just to see it completed and a cohort at work has been cheering me on.This is a repro sampler class project from Rockome this past June by Marjorie Mueller called "1907 Czech/Slovak Sampler". I enjoyed most all of

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After that jury duty stent I did in June where I stitched FOUR of the same thing while sitting all week, I now find myself stitching two of everything small that I start. Strange I know!!! I stitched Love (Carriage House Samplings) and then started over and stitched it again as a gift for Angi and modified her's with that little heart. Here you see my Love pincushion, all finished.Then I stitched

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I'm not sure where the summer went, but the kids are back in school here, the students are back at the University and the stores prove with their school supplies that summer is over. However, the temperatures we've had would never convince you of that.The blog is again open....and some things have been deleted for privacy reasons and for the protection of people I love. I've also deleted all

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That would be the weather, just nothing but hot here for 2 weeks now. We had escaped having our air on for most of the summer until Aug 1 and then the heat wave hit. (08/14/07 Today I found out that my pinkeep did in fact make it to Italy while I'm sitting here waiting to hear from Angi and her emails are just not getting thru to me and I didn't even think to check her blog to see if she posted

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I won't be posting anymore family stuff on this blog now that it's open to the public and stalkers

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What a wonderful day it was yesterday. The weather could not have been much better here in Central IL for the middle of July and it's always fun hanging out with my oldest daughter and sister-in-law Nancy having time to gab and eating fair food, and watching judges attach ribbons to winning pieces. Nan entered lemon squares, but what a bummer, they didn't win anything.Darling daughter, who used

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The fair is coming, the fair is coming. It's not my favorite thing in the world, the food is greasy, the place is way too dirty and dusty for me and my allergies, and the people who work it and who hang out there are a little rude and out there even for me. But we get free entrance at lunch (we who work at the hospital park at the fairgrounds all year and during fair week we are displaced so they

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COOKIES FOR MR. Cby Susan Greening Davisof Still Stitching with Susan LLC2006 JCS Ornament IssueWho knew how really adorable this ornament would be! Kitted up for sale at the Rockome National Counted Cross Stitch Show this year by Stitcher's Express (Mattoon IL), this ornament was a must have after you saw the finished one on the counter. I'm not going to sit here and tell you it was a snap to

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Saturday afternoon I had a wonderful class with Marjorie Mueller of Carol Stream, IL in Arcola IL at the Rockome National Counted Cross Stitch Show. She's a dear sweet lady with a lot of knowledge and passion about needlework and Czech/Slovak heritage and has a most giving heart. We had hard candy and Czech/Slovak classical music while we worked our reproduction sampler and listened to Marjorie

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"Accomplishments of Jury Duty From Hell" or "Variations on a theme not of Paganini but of Blackbird Designs" (Bluebird's Pins & Needles). This is how I spent my long boring hours at the courthouse last week, plus I stitched a bit on my WMN red Christmas Ornament set.It really was a pretty good stitching week. I served all five days, got in the jury pool for traffic court (DUI cases) on both

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JURY DUTY PINKEEPSDAY 1: Well, if nothing else it's been interesting, but closer to "nothing" than "interesting". You usually have one of two things to say about jury duty after the first day, "A long boring day at the courthouse is worse than a good day in the office", or "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."DAY 2: As you can see from what I've accomplished so far this week, there

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Celtic Birds by Sunflower Seed was a fun stitch with Vikki Clayton silk in Ocean Deep. This will be a basket band once I find the perfect fabric and some time with my sewing machine.

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That stands for Friend of ESSY. You know ESSY right? Her real name is Esmeralda and she lives in Modesto, I believe. ESSY has hot lips, a long pink dress and wears her big red heart on the front of her dress. (Not too healthy I'd say). But ESSY represents a very good cause, one I'm quite familiar with in my work in medical research. ESSYs mission is to support women who have been diagnosed with

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I'm still miserable with a sore throat and haven't stitched much the past three weeks, but I'll share the Valentines Day gift I sent to a friend over the pond that arrived a day or so late. I covered one of those boxes you get at Michael's with some darling pink ribbon fabric I found at JoAnn's. I included all things PINK in the box that I could find...beads, ribbons, threads (no pink thread

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Ahhhhh June, another birthday, another pay raise, and hopefully a few more stitches this month. Yes, I'm a cheap date these days. Not a lot of stitching has been done at my house the past couple weeks. Work has been busy and the interview process continues as we add more research staff. I have to say we have never had such a great team of smart, fun, capable women like we do right now.I've been

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I've received two gifts this past week. The first was a kit from my friend Libby. We found out during dinner last week that we have several things in common. This beautiful piece is finished as a trivet and I can't wait to get it stitched as I know right where I want to put it.The other gift was a needlebook and tiny fob from my friend Debs in Indiana. Her stitching is amazing and her over one

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I've been away, very busy and mostly unplugged from everything, and while I took a few projects with me thinking I'd work on them, I only worked on one thing, Christian's Stocking. He's not as easy a stocking as others I've worked, but he's very colorful and it's such fun to watch this one come to life. Once again ATS got no attention this past couple weeks since I can only work on it at home

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