Well, not exactly on the edge, but too close to it.
I ended up starting my project that I had decided not to start after all on New Year's Night. Last night, I had time to sit and stitch on it for 3 hours. And at the end of that time, I realized that the left hand side is only about an inch and a half away from the edge of the fabric. I always leave 3 inches all the way around, so I'm not sure how this happened. I got frustrated and went to bed.
After thinking about it and looking at it a few times today, I think I'm going to start it over on a darker fabric this time. I could spend time pulling the stitches out and saving the entire piece of fabric that it's on now, but since it is on 28 ct and I use a #24 needle, it may not look very good if I do that. I'm just going to cut off the messed up part and use the rest of the fabric for something else. But it's getting late to be starting anything new tonight, so I will wait until tomorrow to tackle it.
The piece is called Raise A Glass Of Cheer by Blackbird Designs. I love it! I hope that 2010 will be a better year for me than the last 3-4 have been, so I'm doing this one in anticipation of that...
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
I spent last night and today doing some of my favorite things...watching tv and stitching. Last night I watched Four Christmases and A Dog Named Christmas. One was really funny, and one was really touching. I had read the book A Dog Named Christmas last year, and as far as I remember the movie was pretty close to the book. I hate when they change the book up for the movie. Today I have been stitching and watching a Law and Order: SVU marathon on USA.
I had planned to start a new project, but I'm working on some Christmas ornaments that I really wanted to get done this season, and so I kept working on them. I think this will be a year when I try to get some WIPs finished up. There are several that I am going to work on as soon as my ornament binge is over. I have done several ornaments and what will be pinkeeps during this holiday season...I'll have to get pictures posted soon!
I hope everyone has a wonderful 2010!
I spent last night and today doing some of my favorite things...watching tv and stitching. Last night I watched Four Christmases and A Dog Named Christmas. One was really funny, and one was really touching. I had read the book A Dog Named Christmas last year, and as far as I remember the movie was pretty close to the book. I hate when they change the book up for the movie. Today I have been stitching and watching a Law and Order: SVU marathon on USA.
I had planned to start a new project, but I'm working on some Christmas ornaments that I really wanted to get done this season, and so I kept working on them. I think this will be a year when I try to get some WIPs finished up. There are several that I am going to work on as soon as my ornament binge is over. I have done several ornaments and what will be pinkeeps during this holiday season...I'll have to get pictures posted soon!
I hope everyone has a wonderful 2010!
Friday, December 25, 2009
My Christmas Presents
Wednesday was the day for nice Christmas presents it seems. I ate dinner with three of my closest friends and got not one but two gift certificates to my LNS! We had a nice dinner and it was great to just be able to spend some time with them.
But my greatest gift came earlier that day, when I met with the regional manager and was offered the job that I had written about earlier! I start January 4th, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Thanks for all the good thoughts and good wishes...it finally paid off! LOL
Merry Christmas...and God bless us everyone!
But my greatest gift came earlier that day, when I met with the regional manager and was offered the job that I had written about earlier! I start January 4th, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Thanks for all the good thoughts and good wishes...it finally paid off! LOL
Merry Christmas...and God bless us everyone!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Belated Blogaversary To Me
No, I have not fallen off of the face of the earth...LOL
Yesterday was the anniversary of my blog...1 year! Does it still count if I really only wrote for about half of that time? :) My life got busy and it impacted everything.
About the time of my last post, I started a new job after almost 2 years of not working. It was with an agency that does school-based therapy (I'm a mental health therapist...not to be confused with just being a mental therapist LOL) and since the school year was almost over, I got to start at the beginning of the summer program the agency does for the kids to ensure that they keep receiving the services that they need until school starts again. I thought I was going to die by the end of the summer! I am the kind of person who goes inside in late April and doesn't come back out until October or so. Not this year! We went swimming every Monday afternoon, and every other Thursday we went to a local water park for the afternoon. I am not supposed to be exposed to direct sunlight due to one of the medications I am taking, so I stayed sunburned for a good part of the summer. Despite all of that, it really was kind of fun. I came home so tired from the heat and the kids that I didn't get to stitch much, and my blogging and blog reading suffered for it.
Well, as of about 2 weeks ago, I am once again unemployed. I was still in that initial probationary period, and they decided that "it wasn't a good fit" for me. I think that means 2 things really...one is that the director is one of those people who is kind of fake and I'm one of those people who is definitely real and I don't think she liked that, and the other reason is that the hospital that the agency is affiliated with is cutting staff and since I was one of the highest paid therapists (due to my 15+ years of experience)...
I was really hurt by all of that because I really liked the job. I had a really good interview on Tuesday of this past week for another agency and I'm am hopeful about that. This agency does not have much in the way of benefits, but it does pay better so I'm hoping things will even out in the end. The guy who interviewed me said that there has been talk about putting together a benefits package and offering it but that this is not something that will happen anytime soon. The hours are much more flexible but it's a contract job where you are paid by the billable hour instead of by salary and I have never done that before. I have been thinking about it and there are a lot of positives so I guess I'll wait and see what happens. Keep good thoughts for me.
I have had time to start stitching again though. I am currently stitching Midnight Watch by Blackbird Designs and also a small freebie that I got from The Sampler Girl's blog a while back called Quaker Boo. Autumn is my favorite season, and for some reason I'm into Halloween this year as well. I always like it for the memories of my childhood and just for the spirit (no pun intended) of it all, but this year I'm into stitching Halloween designs as well. I also have a larger fall piece started that I will get back to by the end of the month and then in late November it's time to start stitching Christmas stuff...my favorite favorite season!
I hope to do better about writing here and reading the blogs that I follow...I do go catch up on them periodically but I rarely have time to comment.
So hopefully...I'm baaaack!
Yesterday was the anniversary of my blog...1 year! Does it still count if I really only wrote for about half of that time? :) My life got busy and it impacted everything.
About the time of my last post, I started a new job after almost 2 years of not working. It was with an agency that does school-based therapy (I'm a mental health therapist...not to be confused with just being a mental therapist LOL) and since the school year was almost over, I got to start at the beginning of the summer program the agency does for the kids to ensure that they keep receiving the services that they need until school starts again. I thought I was going to die by the end of the summer! I am the kind of person who goes inside in late April and doesn't come back out until October or so. Not this year! We went swimming every Monday afternoon, and every other Thursday we went to a local water park for the afternoon. I am not supposed to be exposed to direct sunlight due to one of the medications I am taking, so I stayed sunburned for a good part of the summer. Despite all of that, it really was kind of fun. I came home so tired from the heat and the kids that I didn't get to stitch much, and my blogging and blog reading suffered for it.
Well, as of about 2 weeks ago, I am once again unemployed. I was still in that initial probationary period, and they decided that "it wasn't a good fit" for me. I think that means 2 things really...one is that the director is one of those people who is kind of fake and I'm one of those people who is definitely real and I don't think she liked that, and the other reason is that the hospital that the agency is affiliated with is cutting staff and since I was one of the highest paid therapists (due to my 15+ years of experience)...
I was really hurt by all of that because I really liked the job. I had a really good interview on Tuesday of this past week for another agency and I'm am hopeful about that. This agency does not have much in the way of benefits, but it does pay better so I'm hoping things will even out in the end. The guy who interviewed me said that there has been talk about putting together a benefits package and offering it but that this is not something that will happen anytime soon. The hours are much more flexible but it's a contract job where you are paid by the billable hour instead of by salary and I have never done that before. I have been thinking about it and there are a lot of positives so I guess I'll wait and see what happens. Keep good thoughts for me.
I have had time to start stitching again though. I am currently stitching Midnight Watch by Blackbird Designs and also a small freebie that I got from The Sampler Girl's blog a while back called Quaker Boo. Autumn is my favorite season, and for some reason I'm into Halloween this year as well. I always like it for the memories of my childhood and just for the spirit (no pun intended) of it all, but this year I'm into stitching Halloween designs as well. I also have a larger fall piece started that I will get back to by the end of the month and then in late November it's time to start stitching Christmas stuff...my favorite favorite season!
I hope to do better about writing here and reading the blogs that I follow...I do go catch up on them periodically but I rarely have time to comment.
So hopefully...I'm baaaack!
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