April into May

Well, here I am ... not quite disappeared. It's been a hard and busy couple of weeks - I'll get into that another time. For now, I need to sort out my goals :)

April Roundup

1. Finish Stargazer - No - still some beads to do.
2. Participate in Needleroll SAL - Yes
3. Stitch one ornament for the ornament SAL - No
4. Pinkeep Exchange - Yes
5. Work on Faery Tales - No
6. Stitch 3 Advent Calendar Squares - Only 2 - but a Yes
7. Stitch 2 L*K Blessings - Yes
8. Work on PIF Gifts - No
9. Finish Sampler Gameboard - Yes!

I need to take a photo of Sampler Gameboard ... it is indeedy ALL finished :D

May Goals

1. Stitch 3 Advent Calendar Squares
2. Stitch 2 L*K Blessings
3. Finish Stargazer
4. Work on PIF Gifts
5. Work on Faery Tales
6. Needleroll SAL
7. Ornament SAL
8. Catch up Ornament from last month
9. Finish LHN - The Rose in Morning
10. Work on one of my old WIPs

March into April

March Round-Up

It's been a busy month - but I did okay! LOL

1. Work on Stargazer - YES
2. Stitch 2 Sampler Gameboard Squares - NO
3. Participate in the Needleroll SAL - YES
4. Stitch one ornament for the ornament SAL - YES
5. Pinkeep Exchange - NO
6. Love of Needlework Exchange - YES
7. Work on Faery Tales - NO
8. Stitch 3 Advent Calendar Squares - YES
9. Stitch two L*K Blessing - YES
10. Work on five PIF gifts - Started

April's Goals

Did you notice, I put Sampler Gameboard in ... might be a bit hopeful, but hey - I might as well try!

1. Finish Stargazer
2. Participate in Needleroll SAL
3. Stitch one ornament for the ornament SAL
4. Pinkeep Exchange
5. Work on Faery Tales
6. Stitch 3 Advent Calendar Squares
7. Stitch two L*K Blessings
8. Work on PIF Gifts
9. Finish Sample Gameboard (Gulp!!)

January into February

It's that time of the month again ... goals and round-ups :)

I set a very easy goal for January -

Sort and tidy stash

and mostly, yes I did do it - I certainly got a good way through sorting out WIP's, gave my floss a GOOD sort out so I feel that yes I did accomplish that "wee" goal.

I've set up my rotation on my side-bar, it should be easy to stick to, it is pretty flexible with a few days of the week with "whatever" so I can still stitch as the mood takes me, but hopefully still accomplishing my 2007 goal of getting through that huge WIP list.

So February ...

1. Finish Ashley's Roses
2. Stitch 2 Advent Calendar squares.
3. Stitch one L*K Blessing
4. Stitch 2 Sampler Gameboard Squares
5. Participate in the Needleroll SAL
6. Stitch one ornament for the ornament SAL
7. Work on at least two other WIPs
8. Re-start Faery Tales (Third time lucky?)

Hopefully those will be reasonably easy to keep to!

It's less than a week before school starts back now - it will be hard to get the kids (and ME!) back into the early morning routine. I've been walking with a friend a few mornings a week, meeting at 7.00 or 7.30am so hopefully I won't be too bad. I am looking forward to some quiet days to myself though, as much as I'll miss the cruisy lifestyle we've living the last few weeks!

A stitching ... and Knitting! finish

Yes, I have been stitching - just not a lot, because I've been knitting! ... I started Perennial Garden (The Drawn Thread) before Christmas sometime, but somehow lost my stitching mojo - I was originally going to do it for ebay, and I think that was why - I just couldn't be bothered. I have to say though, that I have stitched this maybe three times now, and it is still a delightful stitch - the flowers are fun to stitch up and it amazes every time how real they look - the detail is amazing!


and here is the knitting, one cricket vest :) This was going to be for Cameron (the red and blue are the rep team colours), but as I was knitting it I thought how much his best friend would want one too - so I waited until I'd finished to gage how much I'd want to knit another. As it turns out Cameron would rather have the stripes on the bottom band as well as the V neck, and really he could do with one size bigger - this fits fine, but a size bigger would probably do him two summers. So, anyway ... this is now for Curtis - and I've knitted the back and about a quarter of the front for Cameron's. I've got to say - hurray for one day cricket matches on the telly, it's perfect knitting watching - as much as I like knitting and used to do a lot of it, after stitching/embroidery for so long I find it really boring! LOL

... and how was our New Year? Well, lets just say my No.1 hate as a parent is pukie kids ... and we're now onto a week of it - I'm really really really hoping that Josh is definitely the last of us - we thought Josh and Cameron had had it earlier, but they either got it twice or had it mildly the first time and got it well and truly the last couple of days. Even I came down with it - which is unusual! We had the Royal in-law visit on Sunday ... which of course was the day DH came down with it - I was royally p***ed with him as he just disappeared into our bedroom/ensuite and never appeared again - leaving me with his oh so lovely parents (which is always hard work), not feeling so hot myself ... boy was I glad when they finally left - only good thing is I bet they won't be eager to see us for a while! LOL

I'm only going to set one January goal, and that is to sort out my stash and WIPs - until I do that I don't really know what I should be, could be, stitching. I started a new piece last night and as I was sorting through looking for the right threads, was quite distraught at what a mess it all is - so that definitely has to be my no.1 goal!

I think the sun is finally going to come out today, so hopefully I'll be able to get the well kids out to the park or something to clear the sickie cobwebs away - and get some washing out on the line!

Hope you all had a much better New Year celebration than me!

November to December

Ohhhh November just wasn't a good month for me - high hopes, that fell flat! LOL ... surely, surely December has to be better.

November Hopes
1. NZ SAL Ornament - yes
2. 2nd Mirabilia RR piece - mostly, need to add beads and I'm missing 2 Krienks I still need to order to finish it.
3. Wall-hanging thank you for Charlotte's kindy - yes
4. Finish (as in put together finishing) the ornaments I've stitched this year - some
5. SBEB Ornament exchange finished and sent off - no
6. Cross Stitch Crazy Ornament exchange finished and sent off - no
7. Cross Stitch Crazy 12 Day gifts to send off - yes
8. Couple of "mummy" board gifts, including an ornament, to send off - no
9. NZ Ornament exchange to finish - no
10. Teachers gifts to make/organise (Kruser, Ross, Trim and McDonald) - no
11. Gym coach gifts to make/organise (Sandy, Helen and Gill) - no
12. Bags to make for Christmas Gifts - Mum, Betty, Deb - no

Guess what my goals THIS month are? Remarkably, like last months ;)

December Goals
1. Finish off 2nd Mirabilia RR piece and send off.
2. Carry on finishing (as in put together finishing) the ornaments I've stitched this year.
3. SBEB Ornament exchange finished and sent off - will be doing TODAY.
4. Cross Stitch Crazy Ornament exchange finished and sent off, another TODAY.
5. Couple of "mummy" board gifts, including an ornament, to send off, just need to add a couple of small gifts, will send off this week too.
6. NZ Ornament exchange to finish
7. Teachers gifts to make/organise (Kruser, Ross, Trim and McDonald)
8. Gym coach gifts to make/organise (Sandy, Helen and Gill)
9. Bags to make for Christmas Gifts - Mum, Betty, Deb

... and stitch whatever I want!

October into November

Another month gone ... we're nearly at the end of the year!

October was a pretty good stitching month for me :)

1. Finish the finishing of my smalls exchange - yes!
2. 1st Mirabilia RR piece - yes!
3. Ornament - Yes!
4. 2nd Mirabilia RR piece - No
5. Ebay item - Yes (need to put together though)
6. 5hrs HAED - Yes, plus some, and finished!
7. NZ SAL Ornament - Yes!
8. 10hrs Stargazer - no
9. Ebay piece - no
10. 5hrs The Kiss - no
11. Finish piecing quilt together - yes and finished!

Also started and finished Sweetheart Tree's Pink Carnations (picture to come)

November Goals

My most exciting goal this month? To get Charlotte off to school - woohooo!

Oh - and stitching, this is going to be an ignore my big pieces, Christmassy month - lots of exchanges, lots of ornaments to make up and lots of gifts to sort out.

1. NZ SAL Ornament
2. 2nd Mirabilia RR piece
3. Wall-hanging thank you for Charlotte's kindy
4. Finish (as in put together finishing) the ornaments I've stitched this year.
5. SBEB Ornament exchange finished and sent off.
6. Cross Stitch Crazy Ornament exchange finished and sent off.
7. Cross Stitch Crazy 12 Day gifts to send off.
8. Couple of "mummy" board gifts, including an ornament, to send off.
9. NZ Ornament exchange to finish.
10. Teachers gifts to make/organise (Kruser, Ross, Trim and McDonald)
11. Gym coach gifts to make/organise (Sandy, Helen and Gill)
12. Bags to make for Christmas Gifts - Mum, Betty, Deb

I'm hoping to get most of things done in November - and have written them down, mainly so I don't forget anything! I also plan to have a huge sewing week the week that Charlotte starts school - I also should finish my soccer job that week (BIG yeeehaaaaa!), so am planning a "ME" week - I can't wait!!!