Working on Christmas Cards

Hi everyone, Have been working on my Christmas cards, I am up to about 53 cards so far and have about another 30 to go. Should be done by tomorrow.

I added a picture of our daughter's new kitten. Her name is Natsuki and she is a tiny little tuxedo kitty. She is so darn cute and just loves to be petted and she purrs up a storm. Lindsay and Natsuki came to visit Terry and I in Macon and our cats, Mars and Ms Saddles - were not very friendly to this cute little kitten. It was quite funny to watch them avoid Natsuki.

Well, this past Wednesday was my birthday, it was a nice quiet day, but lots of birthday wishes and cards and even some presents. Terry got me a Jim Shore Sheep (I love sheep) and a gourd sewing basket. Lindsay gave me a statue of Tinkerbell (Ilove Tink). Received a lovely jar of body butter from my son - Italian Blood Orange - smells great. My sister gave me several things - towels, a cute acorn candy dish (Ilove acorns) and several other things that are now packed away for when we find our new house.

Well, hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday Season.

View from our apartment

Well, here is a view from our apartment here in Macon, Georgia. I also, put the cupcake pincushion as part of the view.

Today, I will be going with a realtor to look at houses on a more serious basis. I am looking forward to this.

Won this cupcake pincushion

Several months ago, a stitching friend from Holland, Heidi, ran a contest on her blog and I was one of the lucky winners. Heidi, is quite the accomplished stitcher and quilter. She also, is a bobbin lace maker. A very talented gal. I wanted to share this when I received it, but with moving and the traveling that I had been doing, computer time was not always on the agenda.

Some stitching I made for Jackie's Birthday

Hi Everyone, just wanted to post some stitching that I had made for Jackie for her birthday. It is the red and gold Whitman Tin using the Jane Timmers pattern for the smalls. I am also going to post some of the purchases of stash that I have accumulated over the past several months.

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.
Roberta

Finally pictures of my travels!

Hi all, sorry for being such a poor blogger, but having not been home and on the go since August and not always having a computer available, I have fallen behind on what is going on in my crazy life.

In October, I helped out a friend in North Carolina. My friend Jackie had knee replacement and I went to help her out. She has a darling dachsund named "Gunther. Jackie lives on a mountain and Gunther and I would walk and walk and walk. The weather was absolutely beautiful while I was there. Not only did Gunther and I walk, but we meet up with friends of Jackie's who also own dogs and we would go on group dog walks. It was great fun and everyone including all the dogs were wonderful and very friendly. I miss my time there, but I am glad to be back home with my DH, Terry.

Visit with an internet friend Nancy

Hi all, On Wednesday, I was able to leave my girlfriend, Jackie in North Carolina to go and meet and visit with Nancy, from one of my yahoo groups. Nancy and I hit if off right away and we just chattered the whole 3 hours I was there. Her house is just darling what with her great bargains from e-bay, yard sales and of course her great sense of decorating. She is a very accomplished stitcher and her samplers and stitched pieces are all on display. (she is one of those who not only finishes the stitching but has them framed or finished into something).

One of my favorite things that Nancy came up with was making a mosaic out of some broken china (one was a tea pot that was very special to her) and putting it into the floor of her kitchen where a cabinet once stood. (she had her kitchen redone by her also very talented husband - know to our group as King Kevin)

We had lunch at Panera Bread Company after which I needed to head back to the North Carolina mountains to my friend Jackie's house.

As an update - Jackie has done absolutely wonderful with her recovery from knee replacement surgery. She has been up and walking with only a cane and sometimes without it and it has only been 2 1/2 weeks.

I have not been stitching as much as usual, but that is OK since a lot of my time is spent walking Jackie's dachsund "Gunther" up and down the mountain roads and fields. I should be in great physical shape by the time I leave North Carolina.

I do have pictures to share, unfortunately I am unable to upload them to this computer, but I will be home by next week and will try to get them on my blog for you all to see.

It is a rainy day today, so we are settling down to finish up computer things and then Jackie and I will watch the Beatrix Potter movie on DVD - I may even try to work on my Beatrix Potter Sampler as we watch. The sampler is almost done - YEAH!!!

Autumn in North Carolina

My life has been so hectic for the last few month, it seems that I never have time to write on my blog. At the moment I am in North Carolina helping out my friend who has had knee surgery. Though my husband and I are in the process of moving to Macon, Georgia and since the move was quick in coming, I am sort of in limbo trying to complete several things that were planned.

My girlfriend, Jackie, is doing great, she is up and about walking with a cane and doing her exercises with great agility. We even took a short drive to have lunch out and to stop at the drugstore to get more pain meds. It was good for her to get out of the house, but it did tire her out.

My main purpose though is to walk her 8 month old doxie puppy, Gunther. I do this about 5 times a day. Now mind you I live in flat!!! Florida and my girlfriend lives in the mountains. Walking was definitely a challenge for me. It has been 11 days and I am actually walking up hill with good speed and plenty of breath - finally. Gunther is a miniature dauchsand (SP?), but he loves to run with the big dogs. I am hoping to get some pictures of that one of these days.

I am finding time to stitch, mostly working on Halloween things and finishing up my Beatrix Potter Samper.

Will try to stay more on top of my daily events now that I have a bit of time and not traveling about.