Author Archives: Terri

Shepherd's Bush 4Sale

Posted on February 14, 2008 | Comments Off

I’ve finally started listing my stash for sale. Shepherd’s Bush is the first to be listed. I’ll probably be going through my The Silver Lining designs next. All items can be found under the “4Sale” tab at the top of my blog. Thank you in advance for looking.

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Hail and Farewell

Posted on February 14, 2008 | Comments Off

First the farewell: Last night I finally cleaned out the wonderful Old Navy canvas bookbag that I dragged around school for 3 years. It only took me 9 months from the time I graduated to do it. I cannot believe I actually felt sad doing it. It is a fantastic bag and will be used again in the future.

Hail to Valentine’s Day, not. Try as I might I could not talk Kahuna into sticking with our weekly Wednesday night out to dinner plans. He wanted to change them to tonight, so we’re going out tonight. Where a bazillion other people will be waiting around for an hour for a table to eat food that will probably not taste as well as it normally does because they’re so crowded and in a hurry to get people fed and out the door to feed other people.

It’s not that I don’t appreciate the sentiment, it just that he’s my Valentine every day of the year, and he knows how I feel about him, since I don’t wait until the 1 or 2 obligatory days of the year to tell him, so I don’t feel the need to do something special just because Hallmark says February 14 is a special day of the year.

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And something I forgot

Posted on February 13, 2008 | Comments Off

I am going to probably start making my own bread again. Nothing fancy in the past, just my bread machine, but now I’d like some good french and whole wheat recipes and the recommendation of a good bread knife. I hate it when I try to cut my bread and the knife smooshes it. Just ruins the whole dang experience.

🙂

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Posted in Food

Give a gal a hand?

Posted on February 13, 2008 | Comments Off

I was off work again yesterday while 90% of the world went to work. If you read my blog then you’ll recall that staying home when most everyone else is at work makes me yearn to be a kept woman. I’m still on that quest. Yesterday, I spent lot of time thinking on how best to get me there. I have a couple of areas that need some major straightening out. They both revolve around money. We do not want for anything right now, and I’d like for it to remain that way when Kahuna finally retires.

I am trying to get my act together to where I don’t H.A.V.E. to work. Not today, next month, or probably even next year, but at the most in 5 years, I want to be able to be voluntarily unemployed. I don’t know if I’m the type of person who could just quit and be 100% financially dependant on Kahuna, but I would like to find out, and if I find myself going cabin crazy, I’d like to be able to either just be a volunteer somewhere, or if I feel the need for pocket money of my own, temp, or at the most work part time a few days a week. So, while I’ve been working on that, I’m wanting to ramp it up a bit.

With that I stand here, hat in hand, sort of, and ask you for your help.

I want Kahuna and I to start “eating clean.” If you have any resources that you personally swear by, I would appreciate the referral.
I want to only spend $300 a month to do the above and am looking for some “shopping lists” that accomplish that. So far I’ve only found $200 a month for 1 person. Right now I’m spending close to $500 and I feel like I’m wasting a lot of money.

I’m hoping by putting this out there, someone may suggest something that I haven’t thought of. I’m planning on going to the bookstore this weekend for a sit and browse and any books suggestions will be hunted down.

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Posted in Finances, Food

A weekend well spent

Posted on February 11, 2008 | Comments Off

Thank you all so much for your comments on the bourse. It was surprisinly easy to make and I’ll definitely being making more of them and it has given me the confidence to try other things.

Needless to say my visit with Melissa was as wonderful as it always is. Probably better since we finally got to have our Christmas and then I got to share her birthday with her. She arrived around 11 and after exchanging gifts we went to lunch at a local Greek café. I love their food and if Kahuna and I move away from here, we’re going to miss this place. Their soups are to die for and I’m always tempted to lick the bowl! LOL I ended up getting soup to go for Melissa and I to have for supper that evening.

After we got home she helped me work on the photo program that’s attached to my webpage. I have a lot of uploading to do still, but it will be located (for now) at trixsterri.com/photos

Believe it or not, we stitched! I even have a happy dance from it. I finished stitching Atelier de brodeuse, which I neglected to take a photo of last night. I’ll remedy that and provide the promised hula girl lamp photo 😉 hopefully later today. I plan on finishing it into a wall hanging using some of the tons of fabric I already have.

While we were gone Kahuna was out on a 3 ½ hour bike ride. My behind hurts just thinking about it. He wasn’t home for very long (and he was resting during that) before he left again to attend the monthly networking meeting at our tri-club. I opted to stay home and visit with Melissa and I’m so glad we did because we were together for practically the whole day. We were still talking away when he got home from his meeting and had been in bed asleep for quite some time by the time Melissa left. We had so much catching up to do!

Sunday morning while Kahuna was out surfing I got some organization done. I cleaned out the refrigerator and made a grocery list to restock it with healthy food. I don’t know how it happens, but that refrigerator was crammed full of stuff and it was hard to tell what was in there, and a lot of it was stuff we shouldn’t be eating. I still need to tackle the pantry. Sometime during all this Kahuna also went on a 9 mile run. After I got groceries put away I worked in my office some. I took photos of what I need to work on so I can decide what to do each time I get in there. I feel so overwhelmed by the clutter that sometimes it’s hard for me to tell that I’ve made any progress. I know taking photos of my stitching shows me progress, so I figure doing the same in my office will help.

I never did get around to stitching any yesterday. Later in the afternoon Kahuna decided he was too tired to clean our cars and God bless him he paid to have them both detailed out in town. My little bumble-Z is so pretty when she’s clean. After that we went and had a coffee and just sat and talked, which we haven’t done this weekend with us both sort of going in opposite directions. I made sure we had a sit-down meal for supper and I felt when the day ended that we were somewhat back into a normal routine.

So here it is Monday again. The weekend went by too quickly and the alarm sounded too early. Today, I return to the gym. I thought to do it last week as soon as the doctor told me I could, but since I wasn’t expecting the doctor to “release” me, I had planned so much to do during my early time home from work. My gym bag is currently sitting at my feet under my desk and I have a phone call in to my trainer to discuss a few things with her. Even though I’m not going to be able to retain her services right now, she wanted me to call her when I was able to return so she could give me some things to do that wouldn’t put too much stress on my foot.

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Posted in Finishes, Friends, Life

Secret project reveal

Posted on February 9, 2008 | Comments Off

I am not a sewer. In fact, it’s been so long since I used my machine that I don’t know where the instruction booklet is and am having fits trying to get the bobbin tension proper.

I’ve long wanted to make some of the wonderful smalls I’ve seen in the stitching world. Pillows of all sorts, wall hangings, needlebooks, bourses, etc., but because I don’t sew well I’ve always been intimidated to give it a go.

If there’s anyone in the stitching, or triathlon, world that doesn’t know, I consider Melissa a sister of my heart. She’s my BFF 🙂 and knows more about me than anyone else in the world except Kahuna. I met her online.

When I lived in Japan I joined a yahoo WW group that she ran. I don’t remember how long I was a member of the group before I unsubbed and moved to California; but one day, I rejoined. She followed a link in my signature to my stitching photos and wrote me that she stitched too. I think I had a folder of some designs I was selling/trading and she contacted me then to do a trade, but anyway, this really kicked off us getting to really know one another. A while later there was a get together of local to me stitchers and she drove down and that was our first face to face meeting. We ate lunch at Chili’s that day and she sat across from me and I remember thinking “I’m going to like this gal!” Little did I know! LOL We have so many things in common.

Here it is, more than 6 years later, and I feel so blessed to have her in my life. She’s the first person I think of sharing anything with, next to Kahuna and sometimes I don’t even share it with him. She is one of the most giving people I know and I know how appreciative she is of every stitching gift/exchange she receives. I wanted to be one of the someones who has given her something.

She’s coming over today (in fact I just verified that she’s on the way) for us to finally have our Christmas get together. Our schedules have not allowed us to visit since Thanksgiving and I have truly missed visiting face to face with her. Her birthday is next week, and she’s going to be out of town, so I’m also gifting her with her birthday gift, which is what I’ve been secretly working on. There’s a little written bit that goes along with the gift, but I’ll let her share that if she wants. I think I was brave enough to attempt it because I knew she loved me and wouldn’t judge my errors too harshly and know that the attempt was an attempt from the heart.

The stitching is over 1 on 25 ct antique white Lugana in DMC 321. The fibers in the bourse are Belle Soie Cranberry, Lasagne, Elegant Eggplant, Fresh Raspberries, Carrot Cake, Espresso and Creme de Menthe. Sounds like a great birthday meal, doesn’t it! 😉

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Tag – I'm it

Posted on February 7, 2008 | Comments Off

I got tagged by Melissa. Here’s the good, bad, and ugly.

1. I do not like children

2. I am strongly against illegal immigrants and a lot of my job deals with them.

3. I have been stitching for more than 30 years.

4. I could probably go the rest of my life without leaving my house and be perfectly happy.

5. I’m probably the most judgmental person I know.

6. I know karate.

7. I love to drive very fast

8. People don’t know me as well as they think they do.

9. I’m happily married to someone who doesn’t say “I love you.”

10. I love coconut cake.

Now, I thought about not tagging anyone else, because I really don’t like these things. They put too much pressure on me because I feel like all the randomness in my life is not nice stuff, but I figured what the heck…I’ll just be not nice and put the pressure on someone else! 😆 Of course this probably means they’ll never comment on my blog again…Sue and Karin…tag, you’re it!

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Stitch Stash Update

Posted on February 4, 2008 | Comments Off

Wonderful postal day to top off my wonderful doctor office visit.

Today’s mail brought me more silks for Houses of and Village of Hawk Run Hollow. I’m 1 silk short of having all of them for HOHRH, and that’s because I typed in the wrong number by one digit when I sent in my order. 🙄

I also received the latest Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers, Where My Heart Blooms. While I love almost every other one I’ve received, I think this one is definately my favorite so far and has been moved to the top of my start list for Loose Feathers designs. This year I have decided that my automatics should include chart and fibers only so I can start to use some of the tiny bit of fabric stash I have. Did I just hear someone choke? 😛

Have you ever noticed yourself collecting designs without realizing it? While I do already have a few of the designs, I have found myself in a Little House Needleworks mood lately. Either my tastes have altered just a bit or Diane is designing more with me in mind 😉 Anyway I have added several charts to my small chart stash (there was that sputtering sound again!), namely, Neccessities Sampler, Psalm 145, The Sampler Lady, Nature’s Beauty, Two White Houses, Two Red Houses, Two Blue Houses, and Home of a Needlworker (too!). Quite the haul, huh.

I don’t know why I put them off for so long, but I also picked up a couple of Prairie Schooler’s Santas: 1984-1987, 1988 – 1991, and 1996 – 1999. I definately would like to add the others, but they’ll have to go on my wish list for now.

So, Kahuna has come home from work, dinner has been served and cleaned up after (oh the joys of leftovers!), puppies have been played with, and it’s now time for me to catch up with my DVR and stitch.

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Follow-up on doctor appt

Posted on February 4, 2008 | Comments Off

I am a happy person.

I walked out of there with customized inserts, a night splint, personal physical therapy advice, and a “go forth and walk on the treadmill, swim in the pool, cycle your fanny off” blessing from the doctor.

No incline on the treadmill and absolutely no concrete, asphalt walking.

NO running of any kind for at least 6 weeks (follow-up appt).

I have to wear the inserts for 1 hour tomorrow, then increase the length of time each day following. I also probably need to be wearing them for at least a week before I attempt the treadmill so my arch will get used to having that hard thing holding it up.

I’ll have to start out slouchy with the night splint and increase the stretching tension on it over time. My achilles is also not stretched properly which is probably leading to some of the heel problems.

I must wear stiff soles shoes when cycling, which I do anyway since I wear clip in cycling shoes.

Guess who’s going to the gym tomorrow 😀

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Posted in Fitness, Injury