Happy Daytona Day!

Okay, I know it’s Valentines Day but Daytona Day is much much better 🙂  Besides, Kahuna already gave me my Valentines on Friday.  He brought me beautiful pink roses (with one red one).  They are extra special because he bought them locally.  I have been trying very hard to buy from small businesses out in town whenever I have a need to shop in town.  I know it costs more, but I figure the cost to me will be higher if I have to drive past a bunch of empty store fronts.  It’s a good thing for me the “local” needlework shop is a couple of cities over.

Thank you gals for your hugs on “Bandit” day.  I was completely unprepared for how I felt.  I thought I was dealing with it very well.  I think part of how hard it hit me was because I’m not feeling very well.  I have Kahuna’s illness.  I’ve tried to give it back.  This morning I woke with no voice and having trouble breathing.  Right now the breathing part is better and I have a sexy voice.

Yesterday was my monthly stitch together.  We had a nice time.  It was a little more subdued than normal.  Many of us were up late the night before watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony, or killing people in Mafia Wars 🙂

I never switched stitchy projects and continued to stitch on Home of a Needleworker Too yesterday.  Here’s my really bad progress photo:

I also purchased stash.  Margaret Bendig is our ‘teacher’ and she brought in a lovely spot sampler a couple of classes back.  Yesterday she brought in her pattern and it was snapped up fast at our end of the table.  In fact we bought her out.  The photo isn’t the best (her fault, she’s getting a better one) but it’s cross stitch with just a teensy bit of of over one (Joy can be changed to Peace).  It is really quite lovely.  This photo is courtesy of Darla’s cell phone 🙂

I also wanted to share photos of the stash I purchased earlier this month (listed to the right), but just don’t have the energy.  It came in the mail this last week and my fingers are itching to start Thankful Wheeler.

I also purchased again yesterday.  Last month I had asked the shop owner to order a couple of charts for me, but unbeknownst to me it was not time for her to order so when I showed up yesterday they still had not been ordered.  I was looking for fibers for one and Margaret brought some of hers in to show me what they were like.  When I got home I found a source that not only had the chart and fibers, but they were on sale as well!  So, more delving into my stash budget.  I think I’m tapped out 😉  I’ll share what it is when it arrives.