It's The Weekend!!

Good Morning Everyone!! Well it is half the weekend for me. DD is off school today and I think she is still sleeping. We have plans later which includes her working on a project that is due Monday. DS has school but it is a fun day for him as it is Patriot Pride Day and he can wear jeans along with his HS emblem t-shirt.

It has been a busy week for DH this week. I never imagined that he would have most of the cabinets installed this week but there isn't much left to do in the way of the actual install process. Of course there is still a lot of work to do as there is the trim, lightrails, tile backsplash, etc. BUT my new kitchen is looking like a kitchen finally. I am so happy and never dreamed I would ever have a kitchen like this one. Since early in our marriage, I always dreamed of a big kitchen but was always happy with what I had. Now I am going to have something that I hand-picked. Cool!!

Here is a photo of the sink side of the kitchen. I think the dishwasher looks cool with the cabinets. It will be even better when it is all hooked up and working. My hands are being destroyed because of the hand washing everything and the cold weather. But hand cream seems to be finally working and it won't be long now before that baby is washing and drying our dishes.

This next picture is the stove/refrigerator side of the kitchen. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow, DH will have the rest of the cabinets up and the refrigerator in place. I would have taken a picture of the fridge but there are tools in the way (what else is new in this house these days?)

And here is my new stove. It is not white, it is stainless. It is just all covered in this protector stuff and everything else. I don't want DH unwrapping it til it needs to be put in its place.

And here is my stitching for the week. It is not much, but I have been trying to sit for at least 15-30 minutes each day and do a little bit. This week found me a little anxious and unsettled and I didn't want to have to frog any stitches so I left it alone a few days to avoid the ripping out. I know if I have to start ripping, it will all be put away yet again. I don't want that happening.

It is shaping up to be a busy weekend around here. Besides DD's report, we have lots going on. DS has been invited to a Freshman Dance at our local high school (not his). It is just a friend and she doesn't live far away. But most of his other friends will be there so he should have a blast tonight. I still don't know what time the dance is and I have stopped bugging DS about it. I did my part with the permission slip and clothing. He needs to find out when to be ready and if we are driving to or from the dance. I don't know the girl's parents but they live near my father in law so it isn't far away or in some unknown area where I am prone to get lost without Mapquest or DH's GPS.

Kitchen related, we are going to pick out the granite this weekend too. Then after that, the granite company will come out and make templates. I "think" shortly after that it will be installed within a couple of weeks. I don't know all this stuff exactly. I am finding that if my brain gets overloaded with unknown building stuff, I tend to have selective hearing. But all is good. I will be educated in that this weekend. I just need to decide on a color of granite. I have a feeling that will not be easy. It took me over a week to pick out paint. I won't have a week to pick out stone.

I also need to look at faucets again. I did a search online at the local stores but the pictures do not do these faucets any justice. I need to see these in person. As an example, I saw my sister-in-law's faucet online. It is beautiful up close and personal. The picture is ugly and for the price, I can see people saying they would never pay the price for that faucet. Yet, like I said, it is beautiful. So that is also on the agenda.

There are other things going on but at the moment, I can't remember. I just know that I want to enjoy the weekend and I want DH to get the kitchen futher to completion. I think that is why I am having anxiety problems. LOL It comes and goes but I am like a kid waiting for Christmas these days and I really need to settle down a bit. Otherwise, I will never get my kitchen stitching finished in time for the grand opening.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Focus, Baby!!

After spending a weekend with boxes of cabinets all around and dealing with DH tiling the kitchen and the dust of him having to cut the drywall in order to anchor cabinets, I figured out I need to remove myself from the situation for a bit. Right now I am anxious, excited, tired, excited and worse than a kid waiting for Santa to arrive at Christmas. Sooooooooo...I sat down and decided to stitch. After about 3 minutes tops, I put it down, grabbed my coat and DD and went out and did errands. That cleared my head and my wallet but at least it was stuff that we needed and not impulse stuff. I am getting good at making a list and sticking to it. It is the only way the budget will survive these days. I came home to DH still tiling, cabinets still everywhere you can see and decided to get on the computer. I really wanted to settle in and stitch but it just wasn't happening. Then it hit me... While I was trying to get motivated by reading blogs, looking at all of your finishes and WIPS, it came to me. I need some focus. With focus will come the concentration I need to settle down a bit. Of course, it is easier said than done. This all came to me on Saturday and here it is Tuesday. But I have a plan and it will start later today. That is my goal. Later today... I tried yesterday but I had to clean up from all the dust that was made from the NEW drywall being cut. Do you know I really REALLY despise cleaning? I need a maid. When I win the lottery, I am getting a maid. Then again, she will probably quit because I live with slobs. So I better get used to the fact that I am the maid.

Okay I digress...this post is about focus and what I plan on doing. I have quite a few things I want to stitch for my kitchen along with quite a few things that have already been stitched. For the moment I have two kitchen WIPS. They are "Coffee" by Mystic Stitch and "Chef's Wardrobe" by Sue Hillis. I will be jumping back and forth between those two til they are finished or close to finish. Chef's Wardrobe will be finished sooner and then I will add another to my list. Hey, I get a new start sometime in the near future. That is something to look forward to. It has been a long time since I started something NEW.

Now for the already stitched pieces. They are somewhere in my attic which is somewhere in my new upstairs in a box (I hope). Years ago, I bought 6 kits (I was a novice back then) of coffee pots and had them hanging in my old kitchen in my old house. The frames will not match the new kitchen and I am so sure they are dusty (especially if they are not in a box somewhere). So the plan is to unframe them, rewash, stretch and press them and put them in brand new frames that will match my new kitchen. I already know they will go along the top of the huge window. DH even thinks they will look great there as they are each 5 X 7 in size and very colorful. So my plan is to dig them out, check them out and then put them aside til I can get new frames. My only saving grace is that they are all under glass so any damage done will be minimal. I just hope I can locate them quickly. There is lots of stuff in the new upstairs.

So there you have it. I am going to focus and settle down and stitch. It is all there waiting at my stitching side of the sofa. I am hoping to get something done while I do my laundry today. I still have some more cleaning up to do but that is minimal compared to yesterday.

On the kitchen front, the first cabinet was hung up last night. I was going to take a picture but I think I will wait til more are hung up so you can get the full effect. I still don't like the picture I showed you the other day. In the meantime, while you are waiting for kitchen pictures, I may have a cross stitch picture to share. I just need to focus...

Have a great day everyone!

I Really Do Stitch (sometimes)

It may take me awhile, but I really do stitch and now I have some pictures to prove it. LOL Here is my car project all finished. Sorry for the wrinkles but it won't be washed and ironed until all 3 of this series is finished.

Here are the details:
Victorian Sink from UK Cross Stitcher, Issue 182
Designer: Maria Diaz
Started: March 21, 2007
Finished: October 5, 2007
This was solely a car project and it would have been done sooner if it didn't sit in the car untouched from June til mid-September. :)

I have already made a start on the Victorian Toilet and hopefully that will be finished in 2007 as now I have lots of waiting time in the car between DD and DS's after school activities.

Next up is my current WIP and it is Chef's Wardrobe. My stitching time lately has been at a premium as we have been very busy but I have managed to finish all the white and blended white/gray of the chef's uniform and have now started the dark gray (DMC 3799).

Finally the weather is feeling like Autumn (my fav. season) and I am so hoping to have more evenings to sit and stitch. It would be great to have weekends too but that won't be happening until sometime in late November and by that time, I will be getting ready for Christmas. So here's hoping I can have lots of stitching time starting right after Christmas.

Last night as I was stitching on Chef's Wardrobe, I decided that as soon as I finish up a motif in the closet, I will move to another project (Tesori or Coffee). That way, it will feel like I am doing a small design between my larger projects. I am enjoying Chef's Wardrobe and highly recommend Sue Hillis Designs. I love the way her charts are and I love the designs.

Like I mentioned earlier, Fall has arrived and it is so blissfully cool outside. It feels great to have jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt on. I even have the energy to tackle my housework today. My goal is to have everything finished between today and tomorrow so I can enjoy the weekend. We have an off weekend with DS. There are no football games or band competitions scheduled so I can hang around the house and make spur of the moment plans. My kind of weekend.

I best be getting along if I want a housework-free weekend. I hope you all have a great day and hopefully I will have more progress pictures very soon.

Beautiful!

That describes the day here. Finally, after what seems like forever, the humidity has broken and it feels more seasonal around here. I don't think our temperature is going to even reach 80 today. I am so ready for Autumn. It is my favorite time of year and I can't wait for it to get here.

In other news, the roofers are here putting on our new roof. The outside of the addition is now complete other than the siding and the roof and the odds and ends that DH needs to finish. There is also one more window that needs to be installed and I think that is happening this weekend. I am thinking that in the next month that from the outside, people will not know that there is still much to be done. It will look like home again. Probably in a month, I will start the panic mode because the inside will be more ripped up than it already is. LOL The target for my new kitchen is next spring. Lots has to be done before the kitchen can be installed. At least I will still have my old kitchen. I have to take pictures to show you. I have been lazy lately when it comes to my camera. I hope to remedy that soon when I am back into the swing of my "school routine".

I went back to stitching on my car project which is the Victorian Sink from a UK Cross Stitcher magazine. There is not much more to finish. Hopefully today I will finish up the cross stitching and then get to the backstitching.

Last night I sat so nicely with Chef's Wardrobe. There is still not enough to take a picture because it is white on white (well antique white actually) and it is just a white looking blobby thing. Maybe by next week, I will have more finished and will actually take a picture.

School is going good for the kids. They are settling in nicely and I have to admit that I don't have the nervousness and anxiety I had last week. I have my moments, but that is all they are. It passes quickly when I realize that I am getting back into my routine and with any luck, I will have a weekend free from housework. It has been a long summer as weekends were about the only time for me to get things done. And I don't work outside the house. Strange, but true!!

My plan for tonight is to sit and stitch again and veg out in front of the t.v. It felt nice last night and I plan on it again tonight. What a stress reliever!!!

Have a great day everyone!

More Hours

There I said it...I need MORE hours in a day. This week has found me out and about at various appointments.

DS went to the dr. on Tuesday and is loving the fact that he is 2 1/4 inches taller than me and 2 inches shorter than his dad. The boy is 5 feet 5 1/4 inches and 119 pounds. We are going back again this morning so the nurse can read his TB results (can't even find where the needle went, thank goodness) and he needs to get his ear cleaned out. He has been complaining about his ear and the dr. can't even see if there is an infection. He just guessed that there wasn't because of the absence of a fever. We will find out later today.

Then yesterday DS had Freshmen Orientation at the high school. To say he is loving going to the school is an understatement. I just hope he stays this happy once he actually has to open a book and work. LOL

Tonight he has band practice and then Saturday is the first football game and the marching band will be present. Between now and then, I plan on making something for the bake sale table and I need to charge my camera battery so I can take pictures.

Last night for the first time in forever, I stitched and had fun and can't wait to do it again today and tonight. I don't have pictures yet, but I received my order from 123 Stitch and started "Chef's Wardrobe" by Sue Hillis. It felt great last night to be stitching. It is like finding a long lost friend. Starting something new was just what I needed and this design is much smaller than what I have as WIPs (Tesori and Coffee).

As soon as the camera battery charges, I will take pictures of the things I ordered and if I stop with just stitching white on white, I will take a progress picture of "Chef".

It is going to be a busy weekend. Besides the football game on Saturday, we are jarring our tomato sauce for the year on Sunday. I know I have blogged about it before but my DH's family jars tomato sauce every year. So this weekend we will be spending quality time with DH's sisters and brother in law and jarring sauce and of course having the first pot made for Sunday dinner. Monday should be low key and I think (I can't remember) we will be spending it with the neighbors that we went away to NC with. Then it is just a day before the kids go back to school. I can't believe it. Summer just whooshed on by. But I am ready for Autumn. It is my favorite time of the year because I love the cooler weather and all the pretty colors you see during those short months.

Well I best be going for now. I need to get some housework done before I trek out to the dr. with DS.

Today is the Day!

Today is the day I will be picking up my needle and thread and sitting down with Tesori. I have been trying and trying to get my act together and this morning when I woke up, I realized today will be the day. There are lots of reasons. One is there is no work being done on the house. Because of July 4th and all its festivities, our stone mason and plumber are on vacation. Two, I have already told the kids, I will not be running around from here to there. I need a day off to get caught up on laundry and housework and stuff like that. And three, it is beautiful here and there is no better way to spend the day than stitching and folding laundry, when necessary. :)

I have no new progress pictures to share. Work was done up til the middle of this past week but it was all in the "hole". LOL DH and his "crew" dug a tunnel under the house which will house the stairs to the cantina. We ran into a slight problem as our sewer pipe is there. It was supposed to be a few feet away but NOOOOOO that would be too easy for us. But anyway, the plumber should be taking care of it and work will progress within a week. I need to give DH the camera to take a picture of the tunnel. I will not be climbing down a ladder and venturing under my house even though it is only about 5-6 feet in. No way, now how. But knowing DH, he will take some pictures. My plan is to give you some stitching progress pictures this coming week.

That is about it from here. I want to enjoy the beautiful weather we are having. Last week was a bear with the humidity. Today there is such a beautiful breeze and not a cloud in the sky. My kind of day. :)

Have a great day everyone!!!

Stitching Goals

I have been thinking and thinking and thinking some more about my stitching and the state that the stitching is in. In my dream world, I would have all day to stitch and all the things I want stitched would be finished in such a timely matter, it would make my head spin. But that is not the case. I have such a tendency for bigger and/or more intricate patterns. I have lots of stash and patterns that I want to do. I have an even bigger wish list so I need to now live to be over 200 years old. The reality is I want to stitch but can't find the time. At least these days anyway. I am sure once school is out, I will have more time especially since we go to the pool club most days and I sit and stitch while the kids swim and play.

Right now I have the following projects that are started and I want finished...

Tesori D'Italia
Coffee by Mystic Stitch
Victorian Sink from UK Cross Stitcher

I have tons I want to start and I am getting such an itch to start something. Of course everything I want to start is BIG!! My list is in my sidebar under the Multi-Project Challenge. I even found a few things I may add to the challenge. I haven't decided yet.

What to do? What to do?

As of right now, Coffee is on the back burner. Tesori is in the closet (we had company and I didn't want little fingers to dirty my huge piece of linen) and Victorian Sink is in the car. The sink is about the only thing that will be finished soon.

I pretty much know I have to get back to Tesori and I do know I want to get some of my challenge complete. So with that said, I plan on getting Tesori out later today so I can stitch during Dancing with the Stars tonight. I will be working on the sink later today. Coffee will sit a bit longer til I am finished up the next two regions of Tesori. Once I bring Coffee out, I will add another BIG thing from my list for the rest of the summer. If all goes well, I could possibly finish Coffee and start the Fall with a new project. That would be cool.

So all in all, my stitching goals are pretty much the way they have been. The only difference is I haven't had time and I don't see a lot of open blocks of time til June. :( Hopefully in the next couple of days, I will take pictures of the state of my current stitching. Who knows, maybe just maybe there will be progress before then. :)

P.S. I did manage to read ONE book and will start another tonight at bedtime. DD is over half way through her book which will be a Book Report due at the end of May. YEAH US!!

Car Project Update

It is another dreary day here. I wish the sun would come out and stay out. I am sure I would have more energy to do things. As it is now, I feel like I am dragging my butt and chores are taking forever it seems.

Anyway, here is my progress on my car project. It is stitching up fast and I have yet to do any of it at home. It is getting done in the car everyday and at gymnastics once a week. I am enjoying it and I think it will look so pretty in my bathroom once all three are finished.


I also managed a half decent picture of the magazine so you can see what all three will look like when finished.



In other news, not much is happening around here. That is fine by me. I am so hoping to enjoy this coming weekend as once May hits, I think we are booked every single weekend and quite a few weekdays with school things and social functions.

Tonight after gymnastics, I plan on stitching on Tesori. I haven't picked it up all week though I had good intentions. With any luck, I will have a picture to share of that in the coming week.

Have a great day!

TGIF

Good Morning All!! It has been awhile and it is not like I didn't have things to talk about. It has just been too busy around here. My kids' spring break was long and I barely had time to check email because there was always a child on the computer. Then by the time I got to sit here, I didn't feel like blogging. I know, I am bad. :)

Anyway, our Easter was very nice. It was quiet but nice. We had a nice day at home with just going to Mass and then dinner at my sister in law R's house. She had a wonderful dinner and we had a great time. But I realized some time on Monday that all we (the girls) talked about was food. We talked about dinner, recipes, cakes, breads, you name it. From start to finish, the entire afternoon/evening was spent talking about food. LOL But it was nice. You see, both of my sister in laws are great cooks/bakers. I always get great tips from them and I always enjoy whatever they prepare.

This past week was still Spring Break (they went back to school yesterday) and I am now trying to play catch up with housework and so on. DD also had a huge project which is due today. We spent most of the week working on that. I will be so happy when 4th grade is over. I do not remember DS having this much of a work load when he was in 4th grade and that was only 4 years ago. I do know it is one of DD's teachers that thinks he is teaching college age students instead of 9-10 year olds. It is just too much and DH and I came to her rescue last night because she was on the edge of giving up. But hopefully her presentation will be okay. I could tell she was nervous today as she couldn't eat breakfast and barely finished a glass of milk I forced into her. I am now on edge as I can't wait for her to get out of school so I can ask how well her project went.

DS is in a lull right now and I am glad for that. He is pretty much on the downslide of 8th grade. All HS stuff is done at the present and all he has to do right now is keep his grades up. Easier said than done but I am proud of my little man. He is doing much better than I anticipated.

I have been stitching a lot lately. I don't know if it is because of my stress levels or just the need to vegetate or the lousy "spring" weather we are having. Regardless, I am enjoying every minute of it and should have some pictures to show next week.

Thank you for your kind comments on Tesori. I am loving it and the pictures do not do it justice. Even DH is impressed every time he sees me working on it. It is either that or he is still in disbelief that I WILL finish it. The fabric is almost 4 feet long. LOL

Michelle, you will love working on Tesori. I picked out two colorways and asked DH to choose. He chose the colors closest to the Italian flag. I am using DMC 321 and DMC 909. There is some accents done in DMC Metallic Gold (I forget the number but it is on a skein). There will also be some blue in the central panel that has the country outline. I forget the DMC number on that one. The other colorway was a darker red and green. I am pretty sure the red was DMC 498. I don't remember the green as I had a few darker shades which looked great with the 498. If you look on Carla's website, there is a gallery of stitchers' works. I wasn't about to do it in blue (I am just not a "blue" person) and there were some great ideas in that gallery.

My car project is also going great. Right now the bathroom sink I am stitching looks like a blob. As soon as I can backstitch it, I will post a picture. If my scanner was set up, I would show you what the three pieces will look like when finished. Maybe next week, I will try to take a picture of the magazine to show you.

This weekend should be quiet. I have a bridal shower to attend on Sunday. I feel old. It is for our good friends' son's fiance. I remember when the son was 7. Now he is 26. But to let you know I am not THAT old, I was just married when we met these friends. They are close friends with my sister in law. The wedding will be some time in September.

The rest of the weekend, I plan on doing whatever I feel like. The weather is going to be cold and blustery (I can't believe I just said that about April) and right now all I want to do is curl up with my cross stitching. But who knows?

After I send this, I really need to get back on track with my cleaning and such. It is never ending but I really neglected it this week with the kids home.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Officially Spring!

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

I have been wanting to post but I didn't want to bore you with the everyday stuff and not have pictures to share.

Today is officially the first full day of Spring!! It is chilly outside but it is oh so sunny and standing inside looking out, it looks great. Hopefully by the end of the week, the weather will warm up a bit (according to AccuWeather).

This morning while waiting for a load of laundry to come out of the dryer, I decided to finish up DS's graduation announcement. I was at the point where I had to do the Smyrna crosses surrounding "Follow Your Dreams" and I couldn't do it in hand in the car. They just weren't laying straight. Also I had planned to use metallic DMC and that was not cooperating so I changed it to Kreinik Blending Filament and I am very happy with the result. Here is his graduation announcement in all its glory (with the wording taken out for safety reasons):


Here is the information on this very special gift:
Graduation Announcement for my very DS
April 2006 Stoney Creek Magazine
Stitched on 28 ct. Paradise Sky from Silkweavers with DMC and Kreinik Blending Filament and two Mill Hill gold beads
Colors changed from magazine to his school colors. The blue and gold is his current school and the red symbolizes his soon to be high school colors (red and white)
Started: February 1, 2007
Finished: March 21, 2007

I am so happy this is finished. Now the hunt will be on for the perfect frame and mat and I still have 3 months til I give it to him. I have never been so ahead of the game for a gift.

Now after I fold the next load, I will pull out my next car project and start that. It is from a UK magazine and it will be for my bathroom. I can't give the particulars because I can't find the magazine. I have to give a shout-out to St. Anthony to help me. I did find the floss and fabric but no magazine. Hopefully it turns up before I have to get to school to pick up the kids. I have been enjoying my stitching in the car. :)

I did pick up Tesori the other day and I am almost finished with Trentino. I plan to finish that and the next region before I move onto another WIP which is Coffee.

Well I better go have a talk with St. Anthony. Have a great day everyone!!

I Do Stitch!!

It has been such a long while since I posted any kinds of stitching pictures. Then again, I really haven't been stitching til now. Anyway, here is a progress picture of my car project which is DS's 8th grade graduation announcement. I am jumping around as I want to do the personalization first since that is what I charted out. So here is a sneak peek of what I have been up to these days in the car while waiting for the kiddos to get out of school. This is from the April 2006 Stoney Creek Magazine but I have changed the colors to our school colors (the blue and the gold/yellow). I also plan on doing the 2007 which will be above the personalization in red. The red will symbolize the school colors of DS's high school. So all around this is a very personal project and one that I am enjoying stitching. The fabric doesn't come up really well but it is called Paradise Sky and is from Silkweavers. It is a pale blue with some slight mottling. I love it. Hopefully the next time I show it too you I can play with the coloring a bit to see if I get a good representation of the color.

DS has decided on which High School he wants to go to and we will register him on Sunday. It was supposed to be this past Sunday but it was postponed because we were getting the snow, ice and sleet crap yet again. So come this Sunday it will be official and I for one am glad this decision will be behind us. I swear I was close to having a nervous breakdown leading up to DS's decision. Now we will just be a lot poorer than we already are because he did pick a Catholic High School within the Archdiocese. But I do know a lot about this particular high school and DS will be getting an excellent education at this high school.

For today I am trying to get back on track after last week. That means mega laundry and I have to go to the food store and a few errands later. Right now I am waiting to get at least some of the laundry finished and put away so it won't be a burden come tomorrow when I want to get some housecleaning done.

Have a great day!!

It's Friday

Woo Hoo!!! I am so glad today is Friday. I thought it would never get here. I have spent the last three days decluttering, dejunking, cleaning and emptying DS's room. I told him last night I better never, ever see his room that way again. Of course I know I will. He is 13 and the teen years have just begun in this house. But what a job!!!

Right now, I am washing all of his new bedding and waiting for the furniture truck which should be here between now and noon. DS was so excited this morning. I just hope all goes well and the furniture is in place before he gets home from school.

...Well forget the above. The furniture was just delivered and it looks beautiful in DS's room. I will have to take a picture of it before he gets a chance to mess it up. LOL But it has to wait til I wash all the new bedding.

This weekend DS will be going to the 7th and 8th grade Valentine Dance at a nearby restaurant. He went last year and had a blast. I hope he has a great time this year. This will be his last mixer at this school.

Also, he will be making his final decision this weekend about high school. DH and I decided yesterday after an anxiety-filled week that DS has to make the choice of high schools and we will support his decision. We want him to be happy and it is time that he makes a choice with just some input from mom and dad. :) I will keep you posted about the big decision some time next week. We only have til February 28th.

In stitching news, I am making good progress on DS's graduation announcement. I am liking my color changes to the school colors and will make sure I take a picture. I am kind of jumping all around as I want to get the personalization done before I go further. That has to be perfect and I have it charted out but it doesn't look great charted out. I will only know once it is stitched next to what I have stitched so far. I will definitely take a picture of it some time next week.

Poor Tesori hasn't been touched since Monday. I made a mistake in the lettering for "Adige" and frogged it. I haven't picked it up since. The only reason is that I have been too busy emptying DS's room and trying to keep up with normal household stuff that is really being ignored right about now.

AC Moore is having a floss sale this week and I am pulling out some charts so I can get the floss needed. It has been awhile since there was a floss sale and I know I have some charts that need DMC that I know I don't have. I have lists in lots of charts with missing floss colors so I plan on gathering them up in the next couple days and organizing it and then shopping for the colors needed. I also plan on revamping my Project Challenge. My list is in my sidebar so I will be updating that. I am thinking of adding on to it as I really don't want to take any of the charts off of there. So it is looking like I am going to be at about 30 or more projects. But these charts are already in my stash and it looks like it will be awhile before I can buy anything other than floss and fabric. I also plan on starting a wishlist. I have been seeing some new charts that I want but I am being good. Sometimes it helps to not have the extra money to buy so the challenge is perfect for me at the present time. :)

I best be going as I need to start putting DS's clothes and whatnot back in his room and I need to switch the washer and dryer with the next set of bedding.

Have a great weekend everyone!