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| Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| Sneak Peek |
I did not work on Chief at all this week as I am trying to hurry and finish the secret stitching project. You can see on the right side part of my Q-snaps, don't you just love Q-snaps. I sure do and they make life so much easier. The colors in this are fantastic with a lot purple's and yellow's, I am so excited about this stitch. Sorry I can't show you more as I am afraid it will give it away. . I went Monday to my Surgeon's office and guess who has a surgery date. YAY!!! Come May 29th at 11:30 am I will have surgery for gastric bypass and help my hernia. He said he isn't going to repair the hernia just yet as it will come back after all the weight loss, but he will get the stuck intestine out and put a stitch in so it won't go back in. That will be a relief in itself from the pain and I won't have to be so careful. I haven't been able to lift more then 5 pounds this past year and half or put any strain at all due to it being very dangerous of cutting the intstines off. So I will be able to lift my girls (Yorkies). YAY!!! The Dr. was very happy when he came into the room cause I lost 56 pounds since Sept., I lost 4 pounds over last week. YAY!!! He asked for 25 pounds so I gave him 56, just couldn't help myself. lol As we were leaving I could hear him over telling all his nurses that I lost so much on my own. :) Sure makes a person feel good when a Dr. was bragging on ya. . That's another reason I am postponing the Chief, due to surgery. The Chief has been in the process for a year now, what's another few more weeks. I do need to finish the secret project before surgery. . I will post the photos of the flowers budding in my yard in a few days, maybe tomorrow. I hope you have a very creative weekend and week. Labels: cross stitch |
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| Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 04-25-08 |
Week 51 Getting very close to being finished with the feathers. YAY!! I only worked on the Chief for 3 nights this week as I am still working on the surprise stitching. I think I bit off more then I can chew with it. lol I thought it would be a quick stitch was I ever wrong. Hopefully soon I can get back to a more normal schedual on the Chief so I can get him finished. :) . Well tomorrow is the day I go to visit the Surgeon. I am so nervous and so excited. Keeping my fingers crossed and will let you know more when I get home. . It has been up in the 80's all week this past week, just beautiful out there and I have been outside everyday walking the girls one at a time, so actually I am getting two walks in daily. That is a very good thing too. . I did take some photo's of what is in bloom around my yard this week, just haven't taken the time to post them yet. I will get to it this week I promise. . Hope you all have a great week! Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 6:01 PM |
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| Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 04-18-08 |
Week 50 I can not believe that I am so close in being finished with the Chief. Almost a year has gone by since I started working on him. I could have finished in 5 months like I did on the previous two Indians I stitched, all three are the same stitching size. I just took my time and didn't push myself on Chief Red Cloud, it's ok cause I have enjoyed myself. Read the previous post to find out where I have been. . I went and got weighed today, the first time since September and I have lost 52 pounds. YAY!!! I am calling the surgeon Monday and hopefully I can get an appointment soon with him. He wanted me to loose only 25 pounds to have surgery so I gave him 52 instead. YAY! I am so excited about that, and to think I am almost hernia free, pain free. I can't believe it. . I have been feeling so good lately that I have actually been walking both of the girls to the back of our lot. We have a fairly large backyard and the girls love to walk. Been taking one at a time cause they pull and want to go in their own directions, so by taking them one at a time I am actually walking it twice for me. It's ok as it gives me more exercise and strengthening my legs. . Guess who went into Hobby Lobby yesterday and walked all the way back to the cross stitch aisle. I was surprised that I could do that and it felt so good. I didn't have to stop and rest nor sit down back in the fabric area. YAY!! . I will try to take some photos of all the bloomings that are going on here. My lawn front and back has already been mowed once and is needing it again. Love this time of year. . Best go as I have a surprise to get kitted up, can't talk about it until it has been recieved which will be soon. Hope you have a great weekend and even a greater week ahead! Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 7:44 PM |
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| Chief Red Cloud 04-11-08 |
Weeks 46-49 and I am stitching again. YAY! You may have noticed by now that I haven't been posting anything lately, well I have been sick. My diabetes was running out of control, but am doing great with the meds I am on now. Also this hernia I have was causing severe pain, that would keep me bent doubled. The hernia has my intestines caught up in it so I have to have surgery to repair it. ugg Have been trying to hold off as long as possible but it looks like the time has come to get it fixed. But the main thing now is that I am back to stitching. YAY!!!
In the above photo of Chief there isn't much done but it is a start back in the right direction. I took it slowly and didn't push myself, so there isn't much progress. Wait until you see next weeks.
Also during this time period I celebrated my Mom's 70th Birthday. YAY!!!! I baked her a Lemon cake with Lemon Icing, it was a Duncan Hines mix from Walmart and not from scratch. I got all the ingredients out and started mixing away, I get to the part where it says add 3 eggs. I look around the counter, the drawers and no eggs. Where are the eggs?? I couldn't find them at all so I asked my Mom, nope she didn't take them. Then it hit me, I put the eggs in the bowl to get them out of my way while I did something else real quick and sure enough under the cake mix, the oil and the water there the 3 eggs where hiding. lol I couldn't believe I lost the eggs. The cake did turn out fine and in fact Mom ate some warm cake fresh out of the oven without the icing, that's her favorite way of eating cake. I don't really care for sweets so it didn't really matter to me.
Thank you everyone for coming to my site while I was gone. I am back now and will keep on posting. YAY!!! Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 7:18 PM |
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| Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| C is for Castle |
 C is for Castle! Got this done over the weekend and it's stitched on 32 ct. Hand-Dyed Jobelan and the color is Summer Sky. It is so light blue that it isn't shown justice here. Also, there are white C's up above the castle, but since the fabric is light they don't show up, not even holding it in person. I should have done the white C's in shades of blue. Now on to D, wonder what D is for!Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 6:45 PM |
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| Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 03-14-08 |
 Week 45 I am finished with 3 pages now and am doing the Happy Dance. YAY!!! Woohoo!!! I can't believe that I have finally finshed 3 pages. Sure does feel good too. I am currently over 3/4 done. Page 4 is less then a fourth and have already made progress on it. Chief Red Cloud's face is finished. . I didn't get to post yesterday as I took my Mom out to visit one of her older brothers, then we went to WalMart to grocery shop. It poured the rain when we got out of the car to the entrance and both looked like drowned rats by the time we got inside. Nothing like shopping while your wet. lol The rain did prevent a lot of people coming out but it was still fairly croweded in the store. While in the store we ran into several relatives, the only place I see any of the relatives anymore is in Wally World and I have bunches of them too. . My snow is all gone now, so sad. Thursday it was so warm out that I drove the car through the automatic car wash and drove around with the window down, felt like spring, no coat no nothing. Just a perfect day, then Friday it rained. Never fails when I pay money to wash the car it rains. grrr But Thursday ended my snow, oh well it is time. . Thanks for stopping in, hope you all have a great stitching week! .
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| posted by Greg @ 4:47 PM |
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| Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| B is for Butterfly |
 B is for Butterfly! I actually finished this last Sunday, March 2 and I am just getting around to posting the photo. So far everything is going good, but eventually I know when I go to do the hardanger part I will need all the help I can get. Below is A & B on the same fabric 32 ct. Cream Lugana.
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| posted by Greg @ 5:18 PM |
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| Friday, March 07, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 03-07-08 |
Week 44 and look how close I am to being finish with page 3. YAY!!!! I know I will start page 4 this coming week. So exciting to see the end in site. Page 4 isn't a full fourth of the project, it is a lot less. YAY!!!! In the small photo you can see just how much is left, it shouldn't take much more then one evening. .
I had to take my girls (my Yorkies) for their yearly shots on Monday. They both did extremely well with the complete exam and the injections. It was so hot in the room that I had to take Peajib outside to get cooled off while they examined Izzy. Izzy met a Schnauzer and she streched her nose out and barely touched his nose, it was just a friendly hello. Izzy would have loved to have gotten to play but I am very leary of other dogs around mine, maybe I am over protected. . Thursday I took my Mom over to her Heart Dr. and he said her heart is about the same and he thought most of the problems now with the shortenss of breath etc... is coming from her Emphysema. Got the oxygen place to bring her a couple more oxygen tanks today as she finished one tank yesterday and working on the last tank now. So we are set now for awhile. . We are gettin hit by a snow storm, ice storm right now. I snapped a photo of the SandCherry Tree in my front yard. It's just too cool to see all the snow and ice on the branches.
. It's Friday so that means it's Sci-Fi Friday on the Sci-Fi Channel. YAY!! But I think it's down to just one show now "Stargate Atlantis". I miss the old Sci-Fi Fridays, for 3 hours you had Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galetica. Oh well everything changes. . Thanks for stopping by and peeking into my little corner of the world. It my not be very exciting, but that's ok. Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 4:54 PM |
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| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 02-29-08 |
 Week 43 and I am working on the border on page 3. YAY!!!! Yippeee!!! Looks like I have a lot done already but looks are deceiving. I have a lot of white on white to do now. All the white around the border needs to be filled in with white. I don't have to do it as the chart doesn't call for it, but I decided it would look more finished and when it gets framed you won't see the fabric. The previous two Indian's Nez Perce Tribes Woman and the Sioux Warrior were all filled in as you can see on my multiply site 2004 and 2005 so that is why I am filling the white in on this one to make all 3 have 53,000 stitches each. WHEW!
  On the left is a close up of the border. Bunches of white to be stitched but this is a lot easier then the white mixed with grey on the head band. . On the right shows just how large the Chief really is. Can't wait to start on the final page. . . I hope you have a wonderful week. Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 5:46 PM |
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| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 02-22-08 |
 Week 42 Surprise I finally got my update on Friday actually on Friday for a change. lol Hopefully I can keep it up. I thought I would show the bottom right corner instead of taking it out of the Q-snap and showing the entire project again. I got the corner done, YAY!!! Now I just need to do the border across the bottom left and I will get to start on the final page. YAY!!! Yippeeee!!!
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| posted by Greg @ 5:53 PM |
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| Monday, February 18, 2008 |
| A is for Acorn |
A is for Acorn is the first letter in the Erica Micheal's ABC Sampler Book. I am doing this as a SAL with Barb and Glenda. We planned on doing one letter a month and that would take us 2 years to complete. The way it's gone so far we are behind already. lol Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 6:53 PM |
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| Chief Red Cloud 02-15-08 |
 Week 41 Almost finished with the page except for the border. I am 100% positive that I am going to start on the border this week. (fingers crossed) lol
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| posted by Greg @ 6:29 PM |
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| Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 02-08-08 |
Week 40 A little further along. I am keeping my finger crossed that I can finish the main part and begin working on the border on page 3. Then before you know it will begin working on page 4, but I know that won't happen this week.
 This is where I am on my Stitch Along (sal) with Barb and Glenda. It's A for Acorn or Algerian Stitch. Am so glad that I am understanding more of what to do, that is for right now. lol Oh yeah, I am stitching this on 32 ct. Cream Lugana, I have to use reading glasses in order to see the holes. lol
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| posted by Greg @ 7:34 PM |
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| Sunday, February 03, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 02-01-08 |
 Week 39 I was going to say I didn't get much done this past week, but I think I got a little more then I thought. YAY!!!! There were a few days I didn't work on it though.
I went the 21 st of January and had some blood work done, checking my diabetes. I did the 12 hour fasting and my reading from all the blood work was 329 at the clinic. I checked with my meter and the reading was 489. YIKES!!! No wonder I have blurred vision and am just so tired all the time. My Dr. put me on Metformin 500 mg twice a day. So hopefully it at will settle back down soon.
I am starting another project with Barb and Glenda an Erica Michaels Book Sampler. I am already so messed up and confused on this one. Luckily Barb has pointed me into the correct direction and I better close for now as I have to go see the FROG!!!! eek!Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 5:29 PM |
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| Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 01-25-08 |
Weeks 37 & 38 and the photo is a little dark. Sorry about that. It feels good to get back into a routine since all the holidays. Three right there together, Christmas, New Years, my Birthday whew! No more until April 6th and that is my Mom's Birthday. I did manage in these past two weeks to get over into color. Love the blues and probably will be out of them tonight. But that's ok as I am making progress again. I did have a fall over last weekend went face first into the kitchen floor. lol Just all bruised up and sore was all, it could have been worse but thank goodness it wasn't. Hope your stitching week will be good to you. Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 7:32 PM |
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| Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| Chief Red Cloud 01-11-08 |
Surprise!!! I am finally posting my WIP for the past 3 weeks, Dec. 28th and Jan. 4th & 11th. That makes this 34, 35 and 36 weeks. I haven't stitched any since Christmas Eve, but I am so ready to start back. I have finally got all the Christmas Decorations down and put away. Also I am working on showing you what I got for Christmas and my Birthday as of stitching related items. Hopefully by next week I will be back stitching again. YAY!!! Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 8:36 PM |
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| Monday, December 24, 2007 |
| Chief Red Cloud 12-21-07 |
 Week 33 I decided to bring the entire page on down before I start on the border going across. I am over the half way mark on this page. Just one more page. YAY!!!
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| posted by Greg @ 4:58 PM |
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| Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| Chief Red Cloud 12-14-07 |
Week 32 Sorry I am late posting my update just been busy getting ready for the Holidays. I am bringing the border on down now and am getting ready to start bringing it across the bottom. YAY!!!
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| posted by Greg @ 8:09 PM |
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| Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| Chief Red Cloud 12-07-07 |
Weeks 30 & 31 This makes up for the post I didn't make Thanksgiving weekend. Most of the stitching was done in one week though. As it looks Chief will not be finished this year, but that is ok as I am not in a hurry. Labels: cross stitch |
| posted by Greg @ 6:30 PM |
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| Friday, November 30, 2007 |
| Rejoice Always |
 Ta Da I finished this Wednesday night. YAY! This is why I had no update for Cheif Red Cloud for Week 30. I just couldn't put Rejoice down cause I was so close to being finished. I washed it last night and ironed it today. The photo don't do it justice but the colors are so wonderful. Next week Chief will be updated.
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