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Trust Your Instincts

There has been a man hanging around the school yard at drop off time that I always just assumed was a grand parent since I only ever saw him at drop off time in the morning. Something was bugging me,...

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New hooligan in the 'hood and Makhi again

I can see the finish line on this behemoth. I estimate another month for completion - barring any distractions like......like this!!! This is our newest hooligan - Ginger. She is 8 weeks old, mostly...

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TA-DAH!!

So - I waited until now to post because I felt silly posting more update photos here of the same old same old.....I am so thrilled that this is finished. It needs a good steam bath to fluff up the...

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Long time, no post....

So - it's been awhile. A long while.....Life is bumping along, children are growing and animals are shedding. Ginger - the puppy is now 6 months and house trained, but still jumping up on all of us...

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Part 4 finished!

Papillon Creations - "How Does Your Garden Grow?" - specialty version - 4 of 12 parts now complete :-)

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Pattern to give away - LHN's Holly and Berries

I meant to post this ages ago. If there is anyone reading who would like my used copy of LHN's Holly and Berries design leave me a comment and I'll pull a name out of a hat. It is such a cute pattern...

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Stitchy weekend

Half of my family is away this weekend - leaving me with one small, easy to care for little boy. :-)So, some serious stitching has already been under way. I had some good stitching friends over last...

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Gadzukes!!!!!!!!!!

"No way! You're posting on your blog???? Get out!!!!!!"That must mean you've been doing some of this:Trying to survive this.........:Madi (on the right) is 13 now, practically blind and deaf (though...

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Thursday is thirsty.......

for Coffee!This is an UFO from 2 years ago. It's LHN "Coffee Shoppe". This picture was taken on Monday and since then I've stitched most of the bottom half of this design.I gave a lot of thought this...

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Fatty Liver fun...

So. The last three weeks have been spent spending a small fortune on the cat. Remember the kitty who was looking so good, smaller floppy belly -etc.....He decided that it really wasn't worth living if...

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Has anyone seen my sanity?

Seriously.So. The cat survived. Hopefully no one was holding their breath..... It took a month of syringe feeding (5-6 times a day...), a boatload of money and hiring a sitter to come and do it when I...

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Stop the Insanity - love it!

I just read a blog entry by Susan - and I think she has come up with an idea that could really work for me and help alleviate some of the "OH MY GAWD I HAVE SO MANY HALF FINISHED PROJECTS STUFFED IN...

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Desert Star...

is not finished. When you have young children sometimes there is a warp in the space time continuum and suddenly it's the next day. So - this is my first WIP for 2011. It won't take 15 days to complete...

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First finish!

Ta-Dah! Nancy's Needle "Desert Star"Started Dec.20th 2010Finished Jan.4th 2011I used all threads as charted and loved every minute of it.So - moving right along. The next 15 days (so.. until the 19th)...

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Mandala check in

It has been a week and I have been 100% faithful to this project which is unheard of. I am a strumpet, after all. I am enjoying it - I don't usually do outlines first, normally the desire to see the...

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15 days...

So in 15 days my Ink Circles Mandala went from this:to this!I think it will start to look less phallic once I put in some more colour...........Next up is the Landmark design (you knew I couldn't stay...

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What was I thinking...

15 days is way too long for me to be monogamous to one project. I find my eye straying lustfully over my other pretties and I want to cheat. Then I feel guilty. So - no more. I will stitch what I want...

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Sadness

I truly can not stop thinking about Lisa Roswell and her untimely death. I think I will pull out my "With my Needle" design and work on it tonight.I may lurk on your blogs, not posting all of the time...

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Send advil please

So - I've signed up my daughter for oboe lessons. There's a joke in there, surely.As all Canadians know - Tim Hortons is running the annual "Roll up the rim" contest. Is it just me or have they loaded...

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WIPocalypse

Hi - been a while, no?I was looking at some of the things I stitched last year and was sad that I hadn't posted about them on here as I can't remember some of the details. Getting old, I guess.So -...

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list

WIP list since I see that I need to post an update on the 9th.......... This is just a starter list. Why wouldn't it be?? My goal is to finish these four projects and continue working on others.1....

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WIPocalypse postie

See this? It's missing something. Specifically, one of the seasons.So - this has been added to the WIPs-oca-pa-looza. (pardon the horrific pictures. if I wait to post until I have perfect pictures, I...

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First 2012 WIP finish

Prairie Schooler - "Winter". I think I started this two years ago, and once I knuckled down, it was a quick stitch. So - that's the first one I get to check off my WIP list for the year. Now I get to...

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WIPupdate

So - time for a howl at the full moon......My WIP's are seeing some action! I've one finish (as posted before - better picture to follow)The Prairie Schooler design is finished - woot!The other project...

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Moved!

After a long hiatus, I'm now blogging over at www.offthegridneedlearts.comHope to see you there!Caroline

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