tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52582697997307349002024-03-16T00:08:31.746-07:00Stitching and Other StuffBeth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-59118552876999134072020-09-02T10:03:00.000-07:002020-09-02T10:03:04.867-07:00<p> Almost four years now since my last post; I keep forgetting this blog is even here. I had a complete shoulder replacement almost 18 months ago and am still recovering from that. </p><p>I did start and finish a large project that took 355 hours or so. It is Garden Prelude, stitching on 32ct Belfast linen. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbL8wCI5Y59xGN6UnqL15JdGjLKK9SS7MmJYO8qfQT8NnHtKb_sFSAGMyVH2M2DzkWXeb9M9j4DUAnwViufiwOaVLVuMrNCd37LvbZ7lJo2vlejF29yXa9GxKv3JUwrBpoP-ppskALkU/s640/Garden+Prelude+Aug+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbL8wCI5Y59xGN6UnqL15JdGjLKK9SS7MmJYO8qfQT8NnHtKb_sFSAGMyVH2M2DzkWXeb9M9j4DUAnwViufiwOaVLVuMrNCd37LvbZ7lJo2vlejF29yXa9GxKv3JUwrBpoP-ppskALkU/s0/Garden+Prelude+Aug+20.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-50590946917288307112016-12-31T15:18:00.000-08:002016-12-31T15:18:22.754-08:00And now another year is doneI cannot believe it is almost two years since I last posted. I thought about it many times but just never had much to say. It has been pretty much the same old, same old. <br />
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I may have had a complete knee replacement in 2014,but the knee still hurts. <br />
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In 2015 I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from just below my eye. Then later that year a fatty lipoma from my left arm. <br />
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In July I finally had the macular pucker removed from my right eye. My close vision is very poor but I cannot do anything about it until May, when the doctor might do laser surgery to remove what he called some after-cataract - those were removed in 2010. <br />
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This year I celebrated my 75th birthday. <br />
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On the stitching front, I have not done much at all. The chart I was going to begin in 2015 was abandoned. I started and finished Cat Lessons for People by Lizzie*Kate. <br />
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I also started and finished There Goes the Neighborhood, Butterfly Garden, His Name is Jesus and Promise Me. I gave Promise Me to my daughter. </div>
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A couple of months ago I was gifted with the chart O Canada, by Jeanette Douglas, along with the thread pack for it, so I started it and hope to get it done by Canada's 150th birthday in July. It will be my focal piece and if I get it done will try to finish the Starburst Flag and Rejoice. They are my only remaining WIPs, since I gave World Peace Angel to my daughter to finish. </div>
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Rejoice is actually complete down the left-hand side. <br />
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The flag is also complete down the left-hand side, as of October. <br />
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Since I watch very little TV any more, I do not do much stitching. Once the curling begins again I should get back to it more often, and then again in April baseball season begins, when I get a lot of it done. Since my close vision is so poor, I need a lot of light and once again my maglight. Hopefully after May I can get new glasses, if necessary. Right now my right eye does not see well at all. </div>
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<br />Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-54045844414724641652015-01-05T19:42:00.000-08:002015-01-05T19:42:35.702-08:00January WIPocalypse Since I just posted the other day, there is not much of interest to add, but apparently I am supposed to say something about myself.<br />
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I live in Calgary, Alberta, with my husband of 51 years. We have only been here for 8 years so Calgary still does not feel like home. We were in Edmonton for 40+ years before we moved here. I would cheerfully move to a warmer climate in a heartbeat if it was possible. And that will be my last comment about the weather. <br />
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We have four grown children and nine grandchildren; the eldest is 24 and the youngest will be 5 next month. <br />
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Besides stitching, I also read a lot and try to watch every Blue Jays baseball game between April and September (hopefully in October this year as well :) ) <br />
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I started Victoria Sampler's Heirloom Homecoming Sampler on the 1st. <br />
The picture is just the top part of the chart. I started with the second row as I was not quite sure just where to begin with the top part. So what you see is row 2 and then I started working my way up to the top. I will work on the birdhouse next. <br />
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I also have MLI's World Peace Angel in very slow progress. She is on the floor stand but being pretty much ignored and if I should happen to decide on something big enough to stitch on the floor stand she will go back into the closet. I am actually thinking that she will wind up with my younger daughter to finish when I am gone. She is also a stitcher. I have an Easter piece to finish as well; managed to get the centre part done before my knee surgery last spring and now it is in the closet too. <br />
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<br />Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-80636420445375509492014-12-30T19:29:00.002-08:002014-12-30T19:32:13.321-08:00The end of another yearIt has been a bit busy since my last post. The knee replacement surgery went well enough, although even after eight months the knee still does hurt. A different kind of hurt though, and this will get better. Fortunately, the other knee is fine because I do not intend to have another replacement. One was enough. :)<br />
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I have been having breathing problems the past few months and it quite possibly is asthma. So I have inhalers, which are not much help.<br />
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My sister in Ontario came out for a visit in June; staying with my other sister in Edmonton. They came down to Calgary for a day visit, bringing my brother along as well. The last time we were all together was in 2000 and I doubt we will ever be together again. <br />
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We had a major snowfall in September and much of it is still on the ground. No real snowfalls since; just flurries here and there. It was also bitterly cold for a week or so at the end of November, but again, not so bad after that. Compared to last winter, this so far has been bearable. I am thankful for that because I am afraid of falling on ice and injuring my brand new knee. <br />
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I am in the middle of my 115th book and expect to finish it by tomorrow. It is the 5th in a series of 6 and I was hoping to finish the series by end of the year but that is unlikely now. So book six will be the first finish of 2015.<br />
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Leon and I celebrated our 51st anniversary in July and in August, once I was cleared to travel, we took a short trip through the mountains by way of Edmonton. We drove north to Edmonton on the Thursday and visited with family, staying overnight before going west on Friday. We had another little visit with Leon's sister in Seba Beach and stayed overnight in Edson before driving south to the Icefields, where we stayed Friday night. Taking our time all the way. Saturday we followed the Icefields Parkway down to Banff, before turning east again and home. <br />
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Three Sisters, outside Canmore, Alberta. <br />
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I will try to keep this blog a little more up to date in 2015. :) Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-61302317514644853372014-04-30T09:44:00.000-07:002014-04-30T09:44:17.455-07:00It finally looks like springIt looks as though spring may have finally arrived, although we have had that teaser before now a few times. It was a brutal winter; snow came in October and never left, giving us continual snowfalls right up until last week. And we will get more, but at least it will not stay. This is what our front steps looked like after the blizzard in December. Leon had to go out the back door and around as we could not open the front door. And the other one was taken in January or February during another storm. That is an outdoor lighted Christmas tree you can see on the left. <br />
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I finally got in to see an ortho doctor and will be going in to hospital tomorrow morning to have a total knee replacement. I figured now was as good a time as any to update my blog, since I will not be on the computer a lot for a while afterwards, as least that is my understanding. :) <br />
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I have been stitching and knitting and have finished three projects this year. First was The Dreaming, a Dinky Dyes chart, stitched with DD silks. I bought this chart at CATS in Vegas in 2006 and just now got around to stitching it. :) <br />
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I finished the little project I mentioned last time - A Snowman in Canada. <br />
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I also started and finished a Lizzie*Kate design, Getting Old Isn't for Sissies, which seemed appropriate while Leon was in hospital the second time. <br />
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And I finished the scarf I was doing for our Creative Fingers group; it will be turned in when we start up again in September. <br />
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Now I am more than halfway through Happy Everything, an Imaginating chart. I began in the middle, which means stitching Everything first and then adding the little motifs. I am pretty close to adding the Happy and its bits and pieces as well. <br />
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We had a brief but very intense thunderstorm in the early hours this morning. It has actually been quite warm here the past while, about which I am not complaining because winter will be upon us before we know it. <br />
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Since we did the new room last fall, with its lovely siding, we now had to fix the rest of the unit to match so that was done the past couple of months. We now have the front and south-facing side done and will do the other side and back next year when we have the tax return. That side is not seen much so it can wait. It looks so much better than it did originally and we are very happy with it. Unfortunately with Leon in hospital and the contractor walking all over everything, it means no gardening got done except for what was already planted. The two hardy roses are doing well and one lily plant has bloomed. But I am hoping that I can finally get some fall bulbs planted and will have tulips next spring. <br />
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This is what the front looked like when we moved in back in 2006. The little add-on that you see on the left is now gone and a new, larger room was built with the stairs outside instead of inside. <br />
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-67307912314448721862013-03-27T13:27:00.001-07:002013-03-27T13:27:33.505-07:00<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianxstitcher/8570947364/" title="Rocky Mountain Christmas started July 1998, finished March 18, 2013"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8570947364_585f55d3e3.jpg" alt="Rocky Mountain Christmas started July 1998, finished March 18, 2013 by CanadianxStitcher" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianxstitcher/8570947364/">Rocky Mountain Christmas started July 1998, finished March 18, 2013</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianxstitcher/">CanadianxStitcher</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-65868624773163333172013-02-25T21:53:00.000-08:002013-02-25T21:53:59.338-08:00Nearing the End <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I got a fair bit of progress on RMC this month and can see the end. Hopefully when March is done I will have finished the stitching and will just have the backstitching to do. There is not a lot of it but I am going to take a break between finishing the stitching and doing the backstitching and will pull out something small to stitch. This is the progress as of last night. <br />
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-67023916696447733922013-01-26T15:24:00.000-08:002013-01-26T15:24:46.837-08:00Wolf Moon - JanuaryI really should blog more often; do think about it but somehow just do not get to it. <br />
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I feel as though I am falling apart, with all the tests I had this month. First the knee x-ray, then a bone density test, and today ultrasound and x-ray on my shoulder. The knee and shoulder have been giving me a lot of trouble the past few months and it will be a relief to find out just why, although I expect I will hear it is "just" arthritis and to live with it. <br />
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I have made good progress on A New Day, even if I did stitch a lot of it twice. The bottom half is done except for the little designs in the border. I will continue with it until the end of the month and then go back to RMC. <br />
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-57011278755708757892013-01-06T13:42:00.000-08:002013-01-06T13:42:15.228-08:00A week into the new year Here it is the 6th of January already. I finished the WIPocalypse challenge for 2012 and signed up again for 2013. We shall see how well I do this time. <br />
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I started A New Day on the 1st, just managed a couple of letters to say it was actually begun. :) It is a design by My Big Toe and I am stitching it on 32ct antique white Belfast linen, using Weeks threads. This is progress to date. Then it will be back to Rocky Mountain Christmas, which I am determined to finish this year. I just have about half a page left to do. <br />
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-42020018449076031492012-12-28T19:09:00.000-08:002012-12-28T19:09:11.160-08:00Final WIPocalypse Report Christmas was good, cold but good. :) Now it is somewhat less cold which is also good. <br />
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I am about 1/3 of the way down page six. It is slow going, with no TV to watch and only half a dozen stitches managed each evening while the news is airing. Although I do not really care one way or the other if the hockey lockout ever ends, I admit that if we do get hockey back I will probably watch, just to get in some stitching. Baseball, hockey and curling are good for that because one does not have to stare fixedly at the TV so as not to miss something. :)<br />
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My granddaughter is a photographer and some time ago, when Scutter was visiting their place, she took this photo of him outside on their patio. Obviously something had his attention. She framed it and gave it to us for Christmas. It is an excellent likeness and shows his colouring better than the picture I posted last month. </div>
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-81451921114008755152012-11-28T21:33:00.002-08:002012-11-28T21:33:57.036-08:00R.I.P. Scutter July 2002 - November 26, 2012We had to say goodbye to our beautiful orange tabby, Scutter, on Monday. He was once close to 20 lb and over the past summer and fall had dropped to just 8 lb. Tests were inconclusive and so we made the very painful decision to let him go. He was ten years old. <br />
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So I decided that RMC would be finished this year, well that will not happen. However, I did manage to make a little progress on page six and might finish half of it, since I decided not to bother with the ornaments at all. </div>
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-77946917950274009022012-10-30T10:26:00.000-07:002012-10-30T10:26:00.064-07:00October update - not much to write about this timeI fell into a bit of a slump the past week or so and did not get much of anything done at all this month. I started the Mill Hill Ice Crystal kit and did not enjoy stitching it at all. I still have the bottom and top to finish; might actually pull it out tonight and do that. <br />
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I managed to get a little more done on the globe section of World Peace Angel; not that you can really notice because of all the confetti. </div>
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On other fronts, the renovations of our new room are almost done. We tore off the horrible add-on and had a new 10x16 room built, with the stairs outside instead of inside. Just a few small things left to do, baseboards, a few touchups here and there and we can put furniture into it. We removed the door that previously led into the add-on and now can go directly into the new room. I tried uploading pictures but one posted sideways and I simply cannot figure out how to put it right. <br />
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We had a gorgeous September, temperatures much higher than average, with almost no precipitation at all. Things are expected to change though in the next couple of days, with a rain/snow mix forecast for Tuesday and/or Wednesday; any white stuff is unlikely to stick though. Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-39102814774954115502012-08-31T13:20:00.002-07:002012-08-31T13:20:50.603-07:00A Blue Moon Finish I finished Sampler for my Mother on the 29th, just in time for another WIPocalypse report. :) I changed the intials the designer used for my Mother's name, since it was a short one and fit the space. I also put her three initials in the top left where the designer just used two. It is stitched on 32ct antique white Belfast linen and took approx. 325 hours. It was my January 1st start. <br />
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Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-66322557727060399992012-08-02T21:26:00.002-07:002012-08-02T21:26:22.633-07:00August WIPocalypse updateI am nearing the finish on Sampler for my Mother. Just a few motifs left and I think I will work on them during August as well, rather than pull out another project. The designer did not include an alphabet so I will have to find one of my own I guess for the intials. I may even put her name instead of initials. They are supposed to go in the centre of the large motif just below the one with the writing. <br />
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My daughter is visiting from NB this month, with her 2-year-old; she is also a stitcher, so we are getting some good stitching time in during the evenings. She is working on Celtic Summer, and a Hogwarts freebie. Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-46705726390766448662012-07-06T21:29:00.002-07:002012-07-06T21:30:02.801-07:00Majestic is finishedI finally finished The Majestic, after over five years of on and off stitching. The backstitching took me a week; I really should have done it as I went along because with all the different shades of red it was really difficult to see just where the backstitching was supposed to go. But I think I got it pretty much right. It badly needs washing. <br />
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Sampler for My Mother is coming along nicely. I am enjoying stitching this. It is complete down the left side so you can see now just how large it will be. Not all that much left to do. The Majestic will come back out tomorrow. I would love to have it finished by next update. Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-85226659057920261612012-06-03T20:57:00.001-07:002012-06-03T20:57:40.028-07:00One scarf finishedI finished the blue scarf that I pictured earlier in the year. The yellow one, which only had the cast on stitches, is progressing nicely and the third has just a bit more done. <br />
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I have progress on two fronts this month. I started and finished a quilt square for someone who shall not be named just yet. :) </div>
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So I did not get a lot of progress done on The Majestic, just the bottom leaves, and a start on the two big ones at right. But I still hope to have it finished this year, it will just take a little longer than expected. </div>
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<br /></div>Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-54492999611841401102012-04-07T21:45:00.005-07:002012-04-07T22:01:05.662-07:00Another update<div><br /><div>I want to start by thnking everyone for their lovely comments about my rose. They are much appreciated. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728889934267466418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxrcxGw0iipCTvwzGCAw0LFPW2ercjlVLohk3hOioxMPc_LqYvhUyi6udwOtVtSPzsQc5QUXpfcgCB0Ey0haoGFnFeinjSzJ-yamkHcQ1c6Z2m2qQMCPILZJWA2Ok4r1-2MqEuJn2CKk/s320/April+6%252C+2012.JPG" /><br /></div><br /><div>I got quite a bit more done on the sampler and this is progress after approx. 133 hours. The top four pages (of 12) are pretty much complete. </div><br /><p>I will be stitching the rose again this month, and might even manage to finish it. :)</p><br /><p>Not much else is happening, spring is still taking its time, with some nice days and others not so nice. I fell in front of Michaels on the 26th and hurt my knees and thumb; all of which are taking their own sweet time to heal. Nothing broken though and for that I am thankful. Just very painful bruising. It was my right thumb and I am left handed, so can still stitch, haha. My knees always hurt but now they hurt even more. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Xq6UdOWU39Y8lns1HDgzjOgq5Kx2coACAnZ4rN9OOe-IeiwE06y-vCatLqsw21a7IZ2yjrJLdMYiLgmHPVhJhutK87D7lYo9qgtJrkrOvLbTmt2ZW3wm-feWPYhm1t9gZuIaRZkVFJE/s1600/Mrs+Albee.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728889052003107138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Xq6UdOWU39Y8lns1HDgzjOgq5Kx2coACAnZ4rN9OOe-IeiwE06y-vCatLqsw21a7IZ2yjrJLdMYiLgmHPVhJhutK87D7lYo9qgtJrkrOvLbTmt2ZW3wm-feWPYhm1t9gZuIaRZkVFJE/s320/Mrs+Albee.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p>Oh, and on the Avon scene, I made President's Club for the first time in 25 years. I received this figurine, as well as a special pin and will get to go to the President's Banquet later in the year. I had to sell a specific amount of product to do this, and as I said, I did it for the first time.</p><br /><p>The figurine is a representation of the first Avon lady, Mrs. Albee. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258269799730734900.post-2346842785974567182012-03-07T21:19:00.006-08:002012-03-07T21:34:22.740-08:00March update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1bi92AdhdmCeQvK1xuptOPG1rENK_V-bpemeGKH8XaUdt9Snq_0LMshd6ohmI3H_NQtJiqAia0tJASXAMj3aViSR2HLApFv3l_JBNNf3056kHavo8WLSDl6kCH9y4XnVQ4_R7aIjLK4/s1600/March+7%252C+2012.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717392774208082482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1bi92AdhdmCeQvK1xuptOPG1rENK_V-bpemeGKH8XaUdt9Snq_0LMshd6ohmI3H_NQtJiqAia0tJASXAMj3aViSR2HLApFv3l_JBNNf3056kHavo8WLSDl6kCH9y4XnVQ4_R7aIjLK4/s320/March+7%252C+2012.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We are three weeks home from Hawaii and already it is a distant memory. We had a great time while there but no stitching was done. In those three weeks since coming home though I managed to get quite a bit done on The Majestic. All of the red is now done except for some of the interior backstitching and I even got some of the bottom green section done. Hopefully when I pick it up again I can finish it. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Beth - ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08056889118505839823noreply@blogger.com13