In Sunny FLA!!!

It was a VERY early start to my day today... and I'm surprised I'm still vertical at this point. I had a bad night's sleep (who sleeps well in a hotel???) last night, and I was awake before my 4am wake up call. I got myself all packed again, and organized for my taxi pick-up at 4:30am.

When I got to the Syracuse airport, it was already one hopping place! Full of Canadians going to warmer climates! In typical style... I ran into a student from my school on my flight from Syracuse to Cleveland! I just can't go anywhere without running into someone I know! I got into Cleveland with just enough time to walk VERY fast to the next terminal, go for a quick potty break and board the plane! Whew that was close!

Two hours later I was landing in Jacksonville Florida... I imagined it being SUNNY well, with my luck there was a heavy fog. Of course seeing my best friend from High School, Claire is much better than a sunny landing! Quickly we were off to have lunch (I was hungry!) I had a very yummy bison burger! Followed by lots of walking and window shopping. I haven't bought much so far, a shirt and a few things at JoAnn's.

While shopping we saw this very cool hot rod.

These little guys are very cute, scuttling all over the fence in the back yard. Us Northern girls just aren't used to seeing lizards running about free!

This evening... Claire is stitching, I'm computing but soon to be stitching! Here's where my Paradigm Lost stands, this will be my project for the week.

If no one had already guessed, the MacDonald Maple Leaf I stitched was for Claire. I finished it into a cube-it. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Safe N' Syracuse

Hi Everyone, just a quick note because I'm pretty tired! My drive to Syracuse, NY was uneventful this evening. I got here with no problems, and I fly out to Jacksonville, FLA early tomorrow. I have to get up a lot earlier than I'd like to... thank goodness I'm tired!

Hopefully in the next day or two I'll have pictures to start sharing with you!!!!

Still No New Stitching to Show

Well this top secret project is being a pain and taking wayyy too long. If its not done before Thursday night (which I don't expect it to be) its staying in Canada and not coming to Florida with me. But I finally do have some sort of stitching I can show you, my squares for round 11 of Fair and Square were received today by Beth.

Winter Block - 4 Seasons

Prarie Schooler - Gift of Stitching

Stitched on : 32ct Natural Linen

Stitched with : DMC cotton

Tonight was weigh in night. I have to say in the past week, it was hard to find as much time as I'd like to work out. I also let me stress get to my mouth, not a good idea. Also I have to say there were a lot of nibblies and temptations this weekend which I didn't do well resisting (being tired, and stressed out really weaken your defences). The result was no change at the scale this week. I've not managed to get in a workout yet this week, things have been very busy and its been so hard to find the time to get to the gym or get onto the treadmill. This week is filled with my preparations for March Break... the good news Saturday morning I'll be in Jacksonville, Fla!

K&N Open House Day 1

Well its Sunday, the clocks are all changed, Dan is cooking us breakfast so all must be right with the world.

The Knowledge and Needles open house on Saturday (still going on today!) was definitely a huge success! I'd have to say things were busy to very steady from 10am to 2pm! There were lots of familiar faces in the crowd and some new ones as well (which is always nice). Here are a few of my shots from the day.

This is my favourite stitcher in the world! Adrianna who turns 93 this summer, and she is a fantastic stitcher and still works on evenweave at her age! Also she won Saturday's door prize!

One customer brought in their daughter, the cutest little girl who was just in love with the dogs.

We got to see deer bounding through the field across the street.

And of course there was shopping afoot!

Nashville Open House in Brighton, Ontario

If you're in the Brighton, Ontario area this weekend and you are a stitcher why not stop into Knowledge and Needles? Ann is hosting her Nashville weekend with tonnes of the newest releases! Times, directions, etc. are on Ann's website. Or just come by and say hi to one of the girlie-dogs!

Christin and I arrived safely this evening at Ann's, we're here for the weekend to help out when needed. Christin and Ann had a nice visit while I had a chillaxing soak in the hot tub with Dan. I'm starting to unwind a little from the last two very stressful weeks, but there's still a long way to go. Hopefully this weekend will help me get back to my normal self.

I'll have an update for you tomorrow on how the first day of the open house went... with pictures!

This Week's Weigh In

Well there's still no stitching to show you... sorry folks!

I'm just posting this blog entry to let you know the scale was VERY kind to me this week! I lost 1.5 lbs! I am now 10.5 lbs from goal.... 0.5 lbs from 60 lbs lost. Its getting close! I have a busy hectic week going on here so finding time to work out is challenging and to make sure I eat well. I'd like to loose 0.5 lbs next week but I'd also be happy with staying the same.

I did make it out to the gym on Monday night, and I now have two gym buddies from work who just joined. It was nice to go to the gym on Monday and have someone to chat to while you're on the bike, elliptical, etc. Last night my back was bothering me so I didn't go to Taekwon-Do, but I did make a point of doing The Biggest Looser Weight loss Yoga DVD (yay Bob!)... Downward dog was a little rough on the back but I made it through the 30 minutes. Tonight I've not worked out... this is my rest day. Actually the truth is I've got 4 items to have framed by Tuesday so I went and bought supplies, and spent my evening cutting mats, building frames, etc (from 5:30 to 10:30). I would of had two jobs finished tonight, but someone (Todd!) left the glass cleaner in the garage... its pretty much frozen. So that ended that endeavour for tonight. Tomorrow I will go to the gym, its my parents wedding anniversary and we're not meeting until 6:30 for dinner so I'll go to the gym until its time to meet them for... mmmmm Indian Food! Friday the only workout I'm going to get is driving down to Brighton with Christin. Its supposed to warm up over the weekend so I'll pack my old running shoes and work out clothes and perhaps I'll go for a run outside Saturday and Sunday.

Its March!

Yay! Its one of my favourite months of the year! Why you may ask? First of all, my birthday is on the 27th! Even better this year, its on a Friday and I'm turning 33. Second, March Break! I always look forward to this week off every year. This year its going to be a great one, I'm heading down to Florida on March 14th to spend the week with my best friend from high school, Claire! I just can't wait, I haven't seen her since she got married several years ago!

With the start of a new month means its time to review my goals of the previous month and set new goals for this month.

February Review

Finish MacDonald Maple Leaf - Yes!
Stitch two ornaments - Yes!
Stitch Fair & Square - Yes!

March Goals

Stitch two ornaments

Finish top secret project

Work on Paradigm Lost

Well keeping my goals for February simple really made the achievable, so I'm doing the same again for March. I'm on the road a lot this upcoming month so I'm keeping it simple! This upcoming weekend I'll be at the Knowledge and Needles Nashville Open House. Next weekend I'm off to Florida for the week. The following weekend I'm at a stitching retreat at the Timberhouse. Then its my Birthday... and wow that's March!