And They All Fell Down

We had freezing rain starting in the wee hours of Boxing Day (to those of you who are not Canadian or British, that's commonly known as December 26th). It continued to rain on and off throughout the day with the temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. Which leads to freezing rain. Not only did we loose power for at least an hour and a half (thank goodness for our generator, we even ran an extension cord to the living room so I could hook up my Ott-Lite!), but we lost some of our trees at the front of our property. Which means we've lost some of our privacy from the road!

My driveway... looks pretty dosen't it?

The tree(s) that came down looking at them from the house.

The tree(s) that came down looking at them from the road, you can kinda see my house behind the trees.

Well I got in little to no stitching today because Todd and I had two parties to go to and boy I'm pooped (and stuffed, and yup I ate all the bad stuff too, gonna pay for that at the scale for sure!)

Latest Project and PhotoHunt

I was going to pull out Tour Des Marques and work on that but when I saw I only need one more HD to hit 55 for 2009 I pulled out Lettres A Mon Chat by Isabelle Vauthier instead. I figure this is fastest stitch I have on the go. If I think I'm not going to finish it by New Year, I'll have a little ornament kitted up ready to go instead!

Today was certainly a day to stay indoors! We had hoped to go out shopping and hit some of the Boxing Day sales (need a new purse), but the freezing rain kept us in. We did loose power for about 2 hours, and as it was getting dark some of our trees came down. I'll try to get some pictures of the damage tomorrow when its light.

This PhotoHunt theme is : Book(s)

Students reading in my library. I love seeing the kids like this!

Merry Christmas!

I'd like to wish all my family, friends and blogging friends a very Merry Christmas! I hope the day is full of happiness and joy.

Today has been a loooong day! Todd and I were up early with the birds, as I had a little last minute shopping to do and I wanted to get to the store not long after it opened (7am). I was able to get my last bits of food, gifts, and stocking stuffers.

It was while we were shopping I noticed... the horror! The strap on my $10 Wal-Mart purse had broken! Argh I loved that purse!!! I took a quick look in the store (aka Wal-Mart) but nothing caught my fancy and there was nothing comparable. I told Todd he could take me to Danier Leather on Boxing Day and get me a nice leather purse, LOL!

From there we went out for breakfast at our favourite place, this is tradition we started last year. Its a nice way to start the day since we celebrate the season with my side of the family on Christmas Eve. We came home to unpack, clean the house, make lasagna, and relax before everyone showed up for dinner. I got the best gift ever from my baby brother, a proper flash to go with my Cannon Rebel! Yay, now I can take great pictures in dim or big rooms. The pop-up flash on my camera just wouldn't do the trick.

At 11:59 pm I celebrated a Christmas Eve Happy Dance! (photo taken with snazzy new flash, after midnight, what a great job it did!)

Mini Spanish Cottages 6

c2004 Michael Powell

Stitched on : 14ct Aida

Stitched with : Anchor cotton

As usual I just adore Michael Powell's they're so fun and colourful!

The other day I finished up yet another ornament to add into a gift basket for my TKD instructor.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas Day, we'll be celebrating with Todd's family.

Finally... Stitching

I haven't really sat down and stitched for awhile now! I had intended to stitch this past weekend, but it seems I spent more time napping. Catching up for all those lost zzzzz's over the last few months I suppose.

Tonight I sat down (after a massage, some Christmas shopping, a nap, and my TKD class) and worked on Michael Powell's Mini Cottages 6 and here's where it stands.

Last Concert For 2009

Tonight Christin and I went to our last concert for 2009, but don't you worry we've already got two concerts lined up in 2010!

This concert was a great one to wrap up 2009, it was Three Days Grace and opening for them was Default and The Used. I had a great time tonight, and here are a few highlights.

Default

The base player for Default had great dreads!


Default's Lead Singer

The Used, quite a heavy band... I didn't like this band at all. Christin and I spent this whole act texting each other.

Three Days Grace lead singer

What's a rock concert without pyro???

Their drummer was really rocking it too!

I could of taken this guy home he looked like a big cuddly teddy bear!

Last night Todd and I went to a Christmas party, and I finished up this ornament as a hostess gift.

Thank You Secret Santa! And Ornament Details!

First of all thank you to a very kind Stitching Secret Santa out there who reads my blog! Today I got a wonderful surprise in my inbox! A $25 gift certificate for eHandcrafts Online! Wow I now get to do some online shopping and get some stitchy goodies, something I haven't done that often this year! This is the second Christmas in a row I've gotten this wonderful and generous surprise!

I've gotten many comments asking me about the ornament in my last post. The truth is it isn't really an ornament. It was meant to be stitched on those fancy perforated paper forms to be a part of a scrapbook page saying Christmas Memories (which I omitted).

Christmas Memories

Just Cross Stitch - December 2008

Even More Ornaments!

Sadie's exchange ornament finally made it here yesterday! It took over a month to get here from across the pond, but it was worth the wait!

Saide stitched up this Prarie Schooler Santa up for me, she picked him because of his musical instruments and my love of concerts. Thanks Saide I love it!

Tonight I finished off a few more ornaments that I'll be giving away tomorrow. I've not had the time to dedicate to finishing as I'd like to so I've been settling for the sewing machine which is the fastest.

Tomorrow (Friday) is my last day of work before the Christmas Break! I can't wait to be off for two weeks, its been a long haul to get there this year!