Happy Mother's Day!

Afternoon all!

My, how time flies. It's hard to believe the 28th of April was my last blog. I've been spending most of my time, outside of work, stitching on WaBH (Winter at Beacon House). Here's what it looked like before:

And what it looks like now:

I'm enjoying the Algerian eyelet trees with one under production. I believe there are 3 more on the other side. I normally avoid specialty stitches but these are going well and looking nice. The hardest part of stitching this design is all the sand and snow. I'm looking forward to stitching the alphabet and all the animals and the people on the beach.

School is almost over! Yay! I've finished one class already and have a test to do today for the other one. Sadly, I dropped Algebra some weeks ago. I was stressing over it and felt I had to drop it to save my sanity! Because my degree in X-ray tech depends on 3 Algebra classes-beginning, intermediate, and college-I may be looking at a change in what I want to do. I definitely want to stay in the medical field. So I'll start looking into Phlebotomy. It was my dream to become an X-ray tech but the college I attend chooses only 10 students per Fall to attend the Radiology tech classes, which would mean 3 more years of school, and its a requirement to take classes semester after semester. Not to mention there are dozens upon dozens of students enrolled in the Radiology tech program. I will be looking into vocational schools that offer Radiology tech degrees without Algebra. They're mostly down in the Phoenix area though.

Well, this was a short post. I'm going to get back to WaBH now. Enjoy this day all you Moms out there!
Spend it stitching!

The 2nd go-round

Evening all! I just came back from my first class of the spring semester...algebra (yuck). I had to take this subject over again because I didn't keep up with it last semester and I was approaching a big fat 'F', so I withdrew. It's the 2nd go-round.

I now have my 2nd finish of January:

Not Even a Moose

28ct Spruce Green cashel linen

DMC

Stitcher's World Dec/Jan '05

All it needs is black beads for his eyes and and the mouse's eyes. There were lots of 1/4 stitches in Moose, and some backstitching, but not a lot.

The next project from the pile is:

All Hallow's Eve

14ct Fiddler's Lite aida

Notforgotten Farm Samplers

I'm not sure how I'm going to finish this one or Moose, for that matter. Moose will fit in a 8"x10" frame...easy to find. I've framed my own stuff before, so it shouldn't be too difficult. As for All Hallow's Eve...I'm thinkin' pillow. There are two other finishes I mentioned further down in my posts that need to be turned into a pillow and a pincushion. If I could get my hands on crushed walnut, I can complete the pincushion. But where, o where can I find some? Michael's, Joanne's and Hobby Lobby...here I come! And I come armed with a long-awaited paycheck!!

As much fun as I'm having conquering my WIP's, I'm afraid it all has to take a back seat to my studies. I have 3 other classes besides Algebra, and I'll have papers to write for at least 2. I will FIND time to get some stitches in though, that much I know!

Have a good rest-of-the-week, my 4 followers and whoever else manages to stumble in!