A COMMOTION IN THE BACK YARD

We heard the birds making a ruckus...

 Mom, what is that?

Oh Oh, Mom, something is going on!

Oh dear, Taco the Squirrel is not supposed to be 

on the table eating the bird seed.

Later that day...

Where did he go?

I can smell that he was here!

Shhhh, don't tell!

I found you!

Ha Ha, you can't get me.

FEBRUARY GOALS

Can you believe it's February already?  I've noticed the days are a little longer, the sunshine moves through my office in a different way and our weather is CRAZY -- all signs (at least here in the Midwest) that spring is coming!

I'm trying something different.  I've never really set stitchy goals before and just went with whatever I felt like stitching, but I've started thinking about my stitchy goals for February.

Two things MUST get done:  

Get Soldier Memorial framed and sent to the soldier's family.

and

Finish a Model Stitching project.

-- snap -- 
just like that, I have the urge to stitch hearts, Valentine's or Love themed pieces.  

So here are the first two pieces:

   
Since I still want to stitch more snowmen, I will go through my patterns and find some more designs that have both snowmen and hearts or love.

What are your stitching goals?  

Who's stitching for Valentine's Day?

Mom Update:  We saw the oncologist last week.  I can't believe we've been going through cancer treatments for a year!  The oncologist said "Aren't you glad you only have 14 months of treatment left"?

All I could think was it has been one long year and to hear her say 14 more months of treatment just felt like a load of bricks being dropped on me.  

The hope is that at the end of the 14 months, the lymphoma will be in remission.  How long it stays in remission is uncertain.  What is certain is that any treatment needed after the 14 months will be more invasive.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
  

A FINISH AND A PRIZE

Santa's House

Santa's Village Series

Country Cottage Needleworks

1/31/13

  

Four Skeins of GAST 

from Michelle

 (http://stitchcraftplace.blogspot.com/)

for correctly guessing the designer

of her WIP.

Thank you so much Michelle!