How I Spent My Christmas Vacation

As usual, we drove to Reno for the Christmas Holidays.  All the "kids" went with us:  Sarah dog and Sweet Pea & KC cats.  They are very good in the car for that long 8 hour drive. 

We did a LOT of socializing, going to many lunches & dinners.  Plus I got to join my old stitch group for 2 Friday Stitch & Lunch events.  The ladies in Reno get together on Friday mornings to stitch & then go to lunch together.  It was a fun time to see some of my Reno stitchy friends!

We had mostly sunny days, but COLD.  No snow, which disappointed DH greatly as he wanted to go skiing! 

I did accomplish some stitching, but not as much as I had hoped.  Following are posts about each project.

We drove back to Las Vegas on Saturday, totally ignoring New Years Eve.  In fact, we pretty much ignored New Years Day too!  However, we did take in a movie (the new Sherlock Holmes) yesterday (Monday) since that was a holiday too!

We had a great Holiday and I hope all of you did too.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  Thank you all so much for visiting my blog on a regular basis and keeping me interested!

And Thank you to all of you who have blogs.  I read many blogs regularly and enjoy them all!  There is so much talent out there it is just awesome!

We are back in Las Vegas now.  The girls were very good on the drive home.  Sarah-dog sleeps all the time & the cats enjoy quite a bit of lap time in the car!  Boy do they get WARM!!!

In the next day or so I will write about the things I've finished & started over our holiday in Reno.

Tuscan Midnight

Happy New Year!  On this Holiday "vacation" I also started Tuscan Midnight by Kathy Rees, Needle Delights Originals.  I purchased this pattern as a complete kit online from Scarlet Thread.  There are nine colorways available which you can see on It's A Stitchy Thing blog.  DH chose the "Bright" colorway, which is way outside my usual stitching comfort zone!  I have only changed one color:  There was a purple/blue and I changed it to more of a purple/fuschia.  This is a really fun project and I am enjoying the stitching.  As usual, Needle Delights designs are challenging and work up beautifully.  Here is my progress so far: 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I wish all of you a happy, prosperous and stitch-filled 2010!

Can you believe we are already a full decade into the 21st Century? And can you believe the amazing technological progress the needlework community has made? Ten years ago I'd never heard of a Blog, did they exist then? Or Face Book or Twitter? Or books on my phone for easy reference? It just goes on and on. I love it all!

In case you have been wondering, I will not be offering any new patterns on my Blog. I am working on getting my website up & running by early February. At that time, I will offer several new patterns, both needlepoint and Bargello. This will be very exciting for me and I hope for all my faithful followers! So stay tuned, keep checking here for further news.

In the meantime, I will try to keep you up-to-date on my stitching progress. As you know, I have multiple projects going at once!

Happy New Year!