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I took off this past Friday and what pleasure it was right from Thursday evening!!

I was telling myself the other day that June, July and almost the whole of August parted ways with me with ZERO stitching. Earlier i stitched to my heart's content when my son would be sleeping. These days though, him being all of 7 years, things have changed!

I need to find ways to stitch when my son is at his hobbies; somehow i seem to be part of his hobbies.

The sweet heart tells me you just do this particular thing and go to your stitching. In end May this is how it turned out:

the moment i take my fabric out, he will want me to do something. [Take 1][Ok]

Then when i have held my chart and eye-balled where i am and where i need to focus, he will want my attention. [Take 2][Alright...]

Then when i rearranged all the necessary things, he will want me for yet another aspect[Take 3][Sigh 1 2 3 4....] 

How much should i actually be stitching today, i ask myself, amidst all this 'traffic' and again, before me, my brain and my project connect; yet another whiny suggestion[Take 4][That's it] 

Close the project - chart back, thread set back, needle and fabric back

One sweet heart is happy, one bitter-sweet

This must have been in end-May. Also June, his school started and so started robotic days for me. And that is how my cross stitch and I were in two different worlds in June, July and almost the whole of August.

I now realize there had been no holidays in the past 3 months! The first was on 28th September (Friday). Time to enjoy the holidays right?!

Thursday evening we had decided to make this weekend an enjoyable one! This came true for Friday. We went to our favorite second-hand-book shop and got some books - 3 me and 4 my son. We also enjoyed lunch in our favorite Bengali place. So our day was full of joyous and relaxed moments! Here are our books:

Friday night was when I realized T was not well, in fact his eyes looked heavy and he had mild fever... [Not good]  While he took to bed early, I stitched some on Friday night. Saturday morning, I had him rest for a good part of the day. He was better by evening. He does not usually sleep in the daytime, but he did on Saturday, giving me some additional stitching time. And this is a darling project! Western Barn, a chart I got via ebay when T was not even a year old:)

Sunday - we just did the weekly buying of vegetables and other staples. We(my friend and i) had originally planned an outing - my friend and her daughter, and my son and me for a lunch. Now that would not work. My co-sister had suggested we spend some time shopping. That also was not taken up as I did not want to tire my darling. Sunday saw no stitching either!!

So that is how our 3 days went. With a bit of downs, we still managed a good relaxed time. And now thanks for reading my ramble. Here's wishing you plenty of time stitching or reading or spending with your loved ones.

Next part...

Here are the SALs i am into at the moment. Part 2 of Solo Brode SAL. This is taking a round shape, isnt it!! I love the back stitching in this. I wonder when the next part comes. Time between the first two parts was 10 days i think... Whenever it comes, i am ready to lap it up, LOL. Now, there is some miscounting that has happened, i have left it as is for the time being

Here's Quakerchen part 5. I was hoping the final part would come Friday, so i could have the page printed and ready for the weekend; it so happened this time it came on Sunday, which means i stitch tonight on this wonderful little Quaker, my German Quakerchen. Now, i have got to change the color of the tulip so that it blends well, let us see what i come up with!

I did some Boink as well last night, but not enough to show. And with Lilies i am about 43% completed on the current page. My Mother is going to send me some of the parcels i recieved. (blinking??!! My shipping address for all the precious stuff i receive from abroad is my Mother's place, so she sends them 'over' from time to time) I do plan to visit her sometime next month, so she will send to me the ones i need for the bookmark exchange. Talking of precious, when it comes to 'me' things, i love my stash more than say jewelry (definitely), and clothes (come a close second) and footwear (comes a close third!!). Books and stash are giving a neck to neck competition, so to speak.

The Anne Tyler book i am reading currently is going on fine, it is a bit too sad to read, but then bittersweet is how family life is, right? I am also tuning myself to what to read next...

Thanks all for your wonderful comments! Thanks for liking my work, it feels good and wonderful!! Have a great week, every one!