My friend Kathy is having a giveaway on here blog: http://kathystitchcomments.blogspot.com/ She is celebrtatign her birthday as well as her puppy turning 3 months old!! Leave a comment on the June 5th post to enter. I will draw the winning name on the 26th.
She will include in the giveaway at least one doggie related pattern and two more patterns of her choosing. (don't you love surprises?) Shewill also include one of the pieces of hand-dyed fabric that Mare and she dyed. (see June 4th posting.) That is the minimum to be included in the giveaway package.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Update
I have little stitching to update on as I keep messing up and having to rip out. :( I will attempt more this weekend.
I have a right hurting shoulder and a numb off and on left arm...they think it is a pinched nerve. Of course, this started happening the worse Wednesday night which was also my birthday. I kept thinking I am only 36 I should not feel like I am dying!!!!!
I have a lot of catching up to do this weekend...first and foremost is to take pics of my b-day presents and post them! The ILCS Club Members were very good to me!! Deborah Markham is the sweetest!!! She rak'd me the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview magazine!!!! I have to also get an email to her.
Anthony was in RTC in San Antonio for 5 weeks...came home May 26th with 7 days of school left. They put him on a different medication and he is now able to control himself. He is not hitting me or throwing things which is GREAT of course.
Dr. James David Wood is a world renouned psychologist from Houston who has agreed to evaluate Anthony this summer....NISD is footing the bill. Anthony has been diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome AND Bi-Polar....Dr. Groves has came up with a "mixed mood disorder"...whatever that is. So, it will be interesting to see what Dr. Wood has to say. I am told he not only comes up with a diagnosis he states why and why he ruled out other diagnosis. So some time this summer, we will be going to Houston for this.
I have also discovered a group here ASSET (Autism Society of Southeast Texas). There are quite a few people in the group which was surprising. They have all sorts of events planned for the summer which we will be involved in.
I have a right hurting shoulder and a numb off and on left arm...they think it is a pinched nerve. Of course, this started happening the worse Wednesday night which was also my birthday. I kept thinking I am only 36 I should not feel like I am dying!!!!!
I have a lot of catching up to do this weekend...first and foremost is to take pics of my b-day presents and post them! The ILCS Club Members were very good to me!! Deborah Markham is the sweetest!!! She rak'd me the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview magazine!!!! I have to also get an email to her.
Anthony was in RTC in San Antonio for 5 weeks...came home May 26th with 7 days of school left. They put him on a different medication and he is now able to control himself. He is not hitting me or throwing things which is GREAT of course.
Dr. James David Wood is a world renouned psychologist from Houston who has agreed to evaluate Anthony this summer....NISD is footing the bill. Anthony has been diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome AND Bi-Polar....Dr. Groves has came up with a "mixed mood disorder"...whatever that is. So, it will be interesting to see what Dr. Wood has to say. I am told he not only comes up with a diagnosis he states why and why he ruled out other diagnosis. So some time this summer, we will be going to Houston for this.
I have also discovered a group here ASSET (Autism Society of Southeast Texas). There are quite a few people in the group which was surprising. They have all sorts of events planned for the summer which we will be involved in.
Monday, April 6, 2009
My Recent Happenings
I have not been able to get any stitching done in the last week. I am barely reading the posts in the digest from the groups I am in, much less being able to take time to respond. I am reading the ones withe Papillion Creations SAL. I am waiting on my fabric to arrive which should be any day! I am working on a 'model stitch' that is needing to be completed quickly, I am contacting the designer and having to return it. I hate to do so, but it will unfair to her if I keep it and do not complete it in time.
My 14 year old son, Anthony, has been in the hospital for a week now. He was also there for 2 weeks in February. He is not doing well at all. His official diagnosis has been changed to 'mixed mood disorder not otherwise defined'. This is the hardest type to treat since it is bits and pieces of a few disorders and all can not be treated. I took him because he punched me his fist, threw his shoes at me and told me he was going to kill me. He is most likely going to a residential treatment facility in San Antonio some time this week. That does not mean that he will live their permanently...it means he will be there until his behavior shows he can come home. He was in a similar facility 2 years ago for 2 months.
Last month during Spring Break he threw a skateboard at his dad's house and put a hole in his bedroom door. His dad locked himself in his bedroom fearing for his life (Dad's exact words). He states that Anthony is not welcome in his house anymore. The facility will most likely require weekly therapy sessions in person--the burden will entirely be on me. His dad states he will go visit him. I am thinking "For what?" he is not willing to attend the therapy sessions, so I am not sure I want him to be able to visit. If he is to going to have him go to his house, why visit him in a facility? If he is not going to be a parent, why show up? I will be sending him an email shortly saying so, unless my friend talks me out of it (good luck to her). I have also thought that I could talk to therapist at the facility and make it a requirement that his dad attend therapy sessions in order to be allowed visitation. It may already be a requirement, I am not sure.
I am hanging on as usual. I absolutely wish that God would stop trying to make me a stronger person and move onto someone else already---I am sick of hearing things like 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. I do not wish to be any freakin stronger!!! A normal life without this many issues would be wonderful and gratefully appreciated!!! lol
My 14 year old son, Anthony, has been in the hospital for a week now. He was also there for 2 weeks in February. He is not doing well at all. His official diagnosis has been changed to 'mixed mood disorder not otherwise defined'. This is the hardest type to treat since it is bits and pieces of a few disorders and all can not be treated. I took him because he punched me his fist, threw his shoes at me and told me he was going to kill me. He is most likely going to a residential treatment facility in San Antonio some time this week. That does not mean that he will live their permanently...it means he will be there until his behavior shows he can come home. He was in a similar facility 2 years ago for 2 months.
Last month during Spring Break he threw a skateboard at his dad's house and put a hole in his bedroom door. His dad locked himself in his bedroom fearing for his life (Dad's exact words). He states that Anthony is not welcome in his house anymore. The facility will most likely require weekly therapy sessions in person--the burden will entirely be on me. His dad states he will go visit him. I am thinking "For what?" he is not willing to attend the therapy sessions, so I am not sure I want him to be able to visit. If he is to going to have him go to his house, why visit him in a facility? If he is not going to be a parent, why show up? I will be sending him an email shortly saying so, unless my friend talks me out of it (good luck to her). I have also thought that I could talk to therapist at the facility and make it a requirement that his dad attend therapy sessions in order to be allowed visitation. It may already be a requirement, I am not sure.
I am hanging on as usual. I absolutely wish that God would stop trying to make me a stronger person and move onto someone else already---I am sick of hearing things like 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. I do not wish to be any freakin stronger!!! A normal life without this many issues would be wonderful and gratefully appreciated!!! lol
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
PIF #2
I won one PIF and am working on the crossstitch pieces to mail to the three winners.
I won a second PIF posted by Debra Hall http://xsnut.blogspot.com/ so here is my second offering:
PIF #2 will be a Fat Quarter PIF. Everyone loves a FQ! Quilters and stitchers use them all the time! Sometime within the next 365 days, I will send out 2 FQs to 2 people.
If you are interested, leave a comment on this post until February 1st and I will draw 2 names that evening then post the winning names on my February 2nd blog. Please be sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so that I can get in touch with you if you are a winner!
If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for 2 people.
I won a second PIF posted by Debra Hall http://xsnut.blogspot.com/ so here is my second offering:
PIF #2 will be a Fat Quarter PIF. Everyone loves a FQ! Quilters and stitchers use them all the time! Sometime within the next 365 days, I will send out 2 FQs to 2 people.
If you are interested, leave a comment on this post until February 1st and I will draw 2 names that evening then post the winning names on my February 2nd blog. Please be sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so that I can get in touch with you if you are a winner!
If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for 2 people.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Cross Stitching items, Exchanges and SALs
I in a Stitch A Long (SAL) and I can't recall which group....need to look that up. I was working good on it, but had to put it aside to work on some Christmas presents.
These are my goodies under the tree from Joy Wortham in Newnan, GA in the CSE Advent Exchange. I love the snowflake wrapping paper and look at the cute tin and boxes!!! My gifts have been great too!! I will be posting pics of these soon also.
And here we have the 12 Days of Christmas items in the I Love Cross Stitch Yahoo Group. These items were sent to Val Stocker in Oakhurst, CA. I wanted to send myself to CA along wth the items but the post office wouldn't take me! lol
This is the latest picture: Well I can't seem to make the picture go the right way..I've also stitched more not I realize so a new pic needs to be taken.
This is the box of goodies that was sent to my Chatty Stitching Exchagers Adevent Exchange Partner, Joy Wortham in Newnan, GA.
These are my goodies under the tree from Joy Wortham in Newnan, GA in the CSE Advent Exchange. I love the snowflake wrapping paper and look at the cute tin and boxes!!! My gifts have been great too!! I will be posting pics of these soon also.
And here we have the 12 Days of Christmas items in the I Love Cross Stitch Yahoo Group. These items were sent to Val Stocker in Oakhurst, CA. I wanted to send myself to CA along wth the items but the post office wouldn't take me! lol
This is a close up of the Day 12 revealing item that should be opened today!
This is a Thanksgiving Sampler piece...it has been filed in the WIP drawer to be finished for next year. This isn't the latest memory card because there are leaves above the Let Us Give Thanks that I've stitched.
I also have been working on a stitched Christmas card that I hope to finish and mail very soon, a few ornaments that are to be given away as gifts so I cna't post these yet, but will.
SNOW DAY Dec 11, 2008
Yes in Southeast Texas we had SNOW!!! Not just a few flurries like in the past..actual snow!
This is the view from my front door.
This is from the street.
Anthony loved the snow!!
This is how much snow was on my car--a good few inches for this far south.
I do believe it was a once in a lifetime experience in Southeast Texas!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
PIF Receivers
Ok I have picked the names but can not recall how to link them in this posting. (input welcome)
The winners are:
Linda in TX http://linda-bits.blogspot.com/
Penny http://penny-mindwanderings.blogspot.com/
Shannon http://ourlifepicturebypicture.blogspot.com/
I have not recevied my prize yet so still no pictures.
I will be making your surprises very soon....now it's ur turn to post the PIF Offer and fulfill it.
~~Melinda
The winners are:
Linda in TX http://linda-bits.blogspot.com/
Penny http://penny-mindwanderings.blogspot.com/
Shannon http://ourlifepicturebypicture.blogspot.com/
I have not recevied my prize yet so still no pictures.
I will be making your surprises very soon....now it's ur turn to post the PIF Offer and fulfill it.
~~Melinda
Saturday, November 15, 2008
PIF Offer
I signed up for my first PIF from EvalinaMaria and got so lucky. She picked my name and I will be making a PIF gift for 3 people...
Thank you so much EvalinaMaria!!!
This is how it works:
If you would like to receive something made by me within the next 365 days, please comment on this post to say that you are interested. I will send a handmade gift to 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don't know what that gift will be yet (other than it will be a stitched gift) and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week... LOL... but you will receive it within 365 days, I promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog (or - in your life - if you happen to be blog-less). I will take 3 people...and if there are more than 3, then I will do a drawing. In return, you must offer to do the same :)I will be taking sign ups until Friday, October 31 and winners will be announced November 1. Thanks for signing up!
What's a PIF? It stands for Pass It Forward or Pay It Forward, meaning pass forward a bit of kindness to make the world a better place.
Thank you so much EvalinaMaria!!!
This is how it works:
If you would like to receive something made by me within the next 365 days, please comment on this post to say that you are interested. I will send a handmade gift to 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don't know what that gift will be yet (other than it will be a stitched gift) and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week... LOL... but you will receive it within 365 days, I promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog (or - in your life - if you happen to be blog-less). I will take 3 people...and if there are more than 3, then I will do a drawing. In return, you must offer to do the same :)I will be taking sign ups until Friday, October 31 and winners will be announced November 1. Thanks for signing up!
What's a PIF? It stands for Pass It Forward or Pay It Forward, meaning pass forward a bit of kindness to make the world a better place.
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