No Title, I am not creative enough for that today...

Hi, Just updating here...made another pattern by artist Jordanka Yaretz called Tree of Hearts...I love it...

I have been very tired since Christmas, cannot seem to catch up on my zzzzz's. The puppy has been good at night..sleeps right along and is now scratching at the door when she wants to go out. That is excellent. She and the cat play beautifully now...they wrestle and chase and the cat is gentle with her. They are very fun to watch. Not too much else going on, trying to make some Christmas digital scrapbook pages. I am obsessed with the digital scrapbooking. It is so not

messy but I am getting an itch to do it the traditional way too...will have to re-supply myself for that...here is one layout I have done posted above... This child of mine kept trying to get me up, at 1:30 am, 3:30 am and he finally went back to sleep..when I had to wake him up at 6:30. It is no wonder I am still tired!

Jodi

Christmas Eve and the puppy is here!

Well, Madeline has been here since Friday morning...she is a handful, literaly..lol. I am including a photo for all to see. She looks like an Ewok from Star Wars. I am rethinking that her name shouyld have been piglet as she grunts and snorts all the time. Very adorable. I wasn't sure if she would survive the cat. The first few hours were tense, but he decided he likes the little girl and they are in a constant game of chase now.

It is Christmas Eve here...I have a full day of childcare and cleaning to do. Tonight, we go to my Dad and step-Mom's house. There will be 25 of us...all their kids, the grandkids and my Mom and step-Dad. It is always crazy, crowded and I get a tough of anxiety...but nice too.

Tomorrow morning we will see my mother and father inlaw and my Mom..fun, fun, fun!

Merry Christmas to all!

Jodi

Random Ramblings...

Here are two pICS of patterns that will be released in the month of January 2008. The second is called Luna Moth, artwork by Robin Street Morris. The first is called Orchid, artwork by Svetlana Valueva. Hope you all like them. http://www.tghcrossstitch.com/

I was so very sick last week. I think I had the 24 hour flu. I had every symptom of it and thought I would die on the couch. Felt better by 8pm that evening though. It could have been worse.

Spent the weekend making Christmas cookies with my sister next door. They all turned out good and they are now almost all gone. My kids are cookie theives! I am glad they enjoyed them though.

I am getting my Shih Tzu puppy on Friday morning. I cannot tell you how excited I am. I am naming her Madeline Lorraine Fern after my grandmother who always had lap dogs. We are calling her Maddy for short though. I am a little nervous though about how Socrates is going to take her. Socrates has been our baby and always will be, but he has never been around other animals except for cows...when he was still in his first 8 months..and they loved him. But they were much bigger than him too. Maddy will be smaller than Socrates and I am afraid he will mistake her for a rodent..LOL Will have to keep an eagle eye on them for a while.

That is about it here...

Jodi

Not feeling well....

ach...my stomach is off. Yesterday, the baby I watch was throwing up, my nieces and nephew next door were all sick earlier in the week...I guess it is now my turn. :o(

I did end up winning an xbox, but not the original one I had bid on. I found a buy it now offer that was much lower than what the auctions were going for by about 80-90 dollars cheaper! I got a good deal.

It has been snowing a lot this week. Very pretty out. I live in Oswego County, NY so if any of you watch the news...you may have heard that we have been getting record amounts of snow over the last few years. We can thank Global Warming for that.

Not too much else going on..I have been working on two cross stitch desings for next month. The artwork by Robin Street Morris and one by Svetlana Valueva. Her art is so dreamy....

Jodi

Ebay drives me insane!

I am bidding on an xbox 360 for my son Zack for Christmas...I started the bidding a few days ago at .99. Now, I know it won't go for mere pennies..lol...but I put a reasonable bid in...It is down to the last 50 minutes and people are starting to raise the price...I expected this of course...But I am sitting here, just going out of my mind hoping it doesn't go over my top bid...please, please, please! Stay under $150.00...Will post the outcome tomorrow...



Jodi

My errands are done!

Okay...I woke up at 5:34 this morning...do you know how insane that is? I was supposed to sleep in...no children to wake up to, not even my own! But there I lay awake...with my stomach growling of all things. My stomach talks to me a lot. I try to ignore it...but it keeps talking. So..I roll out of bed. Take a shower. Call my husband to see if he was going to town, so I could catch a ride with him. It is kind of funny as I needed a ride to the bank so I could have my court papers notarized for our support hearing...and I asked him to bring me..LOL He didn't find it as funny as I did...hmmm...

Mailed out an order to a magazine for two fleece throws..One Marine Corps and one greenbay Packers. My oldest is Marine Corps crazy...he will join. I have no doubt. My youngest likes the Packers. Sent out my new prescriptions to Caremark. We then went to Walmart...needed a new vacuum belt. The boys cleaned their room last weekend and as always, it results in a broken belt.

Before all this though but after the shower, I did manage to update my website. www.tghcrossstitch.com. It is all there on the Whats New page. Please, check it out!

Much Love...Jodi