Day 32

It's almost Thanksgiving, and I'm busy getting the house ready for last-minute houseguests. But I did stitch Gay Ann today--the little trees are finished! So now it's just the bottom bands and the lettering. I'll be finished by November 30, right on schedule.

Day 31--setting goals

Today was a day to map out my stitching goals for the rest of the year. I've got more stitching 'in motion' than just my Gay Ann project that I want to finish before the end of the year, so I needed to get myself organized. Otherwise it's easy to get sidetracked and let other people set your goals for you. Here are my goals for the end of 2009:

1. finish Merry Kitty Christmas heart
2. finish Caribbean Bird heart (German Marquoir Group)
3. stitch charity heart for Elke (German Marquoir Group)
4. finish Sampler Bonheur (Brodyzen)
5. finish LHN Unicef ornament
6. start and finish Merry Christmas Heart
7. assemble Sr. Dulce's ornament
8. begin Prairie Schooler ABC letter 'A'
9. finish Zentangle (German Marquoir Group)

Several of these projects are already underway, and are fairly close to being finished (Merry Kitty Christmas, Caribbean Bird heart) but some still need quite a bit of stitching in order to finish them on schedule (Sampler Bonheur, LHN Unicef ornament) and a few haven't even been started (charity heart, Merry Christmas heart)!

I'd better get busy stitching!

Day 30

nothing to show today. did some stitching, but it was on a Christmas present for my sister-in-law, not on a Gay Ann project.

Day 29

No stitching today. I've been running like mad--work, the funeral of a dear friend's mother, picking my DH up when he returned home from his business trip--all I want to do now is to go to sleep!

Day 28--organization day

Today was a day filled with lots of activity and then the fundraiser for Sister's foundation tonight. I did manage to put a few stitches in on a non-Gay Ann project, so the day wasn't a total bust stitching-wise.

I did get some organization in place. I've made a list of all the sizes of stretcher bars I need for the various Gay Ann charts I have here, and a list of the cuts of congress cloth and other canvases I need for those projects. I don't need to make a supply run just yet, since the next project is already kitted up--Merry Christmas Heart was sold as a kit last year during e-Week.

Santa's going to get a long list of stretcher bars, canvas and congress cloth cuts, and flosses to shop for this year!

Day 27 and the final goodies arrive!

Today's been spent stitching on a Round Robin--the second of three--that I must mail out this weekend. But...it's not like the day was without Gay Ann influence, after all, the postman delivered the last of my E-Week orders today!

Cranfield House and the Lovely Pussy Cat Sampler both arrived today. When I opened the package and saw the color photo of Cranfield House, well, what can I say? It's even more beautiful than I thought it would be. And the same goes for Lovely Pussy Cat--who looks so much like the never-ending string of gray tabbies my Dad had at the end of his life, all called Roscoe. He couldn't tell one from the other (due to his poor eyesight) so he never knew that the cat he fed in the morning and the cat he fed at night were two different gray tabbies, and that the one who came in the house and 'visited' every now and again was yet another cat...

Yesterday the postman brought me my 'jeweled' purchases--the dark version of the Malachite and Pearls heart, the Green Sparkle Angel ornament, and the pièce de résistance: Frosted Jewels!

Oh, the jewels on all 3 are so lovely, but the ones for Frosted Jewels are just breathtaking! I'm so glad that I decided to ask Gay Ann if I could possibly add it to my E-Week order. I just know it's going to be a joy to stitch, and that I'm going to love seeing it hanging in my home one day.

Day 26--AWARDS!

For those of you who might be motivated by it, Gay Ann has announced that she'll be awarding certificates to those who complete their Stitch Gay Ann Stash projects as well as those who successfully meet the various challenges she's posting as part of her SNS classroom.

What, you aren't a member of the Silver Needle Society yet? Click on the link for Gay Ann's class room on the sidebar and join now! You don't want to miss out on the fun, do you?

No stitching today. Today was devoted to getting the linen stash in order--and I'm happy to report that the project is finished! Tomorrow will allow for some stitching time in the evening, and I plan to get one of the small trees finished before I put Merry Kitty Christmas away to work on some other stitching.