Summer Updates Saturday 07/09/2011 (heavy pics)

Saturdays Adventures!!!!

Today we left for Work early Meghan went into work with me for a little bit! Then after we headed to that LOVELY bag sale... just $15 more dollars.... After we went to Hobby Lobby... Then to get Chick-Filla for lunch and over to Babies R Us!!!!!

My pics are in backwards though... so this is the Babies R Us shopping.... She really wanted this little soothing sounds stuffed toy for Abigail! It has music, the heartbeat, and white noise. This is so cool!!!!

Here is what all we bought at Toys R Us! The little thing on the side is a Bag Holder... so that if you change a diaper while you are out and it is a stinky one... you place it in these little baggies and it takes care of holding that smell inside! Meghan just HAD HAD HAD to have this... she thought this was just so cool!


HOBBY LOBBY


I ordered a few frames ... I laced my pieces... and I watched them while they assembled the pieces and made sure they were so nice to my work! But here is the result!

Quaker quaker piece!

Shepherds Bush Kit... I just love this little witchy girl! and the pics do NOT do this frame justice... it is just gorgeous! With charcoal flecks in it! It is just perfect for this piece!

I think that they turned out WONDERFUL!!!! I am so Proud of them! and that is 2 more of my goals of getting some of my finishes that are in my bin FRAMED!!! I had a goal of One a pay period ! I wanted them all hanging in my house...But SOME are finished other than a frame!!! So ...at least I am 2 more towards my goal!

OK... Here we go again! This time is was only $298 worth of clothes for $15 but still it was a TON!!! and we bought shoes Galore!!!! That took up a ton of space in the bag! I have a few pics for you to be able to see some of the goodies!!!!!!

Here you also see some of the shoes!!! Meghan and I BOTH have a shoe thing! WE LOVE SHOES!!!!

Look at the Franky-Stein sockies... and then the little Minnie Mouse sockies!!!

Swimsuits of all sizes and cover ups too!!!!

These are Socks... and stockings for the fall! They are so FUN!!!!

We had bought a plain white Bassinette... but then Stephy found us this one... and we were able to trade them for the difference. This one is the cadilac of Bassinette's. It has vibration... music... toys... and several crib sheets!!! It is ADORABLE!!!!

You have heard me talk of Grandma 2 being Stephy... This is Meghans call on calling her Grandma 2. She is the mother of Meghans long time boyfriend Justin. Stephy has a connection with Meghan and has always been there for her to support her. Stephy and I both joke about Meghan and Justin being in an arranged marriage. We are hoping that these two kids can work things out. So Grandma 2 works at Once Upon A Child and she had these two little outfits waiting for Meghan and out little peanut(that is what she calls her)!!!

Look at this one... I will have to try to get the other one to post at a later time the picture is not wanting to upload. It is a little yellow elephant outfit! and They are adorable!!!!

Thank you for sharing in my excitement, and for looking at my pics. I will post more later! Have a great day!!!

Summer Updates! Friday 7/8/11(heavy pics)

Good Morning all! I thought the easiest way to catch up on some of the busy things we have been doing is to do them in sections by the weekends... that way you all can see everything that we are doing!

Friday after work my Daughter met me at work and we drove to ONCE UPON A CHILD resale shop. They were having a "bag sale" $15 a bag all you can fit in it! WOWOWOWWWWW!!!! Working for YEARS in retail I know I can fit a TON in a bag! These were tiny Walmart style thin plastic bags!!!! so we started to see what all we liked first and then if we could find things that she would be able to use in larger sizes too!

We originally went to Once upon a child to get a Diaper Genie... and we DID get that... we ended up getting it so very cheap! WOW!!!! So here are some pics from our adventure!

Tons of clothes and jeans for Abigail! These were one of the cute ones!!! Look at the little flower on the belt!
This is another pair... They are Apple Bottom Jeans! and They are ADORABLE!!!!!

This is a little soft rainbow hedgehog that Meghan found it is a rattle and is made of polar fleece and is sooooooo soft!!!! Abigail is going to LOVE it!!!!

Here is Meghan afterwards in Abigails room going through things and seperating the sizes! We have to get the baby detergaent tomorrow so we can start the cleaning process!!! We are getting everything ready for our lil princess!!!!

Just to give you a bit of a breakdown.... as they scan the tags and process the sale they add all in the bag and give you a total of the items before it goes to $15 for that bag. Today we found drum roll please... $392 worth of clothes and the total was.... $15 We were so tickled!!! and all around us was having fun watching us push these things in that bag!!!

Thank you for Looking!!! Have a Great day!

Framed Finish

One of my goals this year is to finish some of the UFO's that I have. Another Goal this year was to either finish or frame the completed pieces that I have. I am trying hard to get a few done each time I get a little extra.

This is Sheepish Designs

Betsy 108 Exemplary

I had the frame made at Hobby Lobby and I laced and completed the actual framing. I was scared about this when I went to get the frame the piece looked so close to the edges of the laced work and I did NOT think it was going to look right... But WOW the pictures do NOT do it justice... this is a LOVELY piece... and everyone that was there in the shop that day started to talk of how perfect the frame was for that piece. I am so tickled with this framed finish.

Thank you for looking and have a great day! Keep crossing those stitches...

Tracy

Today in Kentucky!

Today is just gorgeous!!!!!

The gauge at the bank stated 80 degrees... but WOW it is just wonderful. The sun is shining... every once in a while it will pop behind a cloud and will look like rain... and around 11:30 this morning we had a brief like 3 minute shower.... but by my lunch break at 1 it was so sunny and with wind is pretty strong... it is a cooler wind blowing so I was able to get a Frappe... and sit in my car with the windows open and stitch what a WONDERFUL lunch hour! We have 4 blue jays that like to play in our front area where we park and they bounce between the limbs of the tree and sing... so lunch was so much fun today... Here are some lunch pictures...

I am working on Holy Moses by Silver Creek Samplers Over 1 with 1 thread of the DMC is calls for. This is a 25 count Potato fabric...

As you can see I was too caught up in those cute little blue jays and had to do some frogging... WOW frogging when stitching over one... is not fun!!!! OH and imagine that... I had to Frog my Frog!!! Giggle... it is the plague of frogs that I messed up on those darn frogs!!!!

Here is my Yummy Frappe... WOW these are an addiction!!!

See ... now here you can see that I am in the car... and there are my two lunch time friends... What a great day! Back to work all ... Keep crossing those stitches!!!

Tracy

More pics of all the work!

We have been so busy getting everything ready for our new little family member ... she is due to be here around the first of August... We have had several dear friends helping us to get ready for her... and here is some not all of the hard work that we have been doing...
We have the Living room and the downstair hallway painted... we still have to do the coblestone at the fireplace...Here is the start of the living room NOT all of the Cross stitch is hanging here yet!

Here is the hallway and shows the coblestone up the one wall.
Now to more of the Paint Abigail's room day pics... This was the group of pics that I wanted to post the pics that were missing from the last post...

This is the paint fight I was talking about... They were having so much fun!!! They were cracking Stephanie and I up so bad watching them... You can see by the picture that I took it thru Abigail's screen window... How fun... Of course when Meghan grabbed the entire gallon of Paint and took aim on Justin... WOW... I had to say... WOOOOOOOOOOOAH!!!! Gettum Megz!!!

Here is her room right after the paint was finished paint is not even dry yet!!! It is so bright and cheerful!!! I just LOVE being in this room!!!

This is all for right now... I want to add a post in a little bit showing you all the adorable things that we were able to find on out trip to Gatlinburg and London KY for Abigail... OMG there was so many things we bought... she is not even here yet and already needed her own suitcase... when she is here she will need a TRUNK!!!! Giggle!

Thank you again to all who helped us get as far as we are and have taken the time to help us welcome out new little bundle of Joy!!!

Lots of Pics- Abigails Room Getting ready

It has been sooooo busy here... Baby Abigail is JUST ABOUT HERE!!!!! We have been painting and tearing out walls... and getting prepared for her arrival.

I want to start off with a finish that I have just Mailed out to The Stitch Store in Buford GA. This was SUCH a Cool stitch piece... I had a blast stitching it and it was easy to stitch. The fabric she sent had a hue of pink in it... and was stitch over 2 with 2 threads of Old Red Paint Floss.
Then we go to ABIGAIL's FIRST Cross Stitch piece... This was picked by Megz on the Girls Trip to Columbus. Debbie Stitched it , Megz picked the frame... I painted the frame... and then laced and framed the piece... WELCOME ABIGAIL! Even with Cross Stitch. I WONDER.... Could that toy group "Lamaze" have a Q-Snap and safe needle for infants... giggle!!!

AND DRUM ROLL PLEASE...

OK more drums... this is the big work!!!

ABIGAIL'S ROOM

(so far)

Her changing station... with Swing and Bouncer. We have been able to suite the bedroom with swing ... playpen and bouncer and then also the living room with all 3 so she has her basic care and entertainment needs in both areas...Her Bed... and playpen... and Megz Glider... Her Bed is one that has the conversion kit for a toddler bed.. then a youth bed... then a queen size bed adventually. It is a very nice bed.. and OH MY GOODNESS it is so heavy!!!!! But we wanted her to have a GOOD bed to rest safe and sound. Our precious lil Abz.

Jungle Jill is the theme that Megz picked out for Abigail... and you can sorta see here too the monitor that she was able to buy... It is a Motion monitor ... if there is any stop in movement while the baby is sleeping the alarm goes off to check on her... WOW that is so cool!

Look at the Mobile... it is a Giraffe Head that holds it... that is so adorable!!!

Look at her closet ALREADY... Clothes Galore!!!!!! and Toys Galore!!!!! Wow!

Thanks goes out to all that have given up precious time to help us get everything ready for our lil baby girl!

Meghan and Abigail had several friends that stopped by to help Meghan get the room painted and cleaned and ready for her baby furnature!!! Her is a few of them... These girls came over the evening after we painted and helped with mopping and cleaning everything up real nice and getting it all ready to move things into the room!

OK... so here we go... THIS IS THE BIG PAINT DAY!!!!

This is Stephy... she is Justin's mom and has been appointed by Meghan to be Abigail's other grandma. She has already spoiled Abigail so much... and think of so many nice things that have helped support Meghan through everything that she has gone through. Stephy We all love you dearly and THANK YOU so much for EVERYTHING!!!!!

While Stephy and I are painting away... we sent Justin out to start on the doorway trim... and we hear laughing and squealing... and giggles galore... OK so the laughing was Megz... the squealing and crying like a girl... was Justin. They had this HUGE paint fight... Stephy and I was cheering fromt he upstairs window.... It was so much fun to watch... they giggled and laughed... and she swatted him with paint... there was paint all over the place.

Here is the end result!

We vacationed over Memorial Day week... We went to London KY to stay at Levi Jackson State Park. One of our favorite state parks. We went to Gatlinburg for a day... shopped and ate too much... and then back to the campsite. We went to Cumberlin Falls for a day ... the water was seriously HIGH!!!! and then back and one day we went to the flea market there in London... we found ALL KINDS of goodies for Abigail... Here is some of Megz favorites!!!

Here is Jake and Meghan at Cumberlin Falls... You can sorta see that the water behind them is running fast, high, and muddy.

Here is Me and Meghan at the falls... and WOW look at that Water GO!!!!! It almost did not have any place to "fall" the two sections that are usually greatly divided were almost completely together. It was very strange to see.

MOTHER'S DAY 2011

Meghan's First Mother's day!

For this mothers day... Her dad and I gave Meghan the designer fabric to cover her glider to match her baby room. Then her Mamaw worked her sewing magic and covered the seat part of the rocker. This turned out just AMAZING!!!!!!

Happy Mothers day Sweet Baby Girl... and to many many more mothers day's to come!!!

See ... I think she liked it!!!!

At the End of April... My Best Friend(sister) Debby, Meghan and I took off for a weekend Road Trip!!!! We headed for Columbus... and had a blast!!!! Here we went out for Debs Birthday... RED LOBSTER!!! YUMMY!!!!!

Megz and Laughing at everything and then at nothing...

Here is the reason for Columbus... CROSS STITCH...

Cross My Heart

The shop is WONDERFUL and the workers are so helpful and want to help you ! We had a great time and it was so refreshing to once again be in a brick and mortor shop.

Thank you for stopping by to catch up with my life some... and I hope to post more pics soon... I have so much I want to show you ... so many exciting things going on ... just those exciting things do not leave a lot of time for me to post and tell you all about them.

Keep Crossing those stitches!