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I took a break from my Crazy January Challenge pieces to stitch this adorable little butterfly. The design is from the current issue (237) of CrossStitcher magazine, and I used 28ct white linen and the called for DMC floss.
When I saw it I just had to stitch it, the colours are so very spring-y. I think I will make it into a little scissor fob.

Before starting the butterfly, I managed to finish up the Angel from Simply Red Ornaments by Imaginating but it's not ironed yet so you'll have to wait for a pic of that one :-)

Next up, today is weigh in day! And, uh-oh! This week I gained half a pound :-(
I'm not really that upset about it though, I did have a pizza pig out one night, and I hurt my ankle on wednesday night so I couldn't do my thursday last chance workout and I also had my period too, so I'm just going to take the gain and move forward. I knew that I would at some point have a week where I gained instead of lost and I was a little worried about how I would react when it happened. I pictured myself reaching for the chocolate and ice cream to make myself feel better! That is what I have always done in the past, and that is also why I am overweight in the first place! But it hasn't happened, and although I didn't lose any weight this week, I still feel really proud of myself for reacting in a positive way. Strange but true :-)

So, this weekend is going to be a busy one. On Saturday I have a rag rug making workshop to go to, I'm really looking forward to it. I always get a little nervous going to things like this by myself, it's the little kid in me - what if no one talks to me, what if I can't do it - well to combat this I think of my best friend Kim. When she lived close by, we were always doing new things and it was such fun, when she moved away I stopped doing stuff because I had no one to go with. This year I'm trying to change that, and thinking of Kim helps me to remember to not let the fear of the unknown stop me from getting out there and doing stuff. I have a tear in my eye now, better not cry onto the keyboard, it might fry the circuits!

Onto Sunday, and I have a Brownie Guide get together to attend for World Thinking Day (find out more here) which will take up the whole afternoon, should be good fun! And then on Sunday evening I will crash on the sofa and maybe, just maybe do some cross stitch :-)
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend,
Sadie x

Mid week report

It's the kids mid term here this week so not much stitchy stuff has been going on. What time I have had, has been spent on Angel from Simply Red Ornaments by Imaginating. This is one of my crazy 15.

Another evening or two and she should be finished :-) Just have the backstitching to complete.
I've been a bit naughty this week and I've had cake and pizza! Have to see how that affects the weigh in on Friday, hopefull my workouts will help to limit the damage :-)

Thanks for all the get well wishes on my last post, thankfully no one else got sick :-) and we are all back to top form.

Off now to tackle Mt Washmore!
Sadie x

Belated Valentine

I'm running slightly behind this year :-)
How about we try and go through things in chronological order.

Last week, I finished up Happy Bunny Bunny Day by The Trilogy.

There are supposed to be buttons along the leaf borders at the top and bottom but I don't have them (undecided yet as to whether I will get them or not, what do you think?). I decided to make this my valentine gift for Stuart so I used the pink to highlight our shared initial :-)

I ran out of time to actually make it into something but he didn't mind. What a star!

Last Friday's weigh in saw a one and a half pound loss again :-) for a total of nine and a half pounds so far. Steady progress.

Friday afternoon we headed to Edinburgh to stay with my little brother and his family for the weekend. We met up at IKEA and had our dinner there (mmmmmmmmmmm meatballs!) This is my nephew Charlie and my SIL Samantha. Not long after this photo was taken Charlie was sick :-( but although a little subdued he was fine once we got back to my brothers house. Saturday morning I looked after Charlie whilst everyone went horse riding.

Above is Cameron on his horse Max and below is Caitlin on Gizmo.

They all had a great time, although I think it was a little more challenging that they were expecting since just about all of them were beginners. Above (l-r) Gavin on Geoffry, Samantha on Levi and Stuart on Whisper.

Charlie and I had a lovely time visiting all the horses in the stables and then had a relaxing cuppa in the cafe :-) Saturday afternoon saw my brother struck down by whatever Charlie had had the day before :-( but he had it considerably worse. So on Sunday we left mid morning to let them all get some rest and we went to the National Museum of Scotland, well worth a visit, but if you don't like heights avoid the glass lifts! And also a quick wee visit to Greyfriars Church to see the Greyfriars Bobby memorial. If you are not familiar with the story of Greyfriars Bobby (he was a very loyal dog) you can find out more here. It's such a touching story.
When we got home on Sunday evening, we heard that SIL Samantha had now been struck down by the bug that Gavin and Charlie had been through :-(

Monday and the kids were back at school but DH Stuart had the day off so we could spend Valentines day together :-) then we got a call from the school at quarter past nine to say that Cameron had just been sick, could we please go and collect him. That's four people in four days! Thankfully nobody was sick on Tuesday, so we thought we had finished with it. Think again! Wednesday I was sick :-( and then Thursday my mum got it :-( Thank goodness it was only a short lived virus but my goodness it got through us all so fast! Fingers crossed that Stuart and Caitlin are in the clear.

So that brings up to today and I haven't picked up a needle since saturday, oh well, life is just like that sometimes isn't it. Kids are on holiday three days next week too so probably not too much stitching next week either.

Todays weigh in saw a three and a half pound loss :-D which I think is at least partly due to the fact that I was sick on Wednesday, but I'll take it! So that is a total of thirteen pounds! OMG! One more pound and I will have lost a stone :-) and I'm down a dress size too!

So that's me all up to date, are you still awake! LOL

Better get off the computer and see if I still remember how to stitch.

Sadie x

*eye roll*

Today I was hoping to share progress pics of the designs I have been working on from the Crazy January Challenge, but it is way to overcast and dark today to attempt pics *sigh*
So, instead I thought I would share with you all what happens when DH and the kids are left unsupervised with the camera.

I had no idea they had been doing this until I uploaded some cross stitch pics to the computer and got these as a bonus !?!

You can never take life too seriously when you live in our house, there is always someone around to inject a little sillieness into the day. Sometimes it is me!

But I don't have pics of that :-)

Today was weigh in day. And .................................. I lost a pound and a half again :-)Woohoo! That's a total of eight pounds so far. I'm very pleased and I feel great, I just need to keep at it and I will get to my goal weight.

Off now to cosy up in front of the fire with my stitching,

Sadie x

Hallelujah!

That is the word that springs into my head everytime I look at this sweet little angel. I think she is singing the Hallelujah Chorus :-)
She also reminds me of my sister :-) who is also a little angel :-) but not in the clouds, she is 'little angel working at the hospital'.
My fifth finish of the year, and one of my favourites. She was a little hard to stitch as the scrap of linen I used was too small for my q snaps so I had to stitch her in hand. It's a good job she is small cos my hand was starting to get sore. I can't believe that I used to stitch in hand all the time, I would be lost without my q snaps now!

Little Angel in the Clouds by Heart in Hand

32ct sand linen

DMC floss

It's weigh-in day tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed. I feel like I have had a good week, we'll see if the scales concur.

Off now to cuddle the kids,

Sadie x