Have been busy watching the Olympcis and have lost track of time!!!

My goal rotation on Columbine went extremely well. I completed the next petal just like I wanted. I think I will stick with goals on my WIPs instead of "weeks". Since I accomplished my goal I am moving on to the next one in my rotation. This will be Universal Unity. This is another one that I started many years ago and was tossed in a UFO pile. My goal on this project is to complete the giraffe (and maybe some background if all goes well).

Have found many blogs that I am interested in keeping up with - However, can't seem to get BlogRolling to list them all on my site - will work on that this week. If I can't get it to work then I will just list them myself. I am also working on getting progress bars added to my sidebar on all of my WIPs.

Finished my rotation on Underwater Paradise. Got some more background done and since that seemed to be slow going - I decided to complete the Lion Fish which is at the center of the design. Filled everything in and even backstitched it. Now I can't wait to get the other fish done after seeing that one come to life.

Working on Columbine by The Silver Lining this week. I loved working on this and watching the colors come to life. He designs such beautiful flowers with each one being more vibrant than the next. He has a couple of new ones that have just come out and I am dying to buy the patterns. You can see what I have completed so far in My Photo Album under WIPs.

Having some health insurance problems in regards to my daughter so most of my time this week has been spent on the phone...on hold. I long for a day where I can just sit down, relax and stitch to my heart's content. Well, maybe when the kids are grown and gone, LOL.

I am so enjoying this blogging thing. I have greatly enjoyed reading about everyone's lives and stitching. I am getting up the courage to start commenting on some - but reading has been fun. I am also trying some things out on my own site and slowly but surely getting used to editing my page.

Stitching Blogger's Question

With the exception of your online stitching friends, do you have any other stitching buddies?

Unfortunately, no I don't have any stitching buddies except those online. In fact, my family and friends think I am crazy for all the stash I have.

I am hoping one day to get together with some of my online friends for a stitching weekend. I have one friend in a neighboring city that would like to get together and do some stashing at some local LNSs.

Stitching on Underwater Paradise has been slow due to 2 reasons. One, my son had oral surgery yesterday and most of the time has been with helping him through this. The other is that I am starting on the RR piece and I wanted to get a good head start on it.

However, I am working on the background up at the top of the design and want to finish a good portion of it this week. I also want to complete a few fish that I have started before putting more on the canvas.

The RR is going well - I have the first chickadee almost done. I would like to finish him and get some of the tree done this week. They are being stitched on 18 ct. Aida. I chose Aida as this is my first RR and it is a beginners group and I wasn't sure what to go with.

I am hoping to be a part of the Stitching Bloggers Webring as I have been reading posts from their and have enjoyed everyone's stitching. I also want to start working on my blog - getting the page to look like I want it too. In reading everyone's blogs, I have fell in love with the blinkies that you all have - hope to get some soon after I figure out how to get them on my site.