Friday!

Well here it is, friday, the beginning of the weekend - the first weekend that I actually have homework due on Monday! And a lot. My computational vision class homework is tough - the first two problems anyway (actually i haven't tried the second one yet but the first is killer) the other 2 problems are in Matlab and really easy, just some basic learning matlab stuff so that was no problem. Boy I hope he grades leniently, i don't know how i'm going to figure out these problems.

Besides that my financial accounting project part 1 is also due monday, but that's almost finished and i think my partner is working on it now. If not i could easily finish it in a matter of minutes because it's all in the book. Besides that i have a lot of reading to do this weekend.

And tonight is date night, my boyfriend is taking me to dinner then we're renting movies and watching movies the rest of the night - tomorrow will be getting more work done (reading while he uses the computer) and then relaxing while he goes out with his friends - cross stitch here i come! Sunday will be the really big homework day and maybe also get some work done.

So I haven't made much progress, none on the round robin - i did embroider a bit on the castle wednesday night but nothing last night since i got home so late. I do want to finish up the round robin this weekend - i think i'm going to work on it right now actually, that way i can start a new piece tomorrow night - the quilt piece probably since that will go quick. I also still have to order the kreinek threads i need for my new RR that starts in march. I should probably order soon - it's going to cost me about 10 dollars! Sometimes we have to make sacrifices! Well - that RR is calling my name!

When it snows it snows!

I woke up this morning to a good 8 inches of snow - nice and light, but snow none the less. Luckily it is wednesday so I can stay cooped up and get work done. Instead of work however I proceeded to read for 2 hours this morning, finishing the book Middlesex - which was great! Then it was 11, so I showered and then went out and shoveled. After that I painted a bit - i've been painting (stencilling) this small box I bought that I will put cross stitch on top of. I'm stenciling green/gold leaves on it, all four sides are done now, but I think i will do a second layer of leaves too. After that I finally started some homework, 2 hours of financial accounting and I'm taking the dumb course Pass/Fail! Anyhow, the homework is done for chapter 3 and that means I should do well on the quiz. We have a project due on Sunday that needs more work but i'll do that this weekend I think.

As for stitching - All I have left of Carol's RR is backstitching now - which is great, I can get that to her pretty soon. I also worked on my quilt last night - both of the blocks I cut out pieces for are complete, the large teapot and the sugar bowl. I should scan them in sometime since they're pretty small. Next I have to pick colors out and start the other blocks (3 left to go).

So my priority is to finish Carol's piece - and embroider my castle some more - that's been at a stand still. After that is done a bit I will start the new kit my mom bought for me to make for her on Saturday. Speaking of Saturday - the Quilting Bee - it was up in Latham, it was a really good time, 3 good hours of stitching (on It's Winter) and we went to a quilt store and ate lots of food :) ACMoore was on the way home which has been all moved around so we browsed through that whole place.

Sunday was a walmart trip and that's where I picked up the stencil and paints to start the box. I have to pick out some fabric still to line the inside of the box, but I also need to pick out a cross stitch design to put on top... hmmm.. maybe a dragon pattern for me, or should this be a gift? I can always recreate this - with a different stencil design, this is really a practice one anyway, since I dont' know how to do the inside or anything.

Well - It's back to homework now, read for computer so maybe I can start the problem set that's due on monday! Uck!!!

Getting there...

Today is one of those days where I need to write a checklist and get everything done. It's Wednesday, class starts up again tomorrow and I have a quiz, and some homework that needs to get done. My little vacation is over. So far I did one reading assignment this morning as well as got my emails done. Next on the list is all of my financial accounting homework, then maybe i'll make the meatballs for dinner if my beef is still good. Lastly it's math homework which is mostly reading for now since the assignment is due on Monday. Then - depending on the time, cook dinner or relax with some stitching. I was thinking of starting my quilt today if i get all my work done, as a reward but it will depend what time it is, it's an appliquet quilt and i'm not real used to appliquet yet so i may need my mom's help and some supplies like freezer paper and starch, iron etc. I could cut out the pieces atleast for a block. Plus I have to decide which colors are getting used where. The quilt is a Debbie Mumm quilt and it's a tea theme, perfect for my kitchen (if i had wall space anyway).

So now that's all i have to do today, it would be nice to get some vacuuming done as well but my boyfriend will be here in the afternoon so i know that won't happen. I can't get work work done when he's around - playing video games as i'm sure he'll be doing again :)

OK - enough dilly dallying, it was good to get this stuff written down but now it's time to get the work done !

And it's Monday...

Well I wasted a lot of time playing this new game with my boyfriend (new to us anyway) - Civ 3 Play the World, it's multiplayer so we can play it together. Everytime we got pretty far though we would get an error and the game would close (this was last night) so today I'm downloading the patch to fix it and then we're going to play again. This game takes hours to win! And we're only playing one computer!

So I started my embroidery, I transferred the pattern to the fabric and started on it, i really like it and hope to work more on it today. It shouldn't take too long to finished and nothing compared to cross stitch.

Tomorrow night i have a job interview for a second job, i really hope I get it i really need the money. So tomorrow I will work on the new website for my current job, then go to the interview. Wednesday will be homework day and thursday is classes. Then back to the real routine with homework on the weekend too. This has been a great few days of doing nothing (especially since I was sick).
I also started reading Middlesex, it's really good so far and I'm on part two. It got great reviews and I'm really glad I bought it. I bought another book too that I'm looking forward to reading and hopefully I'll finish my book on tape soon since I'm down to one more tape - that's Mystic River and must read! It is great too!

Well I'm going to go do something off line so this patch will download quicker - hmph!

------ Added Wednesday :
We played civ 3 all right - for 8! hours Monday. I ended up getting a migraine (my first one ever) and having to get off the computer and go to bed at 8:30 - but my boyfriend is still playing the game trying to beat the computer (it's the same game but i gave him all my cities and gold so he could continue playing). This game is rediculous and I still play it in my head when I go to bed - it just won't go away, it makes me sick thinking about it again! UCKKK!

Three more days off...

Well my 6 day vacation (due to Monday off) is halfway over. I've managed to get a bunch of chores done, including get the last of the storm windows put on and burn all the garbage. Next on my list is to clean the bath tub and vacuum my room and the bathroom sometime.

I've now put down It's Winter by Sue Hillis (after posting my progress pic in my WIP album) and started on Carol's RR from the first round robin. I figure I'll devote my time to that, finish it and send it on it's way - then back to It's Winter and maybe starting a new one.

For my new round robin i have a few things to do to prepare my piece, but the stitched piece is done already so I just have to section off the fabric and print out the patterns etc.

I'm thinking of starting my new quilt this weekend (week), I bought a bunch of coordinating fabrics yesterday and I'm going to do it all by hand instead of machine (except the actual piecing). This means it will take longer but I think i'll enjoy it more and treasure the quilt more. Another new project will be starting my embroidery piece now that i have the exact fabric i want to use, it's a matter of printing out the pattern and getting the pattern transferred with my mom's light box. Then learning the stem stitch :)
That's all for updates - feeling better, nose is recovering and I'm looking forward to this nice relaxing day!

I'm Sick!

Well it's Thursday, my second day of class and I have a head cold. I think I was out too much in the cold yesterday, I did my walk at 10am and then went up to RPI for my interview so that was a lot of walking in the cold as well.
Classes Monday went well, hopefully today will go by quickly because I just want to go to sleep. After class I'm off to walmart to get a few things including Tylenol Cold!
Stitching is going well, I've been working on It's Winter and this weekend I'll put it down and scan it then start working on Carol's Round Robin piece from my original RR. The sooner I get that to her the better then we'll all have ours.
I chose my piece for my new RR- it's the gemstone dragons on black 18ct aida. I just have to pick out 7 of them (that way everyone has a choice) and buy the kreinik threads needed for those 7. That's what i'll do tomorrow.
Also on the checklist of today when I get home - storm windows on the windows i need a ladder for - it's going to get colder again tomorrow and my heat just can't do it... so i'll brave the cold tonight and try to get the 6 windows done that are left!

Last day at work...

That's right, less than 5 hours to go and I might never be back working here again - depending on where life takes me.

I just spent 20 minutes applying to some jobs on Monster.com that are in Boston and one in Hartford I think... both places my boyfriend is applying to schools. I haven't looked in NYC yet but that's another option. I haven't been too succesful with Monster.com before but it's closer to graduation now so who knows.

I finished all the stitching in Carol's RR last night - it went really fast, and now I just have 2 beads to attached and it's ready for mailing. That will get done this weekend but i think tonight will be a night away from cross stitching. We're hoping tonight to go to dinner and a movie (Big Fish) - unless my mom is doing a family thing for her birthday then those plans change. Tomorrow night my boyfriend is going out so i'll rent some movies and cross stitch all night again, i'm really looking forward to maybe starting a new project or making serious progress on my new WIP (probably the latter - start a new project after all the RR's are finished). I also have to dye my fabric so maybe sunday i can start that RR- or next week.

Monday I have school all day -then tuesday i'll clean the house and maybe get some work done, then wednesday more work then an interview at 3, then back to classes on Thursday. I have a feeling this will be my last regularly spaced blog, maybe I'll manage once a week from now on but who knows. It sure has been fun and I'll *try* real hard to remember to come let it all out :)

The home stretch...

I went home ready to spend the night cross stitching, i was staying up till 10, started stitching at 6, i could have gotten 4 hours in, maybe finished Carol's RR... but my mood got changed, won't get into how but it did and i got hardly any done and then just watched tv. I couldnt' bare to pick up my stitching and I really wanted to. It's okay though because I will tonight and maybe i needed a break last night.

So tonight I will be working a bit later since I came in later - needed the sleep, then i'll go grocery shopping and then home to cook dinner and stitch. Tomorrow night we're going to go see Big Fish and then Saturday night I have the night to myself again because my boyfriend's going out with his friends. I will probably rent movies this time and just relax all night again - probably even up late again. Maybe I'll go at 4:30 today and stay later tomorrow, 4 1/2 hours should fly by tomorrow since it's my last day. Today however will drag so I gotta do what I gotta do.

My last wednesday here...

So i finally put away the Christmas decorations last night - my boyfriend's are still up but he can do them any time he has much more free time then me right now, and the tree is still up but cleared. I also cooked dinner again (that's two nights in a row!). I may go grocery shopping after work today, get some steak and make egg noodles for dinner. I could pick up some beef too for this weekend, i'm thinking about making home made meatballs. (that would be a first).

I finished stitching the first little person on Carol's RR... Uncle Sam. He looks great. He took 5 hours total so I just need another 5 hours probably to finish her RR completely. I also found some new hobbies - I'm going to try embroidery, this greenwork castle design that this woman sent me, she and her sister designed it and it came out great so i'm going to give it a try. Also sketching, i've been trying to draw dragons, it's hard and my drawings look like children's drawings but i'll keep at it.. something i can do at work for now when i'm bored. I always wanted to be an artist, i loved to draw, i just was never good at it, maybe though, maybe i can practice at it and do better. Starting small, i need to get some models. I'd like to sketch and then turn into cross stitch later so they really have to be proportional to come out good.

So now i've added two hobbies, applied for more part time jobs and i'm never going to have a free second to myself at this rate! All well, keeping busy will keep me from getting lazy, i also want to walk 3 days a week starting tuesday and go to the gym on Mon and Thur (that part isn't hard i did it last semester).

This is my last wednesday here, probably for good because i doubt i'll work here after i graduate (you never know though). Anyhow - 2 days to go, plus today which is 2 1/2 hours over so far (out of 9). So i'll get back to my sketching :)

Another Tuesday...

I had planned on getting my Christmas stuff packed up yesterday, but no such luck, my boyfriend just wanted to play video games, maybe tonight.

I have just applied for two part time jobs for the spring semester. I'm looking for more work (more money) and hope I hear from one of them. One is web development and the other is a sales associate that has to do with a web development company or something. Either way, I just need some money to save up for vacation after graduation and my current job has a lot of work but I could finish it really quickly and then have nothing again like last semester.

I got 1/2 hour of stitching done last night just before bed. The first little person on Carol's RR piece is almost finished, besides backstitching, then I just have the second one and then on to the next project! I'd like to mail out Carol's RR next week early, along with the floss I bought for Mercedes. Then I'll start on my next RR piece due in March until I get Carol's other RR which should be here soon. After all those are finished I will work on one of my WIPS - not It's Winter - that has to be rotated out for a short time, then I'll start the new piece for my boyfriend that he's been bugging me about. Might as well start it right??

Today is really dragging, it's only been an hour and I'm almost falling asleep. I do have a meeting at 11 but that's it. I'll probably walk again at lunch, really felt good yesterday. Then home at 4:30 which is a change that maybe I can keep up tomorrow and thursday. Thursday is my exit interview since my last day is Friday! I just can't wait for school on monday! That's enough babbling ---- off to find something else to do...

Another Monday...

This weekend was great. First of all New Years Eve was even better than I could imagine, my boyfriend called me at work just before it was time to leave and told me he got a 161 on his LSAT (that's 85 percentile) and it's great news. So the night was a celebration, the 4 of us played cards until about 11:40, then watched the ball drop and then right to bed :) Work on Friday was easy, just 3 1/2 hours then up to Albany to fix a database problem, then home to hang out with my boyfriend. We went bowling after going to dinner and had a great time. Saturday was a more relaxed day and I spent the night alone cross stitching and watching movies. I went to bed around 3am, and my boyfriend showed up at 6am! We slept in till about noon, but then I was up and showered and we went to ACMoore right away.

After ACMoore I organized my newly aquired floss and sat down to cross stitch some more.. in total I stitched 10 hours Thur-Sunday. Besides that I also washed some of my finished cross stitch projects and tea dyed a piece of fabric for my new RR. Unfortunately I washed it too soon and I think i washed out most of the tea, luckily I can do it again no problem. This time i'll put vinegar in the tea.
So sunday was a relaxing day and i really felt like it was a long weekend. I'm not looking forward to my long week of work but it is my last and next monday I start classes again! My last semester! Can't believe I'm almost done with college!

New Years Eve!!

Of course not so much fun yet since I have 9 1/2 hours of work to get through but I got here a bit earlier so I can leave by 5!

Last night we watched Pirates of the Carribean, I stitched through most of it but I do like the movie, it makes me laugh for sure. They did a really good job with it. I got the second snowflake on my piece It's Winter by Sue Hillis - I will be posting a picture on my webpage soon now that I have visible progress and not just a blue block. I am enjoying it very much. I do however have to put it down soon and work on my round robin that is due Feb 1st. I'm also joining another round robin that will start probably in March sometime. I haven't decided what to do for that one but it might be this simple calendar piece since there are 6 of us, the whole calendar could be done. Only problem is that it has to be done on Aida which I don't have a lot of - maybe I'll get out my white and wash it (to make it softer) and dye it to look older - tea stained maybe. That will go good with the pattern I think.

So tonight will be poker and drinks. It may just be the four of us, or a few of my boyfriend's friends might come and make a larger group, although more than 6 makes poker tough. No matter what I'm sure it will be fun and I can go to bed soon after new years. I don't think we've stayed in at new years in a long time (going on maybe 6 years now). Definately will be a change to watch the ball drop on my tiny tv. I hope everyone has a great New Year's Eve and of course, A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Another night of games...

So I work a long day, go home and play my new computer game with my boyfriend for a few HOURS - then go to bed and literally drag myself to the shower in the morning. Not tonight - i have to stop the cycle before I waste my life away. Tonight I will cross stitch and maybe watch tv while I cross stitch. Go to bed early (need to rest up for new years eve).

I found a new job possibility yesterday, it's an option in boston so I'm really hopefull, i'll put in my resume maybe tonight, and the interviews are on campus in the beginning of Feb. It's a great opportunity so hopefully it also pays well :)

Today and tomorrow will be long days, my friend at work is on vacation so I have no one to talk to during breaks and the days will drag for sure. 9 1/2 hours today and 9 tomorrow, then only 4 on friday but she'll be back by then.

In the world of cross stitch, i'm coming up with new ideas for some large projects. Right now I'm stitching the Dragon Dreams Virtue Series for a round robin - that will get 6 of them done, 2 done already. I will then continue them myself and maybe my sister and grandmother will each stitch one for me. Maybe do another round robin with them as well - there are 14 in total so it would have to be a small round robin. Then they will be made into a quilt. Well I saw someone else's idea (i take no credit) who changed their colors and made a quilt for a new baby. That would be perfect for when I have kids. (eventually). I could do them in light pink like her, or mix it up a bit and for a girl do light pink and purples mixed together, or use softer greens for either and for a boy light blues, or just mix them all up and do soft colors (blue, pink, purple, green, yellow) for all of them - there is one dragon that really only looks good green and it's the one i stitched for my round robin (Strength) - breathing fire so the fire clashes with the pink/blue. This quilt will be for my first child - but maybe I'll just start working on it when I have children and add other names to it if i have more (really only want 2 kids). Then finish it as a wall quilt for their room. I doubt I'll want to make a seperate one for each child, but maybe dragons for one child and castles or something or a different dragon quilt for the other. This is all years from now but my mind sure does like to run so I go with it - and right now it's going back to work!!!

And Christmas is over ...

Well I must say that the past 4 days were the best 4 days I had all year! Christmas eve dinner at my boyfriend's was great, his parents got me a really nice set of stoneware dishes that I love and dinner and conversation was at an all time high. The little kitten slept in my lap after dinner which completed the night for me and I headed home grinning.

Christmas morning was later than normal but it was wonderful, we made some tea, opened stockings and then presents. My parents went all out and I got a ton of stuff, my sister and I got mostly the same gifts, a lot of baking and kitchen stuff and digital cameras! I also got one of the table standing Ott lights, true light. I love it!

After that it was off to my grandmother's for dinner, I got PC Stitch from them and a gift certificate to Joann's from my uncle. Then the boyfriend's came up to our house and we did gifts, my boyfriend got me a ton of cross stitch stuff, mostly things for organizing my floss. That was put to good use on friday :)

Friday my sister, mom and I hit the mall so my sister could return stuff and we could buy some christmas ornaments. It was quick and easy and only when we were leaving did the mall really start to get packed. Then it was off to Joann's to use my gift card and then home to organize all my floss (3 hours organizing) I now have 400 colors organized in stitch bow cases (minus about 30 colors that are missing or being used for projects). Then my mom cooked dinner and we played games all night. It was a great day/night.

Saturday I had the day to myself, I watched movies, stitched for 3 hours during Lord of the Rings the extended editions (1 and 2). Sunday was another relaxed day, we went to dinner and then to walmart and bought a new computer game which we then played for a few hours until bed time.

Now it's monday and I'm back at work for a nice long 9 hour day. I can't wait to get home and stitch some more tonight (or play computer games) :) I've been eating my Christmas candy for the last 2 hours ;) So with that i'll get back to work and let my wonderful 4 day vacation travel to the land of memories!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Well it's my last day of work this week - I have a little over 5 hours left, which includes going out at lunch time to buy a book at Barnes and Noble. I'm psyched for Christmas now and wish it lasted longer but I'll be back here monday morning to fill in my blog...

So still no stitching as i guessed, and tonight I'm going to my boyfriend's family dinner, maybe doing a gift exchange not sure, they may save the gifts till Christmas or later. Then home for the night and up in the morning to do my own family christmas exchange/breakfast and then to my grandmother's for dinner.

I can't express my excitement, I can't wait for everyone to open their presents, I know a few presents that people are getting from people besides me and I think they'll really like them so I can't wait for that. All in all I think it will be a very fullfilling Christmas and i'm glad to be a part of it.

I wish I had more to write but I don't, maybe it's time to eat something and get some work done so I can go home at 4!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

And Health Returns...

Well I made it through my 12 hour day of work while feeling sick all day, I hardly ate anything, maybe I'll lose some weight from this episode :) I did manage to get to sleep within an hour of getting home, my boyfriend woke me up at 9 to see how I was doing but I fell right back to sleep.

Up at 5 no problem again and I'm feeling fine! Completely back to normal, I even ate an apple danish for breakfast and had a cup of tea before that (1/2 a cup really). I think I'll buy lunch today and then eat my chicken and brown rice for dinner since I'm here until 7.

Tomorrow I only have to work 8 hours then I'm done for the week! I hope friday is worth all these extra hours. Atleast tonight I can get some stuff done when I get home and watch my tv show if it's on.

So now it's back to work, still trying to get these diagrams filled is by Wednesday, I'm almost finished with the largest one then I have 1 more new one and then just fixing old ones. I think I can finish by Wednesday, just feeling better today will help my productivity a lot. Back to work...

Ah another weekend passed and I'm back at this desk (I even have gloves on because this office is so cold!).

So shopping went well friday, i completely finished it all, didn't go over my limit too much and I can still pay my bills, so i'm still in a good mood about that (paying off 2 more credit cards this morning). There will be only one credit card that i'm not paying off completely this month, i'm leaving 160 on it plus I charged another 250 on it friday so i'll pay that off in january. I've never payed interest before so really i'm interested to know how much it is.

Saturday we drove out to my uncle's, and my youngest cousin was sick with a fever, with tylenol she was her self most of the time and only sick off and on with no other symptoms luckily. We did presents and had a roast beef for dinner, 14 lbs too. During all of this my mom had a migraine and slept through dinner. After dinner we put the kids to bed and played poker for a few hours. My mom, dad, aunt, uncle and cousin went back to their house around 10 and we stayed up to watch a movie. My youngest cousin woke up again from her fever and ended up staying up until 2 am. My sister and I stayed up talking until 3 since we hadn't seen each other in a while.

Sunday we got a call that the birthday girl (my cousin who we were going to go see play her basketball game) was throwing up all night so breakfast and the game was off, but we would still meet at their house for presents and cake at 1. Before we left the fever hit again and my little cousin was wiped out by it, she luckily slept on the car ride over and was feeling better though. The party went on without incident and then the drive home. As soon as i got home i started feeling sick however and the night was horrible, my stomach was in knots, but i did get some sleep and got up at 5 to get into work early so i can work 12 hours. When i get home tonight i'll go to bed early again and do the same tomorrow so that I'll only have to work 8 hours on wednesday and be done for the week. Definately worth it i think.

Well that was my weekend, now i'm working, been here for over 3 hours, which is good, getting some work done, i want to try to finish up the design i'm working on by wednesday. I won't get much cross stitch done until the end of the week unfortunately but i did atleast get to start a new one, It's Winter by Sue Hillis, i started it in the car after buying the floss for it on friday. This will maybe be a birthday present to myself in April if i can get it done by then, then i'll do It's Autumn for my mom.
So the saga continues and so does the work...

I'd have to say that today is the first time that I've looked at my bills and been in a good mood.. I will have the money to pay them. With my paychecks coming this week (and every week for the next 4) I can pay off my credit cards, finish christmas shopping and buy the books I need next semester. My one hardship is paying my parents the rest of the tuition I owe - I have to see if I can post pone that payment since I really don't have the money. It's hard but I really have to work more so I'll get another large paycheck in January.

To top that off, i will be owing a lot of taxes, that will hurt but I do have until April to get that money together, and then I need to save up for my first vacation after I graduate.
But this can not bring down my mood, i have money in my account and i'm going to finish my shopping today and it's only 3 1/2 hours at work today which makes it all the better.

Last night I stitched for 3 hours (that's pretty much my max in one day), and I finished the miniature quilt for my aunt, it's got a hanging cord and everything, just need to scan it in and then wrap it for this weekend (tomorrow). Now it's time to either start something new (probably do that) or force myself to work on the piece I want to finish in January for my mom (probably not). I might kit something up to work on during the car trip tomorrow and sunday, there are a lot I want to start but to keep it small I might do a small dragon on my hand dyed fabric.

Well this time at work won't pass unless I get to work - tata - see you next week!

The movie was great. Except for a nagging pain in my stomach the whole time, the 3 1/2 hour movie was worth it. The weather was not on our side when we headed it, snowing and slushy but it stopped snowing while we were in the movie so the drive home wasn't bad, except we couldn't get my car up my road so I had to park down at a neighbors for the night.

I slept in a half hour later than normal, felt great, when i woke up i didn't have that dreaded feeling for a change, i even hit snooze and slept for 9 more minutes. So I got to work a half hour later and have to leave a half hour later, I'm only working 7.5 hours today though so I think I can leave at 4:30, I have to make a trip down to Chatham at that time then home to stitch for the night since my boyfriend is going out (he rarely does and I enjoy the night to myself once in a while). Not that we spend every night together because we don't but it's nice to feel like I have no obligations for a night, can just sit and stitch the night away, plus the Thursday night shows are on which is good. And I can come in late again tomorrow since I only have 4 hours of work, then I'm doing my Christmas shopping.

Enough rambling, I definately recommend seeing Lord of the Rings (if you've seen the others). I'm looking forward to watching all 3 again sometime, maybe when the third comes out on DVD. The end dragged on a bit but they had to tie up all the loose ends, unfortunately my sore back and stomach did not agree with me on that part but what can you do. Well it's back to work for me - only 7 hours to go (plus a workout).

Well the week is heading towards the halfway mark (over really due to the number of hours I worked). Today is Lord of the rings day - and it's going to rain all day long! Then tonight it might snow and tomorrow snow. I just hope the roads don't get bad before the drive home from the movie tonight.

So I managed to get almost nothing done last night, but I did cross stitch, worked on the border of the miniature quilt I'm doing for my aunt. It's more than halfway done now and I'm sure I can finish it by Saturday morning. So far I've spent 11 hours working on this piece and it's tiny! I can't wait to finish it and start working on the Round Robin piece that I got in the mail. That should go quickly and then it's back to my own stitching, maybe even something new I get for Christmas?? maybe?? My boyfriend finished shopping for me, he got me a ton of small gifts (just like i wanted since there isn't anything large that I want). He won't let me touch the wrapped gifts under the tree for fear I'll figure out what they are but I honestly have no idea what he got me and I can't wait to find out. Now I just have to finish my shopping for him, I'm at a loss for what else to get him and so far I've just gotten him a few small things, nothing that he'll actually be excited about either. Unfortunately when i get time to go shopping (friday) it is going to be BUSY at the mall and I'm going to hate it, hopefully my brother will come with me like he said he might, he can help me pick out presents.

Well - a short day today, only 8 hours plus the gym. So I gotta get back to work if i want to get anything accomplished today.