back to no work...

Well at least 2 days this week went by fast. Since I finished my project yesterday (even a day earlier than i had planned). I'm back to having no work. I can probably sit in the lab most of today and try to help debug but tomorrow no one will be in the lab either. Luckily tonight I am going to my uncle's for dinner and staying over night so my drive in tomorrow will be shorter and by the time i'm back to my apartment i'll only have one more day of work until my 3 day weekend starts.

I did go grocery shopping last night, then vacuumed the apartment really well which makes thursday's cleaning easy, i'll just have to clean the bathroom and the kitchen and do a quick vacuum, maybe do a better job in the livingroom since I didn't move around anything in there to vacuum. Then I spent 2 hours stitching and watching tv. I now have a tuesday night run of shows to watch since after summerland sex in the city is on on tbs for an hour. Granted they are episodes i've seen already right now but eventually it'll get to the season i haven't seen, either the 4th or 5th.

I did make it to the gym yesterday, of course I'm sore today, i think i'll do legs and shoulders today, maybe i'll get up the nerve to do a quick swim, or else i'll just shower again like i did yesterday. This time i brought my sandles to shower in. That leaves back and biceps tomorrow and nothing really for friday which is fine because i think fridays i'd rather get home quicker, so i'll work out mon-thur and maybe on the weekends my boyfriend and i will go running one day, he started running yesterday with a friend, so he plans on two days a week at least.

All right, i'm off to the message board, do a quick check in and see what the ladies are up to today...

working, working, working,

yesterday really did fly by, it was great. But first the weekend...

The drive home friday was horrible, all traffic, but i made it to my bank and then to have dinner with my boyfriend before my brother's graduation ceremony. Afterwards we all hung out at my parent's house for a bit. Saturday my boyfriend and i went shopping and then my parent's had a bbq, we ate, ate and played poker, finally we left around midnight. Sunday we relaxed, i left around 5:30 and packed up the last few things from my house before getting on the road a little after 6. Traffic again was bad though and i didn't get home until 9.

So yesterday I worked, went well, had stuff to do most of the day and it went by fast, then last night when I got home I put together the two stackable pieces of furniture I had bought (a drawer set and a small shelf set). Then I finally did my unpacking/organizing. The livingroom is down to having the computer, printer, fan and a box of computer stuff that needs a desk to be put into. My closet could use more organizing things but it's neat and all my stitching stuff is put away. I could get some more stackables, i'll have to figure out what would fit in there best and be useful. We also need to start looking for a nice desk for the bedroom that we can put the computer on or atleast just put our "stuff" in.

Then I got an hour of stitching in, I can honestly say that I am halfway done with the RR that is supposed to be mailed out this saturday I think, maybe it's supposed to be mailed July 1st? Hmm.. that's not going to happen :) Tonight though I have a lot of time to stitch so hopefully I can get a lot done, i think i'll vacuum when i get home, get that done so that cleaning thursday is not so bad at all, a quick vacuum, dust and wipe down of everything.

Well the work continues and I have much to do :)

2 more days of work...

Then I get to go home and see my boyfriend :) Seriously though yesterday went well, worked in the lab a bit so that helped pass the time. Then after work I went and hung out with my Aunt until 9 when I headed home and basically just went to bed. Next week if I go to dinner again I'll stay over night since they live closer to work than I do, plus I want to bring a desert with me next time.

Today after work I will go to Target, maybe walmart too but I could probably save that until this weekend. Then to CVS to see if I can get my prescriptions filled and then home to do everything on my list. I'm hoping to get some organizing stuff for my closet at target, and maybe something for the bathroom so I'll be able to unpack more stuff. And I have to pack for the weekend since I'm leaving straight from work friday.

So no stitching last night, just relaxed, went for a 2 mile walk with my aunt and cousin, then had dinner and just chatted for a bit. For some reason my congestion is getting worse and today is rough for me. I don't have cold symptoms though so I'm chalking it up to allergies still. Guess I could go make breakfast now..

Doing good so far...

Today is the half way point of the week, hopefully the day won't drag on like yesterday started too. Luckily yesterday afternoon I went to the lab and 3 hours passed by quickly, it was great, plus I learned a lot, more hands on stuff. Today it's back to reading documentation.

Last night was great, I got home, started with the blinds in the bedroom, got them all washed, then cleaned the windows, i couldn't reach the outside top parts but got the bottoms done at least. Then I had dinner, put the blinds back on, talked to my sister, my boyfriend and my mom (my phone was ringing off the hook last night). Finally by 8 I was ready to settle down and cross stitch, i did this off and on until 11 with the tv on. I made good progress on the Round Robin, finished just past the 1 (it's set up like a clock). SO that leaves the top right corner and the right side border left to do.

Tonight I'm going to my Aunt and Uncle's for dinner again, I'm looking forward to it, we're going to go for a walk beforehand. I'll probably get there around 5:30 and hopefully I'm home by 10. I'm taping the moving Love&Basketball that's on tonight, some night next week when nothing is on tv I can pop it in and watch it.

Tomorrow i have a long list of things to do, I need to pack completely for the weekend (which includes a lot of laundry) since I'm going home straight from work friday. I also will have to take out all the garbage - all the furniture packing stuff, that will take a while and I also want to plant my new plants in pots if i have time, just didn't get to it last night. It's something I have to do first when I get home because i get dirty doing it so if i wait i'll talk myself out of it, last night instead i did the blinds.

So that's my update, probably would be more interesting if it wasn't a daily update, we'll see how it goes once work gets to be available and i'm busier.

Another dawn another day...

Well I was pretty productive last night, i got home and I got a lot of mail (some bills, my insurance card, my cable modem). So i hooked up my cable modem, it works great, then I cleaned the 2 blinds in the diningroom and the outside of the kitchen windows. With that done I made dinner and settled in to relax (around 8). By 9 I wasn't feeling too well so I put away my stitching and watched my show and went to bed. Luckily today I'm just congested, no other symptoms like last week, but the congestion is pretty bad (allergies maybe).

So I got about a half hour of stitching done, depending on my plans tonight hopefully I can make more progress, maybe get to the top corner or something. I'm not looking forward to the carrots in the corner but that will be my half way point.

Well I'll keep this short since the most I could do is babble... instead I'll find work.

Week 2...

Well that was a good weekend, I must say. Friday night we went to Kohl's and dinner. Saturday we went to my uncle's, helped him paint then went and got our furniture and set that up. Then back to my uncles to play with the kids and then play computer games for most of the night. Sunday we sorta slept in and went home early. My boyfriend vacuumed the apartment after we picked up all the boxes from the furniture and I unpacked some clothes into the new dresser. He headed home pretty early and I started cleaning the windows/blinds in the kitchen. 2 down 9 to go now. I can only hang 2 to dry at a time so hopefully I can get 2 done a night, maybe 3 if it's the smaller ones and maybe have them all done this week.

Then I got 3 quality hours of stitching after grocery shopping and dinner. I am now over a quarter of the way done with the RR piece I'm working on. Hopefully I can get 2 hours a night in the next few nights, if I'm home by 6, clean until 8 (mix in dinner), that leaves 9-11 to stitch. I really don't have much else to do until I get the internet hooked up later this week an I can start working on the website. That will be good though because I can start making some more money which we need ;)

Finances are good I think, I get a check on Friday, it will cover everything, the only tough this is that the rest of my paychecks will not be nearly as large :) Since I get a bonus in this one. I shouldn't have any more large purchases though, I just need to save up for rent until I get a car that's my only large monthly payment. Once I get my paycheck I will know how much money I will get exactly anyway, until then I have no idea what taxes will take out.

Well, off to look up some stuff, then back to the code.

And I'm cured...

The battle with the unknown cold is over, i feel better now and am back to normal. Last night my boyfriend showed up so we cooked dinner and relaxed, but before hand I was able to get a little unpacking done and some of the glass cabinets are filled in now. The garbage went out so the porch looks a lot better :)

We also did laundry, too late did we realize it was past the posted hours (oh I miss having my own washing machine) plus it costs 3.50 for a load of laundry! And these are half the size I could do in my home one! I may be looking into the laundramat on Moody to see if there's parking nearby, and maybe wednesday nights or something I'll go there with a good book or something. This is a bit ridiculous.

The cable came today, that's why my boyfriend came early, they didn't have a cable modem with them to test the internet so I'm not sure what they did, they said i'd have to call and make another appointment - unfortunately there isn't another time i'll be home for 2 weeks (possibly 3 due to july 4th weekend) since i'm going home next weekend. Our modem is coming Monday or Tuesday since I bought one, wish I had ordered it earlier now.

Work is going good, i'm on to looking at code, i'm just not sure what code to look at so the rest of today may go kinda slow (still have lunch though). I'll be leaving before 5 today so I will be home by 5:30 for sure and maybe we can go out shopping tonight then hit the grocery store again so I can really stock up on stuff. I checked out Kohl's online and they seem to have pretty much everything I need still for the house, speaking of which I should make a list, then we need to take measurements for the remaining furniture so i can keep that with me.

Well - time to stretch the legs then dig into this code for a bit...

Feeling much better..

I'm not fully recovered yet but I'm feeling 90% better now. My headache is gone and my throat is only a tiny bit sore, I can atleast eat and drink again. I was hoping to get a lot done last night when I got home, unfortunately by 7 I was ready for bed but it looks like the sleep did me good.

I did manage to plant my new plants on the porch planters so that looks nice and I unpacked one box that had candle holders. Tonight I can find the candles and put them in :) The garbage goes out tonight so getting more unpacking would be good so we can get the garbage taken out, unfortunately most of the garbage is from the new furniture and we're getting more of that on Saturday so we'll have to deal with that for another week.

Today at work is going much better, partly because I'm feeling better and partly because it's meetings and I'm not just strictly reading. It looks like I did take a lot of what I read in though because I knew most of what they talked about during the presentation. The next presentation I shouldn't know anything about though, I think that's soon, it's after lunch anyway, not sure how long they planned for lunch. I think I'll head over and see what's going on...

Still sick..

Although today it is mostly a sore throat, the headache is not as bad, but i'm not sure if it's because I got sleep or because my medicine from last night is still working. I woke up at 1:30 in a lot of pain so i took tylenol night cold to help with the headache and fever i had.

I am so tired, and I got a lot of sleep, i woke up at 11:15 last night and was wide awake, this was after only 2 hours of sleep, but this morning was harder to get up. 2 more mornings of getting up early then i can sleep in for two whole days!! Wow this whole work thing is going to take some getting used to.

I have a lot to do tonight, i have to get some stuff unpacked and organized and I really should work on Alli's RR which is just making slow progress which I feel so bad about. If i wasn't sick I'd have had a few hours these past few nights each to work on it.

Well that's my update - wish i had a hole to crawl into and fall asleep :(

It's been a long while...

I think maybe I was avoiding the computer the last few weeks. Anyway, now I'm back, I am working full time at my new job and living in Boston. We moved in last weekend and Sunday went furniture shopping, we brought home our new diningroom set and ordered a bedroom set to be picked up next weekend. Then I started work yesterday.

Last night I got a really bad headache and it got worse and worse all night, including neck pains and a sore throat. I just felt horrible. Today is not much better but I'm taking tylenol cold which makes me feel drugged but more aware atleast. 2 hours of work to go, it's just tough because it's hard to concentrate when I'm so uncomfortable. Tonight I'm going to my uncle's house for dinner and to tell them all about the new apartment/job. Then tomorrow I have to do some unpacking since thursday my boyfriend is coming for the weekend and right now the place looks the same as it did when he left yesterday, but I was sick last night so only some food organization got done after I went grocery shopping.

As far as stitching goes, I'm trying, I'm working on the International Round Robin piece, it's a Peter Rabbit design, for some reason it's taking me a long time to make progress, i'm about 1/6 of the way done. With the move and stuff it's been tough to find time, last night i stitched for 45 minutes but then just had to go to bed because I felt so bad. Who knows what's going on this weekend but hopefully i'll have some relaxing time.

It's amazing, so much has been going on lately but i have nothing much to say, probably because I'm not feeling well, symptom wise i could have strep or something but i'm hoping it's just stress related, a migraine or something that will be gone by tomorrow morning, migraines can cause sore throats right?? :) I'm also freezing in here, tomorrow i'm going to bring my sweater and leave it here so i always have something warm to wear, outside it's in the 80's and muggy.

Well that's all I guess, I need a new book to read too, or a new spec, i'm running out of reading material to get to know the stuff around here. Hopefully I get some actual real work soon.

And we have an apartment :)

I held off on blogging until I knew for sure, but I found out a little while ago, we got an apartment.

Friday we drove out to Watertown and were quite disappointed with the places we looked at. Then we stayed at my uncles and drove down Saturday to look at places in Waltham - much nicer! The first place was a type of complex and it was nice, all new stuff very easy, small but nice - so we decided it was a definate unless we found something perfect. The next few places were more spacious but older not nice. Then we went to this apartment, it's in a 4 family building, only a 1 bedroom but it has a diningroom and when we walked in we loved it. It is pretty spacious, really kept up nice. It's actually the owners of the building's apartment and they are buying a house and moving so they are now renting out their apartment. For 1350 we took it (of course that doesn't include any utilities). Plus I can't take my rabbit, there's no room for him but I will take him to the local humane society they only have 2 rabbits there now and one is kind of like him, maybe he'll get to be comfortable around other rabbits. I really will miss him, i just spent a half hour with him and he's so friendly, he will hate a caged life, i hope he gets a good owner with room for him.

So we took the apartment, pending checks on our credit and employment and went back to my uncle's. We then went to a furniture store and picked out all the furniture we like, bedroom set 1500, livingroom 1500 diningroom table 600, all not too bad. Of course we didn't buy anything yet but we will later on once we are in the place. I really can't wait to move. I've already started packing stuff up in boxes and going through my closets, throwing things out. My clothes I went through a while ago and did the salvation army thing so they should be all set. I do have to worry about getting some work clothes but I can use a credit card the week before work and be able to pay it off a month later.

I've been working a lot to save up, we should be able to cover all the bills, if my boyfriend helps out (he wants to) we should have no problem even with furniture, just get that on credit until I get a few paychecks and can pay it off (store credit not credit cards).

So this saturday is our pig roast/graduation parties. Friday I have to clean the entire house top to bottom and before that I have to help get the yard cleaned up. Other than that I'm free to work and cross stitch. If i get 2 more hours of work in today then I will feel free to cross stitch to relax and garden when my mom's home to help.

My new bookcase is all finished and set up. I filled it right up, now I just need to find room for all the stuff that was piled in front of my old bookcase that doesn't fit on the new one either (although the new one does fit a lot more stuff than the old).

Well enough babbling--i have some emails to write!

3 weeks left...

Well graduation weekend was fun - exhausting but fun. Friday night we stayed up playing battlefield 1942 until 5am! Then I got up at 6am in order to be to graduation by 8. That was not fun. We all made it though and sat through the 4 hour ceremony in the direct sun, sweating to death (we all got funny sun burns too). Then right as it ended it started pouring out, so we got soaked and the information booklets were red and leaked red ink all over everyone's good clothes. Luckily for me i was wearing a red dress.

After that long long day - we headed home and relaxed for a bit, i was afraid to sleep thinking i wouldn't get up for dinner, then we went to dinner at the Dakota which was good. My grandparents got me the complete mat cutting system for framing and some other things, i was psyched but haven't had a chance to try it out yet (just played with everything ) :)

The rest of the week was pretty blah, i did almost nothing, a little work, got my bookcase almost done, one coat of poly left and then it's done. Today I worked at the dept of ed and just did some updates on the website. Tomorrow though starts a busy weekend. 7pm we have an appointment in Boston to look at an apartment, then saturday i have 3 appointments set up to look at more. The rest of the time we'll be hanging out at my uncle's. Sunday we are going to stop at my sister's new apartment and see that. Then next week hopefully I can start packing. If i don't like these places I will up my amount a month and look at more places that are 1400/month next week. So far they are a little under and one or two for 1200, all in Waltham and a big selling point is parking for two cars because that can cost 100/month which might as well raise the rent anyway :) Really I am psyched, just to look and maybe i'll find the perfect place saturday. In the mean time tonight and tomorrow are busy - gotta change the oil, get work done, finish the last coat on the bookcase, varnish some of the wood crafts I did and stitch some more on the Noah's arc piece.

As far as stitching - I started the Noah's arc piece on my hand dyed blue fabric, 28 ct over 1 thread, it's going to be small but I have a great plan for it. I will cut a doulbe opening mat and put this piece in one opening and a picture of the baby in the other - i just need to get a picture too, this way i get to you my new mat cutter and pic out one of the many mats they also got me!

Well - time is money and i must earn it so off i go!

Time is flying by!

Graduation is saturday, i can't believe it, my life is almost over. So pretty much I do nothing all day :) seriously though today was a nothing day... most days i've been working on the website for about 3 hours of the day but yesterday and today i've been in a lull, i'm meeting with the owner tomorrow to discuss what's next to be worked and stuff.

I'm almost done with my round robin piece still - i did stitch about one thread length today but that's it. I've been reading a new book and it's kinda got me hooked, from now on i am going to try to read only one chapter a day - just before bed, i love reading but there are so many other things to do during the day. I haven't started the noah's arc piece yet i want to finish the heart first.

Today I weeded the garden a bit more (it's slowly getting there but it's a mess of a garden then it's on to all the other gardens).. not tomorrow but maybe friday after i clean the house i'll work more on it or wait till next week. i haven't started staining my bookcase yet either, waiting on the stain from my dad. he said he has the perfect one and he doesn't want me to buy some even though it's only like 8 dollars. so i'm waiting.

I also moved my computer from the desk to over by the chair in my livingroom so now it's much more comfortable to use that computer ( i usually just use my lap top) besides that i layed out in the sun and read a bit and pretty much that was it besides playing computer games with my boyfriend. Killed the whole day away. Tomorrow however I have to go to albany to work at lunch time, then i get to go to joann's and kill some time until 5 when i'm meeting the website owner to discuss the site. Friday will hopefully be a clean the house day and maybe stain the bookcase. Saturday graduation and games and dinner, sunday who knows. Then back to nothing - although next week i need to go look at some apartments already! I only have 4 weeks before i start work which means only 3 weeks till i have to move if i'm going to have an apartment before i start my job!! Friday i will call hopefully and make some appointments to go out next week with my boyfriend. Yikes!

When it happens it all happens so fast!

Wow they changed the blogger...

A new look completely, how strange! I was just thinking that I spend the time writing here, mostly just to get things off my chest, and I have no idea if anyone is even reading this, there are a few blogs I read a lot and they have no idea I read theirs... what a strange setup.

Anyhow... Another weekend gone by, the time to start work moves closer still. Next weekend is my graduation ceremony two weeks after is the party then two weeks after that i leave.

In the cross stitch world :: I finished stitching the little bag called Measuring Up, it holds a small measuring tape and I love it, it was so much fun to stitch and put together. Other than that I've been working a bit on the round robin I have right now and I just finished dyeing fabric for the baby piece I'm doing next, it's a Noah's Arc piece for my friend's sister's baby. I dyed the fabric blue but it got brown stains on it so I tried bleaching it and redying it, it came out good but then I wrapped it in the towel that had bleach on it still so then I had to redye it again, finally it is done and it looks really nice. I may be able to start stitching tomorrow.

Other than that I've been working on a bunch of other projects, just finished some rub on transfers onto some glass jars for the kitchen(herb theme) and I bought a book full of garden inspired crafts, three of which i really want to do so I need to go to Joann's again soon - probably thursday.

Besides that I've been working on the website and I read a new book yesterday "Daughter of Ireland" it was really good and I couldn't put it down. --- 10pm -- time to spend some time with my cross stitch :)

Stitching away...

I literally just finished the stitching of the little measuring tape pouch from last weekend. It needs to be put together but that needs an iron and I don't have one that I can adjust the setting on so I'll have to go next door tomorrow to use my mom's. It's cute though and I can't wait to see it finished.

As for my other little projects they will be on hold temporarily, my friend's sister is about to have a baby and I agreed to stitch a sampler for the baby, a noah's arc piece i found in a magazine I have... actually I didn't find it but a friend online found it and I happened to have the same magazine. I'm going to pick up the fabric for it tomorrow at ACMoore and start it this weekend, i'm hoping it won't take too long so I can get back to working on my smaller pieces and maybe start the large piece for my boyfriend.

A big surprise the other day, my dad stopped by and dropped off my birthday/graduation present, he built me the bookcase I drew for him. It was a shock, i wasn't sure he'd actually make it, but now I have it and it just needs to be stained. My dad's going to bring home some stain and poly for me so i can finish it this weekend, i just have to buy a brush.

Well it's a late night and I have a semi-early morning, plus I need to turn the lights off because the bugs are out and driving me nuts!

One word - Celebrations!!

Literally the best weekend I've had in a long time, now I must describe in detail :)

Friday, got up early and packed and headed out at 9am to NH. Arrived by noon (hungry but couldn't think about food)... so I signed up for classes and payed to shop for the day, filled out some raffle tickets etc. Shopping: I walked into the room and I was overwhelmed, I didn't know where to start, I did a walk around gazing at things I've never seen before, so many nice threads, frames, fabrics and finished pieces on the walls! I noticed a few prices (yikes) and walked on. Finally I started my second trip around, this time I examined the pieces on the wall, determined to buy one pattern that I liked -- I ended up buying 3 :) The first pattern I found I really wanted uses a lot of WDW threads so I bought a few of the ones it calls for, i'll have to buy the rest later since I couldn't afford too many, i think i spent 10 dollars on just those threads. Then I went to Needle Pulling Thread, I found like 8 finished pieces I liked but I narrowed it down to two, one comes with beads, it has some companion pieces I really wanted but I couldn't afford. So I got out of there spending less than 40 dollars! Phew!

So I head to my uncle's house, starving now, and I get lost in Nashua, finally figure out where I am (close to BAE Systems where I interviewed months ago) and find my way to rt 111. On the way I stop to eat quick, it's an hour drive taking the back way but it's only about 25 miles. I arrive earlier than I"m expected but my cousins don't mind, they have a play date so I kind of babysit them while the moms go inside with the babies quick. 4 hours later the play date leaves and my uncle gets home, the kids wind down and go to bed and we just relax.

Saturday, I'm up early to play with the kids, then leave around 10 to go to my other cousin's soccer game, get sun burned :) But she does good and they win! By 2 I'm back at the hotel, ready for my first class:

I come in, she passes out the kit, i start to look at it, I don't recognize a single stitch, i start to get nervous, maybe i'm in over my head! Luckily she was a great teacher, took her time going over the stitches so I felt very comfortable, we didn't get anywhere near finishing but she described everything we needed to know to finish and I loved the class. During the break I went to get some food and I ran into my boyfriend's step mother! I couldn't believe it! THey were on their way to Maine for lobster, she noticed all the cross stitchers and realized this was the weekend I was talking about and she had started looking for me. What a shock! Out in Nashua!
So at 6 i waited to meet some fellow stitchers, but at 5 after I was worried I had missed them and I was freezing in the AC, so I went to stitch right outside on the patio. That was great, it was gorgeous out! Then at 7 it was time for the event, ice cream, bingo where we win goodies (I won some more WDW, an ornament kit and a fourth of july pattern), then we got our project which is real cute and I can't wait to make it! I left early though so i'm sure I missed some important directions but it was a long drive. The drive went better the second time at least!

Sunday - up at 6! Got ready, even hung out with one of the girls for a bit but left at 7, class at 8 - another fun class, this one we never started the project in just practiced all the stitches and I bought another little kit from the teacher (up to 50 dollars spending). Break time at 11 I went outside to stitch again and I started that project, got two whole lines done. Then it was time for the RR where I got 4 new projects to start, I started the first one, a scissor fob. Then I headed home - long drive! When I got home I made my boyfriend look at everything as I explained how great a time I had, then I finished up the scissor fob so I'd have one thing finished!
That was the weekend!!
Since then I've finished the box top which is the first part of the first class I took. It had some drawn thread and some bullion knots, that was the only two hard parts but it's finished and I love it. Today I just started the RR piece from that same teacher, it's a little bag that holds a tiny measuring tape, it uses Caron Waterlilies Nefertiti - which I LOVE, and i'm not sure I'll have enough so o darn i'll have to buy some!!! I really do love this thread. I just put it down though because today I need to focus on the website and make some serious progress! It's a must.. so I have a few hours now that I will work and when I make progress I get a break to stitch quick! And I'll leave it at that because this was a long entry!

2 days...

And I get to leave for the Celebration of Needlework! I can't wait! I am going to leave early friday too, so I can get there early to shop and maybe stitch. Then head to my uncle's to visit with the kids since I won't see them much the rest of the weekend. Saturday I'm going to my other cousin's soccer game then back to the convention by 2 for classes. I'm meeting up with a few 123stitcher's for dinner and then going to the ice cream social/class which I will probably leave a bit early for so I don't have to drive too late. Then back by 8am for more classes on sunday!

So school is done, I've been working a bit the last few days, not too much though since I had other things to do but tomorrow I have lots of time to work and then next week since I'm taking the weekend off! I finished the wood tray I decorated, but I think I'm going to retry it because the crackled paint didn't work real well on the sides so I'm going to repaint the sides brown then crackle with the white again, maybe a thicker coat will crackle better because the center crackled fine - that's hidden by the daisy tiles though. I will put pictures up soon, just want to get it done first.

Today I went to Joan's and I bought some plant pots to decorate as well as some new stencils. One of the planters I'm going to try the crackle thing on and then decoupage a fern to the outside. The other I will try either painting and stenciling or just stenciling. I also bought a ceramic pot that I wanted to put rub on transfers on but the one I bought won't go on straight, i need smaller ones that don't wrap around so that may get saved until another trip to AC Moore which has a much better selection. Once I finish decorating the pots I then need to plant something so next week it's off to the store, I may start with seeds and try to grow some herbs in them, haven't decided for sure yet, I just don't like useless plants that you have to water, herbs I can dry and use, get some oregano and parsley (my rabbit loves parsley).

My WIP is coming along, the top now says "Win" - only ter left and then all the blue surrounding it. I don't think I will pick it up tonight because it's 11:30 and I'm ready for bed, but tomorrow I will definately make some time for it. I also got my new RR to work on - it's really cute, these little quilt hearts, I can't wait to do one, I just have to check the list of colors make sure I have them all or else I can't start it this weekend.

Well it's been a long day - rough too for my stomach, so I'm in need of some rest! I'm sure I'll have a long blog on monday though!

A lot sure has changed...

I can't believe I didn't blog on saturday - so many things were (and are) going good. I finished my take home exam saturday - and then got an email from my financial accounting teacher that I didn't have to take the final in that class because my grade was so high. That means I am officially done with my BA degree tomorrow when I hand in my exam - then I have to TA CS1 one more time and who-la - completed. I also get my final math grade tomorrow which I really hope is an A :)

So that was going great, plus yesterday since everything was going so well I tried out some decoupage- I have this craft magazine, not sure which one and there were two wood projects in it i really liked so i had bought all the material needed to make them. Well yesterday I did the little foot stool one which has decoupage hydrangea flowers in a tiled look on top. The stool is also painted - it came out cute, definately my first try at decoupage, so there are a few bumps in the border paper - since it was a connected border and I tried to do that first - didn't go so well. But it will look great with a plant on top -- now i just need a plant :) I'll wait till I get a new apartment. Next on the list is a tray that is crackle painted and then has stenciled tiles decoupaged to the face. I stenciled daisies instead of ferns because the fern stencil was so expensive and I like daisies best :) So I did the stencil part today - this week maybe I'll get to painting the tray and then doing the crackle stuff - also new to me.

Then today I got to cross stitch, I finished up the round robin that is to be mailed tomorrow, and then worked on my WIP -It's Winter (but it's not winter any more so I'd like to finish it up soon) -- all that is left now is the top banner that says winter and is surrounded by blue. I will bring it to school tomorrow too since I have a lot of free time. I do want to start something new this week before going to the Needlework show in Nashua which I'm all signed up for now (well it has to be mailed tomorrow). I am paying 260 dollars to shop friday/sat/sun and take 4 classes, 1 is not really a class more of a social event, and 3 actually classes. I really can't wait = I have no idea what to expect but I'm sure it will be great!

I also found out that my boyfriend's step mom use to cross stitch - and she has 4 bins full of old magazines, books, patterns, fabric etc that she says I'm welcome to look through and take anything I will use. She doesn't stitch anymore (she does quilt - but has been really busy lately) -- and the reason it's coming up now is because she was going through the attic and remembered this stuff. It's really nice of her and I look forward to going through it, we're not close, but it would be nice if we went through it together and maybe had something to "bond" over, I'd love to hear the projects she's done in the past, what things she always hoped to stitch etc. My boyfriend is pretty much getting along with his parents right now so it wouldn't be out of the question - this is because he is finally moving out at the end of the summer - since he is finishing his BA too and going to law school. Not that he doesn't get along with them otherwise but I think this has helped, atleast with his step mom - his dad doesn't care either way, they always have a great bond.

Well enough of that - I am in the middle of painting my nails a new shade - some ruby sapphire prism stuff - hopefully it doesn't look like i'm sick or something.

I guess I need to vent a bit...

It's after midnight - I'm still awake - trying to work on my final exam (take home). It's really tough. I got the second problem done and 1/3 of the the third problem done (the easy 1/3). The first problem i can't even figure out how to start it. I'm not too worried about my grade - I've been doing really well and this test is out of 140 so I'm sure if I get atleast an 80 I will get an A in the class. Just the stress of it all -- and it's not due till Monday. I can't work on it tomorrow however- I have to and i mean HAVE to study for my math final which is thursday. I guess now i'm wishing i voted for having the final monday so I could finish the take home first then study all weekend.

I did manage to go running today (and yesterday) - so that's two days now. Then I made myself a nice big milk shake - unfortunately. It was real good though and probably the most calorie intake of the day (besides my steak for dinner). The other bad news is the website is down - not that I have time just now to work on it but that's really bad since I just got it switched over to this new server last week and it's already down - i can't even log into the database. Making me really mad! Something needs to be figured out why the database keeps going bad no matter which server it's on.

So after Monday I will be care free with only one final the following week (financial accounting - no biggie) -- giving me a week to catch up on the 9 chapters of reading (basically no reading since the last test) -- and do the homework problems. Luckily I also have a great grade in that class so i'm not too worried at all.

Celebration of Needlework NH is coming up in a week and a half! I can't wait - it will be the perfect rest before my final exam :) Seriously though I've never been to anything like it and I can't wait. Maybe tomorrow I'll print out the form and fill out the classes I want to take and send it in - that way i can't back out since it will cost me around 200-250. Luckily I don't need a hotel room too!
Well - back to my books, gotta see if i can get the first problem started atleast a little bit - not hoping too much though - then it's off to bed to worry :(

A good day ..

Now atleast :) Today was pretty stressful for a bit but now I got things working and I'm feeling good.

The website just got moved to a new server (well I moved it anyway) -- and I think I finally got it all working now so it's working atleast to the point it was on the old server, now it's just the test to see if the database gets corrupted or not.

I have a little over a week to finish the round robin i'm working on. I am on the second cat now - it's the april one so it has a basket of easter eggs, kinda fun to stitch. I'll get some pics on the site soon.

Other than that I have homework to do tonight - everything that's due tomorrow is done but I have stuff due monday i want to get a good start on. If i can do that tonight - and then sleep in tomorrow (morning class is cancelled) -- then i am busy friday. Friday my mom is taking me to the mall to buy me clothes for my birthday. I have some money too so I can probably buy some other stuff too.. plus we're going to a quilt shop so I can buy some threads. Which reminds me i have to make a list of the threads I do have.

So i'm off to get stuff done!