My Mommy's coming to visit!

I haven't posted in the last couple of weeks, or for that matter hardly stitched.  My Mom is coming to visit from Denver and I've been busy with putting the house to rights in anticipation of that.  I cannot tell you how excited I am to see her.  It's been since Mother's Day 2008 since I've seen her and Jan 2008 since my boys have seen her.  

My boys have been asking me for the last 2 weeks how long it was until Grandma came!  And then yesterday my youngest who is 7, made a comment that made me so sad.  I told him that we (Grandma & I) would be picking him up from school in the afternoon Friday, and he said, "I don't always remember what Grandma looks like, but I remember her voice!".  It's hard to live so far away from those you love.

I'm also a bit anxious about this visit.  I'm going to tell my Mom about the sexual abuse that happened to me over the course of my chidlhood.  This is actually a very good thing, and will hopefully help me a lot in my healing.  BUT, it's also very hard to do, because I know that this will also hurt her terribly.  

Well, that's it for now, I'll probably update next week after Mom leaves with pictures and such.  She gets to meet her Great-Grandaughter for the first time, and that's going to be a joy to see.  Have a great week and hope you all get to do lots of stitching!

Tuesday Night UFO

I worked on my Papillon "Castles in the Air" for the ILCS Tuesday night UFO.  Here's my before and after.

Virtual SAT Update

Here's my before and after for the Saturday Virtual SAT.

 

And of course, the obligatory picture of my Granddaughter, this time with my daughter.  They were here a good part of yesterday.  Aren't they beautiful?

 

 

Unfinished Project Tuesday

So I've decided Tuesday are going to be an Unfinished Project night for me.  So last night I picked up my Papillon Castles in the Air SAL and worked on it.  While technically, this SAL is still going on, I had only completed Part 1....so it really is unfinished as to where it should be, since there are now 7 parts released.  

So here's my completed Part 1 and where I started last night, with a nice close up.

And here is where I finished at the end of the night.  I started stitching @7pm when Biggest Loser started and stopped @10:30 when the evening news was done.  Doesn't look like much, but I had to switch colors a few times, so I kept my needles loaded and that helped a bit.  I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed working on this one, so I think I'll add one more night a week to work on it and see if I can get caught up to where I should be by the end of next month.  Otherwise I'll keep focusing on my Quaker Sampler.

And just because I can, I'll share another picture of my beautiful Grandaughter , well let's make that two!

Really.....that's what I look like?

I had one of those "A-HA" moments this weekend.  I got together with some ladies I used to work with to just hang out, have pizza, have a few drinks and just have a good time.  It's been 2 years since I've done anything by myself, so I was really looking forward to it.  I had a blast!  We listened to music and danced....I LOVE TO DANCE!  I used to go dancing all the time in my early 20's.  My husband doesn't care for dancing, so I haven't danced since my bachelorette party in 1997.  That's a long time!
So, we were taking lots and lots of pictures.   See that third picture there....that's me in the green.  I couldn't believe just how bad I looked.  I've gained back the 10 pounds I lost last summer and I have really exercised at all since fall.

Today I started working out again.  I was up at 4am and did the Leslie Sansone 4 Fast Miles and I did each one!  My daughter is getting married this year and I'll be darned if I'll be this size when she gets married.  I felt so much better physically and mentally when I was running last summer.  It's too snowy for me to do that now, but I can do my DVD's.

My Quaker WIP

I worked on this Friday night for the Let's Stitch Friday night SAL and here's what my progress was Friday night....before and after.

 I also worked on it over the weekend and here is how it looked by the end of the "Emma" on PBS Sunday night.

 And just because, here's a couple new pictures of my Granddaughter. :) These are hubby's parents with her.

Apprehensive about today

Today I see a psychiatrist.  My therapist and my doctor recommended it.  I needs meds of some kind to help me and they want me to do this first.  The therapist thinks I may have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to what happened to me as a child, we already know I suffer from depression and she also believes that I have ADD.

I'm quite nervous about this and don't really know what to expect when I get there.  My appointment is at 2pm and I know I'm going to be thinking about it all morning.