Day 1 of my first rotation

Today was Day 1 of my new (and first) rotation list. (I planned to start yesterday but I wasn't able to motivate myself to do some stitching). Kipper was first on the list and this is what I did. I stitched a little of the blanket that lies around his legs and feet. I know it doesn't look like much but it is about two hours' worth of stitches. It was a very relaxing stitch as it is all the same color, so I am happy and ready for bed :)

Marie is having a give-away

Happy birthday Marie - may you have a wonderful year ahead. Come see Marie's blog and take part in her give-away. We just love being part of the celebrations!

EDIT: Congratulations Lisa!

Urgghh, hated this week.

I made some changes on my blog again. Hope you don't mind finding a surprise now and again. I just love trying out all the nice goodies out there in web-land. It seems just a shame not to test them for a little while. I also took some of my border-pictures down. Trying to slim down a bit till I get the urge to make it more "girly" again. :)

I had a amazingly terrible week. My arthritis flared up and even a visit to the doctor didn't help with the pain and swelling. Then halfway through a load of washing, the washing machine gave up the fight. I was stuck with a wet load of half-washed clothes, and hands that couldn't get it out. Urgghhh. And then, lucky me, I had to do some computer programme testing at work
yesterday morning. Things went better than expected and I was home before lunch (are things turning around for me at last?)

Luckily Mom-in-Law isn't too far away, so she let me use her washing machine last night. While she and hubby watched the rugby (Go Bokke Go!), I baked some pancakes and did some stitching. Here is where I am at the moment (no stitching done today).

I am starting a rotation tomorrow, so I will be putting a few stitches in all my different pieces. Hubby should be happy. Here is hoping I will be happy.

Bev is celebrating

Bev is having a give-away on her site to celebrate her 100th post. Congratulations Bev - may there be many, many more :)

EDIT: Congratulations Lori!!

At last the end of a terrible work week.

I had a terrible week - thank goodness I made it through in one piece. Well, mostly one piece . . . it might be debatable. Luckily at night when I got home and finished all the necessary hooray of the evening, I had an hour or two to sit and try to erase the day in my mind. This is what I did this past week. Such a fun stitch!

Kate's blogaversary

Kate's blog is almost two years old! (only 8 days to go!) To celebrate, she is giving the gifts this year (shouldn't it be the other way around? Let's not tell her okay?). All you need to do, is visit her blog and leave her a note. Go on over . . .

EDIT: Congratulations to Cindy F. who won this fun give-away.

TUSAL

Here she is, my jar is getting full quickly. I might have to get a second jar before we reach the end of the year. Who would have thought!