Recovering from Surgery!!

I had arthroscopic hip surgery yesterday to repair a torn labrum and remove a bone cyst.  It has been something I have been battleing the past year with.  I am so glad I had the surgery even though I will be on crutches for a month.  I will be off work for the next week, so hopefully I will be able to get some stitching done.  Won't be able to take any pictures of my progress for a few weeks, but hope to come down to the final few squares of Village at Hawk Run Hollow.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Stitching along.....

It has been awhile since I have updated my blog.  I was out of town over New Years and just trying to get back into the groove of things.  I have been trying to get stitiching time in but not as much as I would like. 
I am scheduled for surgery on my hip for next Thursday the 4th, so maybe when I am recovering I will get to work on my stitching.

On a kinda fun note it is my birthday tomorrow.  My BF is taking me to a french restaurant for dinner, I am really looking forward to it.  His B-day is on Valentines Day so I am going to try and do something special this weekend for him since I am supposed to be on crutches for a month and probably won't be able to get around much.

I am going to take pictures tonight of my progress on Village of Hawk Run Hollow and will try and post tomorrow.

Merry Christmas

I woke up this Chrismas morning to it being 32-degress outside, very cold for us Southern Californians, but makes it feel more Christmasy.  I hope all of my friends and fellow bloggers have a very Merry Christmas and are able to enjoy time with their family and friends....oh and maybe a little stitching.

Merry Christmas to All

I have seen this Christmas "survey" on several blogs and decided that it would be fun to answer the questions!

Eggnog or hot chocolate?  Both, and I love them equally.....and love to spike them with a shot of brandy and 1/2 a shot of Bailey's.....Yummmmm

Does Santa wrap the presents or leave them open under the tree?  Santa wraps them.  One of the fondest memories I had as a child of Christmas, was my gifts from Santa.  My mother used to by the same wrap for all of Santa's gifts, so it was different then the wrap used for the gifts from my parents.  I used to always think wow, these came all the way from the North Pole for me.

Colored lights on a tree or white?  I love both.  When I was growing up the most popular lights were the large colored lights (they did not even blink), but the tree was beautiful with the tinsel that my Dad painstaking placed individually on each branch.  Since I have been an adult we have mostly used white lights.

Do you hang mistletoe?  No.  Don't know why not, but we never have.

When do you put your decorations up?  Usually Thanksgiving weekend, but I will say that it is now a progression.  It seems I am adding to my decorations each year, right down to Christmas week.

What is you favorite holiday dish?  Cranberry Mallow Yam Bake

Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?  No, wait for early Christmas morning, make coffee or hot chocolate and sit by the tree and open gifts.

How do you decorate your Christmas tree?  In the past with white lights, matching ornaments (red and gold mostly) and personal ornaments that I have collected through the years.  This year my place is really to small for my tree, so I bought this wonderful tree that is decorated, but is in a topiary pot.  (I will try and take a picture later today and post).

Snow: Love it or hate it?  Raised in Southern California, I have never had to live in it, so I would say I love it.

Can you ice skate?  Since I was raised in the late 60's early 70's most girls tried to follow Peggy Flemming.  So yes, I did take ice skating lessons, would love to buy skates again and try it, but don't want to end up with a broken something.

What is you favorite holiday dessert?  Pumpkin Pie.

What is your favorite holiday tradition?  Watching all of the christmas type movies that we own, and going to see the Rose Parade floats being decorated.  I was actually fortunate to work on the float for our city that won that year.  Working on the float was something I always wanted to do.

Candy canes: yum or yuck?  Yummm

Favorite Chrismas show?  A Charlie Brown Christmas.

A Rainy Day in Southern California!!

It is very rare to have a rainy day in Southern California, specially on a weekend.  I am really looking forward to being able to put on a movie and stich most of the day.  I have not been able to work on my stitiching this week becuase I have been sick with a bad cold. 

I will try and post pictures early next week of my progress.  Stay warm and enjoy the holiday spirit.

Updated Photo of WIP!!

As promised here is an updated picture of my progress on "Athena".  Hopefully, I can stick with it so it will no longer be a WIP.

Long overdue!!

I really feel that I have been ingnoring my blog, but in actuallity I have really been trying to work on my stitiching so that I would have something to update.  With Thanksgiving and all the preparations that go into it my stitching time has been limited.  I have been able to work on "Athena Goddess of Wisdom" and will post a picture later today.  I have had a hard time sticking with this project, there is a lot of detail, actually more than I thought.  I have so many other projects calling me.

I will take a picture of my progress and will post it later on today, so check back!!