Flying

The most stressful part of flying for me is getting to the airport and through security on time.  Once I know for sure that I’m going to make my flight I can relax and enjoy the ride (as much as you can enjoy a loud, cramped ride).  I do like take off and landing and any time that it’s clear enough to see out the window.   This time however I have an aisle seat, there were no window seats available which is a bummer.

Now the decision remains – do I try to sleep (probably not since I don’t have a window to lean against).  So I’ll probably stitch and listen to my audiobook, just like the flight out here.  And what am I listening to?

E.E. Knight’s Tale of a Thunderbolt.  It’s the third in the Vampire Earth series which is a sci-fi series set in the future.  It’s very different from most of the books I read but I really like the main character and I’ve started to care about how the humans will make out in this future earth.

On the Kindle – ooh.. maybe I’ll read my kindle on the plane… I’m reading the third book in the Lady Emily series: A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander.  It’s set in the Victorian age in England and it’s about a woman who has through a series of strange events in her life has turned out as a sort of detective.  She’s always trying to prove that some person she knows who is accused of murder is actually innocent.

So I have a few options for the plane and while I can’t look forward to the actual ride I am looking forward to who is waiting a the other end.

Busy week

Long days at work this week but I’m looking forward to the weekend with my hubby.  Plus I can’t complain about the work, we’re getting so much accomplished, more than I could have anticipated that the trip was definitely worth it.

And in other news – I got a picture message today of my niece heading home from the hospital – less than a week in the NICU.  I was very excited to hear this and I hope her first night home is a calm one!

After a long day at work today, I am settling in with some tuna for dinner (better than last night’s dinner which was just a fruit snack pack).  Now I have about an hour left in me of work then I’ll hit the sack.  I had such high hopes of stitching in the evenings this week but I’ve been too exhausted!

Nieces

Thursday April 29th, our new niece Finley was born. 5 lbs 15.5 oz and 18 1/2″ long I believe. She was 5 weeks premature but doing well. When we went to visit her on Sunday she was very active and looked very healthy. While it was a treat to meet Finley for the first time and hold that little tiny bundle of joy, I had a memorable time playing with my other niece.
3 year olds have quite an imagination and the games we played ranged from go-fish (with a fishing pole) to pretend hop scotch, to dancing around to pretend music.
Now I’m 3000 miles away but still smiling when I think about the fun we had. Can’t wait to see the girls again soon!

Celebrations Weekend

This past weekend was the annual Celebrations of Needlework in Nashua.  I have been attending for 8 or 9 years now and always have a great time.  This year I decided to take some classes as I skipped it last year due to cost and interest.

The weekend began on Friday, I took the day off of work so I could take a class with my favorite teacher Jeannette Douglas.  I took Royalty ABC:

This class was great, some new stitches, time to stitch, great stories, everything I was expecting and hoping for. I made some good progress on the piece and always love stitching with silks!

Royalty ABC progress from class

Friday night my stitch group descended on my house for dinner with Vikki Clayton of Hand-Dyed Fibers. We ordered chinese and gabbed for a few hours.

Saturday it was back to Celebrations for my next class. This class was much more involved, it was a finishing class by Jackie du Plessis of It’s Finally Finished. It was called Chocolat and appealed to me for a number of reasons, not least of which was the wool bunny!

Chocolat

This piece I did not make much progress on in class, although I did start the hershey kiss (silver) stitching. However I worked on it during the flight to CA and made some good progress.

Chocolat progress

Saturday I had a sleepover with two of my friends staying over, we watched Jane Austen movies and stitched. I made some progress on My Stitching Treasures, taking the Royalty ABC class really got me interested in working on something of Jeannette’s.

Sunday a group of us took a Beginner Finishing course where basics for making ornaments and other small finished items from needlework was covered. This course was a great deal for your money and I started finishing a dragon ornament I stitched a few years ago.

All in all celebrations was great this year because of the classes. I’m hoping to finish something from this year but that’s always my goal 🙂