Lovely Weather for Ducks!

Here in the UK we have had the most awful weather over the past couple of weeks or so. Lots of rain and high winds with threats of flooding again in some areas. Some people have been facing the possibility of being flooded again when they are just getting sorted from the floods last June. I hope everyone is safe and free from floods. We have dry weather today but it's going to take a long spell of dry weather for the land and rivers to recover.

I have had my second small finish of the year and I have to say this was an absolute joy to stitch. It is Blue Ribbon Designs A Christmas Wish ( chart can be found on the freebie page at Blue Ribbon Designs ) and I stitched it using GAST and DMC on 28 count Quaker Bantry fabric in biscuit. I decided to finish it off the same as the BRD ornaments in the December issue of The Gift Stitching and used Mill Hill beads for the beaded edge:) I am delighted with the way it turned out and this will be winging it's way to the USA shortly.

I have finished stitching the Stitch and Stash SAL challenge for this month but still have to make it up yet. I'd better get a move on as reveal day is Saturday! I can't show it before or I'll be in big trouble! Lol!

Last night was Queen of the Needle night and I sat down straight after tea with my MP3 listening to music and made a start. I am still in awe of the gorgeous colours in this piece and I think this is one of my most favourite Just Nan pieces. It is an absolute joy to stitch and I never think that I can't be bothered with it. I even enjoyed the over one backstitching!

Today is Ink Circles Sea Stars SAL with Karen then the rest of the week is HAED quick stitch Girly Gothic. I'm hoping to make good progress on Girly Gothic this week as I have a bee in my bonnet about getting her finished so I can start Holly Fairy which was a gift for my birthday from dear Fudgey:)

My order from Daisy Stitches finally arrived last Friday. It didn't come from Daisy Stitches but from The Trilogy as it was two of their charts I'd ordered. Long time coming from 17th December but it's here safely now:)

Have you seen the first of this years Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers? Oh my God I could be in so much trouble but I am supposed to be on the chart wagon and doing a project challenge. I was discussing it with DH yesterday and he said if I wanted to join it to go ahead. Bless him; he never begrudges me anything. I then started talking myself out of it saying I'm not supposed to be buying charts and I'm not sure I can justify buying more when I have a lot already and he said he could see my point and I probably can't justify it. Then again I'm thinking that these are quite special and it's only 6 charts in a year which will be retired next year. Hmmmm!!! I might ( only might) treat myself when I have my first proper finish of the year ( not just a little one!).

I was tagged by Teejay last week and had this saved in draft.
4 jobs I have had:
Sales assistant
4 movies I watch over and over:
Pirates of the Carribean ( any of them!)
Top Gun
Eragon
.4 Places I've Been
Lake District
Bournemouth
Pitlochery ( Scotland)
North Wales
4 Places I've Lived:
Just here!
4 TV shows I watch:
Holby City
CSI
CSI New York
CSI Miami
4 Favorite things to eat:
Fajitas
Chicken
Spaghetti Bolognase
Pasta
4 people that e-mail me regularly:
Nobody really!
4 Places I'd rather be:
Somewhere cold and snowy
4 things I look forward to this year:
Just spending time with my DH and daughters
4 People I will tag:
Not going to tag anybody but if you'd like to have ago just do it!

I m way behind on blog reading at the moment so will go see if I can catch up a bit before lunch. Hope everyone is having a good week. {{{{hugs}}}}