She's still red -- but I love her!

And she's all done too!

Ann Sandles by With Thy Needle and Thread

40ct RR Iced Capuchino

called for Gentle Arts threads

Yes, she's still quite red.  But she's a pretty one!

The verse doesn't show up that well.  Hmmmmmm.  

I stuck in some more personalized initials.  In addition to my initials and the father type's initials (which were already there anyway) at the top, to the right of the house I stuck in the boy child's and the girl child's initials.  And the LS on the left of the house is for my sister and BIL.  (It used to be IS.)  Otherwise, it's as little Ann stitched it.  And as always, I bless any child who is wise enough to stitch her verse over two.  lol!

I've picked up a WIP/UFO to stitch on for now.  We'll see if I stick with it.  (Yes, I do have UFOs.  Way too many of them.)

Over the weekend, the father type and I built a chest of drawers from our go to place for cheap yet well built (more or less) furniture, IKEA.  It's for the boy child's room (which he wasn't happy about -- didn't think it was needed.  But it was.)  Mia decided to help with the building.

She liked it even better when it was lying on its front.  A nice, cozy, dark place.  lol!  Eventually she stopped being in the chest of drawers and watched the action from the boy child's bass instead.

Silly girl!

Thanks to everyone who had suggestions for making things better between the girl child and Mia.  I'm definitely trying a couple of them when the girl child gets back from her summer job.

Thanks for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!

Boy, is she red!

Sorry, it's just when I took this picture, it made me realize just how red Ann Sandles is.

I guess Ann liked red just as much as I do!  I took the liberty of sticking my initials in under the lefthand tree.  The father type's initials were already there on the left, so I decided mine should be there too.

Ann is coming along!

Here is my TUSAL for July 1.

Okay, okay, here it really is.

I always squish the orts down as they accumulate -- that's all my orts for this year so far.

If you're wondering, yes, I sneaked in another peak at part of my pincushion collection with the first TUSAL pic.  That's a pincushion/doll from Nicol Sayre, one of my favorite doll artists.  She's amazing!  After these two pincushions, though, my collection really isn't that much more.  And no antique pincushions, sadly.  I'll show more another time.

The boy child likes to torture Mia, as you know.  Here is Mia looking very resigned as she's held captive by the boy child.

Silly boy child!

Well, the girl child is back on her college campus, ready to start her summer job down there.  I'm hoping all goes well and she enjoys the job.  Poor girl child was held captive in her room by the mean Mia when she was attempting to pack up to leave.  I think the poor girl child is very sad about the whole thing with Mia.  Wish there was something we could do.

And Wimbledon ended with a new men's and women's champion: Novak Djokovic defeated Rafa Nadal, and Petra Kvitova defeated Maria Sharpova.  So many great matches this year -- it was a great Wimbledon!  I was sad that Murray lost to Nadal though.  Now for some tennis withdrawal.  lol!

Hope everyone in the US has a great 4th of July!  Mia wishes everyone a great week ahead too.  Thanks for stopping by and saying hi!

Another Ann

I was still doing a lot of that secret stitching last week, but I finally started a new project over the weekend. I was actually feeling overwhelmed by all the choices I had -- it made me realize how much stash I have!  But I finally settled on another Ann.  Not much to show yet, but I know I'm going to love the colors!

Ann Sandles by With Thy Needle and Thread

40ct RR Iced Capuchino

Called for GAST fibers

Wimbledon has been very entertaining so far.  And today is a big day with all the big players playing.  Just saw Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge settling down in the royal box to watch Murray. Fingers crossed Murray doesn't get nervous!

Mia has been crazy all week, but slowly settling back down to routine.  She's started burrowing under quilts a lot recently.

The boy child has been giving her lots of exercise recently too.  I've never seen a cat pant before, but that's exactly what she was doing the other day!  Her ears were quite hot too!  Here she is after one of her workouts.

She was exhausted!

Summer is really starting now.  I have to admit it's nice to have school out.  

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  Hope everyone has a great week!  For you fellow Wimbledon fans -- go fab four!  :D   (I heard a commentator say that Murray was the equivalent of Ringo.  lol!)