You may have noticed I changed my blog title.. and freaked some of you out... you didn't lose me.. I just changed the title. HA!
This weekend has been good and Sunday hasn't even started. Friday night was okay. I had to stop and think for a moment... Friday... hmmm... yeah... I remember that... sort of.... oh yeah...I felt like crap and we had red sauce with penne and salad. Callie ate a salad!! She says she likes them from time to time. We are just rollin' with it. Whatever. I was on a lot of allergy meds to breathe... I worked on her stocking and she was intrigued. "What is that?" "Am I old enough to do that?" "Can you get me a beginning one to do?" She sat in the floor and did her lacing cards as I sat on the couch and did the counted cross stitch.
Saturday morning C made a great breakfast. It really did hit "the spot" for some reason. Bacon, eggs, and biscuits! We never have biscuits... those little pillows of Heaven... they were good. I seriously think he tossed 2 out while I showered and there really should be a law against that... I went to Michael's for some Christmas present making supplies and he took the girl to Lowe's for a Build And Grow workshop. Thank you, Liza, for turning us on to those. Callie has 5 patches on her work apron. Woo hoo!! I truly expected Michael's to be crowded because they had a 4 hour sale yesterday to take an additional 20% off your entire purchase INCLUDING sale items. I got $10 frames for $4 and $5 boxes for $1.50ish. Crazy happy about that! I asked the girl at Ms if they had counted cross stitch kits, since I had promised the girl I would get her something to start on. "No, we only have a little cloth in the first aisle" I knew what the first aisle was... it's where the store the ladder, boxes that are half emptied... yes... that's right... it's the dead craft zone. I'm officially doing something every evening for my family that is not an "in" craft. I remember 2 HUGE rows of books, cloths, and kits when I was... oh wow... really getting in to this stuff at... 12... ok... so that's been 20 years... but still... no one does embroidery and counted cross stitch anymore??!?! That makes me sad...
I drove over to Hobby Lobby and found a Kids Craft project of a butterfly. Now granted this project wasn't exactly what I had in mind, because she actually has to count and she is doing a few half stitches and outlining, but I think we can figure it out together and get it done. I also got her a Make It Bake It stained glass frame from the Christmas aisle.
I brought my treasures home. She was excited to see the kits. She wanted to immediately start them. I made her wait, because I needed to box the note cards and get a few things lined out. She survived the waiting and we opened her cross stitch kit. I got her started, explained what she was doing, showed her a few stitches and BOOM she was off and running. I love that my step daughter is a very smart cookie... oh yeah... her report card... they want the kids to be at a reading level 5... she's at 16... like a 3rd grade reading level in 1st grade!
We went to Chris' aunt house for his cousin's baby girl's 1st birthday. That was fun... expect Callie decided playing on the treadmill with no one around was a good idea... fell and skinned both knees, elbow, arm, and finger... that girl... she was traumatized for a while, but bandaids and cream made it better... and a reminder that we don't play on things that aren't ours and that the treadmill is not a toy... oh well... we came home and made cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning (refrigerated over night), did her stained glass frame which turned out super cute, and she did more cross stitch. She finished the butterfly body and the flower... she is cruising! Oh... I have a panda almost done on her stocking... C says I'm cruising too... I just see the whole project and know it's a LOT to do...
I better go get the rolls in the oven... oh yeah... the girl "woke up early to work on her crossed count stitch". She can't remember what sequence to put the words, but she's working on the project quite diligently... we'll see if it's finished... OH... and that's what she wants me to get her Christmas too.
