Am I jinxed??

For all of you who want to be cheered up skip the first paragraph!!! My week has not improved.... On Wednesday I had forgot to mention that my parent's little dog - Lucy (she was a 7 year old Yorkshire Terrier) had been very unwell and was admitted to the vets for monitoring. On Thursday she was still unwell so we were all a bit worried. To top it all I was unwell on Thursday night with a nasty upset tummy!! and subsequently missed work on Friday and stayed in bed. Friday afternoon the vet phoned my parents to say she had suffered complete kidney failure and the kindest thing would be to put her to sleep!!! So I spent the afternoon in tears as did my mom and dad. Saturday I felt better but so tired I have slept so much since Thursday!! My only mishaps that day was to burn my thumb on the grill and trip up the stairs and hurt my wrist....... So what does today hold?? So far so good. Anyone with any good luck charms please send them my way......

Now for more positive stuff - I do seem to have stitched a fair amount still considering I have also been asleep a lot!! Firstly here is Somebunny - complete with a head...... so cute. I won't finish him into his card yet until the baby is born.

I also completed a little Valentine card for Stuart yesterday afternoon..... it was very quick and simple and the design came from the latest Cross Stitch Card Shop magazine..... I may even stitch another as there were 8 similar designs..... Gill asked if I could give a tutorial on how I make my cards.... good idea I will use this Valentine one and post a tutorial later in the week..... It's not that hard but it would be nice for you to see how I do it and what I use.

Next is "I Do" off this weeks rota, I doubt I'll do anymore today so here is the update...... I am still waiting to double check their initials and I think the date is the 7th March, but I won't stitch it until I know for sure!! I love doing the letters etc but have got bored with the green leaves all around it!! I think they will like it.

Lastly I just wanted to show you the fab material I bought off Ebay to complete Becky's Pirate stitching. She has decided she would prefer it made into a little tuck cushion as she has no wall space (too many posters and pictures up!!) So that's what I'll do, the Skull on the material is just right to match the skull on the stitching. I will have to use the sewing machine for this so will probably make it up next Sunday over at mom and dads.

This afternoon I am going to try something quite new for me..... I am going to frame and mount my "Lest We Forget" all by myself!!!! I went shopping yesterday and bought some back board and a pre cut mount and a frame..... I have my pins, double sided tape and masking tape at the ready..... tune in later in the week to see if it works.... I do hope so.

I will update you on my Family Tree on my next post as I still want to work on it tonight, if I can stay awake..... black coffee - that may help!

Thanks for listening and for your supportive comments, they are much appreciated....

Ginnie x