The Goode Wife

Good morning everybody! I am so glad you are here. I love friends.♥ We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ate at the in-laws this year. Had dessert at my mom's then. Much time spent with both families. Do you remember this Salvation Army find?

Thanksgiving night I finished this.

This is a freebie pattern found here. I love it.

There were no colors listed, so I chose my own DMC.

two over one on 25ct Cream Dublin Linen

I made her me! If you will notice the green eye? =)

 She is missing her poodle. :(  I stitched 3 different poodles by "me". They all got frogged out.  None looked right to me.

So here it is ready to go. I keep looking for another wooden recipe box. I need one more for the first half of my recipes.

I finished the book The Shadow On The Quilt by Stephanie Grace Whitson. What a great book. It is historical fiction. I started The Sanctuary by Ted Dekker. Very good so far. Ted is my all time favorite author. He writes thrillers about good vs. evil. This is a second book to The Priest's Graveyard. Yeah, he doesn't exactly write about "normal" stuff. ;)

I have begun a new project. It is not cross stitch. It is a Christmas wreath for the front door. More on that soon.

I am still trying to get the XI ornaments stitched up. Near impossible for a while, with the kids having 5 days off for the holiday.

Have a stitchy day friends!

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

In The Garden This Morning

Good morning everybody! That someone nice is YOU! I am glad you are here with me. Welcome to my new followers.

Isn't this pansy just breathtaking?

This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

I had the MRI yesterday, late afternoon. I don't think the doctor's office has even received the report yet. I will call over there shortly to ask if I may have the results today if possible. Who knows if they will even find anything note worthy. Seven and a half years ago, on the last MRI they really didn't. That is why I went through 2 years of different treatments, procedures, therapy and junk. Then I finally made it to a specialist who said it was my left SI joint.

I finished reading The Key On The Quilt by Stephanie Grace Whitson. Very good historic fiction book. It is about women in prison in historic Nebraska. I found the book by chance. I am glad I did. I will be reading more by her. But for right now I have begun Bonhoeffer Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas. This is a huge book. I was given this by my FIL. This will keep me for quite a while!

I am still stitching on the Erica Michaels piece for our anniversary. Slow but sure.I brought out my magnifier/light. Much better!

Remember my Clementine Rose? The one that is older than me? It was my paternal grandmother's. She is blooming along wonderfully. Smells lovely.♥

Chocolate Drop Sedum in front and Chocolate Joe Pye Weed in back

And last but not least. I had to pick one of these for Mabel. ;)  We just love green beans around here. =)

Take care my friends. Have a fantastic weekend filled with joy!

Stitching and praying,
Vickie