Antique Mall Find

Good Morning friends! Yes, I am still alive. ;) I have a stomach scope scheduled for September 4th. This is a long, slow, painful process getting over these ulcers. I continue to take 16 tsp of Gavascon daily and two Nexium also. Turns out it was stress, changing pain pills(all three have slight stomach upset possibilities),and guess what?! Bananas are BAD for ulcers! I was eating mainly bananas EVERY day for over a week!! I thought these were bland and okay for me. So, the nausea is mostly gone. The burning has gotten barely better. My Aunt had ulcers at the beginning of summer. It took her 6 weeks to fully recover! Oh great! A few weeks to go then still. =(

I could not stitch at all for the first two weeks. I read. A LOT! I read almost the entire years' worth of The Word Among Us.  I just finished Beverly Lewis' latest book The Secret Keeper. I really liked this book a lot. I have never been disappointed with a single one of her books through the years.

We went to the local antique mall in July, Brian, Madeleine and I. I found my second, wooden recipe box for $4.00. The first one I found at the thrift store for a dollar last year. This is the lovely freebie I stitched  and mounted inside the lid.

The directions do not tell the color linen to use, so I chose from my stash. This is mystery, hand-dyed 30ct linen. I stitched one over one using DMC. I did not stitch up the border shown on the freebie link. I now understand for the first time why some of you do NOT like to stitch on 30ct. This was a loose weave linen. I have stitched on 30ct before and liked it a lot. This was somewhat challenging.

This last picture is probably more true to the actual colors. I am now finishing off the last freebie I was working on. It is my only U.F.O. I am still not sure I truly like it anymore, but Brian likes it. I will most likely make a pin pillow out of it.

The garden is alive thanks to Brian. He has watered it for me every day for three weeks now. I am very thankful for all of his help during these ulcers. I want to thank all of you for your well wishes and prayers too. I appreciate every one of you.♥ You are so kind and sweet. =)

Here is a picture of my two constant fuzzy companions. They have been with me at all times during these rough days.

Stitching and praying,
Vickie

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