Where does one start?  My posts have been few and far between ~ by the time I sit down to write, it takes me some time to organize my thoughts.  Let's see....

The last month has been filled with, yep, you guessed it, baseball practices.  There has been a round or two of nasty germs.  And crazy weather...warm in the 60's one day and below freezing another.  The most recent storm, Nemo, brought us only rain ~ ending in a touch of snow ~ but not ending before trying to blow us away with it's wicked winds.  The boys are still waiting on one decent snow storm and then I think we are all ready for spring.

 

We celebrated a milestone birthday ~ I am finally a mother to a teenage boy.  Wish me luck!

 

We added some more eyes!

 

And Panzer weighed in this week at 132.2 lbs!  He'll be 11months on the 15th.

And, he thinks he is a lap dog!

So glad to have this guy in our lives.

 

Now for some stitchy stuff!  Here is the tusal for the month.  It is an illusion, don't think I have done major stitching...the jar is laying on it's side, so the threads spread out.  Also, a good number of those threads are from having to take out a number of stitches on more than one project.  January seemed to be the month of the frogs ~ hopefully they have all moved on now.

 

I finished the stitching on a couple of ornaments.

 

Finished "My Ways"

There was supposed to be an apple, but an apple under a willow tree just didn't seem right.  So, I stitched Panzer there instead.  Many thanks to Peggy Lee for sending me the fabric for this!

I've moved on to this piece..."A Pomegranate Study"

Such a fun stitch so far ~ just three colors!

I have to ask...have you ever had one of these join you while stitching?

He decided to take up residence on the inside of my glasses while they were on my head!!  Needless to say, he took a trip down the waterways to look for Nemo (the fish, not the storm)!  The worst part was that I couldn't scream out, everyone else was sound asleep!!

 

Have you ever had one of those weeks, and then, you go to the mailbox to find the best things ever ~ just when you needed a pick~me~up!?!

Myra was sweet enough to surprise me with one of her Valentine's mug mats ~ how cute is that! 

Thank you, Myra!  Whenever I see your name on a package, I know I am in for a treat!

 

Dawn surprised me with this great bag ~ she's been practicing with her sewing machine, and I'd say she's got it down!

Thanks, Dawn ~ it's already full of stuff!

 

I have some goodies that will be going out tomorrow, but I have to save those pictures ~ don't want to spoil any surprises.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks again to those that brightened my week!

“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.
"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh