I listened

I hope your glitter ball is still next to you because I stitched this afternoon and tadaaaaaaaaaa:

Of course, it's cuter, brighter in real I'll try to get a better picture outside. Thanks for taking the time to give me your opinion

I didn't start a new project yet because we went for a walk this afternoon and we had a lot of fun throwing rocks in a river

I need your help ladies !!!

See, I'm almost done on the umbrella and I want your opinion on the rain in the original design. I chose a light blue fabric (the color on the scan is close to the original colors) and I am now wondering if I should stitch the rain or not. Will it look weird without the rain? (knowing that with the blue fabric, I'm sure we won't see the threads on the back like in the picture of the kit you can see under my pic.) So please, let me know what you think will look better. Thanks !

I love the duckie too Anyway, this design smells cute



Boys are fun! Why? They love to try new things. This morning, Steb decided it would be a lot of fun to stand in his bath, grab his penis and pee Yesterday, he had told Chuy he had done pee in the bath and I had replied Chuy that was not possible as he had peed BEFORE going to the bath. Well, I guess I was wrong And it's probably time to have him pee like a real cow boy, right?

Pierre and Emma are still having fun. Today they went to visit a bird park. They had a lot of fun and they saw this show:

Birds are trained to go above the audience. One even touched my dad's hair. The kids were very excited on the phone. Emma even made some effort to explain to her dad in spanish that she saw a mexican parrot . Tomorrow they may go to visit a prehistoric cave.

Sunday

I have a headache tonight so I won't blog a lot. I just want to show my latest progress on my cute bunny:

Welcome back Marie !!!

She needs her umbrella

very soon because here it is still raining ... I hate that ... Pierre and emma are enjoying a nice and sunny weather but us, we keep the lawns green ...

Hope your weather is better than ours ...

Yep, I'm making good progress with my bunny: it is so cute, I cannot put it down. That's what is nice with small project: you feel you are always almsot done

I didn't have time yet to show you some pictures of Emma's birthday. We celebrated last sunday with my parents (and some kids from the neighborood that weren't planned ) Look at the silly girl taking a deep breath to blow her eight candles.

This is one of my favorite pictures of that day: she didn't know I was taking a picture so she was very natural. I need to find a way to erase Chuy's hand in her hair.

Later on, we went for a walk (still the same path behind the neighborhood) Steb was on his bike and I was pushing him when he complained soemthing was hurting him on his neck. When I checked, I saw this:

Have you ever seen a yellow fluorescent spider? Me, never and I found almost all the bugs creepy ... (enlarge to see the weird beast ... )

Then I played with the setting on my camera: movement.

So what do you see? A future soccer player or a karate player? ?

Thanks again for your sweet comments on my finish !!!

Are you ready?

Get your dusty glitter ball out of your stitching closet because I have a happy dance tonight !!! So let's dance !!! I finished the robin last night (as planned) Yeah to MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!

You can enlarge to see the details

And here is my new project that you all are waiting for:



Like I told you, it's a cutie. It's called April shower by DMC. Have you recognized a Somebunny to love pattern?

I love the little duckie on the right. Of course, it's a small project 5 X 7" (12.5 X 17 cm) and I changed the aida for a 32 count lugana called Castle View by Silkweaver. It's a light blue fabric. I got that kit on sale and couldn't resist too long to the cuteness of that bunny And you know what: I didn't forget anything today The country home is still waiting for me but it can wait

Pierre and Emma are having a lot of fun with their cousins but Steb gets lonely here without them ... Here the weather is cloudy and not very warm so we don't really go out ... We can't even planned an afternoon at the beach.

Do you want a good laugh?

This morning, I was very careful to not forget my Robin in my scanner. I put it in my "on the go" bag and here I was on my way to my parents' house. In the afternoon, during Esteban's nap, I took out my fabric eager to finish my robin. Well, I had my fabric but I forgot: my chart and my threads I couldn't believe it ... I thought, that's fine, Vera the mouse is going to advance a little more. Wrong: I had also left the chart at home. (yes, I deserve a double one on that one ...). So I had no choice but to start my next project. A clue for Becca: it's cute Anyway, here are my two progresses:

My Robin:

Vera the mouse:

I'm not done yet on the robin so I'm hoping to finish tonight. I mostly have some backstitches and some branches. Tomorrow, I'll show you my new started project

Something unexpected and scary happened during Steb's nap: He called me crying. When I arrived I quickly saw he had stuck his finger in a small window of one house Emma has. I tried to get it out but couldn't. I called Chuy and told him to bring the hand washing soap. The finger was really stuck and I thought we'll have to break the house. Finally Chuy managed to slide the finger and the house was spared He could move his finger so everything was fine. Kids: I wonder where they get all these crazy ideas

Busy

I have a lot of things to say but don't really have time. First, I want to thank you for all your comments on my robin.

Pierre and Emma left this morning to go on vacation with my parents. They went to visit their cousins (my brother's kid). So now, Chuy and I are in charge to look after my parents' home and pets. Their house is very dark: it's always hard for us to stay there (especially for a stitcher !!! )

I keep working at the robin. I wanted to bring it with me this afternoon, but I brought everything except the fabric that stayed in my scanner Fortunately, I had my " on the go" bag so I worked on Vera the mouse instead !!!

I'm not done yet and if I stay on the internet, I won't finish it today either ... I don't thinkI'm going to stitch late tonight as I fell asleep at 2 in the morning three nights in the row ... I don't know why but I'm exhausted ....

I forget to tell you: I already chose my next project

Robin

No time for a long talk but a picture will tell you all !!!

Hope your week end was good !

Summer fun

Ok the weather is not great but when you have bubbles, happiness is in the air



On the stitching front:

On thrusday, I made a lot of progress:

The kids played well together so I had time to stitch a lot.

On friday night, I had a frog for companion so I had to undo a lot of my stitches so you can barely see I made some significant progress.

Tammy did it !!!

I was quietly checking the blogs in my google reader when I saw this on Tammy's blog:

So I tracked down the pattern , thinking it can be a Nora Corbett design (it is), and I found out it comes from this magazine:

Now I have to get it so I'm looking for someone who is willing to buy it for me and ship it first class international. I can pay with Paypal so let me know if someone can do that for me !!! Thanks beforehands

EDIT: as I went down my google reader, I could have added to my title: and Velda too !!! lol

You can't stop me !!! lol

Look:

Chuy is on vacations tomorrow !!!! He's working morning shift but will work only half a day so that means he's going to be on vacations at 9 am !!! He's very happy as he feels very tired.

Today Chuy went to the dentist with the x rays he took last time and the doctor confirmed that he's going to loose his upper front teeth in a couple of years which is very sad because he NEVER had a decay in his whole life!

Quick update.

I'm still enjoying so much my robin. This is how I left him last night:

I'm happy to report that the balcony of my neighbor did remain clean !!! I think he got rid of the dog which is a good thing for everybody

Pierre is now enjoying his summer class! There are only 2 students so it's great. And honestly, it's only from 9 to 12: why would he complain?

Something funny happened at the store today: the cashier asked me if Esteban and Emma were brother and sister. She said they don't look alike at all (Emma is very tanned thanks to her mexican blood and Steb is very white thanks to my polish roots.) It's not the first time people have asked me that though ... Girls love being tanned so I'm happy she got this carnation. I have a very fair skin so I transform into a cooked lobster if I stay in the sun People are even more surprised when I tell them the dad is mexican. For them, it's hard to imagine a mexican kid with blue eyes and strawberry blond hair. The blue eyes don't come from me, Chuy has them ( lucky him )

Happy birthday !!!!!!!!!

Emma is officially 8 years old today We had her party on saturday because the school finished on friday and a lot of the kids were leaving on vacations. Yes, we had a lot of kids but because we have the party in a park, we are not limited by space

Stitching news:

Here is my country home:

I made some progress then got really tired of it AGAIn and decided it was time to start a new one

I progress nicely on that one:

It's a Lanarte kit: Robin by Marjolein Bastin. You know I love both. And it is a small kit so I couldn' t resist. I'm stitching it on 28 count lugana Desert sky by Silkweaver. I chose an hand dye fabric to not stitch the center part of the design and I chose the perfect color. I always find it difficult to know if the fabric I choose will end up right. This time, I'm very happy with my choice.

Have a great day !!!

Back from busyland !!!

Nope, I didn't abandoned you but I was very busy all week long helping Chuy in the pinatas making. It was also the last week of school for the children so I had a lot of things to do. Now vacations have begun. Back to school is on september 1 st for Pierre and september 2nd for Emma and Steb. Pierre is going to summer school this coming week and the last week of august. He's not happy about it but he really needs it ...

Emma celebrated her birthday at the park yesterday and we all had a great time. The weather was great and we were very lucky because the forecast was not on our side. I'm glad those guys are often wrong !!! We had 24 kids, 3 pinatas, 5 cakes, lots of drinks and some parents to help us look after the kids. We always do it at the park because they have swings, slides so the kids entertain themselves very well over there. We only need to make sure they don't escape Emma was literally showered with gifts from her friends: pets shops (very popular here. She even got twice the same set which didn't bother her at all), Hello Kitty stuffs, some clothes, marbles, books, and so on ... Here are some pictures:

It was Esteban's first time hitting a pinata:



The kids waiting on line ( from the shortest to the tallest)


The birthday cake:

All the children waiting for the magic candles to burn again. They all seemed very concentrated :

The most awaited moment for all the kids: the opening of the gifts (the picture is voluntary blurred)

One of Emma favorite's toy: a plastic furry ball:

Windy, I took pictures of the work in progress when we were making the pinatas. I'll make a special post about it.

The nasty disguting neighbor did clean his balcony on saturday (it seems that's the day he chose to clean it) The balcony appeared cleaner than last saturday so I'm hoping he got a letter from the city and got rid of the dog (but he may have just went on vacations ... ) It's funny on your comments that you all think more of the dog than us, poor humans who have to smell the sticky stuff each time we enter the building . By the way, he also have a cat that we can see sometimes on a leash on the balcony ...

Thanks you all for your nice comments about my stitching progress and my new beautiful stash . I really love reading your comments. I'm sorry I couldn't really comments on your blogs all week long.

I got it !

The neighbor who owns a dog (or should I say: keeps a dog on his balcony) clean his balcony on saturday and let the mess become on sunday (he must be so exhausted from thhis big cleaning of the week ... ) I saw briefly one of my neighbors today, a retired lady, and learned she took it a step further (but she's also his closest neighbor): she called the city . Now let's hope something will be done quickly ...

I'm making some progress on my lanarte:

See how the flowers on the left is going to join soon the colors on the right I'm not sure I could stitch tonight as I have to help Chuy with the cutting of the crepe paper for the pinatas. Now, Emma wants a purple heart (I was sure, she wanted a pink or red one ... )

Sales season has started in France and I indulged in Madame la fée charts (they are way too expensive when they are regular price ) So here is what I got:

A progress and an exchange .

On Blue's bulletin board, I signed for a new exchange. We had to choose one color and send between 15 and 20 stuffs. I chose peach, apricot and my partner Nenadou chose brown. I received from Khira ( who doesn't have a blog)

This is what I sent:

Details:

I love this little cat that you put in a flower pot.

I had fun drawing on Nena's envelope:

This is what I got from Khira:

I'm having fun again with my Lanarte !!! This flower bed is not as tedious as the flowers on the roof !!! Maybe in two days I'll come back complaining again !!!

I called the property manager. He wanted me to give him the appartment number ( why not ring the door of that guy and ask him his name ? ...) The person still hasn't cleaned the balcony ... Maybe he does that only once a week ? ...

She's a star !!!!!!!!!!

at least in our household Today was the last day of violin class ( YES!!!!!! ) The teacher organized a meeting where each of her students played a little something. She played with her teacher a duet:

She also played with a friend (I don't show the picture as I don't know if the parents will agree) and she played a solo. You may notice the little black dress every star has to wear on their big night And you are all going to be jealous when I'm going to tell you that the dress does turn with her when she dances

You may have noticed the cheminea in the back. That's because the music school is in an old castle (17 th century. I thought it was 19 th but no it's earlier ... )

The person is still not bothered:

Yes there is more and you can see the beast (not a small dog ...) I have to call the property manager tomorrow but the young man always say yes and never do anything ...

Back to stitching !

Progress and gross ...............

I am stitching my country cottage again Look:


Details:



See: I managed to stitch 11 stitches of fun colors (dark pink !!!)


Now what you've been waiting for: the gross part. This is a view from my balcony:



And this is a close up

Apparently those people from the first floor are too lazy to take their dog out for a walk so they let him do whatever he has to do on their balcony ... And don't think they clean it right after he did: it has been that way for 2 days now ... Dirty people ... Imagine the inside of their appartment I'm glad I'm not their closest neighbour ...

A tear from the heart

Yesterday, Esteban was crying because I said NO to something. Suddendly, he stopped and said: "look mommy!" He was showing me the cushion on the sofa where his tears had formed a heart. Isn't it cute? As a good blogging mommy, I HAD to take a picture to share with the universe

Can you say wheelbarrow?

I did try to stitch on the country cottage (because I'm not a quiter, remember? )

And I even took a picture of both pieces together so you can see the size difference and feel sorry for me

How nice to progress

Look:

That is what I call motivation: I stitch, I progress, I see it Life's good in my own litlle stitching world

For those who want to buy the Dust fairy, I think you should get it from the Nimue's site. I think they speak english and the shipping seem to be the postage actual cost.

I am not a quiter !!!!!!!!!!!!!

but I need a good break from my never ending Lanarte... So I'm still happily stitching my little mouse who makes me very happy !!!!

Yep, you even see a little bit of the head popping out of the wheelbarrow ...

I have a new crush: this little lady. Isn't she cute? It's called Fairy dust from Nimue . yes, it's a small project, that means I have the right to buy it

She seems to be the big sister of the butterfly fairy I stitched a while ago:

Thanks for your nice comments on my progress (I'm glad you see them as I feel I'm not going anywhere myself ... ) This afternoon, I even gave up on my Lanarte and grabbed my Vera the mouse project (the one I'm supposed to stitch ONLY when I have to wait somewhere ... ) It was a nice feeling to visibly progress. That's the problem with the Lanarte now: I feel I'm stuck with the roof and all the scattered stitches I missed. Even though I try to color my chart as I stitch, I always forget some stitches ... It doesn't help when I want to find my way in that green forest ...

Today, at the supermarket, I met an old friend who moved to another area. The last time I saw her, she had 2 boys and now she has 3 I really need to keep in touch with her as she is very funny and energetic. (she's also a psychologist but you will never guess !!!) I need funny people in my life

Sad news .........

My LNS is closing .........My mom passed in front of the store yesterday and saw they were doing 40% off on all the store. Chuy had given me a 30 euros gift certificate for christmas. We went there this morning. Unfortunately, all the nice charts and kits were gone and it was hard to find a way to spend those 30 euros ... (I know it's hard to believe, but there weren't really anything left in my taste ...) So I bought 2 piece of fabric and 3 charts. The owner had left and the employee told me because I had a gift certificate she won't be able to give the 40 % off and will charge everything at regular price! It didn't seem fair to me as a gift certificate is money to spend in the store whatever prices they have. I had to argue with her to get my discount. I really felt bad as I was going to that store to buy my fabrics and liked it. Now the store is going to be closed and I will have bad memory of it ...

I think I'm almost done with the roof !!! I need to triple check if I forgot anything. When I look at the chart, my eyes almost cross as there are so many stitches all together ... I still have some white to stitch though ... Well, I'm hoping to work on the left side of the design tonight !!! Yeah to MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!

Details:

How it went ....

It went great!!!! Chuy came with me and it was necessary as Chuy was holding his head and ear and I was holding the container beneath his ear. The doctor was pouring lukewarm water in his ear. Nothing was really going out. The doc even asked me if I really put the drops like he asked to When he almost gave up, Steb cried a little bit and here was the plug !!! The doctor said he probably had this plug for a while and it was very dry (that's why it was hard to take it out ...). On the right ear, things went pretty smothly and the plug was out very fast. I'm glad we did it. Pierre was a real trooper and didn't cry , except when the first plug went out. He's the only one of the 3 kids who is not that sensitive to pain he sometimes falls without any cry.

Here is my new picture of my Lanarte (just a close up of the roof where I am working right now.) Doesn't seem much to me but I still have to stitch a lot of green ... Fun, fun, fun

Look what happen when there is no TV in the house:

Three perfect kids playing together without fighting (until next time ... )

Today was Emma last music class !!! She still has her violin class next wednesday and her audition. She's going to play with another little girl. The violin teacher told me again that Emma is talented. Of course, it makes me happy but honestly, me, who has to listen her when she prat