Week end

On wednesday, I went to the dermatologist with Emma. We both had an appointment: Emma had a strange growth on her knee and I wanted to show a mole ( a hairy one ) that I had on the side of my face. It was the first time we met that dermatologist. He's a tall energic man. He asked : " so , who do I see first?" I am so brave that I replied he should see Emma first !!! So he took a look on her knee and said it was a wart ! A wart? On a knee? I didn't even know you could have a wart on a knee. (it comes most likely from the swimming pool) Then he said he was going to freeze it with nitrogen liquid. Poor girl, last time she had one on her foot, our family doctor froze it with the nitrogen liquid as well and that darn thing do hurt a lot and apparently they can't put any kind of anesthesia to avoid the pain ... She did pretty good but it did hurt her ...

Then I told him I was here for my mole so he can take a look at it and he sais: you want to take it out? SO let's do it ! Wow, I wasn't really prepare for it. I thought, he will look at it and then schedule an appointment for like next month ! So I tried to be brave in front of my kid and laid down on the table, ready to suffer ! Of coursen inly anesthesia hurt a little, then I didn't feel anything except that in the middle of it, I started to get a little anxiety attack. Of course, the doc noticed it ... maybe because I started moving my legs a little too much He started to tell me he has a method when people faint: he slap them ! I tried to explain I don't faint, I "only" get panick attacks , that is different !!! But he said he had a little surprise for me anyway ... I was laying down so I couldn't move or escape. He sprayed water on my face, people ! I just needed to drink water AFTER the small procedure, I was NOT going to faint ... Anyway, he sprayed my face twice: I guess even a doctor needs some fun in his life Now, I have three stitches (but not cross stitches though ) This mole was starting to bother me especially since some hair starting to grow I will have my stitches remove next week: I hope I won't have a scar ...

I keep having fun with my Lanarte: I am now working on the nest on the left.

Have a great week end !!!

It's turkey day !!!

Mr Google ( but is he a he or a she? ) and myself want to wish you a Happy thansgivivng day !!! I love this Thanksgiving logo.

I made more progress and my piece is getting gorgeous ( yes, I compliment myself !!! lol) When we have some sunshine in the morning I can take a decent picture and today was a lucky day ! It's beautiful, isn't it?

Sorry for the short message today but I'm quite busy lately and I'm even very late at answering mails: shame on me ...

Enjoy your bird !!!

Life

I watched the trailer of sister keeper on Amazon and boy, that seems a tough movie ... I made the mistake to watch it with Emma next to me ... Big mistake : she asked : why are you crying mommy? Oh it's nothing Emma: your brother got leukemia and your baby brother stem's cells from his umbellical cord are stored in a blood bank just in case ... ( disclaimer: Steb is an happy accident which means we didn't plan on getting pregnant during Pierre's illness but it did happen ) I'd love to be able to see that movie because it's a very interesting topic but I will be able to watch it only if there is a happy ending ... Is there a happy ending? But even though it will be fine at the end, would I be strong enough to watch it without sobbing during the whole movie?

You remember my knee problem? Well, the doctor gave me an anti inflammatory medecine for the back of my knee that messed my stomach so I had to stop the medecine that was helping the pain behind my knee and now I had to get a medecine to heal my stomach ... I guess I now have to check which natural remedy I could take to help ... Do you know any?

I also took Emma to the doctor because the poor girl has a knee that cracks like an old chair ! We already went to the doc for the same reason and he had said, it will stop but it didn't and sometimes it hurts. She will have to have an X ray to see what's going on. A 9 years with a cracking knee is very weird ...

Chuy was expecting a package from one of his brother: it took two weeks to arrive ... (it's an important detail )

Oh a cereal box!

Nooo, I'm kidding. Look, there is a plastic bag inside : fresh (after 2 weeks?) chili peppers !!!

But what is under the bag? A tee shirt for a Texas deprived man ...

And some goodies for the kids:

But wait: who's missing? Who didn't get anything? Any idea? I'll say it's always the same person ...

Today, I went to spend the money that we patiently saved money for: the Wii ! We could have gotten it a long time ago but we chose to teach the kids patience. We decided to make them appreciate the gift, to show them that we don't always get what we want: sometimes we have to wait, sometimes we have to save money and sometimes we can't get what we want. If you are curious and want to see what we got for the whole family and what we got Emma, it's here !!! For obvious reasons (like a curious 9 yo) I couldn't add direct pictures to this post !!! She's going to be so excited by that gift !!! Oh! Our playing little device is in an unusual color ...

But maybe all you wanted to see was my stitching? Too late I know, it's always at the end of my post !!! I'm so predictible !!! I finished my three bird houses and now have started the frame: one bird is done.

See the detail:

Enjoy , it's friday !!! Have a great week end !!!

Wondering ...

Today, after uploading some pictures on my webshots photo album, I was wondering why some people downloaded like 12 pictures of my Pansy and Sweet Pea Work in Progress ... What do they do with them? Do they add them to their photo album and show my work as theirs? Do they try to make their own chart based on my WIP? This is a real mystery ...

I'm also wondering how people can raise little brat and be proud of them. Emma takes a tennis class every wednesdays and there is a little girl who's been a brat since day one. ( for an adult we would have used another word ) Every week, Emma tells me all about this child's behaviour : today hightlight? " No, I don't want to play with those useless players" For next week, I told Emma to tell her : if you are so good, why are you in the beginner class? I can picture very well the joy of her school teacher and the others students .... I'm glad the tennis teacher doesn't listen to her ...

Emma got her new violin today: she grew and needed the next violin size. It's a brand new violin ( we rent it at the music school) and the sound is much better ( thanks god !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) but I'm wondering when she'll stop being excited and STOP playing right behind my ears to show me that violin sounds is SO much better ....

And now if you are wondering if I made some progress on my stitching ( even though I totally rocked again at bejeweled Blitz ) Here it is:

yes I did progress on my easy to stitch Lanarte !!! The last bird house is almost done and I'm going to continue with the frame which has three birds, a nest and some flowers. I don't think I'm going to stitch the name Marjolein Bastin under the bird houses: after all, she didn't stitch it !!! Just kidding !!!

Have a happy stitching day ( or evening ) !!!