You thought I didn't want to blog anymore?

No I didn't give up on blogging. Time flies and there are not enough hours in a day to do all I would like to do. One reason of my silence and my lack of blogging mojo is my sister in law Maria. If you are a regular reader, you may remember her: she had lost her strenght in her legs and nobody couldn't really tell what was happening to her ( or so we thought). Actually, her health kept deteriorating slowly and during the summer, she was also loosing the strenght in her arms. Then one day, we got the phone call that we feraed. Maria needed to be hospitalized. So she went to live with her sister in Guadalalajara and she was able to see our children with the webcam. Internet is really great for families like us who have relatives in different countries of the world. Suddendly, Maria's health got worse and sadly on august 30 th, she passed away. That was a very sad time for our family and especially for Chuy as Maria took care of him when their mom passed away. She was a beautiful lady with a strong character. She dedicated her life to her father and she only outlived him for some months. We are missing her a lot, especially on sundays when we used to call her on the phone. I'm glad Emma was able to play the violin for her especially spring by Chopin. We learned after her death that she had a form of MS but that the doctors didn't want to tell the family because they were nothing they could do to save her and that she had only one year to live. That got me very angry because we would have done everything we could for Chuy to see her again. I don't know what those doctors were thinking ...

You also may wonder if I'm still a stitcher or just a stash buyer but I'm happy to let you know that I still stitch and actually, I did finish two pieces. I got bored with my Lanarte and started a smaller one: Pink poppy flower by Lanarte. I thought it was a small one but I almost got bored with all that pink !!! I didn't stitch the green ( I know your're not surprised !!! )

And this is what it could look like with a ( virtual) frame:

Then I got in a Christmas mood and decided to stitch a Somebunny to love design called : room for one more by DMC. I stitched it on an opalescent lugana: Poltergeist by Silkweaver. It was a cute stitch and I really like it.

I didn't feel like going back to my other Lanarte so I started another one and I decided to start Nestingbox with pink flowers. I've always loved that cute Marjolein Design. I'm not going to stitch the little birdies under the main design because I feel it draws all the attention from the center of the piece.

This is my progress:

We celebrated Halloween on sunday. I didn't feel like doing anything but the kids insisted on having a little party so we invited some of their friends, decorated the house and here are the pictures:

I tried to carve a witch but as you can see, I didn't manage to really follow the template I found on the internet.

Emma was a cute witch.

Our neighbor decided to wear a mask to get in the Halloween spirit.

It's the last day of the kids fall vacations and tomorrow is back to school !!!

I hope I won't wait that long again to show you my latest progress but you can always follow me on Facebook like some of you do if you want to. Thanks for being here and still be my stitching friends.

Happy stitching !!!

Summer vacations

We started our vacations with Steb's surgery. It went well but it stressed me out a lot ... He was able to go home that same night. He recovered quickly and after four days, nobody could tell he was recovering from surgery.

He threw up in the recovering room so they kept his IV until he ate a snack.

We went to visit a small island on wednesday. It's about an hour drive from our house. Here is the view from the boat:

On the island:

Pierre resting on the shade:

How fun it is to play on the beach !!!

There was an exhibit where we could learn how to make knots:

My kids being silly:

Chuy found this cactus and asked me to take a picture ( it was huge !!! ) :

The excitement of the day was to take a boat to go to the island ( even though it was a short trip : only 5 minutes) . Steb really loved it !!!

Back on the main land, we stopped for a snack:

Then it was time to go back home and Steb didn't resist too long to a good nap in the car !!!

You may wonder if I still stitch? I do! Look: this is my Sweet dreams by Lanarte ( but I'm taking a small break : too many 1/2 and whites ... )

I decided to start a small one and I chose this Lanarte: pink poopy flower. It's a small project and it doesn't have too many color changes. I may not stitch the greens as I'd like it can look like a full flower and not like a square.

And here is my yesterday progress:

Thanks for stopping by. I'll try to update more often !!!

Another update ! Already?

During the week end, we went to pick some cherries at my grand'ma house. Her cherry tree is full of cherries ready to eat. Birds love them so we had to act fast if we wanted to be able to share the feast. Steb was very happy to help ( and eat them).

We got two full baskets but we could only bring one home to share between my parents and I . My grand'ma decided to keep one to give to some people. We would have known , we would have brought another basket.

85 years apart.

My flowers are not growing very good. The weather is not very good: cloudy, windy, rainy once in a while . But I was surprised to discover a little unsollicited guest in one of my window box: a little pansy decided to adopt us . Isn't it sweet?

I've been working on my curtains for a while now and we can see some progress but I'm still avoiding the 1/2. ( click to enlarge)

Pierre and Chuy really love soccer and they have been watching all the matches they could. Today, they are supporting this team:

I feel my husband is a little nervous !!!

Thanks for stopping by !!!

Another progress !!!

I know I'm spoiling you but if you are still here , you do deserve it !!! Marita couldn't believe I was back at blogging but I am ( I mean, I hope I am ! )

I didn't have time to write a lot yesterday but I'm not enjoying stitching as much as I sometimes ENJOY my stitching. It's a cute design and I love the ahppy colors BUT there is also lots of white/beige colors that I don't really like. You may have noticed I was stitching the righ part and I did stitch all the fun colors until all I had left to stitch was the white blankie the baby holds. So I started it but it was so boring that I quit and decided the moon was soooooooo cute I couldn't just resist stitching some fun colors again. So here I am stitching the middle of the design now. Usually I like to follow an order so my stitching looks neat but not this time. I am trying to be a good girl though because I know it's going to back fire at me when I will only have some white / beige to stitch at the end ... That's why I'm stitching the curtains. Well, I won't only have some of those dul colors to stitch at the end because I also leave the 1 over 2 that I hate for the end ... The Fuchsias syndrom is going to haunt me again !!!! I may allow myself to take a break at one point if I can't finish it. Stitching has to be a pleasure, right?

My mailbox got very happy this week !!! First, she ( yes, she is a she ) received my prize from Suzanne blog: those two cute charts . Thanks Suzanne, they are very cute ( I especially have a little thing for the country chart )

Then she got this bag. And I can hear you very well ( yes I have that talent to hear what people think behind their screen ) It's a green bag !!!!!!!! And you know that green is NOT my favorite but this bag is actually great. I won it on Facebook and it's from Janlynn. The bag is very sturdy and the shoulder straps are great. I'm going to use it at my on the go stitching bag. It even has some inside pockets to put stuffs we don't want to loose . Green or not, it's miiiiiiiiiiiiiiine !!!

Enough sploiling for today ( I don't want you get too used to ) : got to stitch now. Thanks for stopping by !

In case ...

You've been wondering if I still stitch, the answer is here :

I am avoiding the boring white loke colors to the more attrative and happy colors ... Nothing has changed as you can see !!!