Finish and a New Start

Here's looking at you

 All finished, 

I have move it down in the frame, looks much better to me

Just need to add some fabric to the back

 Skaters is in the frame

 Already I have changed the colour of the star, on the design it was white, I used this shade of gold, which is used again in the design. The full design is here, as yet I have not stitched to words on the top, not sure about them, I might make the message more personal, or just leave them off. I can decide later, when I have stitched more.

 Another bargain

I do not have any Sharpies, they are expensive, 

Yesterday we were in Staples, I saw a pack on 10 for £19.99, too expensive

Then I spied these 24 for £21.99, and much better colours for crafting.

I was not sure but hubby encouraged me, and they fell into our basket.

Having hubby home, often means trips out when I am not expecting them, yesterday he was looking for a new office chair, all the padding on his seat had worn away, so he looked on line and found Staples had a few at good prices. Typical for us the one he loved was the last showroom model, so at sale price and a extra 5% off and it was ours.
We did not get any snow overnight and it's clear here at this moment, hubby is playing golf, so a dry morning would be helpful.
Yesterday I showed the cats in their baskets all peaceful and snug, last night was a huge change. At bed time Purdy came in and hid behind our sofa, so I checked her, she had a live mouse, I chased her into the kitchen, where she dropped the mouse on the door mat and flew out their cat flap. Darn! but Grace was there ready to pounce on the mouse, Purdy was watching through the flap, came charging back in to stop Grace, and now the mouse is under our kitchen cupboards. Purdy is keeping out of our way, and we have laid traps. Hubby is fuming, we had mouse problems when we first moved in. So we were late to bed, I did not sleep well, so I am tired this morning.
I am off now to do housework and laundry, we are away for a few days tomorrow morning (weather permitting), I can't stand coming back to an untidy house, do you have to clean before you go away. I had a friend in the 80's who would walk out of her house and leave dishes in the sink!

Stash and stitching

This is my quickie

just a cute face to stitch

 From one of my German books, 

I will leave it in this frame, 

might add another branch (without owl) to balance the bottom.

 My new stash came, 

this is what I ordered in December (lost parcel), I did not want to wait any longer, 

so I reordered the fabric and colours. If I get my refund, 

I can add to my silks (Floss). A girl can never have too many colours.

 Third flower, Amaryllis

One bud to open and another flower stem in bud.

 These fell into my basket in Aldi, only £3.50

I love flowers with colour in the house.

 Today is cold and wet, so the girls stay where they are warm and dry, 

I agree with them today, I have no plans to go out

Hope to stitch later, I am itching to get started with the skaters.

Yesterday morning I had a pedicure and back massage, present from hubby at Christmas,
I now have delightful pink toe nails. The massage was wonderful, she had nice firm hands, which I like.
In the afternoon, I house sat, Su's new sofa's were due to arrive, I sat reading for a couple of enjoyable hours, with Minty (her cat) sat on my lap. I am reading The People's Queen by Vanora Bennett, I love historic novels. Set just after the Plague, in 14th century, and King Edward is dying. Su has now her beautiful matching sofa's.
I have done more on my 2014 book, I am now in April, to keep everything to a workable size, I import one month at a time, I have 10-16 post to deal with, they take a couple of days to edit.
We have snow in our fore caste for this evening, but if the day stays wet, I can't see it settling. We are hoping for the snow to come and go quickly, we have a weekend away booked in The Forest of Dean, Monmouth. It might be an interesting drive on Friday, but a lot of the way is motorway.