Hum de dum....

I would have loved to have posted on Monday, however our modem went out and the Comcast people weren't in too big of a hurry to fix it. Boy, rocket scientists they are. I was on the phone for nearly an hour with a woman who said she was nearly positive we needed a new modem. It took a couple of days for them to get here. When they finally did, it took 4 techs and 3 hours for them to figure out it needed a new modem. Something's just not right about that. Especially since I told the brainiacs as soon as the first one arrived that the woman said it was probably the modem. It even said it on his work order. Speaking of geniuses....that brings to my trip to Hell-Mart the other day. I had to run in to get dog food and decided to swing by the fabric dept. to see if they had any cute Christmas prints. I found a really cute one of some little snowman faces and thought I'd get a bit of it to use for ornaments. I take the fabric to the counter and as for a 1/4 yard of it. The woman looked at me perplexed for a bit and after a long pause asked me to show her were 1/4 was on the measuring stick. Are you kidding me?! Maybe I should have cut it. Where do they find these people?!

It's been a while since I posted, not because I didn't want to but because my modem wasn't happy and wouldn't let me get online. I had noticed before it quit that it was moving reeeeeally sllllllllowly. I'll try to recap the week right quick.

My birthday was fairly good. The first half was great but I spent part of the afternoon in urgent care with Joshua. He ended up getting a really bad ear infection, poor thing. I hate it when he gets those. I did make it to both stitching shops to spend my gift certificates before that when he was feeling ok. I know this is long but there are some who are interested so here's the list of goodies I came home with:

Here's what I got from the GC my best friend got me:
Just Nan- Merry Old Elf
Blackbird- Easter Parade (I LOVE that bunny!)
Blackbird- Home of the Brave
JBW- Merry Miniatures I
A pair of stork tweezers...I've wanted a pair of these for a long time
4 skeins of Gast

Cassie was with me so I got her a couple of things too...a little kit of a cat with a bird on it's head and a little chart called Washington D.C. Christmas.

Here's what I got with the GC from Juli, Marilynne, and Ming-
3 skeins of Weeks
4 skeins of Gast
32 ct. Lambswool linen 32 ct. Belfast linen
32 ct. Ivory linen
32 ct. Antique White Belfast
32 ct. Antique Tan linen
JBW- Holiday Ornamentals
JBW- Bless the USA
Samplers & Such Quaker Mini Treats
The Prairie Schooler- Garden Gloves
The Prairie Schooler- D*E*F
Blackbird Designs- Souvenirs of Summer...I've been wanting this book for a while. And another chart for Cassie...a map of Washington D.C.

Pretty great haul, huh?! I would be stitching on something from my new loot now but I've been busy busy doing some finishing this week. When I went in to the shop, Celeste handed me a piece of paper with a woman's name and number on it. She said she wanted me to finish some ornaments for her so I gave her a buzz. She took her goodies to the shop and I picked them up. I knew she had several but I was surprised to find 17. WOW. That's a lot...lol. I've spent a nice portion of the week working on them. I'm not too far from being done. I was hoping to be done tomorrow but it might be Saturday. Cassie and I are going to New York City in just over a week and I'd love to have the $$ from finishing these ornies for some Christmas shopping :). Next time she asks me to finish ornies for her I should probably ask her how many...lol.