If I'm being honest

This is what I feel like:

OMG, this was the worst week ever! I should be in bed and not on the computer but a person can only sleep or lay down for so long. There were a couple of good things things going on this week but more bad than good, unfortunately. We signed Joshua up for Cub Scouts and he's super excited about that. That was pretty much the highlight of the entire week. I was sick last Sunday and Monday and then Joshua was sick on Tuesday. Friday Mike and I got some very unpleasant news. I don't care to share it right now....just thinking about it gets me all sorts of upset which is probably why I'm sick again. I woke up not feeling well yesterday morning and by the afternoon I had a fever of 103. I was in and out of sleep from 5 yesterday afternoon until just after noon today when I managed to drag myself upstairs to my chair. I've been planted there most of the day until I managed to bring myself back down the stairs. You know, stairs are hard to get up and down when you're really sick!

Another good thing is I got an email from the director of the local stitching guild a week or two ago saying they had gotten some new members. I tried it right after we moved here but several of the women were flat unpleasant so after about the 4th month I didn't go back. I did go this past Tuesday though and had a really nice time. All the meanies stayed home and there were some very nice ladies there. I made friends pretty quick when I over heard one of them saying they paid someone $80 last year to finish 2 Christmas ornaments for her. I told them I'd show them how to do the finishing on ornaments at the November meeting and they were very excited about that. They're going on a field trip for the meeting in Oct. but I'm not sure if I'm going yet. They're going some place that I've not heard of about an hour from here.

I also got a phone call from the shop telling me that the new Just Cross Stitch Christmas ornament issue I had anxiously been waiting for came in. I was super excited about that! I really look forward to this magazine every year. I picked it up Tuesday night while they were having an open stitching session at the shop. I had not been to one and used picking up my magazine as a good excuse to scout the people out and see how they were. They were very very nice and I'll definitely be popping in to stitch with them. I sat with them for a while and flipped through the magazine while they stitched. Most of them looked over my shoulder while I was flipping through it. We all agreed that this issue is somewhat disappointing and doesn't compare to previous issues. There are a few pieces in there that look recycled from previous years and a few...well....a few that you just have to wonder what the heck they were thinking. There are a few that I really like and plan to stitch.

I'm in a birthday exchange in one of my groups. I sent to Nancy this year and her birthday was yesterday so I can post a pic now of what I stitched for her. I stitched 2 pieces from Blackbird Designs With Needle and Thread book. I finished one of the pieces in to a little stitching basket to put scissors and other little bits in, and I finished the other piece in to a matching pincushion just like in the book. I LOVE the pincushion.

I'm off....there's a bottle of gatorade and a box of nyquil calling my name. If only I didn't have to go back up those stairs.