Winner of Giveaway for

Bent Creek chart is - ta da da DA!! Susan in S.C.! - Congrats!

Linda

Enter the Giveaway Contest!

In honor of the snowstorm we had on March 1st (came in like a lion and hopefully will go out like a lamb), I'm giving away this adorable chart by Bent Creek. If you are interested in a chance of winning this chart, just leave a comment here! I will choose a name on Sunday, March 8th. Here is a link to the chart:

http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=01-2707

Getting Away with Murder

I've had an ongoing love/irritation thing going on with my squirrels for years. I enjoy watching their antics, but get a bit nutso when they eat all the seed and leave none for the birdies, or when they tear apart my feeders. And there are mornings during the wintertime when I've had 12 of them out on my deck running around like maniacs fighting each other for a bit of food! I put crackers out for them too - they grab them and run up into the tree to enjoy them. It was quite comical yesterday when I was trying to direct one who was trying to find the cracker buried in the snow. I kept yelling out - look to your right, no, to your right - no your OTHER right! He never did find it - so I threw him another one. Anyway, the squirrel in this picture is one of the baby ones that come around. He is allowed to get away with murder - I don't even yell when I find him sitting "inside" my one hanging feeder. He is much smaller than he appears here. But he has a huge appetite!!

A little bit of comforting....

I had to go to the dentist yesterday. I was in the dental chair for a little over two hours! Just for a temporary crown to be put on. I think he was having problems getting my old crown off, so that took the longest. Sigh.... After I was done being tortured, I decided I needed some retail therapy! So I drove to the little town of Occoquan (one of my favorite places to go for a little getaway) and did a small amount of shopping. First, I got my Mom a bracelet for Mother's Day. Altho if I find something else for her, this bracelet might just stay with me - LOL! I also found this cute little duck holding some flowers. She reminded me of spring and I could not resist her sweetness. I went across the street to a cute bookstore called Salt & Pepper. She carries cookbooks and some little gift items. She also carries some food themed fiction and mysteries. I got an adorable tea ball with a little teacup on the end of it - you leave it hanging out while the tea is brewing. Then onto the quilt shop - which I found out is going out of business. What a bummer that was! For me, of course, but moreso for the owner. I felt so badly for her. I bought some more fat quarters. Then onto another shop which is one of my favorites. I got a couple gifties and then was on my way. After finishing up there, I drove over to the cross-stitch shop and did some damage on my wallet! I got several charts and a couple of pieces of linen. Then some french fries and a coke to snack on while driving home! All in all, a nice day - after I got that dental thingy out of the way! Oh, the baby in the frame (in the first picture) holding the dolly... that is me when I was little....

A Tale of Two Bears....

Many years ago, I went into Hallmark and bought a bear. I don't know if it is the one on the left or the one on the right. I collected bears at that time. I still have big collection of them, but stopped adding to it at some point in time. Anyway, not long after I bought the bear, my husband went into the same shop and bought me a bear for Valentine's Day. I don't know if it is the one on the right or the one on the left. There were many bears in the shop at that time. How he picked out the same exact bear remains a mystery. I actually didn't tell him for years about the "tale of two bears". When I did, he just shook his head and laughed. I think he was pretty amazed too!

Helping out the economy....

The one skein of yarn is Noro Silk Garden Lite, and is in beautiful shades of pink, aqua, lavender. It will be made into a soft scarf to wrap around my neck. The other two skeins will be used for scarves for my sister - christmas gifties. She doesn't read my blog (she doesn't own a computer), so no worries about spoiling the surprise! The cross-stitch chart designs are already being stitched onto the lovely linen I bought for them. Well, there are a few stitches done for each one - but that counts - right!

And the Winner of the Valentine Chart Is....

drumroll..... ta ta da - Suzann!! Congrats! Email me with your address!

Linda in VA