Thursday, August 29, 2013
Half Way Done
I'm now about half way done with my Marsh Marigolds. I think I'll be switching to a different project for awhile and pick up one of my UFOs. Not sure which one yet.
School Starts
Monday was my first day of classes. I am taking 10 credits (3-3 credit courses and 1-1 credit course). Not sure how I'm going to manage the 30 hours of field observation I have to do.
Tuesday was the children's first day of school. Here's the gallant preschooler. Her bus comes for her at 6:40.
Tuesday was the children's first day of school. Here's the gallant preschooler. Her bus comes for her at 6:40.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Deeply Saddened
Today, I received some horrible news. My friend Josh died. Today would have been his 28th birthday.
Josh was one of the first friends I made when I went to college. At the time his girlfriend was still living in Michigan while we were in Minnesota. There wasn't a lot of stuff to do in the middle of nowhere so we played Dungeons and Dragons and participated in our college's Renaissance Faire. I remember him excitedly showing me the engagement ring he had bought for his girlfriend. I think I might have been the first non-family member to see it. We would chat about lots of things. He was like the brother I never had.
His girlfriend turned fiancee moved to our small town to be closer to him. We became friends as well. They got married soon after and I was at their house almost every weekend. They were there for me when my father died and when I had problems related to that. I stayed with them while I student taught. We had a lot of fun together.
I kept in contact with them over Facebook when I moved to Texas. Their daughter is only a few months younger than my oldest.
The saddest part is that he took his own life.
I am still in shock right now. I won't be able to make it up for the funeral. His life is in God's hands now. I am deeply saddened for the wife and daughter he left behind.
"Surely he hath bourne our griefs and carried our sorrows."
Josh was one of the first friends I made when I went to college. At the time his girlfriend was still living in Michigan while we were in Minnesota. There wasn't a lot of stuff to do in the middle of nowhere so we played Dungeons and Dragons and participated in our college's Renaissance Faire. I remember him excitedly showing me the engagement ring he had bought for his girlfriend. I think I might have been the first non-family member to see it. We would chat about lots of things. He was like the brother I never had.
His girlfriend turned fiancee moved to our small town to be closer to him. We became friends as well. They got married soon after and I was at their house almost every weekend. They were there for me when my father died and when I had problems related to that. I stayed with them while I student taught. We had a lot of fun together.
I kept in contact with them over Facebook when I moved to Texas. Their daughter is only a few months younger than my oldest.
The saddest part is that he took his own life.
I am still in shock right now. I won't be able to make it up for the funeral. His life is in God's hands now. I am deeply saddened for the wife and daughter he left behind.
"Surely he hath bourne our griefs and carried our sorrows."
Friday, August 16, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
C-O-N-F-E-T-T-I
The word of today is "confetti."
I started a new project using the lovely green Aida I got for 75 cents at SCRAP. It's going to look like this:
It's called "Marsh Marigolds on Logan's Creek" out of a 1989 Cross Stitch and Country Crafts mag. The designer paints, so this is based off one of her paintings.
Keyword: painting.
Painting = confetti stitches
The confetti is almost worse than Snow White Discovers the Cottage (which is based off a Kinkade painting). On small pieces, I normally don't mark the stitches but the colors run so close together that I had to break down and make a working copy.
This is what it looks like so far:
I started a new project using the lovely green Aida I got for 75 cents at SCRAP. It's going to look like this:
It's called "Marsh Marigolds on Logan's Creek" out of a 1989 Cross Stitch and Country Crafts mag. The designer paints, so this is based off one of her paintings.
Keyword: painting.
Painting = confetti stitches
The confetti is almost worse than Snow White Discovers the Cottage (which is based off a Kinkade painting). On small pieces, I normally don't mark the stitches but the colors run so close together that I had to break down and make a working copy.
This is what it looks like so far:
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