Back from the dead and OMG BOOKS!

Its been a while since I've posted anything. I haven't stitched since april (sad sad). I didnt stitch in April, may and early june because my airconditioner was broke. Here in louisiana it gets hot early so for all of may and part of june I was all sweaty all the time and I hate getting sweat on my stitch projects. Then I hurt my hand and by the time it healed I was doing other things, trying to clean house for one (bleh). a Short stint trying to lose weight (yeh that didnt succeed) and again I have started trying read/ sort my way through my book collection. BOOK COLLECTION!! is freaking huge. I didnt realize how unruly my books had gotten till I decided to read and inventory it. I have 2 free standing book cases, one built in book case, a cabinet with doors, and 3 plastic drawer things I got from bed and bath all with books in them.. thats not counting the stack in the bathroom the stack in the living room (I collected most of my current readings into one stack) the stack of books on the floor from the boxes of books my dad sent me.. I started this project last year and got distracted by the internet :P since I may have a fracture in my hand ( i bent it weird and it feels just like it did when I broke my finger, both times) I wont be doing the stitching I planned on I'll try to read a few more books. I did manage to read a few since my last review, and I even found 5 books that were doubles that went into the ebay/get rid of stack, and found one that I could even bring enough interest to start reading. I read a few that I decided to keep. the most recent 2 I finished (this weekend as a matter of a fact) the last 2 I finished were actually by the same author and part of a series of 4 Author: kathleen nance and series is her Djinn series. the series is about a race of people from a separate world called Kaf. They are Djinn and their world is full of magic (called Ma-at)Kaf is separate of earth but I guess its kinda parallel. These books are some of the beginings of the paranormal romance genre. the series are about various Djinn that find their mates(lovers) on earth. I read the 1st - "wishes come True" which use to be one of my favorites when I was younger. After reading it again for the first time in years I remembered why I enjoyed these books. The summary is basically a single mother who does not believe in magic or wishing (every wish she has ever mad ended very badly for her) at the prodding of her neighbor who is a very good friend and her 9 year old daughter accidentally summons a bound Djinn by reading a spell from a book. She only reads the spell to prove to her daughter that magic and Djinn aren't real when a naked, good-looking man appears out of nowhere. Of course she thinks its a prank till she accidently makes a wish and he grants it. He spends the whole book trying to get her to make her last 2 wishes (basically he has to be summoned 101 times to earn his freedom, because he was bound into slavery and she is number 90something) she refuses to wish. There are other problems going on during this time, a business rival trying to ruin her and an ex husband that just randomly shows up after 9 years of being gone. of course you know it had a happy ending but I wont tell you what it is.. you'll have to read it to find out. I also read the 4th ( i read it first then remembered it was part of a series) this one is titled "spellbound" unlike the first the Djinn in this one isn't bound, he comes to earth voluntarily looking for his mate. He has been having trouble with his magic and as minstrel for his world his ma-at needs to be in control. As minstrel he helps control the flow of ma-at on kaf and so he did a divining to look for his mate. the woman in this one is leery of his interest because as the daughter of a famous singer she's been used before. He spends most of the book alternating between seducing her and trying to find her stepfather who has a half of a stone tablet that used to belong to the djinns grandmother. the woman is trying to find her stepfather because her boss wants to interview him and if she can get him to agree she can keep her job. anyway Ive rambling on enough and my hand kinda hurts so I will go away now :)I think 'll play a computer game and finish reading my current book. currently reading "viking Tempest" by ashland price, "daughter of the blood" by anne bishop and "darkborn" by alison sinclair. the current totals are ebay/get rid of - 6 keep - 14

ISHW and tusal

here's my late ISHW and my late TUSAL all at one time. I actually did not get much stitching done this weekend, it's been a blah kind of month, but I did get a few stitches in this weekend I may actually finish rose drama sometime this year

very late WIPocalypse

I'm so bad, my WIPocalypse post is so very very late. :( I didn't do much stitching this month I di work on drama rose a little.

heres before




and after: I worked a little on the last few leaves and on the vase, the vase is probably gonna take a while the stitches are so far apart in places and theres quite a bit of outlining to be done in couching..

HAHA I've used some of these

Found this while using stumbleupon and thought Id share not only cause its funny but cause scarily enough I've actually used some of them either as they are or in some variation


http://marvin.cs.uidaho.edu/~heckendo/usefulPhrases.html here is the website where I found it

Some Useful Condescending Phrases
Some useful phrases to use as an Evil Overlord as given by Steve Meredith. These humorous cuts were originally listed as useful phrases to use around work but they probably only work well if you are a Evil Overlord(TM).

1.Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
2.The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
3.I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
4.Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
5.I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't care.
6.I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
7. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
8.I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
9.I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
10.I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
11.It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
12.Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
13.No, my powers can only be used for good.
14.How about never? Is never good for you?
15.I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
16.You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication.
17.I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
18.I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
19.I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
20.Who me? I just wander from room to room.
21.My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!
22.It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
23.At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.
24.You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
25.I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
26.Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.



I've use 3, 5, 9, 12, 14,16, 18, 20 and 23. some more often than others, I'll have to admit Iv use 9 (duct tape one) and 12 (about being satan's agent, or sometimes just satans spawn) and 18 (being out of my mind) frequently

Liebster blog award

:) I recieved a Liebster blog award from Nikki over at Nikki's stitching http://nikkisstitching.blogspot.ca/ which made me smile (considering not to long ago I don't think anyone had ever even read my blog little alone liked it). I did wait a few days before really looking at it cause I just have been kinda bleh lately, between the sore neck, which actually feels better now, thanks to everyone who wished me well. and just plain being stressed and bleh at work.







Liebster is a German word, meaning favorite, dearest or beloved, and the Liebster is awarded by bloggers to other, newer bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers, to spread the word and help the new(er)bies gain wider recognition. The award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting:

1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs (with fewer than 200 followers) to award the Liebster to.

2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blogs so they know about the award.

4. Share five random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.

I am not sure if any of the blogs I picked have gotten this already or not, but if so, that just means you are extra special!


for the five I've chosen to give the award to ( hard to decide which ones cause most of my favorites have very large followings already:

1. cat-ladders http://catladder.blogspot.com/ - cause I just love anything with pictures of cats

2. stitching under the sea http://stitchingunderthesea.blogspot.com/ I really love some of the pieces she's working on

3. to food with love http://tofoodwithluv.blogspot.com/ because it has lots of recipes that I want to eventually try cooking YUM!!


4. rahenna at crafty rahenna http://rahenna.blogspot.com/ she's working on such intricate and ineresting projects
and

5. anime stitching blog at http://animestitching.blogspot.com/ what better combination than cross stitching and anime?


and for 5 random facts about me?

1. in highschool I once learned to dance the bunnyhop for an assembly (oh the things friends will talk you into)

2. I believe shoes and bras were created by evil people that hated others :P

3. I have huge calf muscles do to the fact I walk alot ( once had a body builder amazed at them in relation to the rest of my build)

4.I moved to lousiana to volunteer at the alexandria zoo. which I did for a year.

5. volunteered at the lafayette science museum for several months during which the titanic exhibit was shown. (I love museums)

TUSAL march

here's my late TUSAL for march. I know shame on me for being so late but it was just one of those weeks. Sore neck although its feeling a little better now, hard week at work etc etc. :) for most of the month I worked on mai but i did get a little done on snow white, and started working on rose drama. Hopefully I'll get a little more done this upcoming week

March IHSW after

I didnt get much done for IHSW this time around. I worked fri and sat and planned on stitch sunday , but ended up pulling something in my neck. Looking down hurts quite a bit so not much stitching got done. I did add a little bit of greens and browns. a tiny bit of blues above the roof.











hopefully my neck will quit hurting and I'll be able to stitch soon. :)