i’ve been a bad blogger

There’s no real excuse for my on-again/off-again blogging these last couple of weeks; like anything else, I guess blogging is subject to waxing and waning cycles. I haven’t done much stitching (none, actually, since my last post) and I’ve been a bit … well, distracted … by my physical image. Ugh. Thinking of banning mirrors in the house …. But anyway, I have been reading up on what everyone’s doing and enjoying myself greatly in that respect. I’ve also been busy with the kids, and the kids have just been busy! LOL! Here are three of my wee beasties - Rowen with her newest snail, which boasts a yellow shell, Nicky hamming for the camera, and Arden enjoying a good read. Max is at an age where it’s a little harder to get a picture of him - teenage years are lurking just around the corner. Sigh.

Although I don’t have a picture of Max to share, I do have one of the lovely gift he made me for Mother’s Day. The design is totally his own, and he made the “mat” that surrounds the stitching, too.

The mailman has become my newest best friend. I received a wonderful Act of Kindness gift from Anne, who took pity on my attempts to make my own decorative pins and sent me literally hundreds of gorgeous pins. I can’t wait to get started on some pinkeeps! I love making pinkeeps, but haven’t done so because of the impossibility of finding pretty pins in my area. Thank you, Anne!!!

I don’t know where the hours in the day go, but I see it is high time that I get dinner underway. I hope everyone is looking forward to a wonderful weekend!