Keebles World

I have done it! I can't believe it! My head is killing me today, but there was no way in Hades I was gonna quit till I finished. My first ever HAED is complete, ahead of schedule and just in time for this month's WIPocalypse! Here she is in all her Scottish beauty! I do feel surprisingly numb, but it may be because cannons are going off in my head, bouncing off the sides like popcorn in a popper. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. I also need to decide if I'm starting my next two now, or waiting a little while. I might work on A Summer Ball and get it out of the way. Plus, I have my secret project to start as well. The only other project I worked on this month was The 35th Anniversary Celebration: I also have the gigantic task of teaching my Mother how to cross stitch! To make matters worse, I'm starting her off with a HAED! But I do honestly think they are easier than a kit, just a lot more stitching is involved. We'll see how she does! Now i...

So, no word from the second rescue place. Just thought I'd give an update concerning our search. We have been looking at PetFinder (which is how we found the Shih-Tzu Rescue group) and I do also check with our local shelter's webpage. We are a very Shih Tzu oriented family, so I'm afraid that limits our search quite a bit. On top of that, we also only like boy dogs, limiting our search even more. We aren't incredibly age specific, but we are limited to baby and young (unless it's a very young adult). Apparently the only Shih's available are older girl dogs! I'm not giving up though. Zach has a vet appointment tomorrow and I'm gonna put my feelers out with the vet as well (that is unless we get the huge ice storm they have been screaming about all day). We do have strict criteria, actually, it's all Zachary...he's such a picky butt sometimes, but we know what will make us happy! And a happy Keebs and Zach mean a very very happy (and ve...

Zachary's best "love us" face: Zachary and I did something yesterday that I'm still shocked over...we put in an adoption application for a Shih Tzu rescue group! It wasn't an easy decision and we didn't take it lightly. We answered the questions on the form honestly and took our time about it. However, the application was rejected rather quickly (and almost seemed like an automated rejection) because I don't have a yard. No one loves or takes care of my "kid" like I do, and whether or not I have a yard is a stupid reason for rejection! He doesn't go outside anyway due to a past trauma of having a pup of mine die rather brutally by car. I know tons of people with a yard and they are HORRIBLE pet parents! Sorry...getting off track of the story. So, not swayed by rejection, we tried again, this time a different rescue group. We took even more time and tried to convey what a great family we would be without being overly cheesy. We po...

Despite very dismal progress on Saturday, and a very long nap today, I still managed quite a bit of progress. From here: To here: I have really been pushing myself hard on this project and I have been unable to control my OCD much lately. I think I'm gonna need a bit of a stitch break once I'm done!

I'm interrupting this IHSW start for an important announcement...I only have the black areas left! All others colors are finished! Whoo Hoo!! As a side note, I am completely obsessed with a YouTube series I just found. I don't know how I never saw this before! For all you Janeites out there, you HAVE to see this!

I'm not a fan of today...chalk it up to too many years on my own, too many horrible memories of my marriage, or many other reasons I could could come up with (be they real or imagined). I don't usually acknowledge today as anything other than just a regular day (and, as per my post title, even have trouble saying it). Now, if someone decides to throw V-day candy my way, I won't deny them their generous gift (re: the cupcakes in our breakroom today that I have had three of...thanks whoever, I have no clue who brought them, nor do I care, they were covered in icing and were store bought instead of homemade, that was good enough for me). But today I got a surprise from my sissy that left me speechless and the envy of all the married creatures wandering around the lab who have yet to get nada (bet there will be a couple of husbands chewed out tonight): Considering that I have very recently brought up the subject of our Mother wanting to go to Disney at X-mas (another day...

Is it just me, or is time really flying by! It's once again time for the International Hermit And Stitch Weekend . I so wanted this to be the weekend that I was finished with my little Highland girl, but alas, it's just not to be. I still believe I will be done with her before the end of the month (which was my original goal), but I have to admit I'm a bit bummed. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments re my crappy stitch progress anyway. Your encouragement has been helpful. I know I have a very skewed opinion of my work as well as goals I've set for myself. I get really upset when I get a headache, not because I'm in excruciating pain, but because I can't stitch! Looks like it's time to move up the neurologist appointment again. Ugh. And I was doing so well. What makes it worse is that I'm practically drooling over starting both Sleepy Hollow and The Princess And The Pea!! I've had everything I need for Sleepy Hollow for quite som...

So, for this month's ort pic, I thought I'd finally make use of the Beast candlestick holder I bought in Disney World (since I will probably never get around to getting a candle for it!). As far as stitching goes, another sucky, headache-filled week, so not very much progress again. I started here: And finished here:

The Princess and the Pea by Jasmine Becket-Griffith is now mine! I love Heaven and Earth Designs!!! I was also bad and got another one: I don't know what the fascination with stash is...I will NEVER in one lifetime ever finish all of these! I'm blaming this extravagance on my headache meds!!

It's that time again...another week ended and my stitching due for updating. This week was rather trying; work totally sucked pretty much the entire week, my heater decided to die just as it started to get really cold again (and I absolutely HATE cold!), and, because of three headaches (yes, three, more than I have had in the entire month of January), very little stitching got done. It's difficult enough to talk or walk on Stadol, let alone push a needle through very tiny little holes of 28ct! At least I didn't have to call my sister to come give me Alsuma shots. I really hate bothering her, but seeing as I am too chicken to give myself shots, even if they are auto-injectors (that just makes them more painful and scares the crap out of you when they go off), I really have no other choice. There is no one else I would trust to stab me with a large gas-powered needle connected to a tube of extremely cold liquid, but I will still try to avoid it at all costs. Anyhoo, eno...