Planning the Plan!

Now isn't that a crazy title! Who plans a plan?!!! hmmmm I guess I do! haha

In a previous post I had said I wasn't very satified with some things in my life right now (notice I didn't use the word unhappy...I am happy..just not satified with things). So I am taking this week to figure out where I want to start, how I want to start and what I want to accomplish....ONE THING AT A TIME! I can not tackle everything at once. I know me and if I try that I will simply and very quickly give up. So I am going to reveiw my list of things I want to change and see where I can start and will give me the most satisfaction. Then I will move on to the next one and so on and so on and so on. It may not be the most impressive plan in the world but its mine. And with a good attitude, determination, and a bit of luck I can move ahead with the first part and move forward from there! So......stay tuned :)

I love not having to work on Mondays! There is just something about not having to get up and go to work on a Monday that makes me very happy haha...Trying to make up for the day off however does not make me happy :(

Work lately has been so crazy busy. I could work 12 hours a day I'm sure and not be caught up. It will be nice when things settle down a bit. I like being busy but this is a bit much! I guess it keeps me out of trouble tho haha

Spent a few hours yesterday doing one of my most favorite things....visiting the grandkids! OMG!!! I can't even begin to explain the feeling when I am just getting ready to walk in and I hear the 3 year old running and hollering "Nanny Nanny Nannnnnnyyyyyyy" and then when I open the door he practically knocks me on my ass haha.....the 15 month old is usually running behind his brother....I'm sure he is just chasing his older brother...but in my head he's running to me cause he is just happy to see me too :)

I had a great few hours with them and left when they were going for their nap. We are planning a family day for the weekend coming up including my youngest son as well. He is going thru a rough patch right now with his girlfriend...short version is I may have company on my couch for a bit :( Anyway we are planning on going to the balloon festival about 45 minutes from town. I have never been and either have my boys. So its something we can do as a family which I always enjoy (its actually an early birthday for me...best gift ever...spending the day with the family!).

If anyone can help me with some hints about adding things to my blog please do! I would like to have a sort of "gallery" section for my WIPs cross stitching and would like to post some pictures too....but I have no idea how to go about it! So all helpful hint are welcomed and appreciated!

Well thats it for now...have a great last day off to all the students and school workers out there! Tomorrow life will get back to normal.....or at least as close to normal as we can get! :)

Good Bye Earl!

Well all the hype for Earl was for nothing...at least here. There was some wind and some rain but really I've seen worse! I know Nova Scotia is getting hit harder and I hope all my family and friends there are keeping safe!

I don't know what it is about storms....I just like to hunker down with some provisions and wait it out...and by provisions I mean chips, dip, Canada Dry Gingerale and a good book or some stitching! And that is exactly my plan for the rest of the day and the evening...with maybe a movie later tonight thrown in there too :)

I am not sure where the time is going but man it sure seems to fly lately! Already into September...it won't be long and it will be time to start panicking about Christmas and the lack of time and money! I find that such a stress...every year I say it won't happen again but it always does! And yet it always works out!

The good thing tho is that fall retreat is coming up!! I am so excited about that! It is always so much fun to go and relax, eat, stitch, laugh...its like my own little version of Eat Pray Love! hahaha

If I'm being honest I was considering not going (for reasons I won't talk about here). But I thought about it and decided that that really wasn't the best thing for me to do. So I'm going and really looking forward to it! Nothing and no one will ruin it for me...if I don't let it happen..and I am most certainly NOT going to let it happen! We will be having our planning session soon at one of the girl's places...complete with supper and a bon fire after! Good times!

Well I seem to be jumping all over the place so I think I will go grab my book and maybe the chips and dip and settle in for the evening.....rest and relaxation....oh ya!

Really Doesn't Understand Sometimes!!!!

OMG!!! I could just scream with frustration right now! I was going to rant and rave but instead I think I will do what I always do in situations like this...keep quiet and back off and away...I won't go there! Its just not worth my time :)

On another note work was crazy busy but I like that...keeps me on my toes. I was very happy to be there today with this crazy heat wave that has hit here! I don't mind heat....but this humidity is a nightmare! Thankfully I l ive in a basement apartment so its pretty cool here and hopefully will stay that way so I can get some sleep tonight. I never sleep well on Sundays for some strange reason....and the alarm always rings way to early on Monday morning!

Don't think there will be any stitching done tonight. I really need to set up a corner for my stuff. I think I would get a lot more done if I didnt' have to bring everything out and put everything away everytime I wanted to stitch...not that its a big job but it still takes time to set up. Maybe that will be my project for the weekend...get my living room re-organized and set up a permanent spot for my stitching. My apartment is small and space is limited but I should be able to figure something out...right? haha

Another Wonderful Weekend!

What a great weekend! The weather was great, the friendship was fabulous, the food was yummy! Really what more could a person ask for!

My friend rented a cottage for a week and this was her last weekend there. She was kind enough to invite me out for the weekend and of course I took her up on it! What she didn't know was that I also planned a little impromtu surprise birthday party for her! I invited the "stitchin sistas" and as many as were able to showed up. We had a great afternoon walking on the beach, sitting on the deck talking and laughing and then went in to a Chinese Buffet for supper..it was yummy!

It always surprises me when the stitchin sistas get together how we all seem to mesh...I have never had that kind of bond or closeness with a group of women before. It really is something special and I am so thankful to be a part of it. I really can't explain it..and if i could I'm sure I wouldn't do it justice....so I'm just going to say they are an amazing group of women who I know would be there for me in a minute...as we all would for each other...and leave it at that! :)

So the next BIG event will be our bi-annual retreat! OMG I can not wait! And this one coming up is even better...we are going up for an extra day...Thursday to Sunday.....I am so excited about that! I look forward to that weekend. Its a great weekend of stitching, laughing, talking, sharing, sometimes crying, eating, and just plain old bonding! It always rejuvanates my soul and I come hope happy and feeling like a million dollars! I would suspect we will have our planning meeting sometime in October. We take turns "hosting" so there are always little surprises over the weekend that keep us laughing...not that we need any help in that deparatment!

We are also going to get back into meeting once a month for our stitching Sunday! We haven't done that in quite some time and I have truly missed it...plus it really motivates me to get my butt in gear and work on my project! I find at home I can be a bit of a lazy bones when it comes to getting my stitching in. I have made a committment (if only to myself) to really try and put at least one hour an evening into it...its not an unreasonable thing to committ to I don't think!

I'm still trying to figure this blog thing out...I have no idea how to include links to the site I like for cross stitching or how to post pics....I'm hoping to figure it out so I can create a little section for my stitching...maybe if I post progress pics it might motivate me! haha So if anyone reads this and can help me with figuring this out I would really appreciate it!

So now I am off to get some laundry done and get ready for the work week...sadly my amazing weekend is coming to an end...but I know there are many more ahead!

Vacation is Over! :(

Thats right...vacation has come to an end and its back to work for me! I can't complain (well I could but I won't haha)...I had a great time! Spent a lot of time with some great friends, got some stitching in, relaxed..it was just what I needed! I think I may need to take more time off in the next few weeks...just to relax again haha

So I've been doing lots of thinking lately and have come to some conclusions...I'm definetly not happy with the way things are going in my life and I know the only person that can do something about that is me...so thats what I'm going to do! I have a plan or at least a draft of a plan and now I need to make it a reality! I didn't put any unrealistic goals on myself because that would just set me up for failure. So I made very real, realistic obtainable goals. I'm not ready to share them yet but I will soon. I know I won't do anything until after labour day for sure.

And what brought this on you might ask? Well its really quite simple...I'm not happy with the way my life is right not and need to make some good positive changes for ME! Thats not saying I am unhappy because I'm not. I have a nice life with great family, wonderful friends, a good job, an apartment I love and of course my cat haha...but there are just other things I want to have in my life and for my life.....so stay tuned!

I've worked a bit on my stitching project during the evenings. I really need to make more of a comittment to that. I'm trying to do an hour an evening on it as often as I can...so far so good! As soon as I figure how to put links in my post and post pics I will let you know and see my progress and where I got it from :)

Until next time..keep on smilin and stitchin :)

Its Been a Stitchin Couple of Days!

Yup I've been stitching up a storm the last couple of days! Yesterday I spent the day with a dear friend I haven't spent much time with over the last while. Life gets in the way sometimes and its easy to drift away from the people that are important. Anyway we had a great day yesterday stitching and talking...I'm working on a piece I just love..its from Ink Circles...so it was nice to put some stitches in on it!

Today I spent the afternoon with some of my stitching sistas. They are for all intents and purpose a sister to me..each and everyone of them holds a special place in my heart. I have never been around a group of women I can be so comfortable with. There is just something special about our group...I tried for a long time to figure out what it was and in the end decided I didn't care why it was the way it was...instead I am extremely grateful for these wonderful women in my life who can make me laugh like no one else and they put up with my craziness haha

The week is speeding along (I'm on vacation) but its been a great week...wonder what tomorrow will hold.......

Its Been Forever!

I'm back! A great friend of mine has started blogging and after reading hers it has inspired me a bit to get mine going again. Hopefully I can do a better job of keeping it up this time! :)

I had a great time this Friday night. I get together with a group of wonderful women to cross stitch but we have become so much more then cross stitching friends...we are truly sisters of the heart. One of the girls has a cottage not far from town so those that could make it went out there Friday for the night. I can't say the details (we embrace the "what happens at the gatherings stays at the gatherings policy) but I can tell you the laughs were a plenty! It was just what I needed to start my vacation...I couldn't think of a better way!

I have never in my life felt such a wonderful bond with a group of people as I do with the stitching sistas...it never ceases to surprise me. They are the best!

I'm not sure what I will be doing for vacation. I was supposed to go away for a few days with a friend but she hurt her back and is in too much pain to travel. I'm happy to just take each day as it comes and enjoy the time off from work. Maybe I'll pack a small cooler and head to a park with a good book and a blanket....maybe I'll go take in a matinee (I really want to see Eat Pray Love)...maybe I'll go spend the day with my grandkids (ok this is a for sure!).....the possibilities are open and I am looking forward to some much needed R&R.

Thats all for now...I have no clue what to write about at times so I feel like I'm rambling..but thats ok...hopefully I will keep it up and become more inspired with my writings!