Sneak Peeks

 Good day friends!

Today I wanted to show you a couple

of sneak peeks.

First up is one of the three patterns

I have been stitching on.

This cross stitch pattern is by

Scattered Seed Samplers

"Little Pear Tree" Pinkeep.

I want to turn it into a Christmas ornament.

(if I get it finished in time)

I purchased these floss drops to make my

stitching more fancy.

Am using all the called for DMC threads except

for the portion of blue hearts.

I changed mine to an orange.

Am stitching this on 36 ct Tycho Edinberg linen

by Picture This Plus.

My next sneak peek is our new fireplace hearth. 

This is our new electric heater.

The bricks Bob used and the 1800 year 

old wood he used for the trim all around.

(just to keep the bricks in place)

We did not want to cut a hole in our wood floor,

just in case after we are gone if someone

did not like this, they could remove easily. 

What it looks like lit up.

I did not want to show the whole fireplace

yet as Bob has all of his tools on top.

plus on the floor.

Getting to the finish line now....

In other news my daughter got the job from

her first interview, but also had a second interview

with the second place.

(which also will pay $3 more per hour than the 1st one )

The second interview she was told they would

 let her know by week's end if she has the job.

I told her to wait until Friday late

and if no word, accept the first offer.

Yesterday our day here in Michigan

started out with freezing rain, then it snowed,

then back to rain. What a trifecta of weather.

Then in the middle of the night 

we had thunderstorms roll in.

How crazy is that?

We also had a freighter which grounded in the river.

It was sideways in the river, therefore all

of the other freighters had to anchor.

It took almost 12 hours and two tugs to free it.

One year we had a freighter lose its steering

and almost hit our dock.

That was not fun at all.

Because of it traffic was backed up

 with folks talking pictures. 

Even all of the local news stations were here filming.

I will never forget that freighter named

Agawa Canyon...alas it has since been scrapped.

Heigh Ho

Heigh Ho

It's off to work I go. 

Sneak Peek Blessings To All!

Janice