Moving Day

 Hello friends!

So before I decided to decorate

for July 4th...which by the way

is still up.

I asked Bob to move this cabinet

from the kitchen to here.

Any eagle eyes out there will notice 

this was where I did my Cupboardscape displays.

Since all of the furniture in here is blue,

I thought it would be best to move it.

Now for the rest of the story...

pictures of the other side of our

keeping room.

Hope you enjoyed.

In other news,

Thursday around lunch I received

a call from the EMS from my mom's town.

Brian called from my mom's phone

to inform me she fell and possibly 

broke her shoulder.

They were transporting her to the hospital.

He asked where I lived and I told him,

I was a half hour from where they were

taking her.

I called my boss and immediately drove

to the hospital.

It is halfway from my house and hers.

I did beat the ambulance though.

She did break her right shoulder.

She is right handed.

She fell in her garage trying to clean

up after weeding her dahlias.

I then asked if they could do a scan

on her head along with the xray on

her shoulder.

They did and it came out negative.

My brother arrived around around 3.

My sister was in Phoenix.

They discharged her at 6:30.

Put her arm in a sling and I needed

then to take her to an orthopedic surgeon

the following morning to determine

if she required surgery.

They thought at the time it would just 

be a 6-8 week timeframe to heal

on its own because of where she broke it.

She would also need therapy.

We drove right to her house to pick up clothes,

and everything needed as she would

be staying at our house for the duration.

On the way back to my house I stopped

to get her a shake she wanted.

Well the next morning,

she was so weak she could not even walk.

I called the ambulance and they took

her back to the hospital.

They did more tests.

Her hemoglobin was 5.7 and normally

it should be between 13 to 15.

They gave her a blood transfusion.

Did another scan of her head.

Again came out negative.

Friday night she needed oxygen.

They took it off when she woke back up.

Her blood level was back down to 7.

She was bleeding or not producing red blood cells.

They are now opting on doing a scope down

her throat and a colonoscopy.

My sister does not want her to do either

because of her age.

My brother and I said it should be her decision

since she is of sound mind. 

Saturday and Sunday her vitals remained good.

She ate all of her meals and

went to the bathroom with the help

of the staff.

Her blood level remains at an 8.

Still need answers,

Am headed back to the hospital in a little bit.

Please say a wee prayer for my mom if you can.

Thank you.

Monday Blessings To All!

Janice

I Love This Month

Hello Friends.

I love this month.

I so love being Patriotic.

Hope you enjoy more red, white and blue.

In other news,

Mary from Windy Meadow Farms

asked me about my thought on seances.

I oppose them.

Would NEVER want one performed 

in my home or business.

Carla from The River

asked how we got the paranormal to

want to visit our store.

The person who formed this group

came to Bob and simply asked

if his team could come in and

do their thing.

Bob agreed.

We did not give them any information.

We wanted to know if they could

really tune into our ghosts.

They did not disappoint.

Cathy from Acorn Hollow

said she sometimes smells cigarette smoke

in her home.

The day my dad passed away,

my mom and my kids went shopping 

the next day to get a nice suit for my son.

Everywhere we went that day.

I could smell the Old Spice he always wore.

I mentioned it when we got home that evening.

Both my mom and my kids said they smelled it too.

Coincidence???

Mary from Hill Top Post

made me chuckle at her response.

She never believed in ghosts,

but her intentions when she leaves this world

is to become one.

Thank you everyone for your comments.

I so loved reading each and every one.

So lately driving to work in the mornings,

I decided to count the number of trucks

going back towards my small town

in the first half hour of my drive

that were heading out fishing.

The average for the week was 12.

Am sure there were more, but

that's what I counted on my way to work

in that timeframe.

Monday I decided to count how many bridges

I had to cross on my way to work.

The little things I do in my hour travel.

Well I went over 10 creeks & 2 rivers.

12 bridges in total.

Tuesday evening I decided to finally 

go out on my dock.

Have not stepped foot on it since 2019.

Why would I not go out with this beautiful view?

Stupid me. I know.

This is the view looking up river.

Looking downriver.

Finally across the river.

This is Canada.

Unfortunately no freighters to be seen.

I told Bob I am going to try and make a point

to go out once a week now.

It felt nice.

Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary.

This is our 16th year.

It was a second marriage for us both,

but my how the time has flown by.

Must get to work now.

Summer Time Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Sunday Start

 Happy Sunday to all my friends.

Well I decided to start another sampler.

this one is called

Feniscowles Hall 

by Heartstring Samplery.

This one will be a tribute to my

paternal grandparents and their parents.

Am not a green person...but something about

this grass drew me in to this pattern.

The entire sampler will be 

my own color conversion.

Will not do the verse first, but instead

add in the alphabet and numbers

which were included in this pattern.

 

For the upper row and alphabet,

these are the colors I chose.

Dublin Bay- Alphabet

Kudtzu- Vine

Old Red Paint- Red Leaves.

Now to be fair,

the red leaves are also in the pattern...

I just changed to a different red I had on hand.

My one day start.

This is the width.

I also decided that from now until the first

day of Autumn, I am going to just rotate

stitching on my three current samplers.

Those are Antique Birds and Angel,

Sarah Casey Unwin, and this one.

Am calling it my Sampler Summer Stitching.

In other news,

last night we had a paranormal group

come into our antique store.

They let Bob and I ask questions.

I talked twice to our one ghost visitor

whom we know was in the Civil War.

His name is Roger.

I was not able to find out which side he was on.

Did find out he was shot and lost his leg.

He was in much pain.

He is in an area of our store 

where our own antiques are.

Bob and I have pinpointed the object

he may be attached to.

One of the many whiskey jugs

or a creamy white cabinet.

Either way, we knew he was here even

before the paranormal group came in.

We also knew of the one man who 

resides in our military section of the store.

This ghost bothers me.

I told him last night he better get along

with me because I will be working here soon.

Yes I do sometimes talk with our ghosts.

Bob says Good Morning to them every

day he works.

We also have a child in there.

She likes to play.

The paranormal group was not able

to make contact with her last night.

It is possible she has moved on.

Our Victorian lady has also

moved on.

We think she was attached to the

Victorian furniture that was sold now.

She never bothered anyone.

We also have one more ghost

up in our attic. 

She is the only entity we think

will remain with the building.

We  do not know anything about her. 

They were not able to get anything on

her last night either.

Some may not believe in ghosts,

but we do.

We catch orbs on our store cameras.

We have seen shadows throughout

the 15 years we have been in business.

We both have felt cold spots.

Bob has heard voices.

Any hoot,

if you happen to have a ghost story,

please share.

Hope you have a great Sunday.

I will be back to cross stitching.

Was able to create a few items

for the store.

Not much, but will continue to create things

for the store on Saturdays.

Next year I will have more time.

Unfortunately back to work tomorrow.

Vacation is over. UGH

Summer Sampler Blessings To All!

Janice

Whippy Wednesday

Hello Friends.

Here are my WIP's for this month.

Day 10

I almost finished the bottom left side

of the angels body and banner.

Maybe the next day I can finish this angel.

Day 11

Could not finish the angel. UGH

Still have this tiny little part at the bottom right.

I tried though.

As dad would have said:

Close but no cigars.

Day 12

Finished the angel finally.

Stitched all of the leaves and flowers 

to the right of the rose. 

Finished the upper border and almost

 finished the right corner motif.

Purchased a new needle minder.

Just fitting for this piece.

Will look forward to getting her finished.

Then I can begin finishing the rest

of the flowers and other bird.

Day 13

I started the bird and added the berries

above him.

Also worked my way down on the right border.

The bird is taking a bit.

So many color changes,

but am loving this sampler.

Next up.

Blueskin

Am hoping I can get this one done

before I get tired of patriotic stitching...

getting close.

George's buttons on his coat were

suppose to be this green color.

I changed to Heirloom Gold

by Gentle Art.

Next change I did was his pants.

They were suppose to be gray.

Looking at all of the images online,

I decided to go with Caramel Corn.

Again by Gentle Art.

Next change was Blueskin himself.

The called for was Parchment (cream)

Blueskin was a gray Arabian.

Anyone who knows horses,

grays will turn white as they get older...

but in the Winter will have that undertone

gray come through.

So I decided to do my Blueskin in

White Lightning by Weeks Dye Works.

His mane in Pelican Gray.

Finally his tail in Weeks Dye Works

 Galvanized and Pelican Gray. 

Am happy with my changes.

Next is my monthly progress on

Sarah Casey Unwin.

I finished the motifs on the right.

Stitched more down on the border.

Then started stitching another border row.

Then went up and did these motifs,

Finally started the words. 

Although a biggie...

am enjoying stitching on this piece too.

Finally Patriotic Pinwheel Parade

Stitched more bunnies.

Plus another one. 

Am almost to the finish line...

Did not get completed for this July 4th though.

Hopefully will be done for next year.

That flag is MASSIVE...still not complete.

In other news,

no cross stitch this week as I am focusing

on stitching up things for Halloween 

at the store.

On August 1st we are celebrating 

our 15 year anniversary.

We will be doing storewide sales throughout

that first weekend.

Had to take my car in for brakes yesterday.

Bad news.

I was driving on a wing and a prayer.

God surely was watching over me.

All brakes including rotors were shot.

Now I have all new brakes.

Thank God also that I don't try and stop

 on a dime when driving.

I always leave space in car in front of me.

Today am going to the closest fabric store

near me which is 45 minutes away.

Bob is going with me.

I need some fabric...just a wee bit.

We will do lunch afterwards somewhere in town.

Lauren asked me how many days til retirement.

212 days....

Mid Week Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Being Patriotic

 This is my favorite room this year

for my patriotic decor.

I so love just sitting in here and taking

it all in.

I hope you enjoy the pics.

In other news,

the other night around 12:30am

Tundra wanted to go outside.

When Bob put him on the leash and

went outside in the backyard

he heard the weirdest scream.

Tundra was spooked too.

He quickly did his business and wanted inside.

Once inside Bob started hearing the screaming

in our front yard.

Tundra kept barking.

It woke me up.

Bob came in the bedroom and I said 

"What is Tundra barking at?"

He said open the window.

It is screaming in the back now.

So I opened the window.

I thought it was bigfoot or a cryptic

of some kind.

It truly sounded like something out 

of a horror movie.

When I got up for work,

I googled what animal would scream at night.

It came up with a You Tube video.

A video of a red fox screaming.

I played it...Tundra started barking again.

It was the sound I had heard.

When I got home from work, I again played

it for Bob.

He said yep that was it.

It seems that a fox will scream if it is

in distress, telling another fox this is his territory,

or looking for a mate.

  Since it is not mating season, 

that leaves 2 of the three reasons.

Yesterday was my dad's birthday.

He would have been 96 if he was still alive.

I called my mom to see if she was alright.

She was.

I still miss my dad all these years.

I am on vacation next week.

Plan I crafting up some Halloween 

to sell for the store.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Patriotic Blessings To All!

Janice