Good News!

Hello everyone!

I have great news to share!! I have my job back!!

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I nearly did this in my principal's office when I got the news!! Imagine if I did?!?!  So happy to be working with the same kids next year and creating new and exciting activities for them to learn!! Such a relief I tell you!!!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and positive thoughts you sent my way.  All of you are so amazing and I wish I could reach out and hug, jump for joy, celebrate with everyone! Your support means so much to me.  

A quick stitching update.  Two finishes to share with you.  One finish I stitched last summer from the May, 2007 GOS magazine, but put aside to rest awhile in my finishing drawer.  Instead of stitching this weekend, I figured I should finish it up in time for summer.  I still have a number of others that need finishing which I hope to do this weekend.  I stitched it with Nina's Thread "Old Berry" on some scrap of linen.

I thought it would look nice next to my little Midsummer's Nights Dream teapot my Nana gave to me. But I also like it in my basket of smalls that desperately needs filling!!

The other finish I actually completed a few weeks ago but I couldn't show it on my blog as it was a gift for a dear friend of mine, who also stitches and looks at my blog! The design is a freebie from Ink Circles, one of her favourite designers, and I stitched it with Caron Watercolours in Tumeric.  I cannot seem to find the link to the freebie.  I will have to dig around for it and update this post later.

I really enjoyed making this box for her and am glad she loves her gift. 

Take care everyone and don't forget to enter my 300 follower giveaway by June 2nd!!

Hugs,


Anne

IHSW Results and Giveaway Fob Finished!!

Hello my fellow hermitters and stitchers!!


A big warm hello to all my new followers! I am flattered that you like my little blog and thank you for joining.  Remember to join my giveaway and the other giveaways posted here------------------------->>>>>>>>>

Sooooo busy with only 8 more days left of school! Loads of reports and administrative duties to perform.  Filing out applications for positions next year.  Signing up for some course work in September and thinking seriously of when to do my Masters.  Yup.  Lots of things to do and think about!!

Today was quite the day...I have to say this before I head into photos of my progress.  It started off fine, as usual, with my coffee, a Titus snuggle and all my buses/skytrains/transfers were on time and went smoothly.  Until.....I got a text from a fellow teacher who also commutes telling me that there was an accident on the bridge and that she was stuck on her bus for over 1/2 hour and barely moved an inch! Uh oh I thought.  What will I do?! I stayed on my bus for awhile until I realized we weren't going to get anywhere fast, so I asked the bus driver to let me off, knowing that walking would get me to the other side faster.  So, off I went, hastily walk/running towards the street that would take me to the bridge.  It only took me 10 minutes to get to that street! On the way there, I passed a massive gridlock of cars, trucks, buses and people wearing worried and angry faces.  The stress didn't phase me though.  I figured, why bother getting upset because I left a message with the school informing them of the problem and I knew they would understand! So off I trotted, with the wind blowing my hair all around me, my clothes sticking to me from perspiring and the black clouds behind me, taunting me, threatening me. I passed a crowd of people at the foot of the bridge waiting for the bus and told them "Come join me for my walk over the bridge!! Your bus won't come anytime soon! Might as well!!" And off I went.  As I was walking, I noticed a crowd of people behind me.  Glad they took my advice because not one of our buses made it across the bridge! The view in front of me was astounding.  North Vancouver was twinkling in the bright, morning sunshine and behind me was ominous black clouds of rain.  I made it across the bridge in 30 minutes, hopped in a cab and made it to the school by 9:15! Not bad at all hey?!!!

My photos do not do the splendor justice.  At all.

Pretty crazy start to my day!!

Stitching!!! I stitched as much as I could this weekend, with only a few, irritating, interruptions! I finished the giveaway fob!! Woot Woot!!!! I hope you like it! I think it's adorable and kinda wished I made myself one too! I guess that will be another project for me to do sometime in the future!

Those are the threads needed for the Bee Chart and I picked up those lovely gold scissors for the winner!

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Guess what?! The border on Jane MET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I put in the stitch that brought the border together in last night.  I was very excited!!Here's my IHSW progress.  I think I did fairly well! Pardon the wrinkles and the poor photos!

Love that big flower even though it took me over a week to do and I had many froggy visits!!


Big hugs to you all and I hope to catch up with everyone in the next couple of weeks!!





Anne and Titus sends a big hello and thanks for all the love!!