Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

ERICS_MUM

I mentioned last week that Mum was admitted to hospital. Well she's still there and awaiting a heart scan and lung function test. She's not too bad while sitting but can hardly walk at the moment (she's 87 but can usually walk around a supermarket OK with her frame).

Anyway I've been a bit tired and frazzled with it all and started a new kit to relax me:

this is how it should look when I've finished it

http://www.wye.co.uk/view/Cross_Stitch/Michael_Powell_Cross_Stitch/Michael_Powell_Mini_Kits/Mini_Tuscany/Mini_Tuscan_Cottages_7/

and this is how far I've got after a week:

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Apocasaver

nmm, everyone's popped on now you've said it was quiet lol! czar is looking great!

Slightly crappy day here as I found out I didn't get offered a place at uni. That's after 6 months of waiting and being told I did a great interview, so I'm really gutted

On the plus side I've been to another job interview this morning. Same thing as last time, home care work, but this company seems a lot better. They will put me through NVQ training which I really need in order to progress.
So anyway I'm going to have a big drink tonight (well a bottle of Buck's Fizz, but that'll have me on the floor :rotfl:) to both banish my frustration about uni and be pleased about the job.

I'm too tense to stitch so I won't be finishing my cross stitch on the rocket until Thurs now as I know i'll be too busy to do any tomorrow.

Ericsmum - that's coming along fast. Sorry to hear your mum is still poorly, hope the tests go well.

Marru

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

Marru, will email you soon

I've got the squirrel, badger and fox on their way to me. We could do a swapsie

bikerchick1066

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Spent most of yesterday calling people trying to sort out a ghost walk but the lady who runs it doesn't answer her phone & hasn't replied to the message I left on Sunday & I tried the local tourist information office to book it & they don't return my messages either! Don't they want my money??? Grrr! So annoying wasting so much time on that when I could be stitching.

Edited to add-as soon as I posted this, the tourist information called me back to let me know they are trying to speak to the ghost walk organiser to book my place on the tour. At least I'm getting there-slowly-now!

Where is the ghost walk? They run one from the pub I work at on Bluebell Hill in Kent :shocked: which has its own ghost!

Ruth_honey

bikerchick1066 wrote: »

Where is the ghost walk? They run one from the pub I work at on Bluebell Hill in Kent :shocked: which has its own ghost!

It's in Gloucester. Am going back there at the end of the month & a couple of my friends mentioned ages ago that they'd like to do one, so thought I'd get one booked for us.

If I'm in your area, I might well do the one you mentioned. I have another friend who loves that kind of thing & Kent is good for a weekend away. I'm in East London & although my friend likes to think she can drive 100s of miles in a day to go on holiday, the truth is she can't! She'll be in pain for days afterwards, so something an hour & half to 2 hours drive away is perfect. Need the Sun holiday deals to start up again...;)

ERICS_MUM

Talking of ghost walks, I keep meaning to do a Jack the Ripper walk in east London. Maybe this summer (at dusk for the atmosphere )

sweetcarer

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

that looks lovely nmm you are working really well on it:T
didnt get any stitching done last night as id promised mil id try and search some family history stuff for her. found all her cousins so she was happy this morning when i rang her. trying to find out stuff about her dad's brother who was killed in WWI but am drawing a blank all i can find so far is that he was born in leicester but without his regiment im struggling to know where to go next.
out tonight but will take my knitting and stitching with me and see what the light is like. if its not brill ill have to knit as i cant see to stitch white thread on white adia in bad light:o

have a good day all

Have you tried the commonwealth war graves website

http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14

They can find all guys with their name and what war - try it and see - I have done a wee bit of family history stuff - only direct line stuff so far and managed to trace 9 generations - real intresting found out where I get my name from.

I am so trying to get on with some cross stitch - I do miss it and want to.

Kind wishes to all

sweetcarer

kezbabybabe

For those of you that was on tenterhooks to see if I could complete my mr men square as I hoped, you're in luck cos I did with minutes to spare

On to Mr Tickle (June) tonight. I have a sneaky suspicion though that I won't get it finished for my cousin's birthday in Aprilif it's going to take me a week a square. Particularly as my weekends are booked up until May at the moment.

Ruth_honey

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Talking of ghost walks, I keep meaning to do a Jack the Ripper walk in east London. Maybe this summer (at dusk for the atmosphere )

The ghost bus tour round London was fun too. 241 vouchers on Days Out Guide.
DH says the best Ripper tour was the one where they walked round the sites in the order of the murders. However this was ages ago, so he can't remember what company it was with! :cool:

If you live near me (sounds like you do!), give me a PM if you want to meet for coffee anytime.

Another day with no stitching. Been working on the photobook again. Takes forever but I think I've finally got all the photos placed. Now I need to play with the backgrounds and write captions.

Did get chance to peek on Celtic Rose Needlecraft, though & noticed all the free download charts are being discontinued at the end of March & they'll have NEW ones! :T So if there's any you like, download them now before they go.

mrs-moneypenny

sweetcarer you are an absolute star, i think i've found him. there was only one person of his name who died in 1914 according to their site and it even let me print off a memorial photo of the cemetery hes buried in. My mil will be so touched when i take it round to her. i really cant thank you enough. id tried loads of site but ever been on that one.

going to do a few rows now im back home