Back To Normal....Almost

Well, I think things are just about back to normal now that the holiday break is over.  I think Thanksgiving being a week later than usual threw me off a bit on Christmas.  I feel like I fell behind on things and then had to push myself to get caught up and finish all the holiday activities. 

It was a nice holiday season but as usual, I'm glad to have my routine back.  I'm a creature of habit with daily, weekly and seasonal routines.  Christmas seems to take a lot of my energy.  I don't know why.  It's supposed to be fun and I tried to pace myself but for some reason, I got a little behind this year.  Oh well, now I'm back to my creative time, my normal cleaning routine and taking care of my online store.

Speaking of which, mom has managed to finish up some new things for the shop.  I stitched a lot throughout the month of December but I haven't been able to get to my sewing machine to finish anything.  The last time I used my sewing machine was before Thanksgiving.  WITHDRAWALS!!!!  Well, I'll be sewing on and off this coming week so I'll have some new things for you to see soon.  In the meantime, here are mom's latest Etsy items:

What lovely Valentines Day gifts!  I don't know how Mom got 4 things completely finished over the holidays!  But at least I have some new things in the shop now.

And Then Came January......

Just thought I'd stop by for a few minutes and let you know that I'll be back to my regular blogging schedule next week.  The holidays always mess with my routine and it takes me awhile to get back in the swing of things.

It's done nothing but snow here since noon on New Year's Eve.  It finally stopped a little while ago and now, there's this big yellow thing in the sky!  Wow!  Been so long since I've seen it that I barely recognize it!  LOL!!!

I have so many things to finish up now and I'll have photos soon.  I've been stitching but I need to get to the finishing part.

Anyway, I'll be back in a few days!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas.  And I hope ya'll enjoyed my broadcast of The Cinnamon Bear.  As I mentioned back at Thanksgiving, that little story is very dear to me.

I will be back to blogging soon with loads of new stitched pieces for you to see.  Until then, have a very Merry Christmas!

Pam

Stitching Through The Snow

Well, it seems that we're in this weather pattern of snow every other day.  It was pretty at first.  It was novel at first.  But for me, it doesn't take long and it gets old.  I can go back to sunny and 75 any time now! 

I'm just about ready for Christmas.  How about you?  All I have left to do is to wrap my gifts and I plan to do that tomorrow.  Then I have a few days that I can take it easy.

I try to take my fancy new Fusion uptown on days that it doesn't snow.  Just to walk around a store a little bit.  And I have been stitching on some things.  I don't know if you saw my Kitties In The Teacup Pillow all stitched or not.  This is ready to sew together:

And here is another pillow that I stitched up.  It too is ready to assemble:

I love the little girl in that vintage photo.  She has the cutest little face!

I also stitched up a couple of Crazy Quilt Hearts:

I doubt I'll have time now to sew any of these together until after Christmas.  Maybe not even until after New Year's.  But at least I was smart enough to take the time before Thanksgiving to sew up a bunch of blocks so I had some things that I could stitch on.

In other news, my sweet Lucy hadn't been acting right for about 2 weeks.  So Scott and I took her to vet and, she is in the beginning stages of kidney disease.  I know it's not unusual for cats but geez!  What's up with this?  I just lost Nightmare to kidney failure back in May.

It's the early stages and she is 15 years old now, but I'll tell you, it's like getting another kick in the head.  And the heart!  Our vet has started her on the same special kidney diet that Nightmare was on.  Science Diet makes a version and Purina makes a version.  Lucy really isn't thrilled with either one of them but it seems she leans towards the Purina version a little better so I just ordered a case of that for her.  She also has a bit of arthritis in her spine down by her tail and I still kind of think she may have had a mild stroke a few weeks ago.  She's perking up now all of a sudden so she may be recovering from that.  She had a bad stroke 2 years ago and recovered fully.

Well, hopefully, since this is the early stages of KD, she should be alright for awhile if she doesn't fight me on the special diet.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Etsy Coupon Code

Hi everyone!  Mom thought it would be fun to offer a Coupon Code for our Etsy store so here it is:

Coupon Code:  BlogChristmas2013 - $5.00 off of a $25.00 or more purchase!

This offer is good only at Kitty and Me Designs through 12/17/2013.  Also, I can guarentee Christmas delivery on all domestic United States orders placed on or before 12/17/2013.

Happy Shopping!