Two in One Weekend?!?!

Obviously I'm not doing the housework this morning...

I keep forgetting, but thanks for commenting on my posts, I really appreciate them all.  Mouse, I'm not sure what my counter tops are made of, but not granite - I wish my "baking area" was but that's a bit too fancy for my little house it's little compared to most houses built today, but it's perfect for us - I think Spot is going through her awkward teenage years and is pushing her boundaries!

Speaking of boundaries, apparently none of my cats understand them. This is what I saw when I walked back into the den this morning:

Seems, Trouble couldn't be bothered with walking back into the kitchen to her water dish. Between the last and this post you all must think I have the most ill behaved cats in the world. Of course, I didn't have to show you either of them, so I secretly must think they're pretty cute...

I've succumb to the lure of the Tree of Stitches by Abi Gurden. If you haven't seen it before it's being done as a SAL at The Stitch Specialists Yahoo group. I haven't picked out a fabric yet but I'm thinking of Wichelt's Summer Sky hand-dyed jobelan it's my favorite "neutral" fabric, but I did some stash searching last night and found these fibers:

The photos a little dark - the flash really washed them out - I do have to work on my photography skills, but does show the colors fairly well. Anyway, I don't have any names to go with them, the brown is Weeks Dye Works 1269 and the overdye is an old Needle Necessities #130 it reminds me of fall leaves with brown, rust/ochres and greens.

Too HOT!!!

Remind me come January or February just how miserably hot it has been! We're in our second official heat wave and summer doesn't start for another 10 or so days! I keep asking myself why I moved from New Hampshire, but then I remember -10 degrees and feet and feet of snow for long stretches of time, so suppose the heat isn't too bad - we do have central air conditioning and a boat after all.

I came home the other night to this please ignore the dishes in the drainer:

This is Spot. No, she's not supposed to be on the counter and yes, she knows that but it certainly doesn't look like she cares.

Stitching this week has been limited, but as I've finished my major commitment piece, I'm rather enjoying the no guilt feeling of taking a few nights off.

I was able to stitch to the right border of With thy Needle & Threads Birds of a Feather mystery sampler last weekend.  Despite worries, I did count correctly after all huge sighs of relief were probably heard half way round the world!  I'd like to finish the top border and a bit of the sides this weekend. I have also decided to do some finishing work on the Secret Needle night projects I stitched last year. I stitched all the projects, but only finish finished about half of them. As I ordered the finishing kits, I have everything I need to complete them the bows even came pre-tied,  I just need to make the time and work out a treaty with my hot glue gun! Hopefully I'll have a finished project to show later this weekend.