Material, that will be fine. Just send them over.

Back from my getaway with DH. Had a blast as we usually do when we get to spend time together. This time was super amazing. We laughed till I thought I would pee myself. Ran around the Mall like a couple of teenagers joking about some of the bizarre items that you see in there. Suffered from sleep deprivation at about hour 10 of shopping that had followed awaking at 5:30 A.M. and then chilled in the room for the night watching some TV and joking some more. Woke this morning feeling exhausted from yesterday and headed out to finish up the shopping and then came home. Was sad to see the fun end but glad to be back with the kids. Now to just relax and recoop this evening before jumping back into the real world tomorrow. I can actually say that this weekend was almost like a fantasy as we havent been able to do this in years and I was so relaxed the entire time.

Mdall,

Glad to see you enjoyed the mini vacation! I wanted to work on sewing this weekend and ended up working on tiling a counter top, my fingers are sore.:(

mdall need a few days,landed in ER with a kidney stone,

so sorry to hear that, they can be very painful. feel better soon.

WOW!! Sorry I have not posted or said I received my ornament. Too many swaps to keep up with from different sites. I will post a pic ASAP. Thank you partner for the nice ornaments.

I feel for you, and pray it passes for you.
I've had 25+ of them, starting in my early 20's. I have an inherited kidney disease that causes them to form. I've only passed 2 on my own. Had Lithotripsy once. The others always get stuck, and Dr has to go up after them.

Let us know how you are!
Kif

I feel fine now, I worry about going to ER, like I over react, So I'm glad it passed in The ER so it wasn't a false alarm, It scared me because it came on so fast, I 've had bariactric surgery so I dehydrate very quickly, and I was very ill for a few hours, I drove my self so of course the first thing they do is give you morphine, so I had to call to make sure someone could come drive me home. I was afraid to was my appendix, But all is well,

mdalll can you PM me your email please

I received a special surprise in the mail today -- a wonderful FQ from mdall for winning the last contest drawing. It's blue and cream with a Civil War type pattern. Just perfect since I'm collecting these types of fabrics for a few projects. Thank you so much, Michelle!!

Happy you're feeling better!
Kif

You are so welcome. To be honest I did not even pay attention to the designs I was picking out. I just went through and choose ones that I knew I most likely would not be using any time soon. So glad it turned out to be one you could use. I will have to pay more attention during the next swap on who likes what so I can match their likes with the prizes.

material, i sent my email addy to you. So glad you are feeling better. Things here are the same as usual, take some time to breathe and then the other shoe falls. Dont get me wrong, I know life is supposed to have its ups and down but dang it could I please have more than a week of up before the next down comes. I am starting to feel like a test dummy for roller coasters. Oh well, I will trudge on as always and look back on this one with a huge smile once it is done and think "Oh, you know I kicked your butt again." LOL Keep your heads up and keep smiling ladies otherwise the world will know its getting to you and no sense in giving it any more pleasure than you are having.

Michelle, Last night we finally got the tree up and decorated it, it was a joy to group all this years ornaments with the ones from last year. I think the pine cone and the woven star from last year are sooo special. And then there is a special snow globe with the reindeer from last year. This year I get to add a wonderful folded tree. On our tree there is a special section just for the QB board, the fun part is it will get bigger each year! What's more I have started to branch out to the wall!

Enjoy today and those around us, the lord will not give each of us more than we can handle.

I would like to wish those who celebrate it, Happy Chanukah!

Dede, I feel the same way when the orns from the swap go up. I always make sure they find a place in the front of the tree. After a few more swaps I will have to find a place in the house for just a swap tree. Maybe next year.

Christmas is on 8 days away and I need to get busy. Tree is going up right after lunch, once it has time to settle I will dec it tomorrow along with getting all the other decs in the house up. Still need to wrap all the gifts also before this weekend. Calling for a huge snow storm so need to get that done in the event the kids dont have anymore school before Christmas. I am so behind this year but really starting to feel the mood now that decs are going up. My mom got me some items that I been wanting for awhile now and just didnt break down to get myself so really looking forward to getting my hands on those items and spreading the cheer around the house. Kids also have their trees to put up. I am trying to get an ornament for each of them done in their favorite NFL teams before Christmas. I am cross stitching them so wish me luck.

so happy to be of service Dedemac. i do better on wall hangings then i do on tree ornaments