MAY 30, 2008 BIRTHDAY TAKE FOUR

WELL, I HAD GREAT WANT TO FINISH ALL THE BIRTHDAY PICTURES, BUT THIS BLOG AND I ARE JUST NOT GETTING ALONG, SO EVERY THING WILL BE IN WEBSHOTS WITHIN A FEW DAYS!!

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008 BIRTHDAYS, TAKE THREE

GIFTS FROM VICKY LEVASSEUR!! I AM SO GLAD WE ARE FRIENDS AND I WAS THE LUCKY FRIEND TO RECEIVE THE MOST AWESOME, AND PINK, PINKEEP. THIS IS ALSO A FIRST PINKEEP FOR ME!!

IT SHOULD ALSO BE REPHOTOGRAPHED AS IT DOES NOT BEGIN TO SHOW UP IN THIS PICTURE!! AND SHE INCLUDED A BEAUTIFUL WHITE THOMAS KINKADE TEAPOT!! WONDERFUL!! VICKY ALSO INCLUDED A VERY NICE KIT FOR "SWEETEST TEAPOT" AND IT INCLUDES GLASS AND MAT!! I LOVE THESE THINGS ALSO!!

THIS PICTURE MUST BE REDONE MAXWELL!! THESE GIFTS ARE FROM RENE!! I NOW HAVE MY VERY FIRST NEEDLEROLL!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, BUT BARELLY SHOWS UP IN THIS AWFUL PHOTO. IT IS STITCHED ON WONDERFUL LAVENDER WITH DARKER HAND DYED THREADS IN PURPLE. IT IS COVERED IN LITTLE TINY SILVER BEADS AND THEN HAS A SILVER TEA BAG AND TEAPOT CHARMS!!

IT IS FINISHED OFF IN BEAUTIFUL PURPLE RIBBONS!

SHE ALSO INCLUDED SOME BEAUTIFUL NOTE CARDS, MINI MEMO PAD & PEN AND A GOREOUS BLUE WITH A TEAPOT COVER JOURNAL. SHE ALSO INCLUDED TINY LITTLE CHARMS OF TEACUP AND TEAPOT!! I AM SO EXCITED WITH FIRST NEEDLEROLL!!

THESE BIRTHDAY GIFTS ARE FROM RHONDA GUILLIAMS!!!

SHE DID NOT CUSHION THE BEAUTIFUL "CHERRIES" TEAPOT WITH USUAL BUBBLE WRAP!!

SHE GOT VERY CREATIVE AND USED THE MOST DELIGHTFUL TOWELS AND TOTE. THE TOWELS SAY "THE QUEEN DOES NOT COOK"!!

AND, THE VERY CUTE TOTE BAG SAYS: ANTIQUES, WINE AND OLD FRIENDS--MORE PRECIOUS AS TIME GOES BY!! SHE ALSO SENT LIL' BRITTERS PATTERN OF BOO

AND, ALSO A FABULOUS PIECE OF FABRIC NAMED GINNY'S IRIS OPALESCENT!! i ALSO GOT 5 SKEINS OF DMC COLORS AND CARRIE'S CREATIONS, LUMIERE DE CHERYL, CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND CRAZY DREAMS. I WAS SO AMAZED BY ALL THESE THINGS!!

THIS GIFT IS FROM LINDA BARNES. IT IS "RAISE THE ROOF" PATTERN NAMED "CLOSET UFO'S". SHE ALSO INCLUDED THE FIVE BUTTONS FOR IT!!

THESE GIFTS ARE FROM AN OUT OF GROUP FRIEND. THERE ARE TWO CLEAR ACRYLIC NEEDLEROLL STANDS. AND TWO MILL HILL PIN KITS TO DO WANDA'S BOOT AND MAGICAL SPELL.

ANY ONE NOTICE KATHY AND I HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING SPECIAL OCCASION AND JUST BECAUSE GIFTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO WITH OUR BIRTHDAYS BEING JUST TWO DAYS APART WE MAKE THEM EXTRA SPECIAL FOR EACH OTHER!! THESE GIFTS ARE A TINY SIZE TEAPOT AND AN EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL SCISSOR POCKET AND SCISSOR FOB!! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, ONE OF A KIND UNIQUE!! AND, SHE INCLUDED A VERY NICE VICTORIAN EMBROIDERY SCISSOR WITH PINK HANDLES.

AND, SHE INCLUDED A PACK OF SILVER TEA KETTLE BUTTONS!!

MORE GIFTS FROM KATHY KILEY!! THE FRONT ONE IS A REAL CUTE PATTERN BY "LITTLE HOUSE NEEDLEWORKS" TITLED "SPICED TEA"!!

AND, THE LARGE BACK GIFT IS A VERY GORGEOUS TEA COZZIE KATHY STITCHED. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME AND MY VERY FIRST TEA COZZIE!! THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO THIS LOVELY COZZIE JUSTICE AT ALL!!

bIRTHDAY GIFTS FINALLY OPENED FROM KATHY KILEY!!

THIS IS LOVELY PIECE OF AIDA 14

OPALESCENT STRAWBERRY SPARKLE FABRIC, A NEEDLE MAGNET THAT IS A TEA POT AND A REAL CUTE DECORATION "BIG DREAMS START SMALL"!!

THIS IS BOX FROM KATHY KILEY BEFORE I BEGAN OPENING ALL THE PACKAGES!!

IT IS TOTALLY AMAZING, BUT I AM STILL FAR FROM DONE, BUT MY LEGS ARE DONE FOR SOME HOURS TOTAL REST!! I WILL BEGIN "TAKE FOUR" LATER THIS MORNING.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!

fFRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008 B I R T H D A Y

THESE LOVELY GIFTS WERE SENT BY DONNA BLENIS THROUGH HER LNS, STITCHERY ROW!! IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY PACKAGE AS ONCE I HAD GOTTEN THE MAILING ENVELOPE OFF I FOUND A LOVELY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAG WITH A BEAUTIFULLY WRAPPED GIFT.
SHE GOT ME A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FABRIC IN PURPLE AND MAUVE. SHE ALSO INCLUDED SIX WEEKS DYE COLORS - BEGONIA, PEONY, CELEBRATION, BLUE TOPAZ, BAYBERRY AND HONEYSUCKLE!! THESE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING REAL PRETTY!!

THIS BIRTHDAY CARD IS FROM DEBBIE JO!! IT WAS NOT ONLY A BEAUTIFUL CARD, BUT ALSO SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS WORKING ON A STITCHED PIECE THAT WAS NOT QUITE FINISHED. AND, SHE ALSO TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR EMAIL FROM 123STITCH AS SHE HAD GOT ME A LOVELY GIFT CERTIFICATE!! i KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT I WANTED TO GET AND THAT IS MORE CARRIE'S THREADS TO COMPLETE THIS SET OF THREADS. I WANT TO GET COLORS THAT REMIND ME OF THE CHEERFUL AND BRIGHT PERSONALITY DEBBIE JO HAS!!

THESE WONDERFUL GIFTS ARE FROM HEIDI MC JUNKIN!! SHE SELECTED A VERY PRETTY "DIMENSIONS GOLD" KIT CALLED TREASURED FRIEND TEAPOT.

AND, HEIDI IS SURE DOING HER PART IN TRYING TO RE-EDUCATE ME IN THE USE AND CARE OF FELT TIP MARKERS BY GETTING ME THE NEW RETRACTABLE SHARPIES IN BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT COLORS!! NOW, IF I CAN JUST REMEMBER TO "RETRACT", PERHAPS SOME OF THE NASTY COLORED MARKS WILL CEASE MEETING ON MY BELOVED FABRICS!!

DANNI TODD SENT ME THESE LOVELY

BIRTHDAY GIFTS. DANNI TRULY APPRECIATES MY LOVE OF BLING!!

SHE SENT ME A GREAT BIG 18" X 30" PIECE OF BRIGHT WHITE OPALESCENT AIDA 14!!

I LOVE TO JUST WATCH THE SPARKLE AND LIGHT SHOW, EVERY TIME I PICK UP THIS FABRIC TO STITCH ON IT!! SHE ALSO INCLUDED THREE GENTLE ART SAMPLER THREADS IN SHADE OF ROYAL PURPLE, CLOVER AND BUBBLEGUM!!

BIRTHDAY CARD FROM VICKY

lE VASSEUR

BIRTHDAY CARD FROM PAT COOPER!!

BIRTHDAY CARD FROM EVALINA IN YUKON!!
BIRTHDAY CARD FROM MY MOTHER!!

I AM REVITALIZED, AND READY TO GO AGAIN!!

THERE ARE A LOT OF PRESENTS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE!! I AM JUST TAKING THESE GIFTS AS THEY COME ON FROM THE DOWNLOADING!! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RHYME OR REASON FOR THE ORDER THEY COME OUT AND ON TO BLOG!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EACH AND EVERY THING!! I HAVE ALWAYS VOWED TO MYSELF TO STITCH EVERY GIFT GIVEN TO ME AS SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME AND WENT THROUGH A DECISION OF WHAT THEY FEEL I REALLY WOULD LIKE, AND KNOWING THIS I LOVE AND CHERISH EVERY GIFT I AM EVER GIVE

AND, NOW TAKE TWO !!

AND, ONCE AGAIN I FEAR THIS POSTING GETTING WAY TOO LONG AND FEAR LOOSING IT!! THUS, I WILL CLOSE THIS ONE AND GO FOR, TAKE THREE!!

MONDAY, MAY 30, 2008 THEY SAY IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND MIPREZIOUS' BIRTHDAY, TOO!!!

EUNICE HAS GOT MAX "HOOKED ON GOODWILL STORES"!!
MAX NEVER PASSES A GOODWILL STORE WITHOUT GOING IN AND SEARCHING FOR THAT RARE TEAPOT FIND!!
EUNICE AND MAX HAVE FOUND SOME OF THE BEST TEAPOTS AT GOODWILL STORES AND HOSPITAL GIFT SHOPS!! MAX DID NOT FIND ANY TEAPOTS, BUT HE DID FIND THIS REALLY VERY BEAUTIFUL "THINGY"!! THE PICTURE DOES NOT SHOW IT'S BEAUTY AT ALL. THIS IS SOLID BRASS AND HAS A DOOR WITH LATCH TO PLACE A CANDLE IN IT.
VERY POOR PICTURE AS IT HAS LEAD GLASS IN BETWEEN BRASS AND IT IS ETCHED. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROPER NAME OF THIS "THINGY" IS? I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON THIS "THINGY"!!

AND, NO GIFT GIVING OCCASION GOES BY ME WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE BOTTLE OF MY FAVORITE PERFUNE, LANCOME TRE'SOR!!


MAX AND MIPREZIOUS WERE THE GENEROUS GIVERS OF THIS "HAVE TO HAVE"!!



THERE WAS SOME LARGE $$$$$$






MOOLA IN THE ENVELOP IN THE CARD!! I DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE GETTING IT LOST IN ALL THE PACKAGING AND WRAPPING PAPERS. THUS, WE GAVE MIPREZIOUS THE IMPORTANT JOB OF GUARDING THE CARD!!







OKAY, I WAS CLOSE!! IT WAS TWO MINI TEA POTS!! WAIT TILL NEXT TIME MAX WANTS ME TO TELL HIM ANY THING!!














THESE BOTH HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PURPLE THROUGH EACH TEA POT!!














I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE FIREPLACE MANTEL.
















AHA!! LOVELY WRAPPED GIFT FROM MY MOTHER!! LOOKS LIKE REALLY FAT ENVELOPE AND IT WAS AS MY MOTHER IS A BIT UPSET WITH ME AS I NEVER CASH HER CHECKS!! I CAN NOT EVER REMEMBER RECEIVING A WRAPPED PRESENT, OR ACTUAL PRESENT AT ALL, SINCE MY FATHER'S DEATH FROM HER!! I GUESSED TEA POT, AND WAS TOLD - NOT!! I FRETTED ALL NIGHT AS TO WHAT COULD IT BE WHILE ALL THE WHILE THAT "TRADER" MAX KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS!!

I HAD BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY FLOWERS!! RIGHT FLOWERS ARE FROM GRANNY LOU!! THE LEFT FLOWERS ARE FROM MAX AND MI!!

L.E.D. FLOOR LIGHT AND MAGNIFIER

THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING LIGHT AND MAGNIFIER I HAVE EVER SEEN.

iIT WAS FEATURED IN SILVER NEEDLE NEWSLETTER AND STATED TWO EMPLOYEES TOOK A LAMP IMMEDIATELY UPON THEIR ARRIVAL AS THEY ALL LIKE IT SO MUCH!!
THIS IS MY LIFT RECLINER WHERE I "NEST" SEVERAL HOURS EACH DAY!! MY VERMONT COUNTRY STORE FLEECE SHAWL IS LAID ACROSS THE BACK OF THE CHAIR. IT IS FANTASTIC WARM YOU UP WHILE STITCHING AS IT HAS A POCKET ON EACH SIDE. VERY COMFY, WARM AND POCKETS ARE SO CONVENIENT FOR SO MANY THINGS!!

YOU CAN NOTICE THE OTT FLOOR

LAMP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE

PICTURE. NOTE DUCT TAPE AND

LIMP MAGNIFIER AND IMAGINE
BRICK ON BASE ON FLOOR!! THE

LAMP WITH THE SHADE HAS A 3-WAY BULB IN CENTER AND THREE OTHER SEPARATE
ON LEFT SIDE IS "LOOK-ALIKE" OTT FLOOR LAMP!! THE NEW L.E.D. FLOOR LAMP MAGNIFIER IS IN FRONT LEFT CORNER OF CHAIR. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE LAMP ON THE END TABLE ON OTHER SIDE OF LEFT LAMPS. AND, MY "LIGHTS UP" LIGHTING TRAY IS BESIDE THE RIGHT SIDE OF CHAIR. OUR ELECTRIC METER DIAL JUST SPINS OUT OF CONTROL!!

LEGS SIMPLY REFUSE TO COOPERATE TODAY!!

THE PACKAGES HAVE BEEN ARRIVING FOR THE LAST TEN DAYS!!! THE EXCITEMENT HAS BUILT UP!! KATHY K. HAS JOINED ME VIA "MA BELL"!! MIPREZIOUS HAS PLACED ALL HER FURY BLANKIES IN DIRECT BACKGROUND OF CAMERA!! HOWEVER, IT HAS TAKEN MAX FOREVER TO BE FINALLY READY SO I AM GOING FOR THE GUSTO!!

YESTERDAY, WE HAD BUSINESS IN THE QUAD-CITIES, 50 MILES SOUTH OF US, LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. EUNICE, OF COURSE, WAS RIGHT BY MY SIDE MAKING SURE EVERY THING WAS AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR ME!!! MY MOTHER, HAS TRULY SURPRISED ME WITH A LOVELY INVITATION FOR EUNICE, MAX, MOTHER AND MYSELF FOR DINNER AT THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE!! WE HAD A LOVELY DINNER AND I HAD HALF A RACK OF BABY BACK RIBS LEFT FOR A DELICIOUS SUPPER FOR MIPREZIOUS!!

IT IS A WONDERFUL DAY, BUT YESTERDAY WAS JUST A BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME AND I DID NOT SLEEP, EVEN A WINK, AS I SIMPLY COULD NOT GET COMFORTABLE WITH MY LEGS!! THE PAIN HAS GOTTEN AWAY FROM ME TODAY, OF ALL DAYS IN A YEAR, BUT I REFUSE TO LET IT RUIN WHAT I AM GOING TO MAKE INTO A PERFECT AND LOVELY BIRTHDAY!!!

I STILL AM IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF THIS BLOG AND SO I AM A HOPING AND PRAYING I GET A WHOLE LOT OF PICTURES RIGHT AND LABELED CORRECTLY!!

MIPREZIOUS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY

DEBORAH XXXXX-XXXXX BIRTHDAY

TAKE ONE !!!

I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A BAD TELEVISION SHOW "TO BE CONTINUED"!! HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY LONG BLOG POSTING AND THAT I WILL BREAK AT THIS POINT AND BEGIN A "TAKE TWO"!!

OKAY, BORED BLOG READERS, OFF TO BATHROOM BREAK, TAKE NIGHTLY MORPHINE AND HOPE IT WILL KEEP ME GOING ON TO FINISHING THIS YET TONIGHT!!

AND, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK!!

LOVE & HUGS,

DEBORAH, MAX AND MIPREZIOUS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2008

THIS IS MY THIRD UPDATE FOR "LITTLE PINK HOUSES"!! IT IS MY FIRST ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT AIDA 14 AND IS 28-COUNT CASHEL LINEN. IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE MY FIRST NEEDLEROLL!!

IT WAS A MUCH COOLER AND JOYOUS DAY FOR ME TODAY!! LEGS WERE A WHOLE LOT IFFY, BUT I SIMPLY HAVE TO GET THE REST OF THIS STITCHING ROOM REORGANIZED AND CLEANED OUT AND UP!! GET THE CARPET CLEAN AND WILL GIVE FIRST VIDEO TOUR OF IT!!

SO, I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO REPORT EXCEPT SPENT WHOLE DAY AND HALF THIS EVENING, AS IT IS NOW 10:45 A.M. AND I AM JUST QUITTING MY REORGANIZING AND CLEANING JOB ON IT. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER FULL DAY!! HOWEVER, I THINK I WILL GO GET MY HAIR DONE AGAIN TOMORROW JUST TO BE A BIT FRILLY FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!

LOVE & HUGS,
DEBORAH, MAX & MIPREZIOUS

MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008 ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

MY "LITTLE PINK HOUSES" SECOND DAY UP DATE!!
THIS IS MY EMBELISHMENT EXCHANGE I GOT FROM BEV BRITNELL!!

HELLO ALL MY DEAREST ONES!!

IT WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY, I THINK, AS MAX DECIDED I NEEDED MY SLEEP MORE THAN I NEEDED TO BE GOTTEN UP TODAY!! TRANSLATION HE COULD RUN ALL HE WANTED AND I WOULD NOT KNOW HE HOPED!! I BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE EVEN TAKEN PHONE OFF HOOK, WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF ALL OVER AGAIN SOON!!

WITH THE NERVE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE TEMPERATURE OF YOUR BODY OUT BECAUSE OF MY ILLNESS THE HEAT HAS BEEN EXCRUCIATING AWFUL ON ME!! BUT, IT TRULY WAS ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAYS!! WE ARE DISCUSSING GETTING ONE OF THOSE OUTSIDE GAZEBOS THAT YOU SET UP AND TAKE DOWN JUST TO PROTECT ME FROM THE SUN AND ALLOW ME TO BE OUTSIDE AND ENJOYING THIS GREAT WEATHER!!

MY LEGS ARE FULLY BLOWN AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THIGH HIGH COMBAT BOOTS ON!! NASTY!!! AND, MY LEGS ARE BROKE OPEN SO THEY ARE MOST NASTY!!

IT IS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS THAT I WILL STITCH FOR WHAT IS LEFT OF IT AND WELL INTO THE WEE HOURS AS I HAVE SLEPT TO MUCH TODAY!!

I AM GOING TO ATTACH A PICTURE OF MY PROGRESS ON "LITTLE PINK HOUSES"!!!

I ALSO RECEIVED MY EMBELLISHMENT EXCHANGE FROM BEV BRITNELL!!