It has been a while since I have made an entry but things happen. I finally finished my rabbit. I had to frog the left side of the border because I had made some sort of miscalculation. Can you all relate? Well the bunny was a kit and I ran out of the color. I asked my fellow cross stitching friends and they directed me to a site to help with a substitution. So....YEAH it's finished. I really want to make a flat fold with it. I bought some fabric at Michaels and I am pretty sure I have the rest of the supplies that I need. I might be able to do it this weekend. I am off and would be fun to do while the Super Bowl is on.

School: I am working on A & I of Literature. I have scheduled the test for mid-Feburary. I just keep telling myself. I CAN do this. Ya know all those silly voices that run in your head when you try to do something "out of your box". I will do this because I can.
Boys: Adrian is excited about the super bowl and saturday we will buy "snacks" for the game. Allen in now unemployed. He filed for unemployment. Yeah Allen. He is in transition for his housing but he will find a place. He is learning how to do that kind of stuff.
Work: I am speaking up more. Trying to just get the job done and go.
Psychological: Being more gentle with myself and setting boundries that I have not done before.
That's enough.
Take care everyone,
Brenda

Happy New Year everyone!! It has been pretty quiet around here. I have started studying for the next test. I have not done any stitching. Been kind of a slump. It's okay. Allen is doing well. His hours are being cut at Sams but he is going to try working in a different dept. and this will help with that decrease. Snow and ice are suppose to come our way. I hope it does not hit too hard. I agreed to work half a shift tonight.
Adrian is doing pretty good. He is answering the phone now. He would never do that. Working at Riverfront has helped him with alot of different "life skills". He really wants to be an adult.

Another Start.....Rabbit in the Round

I hope everyone has had a great holiday season. One of my wishes was to have a white christmas. Hey hey I did get that. I am starting to feel human again. That bug sure lasted a long time here. Started around Thanksgiving and did not go away till like last week. Adrian got his Badger Archive Book from Santa. James Bond DVDs and a Miami Vice CD (soon to be coming) for Xmas from mom. I will be seeing Allen next week and then the holiday season will be done. The above stitching is from my last years stash finding mission with Marcy and friends. It is a small project and it will be done soon. It feeds into my bunny-collecting.
Any new year's resolutions? Really working again on schoolwork. I want to get the rest of my classes out of the way. I have Chemisty, Algebra, Statistics, World Religions, and Anaylsis of Lit...soon to testing out on Jan. 13, 09.

Wishing Health and Happiness to all in 09.

Here are my prezzies for days 5 and 6 for the 12 days of Christmas exchange. A Trail Creek Farm pattern -- xmas themed and for day 6 a box of spiced chai tea. Yummy. Thanks Partner.

Weather around here is white again. Not sure how much we got bur had to use the blower after I took Adrian to work. The big snow plow came through as I was plowing so that was good so when I got home I would not have a big "lump" at the bottom of the driveway. I think this virus or whatever I have got is finally going away. I do have a nasty cough but I have energy now. I have to work today and tomorrow and maybe Friday then off for the weekend. We are suppose to get hit again on Thursday night over Friday am with ice. Ewwwww Driving on ice. Never know it might not come. Cannot get too upset. Take everyday on day at a time.
Have a good day.

Here are the first two presents I recieved from my partner in my exchange with my stitching group. Cuties aren't they. lol

Christmas is coming. This year I have more "spirit" than I have in a while. Feels good to get excited about a holiday. I think alot of that had to do with my buddy Miles. He is quite the guy. The snow has stopped coming down and now it is sooo pretty around here. I have taken a break from school right now. I am getting over this nasty cold/flu thing that I have had for a while. I want to be done with these general ed courses but they will get done eventually. Work has been less stressful so that has been good. Rest up for the next round of new admissions and a change in the "routine" for the shift.
Have a great day everyone!!