Check out the beautiful flowers I received yesterday! My apartment smelled so lovely this morning when I woke up. 
I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of my US readers a very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!
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Ooooo….Pretty Colors!
4th Photo Tag
I saw this on Nicole’s blog and decided to play along. Here are the rules:
- Pick the 4th folder on your computer
- Pick the 4th Picture
- Explain the picture
- Tag 4 others – Actually, I’m skipping this step. If you’d like to play along, free free to do so and just leave me a comment so I can check out your photo.
So, without further adieu, here is my photo.
This photo was taken during my recent trip to Hawai’i with my friends Terri and Tracy. We went to the Paradise Cove lu’au one evening. The dancers in the photo were doing a traditional hula during the Imu ceremony which involves taking the roasted pig out of the pit in preparation for the meal.
Also, I know it’s a few days early since Thanksgiving here in the U.S. isn’t until later this week, but I decided to go on and “redecorate” my blog for the holidays. I’ll be working all week, so I decided I might as well just go on and do it now.
I have a couple of stitching photos that I need to download from my camera to post as well, but I don’t feel up to doing that tonight. I’ll try and get them posted in the next couple of days.
Lean Cuisine Recall
Here’s the quick & easy version. Certain production runs of the following items are being recalled:
- 9.5-ounce packages of Lean Cuisine Pesto Chicken with Bow Tie Pasta
- 10.5-ounce packages of Lean Cuisine Chicken Mediterranean
- 12.5-ounce packages of Lean Cuisine Chicken Tuscan
For the full details regarding which production numbers, go to the USDA website.
Sea to Shining Sea
I had a great time stitching on Friday night for the Let’s Stitch blog’s weekly stitch-a-thon (SAT). My piece of choice this week was the new Sea to Shining Sea silk thread pack series from Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks.
I actually started this piece earlier in the week on Tuesday after getting home from the polls. I volunteered as a poll worker at my local voting precinct that day and felt like working on something a bit patriotic to unwind when I got home that night. Since this series is called Sea to Shining Sea, it seemed to fit the bill perfectly. 
Here are my before & after pics for the SAT:
For some reason, must be the difference between taking the photos in daylight vs. night time, the fabric looks different in each picture. It’s 32-count Natural Raw linen as called for in the chart. The fibers are Belle Soie silks from Crescent Colors which are included in the thread packs.
Yesterday I went an all-day stitch tomorrow at my LNS. As usual, we had a great time and lots of good food. We always have a potluck and it seemed like this month everyone went for either hors d’oeuvres or desserts. There’s wasn’t too much in the way of “real” food, but we all enjoyed it none the less. 
I stitched a bit more on Sea to Shining Sea and also stitched on an ornament. I won’t be posting a picture of it though since it’s for an exchange coming up in a couple of weeks.
I know I’ve been remiss the past few weeks since vacation of getting my weekly walking schedule posted. I’ll try and get that posted tomorrow to help hold myself accountable. I really need to focus on it all the more now because not only is it training for my half marathon in June, but it will help me earn Activity Points for Weight Watchers. I realized this weekend that I really need the accountability of the meetings, so I went back on Saturday morning and rejoined. Even if it was cheaper, trying to lose weight on my own just wasn’t working. I’ll just have to find some other places to cut back a bit to help offset the cost of the $40 monthly pass to WW.
I do have a couple of areas in mind already on how to cut back a bit on my expenses. I’m planning to help accomplish that goal is starting to take my lunch again which will save me not only money, but calories as well since I’ll have more control over what I’m eating. The other plan is to start making my own iced coffee at home rather than stopping at Starbucks or McDonalds. That should actually save me quite a bit as well since I would normally stop a couple of times per week for coffee.
Well, I guess that’s it for now. I hope everyone had a great weekend!
9-0, baby!!!
You can take the girl out of Tennessee, but you’ll never take Tennessee out of the girl. 
Shop to Stop MS
As most of you who regularly read my blog know, my sister has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. There is currently no cure for MS.
Since the holidays are quickly approaching, I’m sure many of you, like me, will be doing some online shopping looking for that perfect gift for all of the people in your life. If you are going to be shopping online anyway, why not check to see if any of your favorite online stores are participating in Shop to Stop MS.
Shop to Stop MS turns your shopping into fundraising dollars for the National MS Society by bringing together a variety of online retailers and the MS Society to help raise money to fight this disease. The participating merchants are offering up to 20% cash-back to the MS Society on every purchase. Just to give you an idea of the variety of merchants, here are just a few examples:
Liz Claiborne
Macy’s
Omaha Steaks
Overstock.com
Crocs
Disney
Toys ‘R Us
and many more!
All you have to do is shop from the links at the Shop to Stop MS website — and it’s completely free to you!! So, you get the items you were going to purchase anyway and get to help a great cause at the same time, and isn’t the spirit of giving what the holidays are all about anyway?
If you aren’t looking for something specific, many of the sites even offer gift card options. If you decide to get a gift card, please be sure to look around at the various vendors because many offer much higher percentages back to the Society than do others.
Thanks, and happy holiday shopping!
