“Bless Our Home” © Country Cottage Needleworks
Stitched on 28ct. Antique White Jobelan with Crescent Colours and DMC floss.

I finished this up over the weekend. I might have to stitch it again – I don’t think I gave enough thought to the color of the fabric I used – I was out of my Lambswool Jobelan, so I used some Antique White that I had in my stash. Unfortunately, it’s too white, so the fence and the window frames are barely noticeable.

I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a fun weekend, which started off with a trip to House of Stitches, where I spent more money than I’ve done in a *long* time buying stash. DS was with me, and I bribed him with some money to buy a Lego if he promised not to ask if it was time to leave the store. LOL

We saw the new Indiana Jones film. I liked it, although I thought it was a little more far-fetched than the films. I’d seen each of the first three Indiana Jones films when they first came out in the cinema, but DS has only seen them on DVD, so this was his first chance to see one of them on the big screen. He enjoyed it, and spent the rest of the weekend quoting lines (and gestures) from the film.

Thanks again for your feedback on whether to send DS to Australia this summer. Even though I’d made up my mind not to send him, I asked him hypothetically whether he would want to go to Australia, if it meant travelling without me. His answer was a resounding “no”. It wasn’t just the flight – he didn’t want to go there if I didn’t go with him. He’s been on vacation without me before (he goes to Florida for 2 weeks most years with my in-laws), so I was surprised that he would be so insistent that I join him on the trip. I spoke to my parents on the phone this morning, and as I told them, I’m going to see if it’s possible for me to take him next summer.

As promised, I drew a name out of the hat – (okay, it was out of a tin – speaking of which, how do I do one of those automatic name drawing thingies?), and the winner is Anne. Anne, I’ll get something stitched up with week (I bought the supplies on the weekend, but now that I know you are the winner, I might have to change the colors I was planning to stitch – I know what your favorite color is!), and get it in the mail next week.