A new start!

I had picked up the pattern for L&L's Dance of the Roses last fall, and at the time our somewhat LNS (90 minutes away) said the fabric I wanted would be in in a week .... Well, I finally got a call last week that the fabric was in! Thankfully, Eleni was heading that way last weekend and picked it up for me. So ... I made a deal with myself last night. If I cleaned up the main part of the house and was sitting down by 8 I could start DOTR ... I cheated a bit (left the kitchen, since Peter's chop saw is still set up to finish up the baseboards tonight) but was sitting by 6:30! I decided to be a bit productive and started the paperwork to get our HST rebate on an owner-built house, but by 8:00 I had the floss pulled and was ready to start.

Let me say - when compared to the Teresa Wentzler and Stoney Creek projects I've been mired down in this is a walk in the park! I can't believe how much I accomplished in 3 hours! I am going to really enjoy this as a break from the more intense projects. Now I just have to make sure I stick to a rotation and don't spend all my time on DOTR! To make room for DOTR I removed Amethyst Snowflake for the time being. So, my new rotation is:

1. Carousel
2. DOTR
3. Chestnut (Rocking Horse)
4. Village Skaters

One night on each is how I'm doing it, although if I fall asleep after 15 minutes of stitching I give myself another night on the project :)

On another note - because my maternity leave starts at the end of May, I was entitled to 5 vacation days this year. I usually take my vacation through the summer and save some for Christmas, so this winter / spring I'm faced with 5 "free" days to use as I please. I made the decision last week that tomorrow I'm going to have a vacation day - Happy Valentine's to me ;) I am so excited! I should do some work on the house, but being home all day I should definitely be able to fit in some quality stitching time.

Peter and I have plans to drive to a favourite restaurant about 90 minutes away for supper tomorrow night, but with the winter storm watch in effect we may end up home for the evening ... which I wouldn't be too distraught about - I'm such a homebody. As long as I don't have to cook I'm good with whatever tomorrow night.

Not too much has been happening here this week except for working on the house (see our other blog).