Happy Birthday to My Big Sister

It's your day! Sorry you have to work. But I know you'll make the most of it. 

Can I say that I am very tired of hearing leaf removal in my neighborhood? All day yesterday. And it's started again today. Eck. It's setting my teeth on edge. 

Which means I should go turn on my vacuum cleaner and drown out their noise with my own noise. 

I've got a bit of cleaning still to do and then it's off to pick up my son. And tonight will be the middle of the night arrival of my daughter and her boyfriend. Yeah!!! All of us in the same place at the same time. Hasn't happened since last January. 

In stitching news: 

I had two projects in my purse Sunday night when we went to see Allan Toussaint, Nick Payton, and the Joe Krown Trio. I was stitching on my Highland cow bookmark before the show started. And when I pulled it out at intermission I realized I had made a boo-boo. Oops. Ripping required. No faking it. Good thing it's little. Because right now I cannot deal with mistakes. So I pull out the other project and realize that I don't have a needle. Things are conspiring against me stitching any ornaments this year even though I had planned to do one a month. I don't think I've completed a single one. LOL

So much for plans.

Great. I just saw men with chainsaws behind the house. Time for some tree trimming? More noise. I'm outta here.