A Beautiful Surprise.......

Dear Margaret,

What a beautiful gift you have sent to me, thank you so very much. I was at church cooking this afternoon and DH called and said I had received a package from Margaret in Spain. I told him to bring it to me as soon as he could. Well, lo and behold, it is a beautiful apron, (I love aprons and collect them), which Margaret had made and stitched designs for the pockets. It is just the sort of apron I like. She also made a hot pad to go along with it. Margaret, all the ladies at church "made over" this masterpiece, and several told me I didn't need another apron, but they certainly did. Margaret is a wonderful, caring friend who is British, but not lives in the beautiful country of Spain. She and I met several years ago on a stitching group, and are now in a very special group with other very caring ladies. They have all been very special to me the last few months, during my DH illness and surgery. I cannot thank you enough for this very thoughtful gift dear friend. Wayne said it is to be worn only for special occasions.

What I'm stitching on..........

This is what I am stitching on right now. I only have 3 lines left to stitch, then I need to decide on fabric for the backing, as I am going to make this into a banner. It will be for Wayne' birthday next month.

A Lovely Surprise!

Since my DH is still recovering from his past hospital stay and surgery he is suppose to walk everyday, so he goes to Wal-mart twice a day and walks around the store. This morning he went rather early as we had a 10 a.m. doctor's appointment in Joplin. Since I was not quite put-together he went alone to do his daily walk, which usually takes him about 45 minutes. When he came home he had a beautiful bouquet of flowers for me, which was certainly a surprise. You see, for Valentine's Day he gave me a beautiful card with a crisp $100.00 bill in it, to purchase stitching stuff, as he calls it, and a large box of Chocolate Covered Cherries (I love those things!).
So, needless to say this was a "lovely surprise". He said they were to cheer me up since I've had the flu this week. YES, I took a flu shot last fall, but it did not cover what I've had this week! This lovely bouquet certainly did cheer me up. So I came home this afternoon and made him a Caramel Apple Cake, which I have posted the recipe on my other Blog, www.granniesrecipes.barbara.blogspot.com

A Valentine's Day Exchange.

The stitching group I belong to had a Valentine's Day Exchange, and I received a wonderful gift from Nancy V in Ohio. She is a most wonderful caring lady and the mom of our list mom, Heidi.

I was so thrilled with the gifts she sent to me....A wonderful bag to put my stitching projects in or other things I might want to tote along with me. She even took the time to stitch my name on the front of it in a very pretty heart shape of veins and flowers. It is lined with red gingham fabric and a has a large pocket on the outside. The other gifts she included was a box of Russell Stover candies, a pair of red mittens which she knitted and a heart-shaped snowman. All these items were wrapped individually in red tissue paper, and on a couple of them she had cut out red checked hearts and pasted on the paper.

I love all the items Nancy, thank you so very much. To see what I sent to Nancy, check out her Blog at http://www.knittingpathsoflife.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day, I know I did.