I was planning on going to a Sauerkraut festival with a friend today and she has too much to do so it looks like that is off. I was kind of torn about going anyway since I would love to have a day at home just goofing off for a change but I would have enjoyed the festival as well...In any case, I decided that I would sit outside and enjoy the day stitching on my Irish Blessings sampler which is a way over due wedding present. Well those plans aren't quite working either since I had one and a half rows finished when I discovered the first row I did was off by one thread (of course at the very beginning) so the second row was off too and so everything has been ripped out and I am starting again. I thought I would take a little break first though to adjust my mind set. I really want this sampler finished and I don't really have that much left to do. I can make a good dent in it today if I get going and get going correctly! :-)

I also found a neat freebie Halloween pattern which would make a nice Halloween Needle roll on the Whispered By The Wind website and it is calling my name!! I think I will promise myself that if I finish the Irish Blessing Sampler, I will do the NR. Then I will finish another of my goals before I let myself start anything from the JCS Ornament Issue I got this week. I think my first ornament will be either the poinsettia ornament from Brittercup or the Cardinal from Crossed Wing. I haven't decided yet but I need to get back to my sampler and get it finished before I need to make a decision anyway right?

I started a stitching journal this week. I am taking pictures of each piece as I finish it, and in some cases as I work on it and putting them in the book along with information about what kind of fabric, threads, designers etc. If I am mailing it for an exchange I will list that information as well as where it went. I have meant to do something like that for a long time but I am finally making a real effort at it. I keep a regular journal as well but this will be totally separate from that.