Noah, where art thou?

First of all, let me thank you all for your messages of love and support for Pelle and myself. You don't know how much comfort they, and the many e-mails I received, have given me. We have overcome so many awful obstacles that I never thought we would overcome that I'm sure we will be able to deal with the rest as well, especially knowing we have so many sweet friends cheering us on :o)

So. Yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life. I don't know if that's technically true, but it definitely feels like it. And my goodness, what a dreadful day that first day was. But it is all in the past and we can now move on. I started by doing something I've been wanting to do for many years: get ourselves a pet. Being from a doggy family (a Yorkshire Terrier family, to be precise) the thought of cats always had my parents screaming out in horror. 'You don't want a cat', is what they always told me. But I actually DO want a cat and I have done for quite some time. And you know what? After yesterday (the first day, etc) I finally feel free to do it, too. Admittedly, the Sip & Stitch at Heidi's place didn't help. Apart from the fact that Heidi left us - or at least me - wanting to be

a) a kitchen goddess
b) a master quilter
c) a faster stitcher
d) living in a house with more wall space
e) in possession of time and a bank account that would enable me to achieve all of the above

her cat Dagi left me longing even more for the constant company of a cat. I heart Dagi and I do believe Dagi didn't totally un-heart me. So I did my research and it would greatly surprise me if I don't have a little one running around here at the beginning of July. That's all I'm going to say about it...

...except that now I have to start me some cat samplers. Rats.

Speaking of our Sip & Stitch, you must have all read about it on the other blogs and you must also know that Heidi made us all a personal beaded floss fob and gifted us with some special floss to suit our favourite colour palette. Here's the picture of what Heidi made for me:

Isn't it gorgeous? Thank you, Heidi, for the loveliest of days and for the beautiful fob.

Even though it is Noah's Stocking update day it won't come as a terrible surprise to you that I didn't do any work on it. I was too busy working on my Do Not Fuck With Me Replacement Sampler. For obvious reasons.
Remember what that was all about? I started a sampler that read Do Not Fuck With Me and while I was stitching it I felt the negative energy coursing through my veins, not helping me at all? And so I decided to pick up the Alter Echo Sampler and rename it the Do Not Fuck With Me Replacement Sampler. Now, working on this sampler does calm me down. And here's my progress. Also partly thanks to Heidi, by the way, because her finished Sampler looked so good I would have secretly slipped it in my tote and kidnapped it if it hadn't been so huge.

Oh! And there's more! Yesterday, before I was due in court, a package was delivered for me, and it contained this:

And this:

Oh, and this:

And something else which I can't show you, but it's one of the Country Cottage Kids series. The Mum to be is a visitor and she's not allowed a peep.

Well girls (and mayhap boys), that's it from me. Until next time!

Yours free as a birdly,
Annemarie.