A week off from work

I have the next week off from work for Easter/Passover vacation. That is a whole week before Easter to get some crafting completed. The Easter decor that you see in the header is from my mother's house. I believe she painted that little chick several years ago at a local ceramics store.

I have been steadily working on my special secret cross-stitch. Here is a peek of some green and blue that was added.

Santa now has some color in his cheeks. 

There is a story to go with that. I was about to start those rosy cheeks, when I realized that the color that was included in the kit couldn't possibly be right as it was a lighter coral/beige that was the same as the color next to it in the floss card. The kit includes the DMC number that corresponds to each color and I have a card that has all the colors on it. Nope, it was not the right color. Thankfully I had DMC 351 which was stated, although I have to tell you that in person those rosy cheeks are somewhat orange even though the kit calls it light red. I am not sure that I like how they look, but the surrounding colors also tend to coral so they are probably correct. They don't look anything like the photo on the front of the kit though. I have since finished the cheek on the right and I am leaving them as is. 

I have been reading a bunch lately. I suprised myself by thoroughly enjoying "A Walk to Remember" by Nicolas Sparks.

 I totally enjoyed the story line and the ending didn't bother me as much as his usually do. I mentioned in the past that Mom has almost all of his books in hardcover, so I have decided to read them. I always need to read something else in between though. 

I have since gone back to reading the Harry Potter series and I am now more than halfway done with "The Prisoner of Azkaban". Such an easy read and I enjoy making the comparisons with the book and the movies as I read.

I am joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Pop on over to her site to see what other bloggers are stitching. I think I wil grab a cup of tea and peruse a few blogs myself. I will get to stitching something later today.

Thanks for stopping by!