Ahhh, Relief!

Yesterday I couldn't spell graduate and today I are one! We had our graduation ceremony last night, which means my evenings are once again my own, hooray! I have my school certificate in my hot little hand -- at least I will when they mail it to me -- and now begins the more difficult process of finding a new job. Wish me luck!

I had a chance to go to the LNS today and spend the last of my Christmas gift certificate. I was smitten by Gingher's Elena scissors when I first started seeing them on the net this past summer and they came in last week, so I picked them up today. I had also seen a post on another blog about their new Mia scissors at JoAnn's, so I treated myself doubly (I don't feel too guilty; I had a coupon there!) The Elenas are on the left; the handles are a very pretty floral design. The handles on the Mia are plaid. You can't really tell it from the pic, but they're pretty also.


I sat down and did some serious stitching today for the first time in a couple of weeks! I wasn't sure I remembered which end of the needle to thread :-) I pulled out the redbird ornament by Crossed Wing Collection; it was in last year's JCS ornament issue. I had trouble getting a good picture of it -- the red fabric didn't help any. As you may have guessed, photographing needlework is not my forte!

I'll leave you with a picture of Miss Mimi being all laid back this evening. She was such a good girl this weekend! My sweetie and my parents were here and she decided that everybody was her new best friend. She spent time in everyone's lap (amazing!) and let everybody pet her. I guess she got tired of being skittish and decided to make the most of the opportunity to be stroked and fussed over. She's settled in really, really well since July and I think tonight was the first time I've seen her laying belly-up. That's a sign of trust and comfort in a cat.