Jumping with Joy!!!

Typically an afternoon is 'touched-upon' with after-lunch drowsiness. Well typically... But when my regular afternoon-call to my Mother begins with her telling me that the parcel (from my Sister) has arrived, i am all jubilation and in my giggly-girl behaviour.

I knew my Sister had sent me 'stuff' (books and kits) for my birthday, but when i knew the books were Jane Austen, i did not know anything more about the kits other than they being 'cross stitch kits'!!

So without further ado, here are the two books from the Barnes and Noble Series:

Now being an ardent Austen fan, i have all her books excepting her early memorabilia. Nevertheless, these will be treasured - who knows prolly i will have a 'special books' book shelf, right??!!

My Mother and I then move to the 'longer' and hyper-interactive part of our discussion!!

Mother: This one is titled, Terrace Arch by Sung Kim, S U N G and KIM

Me: (I google for this and see there are two images ) Does it have 3 pillars OR one pillar

Mother: One pillar

Me: Do you see the sky??? What else do you see?

Mother: there is a lamp, at some distance you can see houses, and a bit of sky

Well, so yes we nail it down to this.

And i tell her it is simply beautiful. However did my Sister know of my kind of stuff??

(Greedy me, now my Sister had told me two kits)

Me: But... dont you have... i mean S was talking of two kits

Mother: (laughs) yes, yes, there is another!! This is called Garden Gate

Me: Haan???!!! Paradise Garden Gate??

Mother: No just Garden Gate

Me: And the designer??

Mother: Sandy Bergeron

Me: I cant believe this!!! This is something i was almost buying in my most recent activity.

Mother: What!!?? You bought something?

Me: Yes, there is another online shop, no not ebay. And i have given your address

Mother: You should stop this buying. When will you stitch all these things??

Me: Dont you worry, all these will get stitched someday
Mother: I could probably help you with Terrace Arch, (laughs)

This is true - while buying the Tour chart, i almost bought the Creative Accents Garden Gate kit. Then i backed out at the last minute because of guilt pangs, for one . Also if the seller had given a decent (IMO) shipping quote, i would have taken the plunge placating the guilty me with 'you get your birthday only once a year'. But somehow after being experienced with ebay shopping, i 'felt'(i might be wrong) there culd have been a better discount. 2 negatives (guilty me and high shipping), and so no buy. I however went into ebay and there currently is an auction up there to be over in 3d 17h or so (a US only auction) which was in my 'Watch list', LOL, till 2 hours ago!! I had even spoken to this seller and asked if i could give a US shipping address, naughty me again!! How many have i enabled here, LOL!!

It all turned out in my favour anyway, eh!! and how!! Amongst a zillion cross stitch kits available, how does it happen that i am getting special interest for one particular kit and then my sister has exactly that kit, the very same kit in mind for me?? When no one but me knew about me liking this kit - i had not mentioned this to anyone or written in my blog!! Miracle right?? Blood connection proved?? Angel being present??

A very alert younger sister, i have emailed my elder Sister giving her my thanks and all this background info - so she will know how special all this has been!! I am now all geared up to handle what the weekend has to give. Each of you is wished an angel who will visit you, cheer you and make your weekend!!

Visit from an Angel

Wishing all my readers a happy peaceful new year!!

May you have as many cross stitches done, and as little frog visits:)

May you see your sons and daughters and neices and nephews grow.

May you have time every day to hug them and show them you love them.

May God send you angels every once in a while so your belief in humanity continues.

Do you believe in angels? I do! At least God gives me those angels once in a while, and they cheer me up in their own sweet way. This is how the latest visit happened! In the 123 MB, there was a thread going on a stitchy wish list. Initially it was fun for me to merely open the thread and check what ppl are wishing for... Then i just wen ahead on an impulse, and wrote my wish down of having Sew Busy. In fact i remember now, as i was typing my wish i was choosing between the two kits that i had been viewing like crazy in eBay... The choice was to be between Sew Busy and Hummel Postman...

And i wrote Sew Busy, as i always (had been hunting in ebay for about a year for a good deal) found this beyond my budget. Whereas the Hummel i thought would get a rare 'low' auction that only needed to be sniffed.

Next day morning, i check my emails and find the subject '123 sew busy'. Can you believe it?? I could not, and i felt so happy to have got the email... The rest is history. My angel's name is Linda. Thanks Linda, thank you so much for this treat! The parcel came to me in moisture-resistant bubble-wrap envelope. How thoughtful is that!!

Many angels have visited me this year, and i thank each of these angels for having cheered me through the year. Thanks for instilling in me the belief by example that goodness is nice and sweet and reassuring. Thanks to all of you in blogland who visited me and entertained me while i visited you. Thanks for letting me be a part of your life. 2009 has been much better for me becuase of you all.

And let me end this post with a pic of Frederick on his shelf. I have been working on him for a week now (in my night-time stitching) and managed to finish the birdie and added another book to the top shelf.

Tonight i pick up Page 7 of Lilies.